November 22, 2022 recap

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November 22, 2022 recap Nov 22, 2022 17:37:30 GMT -5

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Season 40, Episode #7672

Airdate: November 22, 2022

From the Sony Studios, it's America's Game! This is College Week!

$1,000 Toss-Up

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Jonah solves REGISTERING FOR CLASS.

Gaby	Sarah	Jonah
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Registered for some big money!
Jonah Jodlowski: From Telluride, CO; junior at Northwestern University studying computer science and doing classes in financial economics; he's one of those entrepreneurs, and he took a class and won best pitch (a product within the dating industries); he's also part of a soccer club at the university, hosting tournaments and collecting money for Chicago area charities.
Gaby Weinwurzel: From Brooklyn, NY; sophomore at University of Maryland majoring in communication/public relations; she's a sister of Kappa Alpha Theta, and she claims to have only missed three questions on her SATs (Pat claims to have quit after "name an address")
Sarah Spakes: From Benton, AR; senior at Ouachita Baptist University studying political science and public history; she interned for a senator in D.C., and she was "Female R.A. of the Year"...but she eats really slowly and needs an extra 10 minutes to savor her food

$2,000 Toss-Up

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Gaby solves CHOIR DIRECTOR.

Gaby	Sarah	Jonah
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Wheel Prize: Contiki holiday in Spain including city and cobblestone village tours, Gothic Barcelona tour, and journey to Ibiza Island (labeled SPAIN), worth $9,400.

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

Top dollar value: $2,500

Round 1 (Crossword)

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$600: T $500: R (x2) BANKRUPT/MDW! ($1,600)	SPAIN: S -$250: E (x3) -$250: I (x2) $600: N BANKRUPT! ($10,000)	$2,500: G -$250: A BANKRUPT/MDW! ($2,250)

$500: L $900: M (DUD!)	$550: C (x2) Solve: Correct!
$500	$1,100

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Sarah solves BICYCLE, CART, STEERING.

Gaby	Sarah	Jonah
$2,000	$1,100	$1,000

$10,000 Mystery Round

Top dollar value: $3,500

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Gaby	SARAH	Jonah
	$600: T -$250: E (x3) $800: R $700: S (x3) -$250: A (x3) -$250: I $600: W $650: N (x3) Gift Tag: K $850: J BANKRUPT! ($7,650)	$500: Y (x2) $500: G (x2) Solve: Correct!
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Jonah solves BAGGY SWEATER & SKINNY JEANS.

Gaby	Sarah	Jonah
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Express Round (Trip Puzzle!)

Top dollar value: $3,500

Round 3

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		$500: S -$250: E (x2) $500: T -$250: O $850: L (x3) -$250: A (DUD!)
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$800: R (x2) $600: N $650: M (x2) -$250: U (DUD!)	$900: D -$250: I (x3) Solve: Correct!
$3,250	$650

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Sarah solves GRILLED SHRIMP WITH LEMON and wins a FlightGuru trip to Barbados and stay at Divi Southwinds Beach Resort worth $7,700.

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$2,000	$9,450	$3,000

Triple Toss-Up!

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Gaby says HITTING THE SOCKS. She realizes the correct answer too late.

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Jonah solves HITTING THE BOOKS.

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Jonah says HITTING THE...then ROOM after time runs out.

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Sarah solves HITTING THE GYM.

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Gaby tries to buzz in and solve, but it's Sarah who takes the money with HITTING THE SNOOZE BUTTON.

"Gaby and her generosity! Just gives the answers to everybody. It's very nice, you know?"

Gaby	Sarah	Jonah
$2,000	$13,450	$5,000

Round 4

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DING DING! DING DING!

And before we hit the hay, Sarah will hit some money on her last spin of the day!

Final Spin: $700

+$1,000 = $1,700

Sarah: S (x2) ($3,400)
Jonah: T (x2) ($3,400)
Gaby: H (DUD!)
Sarah: R (x2) ($6,800)
Jonah: P ($5,100)
Gaby: Y ($1,700)
Sarah: N ($8,500)

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Sarah solves IS IT SPRING BREAK YET? to recover some money.

Gaby	Sarah	Jonah
$2,000	$21,950	$5,000

She can win even more money after picking one of these Bonus Round categories:

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Sarah picks Person.

$100,000 BONUS ROUND

Bonus Spin: Right A in AMERICA'S

Bonus Puzzle

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MPDI are good choices...

...on some other day.

She says BUTCHER, CATCHER, WATCHER, and FETCHER. She does not solve YOUTUBER...

