Final Jeopardy! wagering analysis:
Thursday, April 28, 2016
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My first note on tonight’s game: “Why does Alex hate Buzzy?”
Enjoy tonight’s video. We’ve got a fun little situation:
|
Buzzy Cohen (3x) |
Ben Rothenberg |
Heather Burnett |
| 12,200 | 16,000 | 9,400 |
with a category of:
| ISLANDS |
The song Buzzy’s firm helped go platinum is “Walking on a Dream” by Empire of the Sun.
It was first released in 2008, but was released as a single earlier this year after this Honda ad came out:
As I mention in the video, I usually hate car commercials, but I really liked this one.
Combined analysis
Buzzy is in Stratton’s Dilemma: odds are good he’ll go for everything.
| Buzzy |
Ben |
Heather | |||
| 12,200 | 16,000 | 9,400 | |||
| FIRST-ORDER | SECOND-ORDER | COVER ZERO | |||
| min | max | min | max | min | max |
| 6,600* | 8,400 | 1,800 | |||
| 1,000 | 800 | 2,800 | 3,800 | 3,800 | |
What actually happened
| Buzzy | Ben | Heather | |||
| 12,200 | 16,000 | 9,400 | |||
| 8,000 | 8,401 | 0 | |||
| 20,200 | 7,599 | 9,400 | |||
| min | max | min | max | min | max |
| 12,200 | 8,401 | 1,799 | |||
| 999 | 801 | 2,799 | 3,800 | 3,801 | |
With the sole get, Buzzy climbs the ToC leaderboard with 4 wins and $78,601, but he left $4,200 in Sony’s pocket tonight.
The Final Jeopardy! clue
| ISLANDS |
| THE SPANISH NAME OF THESE ISLANDS IS ISLAS DE SOTAVENTO; THEIR FRENCH NAME IS ILES SOUS-LE-VENT |
[spoiler]What are the Leeward Islands?[/spoiler]
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You could always put a mirror to the left of the whiteboard while you record, so the commercials don’t end without you realizing.
Reply to SamK:
Actually, It would be more fun and increase viewership if Keith hired women of the type that parade around the ring at a boxing match holding up a large card with the number of the next round.
Just a thought.