Day: November 16, 2016

WoF Recap: November 16, 2016

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EPISODE #6483: WHEEL ACROSS AMERICA

$1K Tossup: WAYD?

S _ R E T C H I _ G
_ _ / L _ _ _

Cristina ain’t gonna be STRETCHING MY LEGS, but she’s right and we go in line in meeting them…

Cristina Kazzi: children’s speech therapist married to Phillip from North Hollywood

Julie Waldrop-Keltner: enterprise ES paraeducator and mom of two daughters who enjoys visiting lighthouses (and her 40th birthday was celebrated w/ a “WHEEL” theme) from Federal Way, WA

Parker Robbins: machinist who got remarried to Abbey (they have 4 kids) from Plano, TX

$2K Tossup: OCCUPATION

L _ C A _
_ E A T H _ _ _ A N

Julie might not know that Pat was a former LOCAL WEATHERMAN, but she’s also scored.

TRIP WEDGE: Gaylord Opryland in Nashville

Crossword Round: ______ SHOWER

Here she goes w/ a $1,300 pair of D’s, two E’s, a $1,200 pair of R’s, two A’s, I, and the FP of two O’s to round out the vowels, after which come a $650 B, a $600 L, and an N for the VISA gift tag. We have…

_E_EOR_
AO
BRIDAL
ND

She solves METEOR, BRIDAL, RAIN, and COLD for $4,500 cash & VISA card.

PR

Cristina: $1K/Julie: $6,500 cash & GT/Parker: $0

Mystery Round: THINGS

Parker starts his journey w/ four S’s for $2,800, five E’s, two A’s, and a couple L’s while on the MW near $650 before he risks $2,300…$$$. Next are an I, two $500 N’s, two $550 G’s, a $650 B and the last vowel of O before we see…

_ E N _
_ O L E S
S _ A _ E S
S L E E _ I N G / B A G

…he solves TENT, POLES, STAKES (and) SLEEPING BAG for $14,550.

PR #2

Cristina: $1K/Julie: $6,500 cash & GT/Parker: $14,550

PP/Express Round: LIVING THINGS

Cristina’s off and running w/ a $700 S, a $1,600 pair of T’s, E, four T’s to add $2,600, A, and three O’s. Next are a $700 C, two L’s for the WC, a $600 D, an $800 P, the last vowel of I, and a Y while on EXPRESS. She goes aboard…only to throw away $8K and her WC w/ her very next call of N. Julie then plugs in the $550 B and a $650 G singles…

B R I G _ T L Y
C O L O R E D
P A R R O T S

…in addition to another $1,200, she’ll see the BRIGHTLY COLORED PARROTS on the caravan.com CENTRAL AMERICAN TOUR.

SOLE BANKRUPT: Cristina

Cristina: $1K/Julie: $13,700 cash & prizes/Parker: $14,550

$3K Tossup: AROUND THE HOUSE

_ C R A _ C _ I N G
P O S _

Cristina quadruples up w/ SCRATCHING POST.

Round 4: SONG LYRICS

She rattles off $2,800 worth of four T’s, three E’s, a $700 H, but it’s S-U time…

T _ / T H E / _ _ _ _
_ T _ E _ _ / _ _ T E _ _

…w/ a $6K Final Spin!

Cristina: N (DUD)
Julie: 2 R’s
Parker: L
Cristina: 2 S’s
Julie: C (DUD)
Parker: Y (DUD)
Cristina: M

T _ / T H E / _ _ L _
S T R E _ _ / _ _ T E R S

Cristina botches the $21,250 solve w/ “TO THE WILD STREAM WATERS”. Julie next picks off the W…

T _ / T H E / _ _ L _
S T R E _ _ / W _ T E R S

…but she also messes up w/ “TO THE BOLD STREAM WATERS” w/ $18K on the line.

Parker: C (DUPE)
Cristina: D (DUD)
Julie: F

T _ / T H E / _ _ L F
S T R E _ M / W _ T E R S

Julie finally gets “TO THE GULF STREAM WATERS” (from Woody Guthrie’s “This Land is Your Land”) for $24K!

DUDS: N (Cristina), C (Julie), Y (Parker), D (Cristina)
DQs: 3 (botched solves by the ladies, Parker’s C duplication)

FINAL SCORES
Cristina: $4K/Julie: $37,700 cash & prizes/Parker: $14,550

GT: $56,250
BANKRUPT TRASH (minus WC): $8K

$100K Bonus Round

Daughters Kelly and Josie and her mom Molly are here; Julie’s got the A envelope from GAME.

Category: THINGS

I know it already…

_ _ _ L _ _ _ T
_ _ _ R S

DCPA adds two key letters on top…

D A _ L _ _ _ T
_ _ _ R S

She doesn’t need to spend more DAYLIGHT HOURS to solve this one, so she leaves w/ $71,700 cash & prizes!

MY RATING: 8