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December 9, 2008

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I Can't Believe It's Not Butter is footing the bill for this week's worth of shows with 19 left until the end of the season.

Game 1's numbers: N-39, O-75, G-50, I-21, G-49, I-22, O-65, B-15. With $936, Wayne takes Game 1, including the wild card Butter ball.

Game 2's numbers: O-62, G-59, O-74, G-58, B-7, B-13, N-37, N-39, I-25. Wayne sews it up with a Bingo and $1310!

The Bingo Bonus Board...
- B-2: $1000
- I-26: $2000
- N-33: $2000
- G-54: WRECKING BALL.

Wayne let $5000 slip from his fingers as he takes home $1310.

Game Show Kingdom's Bobby McBride contributed to this report.

Round 1 (7); Name a place where a men may find a trophy wife. Lounge: #1 and the champs start us off. Gym: 5. Salon: X. Racetrack: XX. The internet: XXX. Can the Challengers get a cheap one with church...X. Paquas get a down and dirty 28. Other answers: Beach (#2), Golf Country Club (#3), Beauty Pageant (#4), Beverly Hills (#6) Mall (#7).

Round 2 (7). Name the issue that voters care about most in the 2008 election. Foreign Policy? X. The War? #3 and the challengers get to play. Healthcare: #5. Community: X. Economy: #1. (It's the Economy, Stupid). Taxes: XX. Gas Prices: #2. Wages: XXX. Can the champs steal with the environment...X. NO and the Challengers take an 85-28 lead. Other Answers: Who will be president, Immigration, and National Security.

Double the points! (5) Name a possession that people want to be buried with. Jewelry: #1! Champs get control back. Stuffed animal: X. Gown: XX. Dog: (Wha?) XXX. We got a free points with family photos...#4! And the Hills are now up 207-28. Other answers: Money, Bible, car.

It's Triple Time (4): Name something that people are said to be under. Weight? X. Pressure? #2 and the challengers can sweep the board to win. Underemployed: X. Undermanaged: XX. Under The Weather? #1 and now The Hills have enough points to win if they win the round. Tent: XXX. The Paquas must get this or their reign is over. Under the Influence...#3! Paquas have 205 and now it's time for...

Sudden Death. Who are you more afraid of lying too: IRS, Boss or Wife? Champs ring in with Wife...WIN!

Fast Money: Can Gina and Bryan win another $20,000? Gina does much better with 117 points. Bryan...does much worse, only getting 68 for 185. That's another $955 for a 2 day total of $20,955.

Air time: check local listings
Host: Alex Trebek
On the Web: www.jeopardy.com  

Geoff starts with $200 College Athletics. At the TV time out, Geoff runs the Foreign States Category and leads with $5,600, Rich has $2,200 and Lydia has $200.

Lydia finds the Daily Double under $1000 New Words in the OED (Oxford English Dictionary). It was the last clue in the round. She has $3,200 and makes it a true Daily Double on this: "Punning on an older word, it's the refusal to buy a certain product, but done by women only." She correctly doubles her money to $6,400 with "Girlcott". Geoff has $10,200 and Rich will start Double Jeopardy with his $3,000....

... with $400 Spot the Misspelled Word. Geoff finds the first Daily Double under $1200 From The Neck Up. It's a Video and he bets $2,200 of his $17,800 on this given by Jimmy: "Because the first cervical vertebrae supports the head, it's called this--like a certain mythical Titan." He misses Atlas and has $15,600. Geoff finds the other as well under $2,000 Flight of the Concordes. He risks only $800 of his $20,800 on this clue: "4 Olympus 493 Turbojet engines from this British Auto Company powered each Concorde." Geoff adds $800 with "Rolls Royce". He has $21,600. At the end, it's Geoff's game to lose as he has $23,600. Lydia has $4,800. Rich has $2,200

Of course, it depends on the bet and on this Final Jeopardy! (ding!) "American Literary Sites". The answer is: In the 20th Century, it became a popular recreation site with crowds of 25,000; its most famous visitor might disapprove. (We see a picture). The question: What is Walden Pond? (From Ralph W. Emerson)

Rich answers incorrectly. He loses $2,200 to make $2,000.

Lydia answers correctly. She adds $300 and her total is $5,100.

And Geoff answers correctly (he just said Walden) and bets $13,600. He wins with $37,200.

Geoff goes for the threepeat tomorrow with $55,201 in cash. Find out what happens tomorrow right here on the Jeopardy recap.

Nicole Bamber goes down and up thanks to a $900 GPS. Now she can get $25,000 in the Punchboard. She gets dings from a $50 beverage buggy, a $40 minigrill, a $150 air sanitizer, and a $30 shower MP3 dealie. From that, she punches $1000... gives it up for $250... gives THAT up for $100... and gives it up for $500.

Eva gets a $1499 wine bar and a shot at a Pontiac Vibe in Balance Game. The bags: 695, 7000, 8000, and 9000. We toss out the 8000 for $16,695... Too light. She needed that AND the 9000.

Top winner of the half John takes the Showdown. Gina bids $999 on a $999 porch swing. You know what that means. Not only does she gets a chance at a catamaran, she does do with $500 in her pocket. The price is NOT $7957. She flips in Flip Flop, but it would've helped to flop as well.

Elsebeth Anderson gets a $1324 dinnerware set and a shot at a Chrysler PT Cruiser in Pocket Change. The $17,435 car is going to cost her $1.25. She's got a quarter, a quarter, a nickel... 50 cents.... and $2! That'll do it!

Jessica needs to get on this luggage. Actual price: $920. Winner... Jessica! Can she win the trip to Singapore in Bullseye? Not outright, but given a Spike Santa Fe salsa, a Little Debbie Honey Buns, and a Pine-Sol cleaner, the hidden Bullseye... was SAUCY! That's another win!

Jessica spins Big Purple and ends up with big green, $1000. Let's play the Showcases. First, Rachel and Tamiko's favorite days involve a sleeper sofa, a trip to Orlando, and a Chevrolet Impala. Top winner Jessica passes, and John bids $23,300. Jessica gets a game room with Dale Jr. pinball, a shaved ice cart & UltraPin pinball, as well as a Gemcar. She bids $16,200. Actual price: $25,108, a difference of $8908. Actual price of John's Showcase... $26,926, a game-winning difference of $3626. His total take: $34,160!

No Chico this week. Only Haterade - and Places (blue), Entertainment (pink), History (yellow), Celebs (purple), Whatever (green), and Best Sellers (orange) for today's show. Betsy likes it - she gets 3 of the first 4 to make it to the next round. Bob gopt the other one that Betsy didn't get - and he gets the next 2 to shot out Scott. The contestants lead, $1,400-$750.

It's Hot Pursuit, but no one is catching Bob, who gets the next 3 to win the match. He's also leading America, $4,4o0-$750

But how will Kate fare against America for the BIG money?

- Mathematics for $500
- The Simpsons for $1000
- Oscars for $2000
- Baseball for $3000
- Armed Forces for $4000
- Musicals for $5000

Scott gets The SImpsons and Oscars, but he gets everything else wrong, which leads us to Musicals for $5,000 and the win: What composer wrote the musicalk Wicked? Alan Menken? No. Steven Schwartz costs Scott $13,250, as that all goes to Robin and America.