Finding Nash Equilibria in Jeopardy!
Spoiler Alert: It’s unusual for post about a game show like Jeopardy! to have a spoiler, but if you are a die hard fan of the show and haven’t seen the second semifinal game of season 2 of Pop Culture Jeopardy! (it’s on Netflix), then don’t read this just yet.
(Here on I’m just going to write Jeopardy without the exclamation mark, for convenience.)
The last round in a game of Jeopardy is called “Final Jeopardy”. When the round begins, the three contestants (individually, usually, but in the case of Pop Culture Jeopardy, teams of two) are shown the category of the final clue.