Post by BAVRecapTeam on Nov 28, 2011 21:01:04 GMT -5
Since winter is coming up pretty soon, it makes sense to have a winter-themed week. This is "Alpine Adventures".
EPISODE #5511 - ALPINE ADVENTURES
Tape Date of the Week: September 16, 2011
$1,000 Tossup - FOOD AND DRINK
_ W I S _
_ H _ C _ L A T E
Donyelle solves SWISS CHOCOLATE. The first panel this week...
Donyelle Gorham: Towson Univ. sophomore studying early childhood education and a member of their Step team from Lanham, MD
Josh Desmond: starter of Delta Analysis Group from Bristow, VA
Gina Melchor: federal agency worker who manages Western public lands from Santa Fe, NM
$2,000 Tossup - LIVING THING
_ N O _
L _ O _ _ _ D
Donyelle's two for two w/ SNOW LEOPARD.
FEATURED ALPINE ADVENTURE: to The Fairmont Chateau Whistler worth $5,800
Jackpot Round - SAME NAME
A snowman does the category wipes for this week.
Donyelle begins w/ an N for the bedandbreakfast.com gift tag. Two spins later, she cashes in $10K w/ four R's. She also gets the blue 1/2 KIA w/ two P's and the Whistler trip w/ two S's. After a lot of work...
S _ R P R I S E / A N D
_ R I D A _
P A R T _
...she blows the solve w/ SURPRISE AND FRIDAY PARTY, so her $18,150 cash and prizes plus that 1/2 KIA could very well be revoked. Josh doesn't do any better w/ BANKRUPT. Gina puts up the B...
S _ R P R I S E / A N D
B R I D A _
P A R T _
...and then solves SURPRISE AND BRIDAL PARTY for the house minimum.
BANKRUPT: Josh
DQ: Donyelle's blown solve
UNCLAIMED JACKPOT: $9,400
Pre-Round 2 Scores
Gina: $1K
Donyelle: $3K
Josh: $0
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Mystery Round - SONG LYRICS
Josh immediately hits LAT. Gina does some work before calling a dud in M. Next, Donyelle BANKRUPTS on the MDW's left side. Towards the end, Josh puts up a trio of N's for $10,500. We now have...
_ A _ _ / _ R O S T
N I P P I N _ / A T
Y O _ R / N O S E
He solves "JACK FROST NIPPING AT YOUR NOSE" (from "The Christmas Song") for $11,700.
SOLE DUD: M (Gina)
BANKRUPT: Donyelle
LAT: Josh
Pre-Round 3 Scores
Gina: $1K
Donyelle: $3K
Josh: $11,700
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PRIZE PUZZLE Round - PHRASE
Late in the round, Gina FPs three I's. She dominates...
I T ' S
_ E A U T I _ U _
T _ I S / T I _ E
O _ / _ E A _
...and solves "IT'S BEAUTIFUL THIS TIME OF YEAR" for $3,600 and a trip to the Mount Cinnamon resort in GRENADA worth $6,540; she's won $10,140 that round.
TRIP SPIN ID: EM02332 (Emily M.)
PERFECT ROUND!
Pre-Tossup #3 Scores
Gina: $11,140
Donyelle: $3K
Josh: $11,700
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$3,000 Tossup - TV TITLE
_ _ _ / _ _ . / _ Z
S _ _ _
Josh flubs this one quickly w/ "THE MR. OZ SHOW".
_ _ _ / _ _ . / O Z
S _ _ _
Donyelle sweeps the Tossups w/ "THE DR. OZ SHOW".
Round 4 - THING
Early on, Donyelle FPs two A's. She also fills in a $5,000 T. After some work, she and Josh dud out w/ I and G, respectively. Gina's next w/ the H and three E's, but time's running out...
T H E R _ A _
_ N _ E R _ E A R
The four leftover consonants are worth $1,300 each. Her next call is the D...
T H E R _ A _
_ N D E R _ E A R
She solves THERMAL UNDERWEAR for $1,550.
DUDS (both before speed-up): I (Donyelle), G (Josh)
FINAL SCORES
Gina: $12,690 cash and Grenada
Donyelle: $6K
Josh: $11,700
TOTAL MAINGAME WINNINGS: $30,390
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$100,000 Bonus Round
I'm really hoping that somebody will win this week's SUV -- a Nissan Xterra 2WD. Gina lands on the N in SPIN.
Category: THING
She gets two of the five letters to start...
_ L _ _ E
Her combo's GCMO, and I like her chances w/ this showing...
G L O _ E
...or so I thought -- she says GLOVE and doesn't even recover from that. The answer was GLOBE, and she throws away the $30K. That sends her packing w/ $12,690 cash and trip.
EPISODE #5511 - ALPINE ADVENTURES
Tape Date of the Week: September 16, 2011
$1,000 Tossup - FOOD AND DRINK
_ W I S _
_ H _ C _ L A T E
Donyelle solves SWISS CHOCOLATE. The first panel this week...
