The $40,000 Chain Reaction (USA, Ep. 27; new)

[nelson17]

i'll take a letter under strike

[dougmorrisontheair]

Fourth letter for the champ...










(ding)

...P-I-C-K.

[dougmorrisontheair]

(time passes)

(buzz)

That's time. So we're back to David.

[gameboy2000]

I'll take a letter under strike.

[dougmorrisontheair]

David, you're taking...










(ding)

...P-I-C-K-E.

[gameboy2000]

picket

[dougmorrisontheair]

There ya got it -- PICKET.











(ding; audience applause)

All right -- one link left. It's now worth $500 -- $250 for the right answer and the other $250 for completion of chain. Nels could narrow the gap -- but it's David's call as to who gets the first letter in the link below PICKET and above LIZARD.


gameboy2000
nelson17

[gameboy2000]

I'll take the letter

[dougmorrisontheair]

For the completion and a sweep in Round 1, David, you're taking...









(ding)

...the letter F.

[gameboy2000]

Fence

[dougmorrisontheair]

That's right. Wow.









(ding; audience applause)

All right, let's recap this chain.

Although I'm a Spurs fan, I'll give a nod to the Oklahoma City Thunder, an NBA team that relocated from Seattle. During a storm, you might hear thunder and see lightning. A lightning strike is a discharge between Earth's atmopshere and an object on the ground. During a labor dispute, workers could go on strike and form a picket line. A really nice neighborhood could include a picket fence. And a fence lizard can be found in the outdoors -- particularly in a rock piles or a rotting log.

That's the chain. David's got all the money so far with $1500. Nels, chance to get back in the thick of this comes now as we raise the stakes.

Our next chain starts with...










(ding)

...LIVIN' ON A -- and it ends with DEION SANDERS. We didn't have room for his whole name, much less his ego."

(audience laughs and applauds)

Each link is now worth $500. Completion of the chain scores another $500. Money link in the middle pays $250 per letter in bonus money -- not applicable to the score of the game.

David, we resume with you. Would you like to give or take a letter below LIVIN' ON A or above DEION SANDERS?

[gameboy2000]

I'll take a letter below Livin' on a

[dougmorrisontheair]

David's taking, to start this round,...









(ding)

...the letter P.

[gameboy2000]

Prayer

[dougmorrisontheair]

PRAYER is right.









(ding; audience applause)

David's now up to $2000. Nels wants to get on the board. David, chain's still yours.


gameboy2000
nelson17

[gameboy2000]

I'll take a letter under prayer.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Challenger's taking...









(ding)

...an A.

[gameboy2000]

Angel

[dougmorrisontheair]

Not ANGEL but a great guess. Nels, let's see if you can get on the board.

[nelson17]

I'll take a letter under prayer

[dougmorrisontheair]

Nels is taking...









(ding)

...A-M.

[nelson17]

amen?

[dougmorrisontheair]

That's it -- AMEN.











(ding; audience applause)

Nels, you're now on the board. Money link's in reach if you want to go for it.


gameboy2000
nelson17

[nelson17]

i'll give a letter under amen

[dougmorrisontheair]

*Giving* the first letter of the money link. Okay, David...









(ding)

...let's see what you do with a C.

[gameboy2000]

Clifton Davis

[dougmorrisontheair]

Great guess, great actor and great show -- but CLIFTON DAVIS is incorrect. So it's back to Nels.

[dougmorrisontheair]

(Bump for Nels)

[nelson17]

i'll take a letter under amen

[dougmorrisontheair]

Nels is taking...









(ding)

...C-O.