Chapter 4: Question Round/Big Board Round 2
After the commercials went off, Round 1 was just impeccable. There were zero whammies hit. But all of that could change with the question round. In the second half, the stakes are higher.
"And welcome back to Press Your Luck. You know the question round rules: a correct buzz-in answer gives you three spins while a multiple- choice answer gives you one spin. So here we go with the first question. Wrestler-turned-actor Shane McMahon graduated from Greenwich High School. What year was that?" Ryan buzzed in. An electric guitar was heard wailing as Ryan rang in.
"Yes, Ryan?" Peter said. "I meant to say that he graduated from."
"1987." Ryan replied.
"Is the correct answer 1987, 1986, or 1988? Leigha, we go to you."
"I'm going to say 1987." She replied.
"Jack?"
"1987."
"Shane, what year did you graduate from Greenwich High School?" Peter asked Shane. Shane was in the audience.
"Well, players, it was 1987!" Shane said. The audience applauded. Shane took a bow. The audience cheered and whistled.
"That means Ryan picks up three spins, and Leigha and Jack each go to one. Here's the next question. In the horror trilogy, 'Scream', main character Sidney Prescott is played by what famous actress?" Ryan rang in once again. An explosion was heard.
"Yes, Ryan!" Peter said.
"Neve Campbell." Ryan replied.
"Is the correct answer Neve Campbell, Jewel Staite, or Christina Ricci? Leigha, we go to you." Peter said.
"Neve Campbell." Leigha said.
"Jack?"
"Neve Campbell."
"All right, players, the actress who played Sidney Prescott in all three movies was Neve Campbell!" The audience applauded. "Ryan, you now have six spins, and Leigha and Jack are once again tied at two. Here's your next question. In the movie Valentine, the same actor who plays the vampire Angel in his series plays Adam Carr. Who is that actor?" Leigha rang in. A car horn sounded.
"Yes, Leigha?" Peter replied.
"David Boreanaz. He's so cute!" Leigha said. The audience laughed out loud. Some cheered. Peter gave a sigh of relief, placing his chin on his hands. The audience booed.
"BACK OFF!" Peter said. "It's Leigha's opinion, you know!" Peter stared at Leigha and said, "So you're really in love with him, huh? Are you one of those people who want to learn more about Angel?"
"I guess that fits me." Leigha said, laughing. The audience laughed.
"Is the correct answer David Boreanaz, Shane McMahon, or David Arquette? Jack, we go to you."
"I see him around the studio every day. David Boreanaz." Jack replied.
"Ryan?"
"I have no chance of being like him. David Boreanaz." Ryan said. The audience laughed and applauded.
"Ho, boy. What if I get a call from him saying I've gone too far? Well, yes, it's David Boreanaz! Ryan, you go to seven spins, Leigha, you pick up five, and Jack, you go to three. Here is the last question." Peter said. The audience applauded. "What city in California did the rock band Trapt originate in 1998?" Jack rang in.
"Yes, Jack." Peter said.
"Los Gatos."
"Is the correct answer Los Gatos, Los Angeles, or California City? Ryan, we go to you."
"Los Gatos."
"Leigha?"
"Los Gatos."
"Well, folks, Trapt originated from Los Gatos!" Peter said. The audience cheered. "Well, Ryan, you go to eight, Leigha, you pick up six, and Jack, you go to six. And we'll be right back to turn those spins into bucks when we return!" The island rotated 180 degrees to face the Big Board one final time. The camera showed the flashing "PRESS YOUR LUCK" logo. The commercials played again.
After the commercials played, the out of commercial break theme played. The audience finished applauding. The board played the third board sound effect from the fall of 1984. "Well, fans, players, ladies, and gentlemen, this is the event you've all been waiting for, the big board round, this time worth over $132,000 in cash and prizes scattered around waiting for you to take it away, one prize is more than $5,000, but the bad news is still, there's some whammies. Watch out for Whammy and Tammy up there, they love the money as much as you do, and the cars as well. Well, Ryan, since you have the most money, you have the advantage of playing last in our final round. Jack, you're first! Ready, champ?" Peter said.
