10/17/2008 Results

TPIR: Episode 4495K begins with Timothy, Danielle, David and Tyronia. The first IUFB is a pool table (Brandi & Lanisha).

Timothy: $1,400
Danielle: $1,595
David: $2,010
Tyronia: $3,000

ARP: $2,800

David Harris, a dentist from Orange County, plays Lucky Seven for a Dodge Charger (Std., Paint, Prot, ESP, EBH, Mats)(Rachael). First number is 2. Second number guess is 5...

$ 2 4 , _ _ _

...and we take a dollar away. Middle digit guess is 6...

$ 2 4 , 9 _ _

...that costs him half his money, so he's down to $3. His fourth number guess is 0 (?!?!?!)...

$ 2 4 , 9 3 _

...it looked as if he was going to say 6 instead, but either way, he's flat broke. ARP: $24,935. And his 0 guess on the fourth digit is a ZONK ANSWER OF THE WEEK NOMINEE.

Fifth to "Come on Down" is Samuel Zimmerman and the second IUFB is a chest (Rachael).

Samuel: $750
Tyronia: $500
Timothy: $400
Danielle: $751

ARP: $599

Tyronia Newman-Watson plays Balance Game for a barrel sauna (Brandi & Lanisha), with the scale being handled by Rachael today. Last three digits in the price of the sauna are 2, 4 and 5.

DOLLAR VALUES AVAILABLE: $2,000, $3,000 and $4,000

She places the $2,000 and $4,000 bags on the scale for a guess of $6,245...that's too much. Hence, it was $5,245.

Sixth to hear the magic words is Patricia and the third IUFB is golf equipment (Brandi).

Patricia: $501
Timothy: $850
Danielle: $1,095
Samuel: $502

ARP: $1,240

Danielle Antoine from the state of Massachusetts plays Step Up for thousands of dollars plus a grill, a dinette, a home gym and a pool cleaner (Lanisha & Rachael).

1. Pool cleaner- $799
2. Grill- $2,249 ($500); QUITS

The dinette was $1,495 and the home gym was $1,000. Hence, she should've picked the gym second instead, followed by the dinette and the grill.

TODAY'S AT-HOME BIDDING PRIZE: Ceiling fan (Rachael)

SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN #1:
Tyronia ($599): $.75
David ($2,800): $.95
Danielle ($4,788): 60 + $1 (second spin was a PENALTY) = OVER

Unfortunately, David's in the Showcase.

Next to leave their seat in the crowd is James and the fourth IUFB is waterless cookware (Lanisha).

James: $1,695
Samuel: $675
Patricia: $1,200
Timothy: BUCK

ARP: $2,295

James Brandt, who loves Lionel train sets, plays Ten Chances for a cereal dispenser, an electric guitar (Rachael) and a Pontiac Vibe (Brandi).

NUMBERS AVAILABLE FOR CEREAL DISPENSER: 0, 4 & 5

1. $40- CORRECT

NUMBERS AVAILABLE FOR GUITAR: 0, 4, 8 & 9

2. $890- INCORRECT
3. $980- NO
4. $490- STAGE GARF
5. $480- STAGE GARF #2
6. $489- DOH
7. $940- RIGHT

NUMBERS IN CAR PRICE: 0, 1, 7, 8 & 9

8. $18,970- NO
9. $18,790- NO
10. $17,980 (he repeated $18,970 but Drew let him fix it)- WINNER!!!

Except for a couple senior moments, he played this very well! He even did the final reveal at the end!

Coming on down next is Alejandro and the fifth IUFB is a sound system (Rachael).

Alejandro: $2,495
Samuel: $1,800
Patricia: $3,000
Timothy: BUCK

ARP: $650

Timonthy Reese, the last of today's first four to make it out of Contestant's Row, plays Magic Number for a wine bar (Lanisha) and snowboards (Brandi). He sets his Magic Number at $914...I don't think so. The snowboards were $2,494 and the wine bar was $1,499.

The last called on down contestant is Teri Vogel and the final IUFB is a swivel rocking chair (Brandi).

Teri: $500
Alejandro: $550
Samuel: $580
Patricia: $650

ARP: $925

Patricia from Northridge, CA plays Double Prices for a day sailer (Lanisha and Rachael). It's either $10,635 or $12,989. She goes with $12,989, placed by Rachael...that's too much.

SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN #2:
Timothy ($650): $.70
Patricia ($925): 65 + 40 = OVER
James ($21,255): Quarter + 85 = OVER

Timonthy makes it to the Showcase, and I'm sure David's happy about that because he gets the Top Winner spot in today's Showcase. Hence, he should get a second chance at a car there.

The first Showcase has an Ashley living room (Brandi), a plasma TV and a pair of motorcycles (Rachael).

DAVID PASSES TO TIMOTHY; TIMOTHY BID $17,000 ON ROOM/MOTORCYCLES SHOWCASE- STAGE GARF (Only about covers the motorcycles).

MY BID FOR ROOM/MOTORCYCLES: $25,500

For David, we have a computer system (Lanisha), an Alaskan Cruise (Brandi) and a Dodge Grand Caravan (Std., Seat)(Lanisha).

DAVID BIDS $25,000 ON CRUISE/VAN SHOWCASE

MY BID FOR CRUISE/VAN SHOWCASE: $29,750

TIMOTHY'S SHOWCASE:
BID: $17,000
ARP: $20,361
DIFFERENCE: $3,361

DAVID'S SHOWCASE:
BID: $25,000
ARP: $30,801
DIFFERENCE: $5,801- LOSS

David leaves with parting gifts while Timothy wins $21,011 in prizes. But the Ten Chances winner is rightfully the day's top winner today.

DOND: Wrapping up this week is #6 Raffi Lalazarian (who is a middle school substitute teacher). Mr. La-La (his teacher nickname) swaps out for #16.

ROUND 1:
1. #6 (John)- $50,000
2. #3 (JC)- $400
3. #19 (Brian)- $10,000
4. #13 (Rosa)- $500,000
5. #7 (Kristine)- $500

FIRST REJECTED OFFER: $8,000

ROUND 2:
1. #21 (Freda)- $100,000 (DANGER ZONE ENFORCED)
2. #4 (Lora)- $200
3. #12 (Bobbie)- $10
4. #14 (Michele)- $100
5. #5 (Cindy)- $300

SECOND OFFER: $12,500- NO DEAL

ROUND 3:
1. #15 (Nancy)- $25,000 (STRIKE ONE)
2. #2 (Marianna)- BUCK
3. #11 (Dan)- $1,000
4. #22 (Todd)- $5,000

THIRD OFFER: $18,500- NO DEAL

ROUND 4:
1. #20 (Cheryl)- $2,500
2. #10 (Amy)- $250,000 (BIG STRIKE TWO)

FOURTH OFFER: $5,000- NO DEAL

ROUND 5:
1. #17 (Jeremy)- $50
2. #18 (Niki)- $5

FIFTH OFFER: $10,500- NO DEAL

19th PICK: #1 (Shaundal)- $25

SIXTH OFFER: $17,000- DEAL

His case had...$7,500, so he made an OK deal. But if he had gone one more time with #9 (Rebecca), he would've knocked out the penny and gotten a final offer of $42,000. The 75 grand was in Jonathan's #8.

Next week, the first five taped episodes of the syndicated version will air!

Bingo America: We wrap up Raisin Bran Crunch Week with Anne & Benjamin. Board at the Round 1 halftime:

ANNE: -IN-O
BENJAMIN: B---O
BANK: $704

6 (N35)- At the end of the 2005 film "King Kong", he monkeyed around which structure?
BENJAMIN: Empire State Building- RIGHT (B-N-O; $739)
7 (B6)- A bicycle built for two is also known by what name?
BENJAMIN: Tandem- RIGHT AGAIN ($745)
8 (G53)- After a 76 year absence, what comet last appeared in 1986?
ANNE: Spider-Man- ZONK ANSWER OF THE WEEK NOMINEE
BENJAMIN: Haley's Comet- RIGHT AGAIN (B-NGO; $798)
9 (G51)- What book of the Bible begins "In the beginning..."?
BENJAMIN: Genesis- RIGHT YET AGAIN ($849)

50/50 MODE:
10 (I17)- T or F: To save money on fuel, the U.S. Postal Service uses carrier pidgeons to deliver mail.
ANNE: False- CORRECT ($866)
11 (G56)- E or O- which letter would you most likely see at the top of an eye chart?
ANNE: E- RIGHT AGAIN (-INGO; $922)
12 (I30)- T or F: The Procrastinators Club of America's magazine is called "Last Month's Newsletter".
BENJAMIN: True- WIN ($952)

GAME 2: This third question is tonight's Wild Card Question:

What once-invincible French leader was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo?

