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  • Pretty easy for Final Jeopardy.

  • i had guessed ww1 as well, figured it was too obvious, which it was, but the civil war? assuming he was 18 at the end of the war, he would have been about, what, 145 years old?

  • What a fucking nerd to know that question.

  • oh god,

    i thought it was WWI,

    when the first guy got it wrong i was like "duh"

    but then when i learned that it wasn't WWI i was so clueless

  • Yeah, he's very fortunate to have been a 2-day champion.

  • hmmmm you're obviously smart

  • @exilemike why? is it cuz he's black? YOU ARE A RACIST!!

  • @Blueberrycherries No, it's because he is stupid.The Civil War,my God, a kid in grade school would know that was not the answer.

  • imagine theres no heaven, its easy if you try, no hell below us, above us only sky, imagine all the people, all hail john lennon!!!!!!!!!!!

  • I'm curious about this, but how many games did Kyle Pope win?

  • Only 1!

  • boy... those other 2 are shooting bad!

  • Kyle thoght if that was wrong, he would have had $13,200, but he was right, for a fact, and had $33,200.

  • kinda a useless video. but do you mind if i make it into a screamer? i'll put credit to you. look out for my vid! (it'll involve a tourettes guy)

  • When you're in "Final Jeopardy!", and you bet more than you're supposed to, that's not a bad wager...it depends on how well you know the category...if you know it well, you can bet a lot...if you don't, don't bet too much, that's all....

  • I knew that I would know the answer. History is my strong suit. I kick myself for not betting it all. I went all in on the 2 daily doubles and I intended to do in on final. But I couldn't set the one day record so I didnt do it.

  • Ah, that's fine...but I meant to say that to someone I don't know who it was...he said you made a real bad wager...some people just need to keep their comments to themselves :/

  • I disagree with that, unless in a Shoretegic position. Betting to cover is the way to go. More may put one at risk at falling behind.

    History happens to also be my strong suit, and I knew the correct response off the bat, but I still would only wager $3,001. Here's why:

    The situation Kyle was in is known as a "crush" scenario. Basically, given rational wagers, Kyle has a 3/4 payoff matrix. The other 1/4 is if he gets it wrong and Claudine gets it right (and wagers enough).

  • Say Claudine had a lock for 2nd place. She wagers enough only to secure 2nd place. With Kyle's wager, had he got it wrong, he would lose with the extremely large wager.

    It's not a matter of strength of category--even if I got a category that was extremely easy, I would still only wager to cover, and not a dollar more.

  • You flaw in logic is that no one plays for second place. You only get $1000 for second vs. $500 for third.

  • Actually, there are those who decide to play for second place, or at least try to secure the position.

    In your case, while the I thought the wager was too big, it didn't really matter in the end...

  • ...However, there are certain betting strategies that actually allow one to win even in second place, depending only on whether the leader gets Final wrong. In some cases, I could wager so that I wouldn't overtake you and you would still lose as long as you made a rational wager and you got Final Jeopardy! wrong.

    And for the record, it's $2,000 for 2nd place, and $1,000 for 3rd place.

  • Chian052

    How much did you win when you were on. Also, what would you had done late in double jeopardy when I hit the second DD. Score was Willie $8600 Kyle $10,800 and Claudine $13,100

    I am guessing you would not have bet it all like I did.

  • I was never on Jeopardy! actually. The J! Archive developed a wagering calculator and wagering scenarios and I studied them carefully. I have plans to get on, but I only turned 18 last April, and am planning on taking the online test this month.

  • ...To answer your initial question: Probably not the TDD that you did, but something more conservative such as $3,500. I don't know plants, but I do know that the leader after Double Jeopardy! tends to win.

    But if Claudine had $10,000 more? Why not? I'd do the TDD.

  • civil war? haha what an idiot

  • No, Willie was strong. We was a 3 day champ. I was lucky to beat him. I am sure he knew his answer was wrong. But he had to write something.

  • Actually, he was a 2-day champion. But that's a good explanation.

  • i knew this question right off the bat. woo hoo

  • I agree. He wagered $6,999 more than he really needed to.

  • Any chance that the OP has the entire episode still? This game doesn't show up in the J! Archive yet.

  • What the heck is the j! Archive.

  • The J! Archive is a project to archive every clue ever asked on Jeopardy! I searched for the episode there, but it's not archived there yet.

    I'm one of the people that archive episodes there from time to time.

    Visit the site at j-archive (dot) com.

  • he has terrible handwriting

  • The pen on my podium was not working correctly. The week of shows the day we filmed was the first day on that new set. There were several technical problems through the day of filming.

  • Kinda got your face close to the podium when you were writing... HA HA HA

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