EPISODE #4565: SPIRIT OF THE SEASON
$1K Toss-Up: THING
F L _ _ N E _
N I G H T _ O W N
Stephanie solved the WHAT ARE YOU WEARING? item of FLANNEL NIGHTGOWN. Last contestants of 2006…
Stephanie Arnopolin: works part-time as a pre-K parent center coordinator married to John for 8 1/2 years with two children who likes to scrapbook, work out, and shop from Grayslake, IL
Jo Hankins-Hall: lady who lives life and people especially the elderly and children, believes in making memories, and describes herself as “a very versatile person”, as she likes beauty pageants and does coaching and personal improvement classes for girls (she has as much fun with them at a pageant as with her boys hunting; she was on stage in Las Vegas one Saturday and got second runner-up in the Senior America Pageant and the next Saturday she was in the deer woods with her boys and got a nine-point book) from Waverly, TN
Will Saint-Ilme, Jr.: student at Zion Bible College majoring in theology and minoring in world missions who loves playing and watching sports and movies from Barrington, RI (orig. from Long Island, NY)
$2K Toss-Up: CATEGORY
N _ / _ _ S S
N O / F _ _ S
It wasn’tNO MESS, NO FUSS, according to Stephanie.
N _ / _ _ S S
N O / F _ S S
Jo got that oneNO MUSS, NO FUSS.
FEATURED SPIRIT OF THE SEASON TRIP: Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge in the Canadian Rockies worth $6,400
Round 1: EVENT (PRIZE PUZZLE)
Jo: $300 T, $600 H, E, 3 N’s for$7,500, 2 I’s, $600 S pair, U, $300 G, A (NMV), solve for $8,300…
_ A S _ I N G / I N
T H E / S U N
She would be BASKING IN THE SUN on her Caribbean Escapes vacation in ANTIGUA & BARBUDA with a stay at an elite member resort (airfare provided by American Airlines) worth $6,800- PR!
Jackpot Round: PHRASE
Will: L for WC, LaT
Stephanie: $900 S trio, $1,200 R pair, 2 E’s, 2 T’s for$7K, I, 3 O’s, BANKRUPT near JACKPOT ($8,350 lost)
Jo: $1,200 N pair, same BANKRUPT ($1,200 lost)
Will: $400 C, not that BANKRUPT again ($400 & WC lost)
Stephanie: $550 P, $400 K, $900 W, $1K D pair, H for FS, solve for $2,850…
_ C T I O N S
S P E _ K / L O _ D E R
T H _ N / W O R D S
She said that ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS.
UNCLAIMED JACKPOT: $12,750
Jo: $17,100 cash & Caribbean | Will: ZILCH | Stephanie: $3,850 FS
Mystery Round: SLOGAN
Stephanie: $1,100 S pair, 4 E’s, 2 R’s for HSN.com, 2 A’s, $600 H pair, 4 T’s on MW near $900, passed (good because that was the BANKRUPT one), $300 N, 2 O’s, 2 M’s on same MW, passed, no K on $300 (she likely thought the first word was MAKE), used FS, CRITICAL I PURCHASE ($7K & gift tag sitting there)
Jo: $300 D, $2,700 F trio, solve for $3K…
M A D E / F R O M
T H E / _ E S T
S T _ F F
O N / E A R T H
She solved“MADE FROM THE BEST STUFF ON EARTH”, but she blanked out on the $3K bonus; it was fromSnapple.
Jo: $20,100 cash & Caribbean | Will: NOTHING | Stephanie: $3,850
$3K Toss-Up: AROUND THE HOUSE
D I M _ E R
S W _ T _ _
Stephanie turned off theDIMMER SWITCH.
Speed-Up: OCCUPATION
Will still had a chance, because consonants were worth$6K!
| Jo | Will | Stephanie |
| S | ||
| 2 N’s | T | 2 R’s |
| L | P | B |
| G | M | E (WHY?!) |
_ E _ _ _ N G
_ _ _ R _ _ N _ T _ R
Stephanie solved WEDDING COORDINATOR for $12K, but fell $1,250 short of the win since she didn’t choose a consonant.
| PENALTY BOX | DUDS | LaTs | BANKRUPTS |
| Round 1 | PERFECT ROUND | ||
| Jackpot Round | Will | 3 (everybody) | |
| Mystery Round | K, I (Stephanie) | ||
| Speed-Up | S, B (Stephanie); L (Jo); P, M (Will) | N/A | N/A |
| 11 TOTAL | 7 | 1 | 3 |
FINAL SCORES
Jo: $20,100 | Will: $1K GOOSEEGG | Stephanie: $18,850
GRAND TOTAL: $39,950
BANKRUPT TRASH (excluding WC): $9,950
TOTAL UNCLAIMED: $32K
Bonus Round
After we saw one of Jo’s girls (a beauty pageant lady herself) named Debbie, she landed on the ★★.
Category: FOOD & DRINK
An E at the end of each line to start…
_ _ _ _ E
_ _ _ E
She frontloaded the alphabet (BCDA)…
_ _ D _ E
C A _ E
After sayingLADLE CAKE, she gets the right answer and could be storing someFUDGE CAKE in the back of the Dodge Nitro worth $22,160 for a final total of $42,260 cash & prizes.
MY RATING: 7 (C-)
