Tuesday, September 14,
2010
My
birthday is on September 18, interesting.
Anyway,
we’re going to revisit the day when Roger Craig made the one-day $ 77,000 record.
Dear, Roger Craig, will you pay off my tuition fee?
ENTER PLAYER INTRODUCTION!
- · Mandy Strine, a DMV administrator for a used car retailer from Hendersonville, Tennessee
- · Tony Fan, a law student from Marietta, Georgia
- · Roger Craig, a graduate student of computer science from Newark, Delaware (whose 1-day cash winnings total $37,000)
So Ken
Jennings is a software developer and Roger Craig is a computer science student.
I’m seeing a pattern here. I really want to be a computer science student, so I
can break the record. (Ok, I joked about the ‘record’ part, but I’m being
serious about the computer science student. I want to be a data scientist.)
Jeopardy!
round review:
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CALDECOTT MEDAL
& HONOR BOOKS
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ROCK ‘N OLD
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EQUALS ONE
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SORT THROUGH THE
WORD PROBLEM
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THE “A” LIST
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KATIE COURIC,
WITNESS TO HISTORY
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Yeah, I
changed the format so it’s easier to read. Usually, I started off directly with
Daily Double, but for this occasion, let’s start with the first clue:
Roger : Rock ‘N Old for $ 200.
Clue : Drumroll please! In July 2010 this Beatle turned 70
Roger : Who is McCartney?
Alex : No.
Mandy : Who is Ringo Starr?
Alex : No.
Tony : Who is George Harrison?
Alex : Yes!
… I
thought I was an idiot, until I saw Craig failed to recall who George Harrison
is. But well, he was under the spotlight, and I heard that it is not easy to
recall information under such stress, so yeah… maybe he’s just nervous, and I’m
a genuine idiot.
I can’t
figure it out if Roger was “Forrest Bouncing” or his challenger was or how they
picked the category is a product of chaos theory. They hopped on several
categories, clean ‘Rock & old”, hopped again on other categories like a
rabbit.
Roger
found the Daily Double on “CALDECOTT MEDAL & HONOR BOOKS” for $ 600.
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Roger
Craig
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Tony
Fan
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Mandy
Strine
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$ 5,400
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$ 1,800
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- $ 600
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Hey! It turns out that
using London Olympics’ font + Eggcrate makes the score board catchier.
Anyway
he wagered $ 4,000, aggressive, but not True Daily Double unfortunately.
Clue: A 2007 Caldecott Honor book was called "Moses: When" she
"Led Her People to Freedom"
Roger:
Who is Harriet Tubman?
That is
correct and bumped his score to $ 9,400.
Jeopardy! Result:
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Roger
Craig
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Tony
Fan
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Mandy
Strine
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$ 13,000
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$ 4,200
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$ 800
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It’s not every day you see
somebody already above the lock point.
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INTO DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
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Buzz Rate
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0,69
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0,35
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0,17
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Precision Rate
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0,91
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0,9
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0,6
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Roger
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Tony
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Mandy
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Jeopardy!
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$ 13.000
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$ 4.200
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$ 800
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Predicted DJ!
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$ 15.868
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$ 10.961
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$ 6.861
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Predicted Total
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$ 28.868
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$ 15.161
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$ 7.661
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Probability Win
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93,38%
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6,04%
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0,57%
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Tony proj. score is 52%
of Roger's proj. score Probability doesn't sum to 100% up due to rounding
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Oh!
Look at the stats! Roger Craig is really buzzing.
Double
Jeopardy! Round review:
RELEASE
THE X-RAY FISH!
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THEY’RE IN
HOW I MET YOUR
MOTHER
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LIVING IN NYC
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SUIT UP!
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IT’S GONNA “BE”
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WAIT FOR IT
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LEGENDARY
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Is it
just me or today’s episode lacked of academic category?
We
started as our Mandy started with ‘LEGENDARY’. Roger picked the clue, he move
to “SUIT UP!” then move to “LIVING IN NYC”.
It
seems that Roger Craig’s M.O when it comes to picking the category is like
this:
1.
Pick the first clue.
2.
If he doesn’t like it, move on to next category.
If he likes it, finish it.
Roger
Craig seems to like the category so he finished it up, (and he made the right
decision! He swept the category!) He then continued his M.O, coming back to
“LEGENDARY”, moved to ‘IT’S GONNA “BE’ and cleaned it up. He then picks “WAIT
FOR IT” and found the first Daily Double at “WAIT FOR IT” for $ 1,200.
