This was their second-ever College Week, which played exactly the same rules like that in S6. There are multiple members of the four schools represented, but only one member of the school played the front game each day that week.
EPISODE #1346: COLLEGE WEEK
Over $201K waiting to be won this week.
Matt Kiehl (Northwestern): senior studying chemical engineering, water polo player, and member of Navy ROTC and Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity hoping to go to medical school next year to become a surgeon
Todd Bierbaum (Univ. of Washington): senior studying mechanical engineering planning to go to graduate school who enjoys all kinds of sports
Gina Lazzaroni (Tulane): junior studying biology for pre-med who just finished taking the medical school entrance exam and also volunteered at a local private hospital in pediatrics
Round 1: SAME NAME
Matt: $300 N, T for turnover
Todd: $1K S pair, $300 C, $900 R trio, three I’s, the “buy” of three $500 L’s, solve…
S I N C L _ I R / &
_ _ R R _ / L _ _
L _ _ I S
He solved SINCLAIR & JERRY LEE LEWIS for $3,450.
FEATURED PRIZE: trip to Walt Disney World’s Dolphin Resort in the Epcot area worth $3,078 (TRIP)
Round 2: TITLE
Todd: $750 T trio, S for sorry
Gina: $1K H pair, three E’s, L for loss of turn
Matt: LaT
Todd: $900 C, $2,400 R trio, solve…
T H E / H _ _ T
_ _ R
R E _ / _ C T _ _ E R
He IDed the Tom Clancy novel “THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER” for $4,050.
Todd: $7,500/Others: $0 each
BTW, all the prize wedges this week stay on the Wheel for the entire game (the trip for example is placed over the pink $300).
Round 3: PERSON
Gina: insta-BANKRUPT near red $500
Matt: LaT
Todd: $800 T, LaT
Gina: $400 N pair, $600 R trio, three E’s, BANKRUPT near pink $500 (lost $750)
Matt: $200 W, H for halt
Todd: unfortunate dud of S on $3,500
Gina (who tried to buy a vowel without any money): M for mistake
Matt: $250 L, three I’s, C for crud
Todd: $300 P pair, solve…
P _ L I T _ E R
P R I _ E
W I N N E R
He’s three for three after solving PULITZER PRIZE WINNER for $1,100.
Todd: $8,600/Others: ZERO a head
FEATURED PRIZE #2: Addictor Bambino 33 boat worth $7,985 (BOAT)
Round 4: PHRASE
Matt: $1K N pair, $500 R, triple I’s and two O’s, TRIP covering $300 and three T’s, $400 H, two E’s, LaT ($5,128 cash & trip at risk)
Todd: LaT
Gina: $250 C, $900 P, $700 M, $500 G, baffling dud of K
Matt: didn’t take advantage w/ L
Todd: W for worthless
Gina: struck out w/ S
Matt: sole dud vowel of A
Todd: D for dud
Gina: last vowel of U, BANKRUPT near $1,500 (lost $2,100)
Matt: BOAT covering $200 but said a foolish dud of J — huh?! -__-
Todd: $400 B, solve…
B U R _ I N G / T H E
C O M P E T I T I O N
He’s finally BURYING THE COMPETITION for the $400 and the maingame sweep.
| PENALTY BOX | DUDS | LaTs | BANKRUPTS | DQs |
| ROUND 1 | T (Matt) | |||
| ROUND 2 | S (Todd), L (Gina) | Matt | ||
| ROUND 3 | H (Matt), S (Todd), M (Gina), C (Matt) | 2 (boys) | 2 (Gina) | |
| ROUND 4 | K & S (Gina) L, A & J (Matt) W & D (Todd) | 2 (boys again) | Gina |
FINAL SCORES
Todd: $9K/Others: PARTING GIFTS EACH
BANKRUPT TRASH: $2,850 (all by Gina)
Bonus Round
Let’s hear about the non-$25K prizes that week…
- Nissan 300ZX twin turbo sports car ($35K+)
- Jeep Cherokee ($28K+)
- $30K Time Value annuity
The cash is also available, but on Friday, the winning school had a chance at winning a $25K scholarship + trip to London, so only the first four prizes listed are available in the envelope holders. With WH-EL shown, Todd picked the W.
Category: LANDMARK
It’s a mountain in Colorado…
_ _ _ E S
_ E _ _
CDPA gave him..
P _ _ E S
P E A _
He IDed PIKES PEAK and won the $30K annuity from RBP for a final total of $39K that night and was greeted by three of his teammates from the Univ. Of Washington.
MY RATING: 6
WHEEL of FORTUNE with Andy Nguyen 
Matt might have been thinking the first word was JURYING in Round 4.
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