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

[StrangerCoug]

Stop at one thousand, two hundred fifty dollars.

Two spins left. What now?

[puzzledan]

Original Roll String: 2d18

2 18-Sided Dice: (4, 15) = 19

[StrangerCoug]

Too lazy to do images. $3,000, then $550, which gives you a total of $4,800 and second place.

Nobody Special, you have five spins. Let's work some magic.

[Nobody Special]

Original Roll String: 2d18

2 18-Sided Dice: (14, 7) = 21

[StrangerCoug]

Acknowledged; will process when I am done doing dishes.

[StrangerCoug]

Your first spin stops at...

...six hundred twenty-five dollars.


Your second spin stops at...

...seven hundred forty dollars.

One thousand, three hundred sixty-five dollars; three spins; no whammies. You're in third place. Press your luck or pass?

[Nobody Special]

Original Roll String: 2d18

2 18-Sided Dice: (11, 18) = 29

If no whammies, then:

Original Roll String: 1d18

1 18-Sided Dice: (4) = 4

[StrangerCoug]

Your first spin stops at...

...six hundred dollars.


Your second spin stops at...

...seven hundred fifty dollars and a spin!


Your third spin stops at...

three thousand dollars!

$5,715, one spin, no whammies. You are in second place and $1,465 behind the lead. Press your luck or pass?

[Nobody Special]

Original Roll String: 1d18

1 18-Sided Dice: (2) = 2

[StrangerCoug]

Stop at a

SONY 60″ W630B LED HDTV

worth $1,550!

That puts you in the lead with $7,265, and you will be going last in the final round. JDGA trails by only $85 at $7,180, and puzzledan is in last place with $4,800. We'll have more questions later today or tomorrow.

Post #382 has its images now, by the way.

[StrangerCoug]

Hey, I kept my promise this time

Let's ask four more questions and see if we can get those totals higher, shall we?

QUESTION 1 OF 4

What is the only U.S. state to have the Union Jack on its flag?

[Nobody Special]

Pass

[JDGA]

Alaska

[StrangerCoug]

Is the correct answer:

QUESTION 1 OF 4

What is the only U.S. state to have the Union Jack on its flag?

1. Alaska
   
2. New York
   
3. Hawaiʻi

Nobody Special and puzzledan?

[Nobody Special]

A

[StrangerCoug]

puzzledan?

[puzzledan]

A

[StrangerCoug]

You guys are way, way, way,

WAY

too far north.

QUESTION 1 OF 4

What is the only U.S. state to have the Union Jack on its flag?

1. Alaska
   
2. New York
   
3. Hawaiʻi

No spins that time. Let's try another question:

QUESTION 2 OF 4

What is most often the specific kind of oil in oil paint?

[Nobody Special]

The oily kind?

Pass

[StrangerCoug]

xD

[JDGA]

I knew it was going to be either Alaska or Hawaii, so I took a punt and, well, got it wrong.

Pass

[puzzledan]

Pass

[StrangerCoug]

Let's try giving out some answer choices, then.

QUESTION 2 OF 4

What is most often the specific kind of oil in oil paint?

1. Castor oil
   
2. Linseed oil
   
3. Soybean oil

[Nobody Special]

B

[StrangerCoug]

JDGA and puzzledan?