The Final Wager – Tue 16 Dec 2014
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Tonight’s episode includes a primer on geography.
Here are our scores heading into Final:
| Alysha Rooks | Jean Parker | Josh Vittor |
| 11,400 | 3,800 | 400 |
Tonight’s Final Jeopardy! category is:
SOUTH AMERICA
The calculator – and the person operating it – is very happy tonight.
First-order calculations
Second doubles up
If Jean doubles her score, she’ll have 7,600. That means Rooks has it locked up; she can wager up to 3,800.
Third doubles up
A successful doubling will put Josh at 800. To stay above him, Jean can wager at most 3,000.
What actually happened
Here’s how you keep the three Guyanas straight: they go, from west to east, B-D-F in alphabetical order: British-Dutch-French.
British Guyana dropped the “British” from its name, and Dutch, the middle of the Sandwich, changed its name to Suriname. (French Guiana is an overseas territory of France.)
The Final Jeopardy! clue
SOUTH AMERICA
IN 2004 THE DOLLAR REPLACED THE GUILDER AS THE MONETARY UNIT OF THIS COUNTRY
[spoiler]What is Suriname?[/spoiler]
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