3/15/2012 Results

WoF: Now that March Madness has officially got underway, let's see what we can do here tonight.

$1K T-U: Phrase

L I _ I N _ / O _

_ A S Y / _ _ _ E E T

Andrew might soon be LIVING ON EASY STREET courtesy of "Wheel" &/or these folks:

Andrew Racho (Burbank, CA; originally from Stamford, CT)- A graphic designer who owns three rabbits (Apollo, Bunbun & Connor)
Susan Dellio (Quincy, MA)- An interactive marketing manager for a Boston financial services firm who's married to Jeff for over a year & just adopted a puppy named Rocky
Lindsay Bowman (Nashville)- A title clerk at a motorcycle dealership who's an aspiring country music artist & is part of the group Smoke 'N Guns; she owns a Chihuahua named Sophie

$2K T-U: Food & Drink

G _ _ _ _ _ D

S _ O R _ _ I S H

Susan solves GRILLED SWORDFISH.

Thursday's Prize Wedge: Bernardus Lodge in Carmel Village, CA ($5,790)

Eggland's Best Jackpot Round: Quotation

She first loses a turn on the Million Dollar Wedge's left-side Bankrupt. Second, Lindsay calls five T's for $4K, a $550 H & four L's for another $1,200, then she just tries to solve this...

_ L L / T H _ T

_ L _ T T _ _ _

_ _ / _ _ T / _ _ L _

...she correctly agrees that "ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD" to remain in control & earn $5,750.

SOLE BANKRUPT: Susan
LEFT BEHIND IN JACKPOT: $6,650

Current Scores:

Susan: $2K/Lindsay: $5,750/Andrew: $1K

Mystery Round: Same Name

Lindsay begins by calling a $500 N & D for both 1/2 KIAs just like that (she picked up the one from the blue spot first), buying two A's, calling a $500 T & two R's for the Wild Card, then two E's, two $300 H's before the sole dud vowel's bought (O). Andrew secondly wastes a spin on the Bankrupt next to top dollar. Third, Susan says the $500 Y at the end of the top word, two B's also up top for another $1,800, the U & three L's for $1,350 more...

B L U E B E R R Y

& / _ A _ T H

H I L L

...& solves BLUEBERRY & FAITH HILL for another $3,400.

(Note: A null cycle was reportedly edited out just before Lindsay picked up the WC.)

SOLE (AIRED) DUD: O (Lindsay)
SOLE (AIRED) BANKRUPT: Andrew

Current Scores:

Susan: $5,400/Lindsay: $5,750 (WC)/Andrew: $1K

Prize Puzzle Round: Same Letter

Andrew tries again to spin- he first calls the $500 T at the end but his vowel purchase of A's no good. Second, Susan hits the MDW's other Bankrupt. Third, Lindsay calls the SL of three S's for $2,400 but then runs into the MDW's left Bankrupt, costing her both that & the WC. Back to him w/ $250 left, Andrew next inserts two N's for eight bills, three E's & an I, but the right Bankrupt of the MDW nails him to take away $550; everyone but Lindsay has two Bankrupts so far tonight. Next for Susan are the $400 G at the end of word #2 but a dud of W right after that. Lindsay's next letters are a $300 R, a $1,200 L pair, double O's, a $600 K & the U, then after hesitating for a second or two, she goes for the solve...

S E _ L U _ E _

S N O R K E L I N G

S _ O T

...& succeeds to the tune of another $1,600 & a Hotwire.com trip to a SECLUDED SNORKELING SPOT, the JW Marriott Ihilani Ko Olina, valued at $6,110.

DUDS: A (Andrew), $600 W (Susan)
BANKRUPTS: 3 (whole panel)

TONIGHT'S SPIN ID: WM6407199 (William M.)

Current Scores:

Susan: $5,400/Lindsay: $13,460 in cash & Hawaii/Andrew: $1K

$3K T-U: Place

F _ _ G R A N C E

_ O _ N T E R

Susan swipes the additional cash from the FRAGRANCE COUNTER & she's up to $8,400.

R4: What Are You Doing?

The first letters she finds are an $1,800 N trio, a couple I's & a $300 G, but a negative of A follows. Second for Lindsay are a $300 T, trip O's, $900 worth of twin S's & a $600 C pairing...

_ _ _ _ I N G / T O

C O N C _ _ S I O N S

...we're not JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS, but she's added $1,550 to her leading score & maintains her turn.

