Monday, September 14, 2015

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We’re baaaaaaack! Welcome to Season Three of The Final Wager, wherein my liquor cabinet is ready for action.

Great, great start to Jeopardy!’s thirty-second season: a gunfight to remember. Our one-time defending champ, Tara, has the advantage heading into Final.

Tara Anderson	Rook Thomas Hine	Ed Kim
22,000	13,200	17,200

But with the Final Jeopardy! category of:

AMERICAN POEMS

…how will our players handle this knotty situation?

To see my calculations for each position, check the video.

What actually happened

I heard certain suggestions from the peanut gallery…

.@TheFinalWager DRINK

— Ben Ingram (@julysixteenth) September 14, 2015

…but I didn’t mind these wagers at all. What would you have done?

Tara		Rook		Ed
22,000		13,200		17,200
12,500		13,200		0
9,500		0		17,200
min	max	min	max	min	max
12,401			3,599	17,200
4,401	4,799	13,200		4,801	7,599
2,801					399

Of note: we have had six straight one-day champs, dating back to Scott Lord’s loss.

Speaking of which, Scott was kind enough to pick this week’s theme color. Thanks, Scott!

The Final Jeopardy! clue

AMERICAN POEMS

THE TITLE OF THIS POEM THAT BEGINS THE 1916 BOOK “MOUNTAIN INTERVAL” WAS INSPIRED BY LONG COUNTRY WALKS

[spoiler]What is “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost?[/spoiler]

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