Dumb Jeopardy Contestants
One of the things that really annoy me about Jeopardy is when contestants make illogical Daily Double bets. For example, the guy in second place finds the last Daily Double with only two clues left on the board. He has $12,000 and the four day champion has $22,200. The guy in second place bet $4,000. Now, if he gets it right, he is still in second place. He must hope he gets Final Jeopardy right while the guy in first gets it wrong. If he misses the question, then he is down to $8,000 and cannot win as he cannot finish with more than half of the guy in first place.
What he should do in that situation is bet either (a) $100 if he doesn’t think he will know the question or (b) $11,900, so that he maximizes his winning when he gets the question right.
