November 5 2018 Recap

Episode #6866: America's Game I Day 1

Note: We are on the Teacher's Week set. 

$1,000 Toss-Up: On the Map


_ _ S _ _ _ _ I _ PI


_ EL _ _ 

Jim locates MISSISSIPPI DELTA. 


$2,000 Toss-Up: Phrase


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_ _ _ _  / G _  / _ N

THE SHOW MUST GO ON, indeed, Cassie. 

Our Prize on the Wheel is a $6,000 Shopping Spree courtesy of Care.com, while our Gift Tag is $1,000 courtesy of AmazingClubs.com

Round 1: Fun & Games

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Cassie gets $1,200 from 2 T's worth $600 each, but buys a bad A. 

Tammy gets $700 from 1 N, buys 1 E, $600 from 1 H, buys 2 I's, $1,000 from 2 W's worth $500 each, buys 2 O's and 2 U's, $500 from 1 R, $500 and the Gift Tag with 1 G, $1,000 from 2 L's worth $500 each on the Free Play, $900 from 1 K, but guesses a bad Y on $700. 

Jim gets $1,400 from 2 B's worth $700 each, $700 from 1 D...


WORKING / OUT 


WITH / DU _ BBELL _


...and is WORKING OUT WITH DUMBBELLS, and gets $2,100 for his efforts. 


BANKRUPT Trash: None
Lose A Turn hits: None

Round 2/Mystery Round: Crossword (Presidential Firsts) 


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Tammy gets $1,000 and the 1/2 Car from 2 R's worth $500 each, buys 2 E's, $500 and the Shopping Spree with 1 T, but buys a bad I. 

Jim guesses a bad S on the Mystery Wedge. 

Cassie spins a BANKRUPT. 

Tammy gets $550 from 1 H, buys 1 A, $1,300 from 2 B's worth $650 each, buys 2 O's, but guesses a bad P on $650. 

Jim gets $1,200 from 2 N's worth $600 each, $600 from 1 J, $700 from 1 L, but guesses a bad C on $700. 

Cassie spins another BANKRUPT. 

Tammy decides to just solve the puzzle...


                J     A 
               O     B 
               HERBERT 
 L _ N _ ON 

... and LYNDON, JOHN, HERBERT, ABE are all presidential firsts for $8,350, including the Shopping Spree. 


BANKRUPT Trash: None
Lose A Turn hits: None

Round 3/Prize Puzzle Round: Places


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Jim guesses a bad T on the 1/2 Car. 

Cassie gets $2,600 from 4 S's worth $650 each, but buys a bad A. 

Tammy spins a Lose A Turn. 

Jim gets $500 and the 1/2 Car with 1 N, buys 2 E's, $550 from 1 L, buys 4 I's, $600 from 1 G, buys 2 O's, $600 from 1 V, and $1,100 from 2 P's worth $550 each. 

I _ P _ ESSIVE 


S _ I _ _ ING / POOLS

Jim will see some IMPRESSIVE SWIMMING POOLS on his trip to Hawaii worth $7,014 (plus $2,800 to boot). 

BANKRUPT Trash: None
Lose A Turn hits: 1

$3,000 Toss-Up: Title

_ H _  / T _ _ E


_ A _ HINE

Jim must have read THE TIME MACHINE. 

Round 4: Things


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Jim gets $1,300 from 2 N's worth $650 each, and buys 2 A's. 

The Final Spin cue goes off, so it is time for the Final Spin!

Final Spin: $600

Jim: 3 S's

Cassie: 1 D

Tammy: 2 T's (Starts to say ISLANDS AND before blanking out.) 

Jim: No L

Cassie: No O

Tammy: No R

Jim: 1 M

Cassie: 2 P's


P _ S _ P _ NS / AND 


T _ _ M _ TA _ _ S

Cassie uses some PUSHPINS AND THUMBTACKS to secure her $4,800 she won for solving correctly. 


BANKRUPT Trash: None
Lose A Turn hits: 1

Jim's choices for the Bonus Round are Person, Living Things, and In the Kitchen. 

$100,000 Bonus Round: 

Jim has Kelly, Grey, and Griffin in the audience with him. 

Jim spins the Bonus Wheel, and lands on the R in AMERICA'S. 

The category is IN THE KITCHEN. 

RSTLNE gives us this: 

_ _ _ R _ _ _ _ E 


E _ _  / _ _ _ _ _ ER 

Jim's BR Picks: C H M O

M _ CRO _ _ _ E


E _ _  / _ O _ CHER  

Jim finds $36,000 inside this MICROWAVE EGG POACHER.