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Old 06-20-2025, 11:04 PM   #721
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Holy crap that game on Thursday was something else.

Tied at 13,600 heading into final with the 3rd place guy just behind at 12,000
3rd place gets final wrong and goes down to $2 (more on that in a bit)

2nd place guesses Carlsbad, and she goes down to $600, having bet $13,000.
The champ guesses correclty Carlsbad Cavarns but miss-spells Cavarns as Cavrans and is ruled wrong. He bets eveything and drops to $0. So Bevin wins with $600.

Just an incredibly close game and high drama.

But again poor betting with a huge consequence.

Vivek knew that Bevin and Jacob were tied going in. There is no reason for him to bet all but $2. He correctly bet so that he would have something left...$2 in case both went all in. But it was still a miss-calculation as he should have probably bet $0 and hope the others would get it wrong but bet a lot (but not necessarily all) because they were tied. He would have won. The most logical bet would have 3,601 so if he was right, and they were wrong but bet $0, he would win. But if they both bet big and were both wrong he would win.

One of the best games though in some time.

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Old 07-10-2025, 05:58 PM   #722
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That was the dumbest final jeopardy clue I’ve ever seen. Who the #### knows the actual first name of that singer? He’s not even that famous. After that it’s just guessing who had a hit in 2019.
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Old 07-10-2025, 08:36 PM   #723
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That was the dumbest final jeopardy clue I’ve ever seen. Who the #### knows the actual first name of that singer? He’s not even that famous. After that it’s just guessing who had a hit in 2019.
The winner bet on the leader not knowing the answer. Lucky to win.
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Old 07-15-2025, 05:10 PM   #724
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‘Jeopardy!’ Is a Reminder That Facts Are Fun — and Essential

According to the host Ken Jennings, trivia is overlooked as a “great social force.”

Ken Jennings, the “Jeopardy!” host, doesn’t think trivia is trivial. In this episode, he makes the case that shows like “Jeopardy!” aren’t just games — they might be among the last cultural spaces where facts still matter.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/o...e=articleShare

I actually like Jennings more than Trebek.

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