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
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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.