Final Jeopardy! wagering analysis:
Wednesday, June 1, 2016
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For the third day this week, we’ve got a new champ at the first podium.
Our returning champ had a lot of negs again tonight, and Kelly took advantage of those. She locked up the game on the final question of Double Jeopardy!.
|
Tim Mercure (1x) |
Kelly Bayles |
Liz Miles |
| 4,200 | 16,900 | 7,600 |
Final Wagers
| Tim | Kelly | Liz | |||
| 4,200 | 16,900 | 7,600 | |||
| 2,601 | 0 | 3,000 | |||
| 1,599 | 16,900 | 4,600 | |||
| min | max | ||||
| 1,699 | |||||
We’ll see if she can keep the carousel of champs from spinning tomorrow.
The Final Jeopardy! clue
| COLLEGE TEAM SPORTS |
| THE USA’s FIRST INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC EVENT WAS IN 1852 IN THIS, WHICH AS A SPORT GOES BACK TO AT LEAST THE MIDDLE AGES |

I come from a part of the country where crew racing as it is now called is very popular and I didn’t have a clue on this one either. It is, as you mentioned, a big deal in Boston. But for the rest of the country, not so much.