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Jan 15, 2020
1:57:15am
bluehawaiian Contributor
Jeopardy GOAT Question spoiler
What was Ken Jennings thinking risking so little on the Final Jeopardy Question?!!! Wanted to be on TV for another show? He could/should have lost. Here are the options with the %s it would happen.

Both get right = Ken loses (Most likely) 70%
Ken gets it wrong James gets it right = Ken loses 4%
Ken gets it right, James gets it wrong = Ken Wins 6%
Both get it wrong James goes all in = Ken wins 19%
Both get it wrong and James bets $0 = 1% Ken wins

He should have bet enough to cover the both are correct scenarios. He assumed both would get it wrong and James (a professional gambler who always goes all in) would not put in any money? His bet was like rushing 3 slow defensive tackles the entire game. Too conservative!!! Stop being irrationally conservative BYU!

I may not have memorized 1 million trivia facts but I may be smarter than Ken Jennings....
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