SOLE DUD: A (Susan)

Current Scores:

Susan: $8,400/Lindsay: $15,010 in cash & HI/Andrew: $1K

Last Chance Round: Living Things

$1.5K's the value of these consonants this evening. After Andrew has called the two repeating P's...

_ _ _ _ _ _ T S / _ N D

_ _ _ S S _ _ P P _ _ S

...he catches the CRICKETS AND GRASSHOPPERS to leave as a five-figure winner on the nose w/ the $9K solve; Lindsay had 1/3 of that amount at the time.

Final Scores:

Susan: $8,400/Lindsay: $15,010 in cash & vacation/Andrew: $10K
GT: $33,410

TONIGHT'S BANKRUPT TRASH (excluding cardboard): $550

Big Money Round #121: Lindsay spins the E in GAME at the last moment.

Topic: Phrase

She has a shot already w/ this RSTLNE layout:

L _ _ _ / _ _ T

_ E L _ _

CDH aren't there, but four O's are...

L O O _ / O _ T

_ E L O _

...LOOK OUT BELOW- that right vowel choice just won her...





















































































































































...the 40 grand for final cash & Hawaii earnings of $55,010!

J!: Michael Gurshtein's opponents (he's a thin films engineer):

John Erler (Austin)- Movie mocker
Sue Anderson (Peoria, IL)- Speech language philantropist

Let's get to the topics right away:

NEW YORK CITY
MBAs
REMEMBER WHO WON THE SUPER BOWL?
WEIGHTS & MEASURES
WRITERS' WORDS
1N, 2N, 3N, 4N, 5 (the first correct response here has one N, w/ each one right after that having one more than the previous clue)

John leads early w/ $1,800, $200 more than Sue; Michael has $800, half of Sue's score. Right after the timeout, John SWEEPS the Super Bowl answers to have three times Sue's current total ($4,800). And he's hit the Daily Double under the middle Weights & Measures w/ a Lock Game Territory-quality score of $6,800; Michael's at $2K. John wagers $1,800.

An octant, or 1/8 of a circle, is equal to this many degrees.

"What is 45?"...yes indeed for $8,600! We don't have the time to see either the last clue there or the last two MBAs, but Michael's added another eight Benjamins to his $2K so far.

ATTEMPTED LACH TRASH: $800
SOLE UNATTEMPTED TS: $1K (N's)
TOTAL LACH TRASH: $1,800

Lineup for Double J!:

TIME TO RESIGN (which Mike D'Antoni did yesterday)
CAR NAMES
"GRAY'S ANATOMY" SAYS...
3-LETTER WORDS
FORMER SOVIET REPUBLICS
SONG MASH-UPS

After the middle two subjects are cleaned out to begin this round, the champion uses the High School Strategy on Former Soviet Republics...& the $1,200 clue has a DD for him to see at $9,200; he's only $1,400 behind John, while Sue's tripled up since the end of the first round to $4,800. Surprisingly, Mike puts up $7K against this clue:

The most populous after Russia.

"What is Ukraine?"...YES to take first place over w/ $16,200 & he even SWEEPS that to improve more to $17,400! But what do you know- w/ $6,400, Sue picks off the night's last DD from the $1,600 spot for Car Names; meanwhile, John's now at $11,800. For $3K more:

Add one letter to the French word for "lemon" to get the name of this French automaker.

"What is Citroen?"...that company's been featured on Aussie "Price" before & she pronounced that name as if she left off the E, but it's ACCEPTABLE to send her to $9,400.

SOLE ATTEMPTED TS: $400 (Car Names; she said Altima instead of Acura for Honda's luxury car line that started back in the '80s)
UNATTEMPTED LACH TRASH: $4,400
TOTAL DJ! LACH TRASH: $4,800

Going into Final J!:

Michael: $19K
Sue: $13,400
John: $17K

CORYAT SCORES:

Michael: $13,200
Sue: $12K
John: $15,800

FINAL J! CATEGORY: Literature.

This 1928 novel was partly based on the author's wife Frieda & her affair w/ Angelo Ravagli.

Sue Anderson BLANKED OUT to the tune of $10K. John Erler put "What is 'Lady Chatterly's Lover'"...he wins $29K! Michael Gurshtein, who missed w/ "Death in Venice", leaves w/ $27K.

Millionaire Thursday:

Conclusion of AJ Jackson's Game
Game 2
Game 3

Episode ratings:

7: "Jeopardy!" & "Wheel of Fortune"
6: "Millionaire"