WoF Recap: ✊May Day 2024✊

@andynwof‘s vacation has just begun and his work is done for the season (as well as the rest of Pat Sajak’s career as a host), so @nickskapower here w/ you for the rest of the week.

EPISODE #7983: 🏨🩴MARGARITAVILLE RESORTS WEEK🩴🏨

The short intro was used.

$1K Tossup: ON THE MAP

S _ _ / D _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A

Greg locates SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. Midweek trio…

Greg Moss: married to Sarah for 13 years with a 10-year-old son Jet and an 8-year-old daughter Vanna named after the hostess of this show (she’s standing next to Ms. White and talked with each other!) from Riverside, CA

Gail Farrell: former teacher and educational coach who travels across the country who supports school leaders and teachers in accelerating student reading and writing from Marlton, NJ

Kimberlei Davis: U.S. Army Reserve vet like her mother who wrote a children’s book with her son Benjamin from Columbia, SC

$2K Tossup: AROUND THE HOUSE

N _ E D L E / A N D
_ H _ E A D

Greg solves NEEDLE AND THREAD.

FEATURED MARGARTAVILLE TRIP: Lake Tahoe worth $7,839

Round 1: SAME LETTER

Greg: Four S’s (TD), five A’s, T ($700), I
Gail: Two L’s ($500), D ($850), four B’s (LAKE TAHOE; SL), two E’s, unnecessary O buy (NMV), BANKRUPTS NEAR TD (-$12,189)
Kimberlei: C ($900)

B O A T S
B E A C _ E S
B A _ S / &
B A L L A D S

She thinks it’s BOATS, BEACHES, BAYS, & BALLADS… no, sorry.

Greg: R (WC)

B O A T S
B E A C _ E S
B A R S / &
B A L L A D S

He solves BOATS, BEACHES, BARS, & BALLADS for $10,700.

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Eggland’s Best Mystery Round: WAYD?

Gail: D ($600)
Kimberlei: S ($700)
Greg: Two N’s ($650), four I’s, two A’s, three L’s (MW near LaT… BANKRUPT; -$800)
Gail: G (TD), two O’s, F ($650), U, three T’s ($600)

F I L L I N G
O U T / T _ _
A _ _ L I _ A T I O N

She remembers about FILLING OUT THE APPLICATION to be on this show for $5,450.

Kimberlei: ZIP/Greg: $13,700/Gail: $5,450

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PP/Express Round: FOOD & DRINK

Kimberlei: T (TD), two E’s, two A’s, two C’s ($600), two S’s ($700), O, D ($600), L ($500), B ($500), N ($500), K ($500), H ($600)

B L A C K E N E D
_ _ S H / T A C O S

She wins $8,550 and might have some BLACKENED FISH TACOS on her vacation to Riviera CANCÚN worth $7,350 — BIG PR!

Kimberlei: $15,900 cash & Mexico/Greg: $13,700/Gail: $5,450

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Triple Tossup: THING

1.

_ L E C _ R I C
_ I L L

All bills here, but Greg just misses it w/ ELECTRIC MILL… and we have our fifth TRIPLE STUMPER of the season; none of them remember paying off an ELECTRIC BILL.

2.

C _ _ _ E
_ _ _ _

Kimberlei knows she paid off a CABLE BILL.

3 (I correctly predicted this one).

_ _ _ _ _ R
_ _ _ _

Greg is a letter short w/ WATER BILL.

D O _ L _ R
_ _ _ L

Kimberlei pulls out a DOLLAR BILL.

Speed-Up: PLACE

Final Spin Amount: $1,800

Kimberlei: Three S’s
Greg: Two T’s
Gail: Two R’s (the buzzer just beats her to the solve)
Kimberlei: L
Greg: Two G’s

S _ _ R T _ _ G / G _ _ _ S
S T _ R _

Greg walks into a SPORTING GOODS STORE for $7,200 and the comeback win by $1K.

PENALTY BOX	BANKRUPTS	DUDS	MISSOLVES	OTHER
ROUND 1	Gail	I (Greg)	Kimberlei
MYSTERY ROUND	Greg	D (Gail), S (Kimberlei)
SPEED-UP		L (Kimberlei)		late solve (Gail)

FINAL SCORES
Kimberlei: $19,900 cash & Mexico/Greg: $20,900/Gail: $5,450

GT: $46,250
BANKRUPT TRASH (excluding WC): $12,989 cash & Tahoe

The TROUBLESOME TRIO is presented again… -___-

• PHRASE
• THING
• WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

I have to say, I’m pondering why this category is still colored orange by some of my fellow admins.

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$100K Bonus Round

Greg brought his son Jet.

SPIN: S of SPIN

Just look at the size of this biggie…

E _ _ _ R _ _ N _ / _ N
_ / N E _ / _ _ _ _ T E R

WMVO is an interesting combo…

E M _ _ R _ _ N _ / O N
_ / N E W / _ _ _ _ T E R

He’ll be EMBARKING ON A NEW CHAPTER w/ $40K and a final total of $60,900.

MY RATING: 6.5
MY GRADE: D