6/19/2008 Results

WWTBAM: Last Tuesday, a lady won $50,000 to close the episode, and her name was Artelia Ellis. Today, as we pick up the action, we have Yvonne Latimer from Gainesville, FL (who is a county jail psychian). She has $8,000 right now, but all of her lifelines are gone. Her $16,000 question:

On average, what's the most abundant gas released into the atmosphere by a volcano?

A: Sulfur dioxide
B: Hydrogen chloride
C: Water vapor
D: Carbon monoxide

She takes a chance by guessing sulfur dioxide...

A: Sulfur dioxide
B: Hydrogen chloride
C: Water vapor
D: Carbon monoxide

...no, it was water vapor. She leaves with $1,000 and a DVD game.

Next contestant is Michael Silver from Boston. He has some trouble on this $300 question:

Someone who seeks favor through excessive flattery is said to be doing what?

A: Grape-crushing
B: Banana-peeling
C: Cherry-picking
D: Apple-polishing

He polls the audience and 88% said apple-polishing. He agrees and is right, and eventually gets to the $1,000 mark. For $4,000:

In 2007, what actor launced hiw own line of limoncello, the liquor he drank prior to an infamous appearance on "The View"?

A: Bill Murray
B: Danny DeVito
C: Martin Short
D: Tony Danza

The 50:50 leaves DeVito and Short. He says DeVito then...

B: Danny DeVito
C: Martin Short

...right. Two questions later, for $16,000:

Which of these artsy surnames is also the name of a division in the World Beard and Moustache Championships?

A: Warhol
B: Dali
C: Picasso
D: Pollock

He's been in this contest before, so he thinks it's Dali...and he has $16,000! For $25,000:

Having land borders with fourteen nations, Russia shares its longest border with what country?

A: China
B: Mongolia
C: Ukraine
D: Kazakhstan

He first calls his dad Steven, who's unsure it's China, which happens to be this player's gut answer as well. He goes with it...

A: China
B: Mongolia
C: Ukraine
D: Kazakshtan

...NO. It was Kazakshtan, which nobody said. He also leaves with $1,000 and a DVD game.

Our last contestant today is Mark Connolly, a style director from NYC. He just got his U.S. citizenship a year ago. For $4,000:

If it were written in the language to which it refers, which of these words would feature a punctuation mark called a "tilde"?

A: Spanish
B: French
C: German
D: Polish

He asks the audience. 68% said Spanish, 13% said French and 12% said German. He goes with Spanish...correct. Last question of the day, for $8,000:

In 1807, what prominent American was charged with treason for allegedly plotting to take over part of the western U.S.?

A: Zebulon Pike
B: Aaron Burr
C: Samuel Chase
D: Charles C. Pinckney

He decides to call Irene, who thinks its Burr, after originally eliminating it. The 50:50 leaves...Burr and Chase. He then locks in Burr...

B: Aaron Burr
C: Samuel Chase

...he's coming back Friday!

TPIR: We start with Katherine, Travis, Shelby Holton and Vera Cornelias. The first IUFB is a treadmill (Rachael).

Katherine: $1,199
Travis: $975
Shelby: $1,350
Vera: $2,000

ARP: $1,299

Katherine will hopefully be in it to win $10,000 in 1/2 Off. The SPs in the game today are controlled by Brandi and Lanisha. The first two items are a doughnut maker marked at $75 and a doll marked at $40. She gets the donut maker at $150. Our second pair of items are a handheld GPS system marked at $80 and a flash drive marked at $54. She says the GPS system is $160...nope. The final items are an electronic solitaire game marked at $19 and a blimp telephone marked at $20. She guesses that the game is $38...wrong again. Left for the $10,000: 1, 4, 6, 7, 9, 12, 14 and 15. The boxes are guarded by Lanisha today. She says #6...no. The ten grand was in #14. She gets $500, the doughnut maker and the doll.

Next contestant is Melvin Adams and the second IUFB is a digital piano (Brandi).

Melvin: $1,580
Travis: BUCK
Shelby: $900
Vera: $1,000

ARP: $960

Shelby Holton, who just got married, plays Cover Up for a Dodge Caliber (Std., AC, Stereo, SRadio)(Rachael). Board:

First number: 1 or 3?
Second number: 0, 4 or 6?
Third number: 1, 5, 8 or 9?
Fourth number: 2, 5, 6, 7 or 8?
Last number: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6?

She is in really bad shape with this setup. But she does manage a guess of $16,586, because only the first two digits are right. Second guess is $16,875...the 5 is right now. Her third guess is $16,965...game over. ARP: $16,125. She played this a bit better than I thought she would.

