Wednesday, December 30, 2015
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Did tonight’s players learn from last night’s mistakes?
…Is it still 2015?
Johnny, who certainly ranks among my favorite players of all time, has the lead heading into Final. Both of his opponents are still within range, but that miss on the last clue is going to hurt Erik’s chances.
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Camille Hooper |
Erik Johns |
Johnny Saunders |
| 6,600 | 9,200 | 13,000 |
Tonight’s Final Jeopardy! category is:
| GERMAN SCIENTISTS |
Quick analysis here.
First-order calculations
Camille has to get it right to have a shot. (Sound familiar?)
Erik, in second, is closer in score to third than to first, so he is in Stratton’s Dilemma.
| Camille |
Erik |
Johnny | |||
| 6,600 | 9,200 | 13,000 | |||
| FIRST-ORDER | SECOND-ORDER | COVER ZERO | |||
| min | max | min | max | min | max |
| 1,000* | 4,000* | 5,400 | |||
| 1,600 | |||||
| 200 | |||||
Zero wagers
Score differences:
Johnny and Erik: 3,800
Johnny and Camille: 6,400
Erik and Camille: 2,600
| Camille |
Erik |
Johnny | |||
| 6,600 | 9,200 | 13,000 | |||
| FIRST-ORDER | SECOND-ORDER | COVER ZERO | |||
| min | max | min | max | min | max |
| 6,400* | 4,000* | 5,400 | 6,400 | ||
| 1,600 | 200 | 2,200 | |||
What actually happened
| Camille | Erik | Johnny | |||
| 6,600 | 9,200 | 13,000 | |||
| 1,001 | 9,200 | 0 | |||
| 5,599 | 0 | 13,000 | |||
| min | max | min | max | ||
| 6,600 | 9,200 | 5,401 | 6,399 | ||
| 1,599 | 201 | 2,199 | |||
For the second game in a row, the only player to get it right wagered zero. I like Johnny’s wager here almost as much as I liked Patricia’s yesterday; he really should have wagered at least 201 in case Camille properly wagered everything.
At least, in the end, he really only had Erik to worry about.
The Final Jeopardy! clue
| GERMAN SCIENTISTS |
| BEST KNOWN FOR HIS THEORIES ABOUT PLANETARY ORBITS, IN 1604 HE BECAME THE FIRST TO EXPLAIN HOW EYEGLASSES CORRECT VISION |
| Correct response: | Show |
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