Monday, November 23, 2015
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Now that #ToC2015 is over, let’s start filling the field for #ToC2016! Our first candidate: Laura Ashby.
She’s got the lead heading into Final tonight:
|
Laura Ashby |
Colin Thibadeau |
Matt Keeshin |
| 13,200 | 5,400 | 9,200 |
Tonight’s Final Jeopardy! category is:
| THE 16th CENTURY |
First-order calculations
Matt is in Stratton’s Dilemma: he can’t both cover Colin (who is basically forced to go all-in) and stay above Laura should they both miss.
| Laura |
Colin |
Matt | |||
| 13,200 | 5,400 | 9,200 | |||
| FIRST-ORDER | SECOND-ORDER | COVER ZERO | |||
| min | max | min | max | min | max |
| 5,200 | 2,600* | 1,600* | |||
| 1,200 | |||||
Then we add a dollar to the minimum wagers, and subtract a dollar from the maximum wagers.
What actually happened
| Laura | Colin | Matt | |||
| 13,200 | 5,400 | 9,200 | |||
| 5,201 | 5,399 | 8,200 | |||
| 18,401 | 1 | 1,000 | |||
| min | max | min | max | ||
| 5,201 | 7,999 | 5,400 | 9,200 | ||
| 1,199 | |||||
Laura has now won 2 games and $36,802.
The Final Jeopardy! clue
| THE 16th CENTURY |
| IN 1521 HE WAS THE CREDITED AUTHOR OF “DEFENCE OF THE 7 SACRAMENTS” AGAINST MARTIN LUTHER’S ATTACKS |
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