Lisa Borrus then comes on down and the third IUFB is a set of inflatables (Lanisha).

Lisa: $850
Vera: BUCK
Melvin: $860
Travis: $861

ARP: $530

Because Vera got really lucky, she plays Two for the Price of 1 for a kiss sofa and a trip to Nashville, all worth $7,853 (Brandi and Rachael). BTW, she also just got recently married. The board for the sofa price:

First number: 5 or 9?
Second number: 4 or 7?
Third number: 5 or 8?

She chooses the first number for free, which is 9. Her sofa guess is $975...

$ 9 7 5

...winner!

SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN #1:
Shelby ($960): $.85
Katherine ($1,989): 40 + Nickel = $.45
Vera ($8,383): 55 + 90 = OVER

Shelby goes to the Showcase.

Next contestant to get their name called is Andrew Whitmer and the next IUFB is a wine cooler (Rachael).

Andrew: $400
Melvin: $900
Travis: $500
Lisa: $501

ARP: $999

Melvin Adams plays One Wrong Price for a dinette marked at $2,879 (Brandi), western gear marked at $2,123 (Lanisha) and a home theatre system marked at $3,190 (Rachael). It's a toss up between the clothing and the sound stuff. He goes with the western clothing...that's just $1,175 for the win!

After that, Kelly Wall comes on down to the row and the next IUFB is a grandfather clock (Lanisha).

Kelly: $1,275
Travis: $1,300
Lisa: $1,350
Andrew: BUCK

ARP: $1,887

Lisa from San Diego plays Pass the Buck for a Ford Fusion worth $18,860 (Brandi). The first pair of items are Gold Bond Powder marked at $7.20 and Chips Ahoy marked at $2.49. She nails the cookies at $3.49. The other pair of items are spill grabbers marked at $2.99 and pasta sauce marked at $1.99. Unfortunately, she doesn't know the spill grabbers are $3.99, so she settles for two picks of the big board.

1. #5- $5,000

She goes on with #6...

#6- CAR

...we have one of the biggest wins ever in this game, a total of $23,860 in cash and car!

Our last called down contestant today is Larry and the final IUFB is a tennis ball machine (Lanisha and Brandi).

Larry: $850
Andrew: $700
Kelly: $950
Travis: $951

ARP: $849, so Travis sadly will be joining the First Four Breakfast Club.

Andrew, however, will try to win this prize as a gift for his 18th birthday- a go-kart (Rachael) in Squeeze Play. Board:

49598

I believe it's either $4,598 or $4,998. He goes with $4,598...

$ 4 5 9 8

...happy birthday, Andrew! Four winners in a row to end day's Pricing Game lineup!

SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN #2:
Andrew ($5,447): $.85
Melvin ($8,243): 80 + 35 = OVER
Lisa ($25,747): 30 + 55 = $.85

SPIN-OFF:
Andrew: DOLLAR FOR $1,000!
Lisa: Nickel

In Andrew's Bonus Spin...70 cents for nothing additional, but he does get the Top Winner spot in today's Showcase.

In today's first Showcase, we see Lanisha joining the paparazzi buisness. First, she puts on her new digital camera. Second, she waits for a hot tip to come about from her new cell phone. Then, she realizes that the message tells her to fly to Cancun. Finally, this hot tip didn't quite work out for her, so she instead goes back home to skirt the waters in her new Crowline 180 ski boat!

ANDREW BIDS $38,000 ON BOAT SHOWCASE (Honestly, that red boat looked very pretty; I would've bid $45K myself)

For Shelby, we have a vanity sink (Brandi), a bedroom (Rachael) and a rear projection HDTV, which leads to a possible Fireball Special Showcase Alert.

SHELBY BIDS $14,550 ON FURNITURE SHOWCASE

SHELBY'S SHOWCASE:
BID: $14,550
ARP: $16,866
DIFFERENCE: $2,316

ANDREW'S SHOWCASE:
BID: $38,000
ARP: $35,608
OVER

Andrew had the right idea, but he still overbid, so Shelby wins today's Showcase and $17,826 in prizes. That means Lisa is today's big winner with $25,747 in cash and prizes.

Jeopardy!: Dave Simpson's next set of challengers are Kara Gavin (a science writer from Plymouth, Mich.) and Kew Lee (a psychatrist from S.F.). And guess which three people happen to be in today's studio audience- Brad Rutter, Bob Harris and Ken Jennings!!!! Opening categories:

HERE'S THE STORY
OF A MAN NAMED BRADY
A BUNCH OF STUFF
MEN IN HISTORY
ON YOUR "OWN"
BUSY AS A BEE

Lee hits the Daily Double under the $600 Men in History clue. With $3,000, he bets half:

During the Russo-Japanese War, Jack London worked as a reporter for this man's newspaper chain.

