Tuesday, February 17, 2015

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When Tuesday’s episode aired, I was at trivia – where two teams gave themselves the same relevant name.

For those of you who haven’t seen the SNL 40 Celebrity Jeopardy!, be sure to watch it. The name in question was the second Connery mis-read.*

As for the game, Stephanie’s got this one – well, she would have, had Alex not blown the Selena clue.

Andy Axel	Stephanie Engel	Eamon Doyle
4,600	22,200	11,600

Tonight’s Final Jeopardy! category is:

CALIFORNIA CITIES

I’m going to try a new format for tonight’s analysis. Let me know what you think.

First-order calculations

Second doubles up

If Eamon doubles his score, he’ll have 23,200.

To cover this all-in wager, Stephanie will need to wager 1,000.

Andy	Stephanie	Eamon
4,600	22,200	11,600
	1,000	11,600
	23,200	23,200

An incorrect response with that wager will leave Stephanie with 21,200.

To get above her total, Eamon must wager at least 11,600.

Andy	Stephanie	Eamon
4,600	22,200	11,600
	1,000	9,600
	21,200	21,200

Against that minimum 9,600 wager from Eamon, Andy should cap his wager at 2,600. (He’ll definitely want to withhold the dollar, as a tie for second goes to whoever led before Final.)

Andy	Stephanie	Eamon
4,600	22,200	11,600
2,600		9,600
2,000		2,000

What actually happened

The Final Jeopardy! clue

CALIFORNIA CITIES

A PARK, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND MEDICAL PAVILION NAMED FOR HERBERT HOOVER ARE FOUND IN THIS 2-WORD CALIFORNIA CITY

[spoiler]What is Palo Alto?[/spoiler]

 

*Le Tits Now!

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