Crag: The Tournament of Champions (Syn., Episode 31)

[dougmorrisontheair]

Five sons, he says. Is that right?

(ding; audience applause) (rolling sfx)

Yes -- and the dice roll for you for the first time in this game.

(ding)

Stop on a 5.

(ding)

Stop on a 6.

(ding)

And -- wow -- another 6. Best possible combination without rolling a straight or better. Lenny, would you like 17 points or another roll? Right now, you're down 72-50.

[redrangerdude]

I'll keep the points.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Taking the points and with that...

...it's a five-point game in the determining factor. *Another* Big George question coming in Round 4.

Missing digit question: I'll show you the year the George Foreman Lean Mean Fat-Reducing Grilling Machine was introduced -- and you tell me the missing digit.

(ding)

18 redrangerdude
50 grapebuy789
06 randomizer.org

(Lenny buzzes in)

Lenny?

[redrangerdude]

That would be 1994? (ADB)

[dougmorrisontheair]

Lenny's guessing the last digit's a 4. Is he right?

(ding; audience applause) (rolling sfx)

Good guess. It's right.

(ding)

Stop on a 4.

(ding)

Stop on a 6.

(ding)

And stop on a 5. That's a high straight for 20 points.

Lenny, you're currently trailing by 5 points. If you stop the round here, you'd be leading by 15 with one round left. Want the 20 points and stop the round -- or reroll and try to win the match?

[redrangerdude]

I'll keep the 20 points.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Taking the points and the lead...

(tones sound)

...at a critical moment in the match. That sound confirms we're about to start the final round in the mad dash.

Frank, this means you must win this last question and score more than 15 points to advance to the finals. It is possible for you to score 15 points exactly; do that and we'll play another tie-breaker as before. Anything short of 15 points means Lenny clinches a berth in the finals.

Good luck to you both. Play carefully. Her comes one more question about George Foreman.

Missing digit question: I'll show you the year George Formeman lost to Muhammad Ali in a boxing match dubbed "The Rumble in the Jungle". You tell me the missing digit.

(ding)

73 redrangerdude
63 grapebuy789
56 randomizer.org

(Frank buzzes in)

Frank, to stay in the tournament, your answer, please.

[grapebuy789]

4 (DAB)

[dougmorrisontheair]

Our wild card entry says 4. Frank, if "The Rumble in the Jungle" took place in 1974, you'll have two chance to enter the finals. If not, the match automatically goes to Frank.


Did

"The

Rumble

in

the

Jungle"

take

place

in

nine-

teen

seventy-

four?

(ding; audience applause)

Yes. Okay, now it's up to the luck of the dice. Again, your target number is 15. You're actually looking for more than 15 points to win this match. Score less than 15 and you'll obviously reroll. Hit 15 on the nose -- and you'll have to make a crucial decision.

Here -- go -- the dice.


(rolling sfx)

Stop them when you feel lucky, Frank.

(ding)

Stop on a 6.

(ding)

Stop on a 3.

(ding) (scattered woahs and groans)

Stop on a 5. *Just* short of a tie. The dice total 14. You need more than 15 to win, Frank. Obviously, it's time to reroll. Which dice would you like to freeze -- if any?

[grapebuy789]

I'd like to re-roll the 3. (E)

*crosses fingers*

[dougmorrisontheair]

(scattered cheers)

Freezing the outdoor dice. You'd get more than 11 points out of them for sure. But you need more than 15 for the win. Let's freeze the outer dice first.


(freeze sfx)

The 3 will reroll shortly. Anything but a 1 or that 3 will put you in the finals. Lenny, all I can suggest is hope he runs into a 1 or 3. Let's reroll that 3.


(rolling sfx)

There it goes. Who wins this semi-final match?

(ding) (audience start to cheer)

IT'S A 6! FRANK, YOU'VE WON $100,000!!!!

(dings; alarm sounds; audience cheers; win music plays)

(players shake hands)

Frank, Lenny, I genuinely wish this match wouldn't end. Both of you played well. I think we only had two or three wrong answers the whole match. And at this level, we'd expect the strategy would be spot on. It definitely was -- especially here in the last round.

But at the end of the day, one of you would be heading to the finals. Lenny, how do you feel?

[redrangerdude]

I think I did great. Good job, Frank.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Indeed you played well, Lenny. Frank, how do you feel -- knowing you're a step closer to $1,000,000?

[grapebuy789]

I wasn't sure that I was going to win. Lenny played really hard. Good job Lenny. Wish me luck!

[dougmorrisontheair]

Well I'll wish you both good luck -- because you'll both play for more money in a bit.

Speaking of more money...

...Lenny, you collect $10,000 as this match's runner-up. Frank, we just stashed your podium with $100,000. Please stand by -- because bonus games are coming up -- as we conclude Day 1 of Crag: The Tournament of Champions.


(WGYN theme plays; audience applauds)

[dougmorrisontheair]

(audience cheers)

Welcome back to Crag: The Tournament of Champions. You'll notice I'm still here at my podium...

...and our semi-finalists are still at their podia. Why aren't we meeting center stage for Super Crag?