Anne is right with Napoleon, and with her G already gone, she marks off her N. After seven questions, here's the board now:

ANNE: -INGO
BENJAMIN: B-N--
BANK: $1,288

8 (G60)- What animated TV series features a talking dog and a baby with a British accent?
BENJAMIN: "Family Guy"- YOU BET (B-NG-; $1,348)
9 (O70)- What is the common name for the allergic condition caused by the over-sensity to airborne pollen?
BENJAMIN: Allergy- NO WAY
ANNE: Hayfever- RIGHT ($1,418)

50/50 MODE:
10 (I24)- T or F: Gary Coleman plays the bailiff on "The People's Court".
ANNE: False- YOU BET ($1,442)
11 (B8)- Las Vegas or Denver- which is hailed as the "city without clocks"?
ANNE: Las Vegas- SHOOTOUT TIME ($1,450)

BINGO SHOOTOUT:
1. What singer with a last name starting with B recorded the song "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" and "Sex Machine"?
BENJAMIN: (James) Brown- CORRECT
2. What 2007 I film starred Will Smith as one of the last people on Earth?
ANNE: "I Am Legend"- RIGHT
3. What N natural wonder is the self-proclaimed "honeymoon capital of the world"?
BENJAMIN: Niagara Falls- RIGHT
4. What G is a small kitchen on an airplane or boat?
ANNE: Galley- TIE GAME
Final question: What O vegetable is a necessary ingredient in gumbo?
BENJAMIN: Onion- WINS $1,450

Bingo Bonus Round:

B: #2- $750
I: #27- $500 ($1,250)
N: #40- $500 ($1,750)
G: #55- WRECKING BALL

WOF: Time to wrap up an historic week on the Wheel. We begin this night with this $1,000 Toss-Up in the category of On the Map:

T H _/_ R _ _ _ C/

C _ R C _ _

Nancy wins $1,000 with THE ARCTIC CIRCLE. Let's meet the players:

Nancy Mason (Westbrook, ME)- A high school Algebra teacher for 39 years
George Schwavel (Seabrook, MD)- Police officer
Dana Marshall (New Orleans)- LSU Health Sciences Scenter medical student

Toss-Up #2 is in the category of Food & Drink:

A P _ _ _

F R _ _ _ E R

Dana solves APPLE FRITTER for $2,000.

Round 1 category is Fun & Games and out on the wheel now is a Western Canada Rail Tour worth $6,800. Dana starts out with a $300 N for the Free Spin, then calls the T's for the trip. She then uses her Free Spin after buying a dud vowel in A. Later, after she buys the L's, we have...

THE/O L _ _ P _ _/SPORT/O _/

_ _ R L _ N _

...she calls the C's for another $1,200 and solves THE OLYMPIC SPORT OF CURLING for another $4,150 and the trip, a new total of $12,950 in cash and trip.

DUDS: A

Eggland's Best Jackpot/Prize Puzzle Round category is What Are You Doing? After Nancy buys the A's, we have...

T A _ I N G

_ A R A _ A I _ I N G

_ _ _ _ O N _

...I've got it. After a $550 P and buying the E, she calls a dud in H. George then calls the K for the Million Dollar Wedge and solves TAKING PARASAILING LESSONS to keep it and win a trip to Cozumel worth $5,698!

DUDS: H

WINNING ID FOR TRIP: JD3535741

Campbell's $10,000 Mystery Round category is Title & Author. Unfortunately for George, he starts out the round by losing his Million Dollar Wedge to a Bankrupt. Later on, with $7,750 already in her bank, Dana hits a Mystery Wedge and calls four L's; obviously, she takes the $4,000 bailout to go to five figures (the $10,000 was back there, though). At that point, we have...

THE/_ A L L/OF/THE/_ _ L D/B _/

J A _ _/LONDON

...she solves THE CALL OF THE WILD BY JACK LONDON for another $11,750 and $24,700 total!

