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> Can anybody explain this part of Arthur Chu’s Jeopardy strategy? Don’t they still get the chance to answer? Or is his strategy that he’ll figure it out within

> Can anybody explain this part of Arthur Chu’s Jeopardy strategy? Don’t they still get the chance to answer? Or is his strategy that he’ll figure it out within the allotted time? As I recall, he went hunting for Daily Doubles to take them off the board and away from other players who might be able to answer them. Only the finder gets to pose a question for those.

paulcole 9y ago
But that has nothing to do with: >buzzing in when he didn't know the answers to prevent other contestants from winning money
- eropple 9y ago
  Yeah, I think it's just a misunderstanding/probably a mis-edit.
- emmelaich 9y ago
  I think it does. He chose daily-doubles when I didn't know the answer and bet low. It denies the others the D-D and means he didn't lose much. This is explained in detail later on. It's not the most felicitous of phrasing but it makes sense to me.
  - fullshark 9y ago
    The wording is confusing at best, flat out incorrect at worst if that’s what they meant there.
  - eridius 9y ago
    Are the Daily Doubles not randomly-placed? How do you "hunt" them?
    - whoopdedo 9y ago
      They're actually not distributed evenly, so it is possible to hunt and find them with a reasonably high probability of success. This has probably been discovered multiple times by people independently, but was most widely publicized by Flowing Data two years ago. I don't know if the producers ever explained why Daily Doubles are more likely to appear in certain places. Perhaps they intend for observant contestants to be able to guess at their locations. http://flowingdata.com/2015/03/03/where-to-find-jeopardy-daily-doubles/ http://flowingdata.com/2015/03/03/where-to-find-jeopardy-dai...
  - paulcole 9y ago
    >buzzing in when he didn't know the answers to prevent other contestants from winning money How does buzzing in when you don’t know the answer (not betting less when you’ve uncovered a daily double) keep others from winning money? When you buzz in and get the answer wrong it doesn’t affect my ability to buzz in and get it right.

paulcole 9y ago

But that has nothing to do with: >buzzing in when he didn't know the answers to prevent other contestants from winning money

eropple 9y ago
Yeah, I think it's just a misunderstanding/probably a mis-edit.
emmelaich 9y ago
I think it does. He chose daily-doubles when I didn't know the answer and bet low. It denies the others the D-D and means he didn't lose much. This is explained in detail later on. It's not the most felicitous of phrasing but it makes sense to me.
- fullshark 9y ago
  The wording is confusing at best, flat out incorrect at worst if that’s what they meant there.
- eridius 9y ago
  Are the Daily Doubles not randomly-placed? How do you "hunt" them?
  - whoopdedo 9y ago
    They're actually not distributed evenly, so it is possible to hunt and find them with a reasonably high probability of success. This has probably been discovered multiple times by people independently, but was most widely publicized by Flowing Data two years ago. I don't know if the producers ever explained why Daily Doubles are more likely to appear in certain places. Perhaps they intend for observant contestants to be able to guess at their locations. http://flowingdata.com/2015/03/03/where-to-find-jeopardy-daily-doubles/ http://flowingdata.com/2015/03/03/where-to-find-jeopardy-dai...
- paulcole 9y ago
  >buzzing in when he didn't know the answers to prevent other contestants from winning money How does buzzing in when you don’t know the answer (not betting less when you’ve uncovered a daily double) keep others from winning money? When you buzz in and get the answer wrong it doesn’t affect my ability to buzz in and get it right.