WoF Quickcap: 5/16/2024

We’re on the 🩴Margaritaville Resorts Week🩴 set.

One of these Thursday contestants hope to take the LEADING ROLE at the end of the game…

Kerry Ruiz: wellness studio co-owner with his wife (they flew to L.A. for the first time) and Jimmy Buffett fan from Baton Rouge, LA

Amanda Morris: billiards player who has a boyfriend who beats him at billiards every time out of 100 from Wilmington, NC

Dee Merritt: Navy sexual assault response coordinator married to William with a 3-year-old son named William Jr. who’s part of Alpha Kappa Alpha from Portsmouth, VA

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FINAL SCORES
Amanda: $7,650 | Dee: $6K | Kerry: $20K cash & trip WC

GRAND TOTAL: $33,650
NO BANKRUPTS

Scary moment

-We got a $0 Prize Puzzle win because…

_ N O _ _ / I T / O _ T
O F / T H E / _ _ _ _

Dee is DQed for leaving out the fourth word of the answer (thus, she said KNOCK IT OUT THE PARK).

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BR categories: THING/PHRASE/LIVING THINGS

$100K Bonus Round: YOU BE THE JUDGE for this end result- Kerry doesn’t come close to winning the Ford Edge despite having the WC.

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My Rating: 5 (D) (orig. a 6 (D+))

Ismael’s Rating: 5 (D-)

Ant0824’s Rating: 3

Unfortunately, that is our thirty fourth car shutout of the season.

J! Quickcap: 5/16/2024

Next batch of challengers
-Elizabeth Brzozowski, a social studies worker from Fishkill, NY
-Chen Yan, a surgeon from Happy Valley, OR

New champ: Grant DeYoung (1-day: $25,601)

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Correct/Incorrect: 46/7
Rebounds/Rebound Attempts: 0/0

Unplayed Clues ($ left on the board): 0 ($0)

Coryat Score: an underwhelming $29,400 (-$3,200 vs. yesterday)
Lach Trash: a dreadful $16,200 from 13 triple stumpers (+$1,800 and ±0 triple stumpers vs. yesterday)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $8,400 (-$5,800 vs. yesterday)

Daily Double Correct Answers: 2

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PRE-FJ! SCORES
Grant: $20,800 (LOCK) | Chen: $9,600 | Elizabeth: $2,400 (Combined: $32,800)

CORYAT SCORES
Grant: $17,400

Final Jeopardy! Category: The Early 20th Century

Final Jeopardy! Correct Answers: 1

BUSTED OUT: Elizabeth

Winner: Grant ($20,800 (2-day: $46,401))

Last challengers this week are Rachel Shelton from Lexington, KY and Nick Coombs from Chicago, IL.

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My Rating: 5 (D)

Ismael’s Rating: 5 (D)

25 Words Quickcap: 5/16/2024 (for Dave & Dennis)

Dedicating this Quickcap for two WoF alumnis.

Challengers with Melissa Peterman: Dennis & Dave (board game buds)
Champs with Dulce Sloan: April & Adam (1-day: $10K)

Dennis Chase and Dave Andrade are former WoF contestants (Dave from April 8, 2020 won a whopping $113,055 cash & prizes on his appearance after winning a $41,165 BMW X2 xDrive28i in the BR).

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Round 1

Turn #1 answers: BRUNETTE, RELIGION, MERMAID, FUDGE, GOLDEN- Bid: 10 (Melissa)- successfully return to BRUNETTE
Turn #2 answers (Dennis v. April): ROBE, PAINTER, NERD, SOUTHERN, JAZZ- Bid: 13 (April)- easy clear

Superfan of the Day: Alex (myTV St. Louis)

Turn #3 answers: MASK, CHOWDER, STORK, HOT, FORTUNE TELLER- Bid: 14 (Dave)- clear another list (Challengers: 500, Champs: 250)

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Round 2

Green Words (250): FAST, CAKE, SELF, PIG, ON
Yellow Words (500): HACK, LOFT, BONSAI, HARLEY, SMOOTHIE
Red Words (1000): ONE-ON-ONE, BOWLEGGED, BODY LANGUAGE, FALSETTO, TEACHERS’ LOUNGE

Melissa: FAST, LOFT, SELF, FALSETTO, SMOOTHIE
Dulce: HACK, CAKE, BONSAI, HARLEY, TEACHERS’ LOUNGE

Champs: clear after returning to HACK (250+3750=4000)
Challengers: unable to defeat champs for running out of words on FALSETTO (500+1000=1500) (they leave with Rao’s)

I hope you still had fun, you two.

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Money Round (April): score another win for a possible perfect week (2-day: $20K)

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My Rating: 8 (B)

TPiR Quickcap: 5/16/2024

First Four: Matthew Smith, Ana Maldonado, Mickey White, Jr., Alexandria Stevenson
Punch-a-Bunch: Matthew ($1,308) wins $2,500 in 2 punches (GT: $3,874)

Next: Gale Sassman (Monon, IN)
Push Over: Alexandria ($1,859) pushes her trip away (and I knew her guess was wrong)

Next: Eric Serrato
+$1 Bid: Mickey
Any Number: Mickey ($1,076) wins countertop appliances (GT: $1,716)

SCSD #1 Winner: Matthew

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Next: Patricia Copeland
+$1 Bid: Ana
1 Right Price: Gale ($895) IDs designer shoes with the right price (GT: $6,569)

Next: Isaac Pedilla
+$1 Bid: Eric
Bullseye: Issac ($1,211) hits the bullseye automatically (GT: $17,144)

Last: Sandra Goldberg
That’s Too Much: Eric ($509) falls a price short on the Kia K5 resulting in a car wipeout

Off to the FFBC: Ana

SCSD #2 Winner: Issac

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Showcase Winner: Mickey ($40,400) (high showcase)

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Games won: 2 of 6 (2 partials) — Final Total: $70,355

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My Rating: 5 (D)

Definitely wasn’t Ana’s day.

LMaD Quickcap: 5/16/2024

Perfect Deals: 2

Car Win: No

Zonk Victims: Charlene, Terri
Dodged Zonks: Cristina, Bear, Fred & Kathy (couple)

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“Slotomania” Big Deal revealed by increasing values (Fred & Kathy- give up Almost Heaven Sauna worth $7,937)

• SD (#1): DJ suite including acer 16″ laptop ($4,987)
• MD (#3): living room ($8,169)- ON VERGE OF MD SWEEP
• BD (#2): EVERYTHING + trip to RIU Palace Oasis ($11,025)

Perfect Deals Drop to: 1

Aired Quickie Deal

• Joseph: at least three keys (Tiffany) ($300)- $

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My Rating: 5 (D-)