WoF Quickcap: 5/2/2024

These Thursday contestants from left to right hope to be PASSING WITH FLYING COLORS…

Charlene Hering: 5th grade teacher of 15 years (she gives a shoutout to her school, Haude Elementary) who recently got engaged to fiancé Mike with a big blended family with seven kids from Porter, TX

Danté Alexander: Veterans Affairs Hospital program specialist and union vice-president born and raised in Philadelphia, PA

Irenelle Redfearn: likes going to poetry slams (though she doesn’t write poetry but she knows how passionate people are when writing poetry) and binge watching “The Golden Girls” (she usually stays up late night to watch this show to the point where she has to turn the TV off so the next episode, she won’t catch the beginning) from Belmont, NC

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FINAL SCORES
Charlene: $15,600 cash & Belize MDW | Danté: $6,550 | Irenelle: $5K

GRAND TOTAL: an underwhelming $27,150
NO PENALTY SPINS

Scary moments

-In Round 1…

_ _ A N _ E S / I N
L A T I T U D E S
_ _ A N _ E S / I N
A T T I T U D E S

Irenelle says a CRITICAL DUD of R to throw away $9,500.

–Charlene says a FOOLISH DUD of J in the Mystery Round.

-In the third Triple Toss-Up about cakes…

C R _ _ / _ A K E

Danté flubs with CREW CAKE, so no Triple Toss-Up sweep for him.

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Choose wisely from this generic list: THING/PLACE/PHRASE

MILLION DOLLAR BONUS ROUND #9: This amount is going OUT OF SIGHT from Charlene’s view because she didn’t win it…

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$1M LOCATION: SPIN (6 away)

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My Rating: 4 (F+)

Ismael’s Rating: 4 (F+)

Ant0824’s Rating: 2

J! Quickcap: 5/2/2024

Thursday’s challengers
-Sarah Hardy, a pediatrician from Hot Springs, AR
-Angelus Kocoshis, an attorney & flower farmer from Muncie, IN

New champ: Weckiai Rannila (1-day: $9,999)

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Correct/Incorrect: 50/9
Rebounds/Rebound Attempts: 3/4

Unplayed Clues ($ left on the board): 1 ($400)

Coryat Score: $34,200 (+$6K vs. yesterday)
Lach Trash: $9,200 from 7 triple stumpers (-$5,400 and -5 triple stumpers vs. yesterday)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $10,200 (-$800 vs. yesterday)

Daily Double Correct Answers: 1

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PRE-FJ! SCORES
Weckiai: $15K | Angelus: $4,600 | Sarah: $9K (Combined: an underwhelming $28,600)

CORYAT SCORES
Angelus: $10,200

Final Jeopardy! Category: Countries with Space Programs

Final Jeopardy! Correct Answers: 3

Winner: Weckiai ($18,001 (2-day: $28K))

Weckiai’s last challengers this week are Henry Lindstrom orig. from Altadena, CA and Deana Krumhansl orig. from Honolulu, HI.

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My Rating: 6 (D+)

Ismael’s Rating: 6 (D+)

25 Words Quickcap: 5/2/2024

Challengers with Joey McIntyre: Marjorie & Alexandra (church buds who met at a birthday party & they love birds including ducks)
Champs with Akbar Gbajabiamila: Jessica & Sandra (2-day: 2 prizes)

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Round 1

Turn #1 answers: EGYPT, SALT, SENATOR, BRAG, HOOP- Bid: 14 (Joey)- clear
Turn #2 answers (Marjorie v. Jessica): UNITED, SAMURAI, ONCE, LAND, LUST- Bid: 20 (Marjorie)- 2-for-2

Superfan of the Day: Gary (my18 KTTU-Tucson)

Turn #3 answers: MINI, AMATEUR, NASHVILLE, KITTEN, BLISTER- Bid: 13 (Sandra)- miss MINI (Challengers: 750)

