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SHORTSHOTS TUESDAY
October 30, 2012

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SHORT SHORTSHOT: Returning champions Addison family have a chance to win a car if they can win against the Datchers.

The Addisons were lucky that the #1 answer in the Triple Round was answered and the other three were stumpers on the last survey to send the game to sudden death.

Sudden death question: Name somehting a divorce couple cannot cut in half.

Addisons ring in with the house, but they can kiss their chances of a car goodbye, as the Datchers won it with the kids (70).

Margaret & Kelvin play Fast Money. Margaret could only get four answers in the time limit and scored 90. Her son Kelvin needed 1 point on saying stock options on the last answer, but it was a total goose egg! He should've thought about a stock pile, or maybe stockings That heatbreak could only get them $995, despite getting all the #1 answers.

Fast Money #1 answers
- Something expensive that now you wish you've never bought: Car/Truck (Margaret)
- Something that gives you the chills: Scary movie (Kelvin)
- 1-10 how honest are most politicians?: 1 (Kelvin knows about political dishonesty)
- Something a woman dreams of doing once in her lifetime: Getting married (Kelvin)
- Something that starts with the word "stock": Stock market (Margaret)

In the nightcap, returning champions the Sudduths still have no luck in Fast Money, but hope they can win another game when taking on the Fritts family. The Sudduths had a chance to steal with #3 if they can name something a mouse might be dragging along the floor. There was cheese/food, mousetrap and another mouse, and they won it with its tail.

This time, they let Cecelia & Carolyn try their luck in Fast Money. Cecela had good answers to get 129. Carolyn showed no pressure but needed to come down to the last answer on people prepare potatoes. She went fried and fell 3 points short. Had she said mashed, they would've had it, but instead they get another $985, $3340 total, but despite that heartbreak, they have a chance to win a car in their final game on Wednesday.

SHORT SHORTSHOT: It's opening night in the NBA, so we have an NBA star on the panel.

Your starting one: PJ Whitaker, who gets a Singing Machine karaoke and a Sand & Surf foosball table. Jada Johnson gets a canvas bag, because everyone but Rachel was holding a ball (the second clue, so... slime bait!). But PJ, as is demonstrated going to break INTERVIEWS SPORTS STARS FOR RADIO SHOW.

Our sports spectacular continues with Mimi Alonso, who wins a GC from Aeropostale and a 3DS package, Leela Erickson gets a nice jacket, because Metta World and Rachel play mad D. For serious. Speaking of which, the panel gets the sweep tonight when it's revealed that Mimi THROWS PUNCHES IN RING TO WIN BELT.

Metta's hidden talent: imitating a panther. Hopefully not Cam Newton. Take "panther" and go to nick.com/figureitout to enter for your chance to win a trip to Nick Universe at Mall of America!

No new episode tomorrow. Go trick or treating!

$500 Round: Nicole makes quick work of round 1 to connect Joe Crack, Johnny Blaze, and Damien Insert Cool Nickname Here for $500.

G-Spot for $1000 is... Biz. Nicole finds the G-Spot and gets this question...which of these is America's oldest fast-food chain: Wendy's, Burger King, or White Castle? Biz says White Castle. Nicole agrees. Circle gets the square, the win, the G... ALL that. She's up to $1000 thanks to Khaled, Biz, and Damien.

Time runs out in the middle of the $1000 round, Cory has $100 from Hannibal, but Nicole has three circles and the big win with $1300!

Nicole's $2500 Bonus Question to the middle row: What was the first complete rap song to hit #1 on the Billboard Pop Charts?

CHIDDY BANG: "Lean Back" by Fat Joe
METHOD: "Lose Yourself" by Eminem
BIZ: "Ice Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice

She goes with Method... but it was Biz. She still has $2300 to take home..

In the nightcap, it's Ms. Circle Mesha vs. Mr. X Ricky. Mesha breaks a record by winning two out of the three rounds and thus the game, $1500 to $700.

What is it called when a CD sells 10 million copies: titanium, platinum, or diamond? Mesha says Michael Jordan for $4000... Correct for a total of $4000!

SHORT SHORTSHOT: Once again, Keith builds an insurmountable lead with $11,200. The other two: not even close.

Final Jeopardy! in "20th Century Books": "A Cry of Children" & "Nightmare Island" were proposed titles for this novel. Correct response: what is "The Lord of the Flies"?

Everyone's right, as Keith wins $12,399, giving him a five-day total of $100,397.

Keith & Heather (leprechaun & Irish lass) get an envelope. Keith rejects the envelope and the massages inside for a diamond box. That gives them... a diamond pendant! He'll keep it over a pair of motorscooters and a bounced check.

Scott (donkey) and Yolanda (DJ) are playing Nine Checks. He takes check #6, she takes #7. Will Scott trade for Curtain #1? He will, and $100 buys him a new bedroom! Yolanda keeps her check, and a home theatre buys her... $500.

