WoF Retro Recap: October 9, 1998

EPISODE #2950: BRITISH ISLES

Libra Taylor: Rice Univ. student majoring political science hoping to go to law school and a member of the women’s volleyball team at Rice from Houston

Mark Harris: account mgr. for a telecommunications co. who’s married (they’re expecting their first child) from Canyon Country, CA (and he did an impression of John Travolta on the air!)

Cathy Messer: marketing dir. of a major pizza chain married to Ray w/ three kids from North Little Rock, AR

Round 1: EVENT

Libra kicked off w/ a $450 T, two R’s for $500 more, a $250 H (she tried to buy a vowel right after spinning that amount), but then C for crud. Second, Mark said D for dud. Third, Cathy called up a $300 N, a $300 G, a single I, a $350 P, a $300 Y, two A’s, and a $600 S. We had…

H _ _ S _ _ A R _ I N G
P A R T Y

She won $1,350 towards throwing a HOUSEWARMING PARTY.

DUDS: C (Libra), D (Mark)

FEATURED PRIZE: a signed printed photograph of The Beatles from Kenneth Rendell Gallery worth $7,500 (BEATLES)

Round 2: HUSBAND & WIFE

Mark’s first w/ a $400 R, but then T for turnover. Cathy secondly got four N’s for the Beatles photograph, two L’s for $600, three I’s, a $300 G, and four E’s.

_ I N G
_ E R _ I N _ N _ / &
_ _ E E N
I _ _ _ E L L _

She IDed KING FERDINAND & QUEEN ISABELLA for $400 and the Beatles photograph. And this round’s a PUZZLER, so she had a chance to win $3K more by solving this EVENT…

_ _ L _ M _ _ _
_ A _

She forgot that we celebrated COLUMBUS DAY in the month of October.

SOLE DUD: T (Mark)

Cathy: $9,250 cash & photograph/Others: $0 each

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FEATURED PRIZE #2: Hotel St. Peter Seefeld in Austria worth $7,660 (AUSTRIA)

Jackpot Round: BEFORE & AFTER

Cathy said an automatic dud of N, as did Libra w/ T while she’s on $3,500. Mark rattled off a $600 R, a $300 D, four O’s, but then M for mistake. Cathy said another baddie of S, as did Libra w/ P for phooey. Mark found a $2,700 C trio, but then E for end of turn. On Cathy’s third try, she chose a $2,400 L trio, a $300 K, and two A’s and three I’s to clean out the vowels. Board…

_ I O L O _ I C A L
C L O C K
R A D I O

She solved BIOLOGICAL CLOCK RADIO for $2,200.

DUDS: N (Cathy), T (Libra), M (Mark), S (Cathy), P (Libra), E (Mark)
UNCLAIMED JACKPOT: $13,250

Cathy: $11,450 cash & Beatles/Others: ZERO a head

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Round 4: PHRASE

Libra led off w/ four T’s for two grand, two R’s for $500 more, four E’s, but she LaTed out. Mark’s up second w/ four L’s for $3,200, a $350 S, and an $800 C (so close to LaT). We had…

_ T ‘ L L / _ E
_ _ R / L _ T T L E
S E C R E T

He solved “IT’LL BE OUR LITTLE SECRET” for his first $4,350.

SOLE LaT: Libra

Libra: NOTHING/Mark: $4,350/Cathy: $11,450 cash & Beatles

Round 5: THINGS

Mark LaTed out form the get-go. Cathy didn’t do any better w/ N. Libra got a $10K T pair, an $800 S pair, an E, but no more w/ H. Mark picked a $350 B, but LaTed out again. After Cathy’s $600 C to clean out the consonants…

T _ S T E
B _ D S

…she solved TASTE BUDS. And the game was over right there.

DUDS: N (Cathy), H (Libra)
LaTs: 2 (both by Mark)

FINAL SCORES
Libra: PARTING GIFTS/Mark: $4,350/Cathy: $12,050 cash & Beatles

GT: $16,400
NO BANKRUPTS

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Bonus Round

The trip on the QE2 and the $25K were the remaining prizes. Cathy picked the W from W-E–.

Category: THING

This is something you measure…

_ _ R _ S T _ _ _

CMDA gave her a shot…

_ A R D S T _ C _

…but she blew it w/ CARDSTACK, HARDSTOCK, and CARDSTOCK. It was YARDSTICK and she lost the QE2 trip.

MY RATING: 6