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100 Mexicanos Dijeron by Jason Hernandez, GSNN

Air time: 7p ET/6p CT on Telefutura
Host: Marco Antonio Regil

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Family Feud by Chico Alexander, GSNN

Air time: Check listings or familyfeud.com
Host: Richard Karn

Burton is decked out luau-style because one of eight families can win up to $130,000 and a trip to Hawaii on Family Feud's annual winner-take-all Tournament of Champions! So far, the pot is at $70,000, and today, one of these families is going to win it. It's Houston vs. Dallas...

Stewart (Janet, Tolenia, Raymael, Sharon, Robert) from Houston

Rambo (Jack, Angela, JR, Natalie, Jay) from Dallas

JACKPOT: $70,000

Remember, the first team to 400 will win the $70,000 and the trip to Hawaii.

Round 1: 100 women, something you compliment a man on just to feed his ego (7). Jack's body is good for 3, while Janet compliments his smile for number one. Brain, job, and attire come from the Stewarts, but his sense of humor goes to the Rambos for the 85-point steal. Other answer: he smells good.

Round 2: something people always run out of when people have a party (6). Angela's ice beats Tolenia's food, 2 to 3. Natalie comes up with number one, the drinks. The Stewarts try the steal with "space"... Not there! Rambos double up with 170! Other answer: cups/glasses, napkins, toilet paper (said!)

Round 3: If you criticize a chef's cooking, something he might hit you with (7). JR buzzes in with a spatula.. Number 2. A skillet is number one for Raymael. The rest of Raymael's family comes up with a spoon, food, and rolling pin. The Rambos try to steal with "his fists". Not there, the Stewarts get 88! Other answers: knife, cleaver.

Round 4: Something many people put off doing because it's too expensive. Sharon fires with going on vacation, number one. The Stewarts buy clothes, buy houses, and buy cars, but the Rambos have a baby for the steal... Yes! The Rambos have 247. Other answer: home improvement.

Double Round: Something you shouldn't eat before a dental checkup (5). Jay goes with candy... top of the board, ma! The rest of the Rambos go with chewing gum, but the Stewarts have a chance to steal it with onions... Got it for 206! Other answers: garlic, nuts/peanut butter.

The triple round will decide it...

Triple Round: something that can have a dead end (4). Janet fires with a road... Number one answer! Tolenia... a book. Strike one. Raymael: a job... Number two! Sharon: a relationship... Strike two! Robert: a life... Strike three! The Rambos try to steal with a hallway. If it's there, $70,000 to the Rambos. If it isn't, $70,000 to the Stewart... Show me a hallway!

[X] (BZZZZ!)

And it's the Stewart family, by a score of 476-247! Other answers: hair and driveway. The Stewarts win $70,000 and a Hawaiian vacation with a giant novelty check signed by Jim Roush (executive in charge for FremantleMedia).

Jeopardy! by Chico Alexander, GSNN

Air time: Check listings or jeopardy.com
Host: Alex Trebek

Paul Callaway (software developer from Chicago); $13,300

Marah Eakin (publicist from Brooklyn, NY)

Dom Nguyen (freelance writer from Redwood City, CA)

Paul's wagering skills got him to podium #1 today, but let's see if his knowledge of trivia will keep him here. The champ begins with $200 Metropolitan Sobriquets. So far, it's a pretty even spread between Marah's $3200 and Dom's $2600 at the break. Paul is behind with $1200.

Paul, with $4200, finds the Daily Double under $600 Organizations. Having just taken the lead, he wagers $3000 on this: founded as the Christian Mission, it changed its name to this in 1878. "What is the Salvation Army?" Right for $7200. He drops to $6400, but still leads ahead of Marah's $5800. Dom, with $1000, gets first pickings of the board in Double Jeopardy!...

