Daily analysis, Monday, February 24

Guess who’s back? Back again?

And with a VENGEANCE! Sofi tried to steal a page out of the Bounce playbook, and in the process demonstrated exactly why it’s so difficult to pull off – proving the point I made today on CNBC.

Arthur Chu:  30,800
Sofi Albizuri:  7,000
Josh McIlvain:  5,800

The Final Jeopardy! category: 19th CENTURY PEOPLE

It’s a battle for second place, with Arthur having the opportunity to gamble a bit.

Arthur can wager up to 16,800.

Sofi should wager 4,600 to have exactly twice Josh. (Remember, in the event of a tie for second, the player with the higher pre-Final score takes the $2,000 runner-up prize.)

Josh should wager at least 2,401 to cover an “unsafe” wager by Sofi, and no more than 3,399 so as not to fall below her should they both miss.

All three of our contestants went big, two of them costing themselves some money in the process.

The Final Jeopardy! clue for February 24, 2014 (19th CENTURY PEOPLE):

FREDERICK DOUGLASS SAID THIS MAN’S “ZEAL IN THE CAUSE OF MY RACE WAS FAR GREATER THAN MINE”

Correct response: Who was John Brown?