"Who is Hearst?"...is right to go to $4,500 at the first break! At that point, Gavin has $1,800 and Simpson has $1,200. After the first round...

Dave: $3,000
Kew: $7,900
Kara: $4,000

...Lee's starting to run away with this game.

LACH TRASH FOR ROUND 1: $1,400

DJ! Categories:

SPACED OUT
A SPORTING CHANCE
ISLAND HOPPING
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
AFRICAN ANIMALS
CROSSWORD CLUES "L"

After A Sporting Chance and the crossword categories get cleared out, here are the scores at this moment:

Dave: $8,600
Kew: $11,900
Kara: $4,000

$400 CLUE IN AFRICAN ANIMALS:

The only birds taller than this 8-foot African bird were the now-extinct moas.

Dave: "What are ostriches?"- CORRECT ($9,000); $800 CLUE IN AFRICAN ANIMALS

Most of these flightless birds live near Antarctica but the jackass (WTF?) species is found off South Africa.

Kew: "What are penguins?"- RIGHT ($12,700); $1,200, SAME CATEGORY

Even though they're striped, thousands of these can be spotted migrating with their gnu friends.

TRIPLE STUMPER: Zebras

$1,600, SAME CATEGORY:

The cape fur type of this breeds on the coast of South Africa.

Kara: "What is a seal?"- RIGHT ($5,600); FINAL CLUE IN AFRICAN ANIMALS

This giraffe relative is also called a forest giraffe.

ANOTHER TRIPLE STUMPER: Okapi

$400 CLUE IN FOREIGN EXCHANGE:

The watermark on Egypt's 10-piastre bill is a statue of this ancient boy king.

Kara: "Who is Tutenkhamum?"- CORRECT ($6,000); $800 FOREIGN EXCHANGE CLUE

Both Palau and the Marshall Islands use this as their basic monetary unit.

Dave: "What is the U.S. Dollar?"- RIGHT ($9,800); MIDDLE FOREIGN EXCHANGE CLUE

In 1704, Peter the Great introduced the first regular minting of this currency in silver.

Dave: "What is the ruble?- RIGHT AGAIN ($11,000); $1,600, SAME CATEGORY

Most of Vietnam's Dong currency features the smiling face of this Communist dictator of the 1950s and '60s.

Kew: "Who is Ho Chi Minh?"- CORRECT ($14,300); $2,000, SAME CATEGORY

DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLYYYYY DOUBLE #1! His wager is two grand:

In 2001, the Netherlands issued its last coin in this currency in both gold and silver.

"What is the gilder?"...is right to go to $16,300!

$400 CLUE IN ISLAND HOPPING:

On June 14, 1982, Argentine forces surrendered to British forces on these islands.

Kara: "What are the Falklands?"- YES ($6,400); $800 ISLAND HOPPING CLUE

OTHER DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIILLLLLLLLYYYY DOUBLE! Her wager is four grand. To get to five figures:

The site of a major American naval victory of Japan in June 1942, it's located 1,300 miles northwest of Hawaii.

"What is Iwo Jima?"...NO. Correct: What is Midway? She's down to $2,400 and is all but out of this game now.

MIDDLE ISLAND HOPPING CLUE:

The Faroe Islands belong to this Scandinavian country.

Kara: "What is Denmark?"- CORRECT ($3,600); $1,600, SAME CATEGORY

This 147-square-mile island where Queen Victoria had a seaside home is just off the Hampshire Coast.

TRIPLE STUMPER: Isle of Wight

FINAL CLUE IN ISLAND HOPPING:

It's how Easter Island is known in its indigenous language.

Kara: "What is Rapanui?"- RIGHT ($5,600)

THE LAST REMAINING CATEGORY OF SPACED OUT BEGINS WITH THIS $400 CLUE:

The Spirit & Opportunity Rovers found evidence that water once flowed on this planet.

Dave: "What is Mars?"- CORRECT ($11,400)

$800:

In a single day, temperatures on this planet closest to the Sun range from -280 degrees to 800 degrees.

Kara: "What is Mercury?"- RIGHT ($6,400)

$1,200:

Part-time astronomer Christopher Wren made a model of this with surface relief and gave it to Charles II.

Dave: "What is the Moon?"- YES ($12,600)

$1,600:

A telescope atop a 17-story building on an Arizona mountain is called the LBT; the "B" is this, meaning "using 2 eyes".

