Teeeeeeeeeeen-HUT!

Five-star general @nickskapower is back again this year and I will step in for five-star general @andynwof for the next three episodes. W/ that being said…

Forwaaaaaaaard MARCH!

EPISODE #7857: 🎖️VETERANS WEEK🎖️

$1K Tossup: AROUND THE HOUSE

P A _ R / _ F
_ I _ O C _ L A _ S

Pete takes out a PAIR OF BINOCULARS. Two men among these Tuesday vets from left to right…

Pete Digeronimo: Coast Guard and Air Force member for 23 years (he was a K9 dog handler in the Air Force and an admin assistant person in the Coast Guard) who just got married to Lorrianne with two daughters and a son from East Falmouth, MA

Shaniece Rory: Army vet for six years who joined the army at 17 (that’s the minimum age for joining) after graduating high school at 16 who has an older brother who’s an Army officer and an older sister who’s a non-commission officer; recently graduated from Howard University doing research for audiology for service members with hearing loss from Washington, D.C.

Benny Lorenzo: Marine vet for about seven years as an artilleryman; his last duty station was at Quantico where he was a war fighting instructor; married to fiancé Lindsay in Santorini and has the same birthday; also rented a Harley from Washington, D.C. and rode all the way to Seattle and back (he’s done 49 states so far and is missing Alaska) from Alexandria, VA

$2K Tossup: WAYW?

_ _ _ _ C _ E
H E L M _ T

Benny apparently still had motorcycles in his mind because he goes overboard w/ MOTORCYCLE HELMET.

_ I _ _ C _ E
H E L M _ T

Pete steals a BICYCLE HELMET.

FEATURED TRIP: Agua Caliente in PALM SPRINGS

Round 1: SONG/ARTIST

Pete: Two T’s ($900), four E’s, BANKRUPTS NEAR TD (-$1,550)
Shaniece: Two Y’s ($600), two B’s ($600), LaT (she tried to call M on that space)
Benny: Two M’s (TD), A
Pete: C (PALM SPRINGS worth $13K), two O’s, two S’s ($650), I

M Y / _ O M E T O _ _
B Y / B _ _ C E
S _ _ I _ _ S T E E _

“MY HOMETOWN” BY BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN is right for $14,300 cash & Palm Springs and a total of $17,300.

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Eggland’s Best Mystery/Crossword Round: ________ HEARTED

Shaniece: L (MW in between $650/$700…EMPTY)
Benny: N ($650), E
Pete: S ($650)
Shaniece: Two D’s ($500), C ($900), four O’s, CRITICAL DUD of M (TD) (she apparently thought the bottom across word was MOOD, which doesn’t make any sense) and Pete tried to spin after her — ah ah ah!
Benny: K ($700)

			C			K
			O			_
			L	_	O	N
_	O	O	D			D

LION, GOOD, and KIND are the other words for $1,100.

Pete: $17,300 cash & Palm Springs★Shaniece: GROUND ZERO★Benny: $1,100

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PP/Express Round: PERSON

Benny: N ($700), two T’s ($700), H ($700), four E’s, C ($550)
Pete: P ($600), O
Shaniece: X ($600), R ($800), two I’s (NMV)

E X P E R T / I N
T H E / _ I E _ _

She proves to be an EXPERT IN THE FIELD for $1,150 and a Viking River Cruise to EUROPE worth $6,698.

Pete: $17,300 cash & Palm Springs★Shaniece: $7,848 cash & cruise★Benny: $1,100

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Triple Tossup: WAYD?

1.

B U _ I N G
N _ W / _ I R E S

Shaniece might be BUYING NEW TIRES.

2.

P _ _ _ _ N _ / A _ R
_ _ / _ _ _ / T _ R _ S

Pete’s PUTTING AIR IN THE TIRES…and is right.

3.

_ _ X I _ G
_ / _ _ A _

Benny thinks of FIXING A FLAT…right.

Speed-Up: PHRASE

Final Spin Amount: $1,650

Benny: Two R’s
Pete: M
Shaniece: Three N’s
Benny: S
Pete: G
Shaniece: Two C’s
Benny: Four T’s

_ ‘ M / T R _ _ N G / T _
C _ N C _  T R _ T _

While I’M TRYING TO CONCENTRATE Benny solves for $9,900.

PENALTY BOX	BANKRUPTS	LaTs	DUDS
ROUND 1	Pete	Shaniece	A (Benny), I (Pete)
MYSTERY ROUND	Shaniece		E (Benny), S (Pete), M (Shaniece)
PP/EXPRESS ROUND			C (Benny), O (Pete)
SPEED-UP			S (Benny)

FINAL SCORES
Pete: $19,300 cash & Palm Springs★Shaniece: $9,848 cash & cruise★Benny: $13K

GT: $42,148
BANKRUPT TRASH (Pete): $1,550

We have nothing but generic categories for the other man. To make matters worse, he’s going for…

• THING
• PEOPLE
• PHRASE

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$100K Bonus Round

Pete also brought daughter Tori.

SPIN: First A of AMERICA’S

Lead-offs…

_ _ L _ _ _ L E
_ _ R _

CDPA adds just two of the vowel…

_ A L _ A _ L E
_ _ R _

He’s well off the mark with PARALLEL CARD and he doesn’t realize that he did some VALUABLE WORK when serving in the Army for $40K.

MY RATING: 5.5
MY GRADE: E+