Final Jeopardy! wagering analysis:
Tuesday, March 8, 2016
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General rule of thumb: whenever Alex Trebek talks about wagering, the opposite of whatever he says is probably true.
Poor Brent – the look on his face after the final bell sounded and he realized he was a hair shy of being in contention.
|
Brent Povis (1x) |
Paul Hoan Zeidler |
Annie Moriondo |
| 7,200 | 6,800 | 14,600 |
Annie has it locked up, and can wager up to $199 of her winnings on:
| THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE |
Lah de dah…
What actually happened
| Brent | Paul | Annie | |||
| 7,200 | 6,800 | 14,600 | |||
| 6,401 | 500 | 7,700 | |||
| 13,601 | 7,300 | 22,300 | |||
| min | max | ||||
| 199 | |||||
Wow.
If you’re going to throw a lock out the window, at least wager to force second place to get it right.
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Anyway, this Final Jeopardy! was a leftover from Kids Week.
UPDATE: According to someone who claimed to be at the taping, Annie made a mental error:
The Final Jeopardy! clue
| THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE |
| 2 U.S. STATE CAPITALS & 2 MAJOR PANAMANIAN PORTS ARE NAMED AFTER THIS EUROPEAN |
[spoiler]Who was Christopher Columbus?[/spoiler]
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I couldn’t wait to see your reaction to this terrible act.
I really love how you get genuinely mad at insults to the game like this. It frees me from having to be mad, since I know that you will do it for us all. So thank you for this service.
Thanks for your thoughts and this page. I am still confounded, glad to hear from others who see it the same way.
How could she be off by $7501?!