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Ashlee defeats Kimberly based on the number of events in the Olympic decathlon minus the number of player in Olympic beach volleyball. the answer is 8. She then chooses Ken the Alligator wrestler and he beats her in a close duel based on # of Dwarfs + # of houses blown down by the Big Bad Wolf.  Ken knows that it is 7 + 2 = 9 while Ashlee had 7 + 3 = 10. Ken chooses Ann the Litigation Assistant. Their duel comes down to the English translation of the Latin word "alma mater" which is nourishing mother and he wins, guaranteeing him the fourth seat for a brief while. He chooses Fire Captain Jim who he will face twice in a row if Jim beats him the first time. The critical question is what was the product for the first-ever television commercial. Ken picks Campbell's Soup and Playtex Bra. Jim dallies, change his mind and then changes it again to get the right answer Bulova Watch, which was on before a Brooklyn Dodgers baseball game in 1941. That means a second game between those two for the fourth chair, but time runs out. The host announces that that duel is start the show on Sunday before the Final 4 play for the pot of over 1.4 million. Several potential players were never picked at all, including the Author and the Air Force Captain and the Computer Engineer, all of whom were offered up at least 4 times. They were judged as too tough and never got to play.

TheCinera:
I really like Robert, the Used Car Salesman from Canada, KY.  I hope he wins. 

Anyone still watching this?  I see you are, apskip!  Anyone else?

RealityFreakWill:
I watched the whole week and the finale tonight was AWESOME! It was very nerve-wrecking and shocking as well! I really did enjoy watching that show all week and hope they do come back and do it again in the near future!

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We open with the rematch between Ken and Jim. The deciding question, a fairly easy one, is "how many months have 31 days?" Jim does not get the correct answer 7 and is eliminated; Ken gets the coveted 4th chair.

Robert as the #1 seed is given the pick of any of the the other 3 to play against. He picks Ken, who is worn out. The deciding question is which company invented the phrase "always a bridesmaind, never a bride." Ken covers all choices but Listerine, as he says there is no way that it could be that. Robert covers them all. The answer is Listerine's 1920s ad campaign, which add millions of dollars to their sales as they convinced woman that they must conquer bad breath to achieve happiness. Ken is gone.

Ashlee now play off against Julie. The crucial question on their last chip is the definition of MI5. Ashlee correctly says Military Intelligence while Julie goes for Majesty's Information. Julie is gone.

There is $1.69 million in the pot as Robert faces Ashlee for the total pot. The very first question decides it. Ashlee covers everything. Robert reacts to the question "Which weighs the most? gallon of water, gallon of crude oil, gallon of vegetable oil, all weigh the same" by leaving gallon of water uncovered. When the host plays with him about that by asking him what happens when crude oil is poured onto water, Robert realizes he may have made a crucial error. He has, as water is the answer and Ashlee wins. When her personal winnings are combined with the chips released from that question and the $1.69 million, she wins a total of $1.795 million.

I did my own little study of specfic gravity, the ratio of weight compared to water. Water is of course 1.0. Vegetable oil is 0.918. Crude oils vary, with a Texas crude at 0.876, a California crude at 0.918, and a Mexican crude at 0.976. Any way you look at it water is the heaviest, which I find surprising based on its extemely low viscosity.

TheCinera:
I was disappointed in Robert.  I wish he could have won the entire jackpot.

I hope they renew this series.  I enjoyed watching this.  It's a fresh game show to watch on TV other than Deal or No Deal.  I just hope ABC doesn't milk this game show out like DOND. 

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