The $40,000 Chain Reaction (USA, Ep. 28)

[dougmorrisontheair]

You've completed the chain!









(ding; audience applause)

Near the top and bottom of this chain, you're probably wondering how one word leads to another. Here's how.

The Remington Arms Company is a maker of shotguns and other firearms. A shotgun wedding is an event arranged to avoid embarrassment following an unplanned pregnancy. A traditional wedding could take place in a chapel. Chapel Hill is a city in North Carolina. Twenty-five counties in south and central Texas make up a region known as the Hill Country. And Nashville, Tennessee, is well known for country music.

[dougmorrisontheair]

grapebuy789
gameboy2000


There's the first round chain. Frank leads $1250 to $250. David, as you know, we raise the stakes in the next round. A couple of right guesses could make this a tie ballgame. So let's set up that next chain.










(ding)

And our next chain starts with LADY IN and it ends with HOLLYWOOD. This time, each link is worth $500. We award $500 more to the player who completes the chain.

And we also have that money link in the middle. Correctly solve that link and you'll pick up a bonus of $250 per letter in the link. As always, bonus money does not count toward the score of the game.

Frank, we left off with you. How do you play?

[grapebuy789]

I'll take a letter under Lady In, please.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Frank's starting Round 2...









(ding)

...with an R.

[grapebuy789]

Red!

[dougmorrisontheair]

Right on RED.









Just like that, the lead got bigger, Frank. What now?


grapebuy789
gameboy2000

[grapebuy789]

I'll take a letter under Red, please.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Leader's going to hold on to this...









(ding)

...with an S.

[grapebuy789]

Square?

[dougmorrisontheair]

SQUARE is right. Wow.









(ding; audience applause)

Frank, not only are you near the halfway point to victory, the bonus money's in reach if you'd like to go for it.


grapebuy789
gameboy2000

[grapebuy789]

I'll take a letter under Square, please.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Frank's going for the bonus money...









(ding)

...with a D.

[grapebuy789]

Dance!

[dougmorrisontheair]

(cuckoo bird)

Close but not close enough, the birdie says. We'll give you one extra chance to guess the word or words in that link.

[grapebuy789]

Dancing!

[dougmorrisontheair]

(ding; audience applause)

There ya go. Frank, in addition to passing the halfway point to victory...

...you just won a cash bonus of $1750.

(more applause)


grapebuy789
gameboy2000


As for the money that counts, Frank leads Davis 2750 to 250. Frank, chain's still yours.

[grapebuy789]

I'll take a letter under Dancing, please.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Let's see if Frank's run continues...










(ding)

...with an I.

[grapebuy789]

Insane?

[dougmorrisontheair]

(scattered laughter from crowd)

I'd make a comment about the show that follows us here on USA -- but won't -- except to say that's not it. David, need to score some money in this round. How do you play the chain?

[gameboy2000]

I'll take a letter below dancing.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Will David narrow the gap with this letter?










(ding)

I-N.

[gameboy2000]

In the Dark

[dougmorrisontheair]

Great guess. Great Bruce Springsteen song. But that's not right. So, it's back to Frank.

[grapebuy789]

I'll take a letter under Dancing, please.

[dougmorrisontheair]

This is for certain, Frank.










(ding)

We have more than one word in that link -- I-N and then a T.

[grapebuy789]

In the Street

[dougmorrisontheair]

Another good answer. Another good song. But incorrect. David, we go back to you.

[gameboy2000]

I'll take a letter under Dancing.

[dougmorrisontheair]

David tries...










(ding)

...I-N and then T-H.