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Fort Boyard: Ultimate Challenge
by Chico Alexander

DisneyXD: 7p/6C
Hosts: Geno Segers & Laura Hamilton
In HD Where AvailableOfficial WebsiteFacebook

LEADERBOARD AFTER TWO
Red Vipers: 1300
Blue Sharks: 1280
Yellow Scorpions: 1010
White Falcons: 970
Green Jaguars: 0
Silver Dragons: 0
 
Yellow Scorpions
CAPTAIN: Shane (Middlesex, UK)
Zachary (New York, US)
Billy (Cleveland, UK)
Emily (Washington, DC, US)
Red Vipers
CAPTAIN: Jack (New York, US)
Kailum (New York, US)
Matt (Oxfordshire, UK)
Laura (West Sussex, UK)

GAME 1: TERROR WALK. Zach and Matt will walk along narrow perches outside of the fort's walls, trying to get to the code that will unlock their team's keybox. Winner... MATT (Vipers lead, 1-0)

GAME 2: GIATN CHOPSTICKS. Kailum & Laura of the Vipers will have to use two giant sticks in order to retrieve two pots of water to release a key. And they only have 90 seconds to do it. Unfortunately, it doesn't happen (Vipers still lead, 1-0).

GAME 3: CATERPILLAR. Jack and Billy will have to shuffle along two ropes over the fort, retrieving the codes needed to unlock the key. Winner... JACK (Vipers lead, 2-0)

GAME 4: POTS OF FEAR. Emily of the Scorpions will have to look for a key inside 20 pots within the time limit. AND whatever else is inside those pots. Unfortunately, hesitation gets the better of her. (Vipers still lead, 2-0).

GAME 5: HAMMER TIME. Each teammate has to fully drive a nail into their board. First to hammer all four wins the key. Winner... VIPERS! (Vipers lead, 3-0)

TREASURE CHAMBER: Vipers have three keys, giving them the full time of three minutes. Scorpions will wait 20 seconds as a team, and two of them will have to wait another 20 seconds. The Scorpions don't have any keys, but they hustle and grind their way to 1010. Vipers get... 1300 to win today's round! That puts them ahead of the Sharks from last time.

Jags vs. Dragons next time.

 

Jeopardy!
by Chico Alexander

Syn/CBC: 7:30p/6:30C (check listings)
Host: Alex Trebek
In HD Where AvailableOfficial WebsiteFacebookTwitterPlay Online
  Betsy took the test, and passed. That's why she's here. Betsy remained cool and calm through her game. That's why she's champ.
 
CHAMPION
Betsy Schroeder

Blacksburg, VA
graduate student of veterinary medicine

$12,200
Daniel Hodge
Charlotte
actuary
Amy Stephenson
Sunnyside, NY
writer & editor

Betsy starts with $200 Muhammad Ali at 70. At the TV timeout, Daniel leads a close one, $2600 to Amy's $2200 and Betsy's $2000.

Betsy finds the Daily Double under $800 Ordinarily Speaking. Leading by $600, she bets $1000 on this: it's the lowest rank of commissioned officer in the US Army or Marines. "What is a private first class?" No, it was second lieutenant, leaving her with $3200. She goes up to $3600 to $5800 for Daniel. Amy, with $3200, will get to go first in Double Jeopardy!...

... with $400 Possessive Book Titles, finding the first Daily Double under $800 Legal Matters. Trailing by $800, Amy bets $2000 on this: often issued in time of war, this order prohibits ships or goods from leaving a port. "What's an embargo?"  Correct for $7200! Daniel finds the other under $1200 Classical Music. He fronts a big $5000 on this: around 600 AD the first Pope named this collected & organized the chants used in church services. "Who is Gregory?" CORRECT FOR $11,600! He almost doubles his score to $22,400 to Amy's $14,400. Betsy still alive on $8000.

Final Jeopardy! in "US Population": between 2000 & 2010 these 2 states that border each other led the nation in highest percentage of population increase, 35% & 25%. Correct response: what are Arizona & Nevada?

