(HR'87 music; audience applause)
Joe: Welcome back, friends. Our Ten Grand Showdown gets under way now, and with a frightfully close score. Only three points separates first from third. Just as a reminder now: at the end of two payoff points, the player with the low score will be knocked out of the contest, and the player who reaches the second payoff point will have the opportunity to play Dice Diva's Delight for CY$10,000. (audience applause) To start off, we'll add eight to the previous payoff point for a new point of...
PAYOFF POINT
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Joe:...23. Then we'll reload the already-used six-pointer with...
FLIP FLOP POCKET CHANGE LET 'EM ROLL FREEZE FRAME MAGIC NUMBER HI-LO
(FF reveal sfx)Joe: ...Hi-Lo. But it's the one-pointer that decides control. Hot hands and cool heads, as Ed Phillips says Down Under...
In Texas Hold'Em poker, when the dealer flips over the "flop", how many cards does he turn over?
Joe: Brian?
Brian: 2
Joe: Nope. (Chris buzzes in) Chris?
Chris: Three
Joe: That's it.
MICHAEL
CHRIS
BRIAN
PAYOFF POINT IS 23 Joe: Here's the new one-pointer...
CHECK-OUT POCKET CHANGE LET 'EM ROLL FREEZE FRAME MAGIC NUMBER HI-LO
(FF reveal sfx)Joe: ..Check-Out. Call the play, Chris.
Chris: Let's go with "Pocket Change" for 2.
Joe: Playing conservatively, I see. Here it is for two.
Which U.S. coin is the smallest in diameter?
Joe: Michael?
Michael: Dime.
Joe: Correct.
MICHAEL
CHRIS
BRIAN
PAYOFF POINT IS 23 Joe: Here's the new two-pointer...
CHECK-OUT BUY OR SELL LET 'EM ROLL FREEZE FRAME MAGIC NUMBER HI-LO
(FF reveal sfx)Joe: ...Buy or Sell. Michael is in striking range now, folks. What now, sir?
Michael: I will take Hi-Lo for the win.
Joe: Very well. A correct answer for Michael will give him this third payoff point. Chris and Brian can close the distance. Here it is...
Which continent has both the highest and lowest points on Earth
Joe: Chris?
Chris: Asia
Joe: Right you are.
MICHAEL
CHRIS
BRIAN
PAYOFF POINT IS 23 Joe: Although Chris won't need it, we'll reload the six-pointer with...
CHECK-OUT BUY OR SELL LET 'EM ROLL FREEZE FRAME MAGIC NUMBER SQUEEZE PLAY
(FF reveal sfx)Joe: ...Squeeze Play. On you, sir.
Chris: I guess I'll have to go with "Buy or Sell".
Joe: By request. A correct answer here for Chris would give him the first payoff point for this round. If not, well, let's not worry about it. Question coming...
"Buy or Sell" is a regular segment on what ESPN sports-debate show?
Joe: Michael?
Michael: Around the Horn.
Joe: (imitating Tony Reali) Do that thing I like.
MICHAEL
CHRIS
BRIAN
PAYOFF POINT IS 23 Joe: We'll reload the two-pointer with...
CHECK-OUT PATHFINDER LET 'EM ROLL FREEZE FRAME MAGIC NUMBER SQUEEZE PLAY
(FF reveal sfx)Joe: ...Pathfinder. Just because you like it so much, Michael, "where to?" he says.
Michael: Freeze Frame for the win.
Joe: And as expected...
MICHAEL
CHRIS
BRIAN
PAYOFF POINT IS 23
Joe:...this question is worth too many points for Chris, and so he's locked out. If Michael gets it, he's got the first payoff point. If Brian gets it, however, then...well, let's just say that Michael doesn't want that. Freeze Frame's been sitting on the board since we started. Here it comes...
In the movie Batman and Robin, Arnold Schwarzenegger portrayed the villainous Mr. Freeze. What was Mr. Freeze's first name?