"Ready, Peter!" Jack said.
"Here we go!" Peter replied.
"No whammy. Please. STOP!"
"Stop at $2,000!" Peter said. Jack now had $3,899. "Press or pass?"
"I'm going." Jack said.
"I think he's going to whammy." Leigha said.
"I don't think so." Ryan said. Jack hit the buzzer. Leigha was wrong. Jack hit a sailboat worth $1,595. He continued to press his luck.
"Whammy!" Leigha prayed. But Leigha was wronged again. He hit $1,750. Jack pressed again.
"Whammy!" Leigha whispered again. Jack hit a pink $2,500. Jack passed his two remaining spins to Leigha. A zapping sound was heard. On Leigha's two passed spins, she hit $700+one spin. Leigha went to seven spins, with one added in the earned column.
"Ha!" Leigha said. "You can't faze me now, Jack!" The audience laughed.
"Big bucks! I need to beat Jack. Stay away from me, Jeff Hardy!" she screamed. She didn't make it. The light stopped on a yellow background with a picture of a red monster. A sound of a car crashing was heard with the low foghorn.
"Stop at a Whammy!" said Peter. The Jeff Hardy Whammy showed up, but fell off the screen. A whammy card appeared on Leigha's podium. Scores: Ryan: $6,547 (0 whammies) Leigha: $0 (1 whammy) Jack: $9,744 (0 whammies)
"Well, you have seven spins to work with.what do you want to do with 'em, Leigha?" Peter said. The audience was yelling suggestions.
"LEIGHA!" Peter shouted. "Press or pass?"
"I'm going to press my luck." Leigha replied.
"No whammies. No whammies. I don't want that whammy up there and.STOP!"
"Stop.at $10,000 and a spin!" Peter said. The $10,000+a spin space was in square 10, and it was gold. Leigha now had $10,000. "What do you want to do?"
"PRESS IT!" Leigha screamed.
"OK!" Peter said.
"Ryan," Jack said, "I think Leigha's going to whammy."
"STOP!" Leigha said. The light went red again.
"Stop at a Whammy." Peter said.
"OH.SHOOT!" Leigha screamed when she heard the foghorn. The audience groaned. Whammy was laughing as some tap dancing music was heard. The whammy was tap dancing.
"Watch this one!" he said, laughing. "Yes sir! Yes sir!" He was laughing until he got the hook. "WHOA!" he said. Another whammy card appeared on Leigha's podium. Leigha now had two whammies.
"Ah, shoot is right, Leigha, I thought of something else, but you have $0, six spins.what do you want to do with them?"
"Press." Leigha said.
At the end of Leigha's run of spins, she hit $2,000, a trip to Calgary, $1,500, a Motorboat worth $2,180.and then she hit her third whammy.
"Stop at a Whammy!" Peter said. Leigha screamed. The audience groaned.
"So, what's your strategy of pursuing men?" a whammy dressed up as Regis Philbin asked.
"Well, I pursue the man I want. I choose one man, and then I go after him until I get him. That's because Clare Kramer doesn't have this strategy because she doesn't have a thing." a whammy dressed up as Alison Sweeney said. A whammy dressed up as Clare Kramer beat up the whammy as Alison Sweeney. A third whammy card appeared. She lost $5,680 to a whammy, but she had one spin left.
"Well, Leigha, this just got more complicating. You have one spin and three whammies, as you know, one more whammy and you'll be out of the game!" Peter said. On that spin, she hit $3,000+one spin, and then she hit $2,000 Or Lose 1 Whammy. She decided to lose the whammy. Instead of the backstage crew taking the whammy away, Leigha smacked the third Whammy card down with her left hand. The audience laughed. Glass was heard breaking.
"I guess that's why nobody likes to hit a whammy, huh?" Peter said. "Let's hope you don't do what she just did, Ryan."
"I won't be doing that, Peter." Ryan said. "Because I want to STOP!"
"Stop at a trip to Calgary worth $1,144! You're now up to $7,691. Press Your Luck or pass?" Peter said.
"I hope Jewel Staite didn't hear that. I'm going to press my luck." Ryan replied.
