November 2, 2022 Recap

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November 2, 2022 Recap Nov 2, 2022 13:38:47 GMT -5

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S40, EPISODE #7658: EUROPEAN VACATION

Airdate: 11/2/22

$1,000 Toss-Up

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Melissa gets the preposition wrong with STONEHENGE OF ENGLAND.

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Melissa	Lamont	Stephanie
	$1,000

Midweek contestants:
Lamont Ross: Sunnyvale, TX (just outside of Dallas). Minister of a church for over 7 years who's married to Stacy for 16 years with 3 kids. He also attended the University of Texas.
Stephanie Peterson: Overland Park, KS. Marketing worker for a major healthcare company, personal trainer, nutrition coach and pickle ball player who has a dog named Chief (she got him in her twenties).
Melissa Miller: Goleta, CA. Philanthropy worker at UCSB who does volunteer engagement and stewardship who's married to Matt for 9 years snd a stepmom to Matt's 3 sons. She's also a bar trivia person.

$2,000 Toss-Up

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Melissa gets it this time with STANLEY TUCCI.

Melissa	Lamont	Stephanie
$2,000	$1,000

RAILBOOKERS TOUR: SPAIN ($9,999)

Round 1

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MELISSA	Lamont	Stephanie
$700: G LOSE A TURN!	$650: N -$250: 3 I's SPAIN + $500: T -$250: 4 A's -$250: O -$250: 4 E's No More Vowels! $650: 2 C's Solve Attempt...
$700	$1,450
	SPAIN

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Lamont might be SIPPING COFFEE AT A SIDEWALK CAFE on his trip to Spain.

Melissa	Lamont	Stephanie
$2,000	$12,449
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MYSTERY ROUND

$10,000 SPONSOR: Prevagen

Round 2

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BEFORE & AFTER

Melissa	LAMONT	Stephanie
	$900: N -$250: 4 E's MYSTERY ($650): 2 T's FLIPS...BANKRUPT! ($650 gone)	$800: 2 H's -$250: 2 A's -$250: 2 O's No More Vowels! $600: 2 F's $850: 4 L's $900: 2 B's Solve Attempt...
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Stephanie sees THE BELLE OF THE BALL OF YARN.

Melissa	Lamont	Stephanie
$2,000	$12,449	$7,500
	SPAIN

Round 3 (Trip Puzzle)

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THING

Melissa	Lamont	STEPHANIE
		$650: 3 T's -$250: E -$250: 3 A's $3,500: S -$250: 3 I's $500 ($550): 2 R's -$250: O No More Vowels! $900: P Solve Attempt...
		$6,350

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PERFECTION! Stephanie will experience the HEARTWARMING HOSPITALITY of the BAHAMAS (Atlantis Paradise Island; $8,000).

Melissa	Lamont	Stephanie
$2,000	$12,449	$21,850
	SPAIN	BAHAMAS

TRIPLE TOSS-UP

Puzzle 1

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Here's A PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS, Stephanie.

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Stephanie also solves A DIME A DOZEN...

Melissa	Lamont	Stephanie
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But Melissa stops the sweep saying MORE BANG FOR YOU BUCK.

Melissa	Lamont	Stephanie
$2,000		$4,000
$4,000	$12,449	$25,850
	SPAIN	BAHAMAS

Round 4

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MELISSA	Lamont	Stephanie
$700: 3 S's -$250: 2 A's $800: 3 N's $700: 2 D's -$250: 4 E's $650: 2 R's $500 ($5,000): 2 G's $500 ($550): P (oops)	$650: H No More Consonants! Solve Attempt...
$7,700	$650

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Lamont solves GARDENS AND GREENHOUSES for the house minimum.

Melissa	Lamont	Stephanie
$4,000	$13,449	$25,850
	SPAIN	BAHAMAS

Round 5

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DING DING! DING DING!

FINAL SPIN: $1,650

Lamont	N	$1,650
Stephanie	T	$1,650
Melissa	S	$1,650
Lamont	D	$3,300
Stephanie	R	$1,650
Melissa	3 E's	$1,650
Lamont	2 L's	$6,600

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Lamont solves LONG-AWAITED SEQUEL.

