WoF Retro Recap: March 13, 1996

EPISODE #2473: NEW YORK WEEK II

Donna Benton: part-time church worker married to Benjamin w/ four kids Chester, VA

Lynn Marshall: 2-day champ w/ $15,500 from Philadelphia

Keily Denny: a lady teaming up w/ her hubby (they have two kids) on trying to start a business that is built on electronic medical building and mortgage reduction who loves karaoke (she sang a parody of “I’m So Excited” by the Pointer Sisters!) from Nashville

Round 1: PERSON

Donna: insta-dud of T on $1K

Lynn: also missed w/ N on Free SPIN

Keily: three R’s for $1,050, B for bad on $1K

Donna: $1,600 S pair, $600 D pair, solve…

R _ _ _ _ R D
D R _ _ _ _ S S

She IDed actor RICHARD DREYFUSS for $2,200.

FEATURED PRIZE: California ski holiday at Big Bear Inn worth $3,900 (SKI BIG BEAR)

Round 2: QUOTATION

Lynn: $300 T, bad I buy

Keily: $200 R, $400 S, BANKRUPT (lost $600)

Donna: $350 L, $750 W, three E’s and two A’s, $1,600 H pair, $800 V, triple O’s, $750 P, solve…

H O _ S T O _
W E / H A V E
A / P R O _ L E _

She recited the Apollo 13 astronaut line “HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM” for $3,500.

Donna: $5,700/Other ladies: $0 each

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Round 3: CLUE

Keily: $900 T, BANKRUPT near pink $500

Donna: no N

Lynn: $400 R pair, E for end of turn

Keily: $400 S pair, $400 L, one C for DOUBLE PLAY and used right away (she tried to buy a vowel after that action)…$400 x 2 but no H

Donna: one F for SURPRISE, W for worthless

Lynn: $450 M, two A’s and two U’s, $200 D, one I, $3,500 B, $700 Z, $550 Y (NMC), solve…

S _ D I A C
S Y M B _ L
F _ R
T A U R U S

Lynn solved for $4,800 and did she know what’s the ZODIAC SYMBOL FOR TAURUS? She did w/ bull.

Donna: $5,700/Lynn: $5,800/Keily: BUPKIS

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FEATURED PRIZE #2: marked BERMUDA (nearly $7K)

Round 4: THINGS

Donna: insta-dud of N

Lynn: $900 S, one E, A failed her that time

Keily: $1,500 R, A repeat

Donna: D for dud

Lynn: LaT

Keily: bad O buy

Donna: T failed her

Lynn: two I’s, no C on SKI BIG BEAR

Keily: unfortunate dud of L on $5K

Donna: no G

GOING INTO SPEED-UP MERCIFULLY

_ R E _ I _ / &
S _ _ _ I _

Consonants were worth $250 each.

Lynn: M (DUD)
Keily: P

P R E _ I _ / &
S _ _ _ I _

Keily just beat the buzzer by remembering the grammar-related PREFIX & SUFFIX for $1,250.

PENALTY BOX	DUDS	LaTs	BANKRUPTS	DQs
Round 1	T (Donna), N (Lynn), B (Keily)
Round 2	I (Lynn)		Keily
Round 3	N (Donna), E (Lynn), H (Keily), W (Donna)		Keily
Round 4	N, D, T, G (Donna) A, C, M (Lynn) O, L (Keily)	Lynn		Keily‘s A repeat

FINAL SCORES
Donna: $5,700/Lynn: $5,800 ($21,300 so far)/Kelly: $1,250

GT: $12,750
BANKRUPT TRASH: $1,500

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Bonus Round

After her hubby Brian came to kiss her good luck, Lynn chose the W.

Category: THING

The last letter of this five-letter answer is…

_ _ _ _ T

CDMA gave her two more…

_ A C _ T

She finally got a BR win by solving YACHT, and her reward was the Ford Windstar GL minivan worth $23,730, giving her a final 3-day total of $45,030 cash & minivan. The hubby got in the van w/ her.

MY RATING: 6 (ugly R4)