Post by BAVRecapTeam on Jan 30, 2012 22:36:55 GMT -5
It's the return of "Fabulous Food Week", the theme that produced the first ever PERFECT BONUS ROUND WEEK w/ a $100,000 win late last season during their New Orleans road trip! Let's see what happens w/ this season's edition.
EPISODE #5556 - FABULOUS FOOD
Tape Date of the Week: December 15, 2011 (one day before "Wheel Around the World")
$1,000 Tossup - PHRASE
H O T / O F F
T H E / G _ _ L L
Nancy gets served her first grand HOT OFF THE GRILL. Our first players this week are...
Nancy Cahill: local hospital pediatric nurse from Framingham, MA
Tom Ericksen: second-year USC dental student and marathoner who had a mid-life crisis that caused him to go back to dental school from South Pasadena, CA
Jillian Humes: nursing school graduate from Seattle University and barista who recently studied abroad in Australia and is currently looking for a job from Seattle
$2,000 Tossup - AROUND THE HOUSE
F L _ O R
_ _ _ _
Jillian is wrong w/ FLOOR MATS.
F L O O R
L _ M P
Tom turns on this FLOOR LAMP to begin the night's spinning.
CULINARY TRIP ON THE WHEEL: tour of Florence & Rome from EZ-Italy worth $8,500
Jackpot Round - EVENT
Tom immediately picks up the green 1/2 KIA w/ two S's and purchases all the correct vowels (A, two E's, three O's) before hitting LAT. Jillian secondly picks up that Italy trip w/ three R's and puts up double T's while on Jackpot (don't think she'll solve at that point). She keeps on going till we see this...
S _ _ _ H O N _
O R C H E S T R A
C O N C E R T
She solves SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CONCERT for $5,900 and the trip, totaling $14,400 that round.
LAT: Tom
UNCLAIMED JACKPOT: $8K
Pre-Round 2 Scores
Jillian: $14,400
Nancy: $1K
Tom: $2K
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Mystery Round - BEFORE AND AFTER
Jillian puts up the letters spelling THE before buying the only bad vowel of this puzzle (A). After that, it's all Nancy from here...
D O / T H E / _ U N _ _
C H I C _ E N
N O O D _ E / S O U _
Instead of having to DO THE FUNKY CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP, she earns another $2,100.
SOLE DUD: A (Jillian)
Pre-Round 3 Scores
Jillian: $14,400
Nancy: $3,100
Tom: $2K
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PRIZE PUZZLE Round - WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
Early on, Nancy FPs the I, but she can't pick up the blue 1/2 KIA w/ a negative in T. Tom puts up a few letters before hitting the BANKRUPT next to $3,500 to forfeit at least $2,700. That prompts Jillian to solve...
S O A _ I N G / U P
S O _ E / _ A _ S
She's gonna be SOAKING UP SOME RAYS while at the Puntacana Resort & Spa in the DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, a $6,500 trip courtesy of spafinder.com.
TRIP SPIN ID: LG6710660 (Lorriea G.)
SOLE DUD: T (Nancy)
BANKRUPT: Tom
Pre-Tossup #3 Scores
Jillian: $20,900
Nancy: $3,100
Tom: $2K
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$3,000 Tossup - FOOD AND DRINK
_ I E _ _ _
S A U _ _ _ E S
Tom takes some VIENNA SAUSAGES, bringing him up to $5K.
Round 4 - FICTIONAL PLACE
Tom starts w/ an instant dud of T. Secondly, Jillian BANKRUPTS next to top dollar. Nancy purchases a bad vowel in A, while Tom misses again w/ R. Jillian narrows the puzzle down to this...
S N O O P _ ' S
D O _ _ O _ S E
She gets SNOOPY'S DOGHOUSE for $1,350 and a new total of $22,250.
DUDS: T (Tom), A (Nancy), R (Tom)
BANKRUPT: Jillian
Round 5 - FUN AND GAMES (full $1,500 speed-up round)
B _ _ R D _ _ L _ / _ N D
_ _ R _ / _ L _ _ _
Nancy solves the Monopoly spaces of BOARDWALK AND PARK PLACE for $6K.
DUDS: T (Jillian), S (Tom), M (Jillian)
FINAL SCORES
Jillian: $22,250 cash and trips
Nancy: $9,100
Tom: $5K
TOTAL MAINGAME WINNINGS: $36,350
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$100,000 Bonus Round
This week's vehicle is a Chrysler 300. Jillian lands on the second A of AMERICA'S.
Category: PHRASE
To start...
S _ _ _
_ _ E _ _
D, M, P and A give her some help...
S _ _ P
A _ E A D
She had to SKIP AHEAD w/ wrong answers of SHIP AHEAD and SHOP AHEAD...but she gets back to the right answer w/ two seconds remaining for $30K! That gives her $52,250 cash and trips on the night!
