Daily analysis, Thursday, March 6 – Battle of the Decades game 9
| Battle of the Decades – preliminary round | ||||||||||||||
| 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| knockout rounds | ||||||||||||||
Three more mustache-era champions return to duke it out.
Things are shaping up as I thought they might, but everyone’s still alive for Final.
Dave Abbott: 16,200
Mark Dawson: 13,600
Claudia Perry: 5,800
The Final Jeopardy! category: PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHORS
More mind games tonight! Will we have a repeat of Tuesday’s scenario?
Dave could wager 11,001 for the lock-out. In response, Mark should cap his wager at 8,400, and Claudia at 600.
Mark can wager up to 1,999 to keep Claudia at bay – but Dave could respond with a small wager, like Pam did on Tuesday.
To account for this, Mark might wager between 5,400 and 7,199; Claudia should wager everything, because she needs to get it right against any rational Mark wager.
I guess Pam’s strategy didn’t rub off on her fellow 1990s contestant!
The Final Jeopardy! clue for March 6, 2014 (PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHORS):
HE’S THE MOST RECENT WINNER OF 2 PULITZER PRIZES FOR FICTION, WINNING IN 1982 & 1991 FOR BOOKS IN THE SAME SERIES
Correct response: Who is John Updike?