Final Jeopardy! wagering analysis:
Friday, March 4, 2016
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It’s Friday, and I’m ready for this week to end.
It seemed like no one wanted to find that last Daily Double, except for maybe Therese – and when she did find the last one, she made a bad wager. (I discuss that on the video.)
She’s still in contention, though.
|
Rachel Zoch (3x) |
Therese Jones |
Natasha Gainey |
| 3,800 | 9,000 | 16,200 |
Not much for me to do here. In the meantime, be sure to check out my full video with Fritz Holznagel.
What actually happened
| Rachel | Therese | Natasha | |||
| 3,800 | 9,000 | 16,200 | |||
| 3,799 | 5,400 | 2,000 | |||
| 1 | 3,600 | 14,200 | |||
| min | max | min | max | ||
| 9,000 | 1,801 | 7,199 | |||
| 7,201 | |||||
| 5,401 | |||||
Looks like we’ll be going at least another several days without a 5-time champion – and in doing so, we’ll guarantee the second-longest such streak in Jeopardy! history.
The Final Jeopardy! clue
| POP MUSIC MILESTONES |
| IN 1972 THIS ANTHEMIC SONG BECAME THE FIRST BILLBOARD CHART-TOPPER BY AN AUSTRALIAN-BORN ARTIST |
[spoiler]What is “I Am Woman” by Helen Reddy?
My guess, “Physical” by Olivia Newton-John, was in 1981. Her “I Honestly Love You” came out in 1974, which would have been much closer[/spoiler]
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