Man vs App on Jeopardy tonight.

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Alex

According to Jennings, at the level of people who make it to Jeopardy yes. He has said that at that level all the players know the vast majority of the answer before the buzzers are active and it just comes down to who can consistently win that battle.

I figure that on the average board I know 65-80% of the answers, assuming that I could resist the temptation to buzz in when I didn't, first crack should give me at least the lead going into Final Jeopardy every every time (there's still the variable of where the ones I know are distributed and who gets the daily doubles).

But where does that 20-35% you don't know fall? Wouldn't it trend towards the higher value answers?