WoF Retro Recap: March 15, 2007

EPISODE #4619: FAR EAST ADVENTURES

$1K Toss-Up: SONG TITLE

K _ N G / _ _ 
_ H _ / _ O _ D

Shawn blew it w/ “KING OF THE HOOD”.

K I N G / _ _ 
_ H _ / _ O A D

Christiana solved the Roger Miller tune “KING OF THE ROAD”. Thursday’s trio…

Christiana Cervantes: intimate apparel worker of a department store and recent graduate of Western Washington University w/ a degree in sociology who enjoys going to the movies, baking and cooking (and she’s also a total neat freak) from Steilacoom, WA

Karen Jesnowski: secretary of a rock mine married to Tom from Jefferson, TX

Shawn Campbell: biomedical engineering student at North Carolina State University soon to graduate in May and was emcee for the Campus Crusade for Christ from Orlando, FL

$2K Toss-Up: THING

_ E W S 
H E L I C O P T _ R

Karen solved NEWS HELICOPTER.

FEATURED FAR EAST ADVENTURE: M Hotel in Singapore w/ OneTravel.com airfare worth $6,900

Round 1: PLACE

Karen: $600 N pair (Pat mistakenly said one), R for rats

Shawn: $1K T pair, $600 S, three A’s, D for dud

Christiana: $1,800 L trio, two I’s, $1,800 H pair, $1,600 C quartet, four O’s, solve…

_ O C A T I O N A L – 
T _ C H N I C A L
S C H O O L

She solved VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL SCHOOL for $4,700.

Jackpot Round: BEFORE & AFTER

Shawn: BANKRUPT near JACKPOT right away (he questioned whether BANKRUPTs are actually good — no way, man.) 

Christiana: two R’s for Free SPIN, $800 L, two E’s, BANKRUPT near $600 (lost $550) and used FS, $800 G, one U, $600 T pair, solve…

U G L _ 
_ E T T _ 
_ R _ _ _ _ R

She left out two Y’s and two C’s, but she imagined a character named UGLY BETTY CROCKER for $1,150.

UNCLAIMED JACKPOT: $6,700

Karen: $2K/Shawn: NIL/Christiana: $6,850

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Mystery Round: FOOD & DRINK (PRIZE PUZZLE)

Christiana: instant dud of R

Karen: also missed w/ N

Shawn: $2K quintet of S’s, LaT

Christiana: $300 T, three E’s, $400 W, $600 H, two I’s and two A’s, one L for WC, two P’s on MW near $800 and flipped…LowerMyBills.com, solve…

S W E E T / & / S P I _ _ 
P _ L I S H / S A _ S A _ E

Christiana won $10,550 and would have some SWEET & SPICY POLISH SAUSAGE on her $4,500 LastMinuteTravel.com trip to WARSAW, POLAND.

Karen: $2K/Shawn: BAD LUCK/Christiana: $21,900 cash & Poland WC

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$3K Toss-Up: AROUND THE HOUSE

_ I G _ T _ L
C L O C _ 

Karen solved DIGITAL CLOCK.

Round 4: PHRASE

Karen: $1,200 L pair, two I’s, $800 T pair, one A, $900 K

SPEED-UP

I ’ L L / T A K _ / _ _ _ _ 
_ _ _ _ / _ _ _ / I T

After Pat’s LaT, consonants were worth $1,300 apiece (not quite to the big one).

Karen: N (DUD)
Shawn: D
Christiana: 3 R’s

I ’ L L / T A K _ / _ _ _ R
_ _ R D / _ _ R / I T

I’LL TAKE YOUR WORD FOR IT, Christiana — you’ve won $3,900 worth of icing. 

PENALTY BOX	DUDS	LaTs	BANKRUPTS	DQs
Round 1	R (Karen), D (Shawn)
Round 2			2 (Shawn, Christiana)
Round 3	R (Christiana), N (Karen)	Shawn
Round 4	N (Karen)

FINAL SCORES
Karen: $5K/Shawn: $1K GOOSEEGG/Christiana: $25,800 cash & Poland WC

GT: $31,800
Christiana’s BANKRUPT TRASH: $550

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Bonus Round

After we saw her boyfriend named Brian, the BW stopped on the C of CASH (and as in Christiana).

Category: PHRASE

She needed help in the bottom word…

_ ’ _
_ _ E R _ _ _ E _ 

DMHO and G gave her…

_ ’ M
O _ E R _ O _ E D

I’M (not) OVERJOYED of this result — she flubbed w/ I’M OVERBOARD instead and didn’t nearly double her winnings.

MY RATING: 6 (good game until that bad loss)

Conclusion of this Week