ERSKINE CY$50	EDDIE CY$50	JAY CY$50

(ding) (audience cheers)

Doug: Thank you, Deej. We'll see you later with the risks. Welcome aboard, players. We've started each of you off with CY$50.

In each of the first three rounds of The Big Risk, I'll ask a series of questions. In this round, you'll earn CY$50 more for each time you chime in with the right answer. Be careful; if you buzz in and give a wrong answer, each of your opponents automatically score CY$50.

After the Q&A period, you'll have a chance to at least double your score on a game of chance. After the third round, the two highest scorers will advance to our Lucky 7 Playoff. The high person on the totem poll at the end of the playoff wins the game and will later take on The Big Risk round for CY$100,000, a new car and a chance to play for CY$250,000 later this season.

(audience cheers)

OK, good luck and here we go...

The Cowsills were the inspiration for what hit TV series?

(Erskine buzzes in)

Doug: Erskine.

Erskine: The Partridge Family

Doug: That's right.

 

 

 

ERSKINE CY$100	EDDIE CY$50	JAY CY$50

(audience applause)

Doug: Champ strikes first. Next question.

In America, pizza consumption as it highest during the week of the NFL's championship game -- also known as the what?

(Erskine buzzes in)

Doug: Erskine again.

Erskine: Super Bowl

Doug: Right again. (audience applause) Let's test your knowledge of advertising this time.

Finish this ad slogan: "Maybe she's born with it. Maybe it's << BLANK >>."

(Erskine buzzes in)

Doug: Erskine again.

Erskine: Maybelline

Doug: Three in a row for the champ. (audience applause) Erskine's quickly up to 200. Eddie and Jay, the game's young. Hang in there. Another CY$50 question.

Name the capital city of Alaska.

(Eddie buzzes in)

Doug: Eddie.

Eddie: Juneau.

Doug: That right.

 

 

 

ERSKINE CY$200	EDDIE CY$100	JAY CY$50

(audience applause)

Doug: Eddie up to 100. Jay, let's see if you can score on this.

Where was the first permanent English settlement established in America?

(Jay buzzes in)

Doug: And there's Jay.

Jay: Jamestown

Doug: We'll take that. Jamestown, Virginia.

 

 

 

ERSKINE CY$200	EDDIE CY$100	JAY CY$100

(audience applause)

Doug: Champ still with 200, challengers tied at 100. Next question.

How many sides does a quindecagon have?

(Eddie buzzes in)

Doug: Eddie.

Eddie: Fifteen.

Doug: That's it.

 

 

 

ERSKINE CY$200	EDDIE CY$150	JAY CY$100

(audience applause)

Doug: And I think we have time for one more.

Oswald Cobblepot is the true identity of which of Batman's villains: The Joker, The Riddler or The Penguin?

(Erskine buzzes in)

Doug: Erskine.

Erskine: Penguin

Doug: It's The Penguin

 

 

 

ERSKINE CY$250	EDDIE CY$150	JAY CY$100

(audience applause) (bells ring)

Doug: And that indeed was the last question in the round. Erskine has the lead with 250, Eddie is in second with 150 and Jay has 100. And we have D.J. with details on the Dice Risk.

 

D.J.: Thanks, Doug. Behind the six numbered spaces on the board, we have the cards 4 through 10 with no duplicates and no 7. Erskine, since you're the champion, you get to pick a number off the board and determine our dealer's point.

Erskine: 3 - one for each of my kids.

D.J.: Let's see if your children bring you good luck.

 

(ding)

D.J.: You've revealed a 6. So that's our point for our dealer. Please give a warm TBR welcome for Dirty Harry!

(Dirty Harry enters to his usual chorus of boos)

Doug: (to audience) Next time, with more feeling. OK?

(audience laughs) (DH gives a dirty look) (more laughs)

D.J.: Players, here's how Dice Risk is played. In a moment, you'll place a wager as to whether or not you think Harry will roll a 6 in seven chances without rolling a 7.

If you think Harry will make his point of 6, you want to bet on "PASS". If you think he'll fail and roll a 7 before making the point, bet on "DON'T PASS". Correct predictions pay off at 1-to-1, wrong predictions deduct the amount of the original wager from your score and if Harry doesn't roll a 6 or 7 after seven rolls, all bets result in a push.

Doug: Players, in this round, the minimum bet is CY$50 and the maximum bet is "all in". You must bet in CY$50 increments. To recap, Erskine has 250, Eddie has 150 and Jay 100. Good luck and place your bets.

(players input bets)

 

 

 

ERSKINE CY$250	EDDIE CY$00	JAY CY$50
	PASS CY$150	PASS CY$50

(buzz)

Doug: OK, no bet in time from Erskine. What this means is his bet is automatically all in. (pulls out quarter) Also, a coin toss will determine if he bets on "PASS" or "DON'T PASS". I'll flip the coin and let it land on the floor. If it's heads, he bets on "PASS", tails its "DON'T PASS".

(Doug flips coin -- which comes up tails)

Doug: And it's tails.

 

 

 

ERSKINE CY$00	EDDIE CY$00	JAY CY$50
DON'T PASS CY$250	PASS CY$150	PASS CY$50

Doug: So, someone could end up broke at the end of this round. Let's go to Deej and Harry.

D.J.: Harry's got the hot dice and his first roll is...

 

D.J.: ...a 6 and 4 for 10.

 

(bells ring)

D.J.: And we're finished quickly, Doug. His second roll of 4 and 2 make his point of 6.

 

 

 

ERSKINE CY$00	EDDIE CY$00	JAY CY$50
LOSE CY$00	WIN! CY$300	WIN! CY$100

Doug: So, Eddie doubles up, Jay wins another 50 and Erskine unfortunately ends up broke in this round. As we total up the scores...

 

 

 

ERSKINE CY$00	EDDIE CY$300	JAY CY$150

Doug: ...Eddie leads with 300, Jay has 150 and Erskine with nothing.

("A Little Less Conversation" plays)

Doug: One round down, two to go before we find out who goes on to play for the championship in the Lucky 7 Playoff. Come back for the second round of The Big Risk after this.

ADVANCE TO ROUND 2