Thursday, December 3, 2015
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I have a feeling our players this week ate a little bit too much turkey at Thanksgiving.
Or, for today, maybe just at the commissary at lunch. Food comas have felled many a champion, and it appears to be affecting all three of our players.
|
Joyce Hshieh |
Jarrett Cabell |
Kelly Wright |
| 800 | 3,000 | 4,200 |
I mentioned in tonight’s video that Kelly was wearing a lucky Washington Capitals jersey. Turns out I was slightly off: it’s actually a shirt from a Caps fan club, featuring an 8-bit Alex Ovechkin.
Tonight’s Final Jeopardy! category is:
| SONGS FROM MUSICALS |
First-order calculations
If Kelly goes for the lockout, Jarrett should go small…
| Joyce |
Jarrett |
Kelly | |||
| 800 | 3,000 | 4,200 | |||
| FIRST-ORDER | SECOND-ORDER | COVER ZERO | |||
| min | max | min | max | min | max |
| 600 | 1,800 | ||||
Second-order calculations
…but if Jarrett goes small, Kelly could also go small and guarantee a win; Jarrett might consider going for broke (although I don’t recommend this, because it’s rare a leader in this situation will give up the lead.)
| Joyce |
Jarrett |
Kelly | |||
| 800 | 3,000 | 4,200 | |||
| FIRST-ORDER | SECOND-ORDER | COVER ZERO | |||
| min | max | min | max | min | max |
| 600 | 1,800 | ||||
| 1,800* | 600 | ||||
Zero wagers
Score differences:
Kelly and Jarrett: 1,200
Kelly and Joyce: 3,400
Jarrett and Joyce: 2,200
| Joyce |
Jarrett |
Kelly | |||
| 800 | 3,000 | 4,200 | |||
| FIRST-ORDER | SECOND-ORDER | COVER ZERO | |||
| min | max | min | max | min | max |
| 600 | 1,800 | 2,400 | |||
| 2,400* | 600 | ||||
Then we add a dollar to the minimum wagers, and subtract a dollar from the maximum wagers.
What actually happened
| Joyce | Jarrett | Kelly | |||
| 800 | 3,000 | 4,200 | |||
| 800 | 1,201 | 2,500 | |||
| 1,600 | 1,799 | 6,700 | |||
| min | max | min | max | ||
| 599 | 1,801 | 2,399 | |||
| 3,000 | 599 | ||||
A couple of problems here. Jarrett’s wager doesn’t cover the “small” range out of Kelly, and Kelly’s wager doesn’t take Jarrett’s potential bare-minimum wager into account. She would have lost by $99 had she missed.
No matter; a win is a win, and tomorrow is another day!
The Final Jeopardy! clue
| SONGS FROM MUSICALS |
| THIS SONG FROM A RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN MUSICAL WAS ONCE SIMPLY TITLED “FIRST SINGING LESSON” |
[spoiler]What is “Do Re Mi” (from The Sound of Music)?[/spoiler]
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