September 23, 2015

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

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Tonight, I’m grateful my dad doesn’t like nice scotch.

Here are our scores heading into Final:

Dylan

Parson

Austin

Yates

Barbara

Gao

13,500

10,600

7,800

Tonight’s Final Jeopardy! category is:

HISTORIC LEGISLATION

Make sure you figure out what each player should wager before watching tonight’s video.

First-order calculations

Austin is ever-so-slightly in Stratton’s Dilemma, meaning he has to pick between covering Barbara and staying above a lockout by Dylan.

Dylan		Austin		Barbara
13,500		10,600		7,800
FIRST-ORDER		SECOND-ORDER		COVER ZERO
min	max	min	max	min	max
7,700		5,000*			2,000
			4,800
2,100

Second-order calculations

If Barbara is scared of a smaller wager from either of the players in front of her, she could be justified in wagering everything, but I don’t like it.

Dylan		Austin		Barbara
13,500		10,600		7,800
FIRST-ORDER		SECOND-ORDER		COVER ZERO
min	max	min	max	min	max
7,700		5,000*			2,000
			4,800
2,100	3,700		800	3,600*

Zero wagers

Score differences:
Dylan and Austin: 2,900
Dylan and Barbara: 5,700
Austin and Barbara: 2,800

Dylan		Austin		Barbara
13,500		10,600		7,800
FIRST-ORDER		SECOND-ORDER		COVER ZERO
min	max	min	max	min	max
7,700	11,400	5,000*			2,000
		2,900	4,800
2,100	3,700		800	5,700*

Then we add a dollar to the minimum wagers, and subtract a dollar from the maximum wagers.

What actually happened

Dylan		Austin		Barbara
13,500		10,600		7,800
5,700		8,000		7,800
19,200		18,600		15,600

min	max	min	max	min	max
7,701	11,399	10,600*			1,999
		2,901	4,799
2,101	3,699		799	7,800

Those of you who have watched for a while will remember this rule: if you have to get it right to have a shot at winning, you might as well wager everything. Austin learned why tonight.

Dylan ekes out his second victory for a total of $24,599.

The Final Jeopardy! clue

HISTORIC LEGISLATION

IN 1820 JEFFERSON CALLED THIS BILL “THE KNELL OF THE UNION”, SAYING “A GEOGRAPHICAL LINE… WILL NEVER BE OBLITERATED”

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