Wednesday, February 18, 2015
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Seuss? Vermont? “S” to “T”? That first round was about as perfect a board as I could ask for.
In actual game news, it happens quite frequently, it seems, that a player will go wild on her first day, really get my hopes up for a long run, then completely collapse on first defense. Stephanie fell victim to this tonight.
Stephanie Engel |
Christina McTighe |
Ravi Subramanian |
6,000 | 10,800 | 19,000 |
Ravi will try to finish Christina off with this category:
NO. 1 SONGS |
Similar situation to last night. I’ll continue with the visual calculations.
First-order calculations
Second doubles up
If Christina doubles her score, she’ll have 21,600.
To cover this all-in wager, Ravi will need to wager 2,600.
Stephanie | Christina | Ravi |
6,000 | 10,800 | 19,000 |
10,800 | 2,600 | |
21,600 | 21,600 |
An incorrect response with that wager will leave Ravi with 16,400.
To get above his total, Christina must wager at least 5,600.
Stephanie | Christina | Ravi |
6,000 | 10,800 | 19,000 |
5,600 | 2,600 | |
16,400 | 16,400 |
Were I Stephanie, I’d cap my wager at 799.
Stephanie | Christina | Ravi |
6,000 | 10,800 | 19,000 |
800 | 5,600 | |
5,200 | 5,200 |
What actually happened
This was a great Final clue – one of the best this season. It doesn’t tell you exactly what’s important, but if you think about why the name and (to a lesser extent) the years are relevant, the correct response should jump out at you.
Congrats to Christina on becoming the first player to respond correctly to a Final this week. We’ll see if she can do it again tomorrow.
The Final Jeopardy! clue
NO. 1 SONGS |
A U.S. NO. 1 IN 1977, IT WAS PERFORMED THE NIGHT BEFORE CARL XVI GUSTAF’S 1976 WEDDING TO SILVIA SOMMERLATH |
Correct response: | Show> |
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