Crag: The Numbers Game (Syn., Episode 16)

[dougmorrisontheair]

John says he called for his fiddlers 3. Would John be right?

(ding; audience applause)

Yes indeed. Little known fact -- the next day, Old King Cole called Domino's and got his pizza in 20 minutes.

(scattered laughter from the crowd)

(rolling sfx)

All right, John, first roll of Game 2 is yours.

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BBC

[dougmorrisontheair]

(ding)

Starting with a 3.

(ding)

There's a 6.

(ding) (a few cheers)

And another 6. That's about as good as you can get, John, without rolling a straight. You may take the sum of the dice in points -- 15 -- or freeze up to two of the dice and reroll the rest.

How do you play it.

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I'll freeze the two sixes and try my luck (A)

[dougmorrisontheair]

(scattered cheers)

Going for a triple or a Crag -- and I have a sneaking suspicion the latter. Let's freeze those box cars first.

(freeze sfx) (rolling sfx)

First screen rerolls, John. Let's see if you get that Crag.

(ding)

A 3 again. Well -- even Steven.

Time to start Round 2 -- where we're going to fill in another blank.

(MG '7x stinger plays) (scattered cheers from the crowd)

Now, the questions a little longer -- and the audience gets to help me out with this.

Fill in the blank with an ordinal number: ON "NCIS", Gibbs is *so* tough...

HOW TOUGH IS HE!?!!??

...when he interrogates a suspect, he's giving him the BLANK degree.

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(John buzzes in)

John again.

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Third

[dougmorrisontheair]

Let's see if that's right. Does Gibbs give a suspect the third degree in interrogation?

(ding; audience applause) (rolling sfx)

That's it. And the dice are already rolling again for you, John.

[Deleted]

BDC

[dougmorrisontheair]

(ding)

Starting with a 5.

(ding)

Following with a 6.

(ding)

Ending with a 1. That's a dozen more points in your coffers if you end the round now, John.

[Deleted]

Freeze the five and six, let's see if I can get a straight or at least a crag (E)

[dougmorrisontheair]

Uhhhh -- let me get a ruling from Judge Von Erik.

(freeze sfx)

Heh, I guess that's the ruling -- put the 5 and 6 on ice as he asked.

John, if you do turn that 1 into a 2, the dice *will* total 13 -- but that would be three different numbers adding up to 13. Can't give you a Crag for that -- but the sum would double for 26 points.

If a pair of a particular number plus another number add up to 13, that's a Crag for 50 points. So with that clarified, let's reroll that 1.

(rolling sfx)

And let's see if you can get a 2 or 4.

(ding)

Just missed the 4 -- but a 5 gives you 16 more points.

John leading 31 to nothing as we start Round 3 by doing some math.

(AYSTA5G stinger) (scattered cheers)

According to the title of a cop show from the 1980s, the number of letters in Christine's last name minus the number of letters in Mary Beth's last name equals what single digit number?
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(John buzzes in)

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1.

[dougmorrisontheair]

John concludes the answer to our math problem is 1. Is he right?

(ding; audience applause)

Yes. Christine Cagney and Mary Beth Lacey. Six letters in Cagney minus five in Lacey equals 1.

(rolling sfx)

John, a good roll could put you about halfway to automatically winning Game 2.

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CFB

[dougmorrisontheair]

(ding)

Stop on a 5.

(ding)

Stop on a 6.

(ding) (scattered cheers)

And -- niiiice -- stop on a 4. John, that's a high straight for 20 if you end the round here.

[Deleted]

Let's take the 20.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Taking the 20 and with that...

...John, you're half way to winning the game automatically.

Steven, I see you try to buzz in. Let's see if you have better luck...

...at Crag's List. Let's see what's on the list today.

(ding)

Holidays and observances. Now one, some or all those items actually belong on Crag's List. Here's the question that could narrow things down.

How many out of these events actually take place in the month of March?
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(Steven buzzes in)

Steven.

[asja2002]

Just the 1, St. Patrick's day

(D-C-C)

[dougmorrisontheair]

Ohhhh kay -- is Steven at least right about just 1 event belonging on Crag's list?

