Wednesday, April 29, 2015
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Greg Seroka is on the verge of becoming the third five-time champ in the month of April. Will he do it?
Indeed, he will – which means that the games of April 21 and 22 were the only two this month without a 5xer (either eventual or established).
|
Greg Seroka |
Brian Fodera |
Sarah Negugogor |
| 28,400 | 8,000 | 5,000 |
Another lock for Greg, and win #5. Congrats, sir!
That gives me some more space to discuss Brian’s Penultimate Wager.
The Penultimate Wager
|
Greg |
Brian |
Sarah |
| 28,400 | 12,000 | 5,000 |
One clue remaining: $2,000
In the end, we won’t see that last clue due to time constraints, but you’ll notice that if Brian misses this Daily Double – even just $5 – he can’t catch Greg, even with the extra two grand. Therefore, there’s no reason for him to hold back any cash.
If Brian hits that actual $4,000 wager, the only way he can win is if he gets Final and Greg misses.
With an all-in wager, on the other hand, he has many more ins, outs, and what-have-yous:
| Greg | Brian | Sarah | |||
| 28,400 | 24,000 | 5,000 | |||
| min | max | min | max | ||
| 19,601 | 8,801 | 13,999 | 5,000 | ||
| 10,801 | 18,399 | 4,401 | 5,199 | ||
I know from personal experience that Brian is a really good trivia player and a strategic guy, so I’m not sure what happened up there. The lights, the lights…
The outcome shows why it’s a good idea to be within spitting distance of the leader.
What actually happened
| Greg | Brian | Sarah | |||
| 28,400 | 8,000 | 5,000 | |||
| 3,400 | 3,000 | 5,000 | |||
| 25,000 | 5,000 | 0 | |||
| min | max | min | max | min | max |
| 12,399 | 2,000 | 3,001 | |||
| 3,000 | |||||
Greg’s total is now $133,200, good for third on our leaderboard.
The Final Jeopardy! clue
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| THE 1917 FIRST USE OF WHAT BECAME ITS NAME SAID THIS 2-WORD SMALL ROOM “CALLED UP THE TUBE THAT THE STEAMER…WAS TORPEDOED” |
| Correct response: | Show |
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