Final Jeopardy: Rolling Thread

by **Houshphandzadeh** » Thu Jun 12, 2014 13:12:36

lol I guessed Australia and Russia

by **CalvinBall** » Thu Jun 12, 2014 13:15:11

you would be wrong bc it wanted the capitals.

by **Swiggers** » Thu Jun 12, 2014 13:15:23

I got it based on the descriptions of the countries. Only one takes up an entire continent. Only a handful straddle more than one continent and I knew Moscow wouldn't fit with the whole-continent city.

by **phatj** » Thu Jun 12, 2014 21:55:52

Houshphandzadeh wrote:lol I guessed Australia and Russia

by **Swiggers** » Fri Jun 13, 2014 19:37:31

Seriously, no one remembered that we severed diplomatic ties with Iran in 1979? FFS, didn't you watch Argo?

by **JUburton** » Tue Jun 24, 2014 19:30:35

Guy has 7800 and hits the last question daily double on a classical music category that he'd done OK on. Leader has 15200. I understand betting small if you feel pretty nervous about it but he bets 7k which STILL keeps him 400 behind. Question was a softball and he gets it and final jeopardy was even easier. Arguably the dumbest bet.

by **stevelxa476** » Mon May 18, 2015 09:49:47

On Celebrity Jeopardy on Friday one of the categories was "The Pen is Mightier". No Sean Connery when you needed him though.

by **JUburton** » Mon May 18, 2015 10:31:13

JUburton wrote:Guy has 7800 and hits the last question daily double on a classical music category that he'd done OK on. Leader has 15200. I understand betting small if you feel pretty nervous about it but he bets 7k which STILL keeps him 400 behind. Question was a softball and he gets it and final jeopardy was even easier. Arguably the dumbest bet.

forgot about this. goddamn this was dumb.

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by **Bucky** » Mon May 18, 2015 10:33:17

so what was the proper bet?? $7700??

by **JUburton** » Mon May 18, 2015 10:47:28

It's the last question and assuming you're confident (which he was given that he bet 7k), you have to bet at least 7501 to get ahead. If you bet 7k there you may as well bet 0.

I can give a little pass as I'm sure it's tough in the moment but it should be pretty basic jeopardy knowledge that being in the lead going into the final is a dominant position.

by **ashton** » Mon May 18, 2015 12:34:48

JUburton wrote:It's the last question and assuming you're confident (which he was given that he bet 7k), you have to bet at least 7501 to get ahead. If you bet 7k there you may as well bet 0.

I can give a little pass as I'm sure it's tough in the moment but it should be pretty basic jeopardy knowledge that being in the lead going into the final is a dominant position.

7401

by **JUburton** » Mon May 18, 2015 12:36:27

ashton wrote:
JUburton wrote:It's the last question and assuming you're confident (which he was given that he bet 7k), you have to bet at least 7501 to get ahead. If you bet 7k there you may as well bet 0.

I can give a little pass as I'm sure it's tough in the moment but it should be pretty basic jeopardy knowledge that being in the lead going into the final is a dominant position.

7401

whatever, it was early, point stands.

by **BigEd76** » Tue May 26, 2015 18:59:52

by **Swiggers** » Mon Jun 08, 2015 10:14:06

Tomorrow is my audtion for Jeopardy in Boston. For those of you who didn't see it when I mentioned it in the random thoughts thread, I passed the online test and was selected by random drawing to go to an in-person audition.

This will consist of three things: Another 50-question test, a brief interview with someone from the show's staff, and a mock game. Those who do well on all three are put into the contestant pool for a year and can be called to appear on the show at any time (or not).

by **JUburton** » Mon Jun 08, 2015 10:38:18

get it, swigs

by **Bill McNeal** » Mon Jun 08, 2015 11:11:47

Yeah man, good luck

by **stevelxa476** » Mon Jun 08, 2015 14:28:32

Good luck! If you make it, don't pull a Clavin.

by **Ace Rothstein** » Mon Jun 08, 2015 16:46:54

You can do it!!!!!!

by **Swiggers** » Tue Jun 09, 2015 14:41:48

I thought it went well, though the odds are very long. 70,000 people took the online test, 2500-3000 were invited to auditions, and 400 will appear on the show in any given year. More details later, got a long drive ahead.

by **Bucky** » Tue Jun 09, 2015 15:04:05

You got this!

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