Wednesday, April 1, 2015
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So much bizarre stuff today… both in the game and in this analysis.
Unfortunately, our three-time champ ran into some trouble with his Daily Doubles today.
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Michael Bilow |
Kerry Greene |
Max Henkel |
| -1,600 | 12,200 | 9,600 |
It’s just Kerry and Max with this category:
| ETYMOLOGY |
Pretty straightforward here, particularly with two players.
First-order calculations
Kerry, in the lead, should wager 4,000.
Max has a lot of options, but to maximize his chances of winning, he is safest wagering 4,000.
| Michael | Kerry | Max | |||
| 12,200 | 9,600 | ||||
| min | max | min | max | ||
| 4,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 | ||
Told you it was simple!
What actually happened
| Michael | Kerry | Max | |||
| 12,200 | 9,600 | ||||
| 7,001 | 3,000 | ||||
| 19,201 | 12,600 | ||||
| 4,000 | 4,000 | ||||
C’mon, guys – you’re killing me here! (Well, maybe not me, but these fine people.)
And here’s a gif, just because:
The Final Jeopardy! clue
| ETYMOLOGY |
| FROM THE LATIN FOR “TO WALK BEFORE”, A FAMOUS EXAMPLE OF THIS 8-LETTER WORD WAS WRITTEN IN 1787 |
| Correct response: | Show |
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Ok, ok. Here’s the real analysis:
| Michael | Kerry | Max | |||
| 12,200 | 9,600 | ||||
| 7,001 | 3,000 | ||||
| 19,201 | 12,600 | ||||
| min | max | min | max | ||
| 7,001 | 2,601 | 4,399 | |||
| 1,801 | 2,599 | 9,600 | |||
Ha Ha…..good one. I just spent 10 minutes trying to figure out why the $4k wager for both made the most sense.
Keith, you need to add Michael for the ToC standings on the very right of your screen.
I put him up on Wednesday… is he not showing up for you? (He’s #5)
Ok, I saw him Keith. Thank you!
I mention again: It’s not the biggest one-day change in score: That’s Ken Jennings’s record, going from 75000 down to 10001–a difference of 64999.