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100 Mexicanos Dijeron by Jason Hernandez, GSNN

Air time: 7p ET/6p CT on Telefutura
Host: Marco Antonio Regil
STAY TUNED...
 
Family Feud by Chico Alexander, GSNN

Air time:  Check listings or familyfeud.com
Host: Richard Karn
Johnson (Scott, Amy, Eric, Kelli, Kati); $40,360, three days
Iribe (Jessica, Juan, Danny, Martin, Vanesa)

Round 1: someone who came to you door and you hid pretending not to be home (6). Scott goes with neighbor, #4. Salesman is good at #2. Mother-in-law goes under #6. The ex is #5. That's it for the champs, as the Iribes try Jehovah's Witnesses for the steal... Number one answer! That gives'em 33. Other answer: bill collector.

Round 2: a fruit that might be used in a description of a woman's body (6). Amy fires with pear, #1. We then get peach, melon, and the apple bottom, but can the Iribes steal with strawberry? No. The Johnsons get 92. Other answers: orange, tomato.

Double Round: a prop you would need to do a Popeye impersonation with (5). Danny buzzes in with #4, big forearms. Eric also buzzes in with a pipe, #1. We also need a sailor hat, a can of spinach, and a tattoo for the sweep and 288.

Triple Round: most animals walk on all fours; name an animal that can walk on two (4). Martin's monkey is three. A bird, a kangaroo, and people... sweep! The Iribes win, 324-288.

Uncle Juan and Jessica go to the Fast Money board... and come back with only $555.

 
Jeopardy! by Chico Alexander, GSNN

Air time:  Check listings or jeopardy.com
Host: Alex Trebek
Miranda Schwartz (copy editor from New York City); $16,801
Candy Murphy (federal IT specialist from Brambleton, VA)
Paul Canty (homemaker from Easthampton, MA)

Miranda proved why she was a force to be reckoned with in the last Double Jeopardy!, but can she sustain that momentum?. She starts with $200 Magazines. That category houses the Daily Double under $1000. Candy finds it and bets $1000 of her $2800 here: the woman for whom this magazine is named is called "orator, union organizer, and hellraiser" on its masthead. What is "Mother Jones"? Right for $2800. After a visit to the Nike campus in Oregon, Candy leads, $7800 to Paul's $5000. Miranda will have to tap into that late-game energy from yesterday to build off of her $3600 as she starts Double Jeopardy!...

... with $400 Put On Your Helmut. Miranda finds the first Daily Double under $800 Short Stories. With $4000 to Candy's $13 large, she bets $1600 on this: in an 1819 tale, his daughter says about him, "it's been twenty years since we went away from home with his gun." "Who is Rip Van Winkle?" Correct for $5600! Last category is You're Going "In". The Daily Double under $1600, and Paul finds it, trailing by $4400. He bets that much on this: it's a polypeptide hormone produced by the beta cells of the islets of Langerhans. "What is insulin?" We're tied at $16,600! That would change as Candy drops to $14,600, Miranda builds to $4800, and Paul stays at $16,600.

Final Jeopardy! in "World Capitals": a 1958 coup in this city ended a monarchy; 10 years of political turmoil followed, then 35 years of dictatorship. Correct question: What is Baghdad?

No one is right... and Paul went whole hog on the question, making Candy the new champ with $9601. Miranda leaves with $17,801.

 
The Price is Right by Chico Alexander, GSNN

Air time:  11a ET/10a CT on CBS (markets may vary)
Host: Bob Barker
The end of another week at 7800 begins with a home gym for Lora Peiffer, Ronald "Bob Is My Homie" McCarthy, Catelyn Rydberg, and Ardith Harris to bid on... It goes to Lora, who gets to Pushover for a trip to lovely Victoria, BC. The setup: 4 2 6 1 5 0 9 9 6. She pushes to $6150... Should've gone one more, as the trip was $2615.

Joyce Bueller is down and up thanks to a Playstation with system, two controllers, two Eyetoys, two memory cards, and 12 games. All that swag totals to $675, and Joyce would like to put it all in the trunk of a 2006 Ford Five Hundred. She can buy it for as little as a quarter playing Pocket Change. First number: 2. Second... 4. Third: 6. Fourth: 1. Final: 9. The bad news: four mistakes mean that the car's now worth $1.25. Even worse: she only snagged 90 cents in pocket change, landing a gooseegg on her first pick.

