Three on a Match (NBC; Episode 7)

[dougmorrisontheair]

(dings; audience cheers)

I bet'cha this will get you more excited. This win just cracked the hundred grand barrier for you.

You're up to $105,700. (audience cheers) And more can still be won. Ready to play another game?

[pathfinder20]

Yes I am.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Well, we're not -- because I have a floor director giving me the international hand signal for "commercial break". And if we don't take this break now, he's going to give me a profane hand signal.

(audience laughs)

So, before we upset him and the brass, let's take this break.

(audience applause; theme plays)

[dougmorrisontheair]

(theme plays)

Steve: Our contestants will receive some of the following...

From Nintendo of America, a deck of Pokémon playing cards in a collectible tin. Suitable for all card games, this deck comes with illustrations of your favorite characters. Deal and catch 'em all. Pokémon playing cards.

And Rice-a-Roni. Cooks up so quick and so easy. The one you sautée and simmer for flavor perfection. Rice-a-Roni-- the San Francisco Treat.

Steve: We'll be back with more of Three on a Match after this word of interest. Closed captioning provided by...

[dougmorrisontheair]

(theme plays; audience applause)

Welcome back to Three on a Match.

Kourtney has more than $105,000 in cash winnings. Matt just arrived with only $110 as we're about to start a new game.

And as we start a new game, we've loaded our Double Dollars theme into the grid. We've got three international monetary symbols on the board *plus* three special Double Dollars cards that will always be unobstructed by "no match" and stop sign cards.

Make three on a match with Double Dollars cards and you'll play our special Double Dollars game for more than $100,000 in cash.

(scattered cheers and woos)

Of course, before we go there, we've got to earn some money by solving riddlegrams from these categories.

(category board opens)

And with a new game, we bring in new categories -- Go No Huddle, Nashville Notes, and Potpourri.

Kourtney, you won the last game. Please start us off by picking a category.

[pathfinder20]

Let’s start with Potpourri.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Starting with Potpourri which hides...

(dings; audience cheers)

...ah ha -- $70 and a doubler.

This means all the stakes in this category double. Winner of this showdown actually collects $140. And every point scored is worth $20 instead of $10.

1. "Those Bewilderment 12-Month Periods"

2. "Shattering Awful"

3. Those Homegenous Countries

4. That feline which devoured that small passerine bird

5. A temporal length takes to the air whilst thee is entertained

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Kourtney and Matt, for each riddlegram, please PM me your answer and a buzzcode from 1-100.

[dougmorrisontheair]

1. "Those Bewilderment 12-Month Periods"

(Kourtney rings in)

Doug: Kourtney

Kourtney: Those Crazy Years

(obvious edit)

Doug: Okay, the judge and the producers called for verification. First of all, oddly enough, there is a production from Argentina, when translated to English, is titled "Those Crazy Years". However...

(buzz)

Doug: ...we gave "Those" in the riddlegram -- meaning, Kourtney, you had to give a different word for "Those". And had you said "The Wonder Years" for "Those Bewilderment 12-Month Periods", you'd score the point.


pathfinder20
mringgenberg


Doug: Sorry, Kourtney -- but we have to give the point to Matt. We'll move to the next one.

2. "Shattering Awful"

(Kourtney rings in)

Doug: Kourtney

Kourtney: Breaking Bad

Doug: That's it.


pathfinder20
mringgenberg


Doug: We're tied at one. Next riddlegram.

3. Those Homegenous Countries

(Kourtney rings in)

Doug: Kourtney

Kourtney: The same Nations

(obvious edit)

Doug: Judge wanted to check to be sure and -- (ding) -- he's going to accept.


pathfinder20
mringgenberg


Doug: I had The United Nations on my card. But the judge found enough usage of "the same nations" as a common phrase. So we'll give it to you. Kourtney, you could win with this.

4. That feline which devoured that small passerine bird

(Kourtney rings in)

Doug: Kourtney for the showdown.

Kourtney: The cat that ate the tweety bird

(obvious edit)

Doug: As many times as we've stopped tape, we wanted to be careful -- and -- (buzz) -- no -- but you're close, Kourtney.  