Kara: "What is bifocal?"- INCORRECT ($4,800)
Dave: "What is binocular?"- RIGHT ($14,200)

FINAL CLUE OF THE ROUND:

Alpha Centauri is a star; this, three letters shorter, is the term for Aldebaran as the brightest star in its constellation.

TRIPLE STUMPER: Alpha Tauri

LACH TRASH FOR ROUND 2: $8,400

SCORES AFTER DOUBLE JEOPARDY!:

Dave: $14,200
Kew: $16,300
Kara: $4,800

CORYAT SCORES:

Dave: $14,200
Kew: $15,400
Kara: $8,800

FJ! CATEGORY: Business Trademarks.

Registered in 1893, this product's trademark is written in the Spencerian script of bookkeeper Frank Robinson.

KARA:
Response: "What is The New York Times?"
Wager: $4,000
Final score: $800

The champ wrote down "What is Hallmark?"...









"What is Hallmark?"

...incorrect. But he only lost $2,101, so he's still in it with $12,099. Lee's response was "What is a cash register?"...NO FREAKIN' WAY. Correct: What is Coca-Cola? His wager was...







...$12,101, meaning Simpson is a four-time champion thanks to his conservative wager! Four-day total: $88,901!

Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?: We now have Stacy Zowadick, an elementary school teacher, playing the game. Her first partner is Mackenzie and here are the categories:

1st Grade Animal Science
1st Grade Vocabulary
2nd Grade Spelling
2nd Grade Social Studies
3rd Grade Grammar
3rd Grade English
4th Grade World History
4th Grade World Geography
5th Grade U.S. History
5th Grade Health

Her first category is 1st Grade Vocabulary.

By definition, how many wheels does a unicycle have?

She gets 1. Her second category is 2nd Grade Spelling.

How many times does the letter H appear in the word rhythm?

She moves up to 2, which is the number of correct answers she's given so far tonight. Her second partner is Sierra and her third subject is 3rd Grade Grammar:

How many plural pronouns are in the following sentence:

"Sierra and Cody told us that their grades were better than ours, but we didn't believe them."

She answers 3...incorrect. Sierra said 4...also wrong, so she loses everything. Correct: 5.

Our next contestant is Aidal Lebo, who is a medical supplies student. His first partner is Nathan and here are the categories:

1st Grade Music
1st Grade Math
2nd Grade Animal Science
2nd Grade Foreign Languages
3rd Grade Social Studies
3rd Grade U.S. History
4th Grade U.S. Geography
4th Grade Anatomy
5th Grade Measurements
5th Grade World History

His first category is 2nd Grade Animal Science, and this is a Classroom Club Question, sent in by Melissa from PS 77. The question:

Silkworms primarily feed on the leaves of what species of tree?

A: Mulberry
B: Eucalyptus
C: Maple

Right away, he peeks at Nathan's answer, which was mulberry. But this guy was thinking maple. He then goes with mulberry...right. His second category is 1st Grade Math:

What number is 11 more than 55 and 9 less than 75?

He gets 66 easily. For his second partner, he chooses Sierra. His third category is 1st Grade Music:

Cymbals belong to what musical family?

He knows it's from the percussion family. The fourth topic he chooses is 2nd Grade Foreign Languages.

Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Delta are the first four letters of what ancient alphabet?

He agrees with me it's the Greek alphabet to go to $10,000, and he chooses Olivia as his third partner. His $25,000 category is 3rd Grade U.S. History:

T or F: Paul Revere, famous for his midnight ride on horseback, also participated in the Boston Tea Party.

He says False....True. But Olivia wrote True to get him to $25,000! His next topic is 4th Grade Anatomy:

What bone in the human body connects the elbow to the shoulder?

A: Tibia
B: Humerus
C: Ulna

He copies Olivia's answer, which was humerus...he now has 50 grand! But he's on his own the rest of the way out. His next topic is 4th Grade U.S. Geography:

The names of how many U.S. states begin with the letter O?

He says 3. The states that begin with O are: Ohio...Oregon...Oklahoma...and that's it, so he now has $100,000! Next category for him is 3rd Grade Social Studies:

What Amendment to the Constitution gave us Freedom of Religion?

He goes with the 1st Amendment...yes indeed for another $75,000!

The 5th Grade topic he decides to try now: Measurements.

To the nearest thousand, how fast is the speed of light in miles per second?

I hope he dropped out right now...







...and he did, so he's going home $175,000 richer! He would've said 973,000...way off the mark. It was 186,000.