Friday, November 27, 2015
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Happy Friday! I’ve had the last few evenings off, so it’s only fitting that I get some extra work tonight.
Bianca, our challenger, has a late Daily Double and a big lead. It seems unlikely we’ll see the final clue, so this is a straight math problem.
| ABOUT THAT FAR for $1,600 | ||
|
Rob Russell |
Darin Brown |
Bianca Benincasa |
| 11,400 | 7,800 | 15,000 |
| one clue remaining: $2,000 | ||
In the video, I explain the three wagers I’d consider here: 7,801, 4,201, and 2,101. Bianca went for 1,000 and responded correctly, which means all three players are in contention.
|
Rob |
Darin |
Bianca |
| 11,400 | 7,800 | 16,000 |
Tonight’s Final Jeopardy! category is:
| AUTHORS |
First-order calculations
Rob is in Stratton’s Dilemma, so since Darin is forced to wager everything, he is as well.
| Rob |
Darin |
Bianca | |||
| 11,400 | 7,800 | 16,000 | |||
| FIRST-ORDER | SECOND-ORDER | COVER ZERO | |||
| min | max | min | max | min | max |
| 4,200* | 1,400* | 6,800 | |||
| 2,200 | |||||
| 400 | |||||
Bianca could wager up to $8,199 to force Darin to respond correctly.
What actually happened
| Rob | Darin | Bianca | |||
| 11,400 | 7,800 | 16,000 | |||
| 11,400 | 7,800 | 7,000 | |||
| 22,800 | 0 | 9,000 | |||
| min | max | min | max | ||
| 11,400 | 7,800 | 6,801 | 8,199 | ||
| 2,199 | |||||
| 399 | |||||
A tough loss for Bianca; she apparently misread the Final clue. On the upside, the only way she would have avoided the come-from-behind loss was to have made a huge wager on that last Daily Double.
Rob has now won 2 games and $43,600; he and his charming accent return Monday for a shot at the leaderboard!
The Final Jeopardy! clue
| AUTHORS |
| IN 1990 HE SAID, “I WOULD LIKE TO DO WHAT FAULKNER DID; CARVE OUT A LITTLE PIECE OF MISSISSIPPI TERRITORY & CLAIM IT FOR MY OWN” |
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