Press Your Luck (RC vs. doctorwho vs. NS)

[Nobody Special]

Pass.

[StrangerCoug]

Turns out this is a hard question, so let's break out the answer choices. Get it right and you'll earn a spin apiece.

QUESTION 2 OF 4

On November 7, 2000, the Flying Squad of the Metropolitan Police Service foiled what would then have been the world's biggest robbery when it caught a gang of seven thieves trying to steal £350 million (then about $500 million) worth of diamonds from what London landmark now officially known as The O₂?

1. Wembley Arena
   
2. Millennium Dome
   
3. Piccadilly Circus

[puzzledan]

A

[StrangerCoug]

JDGA and Nobody Special?

[JDGA]

*shrug*

A

[Nobody Special]

It makes no sense to me that half a billion in diamonds would've been at

any

of those places, so I have no clue.

Logically, though, it's not C (that's a traffic circle, not a "place"), it's probably not A (isn't that a tennis place?) so it must (he said with zero confidence) be B.

[StrangerCoug]

The gang tried to steal the diamonds from...

QUESTION 2 OF 4

On November 7, 2000, the Flying Squad of the Metropolitan Police Service foiled what would then have been the world's biggest robbery when it caught a gang of seven thieves trying to steal £350 million (then about $500 million) worth of diamonds from what London landmark now officially known as The O₂?

1. Wembley Arena
   
2. Millennium Dome
   
   
3. Piccadilly Circus

Nobody Special gets a spin for his excellent deductive work!

(And to add insult to injury: De Beers was aware that there was a plot to steal their diamonds, so replicas of those diamonds were in the exhibit there that day.)

QUESTION 3 OF 4

You were so close to becoming the valedictorian in your graduating class. Dang. You weren't the highest graduate in your class, but you were the second-highest graduate. In the American tradition, what are you?

[Nobody Special]

Pass

[JDGA]

Pass

[puzzledan]

Pass

[StrangerCoug]

We'll get to an easy question eventually

Is the answer:

QUESTION 3 OF 4

You were so close to becoming the valedictorian in your graduating class. Dang. You weren't the highest graduate in your class, but you were the second-highest graduate. In the American tradition, what are you?

1. Academician
   
2. Salutatorian
   
3. Emeritus

[JDGA]

Going off my very limited knowledge of anything American, B.

[StrangerCoug]

Nobody Special and puzzledan?

[Nobody Special]

B.

[puzzledan]

B

[StrangerCoug]

In American tradition, the second-highest graduate of a class is the salutatorian.

QUESTION 3 OF 4

You were so close to becoming the valedictorian in your graduating class. Dang. You weren't the highest graduate in your class, but you were the second-highest graduate. In the American tradition, what are you?

1. Academician
   
2. Salutatorian
   
   
3. Emeritus

Everybody picks up a spin and goes to two!

Fourth and final question:

QUESTION 4 OF 4

After the Fall

,

Death of a Salesman

, and

A View from the Bridge

are all plays by what playwright?

[Nobody Special]

Arthur Miller

[StrangerCoug]

Is the answer:

QUESTION 4 OF 4

After the Fall

,

Death of a Salesman

, and

A View from the Bridge

are all plays by what playwright?

1. Arthur Miller
   
2. Tennessee Williams
   
3. Neil Simon

[JDGA]

A, sure, why not.

[puzzledan]

A

[StrangerCoug]

Told you

QUESTION 4 OF 4

After the Fall

,

Death of a Salesman

, and

A View from the Bridge

are all plays by what playwright?

1. Arthur Miller
   
   
2. Tennessee Williams
   
3. Neil Simon

JDGA picks up a spin and goes to three, Nobody Special picks up three spins and goes to five, and puzzledan picks up a spin and goes to three.

We'll flip you around to the Big Board when random.org cooperates on my computer.

[StrangerCoug]

We're back with Press Your Luck. It's the first Big Board round, and as you see, we've tinkered with it a tad over the break (mostly with color):

Tens of thousands of dollars in cash and prizes up there, but also a few Whammies. You don't want those.


We have a tie for the fewest number of spins, so we go to the left and start with JDGA. Are you ready to press your luck?

[JDGA]

Original Roll String: 3d18

3 18-Sided Dice: (2, 4, 8) = 14

[StrangerCoug]

Your first spin stops at...

...a

WÜSTHOF GOURMET 36 PC. KNIFE BLOCK SET

worth $1,680.


Your second spin stops at...

...

FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS!

Your third spin stops at...

...one thousand, five hundred dollars.

That gives you seven thousand, one hundred eighty dollars cash and prizes. Let's see how well that lead holds up as we go to puzzledan, who also has three spins. Are you ready to press your luck?

[puzzledan]

Original Roll String: 1d18

1 18-Sided Dice: (13) = 13