March 28th, 2012 - FULL RECAP

Wheel of Fortune "Exotic Far East"
Airdate: 03/28/2012
Tapedate: 02/23/2012

TOSSUP 1: LANDMARK
_ H _ / F _ R _ I D _ _ N
_ _ T Y

Ryan rings in and goes to THE FORBIDDEN CITY for a fast $1000!

Ryan Slauter, an administrative assistant for a non-profit from Windham, New Hampshire, previously served six years in the Air Force as an air traffic controller
Minnie Miller, a medic in the US Army from Tacoma, Washington; her uncle was on the show about 25 years ago
Yeganeh Watts, a behavior consultant for autistic children from Temecula, California, also a singer/songwriter

TOSSUP 2: WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
T H _ _ K I N G
_ U _ / L _ _ D

Ryan is THINKING OUT LOUD that he's about to get another $2000!

The Prize on the Wheel tonight is a Viking River Cruise of China, provided by Hotwire.com, valued at $9850. The Jackpot Round is sponsored by...wait, why do we really care?

ROUND 1: Jackpot Round
Category: FUN & GAMES
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Ryan:
$300 - 4 T's
1 I
$800 - 2 N's
FREE PLAY - 1 E
4 A's
WILD CARD - 1 L
1 O
1 U (last of the vowels)
$900 - REPEAT N

Minnie:
BANKRUPT (right of MDW)

Yeganeh:
$300 - 1 M's

M A _ T I A L / A _ T _
T O _ _ N A M E N T

Yeganeh goes to a MARTIAL ARTS TOURNAMENT for the house minimum.

Minnie: $0
Yeganeh: $1000
Ryan: $3000/WC

UNCLAIMED JACKPOT: $7800

Three R's...three R's...


ROUND 2: Mystery Round
Category: TITLE
_ _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ / _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _

Minnie:
1/2 KIA - 2 T's
2 E's
$450 - 2 H's
$500 - 1 G
2 I's
$300 - 2 Y's
$300 - 1 L
2 A's
$3500! - 2 N's
$600 - 2 R's

A R _ _ N _ / T H E
_ _ R L _ / I N
E I G H T Y / _ A Y _

Minnie goes AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS for a whopping $10,750 and half a car!

Minnie: $10750/HALFKIA
Yeganeh: $1000
Ryan: $3000/WC

Three D's...three D's...


ROUND 3: Trip Puzzle Round
Category: PHRASE
_ _ _ / _ _ / _ _
_ _ _ - _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _

Yeganeh:
BANKRUPT (right of MDW)

Ryan:
BANKRUPT (left of MDW) - WC gone

Minnie:
$600 - 2 T's
$600 - no H

Yeganeh:
LUGGAGE ONLINE GIFT TAG: 1 S
BANKRUPT
Those Bankrupts are ruthless tonight...

Ryan:
$300 - 1 N
$550 - 1 Y
4 E's
$300 - 1 P

_ N E / _ _ / _ Y
_ _ _ - T _ _ E
_ _ _ _ _ _ T E
P _ _ _ E S

Ryan hopes to go to ONE OF MY ALL-TIME FAVORITE PLACES, which happens to be Hawaii, for $900, and a trip to the Waikoloa Beach Marriott Resort & Spa on Hawaii's Big Island, valued at $5263!

Minnie: $10750
Yeganeh: $1000
Ryan: $9163

And another wasted half a car. Too bad. Also, three L's...three L's...


TOSSUP 3: ON THE MAP
T _ _ _ L _ N _ / _ N D
_ I E T _ _ _

Ryan is able to point out THAILAND AND VIETNAM on a map, completing the tossup sweep!

ROUND 4
Category: THING
_ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ / _ _
_ _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Ryan:
BANKRUPT (left of $5K!)

Minnie:
$350 - 2 T's
$350 - 1 H
4 E's
$800 - no L

Yeganeh:
$600 - 1 S
$550 - 2 N's
2 A's
$300 - 2 R's
$600 - no M

Ryan:
BANKRUPT!
The wheel really hates Ryan tonight...

Minnie:
$300 - 3 P's
2 O's

FINAL SPIN: $300

Minnie: 2 F's

F R O N T / P A _ E / O F
T H E / N E _ S P A P E R

Minnie reads off of the FRONT PAGE OF THE NEWSPAPER for another $4050, and the win!

Final Scores:
Minnie: $14800
Yeganeh: $1000
Ryan: $12163

TOTAL MAINGAME WINNINGS: $27,963


$100,000 BONUS ROUND
Minnie spins the first "A" in AMERICA'S.

Category: THINGS
_ _ S _ _
R E _ _ _ R E _ E N T S

Goes PDMA (also trying to choose L and P again)...
_ A S _ _
R E _ _ _ R E M E N T S

Minnie thinks for a few seconds, then starts naming off various combinations with the word REFRESHMENTS in it, but time runs out. She is unable to get the BASIC REQUIREMENTS to winning the $35,000 she spun on the bonus wheel. She leaves with $14,800 in cash.

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