WoF Retro Recap: February 25, 2000 — NEW ORLEANS FINALE

EPISODE #3245: COLLEGE WEEK (NEW ORLEANS)

Preview Puzzle: EVENT

T H E / _ U G _ _
B O _ _

A: THE SUGAR BOWL

Angelika Martin (Tulane Univ.): sophomore working on her Master’s in public health and wanted to go to medical school to get her MB from New Orleans

Birlie Bourgeois (LSU): senior studying petroleum engineering from Harvey, LA (his claim to fame was that he mooned President Clinton while he was in Colorado for geology camp — hoo boy) 

Mickey Prattini (Univ. of New Orleans): electrical engineering major and single guy who finished a 4-yr.-term in the US Army and was sent to the South Pacific where he got a scuba diving certification and did electrical work from Chalmette, LA

Round 1: PROPER NAME (PUZZLER)

Angelika: $600 T pair, $800 R, three E’s, BANKRUPT (lost $1,150)

Birlie: same fate

Mickey: $1,200 N pair, BANKRUPT got him too

Angelika: $400 L, $450 B, solve…

_ L B E R T
E _ N _ T E _ N

Angelika IDed ALBERT EINSTEIN for $850 and tried to solve this PERSON…

G E _ I _ _

…but she didn’t know that Einstein’s a GENIUS.

FEATURED PRIZE: $3K scholarship from The Princeton Review

Round 2: BEFORE & AFTER

Birlie: LaT

Mickey: $1K T pair, $2,100 N trio, $900 R, S for sorry

Angelika: $5K D pair, one O and four E’s, $400 C, three A’s, $800 G pair, triple I’s, $1,400 P pair, solve…

D O N ‘ T
_ E A _ E / _ E
D A N G _ I N G
P A R T I C I P _ E

She first said “DON’T LEAVE ME DANGLING…”, ran out of breath, then restarted and solved “DON’T LEAVE ME DANGLING PARTICIPLE” for $6,600. I thought I heard leave out the L in DANGLING, but the judges accepted it anyway.

Angelika: $7,450/Guys: ZERO each

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FEATURED PRIZE #2: Mereceds-Benz mountain bike + carrying case worth $3,495

Jackpot Round: THING

Mickey: LaT

Angelika: $1,600 T pair, $600 S, three E’s, $550 L, two A’s, $300 K, $600 F pair, four O’s, solve…

A / K E T T L E
O F / S E A F O O _
_ _ _ _ O

She ordered A KETTLE OF SEAFOOD GUMBO for $2,900.

UNCLAIMED JACKPOT: $7,550

Angelika: $10,350/Guys: ZERO a head

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Speed-Up: EVENT

Consonants were worth $1,600 a pop.

Angelika: T
Birlie: 2 H’s
Mickey: R
Angelika: 3 E’s
Birlie: G
Mickey: N
Angelika: I
Birlie: S
Mickey: C
Angelika: W

S E _ R C H I N G
T H E / W E _

Angelika was SEARCHING THE WEB for $3,200 and a maingame sweep!

PENALTY BOX	DUDS	LOSE A TURNS	BANKRUPTS	DQs
ROUND 1			3 (whole panel)
ROUND 2	S (Mickey)	Birlie
ROUND 3		Mickey
ROUND 4	NONE

FINAL SCORES
Angelika: $13,550/Guys: PARTING GIFTS EACH

BANKRUPT TRASH: $2,350

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Bonus Round

Angelika picked the W.

Category: PEOPLE

These are people who work at a school…

_ _ _ _ L T _

CDPA gave her two more…

_ A C _ L T _

For knowing the FACULTY at her school of Tulane, she won the 2000 Volkswagen Bug GLS worth $18,250, giving her a final total of $31,800 cash & car. She was greeted by her parents.

MY RATING: 7