Show Us The
Blueprint
March 2
Two strangers will face five brand new
games on a quest for $1 million. Let's meet'em.
CHRISTY MALONE (30, Elizabethton, TN) is
a fifth-grade teacher that you can call "Tennessee". She's in it to win
a wedding for her parents. JASON MARZANO (26, Chicago) services air
conditioners. He's in it to win a wedding for himself.
LEVEL 1: DIZZY MUMMY:
Using only their bodies, a contestant must unwind an entire roll of toilet paper
by spinning 360 degrees. If at any time the paper rips, the game is over.
And as always, "Failure to complete this task in
60 seconds may result in ELIMINATION."
First attempt (Christy)... COMPLETE (:30, $1000)
LEVEL 2: KER-PLINK OR PLUNK:
The contestant must bounce marbles into three makeshift vessels in a punch bowl
filled with water. Using the proper trajectory will result in a "ker-plink", but
a marble in the water will result in "ker-plunk".
First attempt (Jason)... COMPLETE (:37, $2500)
LEVEL 3: DON'T BLOW THE KINGS:
The contestant must blow 48 facedown cards off of a pizza tray, leaving only
four faceup kings.
First attempt (Christy)... COMPLETE (:14, $5000).
LEVEL 4: GOT YOUR BACK:
As a team, the players back-to-back in a plastic hoop while firing ping-pong
balls at fourping-pong paddles, hoping to knock them down.
First attempt... COMPLETE (:03, $10,000)
LEVEL 5: EGG TOWER:
Using four paper towel cores and four raw eggs, the contestant must construct a
sturdy tower that must hold for a three-count.
First attempt (Jason)... COMPLETE (:23, $50,000).
LEVEL 6: PONG5:
The contestant must bounce five ping-pong balls in a
row into a glass ONCE in 20 attempts.
First attempt (Jason)...
COMPLETE (:49, $75,000).
LEVEL 7: EXTREME MINI STACK ATTACK:
Like Extreme Stack Attack... only smaller. The contestant must stack 21
mini-cups in a pyramid, then stack them in a tower, all atop a handheld pizza
box.
First
attempt (Christy)... FAIL (TIME OUT, TWO lives remaining)
Second
attempt (Jason)... COMPLETE (:01, $125,000)
LEVEL 8: OH NUTS!:
Using eight nuts connected to eight bolts and lined on a steel ruler, the
contestant must construct an eight-story tower. This must be held for a
three-count.
First attempt (Christy)...
FAIL (TIME OUT, ONE life remaining).
FINAL
attempt (Jason)... FAIL (KNOCK OUT, GAME OVER). But the two take $25,000 each,
$50,000 total.
More
household objects turned into money next time.
For more information on the
games, to see this episode in its entirety, and to find out how to become a
contestant, go to
nbc.com/minutetowinit.
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