As some of you already know, my departure date to Florida was gonna be tomorrow but it’s postponed to early Saturday morning since my dad’s catching up w/ work. Anyway, here goes…
EPISODE #6114: SECRET SANTA SWEEPSTAKES
$1K Tossup: SONG LYRICS
R _ N / _ U N
_ U D _ _ _ _
Danielle exactly recites “RUN RUN RUDOLPH”, and here’s the Thurs. trio…
Danielle Teicher: food & beverage maker for 22 yrs. who was nominated for Woman of the Yr. last yr. because she raises money for leukemia/lymphoma in honor of her brother Steven ($92K+ so far) from Huntington Station, NY
Angelo Fileccia: insurance producer from Brownstown, MI
Linda Ondrey: married lady to Joe for 37 yrs. w/ four children, two sons-in-law, and two granddaughters from North Olmsted, OH
$2K Tossup: OCCUPATION
_ O F T _ _ R _
D E V E _ _ P _ R
Ken Jennings had this job before getting on “J!”, and Angelo knows that he was a SOFTWARE DEVELOPER.
Round 1: FOOD & DRINK
A $900 T gets this man going, then he buys five E’s and BANKRUPTS near TD to lose the $650 remainder. Second, Linda calls up a $700 S, buys three A’s, and gets the SS w/ a W, but her next purchase of O is no good. Third, Danielle says an unfortunate dud of R while on the MDW. Back to Angelo who finds two L’s for $1,400 and the last vowel of I, followed by a $600 N, three $2,500 P’s, a $650 D, a $700 M and a $550 G before he…
S W E E T
P I N E A P P L E –
G L A _ E D / _ A M
…takes a bite of some SWEET PINEAPPLE-GLAZED HAM for $11,150.
DUDS: O (Linda), R (Danielle)
SOLE BANKRUPT: Angelo
Linda: $0/Danielle: $1K/Angelo: $13,150
Mystery Round: QUOTATIONĀ
Linda leads off w/ two T’s for $1,100, buys four E’s and six A’s, but then hits the same BANKRUPT to toss away the $600 remainder. Second, Danielle catches quad L’s for $3,600, buys an I, but then gets the exact same fate. Third, Angelo captures the 1/2 CAR near the orange $900 w/ two R’s and buys the other two vowels of two Oās and U. But after four $500 D’s, the other normal BANKRUPT nails him to the tune of $2,500 and his plate. Returning to Linda who lights up a $1K pair of H’s, two N’s for the other 1/2 CAR, a $7K pair of B’s and a $650 Y. Boardā¦
H E / H A D / A
B R O A D / _ A _ E
A N D / A / L I T T L E
R O U N D / B E L L Y
But she’s still stumped on the incomplete fifth word so she goes on…she makes it to the MW near $800, but she says a CRITICAL DUD of P to throw away $9,650 and her plate — UGH. -__- After Danielle LaTs out,Ā Angelo gets this round over with by saying this line about Santa — “HE HAD A BROAD FACE AND A LITTLE ROUND BELLY”.
SOLE DUD: P (Linda)
SOLE LaT: Danielle
BANKRUPTS: 3 (all)
Linda: BUPKIS/Danielle: $1K/Angelo: $14,150
PP/Express Round: WAYD?
Hoping for a better round, Danielle begins w/ three N’s for the 1/2 CAR near the pink $900, buys two I’s and four E’s, and picks off a $900 G before she gets into trouble w/ the BANKRUPT near $650 to surrender $1,900 and her plate. Second, Angelo gets the MDW w/ two S’s, a $1,200 T pair, and an A, but after a $650 H is L for loss. Linda next lights up two D’s via EXPRESS but DECLINES (why?!). Following a $1,950 trio of R’s, here’s the layout…
D I S _ _ _ E R I N G
T H E / _ _ N D E R S
_ _ / N A T _ R E
…she could’ve maxed out for $9K, but she instead makes the $3,950 solve and will be DISCOVERING THE WONDERS OF NATURE on her hotwire trip to the Maruba Resort Jungle Spa in BELIZE. It’s beyond me why you never went on the train, ma’am.
SOLE DUD: L (Angelo)
SOLE BANKRUPT: Danielle
Linda: $11,410 cash & trip/Danielle: $1K/Angelo: $14,150
$3K Tossup: EVENT
_ _ _ _ S I N _ / T H E
F I _ _ _ H / L I N _
Danielle isn’t CROSSING THE FINISH LINE just yet, because quadrupled up.
Speed-Up Round: PHRASE
$1,600 per consonant in this part of the game.
Danielle: 3 Tās
Angelo: R (DUD)
Linda: 2 Sās
Danielle: N
Angelo: M
Linda: 2 Lās
_ T / _ L L / _ _ M _ S
_ _ _ N / T _ / T _ _ S
IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THIS and Linda has sealed the deal w/ a $6,400 solve.
FINAL SCORES
Linda: $17,810 cash & trip/Danielle: $4K/Angelo: $14,150
GT: $35,960
BANKRUPT TRASH (besides plates): $9K
Danielle Spin ID: SJ5573257 (Shelley J.)
Angelo Spin ID: KP4901246 (Kisha P.)
$100K Bonus Round
With Joe the hubby watching, Linda spins her way to the S of SPIN.
Category: ON THE MAP (it’s been a while since we used that category in a BR)
This is the home of the Masters Tournament…
_ _ _ _ S T _
_ E _ R _ _ _
MPD are DUDS, but three A’s do pop up…
A _ _ _ S T A
_ E _R _ _ A
…and they help her locate AUGUSTA, GEORGIA for the $32K, so away she goes w/ $49,810 cash & trip.
SPIN ID: LP3411574 (Linda P.)
MY EP. RATING: 6
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