Thursday, December 17, 2015
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Episode VII of Star Wars opens today. Unfortunately, I couldn’t figure out how to make a light saber on iMovie, so this image I edited will have to suffice. (Oh, and I used Yoda colors for the wagers.)
Close game between first and second. With good wagering, Tiombi’s out of luck tonight.
|
Tiombi Prince |
Claudia Corriere |
Mark Blankenship |
| 3,600 | 9,800 | 10,200 |
This is a Shore’s Conjecture situation; Claudia can safely cover Mark’s zero wager while keeping Tiombi locked out.
Our Final Jeopardy! category is:
| LANDMARKS |
First-order calculations
Mark has to go big, while Claudia should keep it small to stay above Tiombi.
| Tiombi |
Claudia |
Mark | |||
| 3,600 | 9,800 | 10,200 | |||
| FIRST-ORDER | SECOND-ORDER | COVER ZERO | |||
| min | max | min | max | min | max |
| 2,800 | 2,600 | 9,400 | |||
| 9,000 | |||||
| 3,000 | |||||
Second-order calculations
Some mind games are possible here, of course…
| Tiombi |
Claudia |
Mark | |||
| 3,600 | 9,800 | 10,200 | |||
| FIRST-ORDER | SECOND-ORDER | COVER ZERO | |||
| min | max | min | max | min | max |
| 2,800 | 1,800 | 9,400 | |||
| 2,600 | 2,200 | 3,000 | |||
| 9,000 | |||||
Zero wagers
Score differences:
Mark and Claudia: 400
Mark and Tiombi: 6,600
Claudia and Tiombi: 6,200
| Tiombi |
Claudia |
Mark | |||
| 3,600 | 9,800 | 10,200 | |||
| FIRST-ORDER | SECOND-ORDER | COVER ZERO | |||
| min | max | min | max | min | max |
| 2,800 | 800 | 1,800 | 9,400 | ||
| 2,600 | 2,200 | 3,000 | |||
| 9,000 | 400 | ||||
Then we add a dollar to the minimum wagers, and subtract a dollar from the maximum wagers.
What actually happened
| Tiombi | Claudia | Mark | |||
| 3,600 | 9,800 | 10,200 | |||
| 3,000 | 2,000 | 9,800 | |||
| 600 | 7,800 | 400 | |||
| min | max | min | max | min | max |
| 2,799 | 801 | 1,799 | 9,401 | ||
| 2,599 | 2,201 | 2,999 | |||
| 8,999 | 399 | ||||
Tiombi overwagered by 200, but Mark’s extra 399 cost him $1,000. A good wager by Claudia, although it doesn’t take into consideration the possibility that Mark wagers the “Shoretegic” 2,200 or 2,201.
The last time we had a four-time winner on stage in regular play was October 14, when Matt Jackson lost his fourteenth game. That’s 36 games, although we still have a ways to go to reach the leaderboard there (if “leaderboard” is the correct term).
The Final Jeopardy! clue
| LANDMARKS |
| JACQUES-GERMAIN SOUFFLOT, WHO DESIGNED THIS PARIS LANDMARK, WAS INTERRED THERE 49 YEARS AFTER DYING |
[spoiler]What is the Pantheon?[/spoiler]
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