3/22/2012 Results

WoF:

$1K T-U: What Are You Doing?

_ E _ T _ N _ / A N

E _ R _ Y / _ _ A R T

Jake's GETTING AN EARLY START. Contestant talk time:

Jake Watts (Spring, TX)- An online health store owner w/ his brother who graduated from Texas State University in Political Science
Julie Adams (Eugene, OR)- A part-time real-estate worker & furniture refurbisher w/ her sister who's married to Keith w/ three male children
Monica Taylor (Stockbridge, GA)- A Chaplin in the Army who's married to Andre (he's in Afghanistan) & has a four-month-old daughter named Zoe; she's working on her doctorate in Pastoral Community Counseling

$2K T-U: Rhyme Time

M I L E S / O F

S _ _ _ _ _

Julie currently has MILES OF SMILES.

Thursday's WG: Ahwanee Hotel in Yosemite National Park ($8K)

IHOP Jackpot Round: Phrase

First are a $400 N at the start of the puzzle, a dud of I while on Free Play & then the Bankrupt next to $2.5K. Secondly, Monica calls triple the S's for $1.5K, buys two A's & calls a $550 T to complete the second word (AT), then following her purchase of three O's are three $900 R's...

N _ _ _ R / A T

A / _ O S S

_ O R / _ O R _ S

...and she's NEVER AT A LOSS FOR WORDS, so everybody's already on the board & she's still spinning the wheel.

SOLE DUD: I (Julie)
SOLE BANKRUPT: Julie
LEFT BEHIND IN JACKPOT: $7,850

Current Scores:

Jake: $1K/Julie: $2K/Monica: $4,250

Mystery Round: Same Name

Monica leads off w/ three N's while on the Mystery Wedge next to the Million Dollar Wedge & hands back the $3K...for the Bankrupt behind it. Second, Jake takes two S's while on the $500 wedge that was formerly one of those MW's, a $300 T, three E's, four A's & five R's for another five biggies, then coming his way is the sole dud vowel (O), unfortunately, so he may have just lost $5,800. After Julie picks the two $500 P's, she buys the I and calls the $300 G, $800 D & $600 C before this setup appears...

S _ _ A R E - D A N C E

& / S P A R R I N G

P A R T N E R

...& she solves SQUARE-DANCE & SPARRING PARTNER for another $2,450 & a $200 lead.

SOLE DUD: O (Jake)
SOLE BANKRUPT: Monica

Current Scores:

Jake: $1K/Julie: $4,450/Monica: $4,250

Prize Puzzle Round: On the Map

Jake already has two $3.5K S's to start, followed right after by three A's but then the MDW's right Bankrupt flushes $6,750 down the tubes. Julie then FPs the other vowels on this board in four I's before putting in a $500 H for the green 1/2 KIA...

H A _ A I I ' S

_ I _ / I S _ A _ _

...& identifying HAWAII'S BIG ISLAND to keep the extra five bills & also win a tropical Hotwire.com vacation to the Sheraton Keauhau Bay Resort & Spa worth $9,189.

SOLE BANKRUPT: Jake

TONIGHT'S SPIN ID: DS5221370 (Donna S.)

Current Scores:

Jake: $1K/Julie: $14,139 in cash & Hawaii/Monica: $4,250

$3K T-U: Things

D _ _ _ S A U R

_ O _ _ I L _

Jake finds some DINOSAUR FOSSILS for the quadrupler.

R4: Place

The first letters called by this guy are two S's good for $10K & all of the vowels (an A, E & three O's), which are followed by a $1K pair of R's, a $300 T, $600 worth of two N's & a $600 W couple. After that...

_ O W N T O W N

S _ _ S _ R A _ E R

...he recalls a DOWNTOWN SKYSKRAPER to take first place w/ an $11,750 solve!

PERFECT ROUND

Current Scores:

Jake: $15,750/Julie: $14,139 in cash & trip/Monica: $4,250

Last Chance Round: Event

After Pat initially Bankrupted next to top dollar, he eventually has the wheel determine that consonants are worth...$1.5K. The back-to-back S's end the first word...

_ R _ S S

_ _ N _ _ R _ N _ _

...& Julie may be about to hold a PRESS CONFERENCE about her appearance soon, because she's won $6K more & the championship! Monica had half that amount in her bank.