(ding; audience applause)

Yes -- and you were right about St. Patrick's Day. As to those which disappeared, Black History Month and Presidents' Day are in February, Labor Day in September, Memorial Day in May, and Flag Day is in June.

By the way, our producer, Dinah, has a birthday in March.

Dinah: (over loud speaker) Yes -- and all of the Crag staff better not forget that.

(scattered laughter from the crowd)

(rolling sfx)

Don't worry. I told 'em to mark the calendars.

Steven, you want to make your mark in this game. Let's see what happens.

(ding)

Stop on a 1.

(ding)

There's a 3.

(ding) (scattered laughter from the crowd)

And a 4 for a total of 8 points.

Steven, I *think* I know what you want to do. I'll just simply say, right now, John leads 51 to nothing and we're currently in Round 4.

[asja2002]

I'm going to toss the 1 and 3 back and hope for a 4 and 5 combo

(A-F)

[dougmorrisontheair]

(scattered woos and cheers)

Taking a risk and trying to make this a near tie game. Let's freeze that 4 first.

(freeze sfx) (rolling sfx)

There go the dice. Here come the stops when you're ready.

(ding) (scattered groans)

Well -- a 1.

(ding)

And a 5. Oh well.

After Round 4:
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Got a dime out of that. John still with a big lead. Round 5 question takes us to the Lone Star State.

Missing digit question: I'll show you the year the oil business started in Texas -- and you tell me the missing digit.

(ding)


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(Steven buzzes in)

Steven?

[asja2002]

I'll go 1

(B-C-C)

[dougmorrisontheair]

Champ says the last digit in the year is a 1. Is that right?

(ding; audience applause)

Yup. Oil was first discovered in 1901 near Beaumont, Texas. But since there were few cars, there wasn't much need for oil back then.


(rolling sfx)

Chance to add more points comes now, Steven.

(ding)

Stop on a 2.

(ding)

Stop on a 5.

(ding)

And stop on another 5. Well -- close to 13 -- one way or the other.

Want to take the 12 points or roll again?

[asja2002]

I will keep the 5's and re-roll the 2

(F)

[dougmorrisontheair]

(scattered cheers)

They like the strategy. Let's see if it works. First, we freeze the Texas sunflowers.

(freeze sfx) (rolling sfx)

First screen rerolls. Can he get a Crag or a triple?

(ding) (a few groans from the crowd)

Got a 1 instead.

Steven up to 21. John still with 51. Round 6 of 10 starting now with a question about one of the greatest minds of all time.

Missing digit question: If nominated, he would not run; if elected, he would not serve. Albert Einstein was offered Israel's presidency -- but he declined. I'll show you the year he declined the offer to lead the nation -- and you tell me the missing digit.

(ding)

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(Steven buzzes in)

Steven?

[asja2002]

Pretty sure it's 2

(C-C-F)

[dougmorrisontheair]

Steven says he declined the leadership in 1952. Is that right?

(ding; audience applause)
(rolling sfx)


Yes indeed -- and the dice are in a hurry, apparently.

(ding)

Starting with a 1.

(ding)

There's a 2.

(ding)
(audience groans)

And -- worst possible roll on our show. Dice total 4 points.

Well, I think I... (scattered laughter from the crowd; Doug looks at big screen) Oh -- McKayla again.

As I was saying before "unimpressed girl" popped up here on the screen, I think I know what you want to do. But you to tell me if you want 4 points or a reroll.

[asja2002]

Toss everything and roll again

(A-A-B)

[dougmorrisontheair]

Can't says as I blame ya. Let's reroll all the dice.


(rolling sfx)

Stop on a 3 or better anywhere and you'll improve.

(ding)

See there? A 5.

(ding)

There's a 2.

(ding) (scattered groans)

And one shy of the magic 13. Got a dozen.

John still has 51, Steven improves to 33. We're nearing the end of the game -- as we have just four questions left in this second game of the match. Round 7 question is on sports.

Single digit question: How many different NFL teams did O.J. Simpson play for?
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(Steven buzzes in)

Steven?

[asja2002]

2 teams Doug

(E-F-B)