EPISODE #5556 - FABULOUS FOOD
Tape Date of the Week: December 15, 2011 (one day before "Wheel Around the World")
$1,000 Tossup - PHRASE
H O T / O F F
T H E / G _ _ L L
Nancy gets served her first grand HOT OFF THE GRILL. Our first players this week are...
Nancy Cahill: local hospital pediatric nurse from Framingham, MA
Tom Ericksen: second-year USC dental student and marathoner who had a mid-life crisis that caused him to go back to dental school from South Pasadena, CA
Jillian Humes: nursing school graduate from Seattle University and barista who recently studied abroad in Australia and is currently looking for a job from Seattle
$2,000 Tossup - AROUND THE HOUSE
F L _ O R
_ _ _ _
Jillian is wrong w/ FLOOR MATS.
F L O O R
L _ M P
Tom turns on this FLOOR LAMP to begin the night's spinning.
CULINARY TRIP ON THE WHEEL: tour of Florence & Rome from EZ-Italy worth $8,500
Jackpot Round - EVENT
Tom immediately picks up the green 1/2 KIA w/ two S's and purchases all the correct vowels (A, two E's, three O's) before hitting LAT. Jillian secondly picks up that Italy trip w/ three R's and puts up double T's while on Jackpot (don't think she'll solve at that point). She keeps on going till we see this...
S _ _ _ H O N _
O R C H E S T R A
C O N C E R T
She solves SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CONCERT for $5,900 and the trip, totaling $14,400 that round.
LAT: Tom
UNCLAIMED JACKPOT: $8K
Pre-Round 2 Scores
Jillian: $14,400
Nancy: $1K
Tom: $2K
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Mystery Round - BEFORE AND AFTER
Jillian puts up the letters spelling THE before buying the only bad vowel of this puzzle (A). After that, it's all Nancy from here...
D O / T H E / _ U N _ _
C H I C _ E N
N O O D _ E / S O U _
Instead of having to DO THE FUNKY CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP, she earns another $2,100.
SOLE DUD: A (Jillian)
Pre-Round 3 Scores
Jillian: $14,400
Nancy: $3,100
Tom: $2K
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PRIZE PUZZLE Round - WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
Early on, Nancy FPs the I, but she can't pick up the blue 1/2 KIA w/ a negative in T. Tom puts up a few letters before hitting the BANKRUPT next to $3,500 to forfeit at least $2,700. That prompts Jillian to solve...
S O A _ I N G / U P
S O _ E / _ A _ S
She's gonna be SOAKING UP SOME RAYS while at the Puntacana Resort & Spa in the DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, a $6,500 trip courtesy of spafinder.com.
TRIP SPIN ID: LG6710660 (Lorriea G.)
SOLE DUD: T (Nancy)
BANKRUPT: Tom
Pre-Tossup #3 Scores
Jillian: $20,900
Nancy: $3,100
Tom: $2K
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$3,000 Tossup - FOOD AND DRINK
_ I E _ _ _
S A U _ _ _ E S
Tom takes some VIENNA SAUSAGES, bringing him up to $5K.
Round 4 - FICTIONAL PLACE
Tom starts w/ an instant dud of T. Secondly, Jillian BANKRUPTS next to top dollar. Nancy purchases a bad vowel in A, while Tom misses again w/ R. Jillian narrows the puzzle down to this...
S N O O P _ ' S
D O _ _ O _ S E
She gets SNOOPY'S DOGHOUSE for $1,350 and a new total of $22,250.
DUDS: T (Tom), A (Nancy), R (Tom)
BANKRUPT: Jillian
Round 5 - FUN AND GAMES (full $1,500 speed-up round)
B _ _ R D _ _ L _ / _ N D
_ _ R _ / _ L _ _ _
Nancy solves the Monopoly spaces of BOARDWALK AND PARK PLACE for $6K.
DUDS: T (Jillian), S (Tom), M (Jillian)
FINAL SCORES
Jillian: $22,250 cash and trips
Nancy: $9,100
Tom: $5K
TOTAL MAINGAME WINNINGS: $36,350
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$100,000 Bonus Round
This week's vehicle is a Chrysler 300. Jillian lands on the second A of AMERICA'S.
Category: PHRASE
To start...
S _ _ _
_ _ E _ _
D, M, P and A give her some help...
S _ _ P
A _ E A D
She had to SKIP AHEAD w/ wrong answers of SHIP AHEAD and SHOP AHEAD...but she gets back to the right answer w/ two seconds remaining for $30K! That gives her $52,250 cash and trips on the night!
While there were only singles left, and Jillian did have the lead, she also solved with no cash, making her a tripskate.