"OK." Peter said.
"No whammy. This is for you, Marissa-STOP!"
"Stop at Washington D.C.!" Peter yelled.
"ALL RIGHT!" Ryan screamed. The audience applauded and cheered.
"A trip to Washington, D.C. worth $2,216!" Peter said. "You feeling lucky now, Ryan? You've got to EXPRESS YOURSELF! You have six spins left. Press or pass?"
"Oh, I'll go for it." Ryan said. "I guess I have nothing to lose."
"All right! Keep those whammies away from Ryan!" Peter said. "$9,907 and Ryan's trying to hold on to those trips." The audience stayed very silent as Ryan tried to memorize the board patterns.
"And by the way, I am NOT donating a spin to Clare Kramer!" Ryan exclaimed. The audience laughed and applauded. "I meant.I'm ready. NO Whammies! There is no Clare Kramer in here and.STOP!" The light hit a red square.
"Stop at $2,000!" Peter said. "$11,907 and five spins remain."
"Press!" Ryan said.
"Roll that board!" Peter said. "He's going again."
"No way, Clare Kramer. STOP!" Ryan exclaimed. The light stopped on a picture of the marquee in California that said "HOLLYWOOD".
"Stop at a trip to Hollywood, worth $9,374! And speaking of Clare Kramer, her birthdate is the same digits as the price of the trip! You're up to $21,281. Press or pass?"
"Pass them!" Ryan said. A zapping sound was heard as Jack was passed spins.
"Well, Jack, you've got $9,744 and three spins you must take first. Only $11,537 separates you from Ryan Atwood over here. Here comes the first spin!" Peter said.
"I need a $5000 and a spin for Clare Kramer, c'mon, STOP!" Jack screamed.
"Stop at $1,000 and a spin!" Peter said. "$10,744 and one spin earned. Here comes your next passed spin." On those spins, he hit a Robot Dog worth $1,550, and then a Whammy! Before he hit a whammy, Jack's line was, "Show me the Clare Kramer!" A low foghorn went off.
"Stop at a Whammy!" Peter said on Jack's last passed spin. Jack turned around in disgust. His record was now screwed up. The audience groaned. He lost $12,294 to a whammy. This time, the Whammy was dressed up like a freak, with rainbow hair, a brown short sleeved see-through shirt, black baggy pants, white and black elbow pads on, and a cross necklace. He was playing the electric guitar. An offstage voice shouted, "WHAMMY! The song is over." Whammy did not listen to him. "I SAID the song is over!" At the last minute, the vibration hits the cord, sending a shock to the amp. It transmitted the shock inside the electric guitar. This left the whammy in pain screaming, "OWWWWWWWWWWWW!" as he was electrocuted. A whammy card appeared on Jack's podium.
"Now we know what freaks do every day!" Peter said. The audience laughed. "Now Jack, you need something with an extra spin in order to stay in the game. However, if Ryan takes the spin and he whammies, Leigha is the champion. If you whammy, otherwise Ryan's the new champion."
"I'm going." Jack said.
"I know all of you had a good time watching me play." The audience applauded as Jack confessed. "STOP." The light stopped on a red monster in square 12. "Are you watching, Clare? This could have been you.what? OH, GOD! I did it!" Ryan screamed. "I just became the champ!"
"Stop at a WHAMMY! Ryan, CONGRATULATIONS! You're the champion for today with $21,281! What a game!" Peter said as Jack's window closed to the right. The PYL Win Theme from 1983 played. He applauded when he hit the whammy. "We'll be right back, right after this." Ryan leapt out of his chair screaming so loudly when the lights on the game board flashed in unison. Jack and Leigha shook hands with Ryan, one at a time. Leigha hugged Ryan for winning. A second whammy card appeared on Jack's podium. If Jack had extra spins and he had hit a whammy on that spin, they would have played a new whammy, the Alison Sweeney Whammy talking and finds herself beat up by the Clare Kramer Whammy for defaming Clare. After a few minutes, they cut to commercials. Ryan Atwood knew that he just won his first game! But what he didn't know was that Courtney had a striking resemblance to Clare Kramer. She could be playing against Ryan in his five-day run.
