Boxing Day '12 Results

Here's the link to last night's "Wheel" recap, which was pre-empted on most ABC stations including mine.

WoF Intro Flashback Moment #52 ('00, during a Hershey's Pot of Gold Sweepstakes): An identical twin of Pat in the audience named Paul at show's end via the magic of editing

$1K T-U: Things

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Derek starts to say the solution, but he's not the first one to buzz in, so Lindsay gets credited w/ the solve of PRECIOUS MOMENTS. Playing this evening are:

Lindsay Pemberton (Catlettsburg, KY)- A senior at Moorehead State University studying History & Philsophy & title clerk at an OH title agency married w/ one son & two stepsons (Aiden, Xander & Mason)
Joe Sampson (Charleston, SC)- An elementary school principal married to Julie for nine years w/ two kids (Jordan & Joe)
Deryk Detz (North Hollywood, CA; originally from MA)- A security guard & full-time film major at Santa Monica College who wants to be a filmmaker

$2K T-U: On the Map

T O _ _ _ A

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Deryk starts to say TACOMA but then realizes that's not gonna work.

T O _ _ _ A

K _ _ _ _ _

Joe IDs TOPEKA, KANSAS.

Featured Prize: $5K from yowza!!

simple green Jackpot R: Around the House

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Joe: 3 R's ($800), 2 E's, 2 O's, BANKRUPT (next to $650)
Deryk: S ($400), 3 T's ($2.5K), 3 A's (NO MORE VOWELS), 3 M's ($800)

_ R O _ R A M M A _ _ E

T _ E R M O S T A T

Deryk picks up a PROGRAMMABLE THERMOSTAT to continue being the spinner & get on the board quickly.

SOLE BANKRUPT: Joe
LEFT IN JACKPOT: $9.5K

Current Scores:

Lindsay: $1K/Joe: $2K/Deryk: $10,050

(There's a holiday shout-out from the contestant department.)

Mystery R: Movie Quote

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Deryk: 2 R's ($450), 6 E's, O (FP), V ($350), Y (MDW), 3 A's, OTHER REGULAR BANKRUPT
Lindsay: 2 T's ($900), 4 I's (NMV)

E V E R Y / T I _ E / A

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Lindsay solely moves into second place for now & keeps possession by reciting "EVERY TIME A BELL RINGS, AN ANGEL GETS ITS WINGS" from "It's a Wonderful Life".

SOLE DUD: O (Deryk)
SOLE BANKRUPT: Deryk

Current Scores:

Lindsay: $2,550/Joe: $2K/Deryk: $10,050

Bonus Puzzle Blast from the Past #62 (9/22/03)(Phrase)(GCPA were called):

A / P A S S _ N G

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A: A PASSING FANCY (Phyl won a $32,600 Honda S-2000 & left w/ nearly $70K in cash & prizes)

Prize Puzzle R: Living Things

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Lindsay: 4 N's ($550), 5 A's, D ($650), 2 E's, 3 R's ($300), I, 2 G's ($400), 2 O's (FP), 2 U's (NMV, obviously), SAME BANKRUPT JOE HIT
Joe: 3 S's ($500 + WC), P ($3.5K)

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P A R R O _ S / A N D

G R E E N / I G U A N A S

Joe's got another five grand and the lead because he's going on a trip to see TOUCANS, PARROTS AND GREEN IGUANAS, the Costa Rican Tour.

SOLE BANKRUPT: Lindsay

Current Scores:

Lindsay: $2,550/Joe: $13K in cash & tour WC/Deryk: $10,050

$3K T-U: Place

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Joe blanks.

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Deryk has the same fate.

T A _ L O R

S H O P

Lindsay steals the extra cash on a TAILOR SHOP, now increasing to $5,550.

R4: Phrase

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Lindsay: 3 S's ($550), E
Joe: T ($800)

SPEED-UP TIME
FS: $1,350

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NEXT LETTERS CALLED: L, R, M, A, D

_ A M _ _ S / L A S T

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Deryk's FAMOUS LAST WORDS on this show make up that right response for 2,700 more bucks.

SOLE AIRED DUD (before final bell): E (Lindsay)

Final Scores:

Lindsay: $5,550/Joe: $13K in cash & tour WC/Deryk: $12,750
GT: $31,300

TONIGHT'S BANKRUPT TRASH (excluding extras): $6,200

Maxwell House $100K BR #70: Joe gives a good spin & takes the G card.

Topic: Phrase

You can't literally say this w/ this base chalkboard:

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JOE'S PICKS: CDMAG

A / _ _ D E / R A N G E

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There are A WIDE RANGE OF OPTIONS on the Volkswagen Beetle, but he doesn't come close to winning it.

$5K SPIN ID #63: HB4463578 

TPiRecap

Jeopardy!:
Debra Newman (Town Ridge, NY)- Psychologist
Gonzalo Rufatt (Santa Fe, NM)- Financial adviser
CHAMP: Kris Hamilton (whose two-day cash winnings total $37,001)

First Six Subjects:
A BUNCH OF IDIOMS
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
1892
RESTAURANTS BY SLOGAN
TALK OF THE TOWN
THEIR SOLE OSCAR NOMINATION

Kris is $800 in debt early on, but by the time he finds the DD to end Talk of the Town, he's turned that minus sign besides his $800 into a plus; Gonzalo has $600 & Debra has twice as much as Kris at the moment. The champ goes for a TDD & a tie.

Hemingway wrote that if you've lived in Paris as a young man "Wherever you will go...it stays with you, for Paris is" this book title.

"What is Remembrance of Things Past?" is incorrect; the actual title was A Moveable Feast. He gains a grand just before break; Gonzalo now has eight Benjamins.

SOLE ATTEMPTED TS: $600 (Talk of the Town)
UNATTEMPTED LT: $2,600
TOTAL LT: $3,200

Post-J! R Scores:
Kris: $6,400
Gonzalo: $2K
Debra: $2,800

Double J! Listings:
BANGLADESH
NOTORIOUS WOMEN
SHIP SHAPE
THE ARTS
STARTS WITH "C"
THEIR SOUL GRAMMY NOMINATION

Still a little in LGT, Kris finds a DD in the middle of The Arts at the $10K barrier; Debra's got $4,400 & Gonzalo's sitting on two thou. Kris settles for $600.

"Neptune, the mystic" ends this Gustav Holst work.

"What is...The Plants?"...yes for $10,600. He's slightly more than Ship Shape, because its $1,600 clue triggers a DD Sweep in his favor. He risks $2,900 this time.

In June 1787, this ship's interior was converted to house pots holding breadfruit plants.

"What is..The Mayflower?"...this time, he should've underbet- Mutiny on the Bounty was it. Debra finishes this rd. w/ NOTHING.

SOLE ATTEMPTED TS: $2K (Bangladesh)
UNATTEMPTED LT: $10,400
TOTAL DJ! LT: $12,400

Scores After DJ!:
Kris: $17,300 (LG)
Gonzalo: $5,600

CORYAT SCORES:
Kris: $14,300
Gonzalo: $5,600

FINAL J! CATEGORY #73: Literary First Lines.

"You better not never tell nobody but God", begins this 1982 novel, whose film version garnered 11 OSCAR nominations.

GONZALO: "What is 'The Color Purple'?" ($4,400) = $10K
KRIS: SAME ($6K) = $23,300

Mr. Hamilton's three-game haul to date: $60,301.

EPISODE RATINGS:

7: "Jeopardy!"
6: Everything else