7/1/2009 Results

Silent Library: Coming inside the building today are Pedro (Bronx), Sean (New City, NY), Winder (Brooklyn), Jarrett (Long Beach, NY), Greg (Ossining, NY) & Michael (Bronx).

$300 Round:

1. Sean's first up with a challenge called "Under Armed". Each teammate must pluck off one of his underarm hairs.
RESULT: PASS ($300)

2. Here comes a challenged called "Meat Spin" for Winder. He has to endure three sausage numchuck attacks.
RESULT: PASS ($600)

3. Sean next has to eat some "Sweet Red Corn" within 30 seconds. To be exact, it's a cob of corn covered in lipstick.
RESULT: FAIL

$400 Round:

1. Pedro's challenge is called "Passion Fish". Remember, any contestant who gets this has to French kiss a catfish for 20 seconds.
RESULT: FAIL

2. Sean gets his third challenge of the day, which is called "Head Ping". He has to withstand a barrage of ping pong balls.
RESULT: PASS ($1,000)

3. Challenge #4 for Sean is "Mouth Fizzle". For 15 seconds straight, he has to keep some water and crushed Alka-Seltzer in his mouth.
RESULT: PASS ($1,400)

$800 Round:

1. Pedro's got a challenge called "Exploded Candy Drop". After dropping some Mentos into a bottle of soda, he has to drink some of the spewing soda for 20 seconds.
RESULT: PASS ($2,200)

2. Michael's first game all day is called "Dizzy Bat Lady". He must first spin ten times around a baseball bat. Then, he must run to a beautiful girl and withstand a baseball hit from her without falling.
RESULT: PASS ($3,000)

We don't have enough time for a third challenge this round today.

$1,000 Challenge: In "Spitted Shoot", Jarrett has to suffer through a series of spitballs from his teammates.
RESULT: PASS

This team also joins the $4,000 club!

Catch 21: We have just three episodes left to go as we meet:

Alex Alexander- Runs a motivational website touting the fact that she's lost about 80 pounds in the past four years
Larry Toffler (originally from NYC)- Runs a live interactive game company (also a former "Finders Keepers" host and veteran GS contestant)
Robert ? (Maryland)- Limo driver and a former over-the-road cross-country truck driver

ROUND 1 BASE CARDS:

Alex: 7 OF SPADES
Larry: JACK OF DIAMONDS
Robert: QUEEN OF HEARTS

Larry shuts out Alex this round by quickly busting her out with an 8 of Clubs and a 9 of Spades.

3. "I cannot tell a lie"- the famous Virginia estate of George Washington is called what?

Robert (who said the answer before he buzzed in!): Mount Vernon- CORRECT (100)

CARD: 3 OF SPADES; PASSES TO LARRY (13)

4. What affectionate name is given to the excess fat around a person's...?

Larry: Love handles- CORRECT (300)

CARD: 10 OF HEARTS, KEEPS IT- OOPS!!! (Robert wins Round 1 and 600 points)

ROUND 2 BASE CARDS:

Alex: 2 OF DIAMONDS
Larry: 2 OF SPADES
Robert: KING OF SPADES

1. What female country singer wore a white moustache for the "Got Milk?" ad campaign, but not during her wedding to Garth Brooks?

Larry: BLANK

Choices for everybody else:

A: Carrie Underwood
B: Trisha Yearwood
C: Amy Grant

Alex: Trisha Yearwood- CORRECT (100)

CARD: QUEEN OF DIAMONDS; PASSES TO LARRY (12)

2. According to a Marie Claire survey, what's the #1 thing women wish they could change about men?

A: That they would be less cocky
B: That they were more romantic
C: That they would be more honest

Larry: More romantic- YES INDEED (400)

CARD: 9 OF DIAMONDS; WINS ROUND 2 & VACUUM (900)

CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND BASE CARDS:

Larry: JACK OF CLUBS
Robert: 9 OF HEARTS

1. Audiences around the globe flock to see what Academy Award-winning documentary narrated by Morgan Freeman?

Larry: "March of the Penguins"- CORRECT

CARD: 10 OF SPADES; FREEZES AT 20

ROBERT:
2. 6 OF CLUBS (15)
3. 7 OF DIAMONDS- LARRY WINS

TRIPLE BLACKJACK: With three Power Chips in play, let's see how much Larry has learned since his Round 1 blunder.

OPENING CARDS:

HAND #1: 5 OF CLUBS
HAND #2: 10 OF SPADES
HAND #3: 10 OF DIAMONDS

1. 9 OF HEARTS; PLACES IN HAND #1 (14)

2. 4 OF CLUBS; PLACES IN HAND #1 (18)

3. KING OF DIAMONDS; CHANGES IT (two left)

4. 2 OF CLUBS; PLACES IN HAND #2 (12; could've won $1,000 by now)

5. 7 OF DIAMONDS; CHANGES IT (one left; he could've possibly won $5,000 at this point)

6. 9 OF DIAMONDS; HAND #2 CLEARED ($1,000)

7. 8 OF DIAMONDS; CHANGES IT (no Power Chips left)

8. 8 OF HEARTS, WHICH IS PLACED IN HAND #3 (18); STOPS WITH $2,000 AND VACUUUM

FINAL CARD: KING OF HEARTS

If he had played the 9 and the 2 on one of the 10s, the 4 and the 7 on the other 10 and played the back-to-back 8s on the 5 while changing the other cards, he could've been the season's last $25,000 winner.

