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December 31, 1992 recap Feb 13, 2021 14:54:16 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Feb 13, 2021 14:54:16 GMT -5

Airdate: December 31, 1992

From Hollywood, it's America's game! Wheeeeeel Of Fortune! The new year is almost here!

Today's contestants:
Tom Anagnos: Involved in marketing and is a former bartender, from New York
Barbara Volkmann: Works for a major cookie corporation as an accounting clerk, also teaches Grade 2 catechism; from Oak Forest, IL
Donna Packard (returning with a 1-day total of $33,819)

The top-dollar value on the Wheel is $1,000. We are playing for cash, and here's our first puzzle:

Round 1

PHRASE

TOM	Barbara	Donna
$400: T (x2) Lose A Turn!	BANKRUPT! ($0)	$300: N $200: D -$250: O (x2) $750: B -$250: E $300: R (x3) Lose A Turn!
$800		$1,650
$300: Y $200: W (x2) Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
$1,500

PHRASE

Tom solves DON'T BE A WORRYWART.

Tom	Barbara	Donna
$1,500

We ought to finish the year with some good prizes! We add a Caribbean vacation at the Mullet Bay Resort and Casino with a Holiday Car Rental (labeled CARIBBEAN) worth $4,490.

It's New Year's Eve, so we gotta finish with some Big Money. The $2,500 space can handle that!

Round 2

CLUE

Tom	BARBARA	Donna
	$250: T $800: R (x2) $2,500: N -$250: E -$250: A (x3) $300: G (DUD!)	$400: C -$250: O (x2) BANKRUPT! ($150)
	$3,850
CARIBBEAN: M Solve: Correct!
+

CLUE

Tom solves MONA LISA CREATOR to keep the trip. Can he pick up $500 in extra spending money by answering the clue?

Yes! He identifies Leonardo da Vinci.

Tom	Barbara	Donna
$6,490

Donna shouldn't worry about a strong lead! A little help from the $3,500 space, and she'll be caught up!

Round 3

SLANG

Tom	Barbara	DONNA
		$250: N (DUD!)

$3,500: S $900: R (x4) -$250: A (x2) $900: T (x2) -$250: E (x4) $3,500: L (DUD!)	$800: Y -$250: O -$250: U $1,000: C Solve: Correct!
$8,400	$1,300

SLANG

Barbara solves RECHARGE YOUR BATTERIES.

Tom	Barbara	Donna
$6,490	$1,300

One last Wheel prize for the year, and it will be a Grand Canyon rafting trip on the Colorado River (labeled TRIP) worth $6,375.

And we bring out the $5,000 space one last time for that Big Money!

Round 4

PLACE

TOM	Barbara	Donna
$400: T (x2) $400: N (x3) -$250: O $900: R (x3) -$250: E (x2) -$250: A (x2) $900: M -$250: I (x2) -$250: U (x2) $400: G (x2) Solve: Correct!
$5,150

PLACE

Perfection! Tom solves RUGGED MOUNTAIN TERRAIN.

Tom	Barbara	Donna
$11,640	$1,300

Tom powered through that and gave us time for another round.

Round 5

THING

Tom	BARBARA	Donna
	$350: R $500: T $500: S (x2) -$250: E (x2) -$250: A $600: L (DUD!)	$900: K (DUD!)
	$1,350
$250: G -$250: O (DUD!)

A balloon pops during Barbara's second spin.

THING

DING DING! DING DING!

Well, that's our last bell. Pat gives the Wheel a Final Spin, and consonants are worth... $900 a piece.

Barbara: M (DUD!)
Donna: C (DUD!)
Tom: H ($900)
Barbara: C (Repeat)
Donna: P ($900)

THING

Donna solves STAGE WHISPER for one last bit of money.

Tom	Barbara	Donna
$11,640	$1,300	$900

Donna leaves with $34,719 in cash and prizes.

BONUS ROUND:

Tom is the final winner of the year, and we'll finish it off the way we want! He could take one more prize from Bonus Land!

Tom takes the W, and we've got one more puzzle:

Bonus Puzzle

THING

RSTLNE gives him:

THING

He will try CDMO.

THING

He guesses TRAMP, but he does not solve THUMB...

...and we can't finish the year with $25,000. Tom still has $11,640 and is coming back to start the new year!

Pat and Vanna mention the wedding anniversary tonight. Pat married Lesly on New Year's Eve three years ago, and Vanna married George two years ago. Did one copy the other?