"Wheel"/"Jeopardy!" 12/28

WoF: What comes up first in the Toss-Up department? Why, it's a Person:

B _ _

S P _ N _ E R

Lou's a BIG SPENDER according to this solve; BTW, he's wearing a Santa Claus-like beard! Let's get to know him & his opposition more:

Lou Pell (Bellevue, NE)- A civilian computer operator in the U.S. Air Force & former 26-year-member married to Mary for a quarter of a century (he retired in '08)
Mallory Jilot (De Pere, WI)- An insurance agent married to Steve & has two funny dogs
Abby Arumbulo (L.A.)- An occupational therapist married to Jay & expecting their first child; her signature accessory category's big purses

The $2K T-U theme's Around the House:

_ A N D _ _ A P E

P A I N _ _ _ G

Lou picks up another two thou from a LANDSCAPE PAINTING.

Wednesday night's featured trip's to The Brazilian Court Hotel & Beach Club in Palm Beach, FL worth $5K & the category of the NatuRelief Jackpot Round board's Fun & Games. First, he calls a $2.5K T, buys four E's but then Bankrupts next to said top dollar wedge to lose the remaining $2,250. Second, Mallory calls out $1K worth of two H's but then loses her turn by buying a dud vowel of O. Third, Abby hits the Million Dollar Wedge's left-side Bankrupt, so Lou regains control & next gets the GourmetGiftBaskets.com gift tag w/ an R but then calls a dud in S while on the blue 1/2 KIA. Mallory next calls for the $600 D at the end of the third word & buys an A for both the first & third lines before Free Playing an I to finish off the vowels & getting up there an $800 L & an N for the Florida retreat. After she duds out w/ an M call, Abby takes the two G's for $1K, a $900 F & two C's for another $300 apiece before Bankrupting next to $2.5K; that will cost her exactly that amount this time. Lou follows suit w/ a $500 W...

W A _ I N G / T H E

C H E C _ E R E D

F L A G

...& he keeps it & the gift certificate by WAVING THE CHECKERED FLAG, meaning he's at the $4.5K mark.

DUDS: $300 M (Mallory), O (Mallory), $500 S (Lou)
BANKRUPTS: 3 (two by Abby, Lou)
LEFT BEHIND IN JACKPOT: $12,900

(Note: The holiday shout-out of the night comes from the production staff.)

This Quotation's the solution of tonight's Prize Puzzle Round. Mallory starts off w/ an instant dud of T. Second, Abby asks for two N's for $800, two D's to make that $2K, half a dozen A's & three O's, followed by a $450 R, a $300 S, an M for the Wild Card, an E, a $1,350 trio of K's but then the only negative vowel on the board (I) is bought by here. Lou's subsequently sees...

A _ _ / _ O R K

A N D / N O / _ _ A _

M A K E S / _ A _ K

A / D _ _ _ / _ O _

...& says "ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES JACK A DULL BOY" exactly right for the secret trip to the Sooke Harbour House in Vancouver, BC valued at $7,700, so his maingame haul's up to $12,200 in cash & stuff.

DUDS: I (Abby), $500 T (Mallory)

TONIGHT'S SPIN ID: RS9627782 (Randall S.)

(Note: We have another shout-out from the camera/audio crew.)

Abby's had two late round fails in a row, but maybe she can break the ice in the Mystery/Before & After Round. She Bankrupts on the MDW's left side for the second time this episode, so there goes the WC; that's her third Bankrupt overall. Lou secondly lights up three S's for nine bills, a couple O's, a $1,200 set of N's, a pair of I's at the top, the $400 G at the end of the opening word, a $1,650 trio of T's & an $1,100 L before he tries to hopefully solve what's up there...

S I T T I N G / O N

S _ N T _ ' S

L _ _

O _ / L _ _ _ _ _

...after we've been SITTING ON SANTA'S LAP OF LUXURY, he's $4,750 happier & is $50 shy of $17K in winnings to this point.

SOLE BANKRUPT: Abby

Wheel Deals! Wednesday Offer of the Week: greatBIGcanvas hand-crafted wall art for $45 instead of $127; use the SonyCard & two bucks more are taken off

It's Rhyme Time on the $3K T-U:

N _ C E

_ R I _ E

Mallory is right in saying $3K's a NICE PRICE.

There's a Phrase in the Last Chance Round w/ the consonant value determined to be...$1.5K per appearance. After two H's from Lou...