Catelyn gets a pearl necklace in round 3 after bidding exactly right with $900. But she'd really like that... plus 100, then multiplied by 10. So she's playing Grand Game with these: Uncle Ben's brown rice, Mylanta Classic, VO5 hot oil, Gold Bond lotion, Dreamfields linguine, and a Clorox bath wand. Target price: $7.00. She picks the rice... $1.99, that's $10. She picks the linguine... $2.59, that's $100. Lotion... $8.99. That's $100. Should've gone with the VO5 and the Mylanta, as that's all the money she'll pick up. Lora wins the Showdown round and a spot at the end of the show.

Ardith hopes to join her, having won a 42" projection TV. Time for the Bonus Game with a bedroom and sleep set in the offing. Ardith controls the windows with a novelty mailbox, alarm clock, and a toaster oven. Will a cordless phone cost him that bedroom? NO! She's a winner! And darn it, it's about time!

Another one-round wonder in Lana Delahunt, as she wins a washer/dryer and a chance at a Ford Focus playing the Money Game. The cards:

48 65 90
80 18 75
17 34 19

Middle number in the car is 7. She goes with 18... $18. How about 19? Front of the car! Then comes 65, 75, and 90. Cash, cash, cash. Lana ends up with $248. Should've gone with the 34.

Last chance for Ronald to meet his homie on stage... but it's Jordan Macias with a dinette. He plays Double Prices for double off-roaders either worth $7855 or $6748. He goes for $7855 and... and... here comes the last train to Clunkerville. For Jordan, it has a stopover at Showcase City.

First up, a trip into the (minds of the) ladies' dressing rooms, where we find a soda fountain, a hot tub, and a Hi-Lo trailer. Top winner Lora passes to Jordan, who bids $18,750. Lora gets a living room with carpeting, an electric fireplace, and a vertical piano. She bids $13,210. Actual price: $17,527, a difference of $4317. Now to Jordan, whose Showcase totals up... $28,016. Lora wins this one with $19,826 in stuff.

Stats: 1-5, $32,648.

 
Wheel of Fortune by Jason Block, GSNN

Air time:  Check listings or wheeloffortune.com
Hosts: Pat Sajak & Vanna White
It's 4th down and goal to go...and the last edition of the 10th Anniversary of NFL Players Week...our final threesome are: Warrick Dunn of the Atlanta Falcons who is playing for the Warrick Dunn Foundation, Tampa Bay Buccaneer Derrick Brooks who is playing for the Derrick Brooks Charities and Jason Taylor who is playing for the Jason Taylor Foundation. If they do not beat the total of Babette Dominguez of $114,310, she is going to the Super Bowl and much more!
 
The $1,000 Tossup is EVENT. Celeste McLaughlin solved AUTOGRAPH SHOW from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida for $1,000. She is playing with Derrick Brooks. Mona Cerce is from Atlanta, Georgia. She is playing with Warrick Dunn. Cristina Torres is from Cooper City, Florida. She is a 5th grade teacher and is playing with Jason Taylor.
 
The $2,000 Tossup is FUN AND GAMES. Cristina and Jason are on the board with BACKGAMMON. And we add a Diet Pepsi Game Day Party(with you, food, 30 friends and a NFL Player) is worth $4,500. Cristina and Jason have $2,000 and start this round which is BEFORE AND AFTER. They hit Lose A Turn. It's over to Derrick and Celeste. They hit and pick up the Canon Rebel Digital XT Camera. They solve TRAINING CAMP SING-ALONG for $2,600. They have $4,600 in total.
 
The jackpot round is sponsored by worldwinner.com. The category is THING...and it's a PRIZE PUZZLE. Derrick and Celeste start. They control the wheel for the entire round and A HUGE BILLBOARD IN TIMES SQUARE for $3,850. And you can see it on your trip to my hometown of NYC. It's a Vocations Vacations trip to NYC to see the behind the scenes production of a TV show...and accomodation at the DoubleTree Metropolitan worth $4,950...and if you have RH01470...you are off to NYC! And if you have the Sony Card...you have $50,000! That round was worth $8,800. They have $13,400 in cash and prizes!
 
The mystery round prize is $10,000 and the category is AROUND THE HOUSE. Mona and Warrick start. After a lot of work, they hit Lose A Turn...over to Jason and Cristina...will they risk $3,600? No they don't...(and it was a good thing--it was Bankrupt) They hit Lose A Turn...back to Derrick and Celeste. They hit 2 $3,500 C's and solve RECHARGEABLE BEARD AND MOUSTACHE TRIMMER for $7,800. They now have a big lead with $21,200.
 
