November 20, 2020 Recap

This recap is written by rockyboy34.

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EPISODE #7280: 🌲ULTIMATE ADVENTURES🌲
AIR DATE: 11/20/20

$1,000 Tossup: On The Map

_ _ _ _ _ / B _ R R _ E R
_ _ _ F

Alison pinpoints the GREAT BARRIER REEF. End of week panel (and one's not from the great state of California)...

Alison Wheeler: Oak Park. Staff accountant who's a newlywed to Corey (they own a dog named Huxley).
Michael Fear: Pomona. Operations mgr. for a medium-sized plumbing firm in Gardena. Married to Courtney (she's an ER nurse) with a 17-month-old son also named Michael and a Daughter on the way. Enjoys scuba diving (and he'll train his kids to do that).
Caitlin Tubergen: Nashville, TN. Lawyer for a nonprofit regarding internet policy. Married to her "wonderful and Chicago Cubs-loving" husband Chris Holan.

Allison's interview sounded like she has been married before. Michael would be really happy to solve the Trip Puzzle. As for Caitlin, well, her husband appeared on 4/29/19 (he only won $2K since the wheel wouldn't cooperate w/ him).

$2,000 Tossup: What Are You Wearing?

_ I C _ _ L E
_ _ L _ _ _

Caitlin's not wearing a BICYCLE HELMET, but she's tied her hubby at this point.

Featured Prize: caravan.com PANAMA tour

Round 1: Rhyme Time

_ _ _ _ / _ _
_ _ _ / _ _ _ _
_ _ / _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ ?

Caitlin: $700 (3 T's), 4 E's, $650 (3 H's), 3 A's, $700 (W), I, $600 (S), O (No More Vowels!), Free PLAY (N), Solve Attempt ($4,850)

W H A T / I S
T H E / N A _ E
O _ / T H E / _ A _ E ?

PERFECTION! WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE GAME? If you guessed "Wheel of Fortune", you're absolutely right. Caitlin's already bested her husband.

Pre-Round 2 Scores:
Alison: $1,000
Michael: Hasn't spun yet.
Caitlin: $6,850

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Prevagen Mystery Round: Same Letter

_ _ _ !
_ _ _ _ !
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ !

So many punctuation marks...

NULL CYCLE

Allison: $500 near $650 (Same Letter of 4 W's), 3 O's, A ($2,500 at risk)

Michael: WILD (L)

Caitlin: MYSTERY near LaT (P and FLIPS...$10,000!), MYSTERY (D - $10,000 at risk)

She almost dropped the Mystery Wedge in the container after the flip...

Alison: 4 E's (No More Vowels!), Solve Attempt ($2,250)...

W O W !
W _ E E !
W _ O O P E E !

WOW! WHEE! WHOOPEE! Alison's got some more dough.

Aired Duds: A (Allison), R (Michael), D (Caitlin)

Pre-Triple Tossup Scores:
Alison: $3,250
Michael: Spinning Next
Caitlin: $6,850

Pat had Alison say the answer again with feeling.

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Prize Puzzle/Express Round: Phrase

_ _ _ / _ _ _ _
_ _ / _ _ _ / _ _
_ _ / _ _ _ _ _ _ _ / _ _

Michael: $3,500 (4 T's!), 3 O's, 3 I's, $3,500 (R - $13,500 at risk)

Caitlin: Free PLAY (6 E's), Solve Attempt...

_ O _ / _ _ _ E
T O / _ E E / I T
T O / _ E _ I E _ E / I T

YOU HAVE TO SEE IT TO BELIEVE IT - Caitlin's won a trip to COSTA RICA (Si Como No Resort) worth $7,378.

Dud: R (Michael)

Pre-Triple Tossup Scores:
Alison: $3,250
Michael: Still Nothing
Caitlin: $14,228 cash & trip

If that puzzle looks familiar to y'all, it was used on 11/11/99 (and yes, it did feature that one infamous moment)...

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Triple Tossup: Thing

1.

_ _ R T H _ _ Y
_ _ _ _

"Birthday" is the first word for all 3, but Alison's incorrect with BIRTHDAY WISH.

_ I R T H _ _ Y
_ _ _ _

BIRTHDAY CAKE would work, Michael, if the category was Food & Drink.

_ I R T H _ _ Y
_ A R D

Caitlin gets it with BIRTHDAY CARD.

2.

_ I _ _ _ D _ Y
_ I _ _

Now's the time for a BIRTHDAY WISH, Alison.

3.

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ Y
_ _ _ _

It still won't be BIRTHDAY CAKE, Caitlin.

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ Y
S _ I _

Michael...blanks out.

B I _ T H D A Y
S U I _

Alison's not wearing her BIRTHDAY SUIT, but she's right for control (Pat: "We're getting awfully silly out here...").

Round 4: What Are You Doing?

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ _
_ / _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Alison: $650 (N), $600 (2 G's), 2 I's, 4 A's, $650 (T - $1,350 at risk)

Michael: $5,000 $500 (2 S's), same $500 (2 R's), $700 (2 C's), O, $600 (2 L's), E (No More Vowels!), $500 near $650 (W), Solve Attempt ($4,600)...

W A L _ I N G / A C R O S S
A / G L A C I E R

Michael's WALKING ACROSS A GLACIER to finally get on the board.

Dud: T (Alison)

Pre-Round 5 Scores:
Alison: $7,250
Michael: $4,200
Caitlin: $16,228 cash & trip

Round 5: Fun & Games

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

SPEEDUP TIME

Final Spin: $1,550

Michael: 2 S's
Caitlin: 3 T's
Alison: Y
Michael: R
Caitlin: H
Alison: G
Michael: A
Caitlin: 2 N's

T _ _ N T Y
_ _ _ S T _ _ N S

Caitlin IDs TWENTY QUESTIONS for $7,750 and the win.

Duds: R (Michael), H (Caitlin), G (Alison), A (Michael)

Final Scores:
Alison: $7,250
Michael: $4,600
Caitlin: $23,978 cash & trip

There were 8 W's found throught all of the puzzles this episode so far...also, Caitlin will not rub it in to her hubby about her total.

Maingame Total: $35,828
NO PENALTIES!

Caitlin's category choices consist of...

• Event
• Thing
• What Are You Doing?

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$100,000 Bonus Round

The second A in AMERICA'S is Caitlin's stopping point.

RSTLNE:

_ _ _ _ L _ N T
_ _ _ E _ _ _ _ N _

GHPO:

_ _ _ _ L _ N T
H O _ E _ O _ _ N G

I think this one's a loss...OR IS IT?! Caitlin remembers her JUBILANT HOMECOMING in 3 seconds much to the host's surprise (Pat: "She's costing us too much. Can we get your husband back?") for $38,000 for a final total of $61,978 cash & trip!

Closing Chat: Caitlin's amazing Bonus Round solve.

Personal Rating: 8

Just as it seemed that we we’re gonna run out of gas at the middle of the week, things have definitely picked up towards the end! Our contestants took home $264,805 this week. Highlights include those two bonus round wins at the tail-end of the week (and this was one that had to be seen to be believed - don't be a Wayoshi ), those 2 Mystery wins at the beginning of this week as well as some post-R4 play seen on this episode. It was obviously not without its faults and we did have some sloppy gameplay this week (Alex’s ”I’m” addition, Wednesday in general). But for what it was, I enjoyed it.

Weekly Rating: 7 (orig. a 6)

Next up is Fabulous Food and I can guarantee y’all that I will NOT be late with the placeholders.