T H _ / _ _ _ _ _ / _ _

T H _ / _ _ _ _

...he may be about to face THE PRICE OF FAME for being way off the mark there. But he gets another shot after confidently calling the two C's...

T H _ / C R _ _ M / _ _

T H _ / C R _ _

...& he proves he's THE CREAM OF THE CROP as far as this night's concerned w/ $22,950 in cash & prizes! Mallory has the $3K in TU cash & Abby has the $1K consolation.

That makes tonight's maingame total $26,950.

DUDS: G (Abby), L (Mallory), N (Mallory), S (Lou)
SOLE DQ OF THE MATCH: Lou (missolve)

TONIGHT'S BANKRUPT TRASH (excluding WC): $4,750

Maxwell House Big Money Round #68: Lou lifts the envelope from the single-star position & he's got half the letters in this Thing to begin already:

_ _ S

T _ _ E N

He calls BKMO no sweat...

B _ S

T O K E N

...& gathers a BUS TOKEN redeemable for...






























































































































...$45K in Christmas cash! He's riding out w/ $67,950 in cash & stuff & the Rebuilding Together bank's reached $180K!

J!: The next challengers on Jason Keller's hit list are:

Lesley Tsina (L.A.)- Comedy writer
Patrick Rostock (Ft. Lauderdale)- Fulfillment manager

First Subject Menu of the Night:

AROUND THE FARM
MONSTERS OF ROCK
UNCOMMON BONDS
"NEW" U.S. CITIES
POTPOURRI
DOUBLE DOUBLE LETTERS

Jason ends the first tried category of "New" U.S. Cities w/ the Daily Double & $1,200; he has a $400 lead over Lesley. He's going for the $2,400 doubler on this clue:

Somewhat ironically, this Connecticut city was attacked, captured & burned by the British in 1781.

"What is New London?"...right! Fittingly, he leads off Double Double Letters & halfway in the round, he's still in Lock Game Territory w/ $4,800; Lesley has 1/4 that figure & Patrick exactly has $1K to the good so far.

LACH TRASH (all unattempted): $1,800

After One Round of Play:

Jason: $3,800 (I think this is the first time he's starting Double Jeopardy!)
Patrick: $7,400
Lesley: $4,200

DJ! Board:

THE HOST WITH THE MOST
6-SYLLABLE WORDS
AUTHORS NOT WRITING
CENTERS OF POWER
ORANGE YOU HUNGRY?
THIS...IS...HEGEMONY! (Johnny announces the title!)

$400 Orange You Hungry?:

If you separate out these rhyming candies, you'll get about half orange ones, 1/4 brown & 1/4 yellow.

Jason: "What are Reese's Pieces?"- CORRECT ($4,200)

$800:

A Kraft favorite debuted in 1937 containing this food in orange powder form.

Jason: "What is cheese?"- RIGHT ($5K)

$1,200:

Orange chicken's the most popular item at this restaurant founded by Andrew Cherng.

Jason: "What is PF Chang's?"- NO! ($3,800)

FIRST TS OF THE ROUND: Panda Express

$1,600:

The country tune "Song of the South" mentions pie made from this tuber.

Patrick: "What is sweet potato?"- RIGHT TO GO INTO LGT, AT LEAST FOR NOW ($9K)

$2K:

In Yiddish, tsorres (trouble) shouldn't be confused w/ Tsimmes, a stew containing mern, these veggies.

Jason: "What are carrots?"- YES ($5,800)

$400 Host W/ the Most:

Ted Koppel, 1980-2005

Jason: "What is 'Nightline'?"- YOU BET ($6,200)

$800:

Peter Marshall, 1966-1982

Jason: "What is '(The) Hollywood Squares'?"- ABSOLUTELY ($7K)

Middle clue:

Chris Harrison, 2002-Present

TS #2: "The Bachelor/The Bachlorette"

$1,600:

Jim McKay, 1961-1998

Jason: "What is 'ABC's Wide World of Sports'?"- RIGHT ($8,600)

Closing that up:

Ed McMahon, 1983-1995

Lesley: "What is 'TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes'?"- WRONG ($2,200)
Patrick: "What is 'Star Search'?"- OF COURSE ($11K)

$400 Hegemony Answer:

Around 274 B.C., this republic, which later went full-blown empire, gained dominance over Italy w/ the defeat of Pyrrhus.

Lesley: "What is the Roman Empire?"- CORRECT ($2,600)

$800:

After the Battle of Kosovo in 1389, the Serbs fell under the hegemony of this empire of Nomadic Turks.

