Day: January 8, 2026

WoF Recap: January 8, 2026

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EPISODE #8294: 🌷🚢HOLLAND AMERICA CRUISE WEEK🚢🌷

$1K Tossup: ON THE MAP

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A _ E _ N
_ E _

Armen from this double-male panel quickly knows the MEDITERRANEAN SEA…

Armen Babasoloukian: Army vet who was Airborne Artillery of the 82nd Airborne Division and cat dad (he owns three cats named Prince, Leopold the Great, and Cloud; Leopold ran away two weeks ago and this contestant tried to chase it, but his girlfriend saw the cat and it came to her) from Pasadena

Dan King: registered nurse of 10 years who’s spent the past five years working on a hot chicken restaurant brand and has a hobby farm that has chickens at home (the running joke is that they don’t know what they do for a living); he also has a large garden from tomatoes to melons that can be fed to chickens or cows as well as two cats (Tony and Luna) from Alton, IL

Brittney Crayton: werewolf romance novel fan who has a love for music (from Dean Martin to Frank Sinatra to Jill Scott; if Frank and Jill had a love child, it would be this contestant) and old monster movies (because she is terrified of the dark) from New Orleans

$2K Tossup: PERSON

_ _ D U R _ N C E
A T _ L E T E

Dan answers ENDURANCE ATHLETE.

FEATURED CRUISE: Alaska worth $7,418

Round 1: OCCUPATION

Dan: Two R’s ($650), four E’s, BANKRUPTS NEAR $650 (-$1,050)
Brittney: S ($650)
Armen: L ($850)
Dan: N ($850), three A’s, M ($500), two G’s ($600)

_ _ _ _ / &
_ E _ E R A G E
M A N A G E R

He solves FOOD & BEVERAGE MANAGER for $2,300.

Eggland’s Best Mystery Round: BEFORE & AFTER

Brittney: Two R’s ($600), two E’s, two A’s, SAME BANKRUPT (-$700)
Armen: S ($550)
Dan: T ($550), two H’s ($600), I, N ($700)

_ R _ _ _
H A N _ _ E
_ I T H / _ A R E

He solves BROOM HANDLE WITH CARE to add $2,200.

Armen: $1K/Dan: $6,500/Brittney: ZIP

PP/Express Round: PLACES

Armen: OTHER BANKRUPT
Dan: Three S’s (WC), E, two T’s ($650), A
Brittney: R ($600), N ($700)
Armen: L (EXPRESS)

Allllllllllllllll aboooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOARD!!!

Letters: C, M (-$2K)

_ _ S T _ R _ C
L _ _ _ T _ _ _ S E S

Dan then solves for a further $2,300 & will see some HISTORIC LIGHTHOUSES in MONTREAL worth $7,848.

Armen: $1K/Dan: $16,648 in $ & Montreal WC/Brittney: GOOSEEGG ALERT

Triple Tossup: 🆕BIRDBRAIN🆕

Honestly, I’m starting to think these new Triple Tossup categories are ones sent in by fans.

1.

W _ L _ – G _ O _ E
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Dan’s on a WILD-GOOSE CHASE.

2.

_ / _ _ _ _
_ O _ S E / _ _ M P S

Brittney says, “I HAVE GOOSE BUMPS”…she’s off the $0 mark.

3.

I ‘ _ _ / T A K E
_ / _ _ N D _ R

Brittney flubs w/ “I’LL TAKE A WONDER”, which doesn’t have a bird name.

I ‘ _ _ / T A K E
A / _ _ N D _ R

Dan rightly responds, “I’LL TAKE A GANDER”.

Speed-Up: RISKY BUSINESS

Final Spin Amount: $1,550

Get your Advil ready…

Dan: R
Brittney: Two S’s
Armen: Two T’s
Dan: C
Brittney: N (she blows it w/ GETTING INTO THE MESS)
Armen: B
Dan: L
Brittney: Two H’s (HANGING WITH THE BOSS is another bad solve that has just two H’s)
Armen: G (MESSING WITH THE BOSS?! No way.)
Dan: M
Brittney: E (FOOLING WITH THE BOSS, ma’am? Oh please…)
Armen: D
Dan: F
Brittney: K (TAKING WITH THE BOSS?! Give me a break. -__-)
Armen: J

J _ K _ N G / _ _ T H
T H E / B _ S S

Armen’s FINALLY JOKING WITH THE BOSS for $7,750. I really thought this would never end…

PENALTY BOXBANKRUPTSDUDSMISSOLVES
ROUND 1DanS (Brittney), L (Armen)
MYSTERY ROUNDBrittneyS (Armen)
PP/EXPRESS ROUND2 (Armen)A (Dan), N (Brittney)
SPEED-UPR (Dan), C (Dan), L (Dan), M (Dan), D (Armen), F (Dan)5 (4 by Brittney, 1 by Armen)

FINALS SCORES
Armen: $8,750/Dan: $20,648 cash & Montreal WC/Brittney: $4K

GT: $33,398 ($25,550 excl. PP trip)
BANKRUPT TRASH: $3,750

Dan unfortunately has to pick from THAT list…

  • WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
  • PHRASE
  • THING

$100K Bonus Round

He brought his girlfriend Whitney.

SPIN: S of SPIN (once again, the chicken sounds are heard)

3/20/2019. (Yeah, I’m just gonna put the dates in at this rate.)

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

I like his choices of PHGI and C, especially the I’s…

_ I _ I N G
_ _ / H _ I R

As I’m FIXING MY HAIR, he wins $40K to cruise out w/ $60,648 in $ & Montreal.

Ryan and Vanna tell us about the Alaska Wildlife Animal Conservation Center at the end.

MY RATING: 5
MY GRADE: E-

It’s all yours, @andynwof.