Tuesday, May 5, 2015
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Tonight’s title is not The Final Wager. Tonight’s title is much, much longer.
As you’ll see in tonight’s video, I’m not very happy with Dan Green. Here are the scores heading into Final:
|
Scott Ylinen |
Jen Stoy |
Dan Green |
| 19,700 | 6,500 | 8,400 |
This is after he clammed on the last opportunity of Double Jeopardy!, a $1,600 clue asking for a French author.
Dan’s odds of winning if he stands there and does nothing: 0%. He can do no worse! But he can do better.
We call this a dominant strategy. And the math wasn’t all that difficult, either: 84 + 16 = 100, slightly more than half of 197.
If you go on the show, please, please be mindful of this possibility.
That is all.
The Final Wagers
| Scott | Jen | Dan | |||
| 19,700 | 6,500 | 8,400 | |||
| 1,450 | 6,400 | 4,700 | |||
| 21,150 | 12,900 | 3,700 | |||
| min | max | min | max | min | max |
| 2,899 | 1,901 | 2,699 | 4,600 | ||
| 3,801 | 800 | 1,900 | |||
The Final Jeopardy! clue
| LITERATURE |
| INTERESTINGLY, AT THE START OF THIS NOVEL, PRINCE OBLONSKY, THE TITLE CHARACTER’S BROTHER, HAS BEEN UNFAITHFUL |
[spoiler]What is Anna Karenina? (It’s “interesting” – ugh, really? – because Anna gets into trouble for adultery)[/spoiler]
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