Day: March 26, 2024

WoF Recap: March 26, 2024

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EPISODE #7957: 🏞️NATIONAL PARKS🏞️

$1K Toss-Up: FUN & GAMES

_ _ _ E _ / _ _ F T _ _ G

Matt or one of these ladies could do some RIVER RAFTING if they win a trip to a national park…

Matt Hardin: former mascot from anything to sports teams on ice to drive-thru restaurants as a giant cow (his favorite was a bulldog for a local hockey team) and is married to Maggie for almost 9 years w/ two daughters from Long Beach, CA

Fallon Ducree (female): dance mom of one daughter (Nyla; she does hip hop and jazz) who enjoys boxing but is allergic to chicken and chocolate from Atlanta

Babs Smith: married lady of 47 years w/ one son who does a lot of kayaking (she has kayaked on all of Wisconsin’s lakeshore Michigan shoreline) and donates apple blossoms every year to help plant them from Appleton, WI

$2K Toss-Up: OCCUPATION

_ _ A _ _ I C
_ _ S _ G N _ R

Matt triples up w/ GRAPHIC DESIGNER.

FEATURED NATIONAL PARKS PRIZE: Volcano Village Lodge in Hawaii courtesy of bnbfinder (should still be $7,500)

Round 1: SAME LETTER

Matt: instant BANKRUPT near $2,500

Fallon: $3,200 N quartet, G trap (the first word won’t end in -ING)

Babs: $1,200 T pair, two E’s, $1,950 S trio, one I, two A’s, three O’s, and two U’s (NMV), SL Bonus of four M’s for $3,600, solve…

M O U N T A I N S
M E A _ O _ S
M O N U M E N T S

She solves MOUNTAINS, MEADOWS, MONUMENTS for $5,500.

Mystery Round: WAYD?

Fallon: four N’s on MW near LaT and FLIPS…oops

Babs: $1,600 G pair, three obvious I’s, but the E’s surprisingly the sole dud vowel

Matt: $1K T pair, other three vowels of two O’s, three A’s, and U, two R’s for NATIONAL PARKS, $1,500 S trio, solve…

S O A _ I N G / I N
N A T U R A _
_ O T / S _ R I N G S

He’s won $2,750 and could be SOAKING IN NATURAL HOT SPRINGS while on the Hawaii trip.

Babs: $5,500/Matt: $13,250 cash & HI/Fallon: ZIPPO

PP/Express Round: FOOD & DRINK

Babs: instant dud of R

Matt: $700 S, two E’s, $1K T pair, one A, four N’s on EXPRESS and GOES ABOARD

Current Bank: $5,200
Next Picks: 2 C’s…L (NMV)

C _ N T _ N E N T A L
C _ _ S _ N E

Another $8,200 is his and he’ll have CONTINENTAL CUISINE on his Trafalgar tour of the CANYONLANDS IN UTAH (plus Vegas) worth $8,500.

Babs: $5,500/Matt: $29,950 cash & trips/Fallon: NO LUCK

Triple Toss-Up: PERSON

1.

_ R _ _ E _ S _ O _ A _
H O C _ _ Y / _ _ A _ _ R

All “hockey players”, and Matt knows that Wayne Gretzky is a PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY PLAYER.

2.

_ L _ M _ I _
H _ C _ _ _ / P _ _ _ E R

Fallon’s off the schneid w/ OLYMPIC HOCKEY PLAYER.

3.

A _ _ / _ _ _ _ E Y
P _ A _ _ _

Matt solves AIR HOCKEY PLAYER.

Round 4: PHRASE

Matt: instant BANKRUPT near $5K

Fallon: H for halt

Babs: $2,400 T trap, one I

SPEED-UP

_ _ _ / _ T _ _
_ T / _ / T I _ _

Babs makes the leftover consonants worth $1,650 each.

Babs: M
Matt: P

_ _ _ / _ T _ P
_ T / _ / T I M _

Matt knows you gotta take things ONE STEP AT A TIME if you want to win big, as he solves for the Final Spin amount.

PENALTY BOXDUDSLaTsBANKRUPTSDQs
Round 1G (Fallon)Matt for $0
Round 2E (Babs)Fallon
Round 3R (Babs)
Round 4H (Fallon)Matt

FINAL SCORES
Babs: $5,500/Matt: $35,600 cash & trips/Fallon: $2K

GT: $43,100
BANKRUPT TRASH (excluding MW gamble): ZIP

Matt also gets a generic category list…

  • THING
  • PLACE
  • PHRASE

He goes for PLACE.

$100K Bonus Round

Nobody w/ this man, but he lands on the P. I know it already…

_ E _ _ _
_ _ N _ _ L _ _

CMHA gives him…

_ E A C H
_ _ N _ A L _ _

He flubs the bottom word w/ BON- and BONANZA; left behind in this BEACH BUNGALOW is $50K (third such loss in a row dating back to Friday; he didn’t want to look at the envelope at first before he ultimately caved in).

MY RATING: 7