BANKRUPTS: 1 (George)
DUDS: R, S

Final Toss-Up category is Occupation:

_ L _ _ _ _

_ N S T _ U C _ _ R

Dana solves FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR to go to $27,700. Speed-Up Round category is Around the House and consonants are worth $6,000 each! After Dana calls the C...

S C _ R _ _ S/&/

_ _ T T _ _ S

...she solves SCARVES & MITTENS for another 12 grand and a new season-high maingame total of $39,700! George is going to Cozumel and Nancy will be taking home $1,000.

Big Money Round: She spins the E in GAME and the category is Place. This one-wordy starts out with:

_ _ _ T _ _ T _

Marshall calls P, C, G and A and gets...

_ _ _ T P A T _

...with one-third of a second left, she gets FOOTPATH! And on my father's birthday, she has won...









...another $30,000! That's $69,700 in cash and trip for her!

All in all, the grand total of cash and prizes given away this week, which obviously is a new all-time record, is:

$ 1 , 2 5 7 , 0 2 8

Next week is our first extra episodes week of the season, with one last chance to give away prizes like the Volvo and Merecdes Convertibles and the Winnebago. Following that week is Halloween Week, the last week before the four-week Hawaii road trip begins!

Video Bonus: Bonus Round clip

Jeopardy!: Meredith Robbins is now a two-time champion with $23,700 to her name so far. Tonight's challengers:

Steffa Burke (Allentown, PA)- Payroll administrator
David Weiss (Billings, MT)- Professor

Opening categories:

HARRISON FORD
INDIANA
JONES
AND THE KINGDOM
OF THE CRYSTAL
SKULL

The writers have been watching said movie way too many times as of late, needless to say. Weiss is trying for an instant sweep of Jones (Skin-So-Soft not included; sorry Andrew) with this $1,000 clue:

One of England's first great architects, he designed covent garden in the 1630s.

The champ's in with "Who is Inigo Jones?"...the sweep has been spoiled and she has her first $1,000 on the night. At the first break, she has $2,600 and trails Weiss for the lead by $400. Burke has $2,200.

A little later, Weiss finds the other Daily Double under the $800 Indiana clue with $3,600 and still has the lead. Everybody's separated by $200; hence, the champ now has $3,400 and Burke has $3,200. His wager is $400.

U.S. Vice Presidents from Indiana include Charles Fairbanks, Thomas Marshall and this later 20th Century man.

"Who is Dan Quayle?"...correct to go to four grand. But Burke takes over the lead by $200 after getting the $1,000 clue in the same category. Left are Of the Crystal and Skull. $200 Of the Crystal clue:

This Kraft drink is five calories per serving, sugar free and comes in flavors like White Grape and Raspberry Ice.

Steffa: "What is Crystal Light?"- YOU BET ($4,400); $400 CRYSTAL CLUE

A 1936 fire in this city destroyed the prefabricated crystal palace.

David: "What is Leningrad?"- INCORRECT ($3,600)
Meredith: "What is London?"- CORRECT ($3,800); MIDDLE CRYSTAL CLUE

Time Warner Cable gives Crystal Apples as awards to those who excel in this profession.

Meredith: "What are teachers?"- YOU BET FOR A TIE ($4,400); $800, SAME CATEGORY

This magazine founded by Andy Warhol is dubbed the "Crystal Ball of Pop".

Meredith: "What is Interview?"- RIGHT AGAIN ($5,200); LAST CRYSTAL CLUE

"Doping" is manipulation of the crystals of these, a class of solids found in transistors.

David: "What are diodes?"- NO ($2,600)

FIRST TRIPLE STUMPER OF THE NIGHT: Semi-conductors

OPENING SKULL CLUE:

The skull seen here belongs to this creature- Ursus maritimus.

David: "What is a polar bear?"- CORRECT ($2,800)

$400:

The eye sockets on the top of this animal skull are there so its eyes will be above the water line when the body's afloat.

Steffa: "What is hippopotamus?"- RIGHT ($4,800)

$600:

This dinosaur rotated the joint between its head and neck, then opened its jaws sideways to get to foiliage.

Steffa: "What is triceratops?"- RIGHT AGAIN ($5,400)

$800:

Seen here is the skull of the puff type of this reptile.

