WoF Retro Recap: April 27, 1999

EPISODE #3092: BEVERLY HILLS WEEK

Carolina Cortes: married lady to Hix for 8+ yrs. w/ two daughters who can gleek (she controls water coming out of her mouth) from Diamond Bar, CA

Don Locke: university professor at North Carolina State University and worker at the Asheville Graduate Center who wrote five books and is married to Marjorie w/ two daughters from Weaverville, NC

Chrissy Cortazzo: 8th grade English teacher at Duquesne Middle School and swim team coach at East Allegheny High School who’s single (but waiting for George Clooney) from Penn Township, PA

Round 1: PERSON (PUZZLER)

Carolina: $900 T, S for sorry

Don: N for negative

Chrissy: $1,400 R pair, $300 L, one A and E, solve…

A R T
L _ _ E R

It doesn’t matter if Chrissy’s an ART LOVER, because she solved for $1,200. Now for a PLACE…

M _ _ E _ M

She knew art belongs in a MUSEUM.

FEATURED PRIZE: $5K B.H. shopping spree at possible locations like Carroll & Co menswear store and Jessica McClintock women’s fashion

Round 2: PHRASE

Don: three T’s for Free SPIN, $1,500 H trio, four E’s, $900 R trio, LaT and used FS, $250 L, $600 Y, $800 B, $250 D, solve…

T H E / E _ R L Y
B _ R D / _ _ T _ H E _
T H E / _ _ R _

He realized THE EARLY BIRD CATCHES THE WORM for $4,050.

Carolina: NIL/Don: $4,050/Chrissy: $4,200

FEATURED PRIZE #2: Atlantis Paradise Island in the Bahamas worth $6,600 (BAHAMAS)

Jackpot Round: BEFORE & AFTER

Chrissy: insta-dud of S

Carolina: one T for BEVERLY HILLS, S repeat

Don: $1,200 H pair, $700 N pair, five O’s, baffling K call on BAHAMAS

Chrissy: $1,600 R pair, one E, $900 L pair, $600 G pair, solve…

H _ R _ _ O O _
_ L O O R – L E N G T H
G O _ N

There’s no such thing as a HARDWOOD FLOOR-LENGTH GOWN, but she solved for $2,850.

UNCLAIMED JACKPOT: $8,400

Carolia: NADA/Don: $4,050/Chrissy: $7,050

Round 4: HUSBAND & WIFE

Carolina: $500 T, S was no good again

Don: $900 L, one A and two E’s, $1K P pair, $1,400 R pair, one G for BAHAMAS that time (NMC), solve…

A L / & / T _ P P E R
G _ R E

He IDed AL & TIPPER GORE for $2,800 plus the Bahamas trip.

Carolina: HARD LUCK/Don: $13,450 cash & Bahamas/Chrissy: $7,050

Round 5: THING

Don: $250 F, non-existing N

SPEED-UP

_ _ _ _ / _ F
_ _ _ _ _

Consonants were worth $600 apiece.

Chrissy: R
Carolina: 2 T’s
Don: A
Chrissy: L (DUD)
Carolina: P (DUD)
Don: Y (DUD)
Chrissy: D
Carolina: B

D A T _ / _ F
B _ R T _

Carolina remembered her DATE OF BIRTH to finally earn some money in the amount of $1,800.

PENALTY BOX	DUDS	LaTs	BANKRUPTS	DQs
Round 1	S (Carolina), N (Don)
Round 2		Don
Round 3	S (Chrissy), K (Don)			Carolina‘s S repeat
Round 4	S (Carolina)
Round 5	N (Don), L (Chrissy), P (Carolina), Y (Don)