Monday, April 27, 2015
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Lots of excitement on this Monday… let’s dig in, shall we?
An Antepenultimate Wager in a Millard Fillmore category? I was pumped – but Greg killed my excitement with his bet. I take that on in my video.
His lowball wager notwithstanding – and with a little help from a miss by Tim on the last Double Jeopardy! clue – Greg has a commanding lead.
|
Greg Seroka |
Ann Marie Senter |
Tim Giauque |
| 24,200 | 800 | 14,600 |
Tonight’s Final Jeopardy! category is:
| WEDDINGS |
This one’s straightforward.
| Greg | Ann Marie | Tim | |||
| 24,200 | 800 | 14,600 | |||
| 5,001 | 795 | 5,001 | |||
| 19,199 | 1,595 | 9,599 | |||
| min | max | ||||
| 5,001 | 9,599 | 14,600 | |||
| 24,199 | |||||
Tim, Tim, Tim. He has a much better wager to preserve second place: 13,000. It puts him ahead of Greg’s pre-Final total if he’s right.
This is the Weak Form of Shore’s Conjecture. I don’t usually analyze this, because no player with a shot at the win should ever play for second.
But humor me here. Let’s say Greg, for some reason, wagers to cover this smaller amount. That’s a wager of 3,401…
| Greg | Ann Marie | Tim | |||
| 24,200 | 800 | 14,600 | |||
| 3,401 | 13,000 | ||||
| 27,601 | 27,600 | ||||
…and against Tim’s actually wager, Greg would have won regardless of who got Final correct! (NOTE: NEVER DO THIS AS THE LEADER. YOU WILL BE SORRY.)
| Greg | Ann Marie | Tim | |||
| 24,200 | 800 | 14,600 | |||
| 3,401 | 5,001 | ||||
| 20,799 | 19,601 | ||||
The Final Jeopardy! clue
| WEDDINGS |
| IN APRIL 2011 HE MARRIED AN HEIRESS TO THE FORTUNE OF A COMPANY CALLED PARTY PIECES |
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