11/23/2011 Results

FF:

PRE-THANKSGIVING GAME: Baileys (not the same ones who lost on '08's first Winner-Take-All Tournament during the semi-finals) vs. Fornarios (whose two-day cash winnings total $860)

R1: Name something people hide when they invite their ministers over for dinner. First answer (s) on this cold, windy day:

#1: Booze (43)(Keisha)
#2: Pornographic magazines/movies (36)(Gina)
#3:
#4:
#5:
#6:
#7:

Baileys:

Tajuanna: Dirty laundry- X
Dee Dee (a social worker in Texas): Pictures- XX
Thomas: Antiques/valuables- XXX

Gina Steal (for 79): Condoms- TIED FOR BOTTOM (2)

#3: "Naughty toy" (6)
#4: Cigarettes/ashtray (5)
#5: Money/wallet (3)
OTHER BA: Music CDs (2)

R2: Name an article of clothing a would should never take off on their first date. Starter (s):

#1: Underwear (31)(Jana)
#2: Bra (26)(Tatjuanna)
#3:
#4:
#5:
#6:

Fornarios:

Carolyn: Pants- #5 (9)
Michelle: Shirt/blouse- #3 (17)
Denise: Dress- #4 (12)
Gina: Skirt- X
Jana: Shoes/socks- SWEEP! (4)(178)

Double: According to 100 women, name a kind of fish that describes your man in the bedroom. A smelly guess or two:

#1:
T2: Pirahna (6)(Carolyn)
T2:
T2:
T2:
DUD: Tilapia (Dee Dee)

Fornarios:

Michelle: Shark- #1 (36)
Denise: Eel- X
Gina: Barracuda- XX
Jana: Trout- XXX

Keisha Steal (for 84): Whale- NO (Fornarios: 262)

OTHER BAs (6 each): Tuna, large-mouth bass & goldfish

Triple: Name something you'd like to sit back & watch. I think I know what's on top:

#1: TV/movies (82)(Thomas)
#2:
#3:
#4:

Baileys:

Carlos (a retail marketer & former member of the Army): Neighbors quarreling- #2 (9)
Keisha: Fireworks- X
Tajuanna: Money grow- XX
Dee Dee: Sunset- #3 (5)
Thomas: Stock market- XXX

Gina Steal for the Win: Performance (s)- NO (#4: Animals)(2)

SUDDEN DEATH #2: Name something that starts to smell funny when it's getting old.
Carlos: Fish- COUNTS AS FOOD/MILK FOR THE WIN! (87)

FAST MONEY Q's:

1. According to 100 ladies on that 1-10 scale, how good do you look without makeup?
2. Name something that's hard to stop doing once you start.
3. Name a specific food that comes w/ different toppings.
4. Name something that returns in the Springtime.
5. Give me a word that rhymes w/ "spouse".

Carlos:

1. 6- 18
2. Smoking- 30
3. Pizza- 41
4. Flowers- 44
5. Mouse- 45
TOTAL- A NEW STEVE ERA-HIGH OF 178!!!

Thomas:

1. 5- 25; WIN AT 203!
2. Drinking
4. Birds
5. House

(Note: Just before the final commercials, we saw a slow-mo instant replay of the reveal of the final top answer that Carlos gave.)

Thanksgiving TPiRecap

WoF: For the rest of the week, the show's saluting The Big Apple. The first category from the Toss-Up department is Landmark:

_ _ E / _ _ _ _ _ L _ N

_ _ _ _ _ E

Michael says the right one, THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE. I doubt this entire panel's from NYC, but here you go anyway:

Michael Smith (L.A.; originally from North Carolina)- A Beverly Hills hotel worker who met Vanna all the way back to when he was in Second Grade
Alicia Splies (Appleton, WI)- A bilingual service representative for a Social Security office married to Michael who had a bone marrow transplant when she was about two years old
Vicki Robinette (Bakersfield, CA)- A surgery center recovery nurse & a mother of five-year-old triplets who's married to Craig for 14 years

We need a certain Place for the $2K TU:

_ _ _ A _ C A S T

B O _ T _

I wish I could be in one of these right now, but Michael solves BROADCAST BOOTH to triple his base money.

FAMOUS footwear Jackpot Round topic's Before & After & tonight's featured NYC trip, sponsored by the new animated film "Arthur Christmas", is worth $5.5K (there's also a TicketsNow.com gift tag & a taxi category wipe). He starts his letter-calling w/ a $500 T for the green 1/2 KIA & a $2.5K H (which are the first two letters in this solution, BTW), buys two E's & I's, calls three P's for another $1.5K but then hits the Million Dollar Wedge's left-side Bankrupt to lose his 1/2 KIA & four grand. Second, Alicia spins Lose a Turn. Third, Vicki calls a dud in R while on Jackpot. On his second shot at it, Michael calls two L's for six bills, buys the A, puts up a $500 B & we have...

T H E / B I _

A P P L E

_ _ _ P L I _ _

...he eats THE BIG APPLE DUMPLING to move to $4K anyway.

SOLE DUD: $500 R (Vicki)
SOLE LaT: Alicia
SOLE BANKRUPT: Michael
FINAL UNWON JACKPOT TOTAL: $9,800

Once she starts a big Husband & Wife Mystery Round, Alicia starts off w/ the twin T's for $1,800 but then LaTs out for the second round in a row. Second, Vicki calls trip S's for $1,800, buys four E's & five A's, inserts a $550 J & two C's for that Wild Card & purchases two I's. After that, she gets the LaT. Third, Michael gets five R's for the gift tag & the board...

