WoF Recap: April 11, 2017

EPISODE #6587: AMERICA’S GAME IV

We’re on the Bella Italia set.

$1K Tossup: ON THE MAP

_ _ T _ _ E
I _ A L _

This is part of Manhattan, but Meron blows it w/ LITTLE ISLAND.

_ _ T T _ E
I _ A L _

Ray IDs LITTLE ITALY. And he’s not the only man on this panel…

Ray Traube: state census supervisor married to Diane for 29 yrs. w/ two kids and member of the Knights of Columbus from Abingdon, MD

Meron Misgun: kindergarten teacher who’s the youngest of 8 in her family from Oakland

Mike Andrews: operations mgr. married to Mary w/ one child and another on the way from Orcutt, CA (orig. from Ontario, Canada)

$2K Tossup: WAYD?

G E T T _ _ G
O _ G A N _ Z _ D

Meron knows she’s GETTING ORGANIZED like everybody else at her school.

Tonight’s Gift Tag: igourmet.com (last night was the Foodydirect)

Round 1: SHOW BIZ

She gets started w/ a $1,300 pair of T’s, four A’s, an R for that WC, two O’s, but then the BANKRUPT near $650 to lose her starting amount and the WC. Second, Mike calls up a $700 S, but then buys the sole dud vowel of E. Third, Ray wastes a spin w/ the MDW’s right side. Back to Meron who lights up a $500 S, buys three I’s, but then repeats the S while on the MDW. Mike follows suit w/ a $5K pair of L’s, the last vowel of U, an $1,800 M pair, a $650 C, but then the LaT. Ray then puts up an $1,800 pair of H’s…

H I T / _ R O A _ _ A _
M U S I C A L
H A M I L T O N

…he solves the HIT BROADWAY MUSICAL “HAMILTON” for the 18 Benjamins and a new total of $2,800.

SOLE DUD: E (Mike)
SOLE LaT: Mike
BANKRUPTS: 2 (Meron & Ray)
SOLE DQ: Meron’s S repeat

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Mystery/Crossword Round: LAST ______

Mike leads the way w/ a T for the $10K Slots wedge, three E’s and A’s, but then the same normal BANKRUPT to forfeit that wedge. Ray secondly spots three N’s for $2,400, three C’s for another $1,950, but the sole dud vowel of O stops him. Meron then comes up w/ a $550 H, a $900 D, and a $550 M to clean out the consonants…

•     C H A N C E
•                A
•               M _ N _ T E
• D A N C E

…she just doubled her two grand in roughly a MINUTE of play here.

SOLE DUD: O (Ray)
SOLE BANKRUPT: Mike

Classic Bonus Puzzle (Sept. 10, 1999): PLACE
Christian chose CHMA…

_ _ R _ _ L A C E

…but he was stumped on WORKPLACE and lost the Wrangler/Kawasaki package.

Mike: ZERO/Ray: $2,800/Meron: $4K

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PP/Express Round: PHRASE

Ray’s going aboard the EXPRESS right away after starting w/ an N.

Next Choices: four H’s…five E’s…A…V…four T’s…Y…S…B…I…R…three O’s…L…two D’s…W…and F

He says this for $18K…

T H E Y / H A V E
T H E / B E S T / F O O D
I N / T H E / W O R L D

…and he’s off to the Azienda Agricola Marciano in ITALY worth $6,485.

PR

Mike: BAD LUCK/Ray: $27,285 cash & Italy/Meron: $4K

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$3K Tossup: FOOD & DRINK

_ _ _ L / _ F
_ H _ _ _ I _ S

Meron gives a good guess of BOWL OF CHEERIOS…but it’s incorrect.

_ _ W L / _ F
_ H _ R R I _ S

Mike’s still on the gooseegg bench.

_ O W L / _ F
_ H E R R I E S

Ray’s buzzer doesn’t sound, but he still gets BOWL OF CHERRIES to crack the $30K mark.

Speed-Up: THING

Consonants are worth $1,700 a pop.

Ray: N (DUD)
Meron: 2 T’s
Mike: 4 R’s
Ray: S (DUD)
Meron: N (DUPE)
Mike: L (DUD)
Ray: 3 C’s

_ _ R _ _ C T
T R _ C _ / R _ C _ R _

Ray may NOT have a PERFECT TRACK RECORD in tonight’s match, but he’s won another $5,100.

DUDS: N (Ray), S (Ray), L (Mike)
SOLE DQ: Meron’s N repeat

FINAL SCORES
Mike: $1K GOOSEEGG/Ray: $35,385 cash & Italy/Meron: $4K

GT: $40,385
BANKRUPT TRASH (minus WC): $11,300

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$100K Bonus Round

The wife is here and so is their daughter Amanda; here’s the & envelope for Ray.

Category: PHRASE

He needs some first word help…

_ _ _ N _ / _ T _ E R
T _ _ N _ S

HMCU gives him a key letter in that first word besides the H’s…

_ M _ N _ / _ T H E R
T H _ N _ S

…that FIAT Spider is NOT gonna count in his winnings AMONG OTHER THINGS; he actually wins the minimum for a final tally of $69,385 cash & Italy.

$5K SPIN ID: DM7497448

MY RATING: 8