several months ago I'm surprised the fact that he lost wasn't leaked earlier. How do you keep all of the audience and the various people involved with the show from leaking it?
I don't know what ratings were like, but I can imagine a runaway winner might reduce ratings after a few weeks. Whereas people would tune it if there was a rumor the long-time champ was going down.
Monday morning was just when it was confirmed.
extensive, too. Two stories in today’s Times, for example.
A 10.1 rating for J! as opposed to 10.2 for the Finals.
Not the same night, granted, but still, pretty wild number for a syndicated game show.
Take spoilers very seriously, I guess.
I guess he never thought she would bet so much. Interesting story on her prep and strategy in today’s Times. She’s a Princeton grad.
his score. That's what everyone does when they have the lead going into Final Jeopardy. His only chance was if she got the final wrong. His bet was small to protect against finishing third. This link explains it.
I always thought librarian was the ultimate job for a Jeopardy contestant. Plus, she's still in her 20s, so her brain works well.
All about the buzzer.
He got the Daily Double in the Jeopardy round on the first question and could only get $1000.
The eventually winner picked both Daily Doubles in Double Jeopardy, doubling her score once.
his bet was to win as much as possible if she got it wrong, without giving a chance to the third place guy to win.
It was the perfect strategy based on game theory.
unless of course Gillooly threatened to bust him up if he won.
He knew she would bet enough to double him if correct.