After the commercials went off, Round 1 was just impeccable. There were zero whammies hit. But all of that could change with the question round. In the second half, the stakes are higher.
"And welcome back to Press Your Luck. You know the question round rules: a correct buzz-in answer gives you three spins while a multiple- choice answer gives you one spin. So here we go with the first question. Wrestler-turned-actor Shane McMahon graduated from Greenwich High School. What year was that?" Ryan buzzed in. An electric guitar was heard wailing as Ryan rang in.
"Yes, Ryan?" Peter said. "I meant to say that he graduated from."
"1987." Ryan replied.
"Is the correct answer 1987, 1986, or 1988? Leigha, we go to you."
"I'm going to say 1987." She replied.
"Jack?"
"1987."
"Shane, what year did you graduate from Greenwich High School?" Peter asked Shane. Shane was in the audience.
"Well, players, it was 1987!" Shane said. The audience applauded. Shane took a bow. The audience cheered and whistled.
"That means Ryan picks up three spins, and Leigha and Jack each go to one. Here's the next question. In the horror trilogy, 'Scream', main character Sidney Prescott is played by what famous actress?" Ryan rang in once again. An explosion was heard.
"Yes, Ryan!" Peter said.
"Neve Campbell." Ryan replied.
"Is the correct answer Neve Campbell, Jewel Staite, or Christina Ricci? Leigha, we go to you." Peter said.
"Neve Campbell." Leigha said.
"Jack?"
"Neve Campbell."
"All right, players, the actress who played Sidney Prescott in all three movies was Neve Campbell!" The audience applauded. "Ryan, you now have six spins, and Leigha and Jack are once again tied at two. Here's your next question. In the movie Valentine, the same actor who plays the vampire Angel in his series plays Adam Carr. Who is that actor?" Leigha rang in. A car horn sounded.
"Yes, Leigha?" Peter replied.
"David Boreanaz. He's so cute!" Leigha said. The audience laughed out loud. Some cheered. Peter gave a sigh of relief, placing his chin on his hands. The audience booed.
"BACK OFF!" Peter said. "It's Leigha's opinion, you know!" Peter stared at Leigha and said, "So you're really in love with him, huh? Are you one of those people who want to learn more about Angel?"
"I guess that fits me." Leigha said, laughing. The audience laughed.
"Is the correct answer David Boreanaz, Shane McMahon, or David Arquette? Jack, we go to you."
"I see him around the studio every day. David Boreanaz." Jack replied.
"Ryan?"
"I have no chance of being like him. David Boreanaz." Ryan said. The audience laughed and applauded.
"Ho, boy. What if I get a call from him saying I've gone too far? Well, yes, it's David Boreanaz! Ryan, you go to seven spins, Leigha, you pick up five, and Jack, you go to three. Here is the last question." Peter said. The audience applauded. "What city in California did the rock band Trapt originate in 1998?" Jack rang in.
"Yes, Jack." Peter said.
"Los Gatos."
"Is the correct answer Los Gatos, Los Angeles, or California City? Ryan, we go to you."
"Los Gatos."
"Leigha?"
"Los Gatos."
"Well, folks, Trapt originated from Los Gatos!" Peter said. The audience cheered. "Well, Ryan, you go to eight, Leigha, you pick up six, and Jack, you go to six. And we'll be right back to turn those spins into bucks when we return!" The island rotated 180 degrees to face the Big Board one final time. The camera showed the flashing "PRESS YOUR LUCK" logo. The commercials played again.
After the commercials played, the out of commercial break theme played. The audience finished applauding. The board played the third board sound effect from the fall of 1984. "Well, fans, players, ladies, and gentlemen, this is the event you've all been waiting for, the big board round, this time worth over $132,000 in cash and prizes scattered around waiting for you to take it away, one prize is more than $5,000, but the bad news is still, there's some whammies. Watch out for Whammy and Tammy up there, they love the money as much as you do, and the cars as well. Well, Ryan, since you have the most money, you have the advantage of playing last in our final round. Jack, you're first! Ready, champ?" Peter said.
"Ready, Peter!" Jack said.
