American History (Washington, DC 1)

Time to salute our "American History".

Contestants: Zach Brown, Tony Garcia, Kristin Withers

Toss-Up 1: Event
P R E S _
_ O N _ E R E N _ E

Tony holds a PRESS CONFERENCE for his first thousand bucks.

Toss-Up 2: Fun & games
T _ O L L E Y
_ O _ R

I don't know if there's any of this in D.C., but Kristin takes a TROLLEY TOUR to spin first.

Trip on the Wheel: Mexican Riviera, $6,500

Jackpot Round: Thing

Kristin
Wild Card! - 3 R's!
$500 - 2 T's!
$600 - No S.

Zach (He spins, even though he's a bit indecisive.)
Jackpot! - 1 N! It's too early for a $7,600 Jackpot win.
1 A.
$300 - 3 C's! He wants to buy another vowel, but spins instead.
Free Play! - He's ready to solve the puzzle, and Pat doesn't remind him like he usually does.

R _ C _ R _
C _ _ T R A C T

Zach signs a RECORD CONTRACT for $1,150. Everyone's on the board now!

Jackpot Left Behind: $8,400

Zach: $1,150
Tony: $1,000 Toss-Up money
Kristin: $2,000 T.U. money

Mystery Round: Things

Zach
$3,500 - 2 N's! Nice!
1 E.
1 A.
1 O. One of everything.
No I. Darn.

Tony
$600 (nearly hit Bankrupt) - 1 T.
Mystery - 1 N...He goes for it...and finds...ZERO. Yep, he got Bankrupted.

Kristin
$300 - 1 Y.
1 U. The last of the vowels.

S U _ _ A Y
T O _ E N S

For only $50, Kristin buys some SUBWAY TOKENS...and gets $1,000 in return.

Zach: $1,150
Tony: $1,000
Kristin: $3,000

Prize Puzzle: Food & drink (finally, a 4-liner)

Tony
1/2-Car (nearly hit $900)! - 1 R!
$350 (slipped past the other 1/2-Car, darn it...) - 1 S.
Lose a Turn. Now, imagine if he had both 1/2-Cars. It would've been ugly.

Kristin
Lose a Turn. WOW.

Zach
$800 - 3 T's!
3 E's!
$3,500 (slipped past $600) - 1 N!
No A. WHA?

Tony
Free Play! - No P.
No U. Why a U?

Kristin
$400 - 1 L.
3 I's!
Free Play! - No Y. A Y? Really?
Free Play AGAIN! - No J. WOW. The first letter of my name.
$300 - 1 C. There we go.
$300 (nearly hit Free Play for the 3rd time in a row) - No B.

Imagine that B call on Free Play...she would still have her turn...

Zach
Lose a Turn.

Tony
3 O's! No more vowels.
$600 - No V. Wow, where did that come from?

Kristin
$400 - 1 D.
$300 - 2 M's!

S T R O N _
C O _ _ E E
M I _ E D / _ I T _
_ O T / M I L _

Kristin gets us out of this mess, and with $1,450, she'll be drinking STRONG COFFEE MIXED WITH HOT MILK on her $8,000 COSTA RICA vacation; she's earned $9,450 that round.

That round couldn't have been more ugly.

Zach: $1,150
Tony: $1,000
Kristin: $12,450 cash and Costa Rica

Toss-Up 3: People
_ L E _ T E D
J U D _ E S

Kristin's not one of those ELECTED JUDGES, but she's over $15,000 with that solve.

Hopefully, this next round's better.

Round 4: Proper name

Kristin
$900 - No T.

Zach
$350 - 1 R.
$500 - 1 N.

Final Spin value: $1,450

Still Zach's turn - 1 L.
Tony - 1 S.
Kristin - 2 E's! Can she solve the puzzle with this setup?

_ _ E R _ L
_ _ N E S

No, not for now...

Zach - No A. Someone blew it.
Tony - 1 I. Can he get this puzzle?

_ _ E R _ L
_ I N E S

Nope.

Kristin - 1 C.

C _ E R _ L
_ I N E S

Kristin IDs CHERYL HINES ("Curb Your Enthusiasm", not a family-friendly show) for the Final Spin amount. Hey, she should be lucky she's won the game.

Zach: $1,150
Tony: $1,000
Kristin: $16,950 and her Wild Card

Bonus Round: Fictional character

Kristin tries to salvage an ugly maingame by landing on the A in GAME. (Finally, something that is not in AMERICA'S.)

Nice RSTLNE setup:

_ _ S E / _ L _
_ _ L

Her choices of D, C, W, I and M are pretty darn good...

W I S E / _ L D
_ W L

A WISE OLD OWL would know about American history, and Kristin knows this for another $50,000! She leaves us with $66,950, cash and Costa Rica!

Thanks, Kristin, for saving us from a bad maingame!