_ A T T _ E _

_ R _ _ E R I C _ / &

S A R A _ / J E S S I C A

_ A R _ E R

...he keeps it after saying MATTHEW BRODERICK & SARAH JESSICA PARKER, giving him $5K in cash & gift certificate so far.

LaTs: 2 (ladies)
SOLE BANKRUPT: Alicia

Tonight's Prize Puzzle Round theme's Things. Vicki takes command of four T's for $3,600 & two E's & A's, then come an $800 R, a $600 M, a couple O's & the same number of N's for six additional Benjamins. Once she Free Plays the final vowel of I, she calls up the triple S's for $900 extra & the layout...

S O O T _ I N _

S _ A / T R E A T M E N T S

...she's on the board in a nice way w/ $5,750 & a spa trip to the Maruba Resort Jungle Spa w/ a value of $7,720, for a total this round alone of $13,470 in cash & Belize.

PERFECT ROUND

TONIGHT'S SPIN ID: BS7728233 (Becky S.)

Wheel Deals! Offer of the Week: 1-800-baskets.com stuff for $15 instead of $30; an additional two bucks are deducted if you use your SonyCard

The TU portion of our show wraps up after we try to figure out an Occupation:

_ N T _ Q _ E

D _ _ _ E R

Alicia nails ANTIQUE DEALER for her first three thou.

It's Last Chance Round time on a Phrase w/ consonants worth $1,300 apiece. After she calls a G...

N _ / _ T R _ N G _

_ T T _ C _ _ _

...she realizes there's NO STRINGS ATTACHED on the additional $5,200 she just earned, so she finishes w/ a nice comeback total of $8,200. Michael leaves w/ $4K & the gift tag & Vicki needed only one puzzle to become the second straight person to take the WC to the big show w/ $13,470 in cash & trip!

$26,670 in cash & stuff have been won tonight just before Thanksgiving on the show.

DUDS: L (Alicia), M (Vicki)

TONIGHT'S BANKRUPT TRASH (excluding plates): $4K

Maxwell House Big Money Round #43: For at least these three episodes, the new car that available will be a Volvo C30. Vicki picks up the award from the first A in AMERICA'S & here's what this Phrase looks like at the start:

_ _ _ / T _ E

R _ _ _

MPDAH adds...

_ _ _ / T H E

R A _ _

...she WON'T be driving the Volvo OFF THE RACK, so she leaves w/ her PP Round earnings ($13,470).

J!: Francis Lansangan's second pair of challengers:

Katherine Philbin (Bedford, NH)- Homemaker
Steven Maio (Corning, NY)- Family law attorney

Wednesday's Initial Board:

THE FIRST SUPPER
OBSESSIONS
GEMS & JEWELRY
HORSE BREED NAMES
ENDS IN DOUBLE E
CHARACTERS IN MOVIES

Francis again has the early lead w/ $3,200, followed by Steven w/ $2,600 & Katherine at $1,800. The first Daily Double of this match's behind the $800 clue on Characters in Movies...which Francis gets w/ him in Lock Game Territory at the $7K level; Steven's now on $2,400 & Katherine's also dipped to $1,600. He wagers three C-notes, so to hit five figures on the nose:

When Winona Ryder whispers "Hold me", this Johnny Depp title character replies "I can't".

"What is 'Edward Scissorhands'?"...good for $10K! Once the board's been cleared, he's sitting pretty w/ $12,200; Steven's improved to $4K.

SOLE TS: Attempted $800 Horse Breeds answer

Lineup for Double Jeopardy!:

RADIO FACES
ASIA
SCIENCE-Y 3-LETTER WORDS
AS I RECALL
SARAH TONE IN...
CHARACTERS IN JAMES FENIMORE COOPER

Katherine could do a whole lot of good here, because she's commanding the first DD under the $1,600 Asia clue w/ $5,200; she's $400 ahead of Steven for second place, while Francis' still very much in first w/ $16,600. She goes for another $4K on this bit of info:

The only U.S. Mint ever outside the Continental U.S. was opened in 1920 in this Asian country, then a U.S. colony.

"What is The Philippines?"...right to stay alive for the time being w/ $9,200. But the last DD belongs to Steven courtesy of the center spot from Characters in James Fenimore Cooper w/ $8,400; he's $800 out of second, while Francis' back in LGT w/ 21 big ones. Steven puts $6K at risk on this:

Fittingly, the title character of this 1841 novel dines on venison in Chapter 1.

"Who is 'The Deer Slayer'?"...that was it for $14,400.

DJ! LACH TRASH (all unattempted): $2K

Going Into the Final:

Francis: $23,400
Steven: $19,200
Katherine: $12,800

CORYAT SCORES:

Francis: $21,600
Steven: $14,400
Katherine: $10,400

FINAL JEOPARDY! TOPIC: American Women.

Geraldine Doyle, who in 1942 took a job at a Michigan metal factory, helped inspire the look & job of this iconic character.

Katherine Philbin wrote "Who is Rosie the Riveter?"...yes to bump to $25,595. Steven Maio...is also right to finish w/ $38,200, but Francis Lansangan wins again w/ $38,401! Three-day total: $78,401.

Millionaire:

Conclusion of Jan Spreen's Game
Game 2
Start of Game 3

(Also on a non-themed "Let's Make a Deal" today: Nicole blew a trip to Sugar Bay that she won from the very first deal of the day & had to settle for a $3,026 home office behind Door #2. Had she chosen Door #1, she would've also won the Toyota Corolla LE that was there & a trip to Puerto Rico, all totaling $27,908.)

Episode ratings:

10: "Family Feud"
9: "Jeopardy!"
8: "Millionaire"
6: "Let's Make a Deal" & "Wheel of Fortune"
5: "The Price is Right"