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Family Feud by Chico Alexander, GSNN

Air time:  Check local listings or familyfeud.com
Host: John O'Hurley
Reynolds (Bob, Kristi, Meghan, Scott, Carissa); $20,570, two days Klena (Rachel, Lynn, John, Derek, Steve)

Round 1: something an airline passenger might be holding during a bumpy flight (6). Bob gets #2, a child. Rachel's barf bag... #3. Kristi gets the money answer, the armrest. Drink follows. The Klenas try to steal with a cross... Right for 60! Other answer: pillow.

Round 2: something you'd see in both a wedding and a funeral (6). Lynn gets #3, a clergyman. Kristi gets #1, flowers. People, food, formal clothing, and limos are good to clear the board with 100.

Double: something your mother taught you never to do at the table (full board). Meghan gets #4, put your elbows on the table. Scott gets #2, burp, Kristi comes up big again with chewing with your mouth open. The Klenas don't play with their food for 164. Other answers: fight, eat with fingers.

Triple: the worst thing to accidentally leave on top of your car before you drive off (4). Scotty Too Hotty gets #2, wallet. Bob gets the big one, coffee. The Klenas have one more shot with sunglasses...  Not there, Reynolds get 280. Other answers: baby/child, groceries/food

Sudden Death: something families should plan ahead of time before a fire. That's Carissa. Blank. Steve? "Escape route." That's the game for the challengers, 398-280.

Fast Cash: Who would you rather tell your troubles to? A) Dr. Phil B) Dr. Ruth C) Oprah. Text your answer to 97979 for a chance at $5000. Cost per vote is 99c plus standard text rates. View rules and enter for free at familyfeud.tv.

Lynn & Steve team up at Fast Money for 165 for $825.

 
Jeopardy! by Chico Alexander, GSNN

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

Jeff Spoeri
Boynton Beach, FL
University administrator
$58,501, three days

Carl Swanson
Minneapolis
Medical office assistant

Sarah Ramer
orig. from Wayne, NJ
Clinical research coordinator

Jeff picked up his winning ways where he left off, but will he be as thankful as he was tonight?

Jeff starts with $200 "C" Food, leading at the first TV time out with $4600 to Sarah's $2800. Carl is still in it with $1000.

Carl finds the Daily Double under $800 Rake. He goes all in on this: this Byron poem says "What men call gallantry, & gods adultery, is much more common where the climate's sultry". "What is the Arabesque?" Nope, it's Don Juan, leaving him with... nothing. He rebounds with $2200, but with Sarah at $3200 and Jeff at $5200, it's Carl who'll start Double Jeopardy!...

... with $400 Olympic Venues. Sarah finds the first Daily Double under $1200 "Ex" Words. She bets $4000 on this: in the Presidential Oath of Office, the word that fits the category. "What is exercise?" Close, it was execute, leaving her with $4800. Jeff finds the second Daily Double under $1200 The American Revolution. Jeff can put it away, but he doesn't. The bet is $3000 on this: in Jan. 1778 George Washington found out about plans for invading this land & called the plot "the child of folly". "What is Canada?" Right for $17,800, where he'll end the round against Car's $9400 and Sarah's $5200.

Final Jeopardy! in "1970s Television": Bruce Peterson, a NASA test pilot, helped inspire this series; the crash he survived was seen in the show's opening credits. Correct question: what is "The Six Million Dollar Man"?

Jeff is the only one right, as he wins another $18,801, a four day total of $77,302.

 
Wheel of Fortune by Chico Alexander, GSNN

Air time:  Check local listings or wheeloffortune.com
Hosts: Pat Sajak & Vanna White
It's a FAMILY GAME NIGHT for Isabel Elizondo, a teacher from El Centro, CA, as we're giving thanks for Hawaii this Thanksgiving. She gets $1000 in the first Tossup, while we meet athletic director Susan Broussard from New Orleans and student Rob Brayhouse from Newark, DE.
 
The $2000 Tossup is a Living Thing. Isabel is two for two with BUCKING BRONCO for $2000 as we add a trip to Kauai worth $8524. First spin round is Before & After. Susan picks up the Wild Card, but she gives it back thanks to Bankrupt. She gets the Wheel back, picks up a Free Spin, and solves PLYMOUTH ROCK DRUMMER for $2800.
 
The Brandsource jackpot round is Food & Drink. Rob picks up $1000 from HiloHattie.com (the Whammy player's friend) and solves CANDIED YAMS WITH MARSHMALLOWS for $8550 in swag.
 
