THE BIG SHOWDOWN: Episode Four

[johnnyb]

I need two more contestants to against SAM in another fun-filled edition of THE BIG SHOWDOWN!!!

Anyone intrested?

[mringgenberg]

I'll play.

[Deleted]

Can I play again?

[Deleted]

Checking in again.

[johnnyb]

Yeah, both of you can play.

[johnnyb]

OK....here we go!!!!

(THEME MUSIC)

Ladies and gentlemen, these three contestants you see before you will compete in a game of knowledge, speed and stragedy. One of them will have a chance to roll the golden dice for a possible $25,000 in cash. Here on







And here's your host: JOHN BERGMAN.


(APPLAUSE)

Thanks and welcome to a new series of THE BIG SHOWDOWN. One of our players will have a chance at $25,000. On our last show, we crowned a new champion from the beautiful country of Wales. Let's meet him right now...SAM.

(APPLAUSE)

Welcome to THE BIG SHOWDOWN, SAM. How are you doing today?

[Deleted]

Fine, thank you John. How are you doing as well?

[johnnyb]

I am doing really great, my friend.....thanks for asking. You haven't done bad yourself, SAM. You have a total now of $2,300 in cash.

Any plans for the money?

[Deleted]

Well, possibly a holiday, I would say, but nothing else.

[johnnyb]

Well, that's great.....Hopefully, you can win some more money if you're still the champ.

However, you can two contestants who will try and steal your crown. Let's meet them....first we have MATT.

(APPLAUSE)

Welcome to the show, MATT, tell us about yourself.

[mringgenberg]

I'm a supermarket clerk from Council Bluffs, IA.

[johnnyb]

That's nice, MATT....Have you any hobbies?

[mringgenberg]

Computers and word seek puzzles.

[johnnyb]

That's good to hear, MATT. I wish you the best on our show. Let's meet our third contestant, JAMES.

(APPLAUSE)

JAMES, welcome to THE BIG SHOWDOWN.....Tell us about yourself.

[Deleted]

I am from Lower Alabama and I enjoy game shows, music, classic TV, and playing criminal case

[johnnyb]

That's nice.......What kind of classic TV shows do you like?

[Deleted]

Shows from the 80s

[johnnyb]

Boy, do I remember those shows.....let's see....well, maybe I shouldn't...it will reveal my age.

(APPLAUSE)

I wish you the best on our show, JAMES..Well, we met our players and, when we come back, we'll play THE BIG SHOWDOWN.

We'll be right back.

[johnnyb]

Hello and welcome back. Now that we met our contestants, here's how we play THE BIG SHOWDOWN.



The object is to answer questions in order to reach a specific payoff point which we'll reveal before the round begins. We'll show our contestants six catergories worth 1 to 6 points and just a reminder, those points don't determine the diffuculty of the catergories.


Each question is a toss-up and the one who buzzes in first (gets closest to buzzcode of 1 to 100) and gets it right will win those points. Now, stragedy is key here because YOU CANNOT GO OVER THE PAYOFF POINT, which means that if one of your opponents picks a catergory with a point score that, if you were to buzz-in and get it right would put you over the payoff point, then YOU CANNOT ANSWER THE QUESTION.

The contestant who's the first to get the payoff point wins a cash prize anywhere from $100 to $500. We'll play three rounds and then a 10 question sprint round and, after that, the two players with the highest scores will go on to the FINAL SHOWDOWN and the winner of that will go on to our GOLDEN DICE bonus game for a chance at $25,000.


(APPLAUSE)


Now, here's a special bonus for our players. If any one of them wins two payoffs points in a row, then, win or lose the entire game, they'll win a great prize.

Can you tell them, TOM?


Yes, it's a TRIP TO PARIS worth $3,750.


Any questions??

[mringgenberg]

No

[johnnyb]

In that case, on with the show......First, our first payoff point is

(ELECTRONIC NOISES AND NUMBERS FLASHING)




It is 8...Second, let's see what our payoff cash bonus is....

(ELECTRONIC NOISES AND NUMBERS FLASHING)




$100 is it....and now, third, let's see what our categories are for the first and second round...




We have WORLD LEADERS, INITIALS AND ABBREVIATIONS, RUSSIA, SPORTS TERMS, GRAMMAR and MOVIE DIRECTORS.

As always we start with a one-point toss-up question for control..


TOSS-UP QUESTIONS:

"My Fair Lady" was a musical version of a play called "Pygmalion". Who wrote the play?


THE BUZZ-IN NUMBER IS: 90

Here are the results:

SAM first
JAMES second
MATT third

(BZZT)

SAM, your answer?

[Deleted]

George Bernard Shaw?

[johnnyb]

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW is CORRECT!!!!!

You have one point, SAM and control of the category board. What's your pleasure?

[Deleted]

Grammar for 5

[johnnyb]

GRAMMAR it is and here's the question:


GRAMMAR:

Please correct this grammatically incorrect sentence: "She can't do it last week"?


THE BUZZ-IN NUMBER IS: 65

Here are the results:

MATT first
SAM second
JAMES third


(BZZT)

MATT, your answer?

[mringgenberg]

She couldn't do it last week.

[johnnyb]

That is CORRECT, MATT.......





You have 5 points, control of the board and....since you are three away from the payoff point, only the first three categories are in play.







What's your pleasure?

[mringgenberg]

Russia

[johnnyb]

RUSSIA it is and if MATT gets this right, he'll win the payoff point and $100.

SAM and JAMES, you know what to do.


RUSSIA:

Name two of the three Baltic countries that were occupied by Soviet troops in 1940 and were incorporated as republics of the U.S.S.R. until the late 1980's?


THE BUZZ-IN NUMBER IS: 20

Here are the results:

MATT first
SAM second
JAMES third

(BZZT)

MATT, your answer

[mringgenberg]

I don't know.