Daytime WoF Recap: January 31, 1990

Abby Rubin: mom of three children from Miami Beach, FL

Jeff Wile: 2-day champ w/ $29,858

James Jackson: Closed Captioning editor for a major captioning institute in Hollywood

Round 1: PERSON

Abby: $400 T, LaT

Jeff: $1,200 R quartet, $800 D pair, $300 B, solve…

R _ B _ R T
R _ D _ _ R D

Jeff solved actor ROBERT REDFORD.

The prize wedge descriptions were left out in the source copy.

FIRST PRIZE WEDGE: marked WATCH (worth $600)

Round 2: QUOTATION

Jeff: SIX T’s for $600, three H’s for $900, SIX E’s, $600 R pair, two A’s, $500 S quintet, $200 M pair, solve…

T H E S E / A R E 
T H E / T _ M E S 
T H A T / T R _ 
M E _ ’ S / S _ _ _ S

This comes from Thomas Paine’s “American Crisis”, and Jeff recited “THESE ARE THE TIMES THAT TRY MEN’S SOULS” for $2,400 — PR.

Jeff: $4,700/Others: $0 each

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PRIZE WEDGE #2: marked MEDIA

Round 3: BEFORE & AFTER

James: $600 T pair, S for sorry

Abby: $200 N pair, $100 R, one E, no L

Jeff: WATCH acquired and $200 M, $100 D and H singles, $600 H, three I’s, two A’s, sole dud vowel of O

James: $200 C pair, $100 P, $250 F, solve…

C A P T A I N 
M I D N I G H T
C _ R F E _ 

James solved CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT CURFEW for $1,150.

Abby: ZIP/Jeff: $4,700/James: $1,150

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PRIZE WEDGE #3: marked TRIP

Round 4: PEOPLE

Abby: TRIP acquired and $200 S pair, no T

Jeff: BANKRUPT near $150

James: $500 R, no L

Abby: same BANKRUPT ($200 + TRIP lost)

Jeff: $100 C, no H

James: BANKRUPT near $100

Abby: $100 N, $150 K, one E, same BANKRUPT James got (lost $50)

Jeff: D for dud

James: $200 G, $100 B, $150 P (NMC), solve…

B _ C K _ P
S _ N G E R S 

James solved BACKUP SINGERS for $450.

Abby: BAD LUCK/Jeff: $4,700/James: $1,600

Round 5: THING

Jeff: $100 T, no H

SPEED-UP

_ _ _ 
T _ _ _ _ _ _ 

Consonants were worth $1,250 apiece!

James: S (DUD)
Abby: 3 R’s

_ _ _ 
T _ R R _ _ R

Abby solved FOX TERRIER for her only $3,750 of the game. Oh, and if you add TOY before the answer, you get the solution from the infamous S31 episode from “WHEEL Around the World” in the Speed-Up.

PENALTY BOX	DUDS	LaTs	BANKRUPTS	DQs
Round 1		Abby
Round 2	PERFECT ROUND
Round 3	S (James), L (Abby), O (Jeff)
Round 4	T (Abby) H, D (Jeff) L (James)		4 (Abby 2x)
Round 5	H (Jeff), S (James)

FINAL SCORES
Abby: $3,750/Jeff: $4,700 ($34,558 so far)/James: $1,600

GT: $10,050
BANKRUPT TRASH: $250 + TRIP of unknown value

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Bonus Round

Jeff played for the Ford Festiva L 2-door hatchback worth $6,328.

Category: PHRASE

One T and two E’s to start…

T _ _ E / _ 
_ _ _ E

CDHA gave him…

T A _ E / A 
H _ _ E

He’s not gonna TAKE A HIKE, but rather drive his new car, giving him a final total of $40,886 cash & prizes!

MY RATING: 8 (rough R4)