"Here we go!" Peter replied.
"No whammy. Please. STOP!"
"Stop at $2,000!" Peter said. Jack now had $3,899. "Press or pass?"
"I'm going." Jack said.
"I think he's going to whammy." Leigha said.
"I don't think so." Ryan said. Jack hit the buzzer. Leigha was wrong. Jack hit a sailboat worth $1,595. He continued to press his luck.
"Whammy!" Leigha prayed. But Leigha was wronged again. He hit $1,750. Jack pressed again.
"Whammy!" Leigha whispered again. Jack hit a pink $2,500. Jack passed his two remaining spins to Leigha. A zapping sound was heard. On Leigha's two passed spins, she hit $700+one spin. Leigha went to seven spins, with one added in the earned column.
"Ha!" Leigha said. "You can't faze me now, Jack!" The audience laughed.
"Big bucks! I need to beat Jack. Stay away from me, Jeff Hardy!" she screamed. She didn't make it. The light stopped on a yellow background with a picture of a red monster. A sound of a car crashing was heard with the low foghorn.
"Stop at a Whammy!" said Peter. The Jeff Hardy Whammy showed up, but fell off the screen. A whammy card appeared on Leigha's podium. Scores: Ryan: $6,547 (0 whammies) Leigha: $0 (1 whammy) Jack: $9,744 (0 whammies)
"Well, you have seven spins to work with.what do you want to do with 'em, Leigha?" Peter said. The audience was yelling suggestions.
"LEIGHA!" Peter shouted. "Press or pass?"
"I'm going to press my luck." Leigha replied.
"No whammies. No whammies. I don't want that whammy up there and.STOP!"
"Stop.at $10,000 and a spin!" Peter said. The $10,000+a spin space was in square 10, and it was gold. Leigha now had $10,000. "What do you want to do?"
"PRESS IT!" Leigha screamed.
"OK!" Peter said.
"Ryan," Jack said, "I think Leigha's going to whammy."
"STOP!" Leigha said. The light went red again.
"Stop at a Whammy." Peter said.
"OH.SHOOT!" Leigha screamed when she heard the foghorn. The audience groaned. Whammy was laughing as some tap dancing music was heard. The whammy was tap dancing.
"Watch this one!" he said, laughing. "Yes sir! Yes sir!" He was laughing until he got the hook. "WHOA!" he said. Another whammy card appeared on Leigha's podium. Leigha now had two whammies.
"Ah, shoot is right, Leigha, I thought of something else, but you have $0, six spins.what do you want to do with them?"
"Press." Leigha said.
At the end of Leigha's run of spins, she hit $2,000, a trip to Calgary, $1,500, a Motorboat worth $2,180.and then she hit her third whammy.
"Stop at a Whammy!" Peter said. Leigha screamed. The audience groaned.
"So, what's your strategy of pursuing men?" a whammy dressed up as Regis Philbin asked.
"Well, I pursue the man I want. I choose one man, and then I go after him until I get him. That's because Clare Kramer doesn't have this strategy because she doesn't have a thing." a whammy dressed up as Alison Sweeney said. A whammy dressed up as Clare Kramer beat up the whammy as Alison Sweeney. A third whammy card appeared. She lost $5,680 to a whammy, but she had one spin left.
"Well, Leigha, this just got more complicating. You have one spin and three whammies, as you know, one more whammy and you'll be out of the game!" Peter said. On that spin, she hit $3,000+one spin, and then she hit $2,000 Or Lose 1 Whammy. She decided to lose the whammy. Instead of the backstage crew taking the whammy away, Leigha smacked the third Whammy card down with her left hand. The audience laughed. Glass was heard breaking.
"I guess that's why nobody likes to hit a whammy, huh?" Peter said. "Let's hope you don't do what she just did, Ryan."
"I won't be doing that, Peter." Ryan said. "Because I want to STOP!"
"Stop at a trip to Calgary worth $1,144! You're now up to $7,691. Press Your Luck or pass?" Peter said.
"I hope Jewel Staite didn't hear that. I'm going to press my luck." Ryan replied.
"OK." Peter said.