FINAL SCORES

Melissa	Lamont	Stephanie
$4,000	$20,049	$25,850
	SPAIN	BAHAMAS

PENALTY BOX	Duds	Lose a Turns	Bankrupts	Repeats	Missolves	Other
ROUND 1		Melissa
ROUND 2			Lamont
ROUND 3						PERFECT ROUND
ROUND 4	P (Melissa)
ROUND 5	R (Stephanie)
OVERALL			TRASH: $650			$11,700

WINNINGS SO FAR: $49,899

Stephanie's generic category list consists of...

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PLACE
THING

$100,000 BONUS ROUND

Stephanie's mom (Debra) is here (and she started watching the show because of her). Today is also Chief's birthday!

SPACE SPUN: E in GAME

Bonus Puzzle

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RSTLNE gives her a decent head start:

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MPCO offers an important consonant...

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This puzzle isn't QUITE PERPLEXING to Stephanie, she got it right away for the MERCEDES BENZ GLB 250 ($45,140)!

STEPHANIE’S FINAL TOTAL: $70,990 ($17,850, Bahamas and Mercedes SUV)

Pat has heard about some people criticize when they have a puzzle that contains a Q, X, J, or any other unusual letter in it, because who’s going to call that? Well, the truth is they aren’t going to call that, but they don’t need them. And you can’t eliminate every word that has those letters. That’s his explanation and he’s sticking to it.

SPOILER: Click to show

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Last Edit: Feb 9, 2023 23:04:56 GMT -5 by mechamind

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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November 2, 2022 Recap Nov 2, 2022 20:53:08 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Nov 2, 2022 20:53:08 GMT -5

Just another hit-and-miss day for me in the maingame, as I didn't get the first two Toss-Ups or the Speed-Up, but I got other puzzles pretty early.

I got the bonus puzzle with RSTLNE. I agree that difficult letters don't always mean a difficult puzzle.

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legotrolls54 Posts: 181	November 2, 2022 Recap Nov 2, 2022 22:00:01 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by legotrolls54 on Nov 2, 2022 22:00:01 GMT -5 A nice episode today. Stephanie and her mother congratulated her on winning the brand-new vehicle in the bonus round today. docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pRVHufqHe7MEyiP2GNSY19X5SXA77NTX6ogzPbGAGUc/edit?usp=sharing

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November 2, 2022 Recap Nov 2, 2022 23:30:06 GMT -5 via Tapatalk

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Post by genius2751 on Nov 2, 2022 23:30:06 GMT -5

Lamont and Stephanie had a tight (and fast) match. (It could’ve been a five-figure one had Melissa not dudded out late in R4.) but good thing the P’s were all Stephanie needed in the BR (which, once again, I solved with RSTLNE)!

Stephanie impressed me with her solve on TTU1 (I blanked on that), but I no-lettered the other two Triple Toss-Ups.

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November 2, 2022 Recap Nov 3, 2022 17:08:00 GMT -5

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Post by logicman27 on Nov 3, 2022 17:08:00 GMT -5

The reason why I put it off until now was because I haven't gotten enough rest lately. Personal care comes first.

Boy, when Stephanie had the chance to play, she was awesome! Same goes for Lamont as well. As for Melissa...I dunno where she thought the P would fit in R4 (then again, the pressure in the studio can do some weird things).

BR: I had the puzzle and the prize spoiled by a YT comment unfortunately (I had to use CDixie 's copy again). Nice to know that she also remembered the Q.

8/10

SPOILER: Click to show

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As a new Taylor Swift album drops, of course I have to use one of her songs as a placeholder puzzle. Luckily, I found one (which is actually a bonus track) that's loosely tied to this week's theme (European Vacation). Normally, I don't do this category for placeholder puzzles, but just doing PARIS would confuse a lot of people as it is France's cosmopolitan city.

Last Edit: Nov 3, 2022 17:18:18 GMT -5 by logicman27

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.

Post by logicman27 on Nov 2, 2022 13:38:47 GMT -5

Post by mechamind on Nov 2, 2022 20:53:08 GMT -5

Post by legotrolls54 on Nov 2, 2022 22:00:01 GMT -5

Post by genius2751 on Nov 2, 2022 23:30:06 GMT -5

Post by logicman27 on Nov 3, 2022 17:08:00 GMT -5