The $3,000 Tossup is PEOPLE. Celeste and Derrick add and A. And Warrick and Mona solve a GOLF FOURSOME for $3,000. We go right into the FINAL SPIN...$1,300 a letter tonight. It's a PHRASE. And Derrick and Celeste seal their victory with SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS for $23,800. Mona got $3,000 and Warrick gets $10,000 for his charity. Jason gets $10,000 for his charity. $2,000 goes to Cristina.
 
Ok, it comes down to this. If Celeste hits the $100,000 and solves the puzzle, she is going to Detroit. If not, Babette Dominguez is going. But we want Celeste to win for Derrick's charity...$100,000 or not. She lands on the W in WIN. Their category tonight is THINGS. With the RSTLNE we have:

_ _ N _ _ _ E S

They pick C D P A
 
_ A N D A _  E S

They weren't wounded by BANDAGES! And they win a new 2006 Cadillac CTS for Celeste worth $35,080! And they leave with $58,880 in cash, trip and car...and if you have the SPIN ID GS05999 you own a Caddy! And if you hold the Sony Card you have $50,000 in cash!
 
Congratulations Babette...you have won the Super Bowl package which includes a VIP Trip to Super Bowl XL in Detroit, with access to Player's Parties. We also included a Reebok Gift Certificate, Sirius Satellite Radio and autographed merchandise by Players, Inc and more!
 
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire by Don Harpwood, GSNN

Air time:  Check listings or millionairetv.com
Host: Meredith Vieira
Going into today's show, Bob Dolmetsch (Arlington Heights, IL) has $1,000, and all lifelines intact. And you can bet that he's hoping to win more.

Bob actually tried out 8 times before getting on the show. Gotta give it to the guy for being persistent. He then reiterates the fact that he wants to retire, and adds that he'd like to do so as early as possible. Maybe if he can get through 10 more questions, he could do so right away. With that, the game resumes, and he gets through 2 of them before facing this one...

[$8,000]
In 2005, rap impresario Sean "P. Diddy" Combs changed his name once again, this time whittling it down to what?
A: Sean
B: P.
C: Diddy
D: Combs

Bob asks the audience. 82% of the studio audience and 81% of the AIM users pick C. Bob goes with that answer... and they're right! Another question later, and this pops up...

[$25,000]
According to NASA, what is the only planet in the solar system that would be able to float in water?
A: Neptune
B: Uranus
C: Saturn
D: Jupiter

Bob says he's certain that it's D, but he uses the 50:50 anyway, leaving C and D. He goes with D... but he's wrong! It's C! Darn. Well, he does get $1,000 for his efforts.

Next up is Elizabeth McCoy (Amarillo, TX). Her husband bought her a necklace for this taping, which she is wearing at this point. And attached is a pendant, which is not hers. A friend of hers, a jeweler, loaned it to her so she could look like a movie star in that hot seat. Hey, if she wins the million bucks, she could almost be as rich as one, too! Elizabeth starts by knowing that since 1976, Macy's has celebrated the 4th of July with an elaborate televised display of fireworks (of course, it ain't pole dancing because, well, there could be kids watching). She sweeps the lower tier, as well as most of the middle tier, bringing her to this...

[$25,000]
The largest known depository of gold in the world is a Federal Reserve Bank located in what U.S. city?
A: Philadelphia
B: Denver
C: New York City
D: San Francisco

After complimenting the intelligence of the audience, Elizabeth asks them for help. 48% of the studio audience says B, while 16% says A. But 37% of the AIM users say A, while 22% says B. It's a tough situation, so Elizabeth then uses the 50:50. It leaves A and C, meaning the studio audience was wrong. (BTW, 25% of the studio audience and 15% of the AIM users said C.) Still not content, she then calls her sister Cheryl, but unfortunately, she doesn't give any kind of response. All out of lifelines, Elizabeth just takes a shot at it and says C... and she has $25,000! Moving on...

[$50,000]
In the racy French phrase "ménage à trois," the word "ménage" literally means what?
A: Agreement
B: Household
C: Friendship
D: Discovery

Elizabeth mentions that A, C, and D could all make sense. (Considering what the whole phrase means, yeah, that sounds about right.) She then says she wants to use the 50:50, only to be told that it's gone. So, she switches the question. It turns out that the answer was actually B. Seems like a good switch, then, as she now goes on to this...

[$50,000] (Q)
A National Hockey League puck is how many inches in diameter?
A: Two
B: Three
C: Four
D: Five

Elizabeth knows that it's either A or B, and goes with A... but it's B! Good thing she had nothing to lose at this level, so she heads home $25,000 richer.

And that'll wrap things up for this week. Hopefully, next week will bring better luck for the next bunch of contestants. Hopefully.
 
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