...and the fans won't be watching her win an extra $40,000. Sarah leaves with $21,950 in cash and trip.

In the final segment, Vanna says that every time she needs to figure out how to fix something, she goes to YouTube. Pat knows that no matter what device you have, no matter what you need done, what appliance, no matter how old it is, some guy in overalls is helping you out. They tell you exactly how to fix it!

Last Edit: Jan 5, 2023 19:31:26 GMT -5 by mechamind

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November 22, 2022 recap Nov 22, 2022 19:46:36 GMT -5 MarioGS likes this

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Kinda recovered from the first two rounds, but not too much.

Even though I blanked on the puzzle (I blame the writers for being so generic so often), this is an example of the kind of puzzle I want to see in the Bonus Round. Yeah, there are obviously newer websites, but YouTube is still popular today. Keep it short, or keep it current, though the occasional blast from the past is fine.

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November 22, 2022 recap Nov 22, 2022 20:00:27 GMT -5 via mobile

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Post by wheelfan910 on Nov 22, 2022 20:00:27 GMT -5

```
2 puzzles found in SYNDICATED (81.8% COV) for PUZZLE matches "HITTING THE GYM"

S DATE EP E/S RD PUZZLE CATEGORY
31 Apr 10 2014 5999 149 T3 HITTING THE GYM WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
39 Feb 25 2022 7545 120 R4 HITTING THE GYM WHAT ARE YOU DOING?```

Impressive, have we ever had such a short span between verbatim repeats? They’ve become increasingly more common in short spans during the TTU era, but twice in the same calendar year? Give me a break.

Shoutout to the editors for displaying the wrong category strip early in R2. Great stuff, guys.

Gaby clearly had immense nerves as evidenced by those TTU blunders, but not one of these three should’ve made it under the lights tonight.

I wasn’t prepared for that BR, let alone a one-wordy. It’s oddly current for a show that dates itself in the 80’s and has an average viewer age of 150.

I’m not having fun in the slightest this week.

Last Edit: Sept 24, 2023 13:05:03 GMT -5 by wheelfan910

legotrolls54 Posts: 181	November 22, 2022 recap Nov 22, 2022 23:05:36 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by legotrolls54 on Nov 22, 2022 23:05:36 GMT -5 The puzzle solution for that category is the name of the social media company that was developed in 2005. docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pRVHufqHe7MEyiP2GNSY19X5SXA77NTX6ogzPbGAGUc/edit?usp=sharing

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November 22, 2022 recap Nov 22, 2022 23:06:58 GMT -5

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Post by WayoshiM on Nov 22, 2022 23:06:58 GMT -5

Only a couple responses so far, but I hated this BR. Maybe they knew a college contestant would play it when writing, but you're being very unfair to any old person. The BR should be held to a different standard of puzzlewriting - no slang, completely fair categorization with so much on the line every time. This one just didn't meet that standard for me.

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November 22, 2022 recap Nov 22, 2022 23:28:10 GMT -5

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Post by jjc927 on Nov 22, 2022 23:28:10 GMT -5

Sarah really took the game over after round 3. Poor Gaby just couldn't catch a break tonight.

Is it Spring Break Yet? felt like an odd puzzle to use since it's November and not the Spring semester time.

Tough bonus puzzle, she may well have needed the Us to solve it.

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November 22, 2022 recap Nov 23, 2022 10:13:02 GMT -5

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Post by logicman27 on Nov 23, 2022 10:13:02 GMT -5

Games like these make me question why I still watch this show. At least Sarah won a fair sum in the end.

BR: This probably was the best week to use this puzzle, but it’s still pretty unfair for the Boomer crowd as WayoshiM said (I was also stumped).

3/10

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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November 22, 2022 recap Nov 26, 2022 0:56:31 GMT -5 via Tapatalk

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Post by genius2751 on Nov 26, 2022 0:56:31 GMT -5

This episode wasn’t much better than the previous one, but I commend Sarah for pushing past her bad luck to win the game. Gaby blurting out the Triple Toss-Up solutions was interesting to watch.

Speaking of that round, I no-lettered the last two puzzles (I’m surprised they recycled the GYM puzzle after just nine months). But I had no clue what the BR was. Perhaps BGHO would’ve been a better combo for Sarah.

My rating: 5

THE Wheel Genius (but not the only one)

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Post by wheelfan910 on Nov 22, 2022 20:00:27 GMT -5

Post by legotrolls54 on Nov 22, 2022 23:05:36 GMT -5

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