The cat that ate the canary. We also would've accepted the more common usage: The cat that swallowed the canary

pathfinder20
mringgenberg


Doug: So -- an unusual 2-2 tie. Let's break it with this.

5. A temporal length takes to the air whilst thee is entertained

(time passes) (buzz)

Doug: Ohhh -- let's break it down. Temporal length would be "time". Takes to the air would be "flies". Whilst thee is entertained -- "while you're having fun". So the correct answer is -- Time flies while you're having fun.

(scattered groans from crowd)


pathfinder20
mringgenberg


Okay. We're still tied at 2. Next riddlegram breaks it.

TIE. "Italy's Capital City"

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Kourtney and Matt, on the tie-breaker riddlegram, please PM me your answer and a buzzcode from 1-100.

[dougmorrisontheair]

TIE. "Italy's Capital City"

60 pathfinder20
41 mringgenberg
66 random.org

(Kourtney rings in)

Doug: Kourtney for the tie-breaker.

Kourtney: “Rome”

Doug: That's it.

(audience cheers)

Kourtney, looks like a trip to the grid is imminent. First, let's crunch numbers. The doubled $70 award is yours for winning the showdown. We now add $20 a point instead of $10 per the doubler.

That means you're up to $200. Kourtney, per the rules, when you have at least $200 in your podium, you have to go to the grid. So away we go.

(ding)

Now since you're bringing at least $200 to this trip to the grid, there's a stop sign to watch out for. Find it and the trip to the grid automatically ends.

Good luck and away you go.

[dougmorrisontheair]

(Bump for Kourtney)

[pathfinder20]

$20 on the green.

[dougmorrisontheair]

(ding)

As promised earlier, international money symbols are in the grid.

[pathfinder20]

$30 on the yellow.

[dougmorrisontheair]

(ding) (mixed reactions from crowd)

Double Dollars card. You're out of the running for the $50,000 instant bonus, Kourtney -- but this could lead to more than $100,000 later.

[pathfinder20]

Let’s try 40 on the red.

[dougmorrisontheair]

(ding)

British pound with $110 American to go.

[pathfinder20]

Let’s try to match the first two with $40 on the blue.

[dougmorrisontheair]

(ding) (scattered cheers)

Another yen. Find a third and you win.

[pathfinder20]

$30 on the red.

[dougmorrisontheair]

(dings; audience cheers)

A third yen symbol. Congratulations, Kourtney.

Well, that was the quickest game we've ever had. One showdown, one trip to the grid -- and a win.

And, Matt, we have some good news for you.

Because of the unusual results of the showdown -- particular with "same nations" when I had "United Nations" on my card -- Standards and Practices don't want this loss to count against you.

Annnnnd -- they also want the first two categories to stay on the board ahead for the next game. So we'll do that, bring in a new third category -- annnd -- we're -- also shuffle the rewards behind the categories while Kourtney plays Three in a Row.

If it sounds confusing, it won't over time.

Basically, it'll be a rematch. In any event, Matt, please don't stray away, okay?

[mringgenberg]

Ok

[dougmorrisontheair]

Great. And because Kourtney didn't find three Double Dollars cards...

...this theme will stay in play. We'll shuffle up those cards as well -- while Kourtney and I take a trip to the bonus grid.

(audience applause; theme plays)

Okay, Kourtney, you know how this works by now.

(ding)

Numbers 1 through 9 all mixed up. Buy them at $100 each. The moment you uncover three in a row, you move on to the next phase.

[dougmorrisontheair]

(Bump for Kourtney)

[pathfinder20]

Let’s go with $100 on the 7.

[dougmorrisontheair]

(ding)

If you can't start in the center, it's great to start in a corner.

[pathfinder20]

$100 on the three.

[dougmorrisontheair]

(ding) (scattered groans)

What a way to kill a vibe -- bottom center -- non-connecting to the corner 7.

Center number would be nice right about now.

[pathfinder20]

Let’s try $100 on the one.

[dougmorrisontheair]

(ding) (scattered cheers)

Well -- almost as good -- just under the 7.

Find the number just under the 1 and you'll have three in a row.

[pathfinder20]

Let’s try $100 on the 9.