Joseph (Uncle Sam) is going to play World Traveler for a wine lover's getaway to Napa Valley. All he has to do is pick out how long it takes to get from LAX to SFO, 338 miles or 874 miles? 338... is CORRECT! He can trade that trip in for another trip... to Panama! He will. So how long is it from LAX to PTY, 900, 1308, or 3010? He says 3010... RIGHT! He could trade THAT in for a chance at Antigua! He won't, though. For fun, is it 1000, 2010, 3671, or 5110? He guesses 3671... That would've been right.

Next up, Alyssa (cowgirl), Kyle (Quailman), and Paul (a gentleman bird). Each of them gets $500. Alyssa buys Curtain #1 and... a set of bathtub bunk beds (ZONK!). The guys get another $500. Who wants to buy the Big Box for $1000? Kyle will. It's a touchscreen PC, printer & HDTV! Paul gets another $1000. Will he buy Curtain #2? He will not, so he gives up a 2013 KIA RIO WORTH $14,350.

Meredith (bumblebee) has Five Questions. Jonathan Big Head says it doesn't require a passport, it doesn't have more than three wheels, and it's more than one item. Will she bail out with $600? How about $1000? DEAL for $1000, passing up on dog food gummy sushi (ZONK!).

Scott gets one more crack with the Big Deal worth $27,590! He picks Door #3. Behind Door #2... a barbecue grill worth $2747. Behind HIS door... a $9299 Sea-Doo. The Biggie was behind #1... a DODGE CHARGER!

She would face Rory Vitaga in the Showcase. It rains money upon Rory, as he wins $500 from a perfect bid on a $700 digital camera. Then he pulls off the Double Cross for a $2316 trip to Santa Barbara and a $2172 trip to San Diego. He caps it off by winning $1000 on the Big Wheel.

First up, screens. a 3DTV, an outdoor TV, and a Hyundai Veloster. Top winner Rory passes, and Samantha bids $23,313. Rory's Showcase has a patio, a waterfall, and a trip to Thailand. He bids $17,000. Actual price: $23,309, a difference of $6309. Actual price of Samantha's Showcase: $24,459, a difference of $1146 to win $25,247!

Meanwhile, Vincent Giaclone wins a $1869 Price Look of the Week with a home office in Flip Flop, Kathy Harp wins a $1135 home gym, but only gets as far as a $90 vacuum in Pathfinder, Lauren Nigbor wins $1750 sunglasses, and Zachary Krug wins a $1509 foosball table

Round 1: teams must guess the weight of four combined items. In this case... a 350 pound male, a 105 pound female, 228 pound male, and a 1680 pound camel. Furthest away has to go away. Vernon & Ashley and Cody & Tim... and Felicia & Edwin continue.

Round 2: each team will be fitted with a bubble helmet and made to identify a myriad of objects dumped into it. Team with the fewest guesses will be dumped. Tim & Cody performed the best, so they stick around. Joining them... Felicia & Edwin.

Final Challenge: A maze of mouse traps. Quickest time wins. That time belongs to... TIM & CODY! They are our first $5000 winners of season 2!

Annie Brackley (college professor from Charleston, WV) wins the $1000 Tossup of HOCUS-POCUS. Joining her, Ginny Hill (program manager from Washington, DC) and Frank Lopez (retired firefighter from Beaumont, CA)

Second Tossup goes to Annie goes with ENTER YOUR PASSWORD.

Tweetstakes #1: EMMA STONE. Follow @wheeloffortune on Twitter for a shot at amazing prizes from "The Amazing Spider-Man", out on DVD/Blu-Ray.

Tonight's Prize du Jour: a visit to Dracula's castle in Romania worth $8700.

First up, a Jackpot Title. Annie gets a Wild Card, but she gives it back in Bankrupt. Ginny has a Jackpot on the line... and THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW wins it! The $10,350 jackpot goes to her and she's up to $10,850.

Mystery Round is Before & After. Ginny spins the MDW. freeplay Es, a 1/2 Smart Car, but then calls a dud. Frank freeplays Os and gets the option... BANKRUPT. Annie solves MAKE EVERY SECOND COUNT DRACULA.

Bonus Flashback: PHRASE (1998)
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Answer at the end of this recap!

Today's Prize Puzzle is Event. Frank runs out with VISITING AN ACTIVE VOLCANO for a $5063 trip to Hawaii! Frank's up to $9813 in cash and trip.

Third Tossup is a Proper Name, and Annie sweeps the Tossups with DEVILED EGGS. That leads us into a Speed Round with $1550 on the line. Ginny locks it away with SECRET COMPARTMENT.

In the bonus round, Ginny spins out the second A. Given Phrase, the standard six, and FMC I...

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... nothing. She'll have to LOOK AWAY so she won't find out that she lost $30,000. But she will have $15,500 waiting for her when she gets home

BONUS FLASHBACK: IN THE BUFF

$5K a Day Spin ID: JS6272093

Buyavowel.com's Andy contributed to this recap.