... but first, a scoring change, giving Dom $2600. Still in third place, he starts the round with $400 In the Dictionary. Paul finds the first Daily Double under $1200 Early Man, betting the level on this: Homo erectus reached this island between 1 & 2 million BC; Homo dutch traderensis in 1596 AD. "What is Tasmania?" Nope, it was Java, but he still leads with $6000. Later in the round, Paul trails Marah by $1000 as he goes for the second Daily Double under $1200 French Sauces. He bets $4000. The clue: a bigarade is a bitter one of these; bigarade sauce is often used on duck. "What is an orange?" THAT... would've gotten him the lead. Onion drops him to third place and $3200. He rebounds slightly to $5200, but Marah still holds the lead with $3800. Dom, burying his head in his hands, has $3800

Final Jeopardy! in "Famous Painters": his twin daughters both married generals, & his portrait of one of his sons-in-law is seen here. Correct question: Who was Jacques Louis David?

It was not Manet, Renoir, or Monet, as all three miss out. It's gonna be another low payday as Marah walks away with $8800, to return tomorrow. Paul, not so lucky; he leaves with $14,300.

The Price is Right by Travis Schario, GSNN

Air time: 11a ET/10a CT on CBS (markets may vary)
Host: Bob Barker

The day after President's Day. Mail will be delivered, banks will be open, the Stock Market will...um...stock. Here's what happened at 7800 on this date in history.

Your First Four: Tammy Bowler, Brenda Sanchez, Ransom Gilbert, and Linda Johnson. They take their first bids on a Hoist Fitness V2 home gym. Tammy takes down this $2460 gym to take her chances at Coming or Going for a Yamaha ivory white upright piano. Is it $7895 or $5987? She's "Going" wtih $5987, and she'll be "Going" away with no piano.

Even though that was tragic, things were about to change. Ransom, a member of a group of Bible students, picked up a hanpainted Pulaski chest, valued at $1470. He then takes his shot at 50 Large on the Giant Peg Board. With his free chip, he earned two more by picking up the ball ice cream maker and a ceramic cookie jar ($29 and $36, respectively). He hoofed to the top of the board and, releasing all three on the far right, landed TWO in $10,000...but the last one landed in -0-, just a fraction of an inch away from breaking the record.

Ah, it's nice when a glow comes from the studio. That glow will continue. Linda of the First Four picked up a $486 Worx power tool kit. Her game: Ten Chances (insert exasperation here) for a "Lady & The Tramp" DVD, Oneida Frost flatware, and a Pontiac G6. Unlike many contestants this season before her, Linda actually knows how to play this game. She used the logical maximum two guesses for the DVD (given 2 0 3), winning it on Chance 2 with $30. Given 5 7 0 8 for the flatware, she quickly wrote 750 and won that, leaving seven shots at the car given 3 4 0 1 2. Scratching out "2410", she quickly fills in 24310. Nope. OK, how about 23410? Nuh uh. OK, let's try 24310 (again). Still not right*. How about 21324? Wait, no, let's scratch that one out for 21340. YES!! A WIN IN TEN CHANCES!!

*T-MAC NOTE: Her writing of $24,310 twice reminded me of a Stewie Griffin quote: "If it wasn't right the first time, why would it be right the NEXT TEN TIMES?"

That said, our Jesus-crediting Bible student makes it thru to the Showcases with 90¢. His first spin barely made it around, going from 60 to 90 only. Bob said, "A guy that size that can't get the Wheel all the way around. That's disgusting." We agree.

The second half wasn't quite as pretty. Brenda, the last of the First Four to escape, picked up a La-Z-Boy Zanto recliner (along with some Campbell's Soup-In-A-Box), worth $629. Her game: Switch? for a trip to Santa Fe ($5773) and Chicago ($4857). Does she follow trip logic and switch the prices? No...and it burned her.

Next, new contestant Irene Bordman picked up a set of three Sea-Doo water tubes, worth $637. She took to the Turntable to play Money Game for a Ford Focus ZX4SE. The Board:

44 50 35
95 18 19
60 85 17
$ - - 1 - -

She makes no hesitation in taking 19 for $19. She then takes 17 and hits the front of the car. Taking 95 bumps her total to $114. Then, she took 35 to take home the $17,135 car!

