Three on a Match (NBC; Episode 8)

[pathfinder20]

Let’s start with $20 on the blue and $30 on the green.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Kourtney: Let’s start with $20 on the blue.

(ding)

Doug: Still dealing with international money.

Kourtney: $30 on the green.

(ding)

Doug: There's a Double Dollars card. Takes you out of the running for 50 grand -- but that plus two others could lead to more than 100 large.

[pathfinder20]

$40 on the red.

[dougmorrisontheair]

(ding)

Euro with $120 left to spend.

[pathfinder20]

$20 on the yellow.

[dougmorrisontheair]

(ding)

Yen -- well -- you're getting one of everything.

[pathfinder20]

Let’s try $20 on the green.

[dougmorrisontheair]

(ding) (scattered cheers)

Another euro -- and that closes the $20 column. Find the euro in the middle column and you win another game.

[pathfinder20]

30 on the yellow.

[dougmorrisontheair]

(ding) (scattered cheers)

Another yen.

Fifty bucks to go, Kourtney. So you can afford to try to find a third yen or a third euro.

Either way, this should be your last pick in this trip to the grid.

[pathfinder20]

$40 on the green.

[dougmorrisontheair]

(buzz)
(audience groans)

Durn stop sign. Well -- if anything -- you time it just right.

Better news. In the next trip to the grid, no stop sign, no red herring in the form of "no match". There *will* be a wild card. That's going to help in making three on a match.

With that, here comes a new category...

(ding)

...General Info.

And Kourtney, you've got the pick.

[pathfinder20]

Let’s try Thumbs Up.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Thumbs Up looks interesting -- and it's worth...

(ding)

...$80 and two boxes on the house. (scans card) Ah, do we have any Fallout fans in the crowd here?

(scattered cheers)

Because that's what this category is about.

These riddlegrams lead to the identities of fictional characters, places, things, and other common expressions associated with either the Fallout video games or the "Fallout" series on Amazon Prime.

1. That Premiums Gambling Establishment

2. Shadowy beach grains

3. That bogeyman

4. Procession

5. Safe Tripled 11

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

[dougmorrisontheair]

1. That Premiums Gambling Establishment

(Kourtney rings in)

Doug: Kourtney?

Kourtney: High Rollers Casino

Doug: Ruling from the judge, please.

(time passes)

Doug: I know there are high roller lounges in certain casinos in New Vegas.

(time passes) (buzz)

Doug: Okay, that's what I was afraid of. The Tops Casino -- it's a specific casino in Fallout New Vegas. So, point goes to Matt.


pathfinder20
mringgenberg


Doug: Okay, onto the next one.

2. Shadowy beach grains

(time passes) (buzz)

Doug: Shady Sands -- one of the fictional places in Fallout. Onto the next one.

3. That bogeyman

(time passes) (buzz)

Doug: The Ghoul -- played brilliantly by Walton Goggins on the TV series.

Matt still leads one-nil. Next one.

4. Procession

(Kourtney rings in)

Doug: Kourtney?

Kourtney: Convoy

Doug: Ohhh -- that's an answer I don't have on my card -- but there are convoys throughout Fallout.

(time passes)

Doug: What do we think judge?

(more time passes)

(obvious edit)

Doug: After several checks of reference books, Kourtney -- (ding) -- we're going to give it to you.


pathfinder20
mringgenberg


Doug: The answer I had on my card was Caravan, as in the card game. But "convoy" turns out is just as good.

Matt, because Kourtney came up with yet another correct answer we weren't anticipating, it looks like you won't get another strike if you lose this game. We want to attempt fairness as we go to this last riddlegram.

5. Safe Tripled 11

(Kourtney rings in)

Doug: Kourtney?

Kourtney: Vault 33

Doug: That's it exactly.

(audience cheers)

Doug: Okay, we got through that -- $80 more for you, Kourtney -- up to $90. We now tack on $10 a point.

Up to $110...

...and there's a matter of two free boxes. Kourtney, if you want to use these free boxes...

...you must go to the grid right now.

Remember, there's a wild card there somewhere since this would be the third trip to the grid in this game.

[pathfinder20]

Let’s head to the board.

[dougmorrisontheair]

(audience cheers)

Going for it. Very well.

(ding)

Okay, $110 on account. The two stars represent the free boxes.

You'll have to drain the account to less than $20 before you can use the freebies.

Good luck and away you go, Kourtney.

[pathfinder20]

$20 on the blue.

[dougmorrisontheair]

(ding)

Same international money bit.

[pathfinder20]

$30 on the red.

[dougmorrisontheair]

(dings; audience cheers)

Wild card. Now, Kourtney, since you found the wild card, we automatically closed the column; there's no sense in picking anything else from the middle column.

With that, you're in excellent shape. Find the yen in the $40 column on this next pick, you'll win the game AND $50,000.

[pathfinder20]

$40 on the green.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Did Kourtney just win $50,000 on this box?


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(ding)
(audience groans)

Euro.

Okay -- twenty bucks to go. If you do find another euro, Kourtney, it's still a win. It's just not a $50,000 win.

No euro means we then go to the freebies.

[pathfinder20]

20 on the green.

[dougmorrisontheair]

(ding)

Pound. Now we go to freebies.

[pathfinder20]

$40 on the blue.

[dougmorrisontheair]

(dings; audience cheers)

Another pound.  There's a win.

Matt, once again, because Kourtney gave us an answer we weren't ready for, you won't be dealt a second red X. So don't stray too far away.

To our valued viewers, this is a good time to note we at the Three on a Match lab have been testing a new riddlegram recipe. You'll be seeing that soon here on Three on a Match -- so that it leads to definitive correct answers.

With that, Kourtney, ready to try Three in a Row again?

[pathfinder20]

I would love to.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Let's head on over to the bonus grid.


(audience applause; theme plays)

Okay, Kourtney, you know the drill by now. You won $500 for making three on a match.

You'll be using this money to spend on numbers in this grid.

The numbers 1 through 9 have been shuffled and are hiding in this grid with no duplicates.

You'll buy the numbers at the rate of $100 each. The moment you make three in a row, we move on to the next phase for a possible $30,000 payoff.

Of course, if your first three picks are in a row, that's $50,000.

(scattered cheers)

So good luck and away you go.

[pathfinder20]

Let’s try $100 on the 3.