October 31, 2022 (Halloween) recap

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October 31, 2022 (Halloween) recap Oct 31, 2022 16:40:12 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Oct 31, 2022 16:40:12 GMT -5

Season 40, Episode #7656

Airdate: October 31, 2022

From the Sony Studios, it's America's Game! Let's start our European Vacation!

$1,000 Toss-Up

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ON THE MAP

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Keke solves THE SOUTH OF FRANCE.

Steve	Brianna	Keke
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Our first flyers of the week:
Keke (last name not given): From Los Angeles, CA; has an identical twin sister named Nicole, and is a caregiver for 5 years and counting
Steve Schneider: From St. Paul, MN; like ice fishing which gives a lot of face time, especially when his kids were young; he's also a marine vet, and as a water professional, he has a thing for fire hydrants (dates, manufacturers, and anything that gives you the history)
Brianna Baker: From Redondo Beach, CA; student at UC Irvine and majoring in education sciences, graduating this year

$2,000 Toss-Up

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Brianna solves A KIND GESTURE.

Steve	Brianna	Keke
	$2,000	$1,000

Wheel Prize: Railbookers tour through Germany and Hungary, including Berlin, Prague, and Budapest (labeled EUROPE) worth $10,999.

Gift Tag (Pajamagram), Wild Card, and Million Dollar Wedge on Wheel

Top dollar value: $2,500

Round 1

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Steve	BRIANNA	Keke
	$600: N (x2) $700: R -$250: O $500: T (x2) -$250: U $650: F (DUD!)	Wild Card: Y BANKRUPT/MDW! ($500) (Wild Card lost)
	$2,400
$600: H -$250: I (x4) -$250: O (Repeat)	$500: S (x3) $850: G -$250: A (x3) Solve: Correct!
$100	$4,500

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Brianna solves THIS IS YOUR CAPTAIN SPEAKING.

Steve	Brianna	Keke
	$6,500	$1,000

$10,000 Mystery Round

Top dollar value: $3,500

Round 2 (Crossword)

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LOBSTER ____

Steve	Brianna	KEKE
		$600: T (x2) $500: L -$250: A (x2) -$250: I Gift Tag: R $850: N (x2) $500: D -$250: E (x2) $650: M (DUD!)
		$3,650+
$3,500: S $900: W $700: C Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
$5,100

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Steve solves SAUCE, DINNER, TAIL, STEW.

Steve	Brianna	Keke
$5,100	$6,500	$1,000

Express Round (Trip Puzzle!)

Top dollar value: $3,500

Round 3

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RHYME TIME

STEVE	Brianna	Keke
BANKRUPT! ($0)	$500: N (DUD!)	$700: T BANKRUPT! ($700)

$500: H -$250: E -$250: A (x3) BANKRUPT! ($0)	$500: R (x2) -$250: O (x3) $600: S Lose A Turn!	EXPRESS: V (x2) (She hops on!) +$1,000: F +$1,000: L (x3) +$1,000: Y (DUD!) ($6,000 crash)
	$1,350
Solve: Correct!

Keke realized the correct letter too late.

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Steve solves SAVOR THE LOCAL FLAVOR for a trip to the Dominican Republic and stay at Hilton La Romana worth $7,202.

Steve	Brianna	Keke
$12,302	$6,500	$1,000

Triple Toss-Up!

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Steve solves PRESIDENTS.

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$2,000

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Steve also solves PRIME MINISTERS.

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$4,000

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Steve solves FORMER POLITICIANS to sweep $10,000 in cash!

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$22,302	$6,500	$1,000

Round 4

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PLACE

DING DING! DING DING!

Who voted for a Speed-Up? We now ask Steve to give the last spin of the day.

Final Spin: $500

+$1,000 = $1,500

Steve: T ($1,500)
Brianna: N ($1,500)
Keke: R (DUD!)
Steve: M (DUD!)
Brianna: D ($3,000)
Keke: S ($1,500)
Steve: F (x2) ($4,500)
Brianna: L (x2) ($6,000)
Keke: C (DUD!)
Steve: P (x2) ($7,500)
Brianna: K ($7,500)

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Brianna solves FIELD OF PINK TULIPS. Steve was just a second too slow.

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$22,302	$14,000	$1,000

But he got that out of the way early. Steve will soon solve a puzzle from one of these Bonus Round categories:

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THING
PHRASE

Steve picks Phrase.

