Tuesday, November 24, 2015
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Laura “The Voice” Ashby is looking to stake her claim on the new Tournament of Champions leaderboard with a third win. Will she do it?
She’s in the driver’s seat – but she’s not as comfortable as she was yesterday.
|
Laura Ashby |
Julie Adair |
Molly Hewitt |
| 12,400 | 10,000 | 10,600 |
Various outlets have gotten wind of Laura’s vocal intonations and its effect on Twitter users, and the responses have been mostly of the head-slapping, cringe-worthy variety. A writer at Huffington Post tried to spin the response into a societal issue, while Barstool Sports suggested Laura be banned from the show.
Can’t win everyone over, I guess.
Tonight’s Final Jeopardy! category is:
| THE OSCARS |
First-order calculations
Julie’s in the best position if all three miss. Molly is in Stratton’s Dilemma.
| Laura |
Julie |
Molly | |||
| 12,400 | 10,000 | 10,600 | |||
| FIRST-ORDER | SECOND-ORDER | COVER ZERO | |||
| min | max | min | max | min | max |
| 8,800 | 6,400 | 9,400* | |||
| 7,000 | |||||
Second-order calculations
Molly and Julie could play some mind games. Laura should go for the lockout because anything smaller would put her at risk of falling to not one but two big wagers.
| Laura |
Julie |
Molly | |||
| 12,400 | 10,000 | 10,600 | |||
| FIRST-ORDER | SECOND-ORDER | COVER ZERO | |||
| min | max | min | max | min | max |
| 8,800 | 6,400 | 9,400* | |||
| 5,200 | 5,800 | 7,000 | |||
Zero wagers
Score differences:
Laura and Molly: 1,800
Laura and Julie: 2,400
Molly and Julie: 600
| Laura |
Julie |
Molly | |||
| 12,400 | 10,000 | 10,600 | |||
| FIRST-ORDER | SECOND-ORDER | COVER ZERO | |||
| min | max | min | max | min | max |
| 8,800 | 4,800 | 5,200 | 9,400* | ||
| 6,400 | 5,800 | 7,000 | |||
| 1,800 | 600 | ||||
Then we add a dollar to the minimum wagers, and subtract a dollar from the maximum wagers.
What actually happened
| Laura | Julie | Molly | |||
| 12,400 | 10,000 | 10,600 | |||
| 8,801 | 10,000 | 1,801 | |||
| 3,599 | 20,000 | 8,799 | |||
| min | max | min | max | min | max |
| 8,801 | 4,801 | 5,199 | 10,600 | ||
| 6,399 | 5,801 | 6,999 | |||
| 1,799 | 599 | ||||
I do not like Julie’s wager at all. I suppose given what Molly actually did, it was acceptable to some degree, but it’s good to assume your opponents are rational.
If Molly wanted to go small, she should have wagered no more than 599. There’s almost no chance Laura will wager zero, and you want to force your opponent to respond correctly to have a chance.
The Final Jeopardy! clue
| THE OSCARS |
| FOR FILMS OF 2005 THROUGH 2012, HE RECEIVED NOMINATIONS FOR BEST PICTURE, DIRECTOR, WRITING & ACTING |
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