"No whammy. This is for you, Marissa-STOP!"
"Stop at Washington D.C.!" Peter yelled.
"ALL RIGHT!" Ryan screamed. The audience applauded and cheered.
"A trip to Washington, D.C. worth $2,216!" Peter said. "You feeling lucky now, Ryan? You've got to EXPRESS YOURSELF! You have six spins left. Press or pass?"
"Oh, I'll go for it." Ryan said. "I guess I have nothing to lose."
"All right! Keep those whammies away from Ryan!" Peter said. "$9,907 and Ryan's trying to hold on to those trips." The audience stayed very silent as Ryan tried to memorize the board patterns.
"And by the way, I am NOT donating a spin to Clare Kramer!" Ryan exclaimed. The audience laughed and applauded. "I meant.I'm ready. NO Whammies! There is no Clare Kramer in here and.STOP!" The light hit a red square.
"Stop at $2,000!" Peter said. "$11,907 and five spins remain."
"Press!" Ryan said.
"Roll that board!" Peter said. "He's going again."
"No way, Clare Kramer. STOP!" Ryan exclaimed. The light stopped on a picture of the marquee in California that said "HOLLYWOOD".
"Stop at a trip to Hollywood, worth $9,374! And speaking of Clare Kramer, her birthdate is the same digits as the price of the trip! You're up to $21,281. Press or pass?"
"Pass them!" Ryan said. A zapping sound was heard as Jack was passed spins.
"Well, Jack, you've got $9,744 and three spins you must take first. Only $11,537 separates you from Ryan Atwood over here. Here comes the first spin!" Peter said.
"I need a $5000 and a spin for Clare Kramer, c'mon, STOP!" Jack screamed.
"Stop at $1,000 and a spin!" Peter said. "$10,744 and one spin earned. Here comes your next passed spin." On those spins, he hit a Robot Dog worth $1,550, and then a Whammy! Before he hit a whammy, Jack's line was, "Show me the Clare Kramer!" A low foghorn went off.
"Stop at a Whammy!" Peter said on Jack's last passed spin. Jack turned around in disgust. His record was now screwed up. The audience groaned. He lost $12,294 to a whammy. This time, the Whammy was dressed up like a freak, with rainbow hair, a brown short sleeved see-through shirt, black baggy pants, white and black elbow pads on, and a cross necklace. He was playing the electric guitar. An offstage voice shouted, "WHAMMY! The song is over." Whammy did not listen to him. "I SAID the song is over!" At the last minute, the vibration hits the cord, sending a shock to the amp. It transmitted the shock inside the electric guitar. This left the whammy in pain screaming, "OWWWWWWWWWWWW!" as he was electrocuted. A whammy card appeared on Jack's podium.
"Now we know what freaks do every day!" Peter said. The audience laughed. "Now Jack, you need something with an extra spin in order to stay in the game. However, if Ryan takes the spin and he whammies, Leigha is the champion. If you whammy, otherwise Ryan's the new champion."
"I'm going." Jack said.
"I know all of you had a good time watching me play." The audience applauded as Jack confessed. "STOP." The light stopped on a red monster in square 12. "Are you watching, Clare? This could have been you.what? OH, GOD! I did it!" Ryan screamed. "I just became the champ!"
"Stop at a WHAMMY! Ryan, CONGRATULATIONS! You're the champion for today with $21,281! What a game!" Peter said as Jack's window closed to the right. The PYL Win Theme from 1983 played. He applauded when he hit the whammy. "We'll be right back, right after this." Ryan leapt out of his chair screaming so loudly when the lights on the game board flashed in unison. Jack and Leigha shook hands with Ryan, one at a time. Leigha hugged Ryan for winning. A second whammy card appeared on Jack's podium. If Jack had extra spins and he had hit a whammy on that spin, they would have played a new whammy, the Alison Sweeney Whammy talking and finds herself beat up by the Clare Kramer Whammy for defaming Clare. After a few minutes, they cut to commercials. Ryan Atwood knew that he just won his first game! But what he didn't know was that Courtney had a striking resemblance to Clare Kramer. She could be playing against Ryan in his five-day run.