Donyelle Gorham: Towson Univ. sophomore studying early childhood education and a member of their Step team from Lanham, MD
Josh Desmond: starter of Delta Analysis Group from Bristow, VA
Gina Melchor: federal agency worker who manages Western public lands from Santa Fe, NM
$2,000 Tossup - LIVING THING
_ N O _
L _ O _ _ _ D
Donyelle's two for two w/ SNOW LEOPARD.
FEATURED ALPINE ADVENTURE: to The Fairmont Chateau Whistler worth $5,800
Jackpot Round - SAME NAME
A snowman does the category wipes for this week.
Donyelle begins w/ an N for the bedandbreakfast.com gift tag. Two spins later, she cashes in $10K w/ four R's. She also gets the blue 1/2 KIA w/ two P's and the Whistler trip w/ two S's. After a lot of work...
S _ R P R I S E / A N D
_ R I D A _
P A R T _
...she blows the solve w/ SURPRISE AND FRIDAY PARTY, so her $18,150 cash and prizes plus that 1/2 KIA could very well be revoked. Josh doesn't do any better w/ BANKRUPT. Gina puts up the B...
S _ R P R I S E / A N D
B R I D A _
P A R T _
...and then solves SURPRISE AND BRIDAL PARTY for the house minimum.
BANKRUPT: Josh
DQ: Donyelle's blown solve
UNCLAIMED JACKPOT: $9,400
Pre-Round 2 Scores
Gina: $1K
Donyelle: $3K
Josh: $0
========
Mystery Round - SONG LYRICS
Josh immediately hits LAT. Gina does some work before calling a dud in M. Next, Donyelle BANKRUPTS on the MDW's left side. Towards the end, Josh puts up a trio of N's for $10,500. We now have...
_ A _ _ / _ R O S T
N I P P I N _ / A T
Y O _ R / N O S E
He solves "JACK FROST NIPPING AT YOUR NOSE" (from "The Christmas Song") for $11,700.
SOLE DUD: M (Gina)
BANKRUPT: Donyelle
LAT: Josh
Pre-Round 3 Scores
Gina: $1K
Donyelle: $3K
Josh: $11,700
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PRIZE PUZZLE Round - PHRASE
Late in the round, Gina FPs three I's. She dominates...
I T ' S
_ E A U T I _ U _
T _ I S / T I _ E
O _ / _ E A _
...and solves "IT'S BEAUTIFUL THIS TIME OF YEAR" for $3,600 and a trip to the Mount Cinnamon resort in GRENADA worth $6,540; she's won $10,140 that round.
TRIP SPIN ID: EM02332 (Emily M.)
PERFECT ROUND!
Pre-Tossup #3 Scores
Gina: $11,140
Donyelle: $3K
Josh: $11,700
========
$3,000 Tossup - TV TITLE
_ _ _ / _ _ . / _ Z
S _ _ _
Josh flubs this one quickly w/ "THE MR. OZ SHOW".
_ _ _ / _ _ . / O Z
S _ _ _
Donyelle sweeps the Tossups w/ "THE DR. OZ SHOW".
Round 4 - THING
Early on, Donyelle FPs two A's. She also fills in a $5,000 T. After some work, she and Josh dud out w/ I and G, respectively. Gina's next w/ the H and three E's, but time's running out...
T H E R _ A _
_ N _ E R _ E A R
The four leftover consonants are worth $1,300 each. Her next call is the D...
T H E R _ A _
_ N D E R _ E A R
She solves THERMAL UNDERWEAR for $1,550.
DUDS (both before speed-up): I (Donyelle), G (Josh)
FINAL SCORES
Gina: $12,690 cash and Grenada
Donyelle: $6K
Josh: $11,700
TOTAL MAINGAME WINNINGS: $30,390
========
$100,000 Bonus Round
I'm really hoping that somebody will win this week's SUV -- a Nissan Xterra 2WD. Gina lands on the N in SPIN.
Category: THING
She gets two of the five letters to start...
_ L _ _ E
Her combo's GCMO, and I like her chances w/ this showing...
G L O _ E
...or so I thought -- she says GLOVE and doesn't even recover from that. The answer was GLOBE, and she throws away the $30K. That sends her packing w/ $12,690 cash and trip.
Sadly, I don't think we'll ever hear any reaction that big over a 2500 spin on a CC show in a long time. I kind of wish they would "aww" more often though, so they don't have to use the canned one like after the R1 missolve -_-. I would have booed Gina, but only a few people bothered to make any vocal reaction. Oh, well. I don't mind the lack of real groans too much.
Did we go back to 1998? I guess they couldn't think of a good adjective for it. 
We need more puzzles like this, just not clueless players.
FTW?? Secondly--how did you miss that??? Sad sad sad....
