Friday, July 3, 2015
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The nice thing about the weekend: two straight days of no terrible wagers!
As an added bonus, my hoped-for reference in the FRENCH PRESIDENTS category actually appeared! (More on that in the video.)
I know it’s scary, but Jon really needed to take a stab on that Penultimate Clue – even if François Mitterand (who died of cancer while still in office, btw) is a foreign name (pun not intended, but we’ll keep it).
|
Jon Lubin |
Hilary Carney |
Erik Siwak |
| 1,200 | 18,400 | 20,800 |
Hilary and Erik will tussle on this category:
| NORTH AMERICAN RIVERS |
Pretty straightforward.
First-order calculations
Second doubles up
If Hilary doubles her score, she’ll have 36,800.
To cover this all-in wager, Erik will need to wager 16,000.
| Jon |
Hilary |
Erik | |||
| 1,200 | 18,400 | 20,800 | |||
| 18,400 | 16,000 | ||||
| 36,800 | 36,800 | ||||
| min | max | min | max | min | max |
| 16,000 | |||||
An incorrect response with that wager will leave Erik with 4,800.
To stay above his total, Hilary can wager up to 13,600.
| Jon |
Hilary |
Erik | |||
| 1,200 | 18,400 | 20,800 | |||
| 13,600 | 16,000 | ||||
| 4,800 | 4,800 | ||||
| min | max | min | max | min | max |
| 13,600 | 16,000 | ||||
We can plug in the rest fairly easily:
| Jon |
Hilary |
Erik | |||
| 1,200 | 18,400 | 20,800 | |||
| FIRST-ORDER | SECOND-ORDER | COVER ZERO | |||
| min | max | min | max | min | max |
| 13,600 | 16,000 | 18,400 | |||
| 4,800 | 8,800 | 11,200 | |||
What actually happened
| Jon | Hilary | Erik | |||
| 1,200 | 18,400 | 20,800 | |||
| 0 | 12,000 | 16,100 | |||
| 1,200 | 6,400 | 4,700 | |||
| min | max | min | max | ||
| 4,801 | 8,799 | 16,001 | 18,399 | ||
| 13,599 | 11,201 | ||||
I don’t have a huge problem with Hilary’s wager, but it’s not the very safest.
Have a great weekend!
The Final Jeopardy! clue
| NORTH AMERICAN RIVERS |
| AT ABOUT 100 MILES IT’S NOT ONE OF CANADA’S 100 LONGEST RIVERS, BUT IN THE 1890s IT BECAME PERHAPS THE MOST FAMOUS |
[spoiler]What is the Klondike?[/spoiler]
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