Here's why. We're not playing Super Crag today -- so we'll have no Super Crag dice girl to join us. (scattered groans) Hey, folks, we just gave away more than $110,000. We gotta save up on talent fees.

(scattered laughter from the crowd)

Instead of the Super Crag, we'll play two special bonus games. Lenny, please stand by. We'll give a chance to win up to $25,000 in a game we normally play with an audience member.

Frank, as for you, you'll be playing...

(rolling sfx)

...with the big Crag dice up here. For winning the match, we give you three rolls of the dice instead of two. Each time you roll the dice, you're looking for a Crag -- any combination of 13 that includes a pair of a particular number plus one odd number.

Frank, if you can roll a Crag on the first attempt, you immediately win...

(audio on rolling sfx lowered)

...another $100,000. (audience cheers) If you need a second roll, you may freeze up to two dice as before and reroll the remainder. But by then...

...the value drops to $75,000. And if you need a third roll...

...the top payoff will be $50,000.

Even if you don't roll a Crag, there is money to be made. We'll multiply the value of your final combination by $1000. So that means if you end up with any of the Crag-approved straights, it's $20,000. You'll win $25,000 for a triple. A non-Crag 13 pays $26,000. Anything else and it's $1000 per point.

One more thing: Since we're giving you three rolls of the dice, you may unlock any dice just before the third roll if you'd like.

Do you have any questions?

[grapebuy789]

I do not.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Then the crowd and I will wish you good luck.

(audience cheers)

(rolling sfx)

Stop the dice when you feel you can put together a Crag.

[grapebuy789]

(CBE)

[dougmorrisontheair]

(ding)

Stop on a 3.

(ding)

Well -- a 2.

(ding)

And a 1. That's a low straight and not a Crag.

Obviously, the $100,000 payoff is out of the question.

Frank, I'll tell you what I'll let you do. I'll let you stop here and take 20 points -- which will convert into an extra $20,000 payoff. Or -- you may reroll.

Stop and keep $20,000 -- or go for a Crag and a possible $75,000?

(audience shouts suggestions)

[grapebuy789]

I'm won a lot of money already. $20,000 is pretty good. But $75,000 would be great. I'll re-roll all of the dice! (DEF)

[dougmorrisontheair]

Reroll everything. Very well. Let 'em roll, fellers, please.

(rolling sfx)

There they go.

(ding)

Stop on a 5.

(ding) (scattered cheers)

Stop on another 5!

(ding) (audience groans)

And stop on a 6. Well you've traded down to 16 points or $16,000.

You may stop here and take the 16-grand -- or reroll for a Crag which, by then, would be worth $50,000.

[grapebuy789]

I'll reroll the 6. (D)

[dougmorrisontheair]

(scattered cheers)

By freezing the Texas sunflowers, you'll definitely win more than $10,000.

(freeze sfx)

Dice are already on ice. If you can turn that 6 into a 5, Frank, you'll complete a triple for $25,000. A 3 completes a Crag for $50,000. Good luck to you as we reroll that 6.


(rolling sfx)

There it goes. Hit your buzzer when you feel a 3 coming on.


































(dings; audience applause)

Third 5 for a triple and $25,000. Congratulations.

Just in this show alone, you've won $131,500, Frank. Easily, you've won more in this show than you have in three shows last week. We'll crunch *all* the numbers before we send you to the finals.

But right now, some unfinished business with Lenny Jackson. Before we say farewell here in the semis, we want to give you a shot at $25,000 in our game of Half & Half.

And here's the board. Lenny, behind one of the odd numbers up here -- 1, 3 or 5 -- we've hidden the first half of a $25,000 bill. Behind one of the even numbers -- 2, 4 or 6 -- there's the latter half. The halves of the bill may or may not be side by side. So if you found the first half of the bill with a roll of a 3, that doesn't automatically mean 4 is suddenly your winning number.

With that, we're going to give you...

(ding)

...five rolls of one of the Crag dice. Uncover both halves in five tries and you win $25,000.

(audience cheers)

Any questions, Lenny?

[redrangerdude]

No. I'm ready!

[dougmorrisontheair]

(scattered cheers)

Then I wish you good luck.

(rolling sfx)

There goes the second of the Crag dice. Stop it when you're feeling lucky.

---

(Of course, one stopper letter from A-F, please, Lenny.)

[redrangerdude]

(F)

[dougmorrisontheair]

(ding)

Stop on a 1. Does 1 up here hide the first half of the bill?

(ding; audience applause)

Yes! It does! Lenny, you now have four chances to find that last half of the bill.

This is a good time to note that if you repeat a number, it's a wasted roll. Recall there's no way the last half of the bill can hide behind 3 or 5. So stopping on *any* odd number would be a waste.


(rolling sfx)

There it goes again. Let's see if you can win it right here.

[redrangerdude]

(D)

[dougmorrisontheair]

(ding)

(scattered groans)

A 1 again. Well...

(buzz)

...'fraid that's a wasted roll. Shake it off and try it again.

(rolling sfx)

There it goes again. Let's see if you can win it right here.