Friday, February 20, 2015
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Thanks to several warnings about tonight’s wagers, I was able to record my reaction in real time.
Christina trailed big in her first two victories. How will she respond from the lead?
Christina McTighe |
Dava-Leigh Brush |
Ashley Singh |
13,900 | 11,000 | 7,400 |
OK, just watch the video. The category:
WORD ORIGINS |
First-order calculations
Second doubles up
Christina | Dava-Leigh | Ashley |
13,900 | 11,000 | 7,400 |
8,100 | 11,000 | |
22,000 | 22,000 |
If Christina misses…
Christina | Dava-Leigh | Ashley |
13,900 | 11,000 | 7,400 |
8,100 | 5,200 | 1,600 |
5,800 | 5,800 | 5,800 |
Third doubles up
Christina | Dava-Leigh | Ashley |
13,900 | 11,000 | 7,400 |
900 | 3,800 | 7,400 |
14,800 | 14,800 | 14,800 |
If Dava-Leigh misses…
Christina | Dava-Leigh | Ashley |
13,900 | 11,000 | 7,400 |
3,800 | 200 | |
7,200 | 7,200 |
Putting everything together…
Second-order calculations
Second’s max vs. first
Christina | Dava-Leigh | Ashley |
13,900 | 11,000 | 7,400 |
2,300 | 5,200 | |
16,200 | 16,200 |
And if Christina misses…
Christina | Dava-Leigh | Ashley |
13,900 | 11,000 | 7,400 |
2,300 | 600 | |
11,600 | 11,600 |
Third’s max vs. second
Christina | Dava-Leigh | Ashley |
13,900 | 11,000 | 7,400 |
3,400 | 200 | |
7,600 | 7,600 |
If Ashley’s scared that Dava-Leigh will go small, she could go big – everything.
Now let’s tack on…
Zero wagers
What actually happened
I don’t understand.
While technically this wasn’t a Cliff Clavin, the color scheme is much more deserved than Julia’s miscalculation or Jennifer’s oops-I-would-have-gotten-a-wild-card-anyway.
Uh… see you Monday.
The Final Jeopardy! clue
WORD ORIGINS |
DESCRIBING ANYTHING VERY SHOWY, IN ARCHITECTURE IT REFERS TO A STYLE USING CURVES LIKE TONGUES OF FIRE |
Correct response: | Show> |
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Looking at a couple of Christina’s tweets after last night, it seems she might have been just happy to be there in game 3, if not all of her games. She clearly lost sight of the Herm Edwards Rule… “Hello? YOU PLAY TO WIN THE GAME!!”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5-iJUuPWis
Based on this season so far, we might also refer to this principle as the “Christine Kim rule” or the “Lydia Cuffman rule.”