TGoJS: And now a game of knowledge and luck -- where high hands can bring high rewards. This is Net Poker. (audience applause) And now here's the star of our show, Doug Morris!
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(Doug walks out from behind the video poker screen)
Doug: Thanks, ghost of Jay Stewart and helllooooooooo everybody. Welcome to Net Poker. Glad to have you with us and we're just as glad to have Haley Fox as our dealerY.
(Haley walks out wearing a black dress; audience cheers)
Haley: Thanks. Hi, everyone.
Doug: Introduce us to our players, please.
Haley: Sure. It's our all-star episode with Net $ale of the Century's David Hammond, Net Strike it Rich's Robert McBride and FastTalkers' Dean Scungio. Welcome and good luck.
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Doug: Thanks, Haley. Welcome, guys. We're starting the game with Video Poker. We begin this round with five toss-up questions -- each worth 10 points. If you chime in with the right answer, you win 10 points, simple as that. After we play the maximum five questions, you'll each put those points at risk at the Video Poker screen. And to make sure you have some points to risk, we'll start you guys off with...
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Doug: ...10 points each. Ready? Here we go...
What U.S. city is home to the Space Needle, the NBA's SuperSonics and Major League Baseball's Mariners?
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Doug: David.
David: Seattle.
Doug: Right for 10.
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Doug: Next question for 10 more points...
What color do you get by mixing blue and yellow?
Doug: And Dean's in there.
Dean: Green.
Doug: And it makes for a secure Ziploc bag, too. Right!
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Doug: Robert, let's see if you can make it a three-way tie...
Described as a cross between Vanna White and Fabio, the sidekick who served as centurion for most of the run of "Caesars Challenge" on NBC is Dan who?
Doug: Robert.
Robert: Doherty
Doug: And we've got a three-way tie.
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Doug: Let's see if one of you gets the lead after this one...
In Morse code, what letter of the alphabet is represented by two dots?
Doug: Dean.
Dean: The letter I?
Doug: Good guess.
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Doug: Last question before we go to the Video Poker screen...
The number "pi" is closest to what whole number?
Doug: David
David: 3.
Doug: Got it!
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Doug: After five questions, David and Dean are tied for the lead, Robert at 20. Now it's time to put those points at risk at the Video Poker screen. Haley's already at the Video Poker screen to tell us more.
VIDEO POKER CONTINUES