SOLE DUD: T (Jake)

Final Scores:

Jake: $15,750/Julie: $20,139 in cash & HI/Monica: $4,250
GT: $40,139

TONIGHT'S BANKRUPT TRASH: $10,150

Big Money Round #126: The E in AMERICA'S is where it stops for Julie.

Subject: Phrase

This may be an ironic puzzle w/ just the RSTLNE:

_ / _ R _ _ _ T

_ _ T _ R E

GCMA puts in two more letters...

A / _ R _ G _ T

_ _ T _ R E

...but she still blanks out for the $30K, so she doesn't have A BRIGHT FUTURE as much of as I thought. She leaves w/ $20,139 in cash & vacation, so that ends the current streak of having at least two BR wins per week.

TPiRecap

J!: In case you haven't noticed by now, the returning champion losing streak's now at seven shows & Cathy Guiles wants to end it herself this evening against:

Nancy Nakayama (Seattle)- Lawyer/aspiring grant writer
Nick Bulum (Long Beach, CA)- Newspaper insert writer/designer

Thursday's Opening Categories:

HUNGER GAMES (said film will premiere in our theaters starring tomorrow; yesterday, it premiered in French theaters)
MED. ABBREV.
A MATTER OF HOURS
HOW THE WEST WAS SPUN
HOBBIES
THE VERSATILE "O-U-G-H"

Nick has a grand early on & after finding the Daily Double under the $800 "O-U-G-H" spot, he's $800 ahead of each lady. For two or nothing:

Greenwich is an inner one of London.

"What is a burrough?"...correct for the $2K; he's nearly tripled that to $5,800 before the break. Time expires before either of the last two clues from A Matter of Hours can be seen.

SOLE ATTEMPTED TS: $400 (Hobbies)
UNATTEMPTED LACH TRASH: $1,400
TOTAL LACH TRASH: $1,800

Scores After J! Round:

Cathy: $2,200
Nick: $7,400 (Lock Game Territory Alert)
Nancy: $3,600

Double J! Subjects:

HISTORIANS
RECENT MOVIES
COMPOUND WORDS
COME UP TO THE LAB
PORTRAITS
TAKE ME TO THE NEAREST U.S. EMBASSY

Underneath the $1,600 Compound Word is Nancy's DD w/ $5,200; she trails Cathy by $200 for second & Nick by $3,800 for first. Nancy goes for $2.5K:

A descending slope in a road, it can also mean to lower one's status or salary.

"What is...to downsize?"...not quite. Correct: "What is to downgrade?", so she's down to third at $2,700. After all three are incorrect on the opening Take Me to the Nearest U.S. Embassy answer, Nancy scoops up the other DD behind its $800 screen w/ $2,300; Nick's dropped a little to $8,600. Nancy wagers $1,200 on this:

I'm in Port Said.

"What is Cairo?"...that Egypt city's right. But as a result of a WIPEOUT for Historians, there's not enough time for either the $800, $1,600 or $2K Come Up to the Lab answers.

ATTEMPTED LACH TRASH: $6K
UNATTEMPTED LACH TRASH: $9,200
TOTAL DJ! LACH TRASH: $15,200

Heading into Final J!:

Cathy: $7K
Nick: $6,600
Nancy: $4,300

CORYAT SCORES:

Cathy: $7K
Challengers: $6,400 a head

FJ! TOPIC: State Nicknames.

Its nickname's said to come from a line in an 1899 speech that followed "...frothy eloquence neither convinces nor satisfies me".

Nancy Nakayama went w/ "What is Missouri"...that'll add $1,901. Nick Bulum...is also right to lock her out w/ $8,601...but the losing streak's over! Cathy Guiles has retained her title w/ $13,201 & now has a two-match total of $27,801.

(Also on "Let's Make a Deal" today: A dull week there continued as Marlys incorrectly choose Door #3 & left w/ $6,373 worth of home gym equipment. Had she chosen the popular Door #2, she would've also won an HDTV trio behind #1 & a trip to Whistler, BC w/ Calloway Golf equipment, making that Big Deal worth $23,498.)

Episode ratings:

7: "Jeopardy!", "The Price is Right" & "Wheel of Fortune"
6: "Let's Make a Deal"