Thursday, December 31, 2015
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It’s the last Final Wager of 2015! Here’s hoping we can end the year on a high note.
We’ve got two returning contestants tonight; Ashley is making the most of her second chance.
|
Johnny Saunders |
Sandro Marchegiani |
Ashley Wilson |
| 9,600 | 10,800 | 20,600 |
For what it’s worth, I really liked all three of tonight’s players – all of them were fun in their own ways.
First-order calculations
The category is irrelevant; Sandro needs to go all-in. Johnny, sad to say, is a hair out of contention (he’d need 9,800).
| Johnny |
Sandro |
Ashley | |||
| 9,600 | 10,800 | 20,600 | |||
| FIRST-ORDER | SECOND-ORDER | COVER ZERO | |||
| min | max | min | max | min | max |
| 8,800* | 1,000 | 1,400 | |||
What actually happened
| Johnny | Sandro | Ashley | |||
| 9,600 | 10,800 | 20,600 | |||
| 9,600 | 9,801 | 1,001 | |||
| 0 | 999 | 21,601 | |||
| min | max | ||||
| 10,800 | 1,001 | 1,399 | |||
Aw, man! Johnny picked the wrong night to not wager zero.
Congrats to Ashley, who gets to appear on Jeopardy! in two different years. How many people can say that?
Have a happy and safe New Year’s Eve, and we’ll see you back here tomorrow.
The Final Jeopardy! clue
| AFRICAN ANIMALS |
| THIS ANTELOPE HAS 2 NAMES, ONE FROM AFRIKAANS DESCRIBING ITS LOOKS AND ONE IMITATING ITS SOUND; ONE IS ALL WE NEED |
[spoiler]What is a wildebeest / gnu?[/spoiler]
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