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Round 2

Green Words (250): TALLER, FIFTY, GROCERIES, PLAIN, FLOOD
Yellow Words (500): SKILLET, PUPIL, FACETIME, BACK RUB, PAUL MCCARTNEY
Red Words (1000): DIRTY MARTINI, DRAMAMINE, SHOWER CAP, GOOSEBUMPS, DRAMA QUEEN

Joey: TALLER, PUPIL, FACETIME, BACK RUB, PAUL MCCARTNEY
Akbar: SKILLET, DRAMAMINE, SHOWER CAP, GOOSEBUMPS, DRAMA QUEEN

Challengers: only get first two answers (750+750=1500)
Champs: tie it up for the third day in a row after getting SKILLET & SHOWER CAP and running out of words on GOOSEBUMPS

Sudden Death (Marjorie v. Jessica): Jessica wins again with KING KONG (MOVIE MONSTER, BATTLED GODZILLA, EMPIRE STATE BUILDING) (challengers leave with Barnes & Noble)

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Money Round (Sandra): miss third and last answers (they get trip to Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach)

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My Rating: 5 (D-)

TPiR Quickcap: 5/2/2024

First Four: Suzanna Rudd, Jordan Kahn, Barbara Black, Ariel Howard
$1 Bid: Barbara
$4K+ Bid: Jordan ($7K) (seriously?!)
Bargain Game: Suzanna ($2,250) gets a bad bargain

Next: Richard Dinotlin
$1 Bid: Ariel
It’s in the Bag: Barbara ($1,699) loses $2K to dry spray

Next: Sierra Daniels
Money Game (Friday came a day early): Richard ($1,014) wins the Kia Soul + $174 (GT: $22,831)

SCSD #1 Winner: Suzanna (banked $1K — $3,250)

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Next: Diana Palumbo
Eazy as 1-2-3: Jordan (recently moved from Tucson, AZ) ($1,295) takes a not-so-eazy loss

Next: Christopher Lefevre
+$1 Bid: Diana
Back to ’74: Diana ($2,350) returns from the past with a Volkswagen Taos win (GT: $31,526)

Last: Malia Bepialaka
+$1 Bid: Ariel
Push Over: Sierra ($700) will push her way into her new game room (GT: $10,064)

Off to the FFBC: Ariel

SCSD #2 Winner: Diana

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Showcase Winner: Suzanna ($36,008) (high showcase)

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Games won: 3 of 6 — Final Total: $103,423

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My Rating: 7 (C-)

Ismael’s Rating: 6 (D+)

Ariel’s bids didn’t do her any favors.

LMaD Quickcap: 5/2/2024

Perfect Deals: 2…

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…ALTHOUGH MOVIN’ ON UP ENDED IN A PAINFUL BAILOUT.

Car Win: No ($200 in Car Pong)

Dodged Zonks: Anita, Lance (same deal), Triana, Elena

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Big Deal (Lance by default– gives up trip to RIU Palace Oasis worth $11,025 (oh boy))

• SD (#2): golf package ($3,780)
• MD (#1): $5K
• BD (#3): Nissan Kicks SR ($26,880)- DRIVE SAFELY (revealed second)

IT JUST GETS BETTER FROM HERE- OUR 12TH ON-TARGET BD WIN OF THE SEASON!

Quickie Deals

• Georgia: up to four red things- M.O.
• unknown man: thought “MAGNUM, P.I.” was the CBS show recently rebooted which had a private detective working in Hawaii (Jonathan) ($300)- $
• Nareg: up to four $1 bills (Tiffany)- M-O
• Kimberly: receipt (Jonathan) ($300)- $
• Jennifer: thought Tom Selleck was the “Blue Bloods” star who was in the original “MAGNUM, P.I.” ($300)- $

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My Rating: 7 (C)

The car win in the BD only counts towards the BD skunk threat, so we could still be skunked on car games tomorrow.