WoF 4/1/11: A Foolish End to Las Vegas

Yes, I mean the title for real and as a joke. Mona's BR choices, I assume knowing the first word, significantly lowered her chances to get the tough last one. That certainly was a foolish move...and she was lucky to even win the game, anyways. But R3-4 certainly provided excitement that had been lacking otherwise this week!

Pat glosses over the exact puzzles at the end and is slightly incorrect, so here are the full puzzles (and remember, you can always check out rashad1428 if you want to see everything, but as you can see by the scores while R3 was going on not too much happened pre-R3):

EVENT 1k: APRIL FOOL'S DAY
THING 2k: FOOL'S GOLD
QUOTATION R1: WHAT FOOLS THESE MORTALS BE!
PHRASE R2: FOOL ME ONCE SHAME ON YOU FOOL ME TWICE SHAME ON ME
SONG LYRICS R3: WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE?
PERSON 3k: NOBODY'S FOOL
SONG TITLE R4: WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN

The bonus round would have been too much of a giveaway if it continued the trend (probably not as easy as last night's BUS ROUTE...but still), so it was the right call to leave that unaffected, as much as I would have loved 50k won.

Now my question is, with April Fool's 2012 on a Sunday...will we finally get a year off from all these gags? I'm exhausted from doing so much uploading today! :)

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[cutedesi01]

oh well. It is what it is, it was dissapointing to lose that one round, but i still won money i didnt have and a fabulous trip. Luck did get me this spot on the show, and it helped me win. And yes, i know that it does apply in the maingame but not ALWAYS in the BR. But, i was doing what they told me to do. Thanks Map586, trust me when i say i regret not choosing differently, but the smartest of people can get up there and get get baffled by the timer, lights, camera and audience.

[WayoshiM]

@cutedesi01 Not always, but more often than not!

[cutedesi01]

It's interesting you hear that I made bad choices but the people who ran the show recommend picking letters you know are up there because they can be in more places in the puzzle. I am an avid watcher of the show and it is nit like I got to practice under pressure so when the game is on, there are no second chances so I was not going to solve unless I knew for sure. Regardless I am proud of how I did but as they tell you, it's ALWAYS easier to watch from home and play then it is on stage.

[WayoshiM]

@cutedesi01 That applies well in the maingame but NOT in the bonus round in that situation...think about it!

[WayoshiM]

@cutedesi01 "letters you know are up there because they can be in more places in the puzzle"

More often than not in the BR that is not the case, because the puzzlewriters *want* to trap you.

[GameShowGamer]

It was obvious that the first word in the Bonus Round puzzle was "COMPUTER." I knew right away she would pick and WASTE the C, M, P, and O. You know one word, but how is picking letters you know are there going to help you out with the rest of the puzzle?

I got the first Toss Up and the R3 puzzle with no letters. I can't believe nobody caught on. I was sure we'd hear "L...F...I'd like to buy a vowel, an O" to start the round.

[WayoshiM]

@GameShowGamer I was a bit surprised no one caught on either, but I think the "actually playing the game in front of the lights" is a valid excuse for this. How often are you going to end up in a game with this special trend? Did they even know the exact airdate of this show and registered its possible importance?

Now I'm curious how many times something like Mona's BR has happened on the show

[TruncatedPR]

I was hoping that at the end of the Speed-Up Round, Pat went YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH­HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

[map586]

I know you may tired of uploading but I can safely say that none of us are tired of watching. Granted she didn't make the best choices, but that bonus round was hard.

[xcookiemonsterstudio]

id laugh if she said who instead of why

[phillies4100]

Rashad got BANNED

[sravenes]

at least it wasn't $100000