11/26/2012 Results

LMaD: For the first time this season, Wayne's wearing glasses. IMO, he looks like the bald-headed RuPaul when he does so.

Ashley (an office assistant dressed as a peacock) has these choices:

Bankroll: $50
CURTAIN #1: WIRES
CURTAIN #2: TIRES
BB: TBR

Her final pick's the BB.

Bankroll- $1,550
CURTAIN #1- 3-D home theater w/ 60 3-D HDTV & one-yr. streaming movie membership ($5,460)
CURTAIN #2- Monster van
BB- Panama Tour

Hoping to Beat the Dealer today are Marc ("Let's Make a Deal Happy Hour"), Carole (secretary) & Megan (an educational specialist studying for a bar exam wearing pink pajamas).

$500 R:
Marc: C- TWO
Carole: D- SEVEN
Megan: E- FOUR

R2 Prize (Tiffany w/ SB in front of CURTAIN #2)- SAMSUNG washer/dryer ($3,098)

Carole: H- FIVE
Megan: B- SIX

CAR (CURTAIN #3): Nissan cube

Megan's grandma Shirley tells her to go for it.

Wayne: F- FLUNK; PERFECT DEAL! (ONE)
Megan: A- NISSAN (NINE)(G: THREE)

Brother/sister Conrad & Kierstin are playing Name That Sound.

1. SNAKE- SNAKE ($1K)
2. TYPEWRITER- TYPEWRITER ($1.5K)

TBR (CURTAIN #2): GO- Four-night trip to the JW Marriott Camelback Inn Scottsdale ($4,550)

PD #2

Maieka (pizza slice) plays Gold Ru$h for the Chevrolet Sonic Sedan in white (CURTAIN #1).

1. #7: GOLD (S----)
2. #3: IN THE PENALTY
3. #2: GOLD (S----)
4. #8: LOSS

The next three traders are all females & they're eligible to each choose a purse from the tray Tiffany has brought out.

Vera (clown): PINK
Chelsea (London, England): GOLD
Brittany (Winter): PLUM

Everybody declines a sure nine $100 bills.

Brittany's R: TORY BURCH PLUM CLUTCH- nelson j salon makeover ($3,395 total)
Vera's R: MICHAEL KORS PINK PURSE- Mon Cheri diamond/ruby white gold ring ($2,232 total)
Chelsea's R: GOLDEN CAPE SPADE SATCHEL- Gold's Gym two-yr. membership w/ 12 private trainer lessons ($2,361 total)

TBR (SB): Vera (salami shoes)

Kyle (jester clown) plays the Blank Check Deal.

RED- THREE
BLUE- ONE ($13)
YELLOW- SEVEN ($713); BUYS SB
GREEN- GOOSEEGG

SB- MacBook Pro

BD #44: Ashley decides to go against the crowd & choose DOOR #1...all are wrong & she leaves w/ a $4,861 BULL BBQ island.

#2 (the people's choice)- Living room ($3,294)
#3- Louis Greek Cruise ($12,829) & Kawasaki Ultra LX Jet Ski ($10,999)

Aired QDs:
Stacy (pink clown)(Tiffany): Pink makeup ($100)- NO
Louis (Jonathan): Military ID (because he's wearing a military suit)($100)- YES
Jennifer (Wayne; she rubs his head): $.22 (because she chose 22 from the 0-100 range)($220)- YES

The result of the $500 QD w/ a drink coaster goes hidden from view.

Millionaire: For the record, here's the link to Friday's episode (which was pre-empted in my area due to college football). Now, this is the beginning of the season's second Double Money Week & already standing there w/ Meredith is Andrew Kirk from Arlington, VA (who wants to pay off some credit card bills).

