Sports
For a brief period in 2002, I became a minor celebrity in the world of sports. The fame was extremely short-lived, and perhaps the word “fame” is a bit of an overstatement, but I got my moment in the sun. And I owe it all to ESPN and to hockey star Vincent Lecavalier.
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Jeopardy
Since I first started this blog, one of the great mysteries of the universe has been what exactly this is supposed to be about. However, I have preferred not to make it about any one thing in particular, as I have mainly covered a certain range of topics within my areas of interest. As a former math teacher and academic team coach several years ago, and also as a bit of a trivia fan, two of my areas of interest are math and the TV game show Jeopardy. Here, I will combine these topics to present you with the following math problem: What is the highest possible total you can get in a game of Jeopardy?
This question was originally inspired in my head in 2019 as Jeopardy contestant James Holzhauer became famous with one record-breaking performance after another as he won 32 games in a row. Prior to James’s arrival on the show, the single-day record was $77,000, but he obliterated that record time after time with several results of over $100,000 each. This led me to wonder what the highest possible single-day total was. Suppose someone were to answer every single question correctly. How much money would they earn in one game? Let’s explore this question here. If you’re the mathematically curious type, perhaps you’d like to see if you can figure this out for yourself before reading any further. Or maybe you’d just like to read further.
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Football
With September now upon us, it now appears that we are actually going to have an NFL season this year. Or at least a start of the season. Although I remain skeptical about the NFL’s ability to successfully pull off the entire season without coronavirus shutting it down at some point, I’m also hopeful that they can. My thoughts on this can be found on a previous blog post here.
During recent weeks, one of the local TV stations has been showing some of the best Indianapolis Colts games from previous years. As a Colts fan myself, this has inspired me to compile a list of the best Colts games of all time. Since I enjoy top ten lists (as evidenced by a previous post here), I would like to devote this post to giving you my list of the top ten Colts games of all time.
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