Meredith: "What is an adder?"- CORRECT ($6,000)

FINAL CLUE OF THE ROUND TOLD BY JOHN:

Allowing molding of the head during birth, soft spots on a baby's skull, also known as these, are surrounded by bones that fuse and harden by 18 months.

Meredith: "What are molara?"- NO ($5,000)

TRIPLE STUMPER #2: Fontanelles

LACH TRASH IN ROUND 1: $2,000

DJ! Categories:

GREAT BRITS
THE TROPHY CASE
WARS BY BATTLES (the war must be IDed in each correct response)
ADVERTISING WITH "Mad Men" (each clue is told by one of the stars of said TV series on AMC)
GEMS & JEWELS
TRIPLE DOUBLE-LETTER WORDS (each correct response has three different letters that appear twice in the word)

With 11 clues left to go (all clues are left in Wars By Battles and Gems & Jewels, while only the $2,000 clue remains in The Trophy Case), here are the scores:

Meredith: $6,600
David: $9,200
Steffa: $4,600

Weiss' in control, and he selects the $400 Wars By Battles clue:

Leyte Gulf, Kursk

TRIPLE STUMPER: WWII

$800 WARS CLUE:

Inchon, Pusan

Meredith: "What is Vietnam?"- NOT IT ($5,800)
Steffa: "What is the Korean War?"- RIGHT ($5,400); MIDDLE WARS CLUE

Passchendaele, Somme

Steffa: "What is World War I?"- CORRECT ($6,600); $1,600 WARS CLUE

DAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIILLLLLLLYYYY DOUBLE #1! Her wager is $2,000:

Balaklava, Inkerman

"What is the Franco-Prussian War?"...NO. Correct: What is the Crimean War? She's down to $4,600. Last clue in that category:

Amphipolis, Syracuse

David: "What is the Peloponnesian?"- RIGHT ($11,200); LAST TROPHY CLUE

Seen here in 1950, it's the oldest pro league trophy in North America and gets to be taken home by each member of the winning team.

Meredith: "What is the Stanley Cup?"- OF COURSE IT IS ($7,800)

GEMS & JEWELS BEGINS WITH THIS $400 CLUE:

It's a nacreous concretion formed around a foreign body, like a grain of sand.

David: "What is a pearl?"- RIGHT ($11,600)

$800:

DAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIILLLLLLLYYYYY DOUBLE #2! His wager is just a grand.

The name of this gemstone comes from the Spanish Piedra de Ijada, "hip stone"; it was thought to cure kidney diseases.

"What is...sapphire?"...no, it was the jade, so he's down to $10,600.

$1,200:

Chrome and iron are what give this, red corundum, its color.

Meredith: "What is ruby?"- CORRECT ($9,000)

$1,600:

It's actually the hard, colorful calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.

Steffa: "What is coral?"- RIGHT ($6,200)

FINAL CLUE THIS ROUND:

For their resemblance to plant foilage, inclusions that cloud this green gem are called jardin.

TRIPLE STUMPER: Emeralds

DJ! LACH TRASH: $8,800

SCORES AFTER DOUBLE JEOPARDY!":

Meredith: $9,000
David: $10,600
Steffa: $6,200

CORYAT SCORES:

Meredith: $9,000
David: $12,000
Steffa: $8,200

While this is a good game, it appears that after this game this will be the first time in a while we've gone three episodes in a row with no daily $20K payout.

FJ! CATEGORY: Organizations.

The co-founder of this respected organization refused to appear on the cover of Time Magazine, even with his back turned.

We start with Ms. Burke, whose response was "What is Amnesty International"...don't think so, so she drops to $200. Robbins wrote down "What is PETA???"...sorry. She wagered four grand, dropping her to five. Weiss said "What is Foundation For a Better Life?"...NO. Correct: What is Alcoholics Anonymous? I had a feeling nobody would get that one based on their reactions towards the end of the think music. Now, if he wagered $5,600 or less, the title is his...








...but he risked $7,401, so only $2,000 will be coming his way and Robbins retains. Three-day total for her: $28,700, and she hasn't gotten a single FJ! clue yet. Maybe that'll change next week.

Millionaire Video Bonus (Adam Pinson):

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