Pre-Randomized Menu: Game On, Travel Buddies, Remote Control, Urban Scents, Sing it, In the Field, The Big Screen, Fishy Stories, Rap Ancestor & Presidential Names
Final Categories: Game On, Travel Buddies, In the Field, Rap Ancestor, Sing it, Presidential Names, Urban Scents, Fishy Stories, The Big Screen (DM) & Remote Control

1. The popular smartphone app "DrawSomething" has been compared to what classic party game?

A: Pictionary
B: Twister
C: Trivial Pursuit
D: Charades

FA: Pictionary- $3K

2. This yr., Dutch-based KLM launched "Meet & Seat", a program allowing customers to use social media to pre-select seatmates on a what?

A: Train
B: Bus
C: Taxi
D: Plane

FA: Plane- $25K ($28K)

3. Which of these now-trendy drinks was reportedly used in WWII as an emergency intravenous hydration fluid?

A: Kombucha tea
B: Aloe juice
C: Coconut water
D: Red Bull

FIRST JUMP USED (A: Coconut water; he would've been right)- $2K

4. A performance style in Jamaican dance hall music, which of the following's considered a predecessor to Rap?

A: Juicing
B: Egging
C: Milking
D: Toasting

ASK THE AUDIENCE

A: 53%
B: 18%
C: 12%
D: 17%

FA: Juicing- LOSS (A: Toasting)

Promise me, she'll do better- Shannon Dingle from The Bronx (psychiatric nurse).

Subject Lineup: Humor Books, D.C. Attractions, First Alert, College Dropout, Tourist Spot, Where Does It Hurt?, Name Change, Almanac Records (DM), Crazy Furniture & In the Beginning

1. Reversing the plot of the classic book it parodies, The Taking Tree spoofs the work of what children's author?

A: E.B. White
B: Roald Dahl
C: Shel Silverstein
D: Eric Carle

AtA

A: 22%
B: 14%
C: 62%
D: 2%

FA: Shel Silverstein- $15K

2. What did Eleanor Roosevelt call "That simple shaft, so tall and straight"?

A: U.S. Capitol
B: Lincoln Memorial
C: Washington Monument
D: Jefferson Memorial

FA: Washington Monument- $10K ($25K)

3. Workers at the SETI Institute in Mountain View, CA would likely be the first to know if what momentous event occurred?

A: Global Internet virus
B: Contact by aliens
C: Mega tsunami
D: Bigfoot is captured

FA: Contact by aliens- $5K ($30K)

4. Taking off a semester from Brown University, what actress denied it was because students teased her by saying "Ten points for Gryffindor"?

A: Selena Gomez
B: Kristen Stewart
C: Emma Watson
D: Miranda Cosgrove

FA: Emma Watson- $100 ($30,100)

5. Referred to by some as "The Guggenham", a museum in Austin, MN is dedicated to the history of what?

A: Farming
B: Manned flight
C: Weaponry
D: SPAM

FA: SPAM- $1K ($31,100)

6. "Interdigital" is the most common form of what ailment?

A: Swimmer's ear
B: Hay fever
C: Athlete's foot
D: Tennis elbow

FA: Athlete's foot- $500 ($31,600)

7. Sticking w/ the animal theme, rapper Snoop Dogg released a '12 Reggae single under what more feline-friendly name?

A: Snoop Grizzly
B: Snoop Panda
C: Snoop Rhino
D: Snoop Lion

FA: Snoop Lion- $25K ($56,600)

Q of the Day: In '66, what musician made the controversial claim that his group was "more popular than Jesus"?

A: Jim Morrison
B: Pete Townshend
C: Mick Jagger
D: John Lennon

A: Lennon

8. Due to an enormous ash cloud from the 1815 eruption of Indonesia's Mount Tambora, 1816's known as the "yr. without" what?

