Tuesday, January 12, 2016

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Cory’s back, and he’s owning up to a man-crush on a certain former contestant. Which one?

Here are the scores:

Adam Hoskins	Lisa Cech	Amelia Hershberger
13,400	10,800	10,600

The Final Jeopardy! category is:

HYMNS

I made a mistake on the math on the video (we filmed this around 2 a.m.), but the numbers below are correct.

First-order calculations

Lisa is stuck in Stratton’s Dilemma. Does she cover Amelia, or stay above Adam if they both miss?

Adam		Lisa		Amelia
13,400		10,800		10,600
FIRST-ORDER		SECOND-ORDER		COVER ZERO
min	max	min	max	min	max
8,200		10,400*			5,400
			5,600		10,200

Second-order calculations

Mind games are in effect!

Adam		Lisa		Amelia
13,400		10,800		10,600
FIRST-ORDER		SECOND-ORDER		COVER ZERO
min	max	min	max	min	max
8,200		10,400*			5,000
		5,200	5,600		10,200
3,000

Zero wagers

Score differences:
Adam and Lisa: 2,600
Adam and Amelia: 2,800
Lisa and Amelia: 200

Adam		Lisa		Amelia
13,400		10,800		10,600
FIRST-ORDER		SECOND-ORDER		COVER ZERO
min	max	min	max	min	max
8,200		10,400*		2,800	5,000
3,000		5,200	5,600	5,600	10,200
	2,600		200

What actually happened

Adam		Lisa		Amelia
13,400		10,800		10,600
8,201		4,500		10,600
5,199		15,300		21,200
min	max	min	max	min	max
8,201		10,800		2,801	4,999
3,001		5,201	5,599	5,601	10,199
	2,599		199

I could have given Lisa a pink for that wager, I suppose, but the roundness suggests she put no thought at all into it.

Another week, another lack of a four-time champ.

The Final Jeopardy! clue

HYMNS

SLAVE TRADER TURNED MINISTER JOHN NEWTON WROTE THIS HYMN THAT 1st APPEARED IN 1779 AS “FAITH’S REVIEW AND EXPECTATION”

[spoiler]What is “Amazing Grace”?[/spoiler]

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