Final Jeopardy! wagering analysis:
Wednesday, April 27, 2016
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I’m switching things up tonight – quite literally.
Joe might regret missing that last penultimate clue, because it knocked him out of contention.
|
Buzzy Cohen (2x) |
Ellen Plitt |
Joe Indiviglia |
| 13,800 | 9,600 | 4,000 |
Buzzy and Ellen might have some mind games tonight with this category:
| AMERICAN HISTORY |
Mind games
Buzzy and Ellen can both either go small or large.
| Buzzy |
Ellen |
Joe | |||
| 13,800 | 9,600 | 4,000 | |||
| FIRST-ORDER | SECOND-ORDER | COVER ZERO | |||
| min | max | min | max | min | max |
| 5,400 | 5,800 | 1,200 | |||
| 3,000 | 7,200* | ||||
What actually happened
| Buzzy | Ellen | Joe | |||
| 13,800 | 9,600 | 4,000 | |||
| 5,401 | 4,201 | 3,995 | |||
| 8,399 | 5,399 | 7,995 | |||
| min | max | min | max | ||
| 5,401 | 5,799 | 1,199 | |||
| 2,999 | 9,600 | ||||
Ellen decided to go for neither, and it cost her the game. Buzzy’s three-day total is now $58,401.
The Final Jeopardy! clue
| AMERICAN HISTORY |
| A STIMULUS TO THE COURAGEOUS, THE $25,000 ORTEIG PRIZE OFFER OF 1919 RESULTED IN HIS SUCCESS 8 YEARS LATER |
[spoiler]Who was Charles Lindbergh? (first solo flight across the Atlantic)[/spoiler]
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There is a great book by Bill Bryson about the summer of 1927 and all the historically important events that happened then, including Lindbergh crossing the Atlantic, Babe Ruth setting the home run record, the execution of Sacco and Vanzetti, and the opening of The Jazz Singer. I highly recommend it specifically to help bone up on frequent trivia topics, and generally as a very well-written and interesting nonfiction book.
http://www.amazon.com/One-Summer-America-Bill-Bryson/dp/0767919416
Thanks for the suggestion – I’d forgotten The Jazz Singer opened in 1927; that should be more Pavlovian for me.
I agree about kids and pads. My young nieces and nephews all have them…