The Prize Puzzle Mystery Round is worth $10,000. The category is Around the House. Susan lands in Mystery Territory. Will she risk $7400 for a peek? Nope. Isabel goes for the prize with WOOD VENETIAN BLINDS. And Venetian... means ITALY! It's a LastMinuteTravel.com trip to Venice worth $4500, and it can be yours if you have Spin ID LD06981. So far, Isabel is close with $7500.
 
The $3000 Tossup is Fun & Games. Isabel sweeps the tossups with THROWING DARTS. She leads with $10,500. Next on the agenda, On the Map. She scores $20,000 on four S's, $5000 a pop. She Loses a Turn, though. We're into Final Spin mode with $1400 a consonant... and there are only so many. Susan solves TUPELO MISSISSIPPI for a total of $4200.

And Isabel heads to the Bonus Round. Category: Phrase. With the standard six and  HMG A... That's it.

_ E T _
_ _ _ E R

She lost on VETO POWER, losing out on $25,000.

 
Total for today: $23,250
Total for Week 11: $153,131
Total for the Season: $2,442,392
Bonus Win Percentage: 18/54
Gooseeggs: 14
Toss Up Sweeps/Group Misses: 7/1
Mystery Round Prizes won: 2
Car Wins: 6
$100,000 Losses/Wins: 1/0
$10,000 wedge wins: 5
Wild Cards Hit/Offered/Used: 16/24/4
 
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? by Don Harpwood, GSNN

Air time:  Check local listings or millionairetv.com
Host: Meredith Vieira
College Week continues. Alyx Mark (Southern Illinois University) can still phone a friend, as she continues from the $16,000 mark today. The support she has from her friends means a lot to her; they drove all the way from Illinois to NYC for this. And she is wearing his mother's red shoes for good luck; here's hoping it gives her plenty of good luck! With that, the game continues...

[$25,000]
On The Princeton Review's 2007 list of top party schools, what college was ranked most "stone cold sober" for the ninth straight year?
A: Southern Methodist University
B: Texas Christian University
C: U.S. Naval Academy
D: Brigham Young University

Alyx calls her father, Mike, who apparently is also referred to as "Tricks". He can only offer a guess, though, saying D. Now, she wants to sit closer to the ground, so she doesn't fall. After that, she locks in D... and she has $25,000! Wow! She shows a lot of emotion after that, then calms down a bit before going into the upper tier...

[$50,000]
Anna Faris has repeatedly denied that her ditzy starlet character in 2003's "Lost in Translation" was based on whom?
A: Kate Hudson
B: Kirsten Dunst
C: Cameron Diaz
D: Brittany Murphy

She says that D is sticking out at her, but Alyx again isn't trusting herself enough, so she switches it out. Good thing she did; it was C. So now, she has this to deal with...

[$50,000] (Q)
Pop singer Dido shares her name with a prominent character from what classic work of literature?
A: The Aeneid
B: Beowulf
C: The Canterbury Tales
D: Antigone

Alyx seems sure that it's not B; as for the others, she doesn't know. But it is a free guess, so she says A... and she's right! Then, after another great guess, she sits at $100,000, with this question now facing her...

[$250,000]
Which of these locales is not mentioned in Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech?
A: Hilltops of New Hampshire
B: Stone Mountain of Georgia
C: Rockies of Colorado
D: Blue Ridges of North Carolina

Alyx wastes no time in walking. After seeing that it was D, she heads out with $100,000!

Entering the hot seat now is Jenna Duffy (Ohio State University), a senior who, along with others in the back, was biting her nails while watching Alyx's run. But now, it's her turn, and to prepare, she tried to soak in as much knowledge as she could without "actively" studying. Well, we'll see how she does, as Jenna starts by knowing that a type of school examination that doesn't need paper or writing materials is an oral exam. She gets through to $1,000, then after a couple more questions, she faces this...

[$8,000]
Because of his fiery shock of red hair, snowboarder Shaun White is often referred to by what outlandish nickname?
A: The Flying Tomato
B: Scarlett Oh-Hair-Ah
C: Fire and Ice
D: The Ruby Slipper

Jenna decides to ask the audience, and 72% have gone with A. She trusts them... and they're right! She then gets to $16,000...

..before time runs out. Jenna will be back tomorrow, as College Week will wrap up.
 
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