Final Jeopardy! wagering analysis:
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
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We haven’t had a five-time Jeopardy! champ in more than four months. Will Tim Kutz pull it off tonight?
He’s in good shape – but for the second night in a row, he lost a buzzer race on the penultimate clue that would have sealed the win for him before Final.
|
Tim Kutz (4x) |
Ben Yuhas |
Robin Heck |
| 22,600 | 13,600 | 3,700 |
Like last night, this is an easy one.
Calculations
Tim’s got a considerable range once again, but smaller than last night. On the video, I discuss what Robin should do.
| Tim |
Ben |
Robin | |||
| 22,600 | 13,600 | 3,700 | |||
| FIRST-ORDER | SECOND-ORDER | COVER ZERO | |||
| min | max | min | max | min | max |
| 4,600 | 9,000 | 4,400 | |||
Then we add a dollar to the minimum wagers, and subtract a dollar from the maximum wagers.
What actually happened
| Tim | Ben | Robin | |||
| 22,600 | 13,600 | 3,700 | |||
| 5,000 | 9,600 | 500 | |||
| 17,600 | 23,200 | 3,200 | |||
| min | max | ||||
| 4,601 | 8,999 | 13,600 | |||
Aw, man. I liked Tim a lot, and I hope he’ll return to play in the next ToC. (I have little doubt he will.)
Congrats to Ben – we’ll see if he can start a streak of his own!
The Final Jeopardy! clue
| SHAKESPEARE |
| AFTER A ROYAL PASSING IN JANUARY 1820, THIS TRAGEDY THAT HAD BEEN LITTLE PERFORMED GOT 2 NEW LONDON PRODUCTIONS IN APRIL |
[spoiler]What is King Lear?[/spoiler]
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this was a hard one for me…looking back 1820 should have been a dead giveaway…but I was thinking Kings…King John…that doesn’t make any sense…Henry 4 or 5…1820…Willy Shake was writing in the early 17th century…times up…
you had the perfect rationing champ…….good work!
rationalization i meant…