Friday, May 15, 2015 – Celebrity Jeopardy! #5

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Well, it’s been an… interesting week. In part because I saw this dog statue with real sunglasses on it. That’s Los Angeles for you, I guess…

In other news: how will our celebrity matches conclude?

I gave Penn Jillette my highest rating of the week, so I was disappointed to see him so slow out of the gate.

Thanks in large part to a quick correction on his Daily Double, he’s got a crush heading into Final, and Cynthia’s out of it.

Zachary Quinto	Cynthia Rowley	Penn Jillette
Direct Relief	Public Art Fund	Opportunity Village Foundation
11,400	5,300	18,800

Tonight’s Final Jeopardy! category is:

CELEBRITY MEMOIRS

As with most of this week, this is a straightforward situation.

First-order calculations

Second doubles up

If Zachary doubles his score, he’ll have 22,800.

To cover this all-in wager, Penn will need to wager 4,000.

Zachary		Cynthia		Penn
11,400		5,300		18,800
11,400				4,000
22,800				22,800
min	max	min	max	min	max
				4,000

An incorrect response with that wager will leave Penn with 14,800.

To get above his total, Zachary must wager at least 3,400.

Zachary		Cynthia		Penn
11,400		5,300		18,800
3,400				4,000
14,800				14,800
min	max	min	max	min	max
3,400				4,000

And that’s it. Cynthia can’t catch Penn but might as well wager everything to nab that extra $600 over the minimum if she’s right.

What actually happened

Zachary		Cynthia		Penn
11,400		5,300		18,800
11,400		2,000		5,000
0		3,300		13,800
				min	max
11,400				4,001	7,399

And another triple stumper to wrap up this edition of Celebrity Jeopardy!. Oh well – this week had its moments, I guess.

The Final Jeopardy! clue

CELEBRITY MEMOIRS

MEMOIRS BY RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS SINGER BILL MEDLEY & THIS LATE ACTOR SHARE THE TITLE “THE TIME OF MY LIFE”

[spoiler]Who was Patrick Swayze?[/spoiler]

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