A: Babies
B: Christmas
C: Monsoons
D: Summer

FA: Summer- $14K ($70,600)

WoF:

$1K T-U: Phrase

I / _ _ N / K _ _ P

A / _ _ C _ _ _

Dave correctly says I CAN KEEP A SECRET from time to time. The first Secret Santas this week:

Dave Willetts (Asheboro, NC; originally from Kent, England)- A maintenance technician at a hotel & adventure sports fan married to Julia for 24 yrs. (he's lived in the U.S. for 33 yrs.)
Jill Crane (Clemson, SC)- An engineer (because she got a degree in Mechanical Engineering) engaged to Lee Thompson & should get married within the next month or two; they have three dogs (Tucker, Scooby & Ivory)
Casey Duhart (Knoxville, TN)- An online 6th & 7th Grade Language Arts teacher married to Otis for five yrs. w/ two children (Alaina & Alexander)

$2K T-U: Around the House

K N I T _ I _ G

_ E _ _ _ E S

Casey doesn't hurt herself w/ these KNITTING NEEDLES.

Tonight's Gift Tag: LobsterGram 

Eggland's Best Jackpot R: What Are You Doing?

She gets top dollar right away & calls three N's for $7.5K, then she retrieves five I's, two G's for another 1,800 bucks, three E's & an A before she tries two R's to get another grand & the WC, three T's for $900 more & the O to round out the vowels. After all that, the board...

_ E A _ I N G / I N

T _ E / R I G _ T

_ I R E _ T I O N

...she's HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION to the tune of $10,200.

PERFECT ROUND
LEFT BEHIND IN JACKPOT: $9,200

Current Scores:

Casey: $12,200 WC/Dave: $1K/Jill: $0

Mystery R: Before & After (w/ a new maingame category wipe of Pat as Santa in a sleigh)

Dave drops a turn by calling for a T. Secondly, Jill calls double the R's for eight Benjamins (one at the end of the second word of three), FPs a dud of S & bags a $3.5K N, then she buys an E (the next-to-last letter of the middle word) and three A's before losing her turn w/ L. Third, Casey rings up a $1K M at the end of the board while on the MW next to that MDW (but the $10K was back there) but duds out anyway w/ D. Once Dave gets a P quartet worth $1,600 & the beginning $500 W for the gift card...

W R A P P _ N _

P A P E R

_ A M

...he's WRAPPING PAPER JAM for a total of $3,100 in cash & LobsterGram this rd.

DUDS: $400 D (Casey), $400 L (Jill), $500 S (Jill), $300 T (Dave)

Current Scores:

Casey: $12,200 WC/Dave: $4,100 in cash & tag/Jill: $0

Prize Puzzle R: Same Letter

Trying to get on the scoreboard herself, Jill leads off by spinning & saying a $400 R & that SL of three S's worth another $2,400, then twin E's (one at the end of this three-word solution), an A, a $1,400 N pairing & the other three vowels as singletons (O, I & U). She then has called a $900 L, a $500 K for the 1/2 CAR next to $300 but then D for dummy. Now at bat again, Casey calls out a $900 T but then Bankrupts out on the MDW's right side to also give up the WC. Dave follows w/ the consonant call of a $550 B...

S _ I _

S N O R K E L

S U N B A T _ E

...& he can SWIM, SNORKEL, SUNBATHE on his Hotwire.com trip to the bolongo Bay Beach Resort worth $5,700, for a total haul this round of $6,250.

SOLE DUD: $550 D (Jill)
SOLE BANKRUPT: Casey

Current Scores:

Casey: $12,200/Dave: $10,350 in cash & goodies/Jill: DOUGHNUTS

$3K T-U: Occupation

_ A _ _ _ Y

D _ _ _ _ _

Jill quickly nails FAMILY DOCTOR to finally score.

R4: Food & Drink

First out of her mouth are two $600 R's, a $1,400 S pair (in this three-word puzzle, both the first & last words end w/ that consonant), three E's, a $3,600 N quadruple, three A's & the I single, after which are the $500 T to begin the last word...

_ R A N _ E S / A N _

T A N _ E R I N E S

...& her correct response of ORANGES AND TANGERINES for a $5,950 win & to make this match even tighter.

PR #2

Current Scores:

Casey: $12,200/Dave: $10,350 in cash & prizes/Jill: $8,950

R5: Things

Still hanging onto her lead, Casey first claims five S's for three grand & we go to Speed-Up mode right as Vanna's putting those S's up...

