WoF Retro Recap: October 23, 2000

EPISODE #3351: INNS OF NEW ENGLAND

Toss-Up #1: EVENT

_ E _ P I N _ / A
_ _ A R _

Valorie wasn’t KEEPING A DIARY, but she’s correct anyway.

Valorie Garrett: full-time mom with 2 toddlers who helps with her son’s kindergarten class by reading stories and helping the kids from Fresno, CA

Mark Frea: guest services manager at a luxury resort in Naples who plays golf from Bonita Springs, FL

Marsha Lampkin: medical lab technician and mom of three daughters from Davenport, IA

Gift Tag: Festina

Round 1: ON THE MAP

Valorie: one T for Festina, BANKRUPT

Mark: $900 S, $800 N pair, one I, LaT

Marsha: $500 L, BANKRUPT

Valorie: $450 G, three E’s, $600 R, $600 D, solve…

G E N E _ _
S _ I T _ E R L _ N D

She located GENEVA, SWITZERLAND for $1,400.

FEATURED PRIZE: trip to Thorncroft Inn in Martha’s Vineyard worth $3,700 (Massachusetts)

Jackpot Round: BEFORE & AFTER

Mark: LaT

Marsha: no S on JACKPOT

Valorie: $500 R, one O and four E’s, $1,200 F pair, one D for Massachusetts trip, two I’s, $7K N pair, four C’s on JACKPOT, $400 T, one U and two A’s, $900 P, solve…

C _ A _ P A _ N E
_ U C _ E T / O F
F R I E D / C _ I C _ E N

There’s no such thing as a CHAMPAGNE BUCKET OF FRIED CHICKEN, but she solved for $8,750 and the Massachusetts trip.

UNCLAIMED JACKPOT: $10,900

Valorie: $14,850 cash & MA/Others: $0 each

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FEATURED PRIZE #2: Panasonic 34″ HDTV worth $7,700 (ENTERTAINMENT)

Round 3: HUSBAND & WIFE

Marsha: two T’s for $7K, $1,800 M pair, bad O buy

Valorie: one N for ENTERTAINMENT, $600 D, three A’s and three I’s, $10K’s left side ($7,800 cash & TV lost; Pat forgot to take that wedge away)

Mark: $300 R, S was no good again

Marsha: $1K L pair, FOOLISH DUD of J (she thought the woman’s last name was JILL — ugh. -__-)

Valorie: other side of $10K

Mark: $600 F, $300 G, $600 H pair, solve…

T I M / M _ G R A _
A N D
F A I T H / H I L L

He IDed country music couple TIM MCGRAW AND FAITH HILL for $1,800.

Mark: $1,800/Marsha: BUPKIS/Valorie: $14,850

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Toss-Up #2: AROUND THE HOUSE

_ _ _ _ _ E R
O _ E N

No guess from Mark.

_ O _ S T E R
O V E N

Valorie solved TOASTER OVEN.

Round 4: CLASSIC TV

After Valorie’s insta-dud of T, consonants in Speed-Up were worth $6K each!

Mark: R
Marsha: 2 N’s
Valorie: D

_ / D R _ _ _
_ _ / _ _ _ N N _ _

Valorie IDed “I DREAM OF JEANNIE” for the $6K.

PENALTY BOX	DUDS	LaTs	BANKRUPTS	DQs
Round 1		Mark	2 (ladies)
Round 2	S (Marsha)	Mark
Round 3	O, J (Marsha) S (Mark)		2 (Valorie)
Round 4	T (Valorie)

FINAL SCORES
Mark: $1,800/Marsha: PARTING GIFTS/Valorie: $21,850

GT: $23,650
BANKRUPT TRASH: $9,300 cash & prizes

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Bonus Round

This week’s non-$25K prizes…

• 2001 Dodge RAM 2500 Quad Cab ($28K+)
• trip to Martha’s Vineyard + Volkswagen Jetta ($22K+)
• Donzi 22 ZX (as seen in the 2000 film “Charlie’s Angels”) ($56K+)
• 2000 Toyota 4RUNNER ($26K+)

Valorie chose the W.

Category: PHRASE

I’ll give you a hint for this one: they used this in S24 during “Going to the Game” week (and was solved for $50K)…

_ _ _ E R –
T _ _ N

DHCO only added…

_ _ _ E R –
T H _ N

She had a WAFER-THIN chance of solving…and she flubbed w/ BETTER-THAN, which is not even hyphenated, so she lost the 4RUNNER.

MY RATING: 6