WoF Retro Recap: November 5, 1998

EPISODE #2969: ULTIMATE ADVENTURES

Jim Czarnota: fireman in the town of Libertyville married w/ three kids from Mundelein, IL

Ryan Orfe: student attending the Air Force academy who hoped to go to pilot training after he’s done (and he has never had a cavity in his life) from Delran, NJ

Tiffany Buckins: visual merchandise manager married to her husband Monte (they have 2 cats named Honey and Baby) from Allison Park, PA

Round 1: LANDMARK

Jim: $600 R, $600 T pair, three E’s, $300 H, $300 F, $600 W, two O’s, $700 L, solve…

T H E / L E _ _ _ _ _
T O W E R / O F
_ _ _ _

He IDed THE LEANING TOWER OF PISA for a $2,600 PR, though he paused before and after the word OF.

FEATURED PRIZE: water and fog-proof binoculars from Bushnell and an Olympus DLX quartz date camera worth $2,420 (CAMERA)

Round 2: THE 60’s (PUZZLER)

Ryan: $800 N, LaT

Tiffany: $1K T pair, $1,800 S pair, $450 H, three A’s and four E’s, $500 R pair, $250 D, $300 M, three O’s, solve…

T H E S E / _ O O T S
A R E / M A D E
_ O R / _ A _ _ _ N ‘

…but she’s DQed for adding a G at the very end of the puzzle.

Jim: one W for Free SPIN, $250 K, $500 F, $600 B, solve…

T H E S E / B O O T S
A R E / M A D E
F O R / W A _ K _ N ‘

He’s right w/ “THESE BOOTS ARE MADE FOR WALKIN'” for $1,350. Now he needed to ID the PROPER NAME of the singer who made that song famous…

_ A _ _ Y
_ _ _ A T _ A

He only got the last name of NANCY SINATRA.

Jim: $3,950 FS/Others: $0 each

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FEATURED PRIZE #2: 1wk trip to the Chateau Lake Louise Resort in the Canadian Rockies worth $7,590 (CANADA)

Jackpot Round: BEFORE & AFTER

Tiffany: $1,200 T pair, S for strikeout

Jim: BANKRUPT near JACKPOT

Ryan: NULL CYCLE?, M for mistake

Tiffany: two H’s for CAMERA, N for negative

Jim: four R’s for $2,400, six E’s, $14K C quartet, CRITICAL PURCHASES OF BOTH DUD VOWELS OF I and U ($15,650 at risk)

Ryan: $300 V, $300 D, $300 Y, $300 L (NMC), solve…

C H _ C _ L _ T E –
C _ V E R E D
C H E R R Y
T R E E

He solved CHOCOLATE-COVERED CHERRY TREE for $1,200.

JACKPOT ENDED AT: $11,950

Jim: $3,950/Ryan: $1,200/Tiffany: BUPKIS

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Speed-Up: PHRASE

Consonants were worth $300 apiece.

Jim: R
Ryan: 3 T’s
Tiffany: 2 S’s
Jim: J (WHA?!)
Ryan: F (DUD)
Tiffany: P
Jim: H (DUD)
Ryan: C (DUD)
Tiffany: D (DUD)
Jim: L (DUD)
Ryan: M
Tiffany: 2 N’s
Jim: W

_ _ _ / M _ S T
_ _ / P R _ S _ N T
T _ / W _ N

YOU MUST BE PRESENT TO WIN, Jim, and he did for $600.

PENALTY BOX	DUDS	LaTs	BANKRUPTS	DQs
Round 1	PERFECT ROUND
Round 2		Ryan		Tiffany‘s G addition in solve
Round 3 (aired)	S (Tiffany), M (Ryan), N (Tiffany), I, U (both by Jim)		Jim
Round 4	J, H, L (Jim) F, C (Ryan) D (Tiffany)

FINAL SCORES
Jim: $4,550/Ryan: $1,200/Tiffany: PARTING GIFTS

GT: a dismal $5,750
NO BANKRUPT TRASH

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Bonus Round

After those bad blunders by Jim, I’m not so confident about his chances here after he picked the first E from W-EE-.

Category: THING

Complete this idiom: “everything but the…”…

_ _ T _ _ E N
S _ N _

He WIPED OUT w/ an interesting combo of GJMO and was way off w/ LISTEN SONG and GETTING SONG; it was KITCHEN SINK and he lost the biking adventure.

MY RATING: 3