_ _ _ _ _ S S

_ _ S S _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ S

...& the rest of the consonants are worth a tidy $1,900 each. After her second call of T, Dave calls for two L's...

_ _ _ L _ S S

_ _ S S _ _ _ L _ T _ _ S

...out of those ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES, he's the champ w/ that $3,800 solve!

Final Scores:

Casey: $12,200/Dave: $14,150 in cash & stuff/Jill: $8,950
GT: $35,300

TONIGHT'S BANKRUPT TRASH (excluding cardboard): $900

CASEY'S SPIN ID: KT0285855 (Kellie Ann T.)
JILL'S SPIN ID: SM9016559 (Stefanie M.)

Maxwell House Regular BR #48: Dave spins out the A in GAME.

Category: Thing

This is something you might see used in NYC or London:

S _ _ _ _ _

T _ _ E N

PGHA aren't all that helpful...

S _ _ _ A _

T _ _ E N

...& he can't find the SUBWAY TOKEN that would've been worth $40K.

HIS SPIN ID: JH9988610 (Jeanie H.)

First Jeopardy! Competitors This Week:
Lucas Peterson (originally from Oak Park, IL)- Actor
Beth Youngers (Rochester, MN)- Swim coach
NEW CHAMP: Jake Ayres ($28,201)

In the Offering First:
CHARLES DISCHARGED
WHAT'S YOUR SIGN?
CONTAINERS
"XO"
ONE-WORD NO. 1 HITS
CHICAGO THE BEAUTIFUL (video clues from First Lady Obama)

The First Lady will read the first DD of the week, because it's found by Lucas from the $800 spot w/ $3,400 & early Lock Game Territory positioning, because Jake has $600 & Beth has $200. Lucas goes for the whole bundle:

Grant Wood's "American Gothic" & Picasso's "Mother & Child" are highlights of this museum's amazing collection.

"What is The Art Institute?"...just doubled to $6,800! Jake makes it to the $3K level before they go to break.

LT (all unattempted): $1,200

Post-J! R Scoring:
Jake: $5,200
Beth: $3K
Lucas: $11,200

Double J! Board:
THE BOOK OF NUMBERS
TIME SPAN LANGUAGE
BLACK'S LAW DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS
THE GREAT PRETENDERS
JULIA ROBERTS MOVIE BY ROLE
"P" COUNTRY

W/ 10 clues remaining, the champ comes up w/ a DD under the $800 Definition (only the $400 clue's left for that after this; the $400's gone for both The Book of Numbers & The Great Pretenders at this time) while having $12K; Lucas has a $6K cushion over him & Beth's jumped to $7,400. Jake gambles 2/3 his current bank because he's a law student:

"A defamatory assertion expressed in a transitory form, especially speech."

"What is slander?"...$20K & the lead are both his! The last one this game's picked by...Beth behind the remaining The Great Pretenders clue w/ an $800 face value; she stands at $8,200, Lucas has $17,200 & Jake's still in front at $19,600. To nearly double her score w/ an extra eight thou:

In the early 1600s, three pretenders to Russia's throne claimed to be Dmitry Ivanovich, son of this man.

"Who is Ivan the Terrible?"...she got him!

ATTEMPTED LT: $4K
UNATTEMPTED LT: $3,600
TOTAL DJ! LT: $7,600

Big Banks Heading Into Final J!:
Jake: $19,600
Beth: $17,400
Lucas: $16,800

CORYAT SCORES:
Jake: $12,400
Beth: $10,200
Lucas: $14,200

FJ! TOPIC #51: Place Names.

Built in 1911, this Wisconsin home was named for a Welsh bard associated w/ King Arthur.

Lucas' wrong w/ "What is Merlin's House"...but only drops $2,900 to $13,900. Beth's shaking her head w/ "What is Lewellyn?"...BUST. To retain, Jake said "What is Alan-a-Dale?"...sorry, it was instead Taliesin, so he leaves w/ $30,201.

