Thursday, July 16, 2015
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Always a good idea: watching Jeopardy! at the gym!
Jennifer was fun to watch, for the most part – but her goofiness (and her timid DD wager in a wordplay category) cost her a shot at putting this game away early.
|
Ben Hemmens |
Jennifer Morrow |
Christianne Gadd |
| 9,000 | 18,912 | 9,600 |
Luckily for her, Ben is out of it – assuming she wagers correctly, of course.
Of note:
Tonight’s Final Jeopardy! category is:
| EUROPEAN NOVELISTS |
That “12” at the end of Jennifer’s score would make me much more mad if these numbers weren’t so easy. Remember, we’re going to want to add a dollar to minimum scores and subtract a dollar from maximum scores.
First-order calculations
Second doubles up
If Christianne doubles her score, she’ll have 19,200.
To cover this all-in wager, Jennifer will need to wager 288.
| Ben |
Jennifer |
Christianne | |||
| 9,000 | 18,912 | 9,600 | |||
| 288 | 9,600 | ||||
| 19,200 | 19,200 | ||||
| min | max | min | max | min | max |
| 288 | |||||
An incorrect response with that wager will leave Jennifer with 18,624.
To get above her total, Christianne must wager at least 9,024. Might as well go for everything.
| Ben |
Jennifer |
Christianne | |||
| 9,000 | 18,912 | 9,600 | |||
| 288 | 9,024 | ||||
| 18,624 | 18,624 | ||||
| min | max | min | max | min | max |
| 288 | 9,024* | ||||
A successful doubling will put Ben at 18,000.
Jennifer could wager at most 912.
| Ben |
Jennifer |
Christianne | |||
| 9,000 | 18,912 | 9,600 | |||
| 9,000 | 912 | 8,400 | |||
| 18,000 | 18,000 | 18,000 | |||
| min | max | min | max | min | max |
| 288 | 912 | 9,024* | |||
Then we make our adjustments.
What actually happened
| Ben | Jennifer | Christianne | |||
| 9,000 | 18,912 | 9,600 | |||
| 9,000 | 288 | 9,600 | |||
| 18,000 | 19,200 | 0 | |||
| min | max | ||||
| 289 | 911 | 9,600 | |||
Well, we missed a great opportunity to see a tiebreaker, for no good reason. If you’re going to enter Final Jeopardy! with a weird amount, make sure you know what you’re doing!
We’ll see if Jennifer has any energy left for tomorrow’s game… my hunch is she will.
The Final Jeopardy! clue
| EUROPEAN NOVELISTS |
| ALFRED DREYFUS WAS AMONG THE THOUSANDS WHO MARCHED THROUGH THE STREETS OF PARIS IN HIS 1902 FUNERAL PROCESSION |
[spoiler]Who was Emile Zola? (Zola wrote “J’accuse” in defense of Dreyfus)[/spoiler]
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