Patrick: "Who are The Ottomans?"- RIGHT ($11,800)

$1,200:

In 386 B.C., Persia ratified this city-state's hegemony, about 100 years too late for Leonidas & his 300.

Jason: "What is Sparta?"- RIGHT ($9,800)

First Center of Power:

The Kingston Fossil Power Plant in Tennessee burns 14K tons of this a day.

Patrick: "What is coal?"- CORRECT ($12,200)

$800:

The Belwind Offshort Wind Farm, Bel for Belgium, is in this sea.

Jason: "What is The North Sea?"- RIGHT ($10,600)

Center Square:

The Desoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center has over 90K solar these-- aiieee! Turn it away! I'm going blind!

Jason: "What are panels?"- RIGHT ($11,800)

$1,600

(VIDEO) DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLYYYYYY DOUBLE #1! An extra $5K & first place are both on the line for this champion on this clue read by Alex while he was in Niagara Falls:

The huge hydroelectric potential of the Falls led to a war of inventors; it was only settled when Westinghouse was given the right to build the A/C generators that were designed & patented by this man.

"Who is (Nikola) Tesla?"...also named after an expensive car company, he was RIGHT to send Jason in front w/ $16,800!

$2K:

One of the worst nuclear accidents in history took place earlier this year at this Japanese plant #1.

Patrick: "What is Yokoshima?"- YES ($14,200)

$1,600 Hegemony Clue:

In October 1919, he reorganized his political party, the Kuomintang, & was Communism's rival for power in China.

Jason: "Who is Chiang Kai-shek?"- NO ($15,200)

TS #3: Sun Yat-sen

Closing Out That End of the Board:

In the first half of the third millennium B.C., this two-letter city established its hegemony over the rest of Sumer.

Jason: "What is Ur?"- YES ($17,200)

First Six-Syllable Word:

Adjective for school activities that aren't class.

Patrick: "What is extracurricular?"- RIGHT ($14,600)

$800:

It's a noun meaning anything that CAN'T happen.

Jason: "What is impossibility?"- RIGHT ($18K)

Middle Answer:

Heidegger espoused this philosophy that stresses individual choice.

Lesley: "What is...individualism?"- NO ($1,400)

TS #4: Existentialism

$1,600:

To have an insufficient amount of start-up cash for a business enterprise.

TS #5: Undercapitalize

Final Six-Syllable Word:

When a man sees a woman only as a thing serving his needs, not as a person- that's this process.

Patrick: "What is objectification?"- RIGHT ($16,600)(ONE-MINUTE ALERT)

$400 Author Not Writing:

In 1848, the year he turned 13, he became a printer's apprentice for Joseph Ament's Missouri Courier.

Jason: "Who is (Mark) Twain?"- YES ($18,400)

$2K (DD Hunting & High School Strategy Alerts):

In 1824, his dad was thrown into debtor's prison; he was withdrawn from school & forced to work in a factory.

Patrick: "Who is (Charles) Dickens?"- RIGHT FOR A $200 LEAD ($18,600)

$1,600:

DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLYYYYYY DOUBLE #2! Patrick's gambling $3K & the lead he just gained on this:

In WWII, he flew 60 combat missions as a bombardier w/ the U.S. Army Air Forces in Europe.

"Who is Joseph Heller?"...$21,600!

$1,200:

She taught at Howard University before writing "Song of Solomon".

Lesley: "Who is Toni Morrison?"- RIGHT ($2,600)

TIME EXPIRES

ATTEMPTED LACH TRASH: $4K
UNATTEMPTED LACH TRASH: $2,800
TOTAL DJ! LACH TRASH: $6,800

Heading Into a Tense Final Jeopardy!:

Jason: $18,400
Patrick: $21,600
Lesley: $2,600

CORYAT SCORES:

Jason: $14,800
Patrick: $20,200
Lesley: $2,600

FJ! CATEGORY: Business History.

Crosby, Sinatra & Hope starred in the Oct. 13, 1957 CBS-TV special that launched this short-lived product.

LESLEY:
Response: "What is the Edsel"
Wager: $2,598
Final score: $5,198

Jason Keller's way off the mark w/ "What is...Toronto", which is just his second FJ! miss on the program...but it only costs him $6,600, so he's still alive w/ $11,800. Patrick Rostock...



















































































































































...RAN OUT OF TIME & LOST $16,499, MEANING JASON'S THE FOURTH NINE-TIME CHAMP IN "JEOPARDY!" HISTORY W/ $213,900!!!!!

Both shows get an 8 out of 10 tonight.