Speaking for myself, when I saw the category "Academy Awards" come up on my first game, I mentally cursed, since Oscar trivia is one of my Achilles heels. I bet on the principle of "what's the most I can wager and still have more money if the second place person gets it right and doubles their money?" If I had known I'd get the question right, I'd have bet far more. (When we saw the answer, I went through a thought process of deduction and elimination that, at the time, felt like 30 seconds. Watching the tape, though, I'm writing immediately, which only shows how deceptive of minds can be.)
In the second game, I felt a little more secure in the category (Classical Music), but knew I had to bet everything and hope that the leader got it wrong. I thought the way the question in that game was written to lead one into answering Mozart, which I almost did, but then thought about it and wrote down the correct answer of Beethoven. Unfortunately, so did the woman who beat me ... So, while I can't speak for the strategy of others, those were mine. --Dave Sikula On Friday, February 15, 2013 6:47:36 AM UTC-8, Joe Hass wrote: > > > > On Feb 15, 2013, at 7:26 AM, JW <redb...@gmail.com <javascript:>> wrote: > > > I can believe that all three contestants felt extremely comfortable > > with "World Capitals", and didn't anticipate the "historical" > > knowledge that the actual clue required. As they'll all tell you now, > > it doesn't mean that they should each have bet it all, but I'm sure > > there are occasions where even adults are overconfident about a Final > > Jeopardy category. > > This leads to an interesting question for me: since the losers in the > Trebek era get set amounts, I'd be curious how many players approached the > wagers with the category in mind as opposed to purely doing the math > (discounting lock games). Since you really don't know how well you > opponents know a category, I'd think you play for the mathematical > probabilities of the eight scenarios. Then again, I've never been at that > lectern like others on this board have. > > In a tournament quarter or final game 1, where the end totals of the > losers *do* matter, I'd have to assume that your knowledge of the category > does come into play. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
