Thursday, October 22, 2015
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Tonight, for the first time, two consecutive responses were stuff I’ve covered on #TDIH! Next up: the whole board.
Those clues were the $600 (today!) and $800 (Monday!) values in AMERICAN HISTORY.
Another fun, tight game tonight – and when Dennis got the last $1,600 clue, he changed it from an evenly-spaced scores scenario to a Stratton’s Dilemma.
|
Dennis Golin |
Philip Clark |
Jennifer Robinson |
| 14,100 | 12,000 | 13,000 |
Tonight’s Final Jeopardy! category is:
| THE CIVIL WAR |
In my view, Alex was far too aggressive in reminding everyone that Jennifer looooooves the Civil War.
I’m guessing there’s little doubt as to what she’s going to do, but I’ll go through the full range of wagers anyway.
First-order calculations
Jennifer is caught between covering Philip and staying above Dennis on the downside.
| Dennis |
Philip |
Jennifer | |||
| 14,100 | 12,000 | 13,000 | |||
| FIRST-ORDER | SECOND-ORDER | COVER ZERO | |||
| min | max | min | max | min | max |
| 11,900 | 9,800 | 11,000* | |||
| 10,800 | |||||
| 9,900 | |||||
Second-order analysis
If Jennifer wants to play mind games with Philip – and prevent a loss on the downside against Dennis on a triple-stumper – she can go for 8,800. Philip can further restrict his wager in kind.
| Dennis |
Philip |
Jennifer | |||
| 14,100 | 12,000 | 13,000 | |||
| FIRST-ORDER | SECOND-ORDER | COVER ZERO | |||
| min | max | min | max | min | max |
| 11,900 | 7,800 | 11,000* | |||
| 9,800 | 8,800 | 10,800 | |||
| 9,900 | |||||
Zero wagers
Score differences:
Dennis and Jennifer: 1,100
Dennis and Philip: 2,100
Jennifer and Philip: 1,000
| Dennis |
Philip |
Jennifer | |||
| 14,100 | 12,000 | 13,000 | |||
| FIRST-ORDER | SECOND-ORDER | COVER ZERO | |||
| min | max | min | max | min | max |
| 11,900 | 12,100 | 4,200 | 7,800 | 11,000* | |
| 9,900 | 9,800 | 8,800 | 10,800 | ||
| 1,100 | 1,000 | ||||
Then we add a dollar to the minimum wagers, and subtract a dollar from the maximum wagers.
What actually happened
| Dennis | Philip | Jennifer | |||
| 14,100 | 12,000 | 13,000 | |||
| 13,000 | 8,000 | 13,000 | |||
| 27,100 | 20,000 | 26,000 | |||
| min | max | min | max | min | max |
| 11,901 | 12,099 | 4,201 | 7,799 | 13,000 | |
| 9,901 | 9,799 | 8,801 | 10,799 | ||
| 1,099 | 999 | ||||
Normally, if I’m Dennis, I hold on to more money, just in case Jennifer goes for the bare-minimum $11,001 wager. I’m fine with what he did here, though – particularly as he’s won $59,099 in just two games. Nice job!
The Final Jeopardy! clue
| THE CIVIL WAR |
| THERE WERE ABOUT 900 CASUALTIES IN THE 1862 BATTLE OF SECESSIONVILLE, FOUGHT IN THIS STATE |
[spoiler]What is South Carolina?[/spoiler]
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