Veterans Day 2020 Recap

This recap is written by rockyboy34.

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EPISODE #7273: 🗽AMERICA'S GAME I🗽
AIR DATE: 11/11/20

Next up is the Bed & Breakfast set.

$1,000 Tossup: Place

N E _ R A S _ A
_ O R N _ I _ _ D

Noria stops herself on the second word, but she restarts and says NEBRASKA CORNFIELD in time. The midweek panel...

Noria Uch: Northridge. Healthcare industry worker for over 20 yrs. (worked 17 yrs. in same co.) who also has a real estate license. Has 2 adult kids.
Michele Starkey: Torrance. Associate provost at Mount St. Mary's Univ. Married to Matt for 25 yrs. and also has 2 adult kids.
Joshua Sherman: Lives on the West Coast w/ his girlfriend, used to be from Philadelphia, PA. Secret underground dodgeball league player.

Welp, Joshua's dodgeball secret ain't a secret anymore!

$2,000 Tossup: What Are You Doing?

S T A _ T I _ G / _
N E _ / P _ O J E _ T

It's been a couple months since I was STARTING A NEW PROJECT (recapping first-run episodes) and Joshua takes control of the big circle.

Featured Prize: caravan.com tour of NEW ENGLAND

Round 1: People

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Joshua: $500 near $550 (S), $800 (R), BANKRUPT! ($2,500 - $1,300 lost)

Noria: $700 (T)

Michele: LOSE A TURN!

Joshua: $700 (2 N's), A, $600 (3 M's), 2 E's, 2 I's, $700 (2 L's), O, $500 near $650 (2 F's), Solve Attempt ($4,600)...

F _ N - L O _ I N _
F A M I L _
M E M _ E R S

It's too bad that Joshua's FUN-LOVING FAMILY MEMBERS can't be in the studio right now, but he's got some more cash.

Dud: T (Noria)
Lose a Turn: Michele

Pre-Round 2 Scores:
Noria: $1,000
Michele: LaT Victim
Joshua: $6,600

For Pat, it was Aunt Louise...

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Eggland's Best Mystery Round: Before & After

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Noria: $700 (2 N's), 2 A's, 4 O's, LOSE A TURN! ($900 at risk)

Michele: $700 (2 T's), 3 E's, O repeat ($1,150 at risk)

She tried to change it to U, but it was a bit too late.

Joshua: $800 (L)

Noria: $900 (F), 2 U's (No More Vowels!), $600 (S), $650 (M - $2,150 at risk)

Michele: $600 (3 R's), NEW ENGLAND (G), $700 (3 B's), $500 near $550 (Y), $650 (H (FAIL) - $5,800 + NEW ENGLAND at risk)

Joshua: $650 (2 W's - Complete Board!) Solve Attempt ($1,300)...

B A B Y / W E / W E R E
B O R N / T O
R U N
O U T / O F / G A S

Joshua reads it off to pad his lead.

Duds: L (Joshua), M (Noria), H (Michele)
Lose a Turn: Noria
DQ: Michele's O repeat

Pre-Round 3 Scores:
Noria: $1,000
Michele: Redemption?
Joshua: $7,900

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Prize Puzzle/Express Round: Event

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Michele: ONE MILLION (T), LOSE A TURN! (MDW at risk)

Joshua: $600 (2 N's), BANKRUPT! $600 (G), A, $500 near $650 (R), $600 (S), $500 near $550 (L), 3 I's, LOSE A TURN! ($2,900 at risk)

Noria: $500 near $650 (F), 2 O's, $500 (H), E, $800 (K), $650 (C), U (No More Vowels!), Solve Attempt ($1,700)

H I K I N G / I N / A
C L O U _ / F O R E S T

Noria will be HIKING IN A CLOUD FOREST when she takes her trip to COSTA RICA (Villa Blanca Cloud Forest Hotel & Nature Reserve) worth $7,105 - that was an $8,805 round for her.

Lose a Turns: 2 (Noria's opponents)

Pre-Triple Tossup Scores:
Noria: $9,805 cash & trip
Michele: Bad Shape
Joshua: $7,900

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Triple Tossup: Living Thing

1.

R E D - _ A I L E D
H _ _ K

Each answer has a color in it - Joshua spots a RED-TAILED HAWK.

2.

_ _ E _ T / _ H _ _ E
_ _ A R _

Noria steers clear of a GREAT WHITE SHARK.

3.

E A S _ E R _
B L U E B I R D

This EASTERN BLUEBIRD puts Michele on the board.

Round 4: Phrase

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SPEEDUP TIME

Final Spin: $1,500

Michele: T
Joshua: 3 N's
Noria: S

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

STOP CLOWNING AROUND people, Noria NAILS it just before the buzzer for said $1,500 and the game.

Unclaimed: $1,500 (Michele), $4,500 (Joshua)

Final Scores:
Noria: $13,305 cash & trip
Michele: $2,000
Joshua: $9,900

Maingame Total: $25,205
Bankrupt Trash: $1,300

Noria will choose from...

• Event
• Thing
• What Are You Doing?

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$100,000 Bonus Round

We have one last chance to give away that Ford Escape Titanium Hybrid. Noria might find it under the E in GAME.

RSTLNE:

_ R _ _ S _ N _

BKGI:

B R _ _ S I N G

Good picks, but Noria still blanks out, and she'll be BROWSING for excuses on why she threw away $38,000. End total: $13,305 cash & trip.

This puzzle looks familiar...

Closing Chat: Happy Veterans Day!

Personal Rating: 4