Monday, December 7, 2015
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I’m a little hoarse for the first match of the new week.
And apparently not all that right in the head, either, as I made a simple math error on the video. Oh well, it was for an inconsequential number anyway.
Our situation is going to be quite fun…
|
Jon Rossiter |
Liz Fritz |
Greg Johnson |
| 8,200 | 12,000 | 4,400 |
Tonight’s Final Jeopardy! category is:
| U.S. LEGISLATION |
You might notice that we’re in an evenly-spaced scores situation: the difference between first and second is the same as the difference between second and third.
First-order calculations
Jon’s magic number is 600: to cover Greg’s double-up and to stay above Liz on a double-stumper. That forces Greg to wager everything, and puts both Jon and Liz in a tricky position.
| Jon |
Liz |
Greg | |||
| 8,200 | 12,000 | 4,400 | |||
| FIRST-ORDER | SECOND-ORDER | COVER ZERO | |||
| min | max | min | max | min | max |
| 600 | 600 | 4,400 | 4,400 ! | ||
Here’s a video I made about this very situation:
What actually happened
| Jon | Liz | Greg | |||
| 8,200 | 12,000 | 4,400 | |||
| 3,900 | 4,401 | 3,900 | |||
| 4,300 | 16,401 | 8,300 | |||
| min | max | ||||
| 601 ! | 4,401 ! | 4,400 ! | |||
| 600 ! | 4,400 ! | ||||
| 8,200 ! | 3,198 | ||||
Both of the trailers needed to go for broke and not a dollar less (unless Jon wanted to aim for the 600-601 range). I do always like when the only good wager-er wins the game, however.
The Final Jeopardy! clue
| U.S. LEGISLATION |
| THE WEBSITE FOR THIS ’60S ACT SAYS, “FIRST LOOK TO SEE IF THE INFORMATION YOU ARE INTERESTED IN IS ALREADY PUBLICLY AVAILABLE” |
[spoiler]What is the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)?[/spoiler]
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