So far, Brooklyn in the house coming correct, but can they do it again? Round 1: something you do while driving even though you know it's wrong (6) Marie gets the number one, talking on the cell phone. The champs also get eat and speed. Can the Browns take it with makeup? Sounds good to me... But isn't there. The Syvertsens get 70. Other answer: not use seatbelt, don't use signals, smoke cigarette.

Round 2: a movie that won many Academy Awards (5). Ayo gets the board with Titanic. Other big winners: ... well, we don't know, really. The Syvertsens can steal with a good answer. Is it the Godfather? No! The Browns get the 30. Other answers: Gone with the Wind, Lord of the Rings, Sound of Music, Forrest Gump.

This is the documented opinion of 100 average Americans, we remind you.

Double Round: a career more career go into than men (5). Olu's nurse beats Clair's teacher, 1-2. Secretary and hairdresser also make the list. Can the Browns steal with dancer? No! The Browns are up to 190. Other answer: stripper.

Triple Round: a former President you would have voted for if you were living at the time (4). Andrea's Lincoln beats Regina's Kennedy, 1-2. But the board goes to the champs, as they try to steal with Washington. Got it! The Syvertsens get 259, as FDR rounds out the board. It's time for...

Sudden Death: what reasons do husbands give for coming home late. No, Janus, not an affair. John was working late for the game, 442-190.

Marie & Clair try and do it again... but nickel and dime they way to $500, giving them $20,500 for two days.

Charlotte's first play is $200 Old Testament Heroes. This Daily Double is a disaster, as $1000 in This Category is a Disaster! is uncovered too early to do any damage! Although Jon is in the lead, it's way too early for him to make a game breaker. He'll try, though, as he bets $800. One of these destroyed more than 17,000 buildings (by this time, it clicks and Jon is just itching to say it) in Chicago in October 1871. "What is a fire?" Got it out, and got the $3000.

He'll tack on another $800 for second place at the half, while Matt of the shoulder braid takes a slight edge with $4000. Charlotte, still in the game with $2400, begins Double Jeopardy!

All three players are winners today, because all three get computers and printers from AOL. Not to Charlotte, who starts the Double round with $400 Kid Lit. Charlotte switches to Going Global for $1200, and it's a good thing she did. That's the first Daily Double. Can she take the lead? Nope, she only bets $1000 on the country where you can find Nunavut. "What is Canada?" Right on for $4200 and second place. Back to Kid Lit, though, as Matt finds the Daily Double under $1600. "Yay!" Indeed. He goes $1400 on a young detective who, at 75, is not getting a cell phone and a hybrid car. "I don't know." Nancy Drew has all those things now, as Matt now has $13,000. He'll end with that much, as Jon takes third with $7800. Charlotte in the middle now with $10,200. All three very much in this, all three very much alive.

Final Jeopardy! in "Sweet Treats": once known as Fairy Floss in the US, it's "Papa's Beard" in France & "Sugar Wool" in Germany. Correct response: What is cotton candy?

Jon's got it, and he doubles up. Charlotte's got it... and she holds back. Matt has it... and the winner is Ticked, as he goes home with $16,000.

Better find the room booked under Woolery, because it's time to play Lingo.

Chris & Nadeev get STORE for 25, but a red ball off the top is in store. A second chance with CHESS for the steal. And it pays off in a Lingo for 100.

Rich & Katie TABLE 25... and Katie tables a red ball. Chris & Nadeev capitalize with DECAY, but Rich & Katie get PUSHY for the steal. Chris & Nadeev return the favor with WAIVE and BULGE, but Nadeev draws red. Rich & Katie STAND on 25, but no Lingo yet. Round 1 ends with the score favoring the Yellows, 175-75.

Rich & Katie go to ORBIT to start round 2. And they're really in orbit now. They just Lingoed to go to 225.

Chris & Nadeev start the comeback tour... but it's stopped as they LAPSE to Rich & Katie's steal. They follow with LOBBY. Chris & Nadeev steal REFER for 50, but it's too late. Rich & Katie win it, 325-225.

