7/8/2009 Results

Silent Library: Five episodes left to go this season. Today's contestants are Alex (Baldwin, NY), August (Freeport, NY), Brandon (Scotia, NY), Derek (Scotch Plains, NJ), Corey (Toms River, NJ) & Harshit (Scotch Plains).

$300 Round:

1. Derek is first up with "Firing Squad".
RESULT: PASS ($300)

2. Derek's second straight challenge is called "Evil Mask". He has to suffer wearing a mask for 20 seconds that is filled with the odors from sardines, rotten cheese and dog food.
RESULT: FAIL (noisy at the end)

3. Now up is Harshit with "Pulled Sniff".
RESULT: PASS ($600)

$400 Round:

1. Corey's first game today is "Cotton Spicy".
RESULT: PASS ($1,000)

2. Corey's got himself another challenge, this one being called "Explode Cup".
RESULT: PASS ($1,400)

3. Now for Derek's third challenge, "Head Band". Each of his teammates have to snap a rubber band across his forehead.
RESULT: FAIL

$800 Round:

1. Corey's third game of the day is "Freeze Protect". Remember, he has 30 seconds to put on some frozen socks and mittens.
RESULT: FAIL

2. Brandon's first challenge all day is the "Seat Slip".
RESULT: PASS ($2,200)

Time runs out for this round.

$1,000 Challenge: August tries to end the day on a high note in "Cup Groin Surprise". While blindfolded, he has to be kneed in the jewels by a guy with spiked kneecaps.
RESULT: FAIL

Not counting that other challenge we won't see on-air, they are now the lowest winners to date with $2,200 ($367 per player).

Jeopardy!: Alyssa McRae's first pair of challengers:

Clare O' Keefe (Hyannis Port, MS)- Editorial assistant
Henok Kebede (Wheaton, MD)- Musician

Hump Day's opening categories:

TO THE LIGHTHOUSE (two different lighthouse names are listed, and the right state must be given)
SONG TITLES' MISSING BEGINNINGS
THE FROG ROLLS IN
DOT-COM DOOM
GET OUTTA MY DREAMS
GET INTO MY CZAR

The champion's leading early at the first break with $2,400, while Kebede has $1,800. McRae later finds the night's first Daily Double under the $1,000 The Frog Rolls in clue with $4,200; O' Keefe now has $2,400 and Kebede's down to $1,400. Her wager is $1,200 on a clue told by Jimmy:

A frog's hind legs have a human-like femur, but unlike humans, their single shin bone is these two bones used together.

"What are the tibia and fibia?"...tibia is correct, but fibia is incorrect, so she's back at three grand. The other part was fibula. After the round, Kebede's now the leader with $4,600, leading the current champ by a grand; O' Keefe's total is now $3,200.

ATTEMPTED LACH TRASH: $1,000
UNATTEMPTED LACH TRASH: $1,600
TOTAL LACH TRASH: $2,600

DJ! Categories:

THIS AMERICAN LIFE
"M.J."
COLD CALLS
SHOP 'TIL YOU DROP
3 CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR
SELF-CONTRADICTORY WORDS

The first "M.J." clue was about Michael Jackson. Anyway, McRae's in control of the first DD under the $2,000 This American Life clue. She's tied for second with O' Keefe at $7,200 apiece, while both trail Kebede by $2,200. She attempts to move from a second-place tie to a first-place tie after hearing this clue:

Born Christmas 1821, becomes angel on Civil War battlefields, becomes angel April 12, 1912.

"Who is Clara Barton?"...ties the game up at $9,400 apiece! The other DD ends this round, and O'Keefe has it under the $2,000 Self-Contradictory Words clue with $16,400 and the lead. McRae's at $12,600 and Kebede's up to $9,800. Her wager is $2,500 on this:

A fastener to secure something; or it could be to bend, warp & give way suddenly with heat or pressure.

She only says "to temper", which isn't even a question-phrased response, but it's wrong anyway. It was buckle.

ATTEMPTED LACH TRASH: $1,600
UNATTEMPTED LACH TRASH: $2,000
TOTAL DJ! LACH TRASH: $3,600

SCORES AFTER DOUBLE JEOPARDY!:

Alyssa: $12,600
Henok: $9,800
Claire: $13,900

CORYAT SCORES:

Alyssa: $13,600
Henok: $9,800
Claire: $16,400

FJ! CATEGORY: Royalty.

This man whose titles include Baron Greenwich is, like his wife, a great-great-grandchild of Queen Victoria.

Henok Kebede put down "Who is Prince Charles?"...he BUSTS with that. The champ's response was "Who is Prince Phillip?"...correct for ten grand and $22,600 total! Claire O' Keefe...agreed with Kebede's response, so she loses 12 grand and Alyssa McRae is champion once again, now with a two-day total of $43,001!

Wipeout: It's the first-ever Couples Day (Episode 208)! 12 couples will compete on tonight's episode.

This week's Qualifier consists of the Diving Board Trapeze, the Big Balls, the Log Roll Maze and the Fender Benders. The six couples with the best times advance to the second round. Each team must take turns doing each obstacle, and the second player from each couple must tag their partner before s/he starts the next obstacle. Notable times:

Jose & Darlene Gonzalez: 7:10
Travis Petties & Kasey Burton: 5:13.3
Shane & Sally Harris: 3:23.9 (Shane cleared BOTH the Big Balls and the Fender Benders!)
Tim & Jenni Johnson: 4:30 (Jenni cleared the Fender Benders)

Jose & Darlene don't make the cut. The other three couples listed do, as well as Brian & Lori Beth Schwab, Aron Ali & Ashanna Wall (who are wearing dollar signs on their shirts) and Paul Weinrich & Rachel Grim.

King of the Mountain: Three couples will advance to Round 3 from here (both members of a couple must get on top of the platform for them to advance).

They are:

1. The Schwabs
2. The Harrises
3. The Johnsons

Dizzy Dummy 2.0: The opening Spinner has a Keyhole obstacle on top of it this week. The odd-numbered heats ask everybody to do the Sweeper Buoy Run, while the even heats put the remaining contestants on the Rope Swing. The first two couples to have both of their members win a heat advance to The Wipeout Zone.

ADVANCING TO THE WIPEOUT ZONE:

1. The Harrises
2. The Schwabs

THE WIPEOUT ZONE: Both members of each of the final two couples must complete these four obstacles before their final time can be official- the Aqua Launch, the Raging Rapids, the Crazy Sweeper and the Foamy Turntables.

Shane & Sally Harris' combined time is 12:38.29. Brian & Lori Beth Schwab...











...well, unfortunately, Lori Beth falls short on the turntables, so Shane & Sally are tonight's champions!