$100,000 BONUS ROUND

Car: Mercedes-Benz GLB 250 ($45K+)

Steve's wife Sharon and daughter Megan are in the audience!

Bonus Spin: Left A in AMERICA'S

Bonus Puzzle

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He's silent and does not solve MIGHTY AND POWERFUL...

...so the puzzle beats him to hold back the $40,000. Steve is going home with $22,302 in cash and trip.

In the final segment, Pat knows that Vanna has a lot of trick-or-treaters in her neighborhood. She gives them her favorite chocolate candies. Pat is concerned about safety, so he always drains the moat and lowers the voltage on the fence to be nice. Last year, they complained about the vichyssoise that Pat handed out, but this year, he'll do better.

Last Edit: Apr 26, 2023 23:58:18 GMT -5 by mechamind

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October 31, 2022 (Halloween) recap Oct 31, 2022 18:51:58 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Oct 31, 2022 18:51:58 GMT -5

This is your recapper speaking.

Boy, Keke really fooled me with that Y call on Express. She was very sure the word would be LOYAL. Then again, the letter call actually makes me think about how some cuisine may have been losing its authenticity over the years.

Nice job with the Triple Toss-Up by Steve. I "no-puzzled" the second one, though I originally thought the third one would be REGISTERED VOTERS (or even just VOTERS).

Another puzzle that I got with RSTLNE even though I don't like the writing. Let's just make "In The Dictionary" a category already!

Last Edit: Oct 31, 2022 18:52:10 GMT -5 by mechamind

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October 31, 2022 (Halloween) recap Oct 31, 2022 21:58:17 GMT -5

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Post by legotrolls54 on Oct 31, 2022 21:58:17 GMT -5

Keke does not have a last name during contestants' introductions. Keke went on the express in the prize puzzle but she got bankrupt because of the letter mistake (She thinks the 3rd word was Loyal but it's *Local*). When it's Steve's turn to solve after Keke was bankrupted, he won nothing in the PP because he bankrupted twice in the round.
For now, $40,000 has been lost 3 times in a row.

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October 31, 2022 (Halloween) recap Oct 31, 2022 22:02:25 GMT -5

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Post by jjc927 on Oct 31, 2022 22:02:25 GMT -5

Two big letter snafus with Steve calling the repeat O in round 1 and then Keke with the Y thinking the last unfilled word was LOYAL in round 3.

At least Steve did make it up later winning the Prize Puzzle and then the TTU sweep!

Tough bonus puzzle without more help, I didn't figure out MIGHTY until just before the buzzer. Forget random adjective and noun combos, I guess we're doing adjective and adjective now.

Last Edit: Nov 1, 2022 1:16:54 GMT -5 by logicman27

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October 31, 2022 (Halloween) recap Nov 1, 2022 1:20:28 GMT -5

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Post by logicman27 on Nov 1, 2022 1:20:28 GMT -5

Even though Steve made a fumble early on, he proved to be a pretty good player taking advantage of Keke’s baffling blunders and sweeping the Triple T-Us.

BR: Oh joy, another player wasting picks on the obvious. I had it off RSTLNE, but not immediately.

6/10

Jan 18, 2019 16:31:06 GMT -5 wheelinganddealing said:

This is why we watch. Not only for the gut punch, but the random acts of insanity that make you cheer for total strangers, the brothers doing "YMCA," or the wife jumping into her husbands arms which led to the greatest ad lib between Pat & Vanna, etc, etc, etc).

There's a reason this show has been on so long.

I'll never quit watching. Hopefully, you won't either.

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October 31, 2022 (Halloween) recap Nov 1, 2022 1:52:07 GMT -5 via Tapatalk

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Post by genius2751 on Nov 1, 2022 1:52:07 GMT -5

Happy Halloween! 🎃👻

Even though the Prize Puzzle was a bit scary, Steve did a good job, especially in the Triple Toss-Ups. Perhaps picking PGHO in the BR (instead of filling in the obvious) would’ve done the trick. And I was initially baffled by Keke’s late R3 dud, but now I understand it.

Speaking of Toss-Ups, I honestly thought the first one would be TRANSYLVANIA (given the holiday). I blanked out on the first Triple Toss-Up and solved the BR with RSTLNE.

My rating: 6

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