Final Jeopardy! wagering analysis:
Friday, April 22, 2016

Andrew Pau broke our 5xer drought last night… will he break our super-champ drought Friday?

Michael had a costly miss on that “Rio de la Plat” clue toward the end, even though it was worth just $800.

Perhaps even more critical to his current position, however, was what I’d consider an under-bet on that Daily Double in “Q” NOT FOLLOWED BY U. With such a limited set of possible answers, and the benefit of a priming clue, I’d be hitting that up for everything I had every time.

Tonight’s Final Jeopardy! category is:

First-order calculations

Here’s where things stand after the first order:

The scores are such that there’s no real need for mind games.

Zero wagers

Score differences:
Andrew and Michael: 200
Andrew and Amy: 7,800
Michael and Amy: 7,600

Then we add a dollar to the minimum wagers, and subtract a dollar from the maximum wagers.

What actually happened

And the $200 lead heading into Final turns out to be the difference for Andrew, whose 6-game total is up to $170,202. Congratulations!

A good game from our challengers, and a good week in general. Have a great weekend!

The Final Jeopardy! clue