HHS STARS: Fat Joe, Miss Info, DJ Khaled, Far East Movement, Bam Margera, Dov Davidoff, Ghostface Killah, Donnell Rawlings & JB Smoove (CS)

Civilians:
X: Mike- Musician/investor/nerd
O: Kayla (Evergreen Cemetery, NJ)- Independent model & Communications student in BMCC

G1:
1. Kayla (FJ): According to The Washington Post, overweight African-American woman have more of this than skinny white women- what?
Guess: Self-esteem
A/D: AGREE- RIGHT (O)
2. Mike (DJ): It's popular in the Hip-Hop world & Grandmaster Flash said he's straight up in love w/ it- what?
Guess: Vinyl
A/D: AGREE (X)
3. Kayla (DR): You just flopped "the nuts" on the table & everyone's impressed- what game are you playing?
Guess: Yahtzee
A/D: DISAGREE (O)
4. Mike (JB): A guy who works at Disneyland's now allowed to show this in public as long as it's a 1/4 inch long- what?
Guess: Tattoo
A/D (for diagonal block): DISAGREE- FACIAL HAIR (X)
5. Kayla (DD): Diddy's revolting; that is, he's announced plans for something called Revolt, which is what?
Guess: New kind of cologne
A/D (for other diagonal block): AGREE- NEW CABLE NETWORK
6. Mike (DD): An air traffic controller shows you her landing strip- what city are you in if it's O'Hare?
Guess: Chicago
A/D (for win w/ same diagonal): AGREE (X)

G2:
1. Kayla (JB): You're at The Grand Canyon & you've just taken the 12-Second Tour- what have you just done?
Guess: Can't find parking space & leave
A/D: DISAGREE- FELL OVER EDGE OF GC (O)
2. Mike (FJ): What's white & got jumped all over Kim Kardashian at a '12 red carpet event?
Guess: Flour
A/D: AGREE (X)
3. Kayla (BM- G-SPOT): A male donkey's called a jack; what do you call a female ass?
Guess: Jenny
A/D: DISAGREE (because she thinks it's a mule)- WRONG (X)
4. Mike (DJ): He's 900 yrs. old w/ pointy ears & lives in a swamp- who is he?
Guess: Shrek
A/D (to create two ways to win): DISAGREE- YODA (X)
5. Kayla (DR): In '94, Lil' Wayne was shot by a now-famous rapper- who?
Guess: Himself
A/D (for third column block): AGREE (O)
6. Mike (MI): Rick Ross just landed in Djibouti- what continent is Rick on?
Guess: Africa
A/D (to double money): AGREE- WIN (X)

G3:
1. Kayla (FEM): A doctor, plumber or veterinarian- who should you call if your ballcock's broken?
Guess: Plumber
A/D: AGREE- RIGHT (O)
2. Mike (JB): Samuel L. Jackson tells you he's a sexagenarian- what does that mean?
Guess: You're in your 60's
A/D: AGREE- RIGHT (X)
3. Kayla (DJ): T or F- Snoop Dogg has an international line of custom umbrellas called Fo' Drizzle.
Guess: False
A/D: AGREE- YES INDEED (O)
4. Mike (FJ): Let's say you're a stripper- can you ever legally claim breast implants as a tax deduction?
Guess: Yes
A/D: DISAGREE (O; two ways to win)
5. Kayla (MI): Looking for a clean place to eat? Which of the following locations has the fewest germs- a toilet seat, office desk or kitchen cutting board?
Guess: Toilet seat
A/D (to go to Sudden Death): AGREE- WIN (O)

SD #4: Mike (GK): Which of the following H-H artists was a contestant on "dancing with the stars"- Young Jeezy, Master P or Nas?
Guess: Master P
A/D: AGREE FOR THE WIN!

BR Row Choice: TOP
$2.5K Q #16: What R&B singer's real name is Elgin Lumpkin?

FJ: Usher
MI: John Legend
DJ: Ginuwine

FA FOR $3.5K: Ginuwine- WIN!

EPISODE RATINGS:

7: "Hip Hop Squares" & "Let's Make a Deal"
6: Everything else