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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); $43,602, three days
Brent Tabacchi (federal prosecutor orig. from Decatur, IL)
Debra Mack (student from Chicago)

Celeste is making quite a name for herself as she continues to redeem her brother's defeat at the hands of Jerome Vered.

Celeste starts with $200 Classic American Music. Brent finds the Daily Double under $1000 Turn Me Lewis. He bets $400 on someone who died of a gunshot wound on October 11, 1809. "Who is I don't know." It was Meriwether Lewis, leaving him with $1000, tied with Debra at the TV time out. Celeste has $3200.

At the half, Celeste keeps her lead with $5600 against Brent's $3800. Debra, with $1800, starts Double Jeopardy!...

... with $400 Science at the Exploratorium. Celeste finds the first Daily Double under $1600 Do You Have a Reservation? She bets $3000 on Passamaquoddy & Penobscot. "What is Maine?" Right for $12,200! Debra has a chance with $1600 Fruits. She bets $4000 on this: this golfball-sized fruit, citrus aurantifolia swingle, is now grown mostly in Mexico, not southern Florida. "What is the grapefruit?" Nope, it was the key lime, leaving Debra with $1000. She winds up with $5800 against Brent's $8200. But with $19,400, it's Celeste's game to lose.

Final Jeopardy! in "Political Idioms": used to describe a response made without thinking, its physical counterpart can take 1/20 second. Correct question: What is a kneejerk?

Debra is right, but unfortunately, Celeste knows that this game belongs to her, betting enough to guarantee her the win with $16,800, $60,402 for four days.

 
¿Qué Dice La Gente? by Chico Alexander, GSNN

Air time:  7p ET/6p CT on Telefutura
Host: Marco Antonio Regil
Palacios (Mario, Luis, Jose, Edwin, Maria)
Hernandez (Jose, Mailin, Harold, Anabel, Barbara)

What starts with Jose vs. Mario ends with a possible victory for the Palacios, as they lead, 181-82 at the end of three. Here's your Double Round question: something that, when babies do it for the first time, parents don't want to forget (4). Anabel gets #2, the first word. Also up there: first smile, first step, and first cry for 280.

Triple Round: another word for "stomach" (3). Barbara fires for #1, paunch. Jose follows with belly. Abdomen is good for the sweep, 505-181.

Dinero Rápido time, as Jose & Barbara try for $5000. Jose gets 108. Barbara bumps it up to 138 for $500 and a match-up against the champs..

Soriano (Ana, Ana, Carlos, Rolando, Miguel); $1500
Hernandez (Jose, Mailin, Harold, Anabel, Barbara); $500

In round 3, we have an instance when a quick look at Marco Antonio's trusty dictionary may affect the game for the Hernandez family. Per the rules of "100 Mexicanos Dijeron", which we're playing by, if the Hernandez family win, then no harm no foul. If not, they will be invited to take part in a future episode.

After the double round, the Sorianos lead, 234-92.

Triple: Something that is illegal for boxers to do during a fight (4). Miguel fires below the belt for #1. Kicking and head-butting are also no-nos. The Hernandez have one more shot with hitting behind the head... Not there! Sorianos win, 441-92. Other answer: "Mike Tyson"/bite. But we will see the Hernandez family again someday. Keep an eye out here.

Meanwhile out of the fruit basket of fate we get... "buena suerte." Rolando is first at Dinero Rápido. He gets 89. Carlos gets... eight short for $500 more, giving the family $2000.

 
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