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

CHAIN STORE NAMES IN THE NEWS

THE 1917 FIRST USE OF WHAT BECAME ITS NAME SAID THIS 2-WORD SMALL ROOM “CALLED UP THE TUBE THAT THE STEAMER…WAS TORPEDOED”

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