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Roger
Craig
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Tony
Fan
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Mandy
Strine
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$ 25,800
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$ 4,200
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- $ 400
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INTO FIRST DAILY DOUBLE
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Buzz Rate
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0,69
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0,35
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0,17
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Precision Rate
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0,91
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0,9
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0,6
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Roger
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Tony
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Mandy
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Current Score
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$ 25.800
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$ 4.200
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$ -400
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Predicted Remaining
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$ 10.587
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$ 5.708
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$ 3.037
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Predicted Total
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$ 36.387
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$ 9.908
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$ 2.637
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Probability Win
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100,00%
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0,00%
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0,00%
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Tony projected score is
27% of Roger's projected score
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We
predicted that Tony final’s score will be $ 9,900. That’s $ 19,800 lock point
and $ 16,000 cushion. Despite having $ 16,000 at his disposal, he wagered only
$ 7,000.
Clue: In this play, a boy says that the title character "won't come
this evening, but surely tomorrow"
Roger:
What is “Waiting for Godot”?
Damn.
Why I failed to recalled the answer! I mean, I played Estragon! Maybe because I
played the Indonesian version of the play, so the phrase don’t ring a bell.
Anyway he scored $ 7,000 which took him to $ 32,800.
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AFTER FIRST DAILY DOUBLE
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Buzz Rate
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0,69
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0,35
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0,17
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Precision Rate
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0,91
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0,9
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0,6
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Roger
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Tony
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Mandy
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Current Score
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$ 32.800
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$ 4.200
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- $400
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Predicted Remaining
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$ 10.587
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$ 5.708
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$ 3.037
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Predicted Total
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$ 43.387
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$ 9.908
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$ 2.637
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Probability Win
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100,00%
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0,00%
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0,00%
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Tony projected score is
22% of Roger's projected score
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This is
getting ridiculous, neither Tony nor Mandy put up a fight. We moved down cleaning the high-value clue of
“WAIT FOR IT”, and then we moved on to “LEGENDARY”, only to witness Roger
discovered the last Daily Double at the $ 1,600 clue.
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Roger
Craig
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Tony
Fan
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Mandy
Strine
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$ 33,600
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$ 6,200
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- $ 400
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He
wagered $ 6,000.
Clue: He invented the lyre & gave it to Apollo; Apollo gave him the
caduceus in return
Roger : Who is Hermes?
Alex : I don't want to frighten you, but if
you made this a true Daily Double and responded correctly, you would have
$67,200.
Roger : I'm not going to wager that much.
Alex : $67,200, I say!
Let’s
stop for a moment and think. Maybe Alex was right. He should have wagered more.
Well, obviously not True Daily Double because that’s Clavin, but maybe like $
20,000? Last Daily Double he had $ 16,000 cushion, so he should have more space
to wiggle with at this point.
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INTO SECOND DAILY DOUBLE
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Buzz Rate
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0,84
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0,27
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0,15
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Precision Rate
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0,91
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0,91
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0,42
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Roger
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Tony
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Mandy
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Current Score
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$ 33.500
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$ 6.200
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- $400
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Predicted Remaining
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$ 6.478
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$ 3.535
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$ 1.800
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Predicted Total
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$ 39.978
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$ 9.735
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$ 1.400
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Probability Win
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100,00%
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0,00%
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0,00%
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Tony projected score is
27% of Roger's projected score
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Tony
projected score is $ 9,700 so lock point is at $ 19,400. That’s a $ 20,500
cushion for Roger Craig.
Double
Jeopardy! Round result:
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Roger
Craig
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Tony
Fan
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Mandy
Strine
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$
47,000
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$ 5,400
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- $ 400
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All
three players combined for a total of $ 52,000. Nice.
Final
Jeopardy! Round review:
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LITERARY &
MOVIE TITLE OBJECTS
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Another
pop-culture!
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LITERARY &
MOVIE TITLE OBJECTS
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The
inspiration for this title object in a novel & a 1957 movie actually
spanned the Mae Khlung River
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Roger
Craig
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Tony
Fan
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$47,000
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$5,400
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What
is the Bridge on the River Kwai?
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What is the Bridge over the River
Kwai?
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$30,000
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$4,600
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$77,700
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$10,000
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My opinion
THIS!
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Preceded by
Ken Jennings, 2004
$75,000
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Biggest one-day winners on Jeopardy!
$77,000
2010
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Succeeded by
Incumbent
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I for
one don’t know for how long will this record last, because $ 77,000 is a huge
chunk of money. However, if somebody turns out to break this record, mark my
word:
It’s going to be someone who has background
at computer science.
And
about the score display, I’m going to revert back to the normal one. It seems good on Word, but not good on Blogger.
FINAL
JEOPARDY! Clue of the article:
I don’t know how I forgot this section on last game review.
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21ST
CENTURY GAMES
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The villains in this game were
inspired by the swine flu epidemic scare
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