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Nate67175 karma

Hey, Ben. You made a huge fan of me with your TOC performance. Your 12-1 lifetime Final Jeopardy average (with a record 12 correct in a row!) is one of the most amazing stats in the game. Two questions:

  1. I was most impressed by your ability to hazard a solid guess even for things you appeared not to know. If you had to estimate, what percentage of clues did you know for sure vs. educated guess?

  2. What topics are your weaknesses and did you have a specific strategy for improving in those areas before your appearances?

P.S. Please phrase all your responses in the form of a question. Just kidding :)

Nate6786 karma

AK-47s can absolutely shoot 1000+ feet. Why is that crazy?

Manufacturers claim an effective range of 400 meters (about 1300 feet) for the semi-automatic version.

Nate6728 karma

I've got to listen to this one day. At first blush, Japan seems a counterintuitive answer (demographics, limited land, etc.)

Nate673 karma

Have you ever done any research on the correlation of Freakonomics book sales and an uptick in economics college majors/courses?