Final Jeopardy! wagering analysis:
Tuesday, June 21, 2016
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After a long weekend, I’m joined by my mom, who is making her first in-studio appearance.
Here are our scores heading into Final:
|
Sally Neumann (1x) |
Ben Foley |
Laurie MacDougall |
| 1,800 | 13,400 | 13,700 |
Tonight’s Final Jeopardy! category looks good for both of us:
| BEATLES SONGS |
Now, on to the analysis.
Combined calculations
| Sally |
Ben |
Laurie | |||
| 1,800 | 13,400 | 13,700 | |||
| FIRST-ORDER | SECOND-ORDER | COVER ZERO | |||
| min | max | min | max | min | max |
| 1,200 | 600 | 9,200 | 13,100 | ||
| 11,600 | 10,100 | ||||
| 300 | |||||
Laurie can take this down with a big wager, and Ben should keep Sally out of contention.
What actually happened
| Sally | Ben | Laurie | |||
| 1,800 | 13,400 | 13,700 | |||
| 0 | 9,000 | 13,000 | |||
| 1,800 | 4,400 | 26,700 | |||
| min | max | min | max | min | max |
| 1,199 | 601 | 9,199 | 13,101 | ||
| 11,599 | 10,099 | ||||
| 299 | |||||
And Laurie did go big… but not quite big enough! There was an opening for an irrational wager from Ben, although it wouldn’t matter in the end.
The Final Jeopardy! clue
| BEATLES SONGS |
| LATER A BOOK TITLE, THE 2-WORD TITLE OF THIS 1968 SONG IS A BRITISH NAME FOR A SPIRAL SLIDE SEEN AT FAIRGROUNDS |
[spoiler]What is “Helter Skelter”?[/spoiler]
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Great to see your mom! I had nothing on that clue either. YEKIOYD