Post by an007 on Nov 8, 2011 22:11:47 GMT -5
Here's another Season 25 episode for your reading pleasure. This one marks the start of "Desert Passage".
$1,000 Tossup - PHRASE
_ U _ / I T ' S / A
D R Y / H _ _ T
Cory solves BUT IT'S A DRY HEAT. Let's meet him and his female competition...
Cory Van Sickle: Johnston County Community College student majoring in zoology from Overland Park, KS
Jill Wicks: student at the University of Texas majoring in civil engineering from Austin, TX (originally from Davenport, IA)
Krisinda Guthrie: HR worker for a utility company from Scottsdale, AZ
$2,000 Tossup - OCCUPATION
_ A _ I N E T M A K E R
Krisinda solves CABINETMAKER.
PRIZE ON THE WHEEL: trip to the Viceroy Hotel in Palm Springs worth $6,250
$10,000 Round - PLACE
Krisinda does most of the work before BANKRUPTING to lose $3,200. Cory then gets the same fate. Jill then puts up the C and the F...
F _ C T O R _ / O _ T _ E T
S T O R E
...before solving FACTORY OUTLET STORE for $1,100.
BANKRUPTS: 2 (Krisinda, Cory)
Pre-Round 2 Scores
Jill: $1,100
Krisinda: $2K
Cory: $1K
FLASHBACK (1997): Vanna asks Pat to do some commercial endorsements, but he refuses and shows his milk mustache on camera!
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Jackpot Round - THING (PRIZE PUZZLE)
Cory starts w/ two N's for the "25" prize. It's 25 $50 buy.com gift certificates for a total of $1,250, but he buys a bad vowel in O. Jill misses w/ L. Krisinda picks things up from here...
B R E A T H T A K I N G
N I G H T / S K _
She solves this puzzle for $3,150, and will be seeing the BREATHTAKING NIGHT SKY while at The Buccaneer Hotel in ST. CROIX worth $8,700, a total of $11,850 that round.
DUDS: O (Cory), L (Jill)
UNCLAIMED JACKPOT: $8,400
Pre-Round 3 Scores
Jill: $1,100
Krisinda: $13,850
Cory: $1K
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Mystery/Big Money Round - BEFORE AND AFTER
Jill immediately lands on the Big Money Wedge displaying $25,000, and calls the T! After some work, however, she BANKRUPTS TO LOSE $50 SHY of $27,000!!! DARN. Krisinda then gets the same fate. Cory puts up a few letters...
A / D O _
A N D / _ _ S
_ A S T E _
P L A N
...and solves A DOG AND HIS MASTER PLAN for $1,800.
BANKRUPTS: 2 (both ladies)
Pre-Tossup #3 Scores
Jill: $1,100
Krisinda: $13,850
Cory: $2,800
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$3,000 Tossup - ON THE MAP
_ _ D O _ _ S I A
Krisinda solves the island country of INDONESIA for a new total of $16,850.
Round 4 - IN THE KITCHEN
Krisinda starts w/ two T's for the Wild Card, but then misses w/ an R. After that, it's all Cory...
S E T / O F
S T E _ _ / _ _ _ _ E S
...and he solves SET OF STEAK KNIVES for $1,600 and $4,400 overall.
SOLE DUD: R (Krisinda)
Round 5 - EVENT
After two letters pop up, it's time for speed-up mode...
_ _ S _ _ _
_ _ _ R
...w/ the remaining consonants worth $1,500 each.
M _ S _ _ M
_ _ _ R
Cory solves MUSEUM TOUR for $3,500.
DUDS BEFORE SPEED-UP: N (Cory), L (Jill)
DUDS AFTER FINAL SPIN: N (Kristinda), Y (Cory), C (Jill), H (Kristinda)
FINAL SCORES
Jill: $1,100
Krisinda: $16,850 cash, trip and WC
Cory: $7,900
TOTAL MAINGAME WINNINGS: $25,850
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Bonus Round
The cars available on this theme week are a Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder and a Jeep Grand Cherokee. Krisinda lands on the second zero.
Category: PHRASE
This three word answer starts out as...
_ _ _ N / T _ E
_ L _ _
She calls for H, J, C, A and B, thinking she knows it already...
J _ _ N / T H E
C L _ B
She'll easily JOIN THE CLUB of our many BR winners w/ another $30,000 in her pockets! She leaves w/ $46,850 cash and trip!