Amy's right to win $18,400! Betsy leaves with $13,200.

 

Let's Make a Deal
by Jason Block

CBS: 10a/9C OR 3p/2C on CBS
Host: Wayne Brady with Jonathan Mangum, Tiffany Coyne & Kat Gray
Official WebsiteWatch OnlineFacebookTwitterYouTubePlay Online

TODAY'S DEALERS:
Lilian - $15,265
Brett - $8,549(traded from $6,717)
Pareya - $4,384
Crystal - $3,075
Lindsay - $2,991.
Alexis - $2,900
Jerry - $2,000.
Mary - $100.
Kerry/James - WEDDED ZONK.

TOTAL TODAY: $39,264
TOTAL THIS WEEK: $90,436
TOTAL THIS SEASON: $3,091,249
$3M Passed: 01/13/12
 
Tuesday's Trading starts with one person and it's Lindsay the Skunk. She can win a trip to St. Thomas for 5 Nights at the Wyndham Sugar Bay Resort and Spa worth $8,496! She is playing Three of A Kind. 3 cards are Queens, 3 are 4s. If she picks three of the same cards, she wins. She picks 2, 5, 6. 6 is a 4 of hearts. 5 is a 4 of Diamonds. 2 is....not shown yet. Wayne offers her a IMAC computer and printer with 1 yr of Internet worth $2,491 not to go on. She goes for the trip...4 and 3 were queens. Wayne adds $500 to the sure thing NOT to go on. She takes the offer...and did the right thing! #1 was a queen of diamonds!

We need a couple in love who are Kerry and James playing the debt ceiling. They get $500 and are playing Woman's Intuition. Red Box and Green Box...If she can pick the prize, she wins the prize and $500 in cash. The other has a zonk. The Red Box is for home, the Green Box is for Travel. Kerry picks the Green Box has an Olympus 12MP DSLR worth $2,500. So they have $3,500 in cash and prizes. The Red Box had a Jonathan Chia Head(ZONK). Now Tiffany takes James away and Kerry's intuition is tested again. We have three curtains....one has a zonk, one has a prize and one has a new car. Her husband is in the car, but to play she has to give back the cash and camera. She does and picks 2 for her daughter. #3 had a new living room with a 50" 3D Plasma HDTV worth $6,077. Car and a zonk left. She is offered $500 to stop. She goes on and #2 had BRIDEZILLA in cardboard (ZONK). #1 had a Jeep Patriot Sport worth $17,890!

We need someone and their bestie! They are cheerleaders Alexis and Crystal who are sisters as well as BFFs. We have bankrolls with a $10 and $100 outside. Alexis gets the $100 and Crystal gets the $10 bankroll. Will Crystal keep her bankroll or take the LMAD envelope. She takes the envelope and the bankroll had $290. She wins Pilates classes with equipment worth $3,075! Will Alexis take the bankroll or take the yellow box. She keeps the bankroll and passes on a MAC AND CHEESE BOOK PRO(ZONK). Her Bankroll had $2,900!

Pareya the recent USC Dental School Graduate and tooth fairy has the big Box which has a clue that is BREAKFAST or Curtain #3 which is DINNER. She passes on BREAKFAST and BROKEN EGGS(ZONK). She can keep DINNER or take $500...$700...$1,000. She passes and gets new appliances with a refrigerator and gas range with butcher block table with rack and Joss & Main cookware worth $4,384! Jerry the soldier has a menu from Tiffany or a silver platter from Jonathan from Chez Wayne. He takes the menu and passes on the platter which had a murder mystery trip to Denver at the Embassy Suites Denver Southeast worth $3,260! The Menu has nothing except the daily specials...$2,000! Will he keep $2,000 or go for Curtain #2? He keeps the cash and passes on ZONKY CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP(ZONK).