Finally, contestant Keith Taylor pciked up a 4 piece Pathfinder Luggage (with Francesco Rinaldi sauce), valued at $1070. He's now able to pick up a Great Lakes barrel sauna, valued at $5245 in Hi Lo. The items: Aspercreme patches, La Choy soy sauce, Poligrip strips, a large size Space Bag, New Phase, and Bayer Low-Dose aspirin. Taking the Bayer first, at $11.97, he then moves to the Poligrip with a groan from the crowd. The strips: $4.89. Even Bob shudders a bit. His last Hi choice was the New Phase, at $15.99. Now, do YOU think he won? Well, the soy sauce was less than $4.89 ($1.68), but that was it. The patches: $8.99. The Space Bag: $5.99.

Brenda makes it thru to the Showcases with a Spinoff score of 65¢ to 15¢.

Ransom is our Top Winner, and Brenda is our Runner Up. Showcase #1 features Harriet Homely at Last Resort Dating Service. The prizes within: Whirlpool Ultimate Care washer/dryer, a Ridgeway Lexington grandfather clock, and a Crown Line 18' 180BR Bowrider ski boat. Ransom passes this to Brenda, who bid $27,000.

Showcase #2 consisted of a Fire Magic Regal grill, a Broyhill Urban View dining room with Michael C. Fina Limoges Blanc china, and a Wurlitzer 100-CD Jukebox. Ransom bids $10,522.

How close is Ransom? Not too close. ARP: $18,999 for a difference of $8477. At least he didn't bid $19,000. Brenda's Showcase: $28,693 for a difference of $1693 and the WIN. She walks away with $29,362.

STATS: 3/6; $94,879

Wheel of Fortune by Jason Block, GSNN

Air time: Check listings or wheeloffortune.com
Hosts: Pat Sajak & Vanna White

Well, it was back to work for most of us...but for me the work never ends for Wheel of Fortune Fans...it's the Tuesday edition of "Welcome Aboard" week on WOF from Ft. Lauderdale, FLA!

The $1,000 Tossup is PHRASE. Shayne Simpson from Coconut Creek, FL solved DON'T MISS THE BOAT for $1,000. Shelly Piontec is from Green Bay, WI. She is a student at U of W at Eau Claire. Cathy Shepard is a 20 year veteran of the Navy.

The $2,000 Tossup is a PLACE. Cathy solved ALLIGATOR ALLEY. She has $2,000. And we add a Danube River Cruise from Viking River Cruises with airfare from Malev Hungarian Airlines. It's worth $7,598. The category is BEFORE AND AFTER. Cathy starts. She misses...over to Shayne. He hits and picks up the Free Spin. He misses...and holds onto the Free Spin. Over to Shelly who misses...back to Cathy. She misses...back to Shayne. He solves ICED COFFEE TABLE for $1,700. He has $2,700.

The jackpot round is sponsored by Worldwinner.com. The category is TITLE/AUTHOR. Shayne starts and hits the Danube River Cruise. He keeps spinning and spinning and solves THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA BY ERNEST HEMINGWAY for $7,450. That round was worth $15,048 and he has $17,748 in cash and trip!

The mystery round prize is $10,000. The category is FUN AND GAMES...and a PRIZE PUZZLE. Shelly starts and picks up the $1,000 Lobstergram Gift Card. She hits the mystery wedge...will she risk $4,300? She does it...and she hits the $10,000! Next Spin...Bankrupt...she loses over $11,000 in prizes...over to Cathy who hits Bankrupt...over to Shayne who hits Lose A Turn...he uses the Free Spin. He misses...back to Shelly. She misses...back to Cathy. She misses...back to Shayne. He solves DANCING TO A STEEL DRUM BAND for $1,350. And he can do that in the Caribbean! It's a trip to the Turks and Caicos Islands worth $7,500! And if you have the SPIN ID is CB13981 you are off to the Caribbean...and if you have the Sony Card...you have $50,000! That round was worth $8,850 and he has a huge lead of $26,598 in cash and trips!

The $3,000 Tossup is LIVING THING. Cathy is up to $5,000 with FLORIDA PANTHER. The category is LANDMARK and we go right into a $6,000 FINAL SPIN! Here we go. Everybody had a lot of money on the board but Cathy solves THE BREAKERS IN PALM BEACH for $36,000. She wins with $41,000 in cash! Shelly got the gooseegg but we give her $1,000. Shayne is not too sad to leave in 2nd place with a total of $26,598 in cash and trips to the Caribbean and Europe!

