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Jeopardy! by Chico Alexander, GSNN

Air time:  Check listings or jeopardy.com
Host: Alex Trebek
Celeste DiNucci (grad student from Philadelphia); $12,800
Alex Hunnicutt (computer programmer from Arlington, TX)
Steve Bingo (library assistant orig. from Seattle)

Surely Alex has a bit of an advantage being named after the host, but how much? Let's see...

Celeste continues her reign as $200 The Daily Show. But Alex, in the lead with $2200, finds the Daily Double early under $800 Mesopotamia. He bets $1500 on this clue: they settled Mesopotamia around 3500 BC & brought in some good idea, like civilization & writing. "Who are the Sumerians?" Right for $3700!

At the end of the round, Steve is... well, he's out of the red, but now he's back at zero. Celeste is at $2000, while Alex is in the lead with $3500. But back to Steve, who starts Double Jeopardy!...

... with $400 US Cities. Celeste finds the Daily Double under $1600 Blame It on the Reign. She bets $3000 on this: ... of this English monarch, who made a truce with Saladin, ceding him Jerusalem. "Who is Richard I?" Right for $6200. Not long after, Steve finds the second Daily Double under $800 First-Person Narrators. He blows the wad on this: "It was when curiosity about Gatsby was at its highest that the lights in his house failed to go on..." "Who is Nick Carraway?" That... would've gotten him the doubler. Back at zero. The final clue goes unclaimed as Alex leads it, $12,300 to Celeste's $8600 and Steve's $400.

Final Jeopardy! in "NYC Ticker-Tape Parade Honorees": of the 3 men honored Aug. 13, 1969, the one who spent part of July 20 miles from the other two. Correct question: Who was Michael Collins?

No one goes with the right answer, but Celeste holds back to win with $18,001.

 
¿Qué Dice La Gente? by Chico Alexander, GSNN

Air time:  7p ET/6p CT on Telefutura
Host: Marco Antonio Regil
Sanchez (Marlene, Jessie, Omar, Viviana, Carlos) from the softest part of Los Angeles... Downey.
Silva (Cecil, Jennifer, Gaby, Maria, Alvaro)

It's Gaby's birthday, and she'd like to celebrate it with a win. They're on the right track after four, leading, 216-133.

Triple Round: other than soccer, another sport played on a grass field (3). Carlos goes with football for #2. Alvaro gets #3, golf. Marlene plays spoiler, though, as she gets the final answer, the most popular answer... baseball. Sanchez win, 397-216.

The two "smarties" Viviana and Carlos take on the Dinero Rápido board. They get close, but 189 is only good for $500 on this show...

Maybe they'll have better luck against the champs in part 2.

Sanchez (Marlene, Jessie, Omar, Viviana, Carlos); $500
Brito (Yula, Jose, Xiolimar, Carlos, Javier); $1000

We go out on a double round this time. The question: something that keeps you looking young (4). Facial treatments are #1 for Viviana. The rest of the family comes up with exercise and eating well. But the Britos steal the game with plastic surgery for the win, 347-75.

Javier & Carlos go on to Dinero Rápido, but first, the fruitbasket of doom spells out... a $500 bonus! Money for nothing! As for the board, Carlos gets 93. Javier gets the family to... 171. That's another $500 for another game won, giving them $2000 for two days.

 
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