I love a good game of Rock, Paper, Scissors! So does Wayne and we have Mary the Cowgirl and Lilian the Runner. 3 boxes, Rock, Paper, Scissors. Scissors cuts Paper, Paper covers Rock and Rock beats scissors. Winner gets $1000 and loses gets $100 and sits down. Lilian picks 2 and it's Scissors. Mary picks 3 and its paper. Scissors cuts paper and Mary gets $100. She can keep it for a shot to play for a Nissan Versa 1.8S Hatchback worth $15,265! She has to give back the $1,000 which she does. Behind the rock paper and scissors are $100 under 2 and the car under the other. She picks ROCK...and it's THE CAR! WHAT A WIN!

Last deal involves Brett the "everything dancer". Time to quiz Brett on his TV Shows. We have CRIMINAL MINDS, DR QUINN MEDICINE WOMAN, and WITHOUT A TRACE. He has to guess whether these shows debuted before or after 2000 in the US. For each question right he gets $500. He gets AFTER(2005) for CRIMINAL MINDS, AFTER(2002) for WITHOUT A TRACE, and BEFORE(1993) for DR. QUINN MEDICINE WOMAN. Will he keep his $1,500 or go for Curtain #2? He goes for the Curtain and wins a new Game Room including a Megatouch Gaming System from Aurora GT and home bar and Keg Cooler worth $6,717!

Who trades for $26,191? It's Brett and his game room! He picks #1. #3 had a pair of HDTV's including a 55" LCD HDTV and a 40" LCD HDTV with Tivo Premiere DVR with 1 yr of service worth $3,150. #2 was the big deal which had a golf vacation to South Carolina for 4 night at the Sanctuary at Kiawah Resort AND a Subaru Impreza 2.5i worth $26,191! He wins a Kawasaki Vulcan 900 Custom Cruiser worth $8,549!
 

Wheel of Fortune
by Jason Block

Syn/CBC: 4:30p/3:30C (check listings)
Hosts: Pat Sajak & Vanna White
In HD Where AvailableOfficial WebsiteFacebookTwitterPlay Online

Total for Today: $22,850
Total for Week 18: $48,930
Total for the Season: $3,841,259
Bonus Win Percentage: 29/87
Gooseeggs: 15
Toss Up Sweeps/Group Misses:14/1
Mystery Round Prizes won: 6
Car Wins: 3
1/2 Car Wedges hit/total wins: 106/8
$100,000 Losses/Wins: 3/0
$1,000,000 Losses/Wins:
$1,000,000 Wedge Hit/Offered/Used: 26/87/5
Wild Cards Hit/Offered/Used: 56/87/14
Prizes added to the wheel hit/won: 39/19
Gift Tags won: 22
Free Play Hit: 90
Jackpot wins: 4
$6,000 FINAL SPINS: 8/87
Best Week: Week 3 $307,740
$3M Mark Passed: 12/22/2011
 
Tuesday edition of Wheel is a bit of "Pure Paradise!"

The $1,000 Tossup is EVENT. Christy Medley from Santa Monica solves DINNER FOR TWO. She is a middle school math and music teacher and just had her first child 6 months ago. She learned to crochet from Vanna's book. Carla Victim is an aide to a state representative from Quincy, Massachusetts and loves to throw theme parts. Bill Newberry from GA is a music teacher and has cast children in Broadway musicals. He is about to have his first grandchild.

The $2,000 Tossup is OCCUPATION. Christy has $3,000 with TENNIS COACH and will start the IHOP Jackpot Round but we add this to the wheel. It's a trip to Belize at the Maruba Resort and Jungle Spa worth $7,720. It's FICTIONAL CHARACTERS. She loses $1,100 on Bankrupt. Carla calls the N on the board. Bill picks up the 1/2 Kia Wedge but loses it and $1,350 on Bankrupt. Christy Bankrupts again. Carla hits Lose a Turn. Bill solves KERMIT THE FROG AND MISS PIGGY for $1,800.

Carla starts the $10,000 Mystery Round which is SAME LETTER. She picks a 1/2 Kia Wedge and the Wild Card dominates and solves TANTALIZING TASTY TREATS for $1,500, the WC and the 1/2 Kia Wedge!

