On tonight's episode of America's
Game-show, three new contestants from colleges around the U.S., take
their chances with the wheel and lady luck to hopefully win some
major cash and prizes. The first Toss Up puzzle was worth $1000
dollars and was a Character category. Jake Orens-a junior as UCSB,
solved the puzzle with Huckleberry Finn. Symone Wiggins is a junior
at Temple University and is a Speech: Language and Hearing major.
Last but not least we had, Jenna Minelli who is a Senior at Florida
State.
The second Toss Up, which decides who
gets to go first during the original spin round, was worth $2000 and
was a Things category. Symone grabbed the puzzle with Overdue Library
Books. After the puzzle, Jim-the announcer-was able to add an trip to
Alaska onto he wheel, thanks to American Cruise lines that was worth,
$9000 dollars.
The first spin puzzle was a Same Name
category, and Symone took her first chance with the wheel. Symone was
on a roll, racking up over $8000, only to land on the Lose A Turn
piece and pass the game on to Jenna. Guessing a C, Jenna thought she
had enough to solve the puzzle, and wound up giving the game to Jake.
Jake landed on a Bankrupt, his first spin out, and Symone was happy
to have the wheel back. Going with a Y, Symone, unfortunately wasn't
able to continue, and Jenna was finally able to solve the puzzle with
Commencement And Car Speakers.
Jake was the first to spin on the new
Phrase puzzle. Jake was doing fantastic, until he asked for an A.
This left the game in Symone's hands, for the time being. Symone was
on a roll again, getting the board down to two letters, before
guessing the letter M, and passing the game on to Jenna. She guessed
a C, and passed the game back to Jake. After guessing the letter D,
Jake was able to solve the puzzle with, Keep Your Nose To The
Grindstone.
Jake started the next spin puzzle, a
Fun & Games category by landing on the Wild Card game piece. Jake
was on a role, guessing consonants and buying up vowels, left and
right, before landing on the horrible Lose A Turn game piece. Symone
was doing well, also, before she landed on the Million
Dollar/Bankrupt game piece. She got the shorter end of that stick.
Jenna was also nabbed by the Lose A Turn game piece. On Jake's next
turn, he got stuck a second time on the Lose A Turn piece. Symone
only got an H on the board before guessing an O that wasn't there.
Then, Jenna landed on the Bankrupt symbol, again. Jake was finally
able to solve this puzzle with, Windsurfing In The Caribbean, which
won him an amazing trip to The Bahamas. This trip was worth $7, 399
dollars, which brought Jake's total to $15,799 dollars.
The last Toss Up puzzle for the night,
worth $3000, was a Place puzzle. Symone took a stab at the two word
answer, but it was Jenna who was able to solve it with, Main Street.
The final spin came along for the What
Are You Doing puzzle, making the consonants worth a nice, $1300 a
piece. After guessing the letter F, Jake was able to solve the puzzle
with, Saving Up For A Rainy Day. Going into the Bonus Round, Jake
took an impressive, $19,699.
The Phrase category started with the
usual R, S, T, L, N, and E letters. Then Jake added, D, C, M and A,
and because he had the Wild Card, he was able to add another
consonant to the mix with the letter G. Filling in a few more
letters, Jake was able to solve the puzzle with, Diverse Backgrounds
to add an extra $30,000 to his total making his grand total $49,699
dollars.
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