Jeopardy!: Tonight's pair of challengers for Nina Ginocchio:

Michael Huntington (Kansas City, MO)- Waiter
Tiffiny Fisher (Beaverton, OR)- Data analyst

Wednesday's first six categories:

"America the Beautiful"
MOVIE REMAKES
THIS, OR THAT
A WORLD OF MUSIC
I FELL A BIT "ILL"
TAKE MY TEMPERATURE

After "America the Beautiful" is finished out, Huntington goes Daily Double Hunting...and he finds it right away under the $600 A World of Music clue with $2,400, trailing the champ for the lead by $1,200. He makes it a True Daily Double on the following:

The 1990 album "Unison" marked the English language debut of this Chanteuse from Quebec.

He can't come up with Celine Dion, so he's back to zero along with Fisher. At the first break, he's got $800, Fisher's got $600 and Ginocchio leads with $3,600. After the round...

Nina: $7,400
Tiffiny: $5,000
Michael: $600

...Fisher's in this game after sweeping the Movie Remakes category.

LACH TRASH (all unattempted): $1,000

DJ! Categories:

NEW CONGRESSMEN & GOVERNORS
INTERNATIONAL SPORTS STUFF
STOCK SYMBOL-IC
BANNED BOOKS
STARTS WITH 2 VOWELS
LEAVE BRITTANY ALONE!

After getting the first three clues of the round under Starts With 2 Vowels, the champ finds the first of the two Daily Doubles under the $1,600 clue there and risks $2,000 of her $9,800.

A trapeze artist.

"What is an aerialist?"...correct to break five figures with $11,800! To sweep the category:

Closely related to the tuba, this instrument seen here was invented in Germany in 1843.

Huntington's in first with "What is a sousaphone?", which is definitely wrong, because that doesn't start with two vowels. That means he's $1,400 in the hole. Ginocchio then goes for the sweep with "What is a euphonium?"...RIGHT for $13,800! Huntington gets back to $600 on the good side after getting the $2,000 Banned Books clue a little later. He later uncovers the other DD under the $1,200 New Congressmen & Governors clue, but he's $200 in the red. The champ's in Lock Game Territory with $19,400 while Fisher has $7,000. He goes for $2,000 on this clue:

One of the 2 states that got new Senators with the last name Udall in 2009.

"What is Ohio?"...sorry, incorrect. New Mexico & Colorado were the acceptable states. He winds up finishing just $200 in the hole and WIPES OUT for $1,000.

ATTEMPTED LACH TRASH: $4,000
UNATTEMPTED LACH TRASH: $4,400
TOTAL DJ! LACH TRASH: $8,400

HEAD'S UP FJ! STANDINGS:

Nina: $21,000 (lock game!)
Tiffiny: $7,400

CORYAT SCORES:

Nina: $20,600
Tiffiny: $7,400
Michael: $4,200

FJ! CATEGORY: Phrase Origins.

A 19th C. gambling term meaning a desirable prize, its use in reference to NYC stems from a 1921 newspaper sports column.

Correct: What is The Big Apple?

Both are correct, with Fisher doubling up to $14,800 and Ginocchio retaining with 25 grand and $44,200 for two days.

Wipeout: This week's (Episode 213) Qualifier has the all-new Spiked Fenders, followed by the Sucker Punch, Big Balls, the Trampoline Hurtles and the Zip Line Swing. Notable times:

Mark Saldana: 4:38.7
Constantin Ciorgariu: 4:12.7
Shannon Stotz: 4:29.9
Donovan Eberling: 2:51.4
Terry Smith (first contestantt this season to clear the Big Balls): 3:51.7

Valerie Barrera is the show's 500th contestant, and she advances to the second round! Joining her and the other five are Brittany Zubiate, Craig Glover, Teri Lathrop, Mona Mahani, Michael Chao & Robert Martinez.

Gyro Sweeper: Hanging under the top bar of this week's edition are a series of five fingers.

ADVANCING TO ROUND 3:

1. Teri
2. Robert
3. Mark
4. Shannon
5. Donovan
$1,000 BONUS WINNER: Valerie

Slippery Course: The first and third heats force contestants to go through the Branch in the Face after sliding down the water slide, then they must go across the Balancey Beam before landing on the Sweeper. The even heats feature the Slippery Wall w/ some Spinning Triangles as the third obstacle.

ADVANCING TO THE WIPEOUT ZONE:

1. Donovan
2. Shannon
3. Mark
4. Valerie

THE WIPEOUT ZONE: Standing the four finalists in the way of $50,000 are the Catapault, the Gears of Doom, the Scary Go-Round and the Gauntlet, featuring the Gazebo Turntable and the Drop Bridge.

Valerie: 12:50.16

Mark: TIME OVER

Donovan: 7:32.32

Does Shannon, the self-proclaimed winner, go out as tonight's big winner?...











...NO, she doesn't quite get up to the finish platform, so it'll be Donovan.