Cathy came roaring back from behind to be part of a $68,598 front game. Can she win more? She lands on the 1st 0 in $100,000. Her category is CLASSIC TV. With the RSTLNE we have:

_ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ E

She chooses I and then CPD and we have:

_ I _ _ I
_ I C E

Of course since we are in Florida, it had to be the 80's classic MIAMI VICE...and she adds $25,000 to her total. She leaves with an all cash total of $66,000!

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire by Don Harpwood, GSNN

Air time: Check listings or millionairetv.com
Host: Meredith Vieira

Million Dollar Movie Week rolls on, and Austin Kennedy (Andover, MN) has reached $25,000, having used 2 lifelines along the way...

In addition to what he went through to see "Star Wars Episode I," Austin also gave up his job to see "Fargo" on opening day! He says he's now an independent filmmaker, which means he's sorta unemployed, as he said. So he could certainly use the money. With that, the game continues...

[$50,000]
In Akira Kurosawa's classic 1950 film "Rashomon," Rashomon is the name of a what?
A: Horse
B: Sword
C: Police station
D: Gate

Austin hasn't seen that one, so he switches the question. After seeing that the answer was D, he goes on to this...

[$50,000] (Q)
In "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure," which of these is not one of the historical "dudes" encountered by Bill and Ted?
A: Beethoven
B: Genghis Khan
C: Galileo
D: Billy the Kid

Austin seems excited upon seeing the question. He says C... and he's right! Moving on...

[$100,000]
In the 1982 film "Diner," one supporting character compulsively quotes lines from what classic movie?
A: From Here to Eternity
B: The Seven Year Itch
C: On the Waterfront
D: Sweet Smell of Success

Austin asks the audience. 61% of the studio audience and 39% of the AIM users say C. Austin trusts them... but they're wrong! Only 11% of the studio audience and 13% of the AIM users gave the right answer, which was D! Ouch. But hey, he does leave with $25,000!

Next up is Holly Roberts (Farmington, MN), a senior at the University of Minnesota, looking to graduate with a degree in film. She doesn't know what she'll do with that degree, though. But hopefully, she has learned enough to go really far if not all the way in this game! Holly starts by knowing that the 2005 documentary "March of the Penguins" depicts the plight of emperor penguins in Antarctica (though one could probably imagine if a live penguin were to show up at a Department of Motor Vehicles). She easily gets to $1,000, then soon faces this...

[$4,000]
In this scene from "A Christmas Story," Ralphie uses his prized decoder pin to decipher the line "Be sure to" what?
A: Eat your Wheaties
B: Clean with Ivory Soap
C: Drink your Ovaltine
D: Brush with Colgate

[This question is accompanied by a clip from the aforementioned movie, showing Ralphie deciphering the first few letters of "Be sure to".]

Holly decides to ask the audience. 65% of the studio audience says C, and 55% of the AIM users agree. Holly trusts them... and this time, they're right! Then, after a couple more, this pops up...

[$25,000]
At the end of "The Deer Hunter," Meryl Streep's character leads the other mourners in a rendition of what song?
A: Battle Hymn of the Republic
B: I'll Be Seeing You
C: Auld Lang Syne
D: God Bless America

Holly calls her mother Diana, but she has no idea. Holly then uses the 50:50, which leaves A and D. With that, she just goes for it, saying D... and she has $25,000! Another question later, and she has this one...

[$100,000]
In the 1997 movie "Titanic," Jack wins passage onto the doomed vessel with what poker hand?
A: Straight
B: Flush
C: Full house
D: Four of a kind

Holly switches it out. The answer was C, which was what she would have guessed, but she now has to deal with this...

[$100,000] (Q)
In the 1941 movie "Citizen Kane," what is the name of the sled that replaces Kane's beloved sled Rosebud?
A: Globetrotter
B: The Crusader
C: Paramount
D: The Intrepid

Holly isn't sure enough, so she walks. The answer is revealed to be B, but that's alright, because she has $50,000!

That's all for today. More movie trivia coming up tomorrow!

Just a reminder; there's a sweepstakes at www.netflix.com/Millionaire going all week. You can enter it to win a 20" widescreen LCD TV with built-in DVD player.