Bill starts PEOPLE which is a PRIZE PUZZLE. He misses. Christy hits Lose a Turn. Carla solves OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE NORTH for no cash, but a tour of the Canadian Rockies and Glacier National Park from Caravan.com worth $6,000! If you have GG0936890 and are Geraldine G., you are going to Western Canada! She has $7,500 and the WC. Her 1/2 Kia is not useful anymore.

The $3,000 Tossup is ON THE MAP. Bill has $4,800 with CARSON CITY NEVADA. He starts WHAT ARE YOU DOING? After some work, he misses a vowel. Christy misses on the Free Play, but moves on to lose $1,050 on Bankrupt. Carla misses. Bill solves PATTING MYSELF ON THE BACK for $3,950. He has the lead with $8,750 and we have time for PHRASE. We go right into a FINAL SPIN worth $1,800 a letter. Carla wins with THE TIME HAS COME and $3,600. She has $11,100 which includes her trip to Canada and the Wild Card. Christy leaves with $3,000 and Bill leaves with $8,750!

The pre-bonus round total is $22,850! Will Carla's Wild Card help her in the bonus round?

She lands on the M in GAME. Her category is THING. With the RSTLNE and her choices of D P M A and her WC choice of H we have:

_ _ _ T
_ _ _ _ H E R

Tough one. It was GIFT VOUCHER. She lost the 2012 MX-5 Miata but leaves with $11,100 in cash and trip to Canada!
 

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
by Don Harpwood

Syn: Check local listings
Host: Meredith Vieira
In HD Where AvailableOfficial WebsiteFacebookTwitterYouTubePlay Online
 

Marnie Hazelton (Freeport, NY) begins the show today ready to begin Classic Millionaire. She has $40,600 and no lifelines.

[$100,000]
Canada's Simon Fraser University made headlines in 2009 by introducing what educational innovation?
A: A major in "Everything"
B: A library with no books
C: An all-female football team
D: A grade worse than "F"

Marnie says that if she's thinking innovation, she's thinking B. She doesn't consider C to be innovative, and she thinks A is more motivation than innovation. She doesn't see D being innovative either, so she locks in B... but it's D! (The grade is "FD," meaning "failed for academic dishonesty.") Still, Marnie does leave with $25,000!

Terri Verrette (Cicero, NY)
She needs a new roof; her current roof is 17 years old.

She jumps the 4th question, which had $1,000. She does have $40,100 when she faces this...

[Q5 - Advice Columns]
For over 50 years, what magazine has run a popular column called "Can This Marriage Be Saved?"
A: Redbook
B: Ladies' Home Journal
C: Good Housekeeping
D: Family Circle

Though she has read that column, Terri can't remember which magazine it is in, so she asks the audience. 35% are thinking B, 29% are thinking D, 23% are thinking A, and 13% are thinking C. Terri was thinking B or C, but given those results, she uses her second Jump. The answer is B, and she jumps over... $2,000.

She then sees this with $50,100 in her bank...

[Q8 - Talented Guys]
Though he is better known as a political theorist, 17th-century philosopher John Locke is also credited with creating an early version of what kids' plaything?
A: Jack-in-the-box
B: Pinwheel
C: Pop-up book
D: Alphabet blocks

Terri doesn't know this, so she walks with $25,050! As for the answer, it's D.

Patty Gallagher (Las Vegas, NV)
She works in the Lost and Found department at the McCarran Airport.

She jumps the 1st question, which had $10,000. She then has this to consider...

[Q2 - The Art of Math]
"One Hundred and Fifty Multicolored Marilyns" is a 1979 Andy Warhol work that depicts stacks of five Marilyn Monroe heads in how many columns?
A: 20
B: 30
C: 40
D: 50

Patty wants to know what the audience thinks. 91% did the math, saying B. She's not a mathematician; nonetheless, she trusts the 91%, and that gets her... $500.

She then jumps the 5th question, which had $1,000. She is up to $7,600 after 6 questions when the horn goes off; Patty returns tomorrow!