An engagement present of $10,000 is on the line. With two Bonus Lingo letters, Rich & Katie get PRISM and JAUNT for $200 and two balls, one for 10, one for 5. We have a 10-for-10, and Rich gets... a 40. Still need a 10... Katie gets... 22. Another nice dinner with $200.

The first-half winner would be Kevin van Arsdall, who gets a washer/dryer and a chance for a hot tub playing the Squeeze Play. The setup: $64,925. Expensive, even for a hot tub. He removes the 2, and gets a dip in the $6495 hot tub...

But not before meeting Kandis Kreutz in the Showcase. After getting a trimmer/blower, it's time to play a little Blackjack. The game is Hit Me, and the prize is an upright piano. A lotion at $51.92 (8) and cherries at $13.74 (6) give her 14 to a dealer 6. Normally, this would be a good time to stay. But even the better of us are not immune to error, as the house draws before revealing its hole card. So now it's a 14 against a dealer 16. This would DEFINITELY be a good time to stay. The hole car is... a 9. Brandi: "I'm sorry!"

And would you believe that her luck continues? She gets $1000 on the Big Wheel.

Another stand-out moment: James Handy, Jr. Not only did he get to play Barker for fifteen seconds (quite nice, actually), he managed to win that kayak that he offered himself as well as a bank, toaster oven, and alarm clock, as well as the Bonus Game bonus of a new bedroom and mattress set.

Now onto the Showcase, where it's a case of good versus evil. On offer: a chest freezer, a treadmill, a motorcycle, and a Chrysler Pacifica. By the way... good wins. Kandis keeps it with a bid of $26,349. Meanwhile Kevin gets a globe... and he's going to use it on a trip Around the World! Today's stops: Cancun, Sweden, and Hong Kong. He tags it at $18,500. Actual price: $19,644, a difference of $1144. Actual price of Kandis' Showcase... $29,442. Kevin gets to hold his own Amazing Race to the tune of $27,127.

Other winners:
Roshelyn McCoy: family game room package; carousel horse, golf equipment & $500 playing Step Up
Robert Lubrano: "Gig Harbor" painting; $171 getting stung by El Cheapo in the Money Game

Stats: 3/6, $59,880, and one card-playing error.

It's punk versus rock today. Who's going to score the date? Up for grabs: a beach bunny and a trip to a beach.. Cabo, to be exact. Zoe's words: Zoe (name), games (she's a player), frittata (she can cook a mean one), and beach (she lives there)

Eight hours to showtime, as Chris meets the band, and Justin meets Ryan. Justin wants it nice and upbeat, straight ahead rock. Justin just pops a lyric out of nowhere. Nice. Meanwhile, Chris structures out the song with the drummer - two lines for the verse, four for the chorus... That's... different. Ryan's notes on Chris: swaggered. "He wants that first date with an older woman, which I can't disagree with."

Switch off! Okay, Chris ... has a guitar of death. Chris is going to base the whole song on Scrabble. But Ryan is worried that it may be too quick for her to comprehend. Meanwhile, Justin is very straightforward as he directs the band, using his skills as an all-round musician to his advantage... Niiiice! Ryan's notes on Justin: he is balls to the wall. He means business.

We're going to have a classic battle of rockers today. And here's the prize now... Okay, get her outta here. We also learn that Zoe's a rock chick and that Ryan doesn't know what a frittata is... and this dude is hosting? Chris is first with "Scrabble." Very punk, yeah. Hardcore... *sign of the beast* Call me when you channel Sid Vicious, kid. Meanwhile, he puts down the four words for a triple word score. Zoe was digging it. Nice creative vibe there.

Justin busts out "Closer To You". He scores a two-fer to open, and the other two later. Nice straightforward song, if not a tad bit evil. Heh. She still totally feels that. It's gonna be hard, but this is a 30 minute show.

So who gets the date? She says she liked the winner's song because it had a nice voice singing it. That voice is.. Justin's. Word. Just goes to show you... If you want to win at Scrabble, remember QANAT works.