$1,000 Tossup - PHRASE
_ U _ / I T ' S / A
D R Y / H _ _ T
Cory solves BUT IT'S A DRY HEAT. Let's meet him and his female competition...
Cory Van Sickle: Johnston County Community College student majoring in zoology from Overland Park, KS
Jill Wicks: student at the University of Texas majoring in civil engineering from Austin, TX (originally from Davenport, IA)
Krisinda Guthrie: HR worker for a utility company from Scottsdale, AZ
$2,000 Tossup - OCCUPATION
_ A _ I N E T M A K E R
Krisinda solves CABINETMAKER.
PRIZE ON THE WHEEL: trip to the Viceroy Hotel in Palm Springs worth $6,250
$10,000 Round - PLACE
Krisinda does most of the work before BANKRUPTING to lose $3,200. Cory then gets the same fate. Jill then puts up the C and the F...
F _ C T O R _ / O _ T _ E T
S T O R E
...before solving FACTORY OUTLET STORE for $1,100.
BANKRUPTS: 2 (Krisinda, Cory)
Pre-Round 2 Scores
Jill: $1,100
Krisinda: $2K
Cory: $1K
FLASHBACK (1997): Vanna asks Pat to do some commercial endorsements, but he refuses and shows his milk mustache on camera!
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Jackpot Round - THING (PRIZE PUZZLE)
Cory starts w/ two N's for the "25" prize. It's 25 $50 buy.com gift certificates for a total of $1,250, but he buys a bad vowel in O. Jill misses w/ L. Krisinda picks things up from here...
B R E A T H T A K I N G
N I G H T / S K _
She solves this puzzle for $3,150, and will be seeing the BREATHTAKING NIGHT SKY while at The Buccaneer Hotel in ST. CROIX worth $8,700, a total of $11,850 that round.
DUDS: O (Cory), L (Jill)
UNCLAIMED JACKPOT: $8,400
Pre-Round 3 Scores
Jill: $1,100
Krisinda: $13,850
Cory: $1K
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Mystery/Big Money Round - BEFORE AND AFTER
Jill immediately lands on the Big Money Wedge displaying $25,000, and calls the T! After some work, however, she BANKRUPTS TO LOSE $50 SHY of $27,000!!! DARN. Krisinda then gets the same fate. Cory puts up a few letters...
A / D O _
A N D / _ _ S
_ A S T E _
P L A N
...and solves A DOG AND HIS MASTER PLAN for $1,800.
BANKRUPTS: 2 (both ladies)
Pre-Tossup #3 Scores
Jill: $1,100
Krisinda: $13,850
Cory: $2,800
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$3,000 Tossup - ON THE MAP
_ _ D O _ _ S I A
Krisinda solves the island country of INDONESIA for a new total of $16,850.
Round 4 - IN THE KITCHEN
Krisinda starts w/ two T's for the Wild Card, but then misses w/ an R. After that, it's all Cory...
S E T / O F
S T E _ _ / _ _ _ _ E S
...and he solves SET OF STEAK KNIVES for $1,600 and $4,400 overall.
SOLE DUD: R (Krisinda)
Round 5 - EVENT
After two letters pop up, it's time for speed-up mode...
_ _ S _ _ _
_ _ _ R
...w/ the remaining consonants worth $1,500 each.
M _ S _ _ M
_ _ _ R
Cory solves MUSEUM TOUR for $3,500.
DUDS BEFORE SPEED-UP: N (Cory), L (Jill)
DUDS AFTER FINAL SPIN: N (Kristinda), Y (Cory), C (Jill), H (Kristinda)
FINAL SCORES
Jill: $1,100
Krisinda: $16,850 cash, trip and WC
Cory: $7,900
TOTAL MAINGAME WINNINGS: $25,850
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Bonus Round
The cars available on this theme week are a Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder and a Jeep Grand Cherokee. Krisinda lands on the second zero.
Category: PHRASE
This three word answer starts out as...
_ _ _ N / T _ E
_ L _ _
She calls for H, J, C, A and B, thinking she knows it already...
J _ _ N / T H E
C L _ B
She'll easily JOIN THE CLUB of our many BR winners w/ another $30,000 in her pockets! She leaves w/ $46,850 cash and trip!