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November 26, 1992 recap Mar 1, 2021 9:14:18 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Mar 1, 2021 9:14:18 GMT -5

Airdate: November 26, 1992

From the Philadelphia Convention Hall and Civic Center, it's America's game! This is My Favorite Teacher week!

Today's student/teacher pairs:
Josh & Pete: Josh is a 7th-grader at Moorestown Friends School who wants to be a doctor someday. This is Pete's first year teaching at the school, having previously taught Grade 6-8 in Connecticut.
Beth & Virginia: Beth is a 17-year old senior at James Island High School. Virginia was her English teacher, and now she has Beth in her teacher cadet class.
Nina & Alan: Nina is a 9th-grader at Northeast High School and enjoys World history, Biology, and English. Alan currently teaches at Greenberg School where he has been for 16 of his 23 years.

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

Round 1

QUOTATION

JOSH & PETE	Beth & Virginia	Nina & Alan
$400: R $450: S (x4) -$250: O (x6) $400: T (DUD!)	$400: N SURPRISE: F $400: G (x2) $750: D (x2) $500: K -$250: E (x3) Solve: Correct!
$1,950	$2,950+

QUOTATION

Beth & Virginia solve SO BE GOOD FOR GOODNESS SAKE to unwrap this gift...a trip to New Orleans and stay at Maison Dupuy worth $8,032.

Josh & Pete	Beth & Virginia	Nina & Alan
	$10,982

Time for another nice gift that won't be kept a secret. We have a Gibson Epiphone Les Paul standard electric guitar (labeled GUITAR) worth $714.

The competition is gonna have to be good at this game, so someone should try for the $2,500 space.

Round 2

BEFORE & AFTER

Pat forgets to mention that there's a hyphen in the puzzle until after the first spin.

Josh & Pete	BETH & VIRGINIA	Nina & Alan
	BANKRUPT! ($0)	$2,500: T (x3) $500: H (DUD!)
		$7,500
(Light spin) (Resume at $800) $200: R (DUD!)	$400: N (x2) $250: S $2,500: M (DUD!)	$200: L (x2) -$250: E (x2) $200: P $350: K -$250: I (x6) Solve: Correct!
	$1,050	$7,950

Josh tried to spin the Wheel, though it didn't go too far. Pete gave it a stronger spin.

BEFORE & AFTER

Nina & Alan solve LICKETY-SPLIT INFINITIVE.

Josh & Pete	Beth & Virginia	Nina & Alan
	$10,982	$7,950

If it comes to them, Josh & Pete can still take the lead if they hit the $3,500 space lickety-split!

Round 3

TITLE

Josh & Pete	Beth & Virginia	NINA & ALAN
		$150: S (x3) $600: T (x2) -$250: A $200: R (x2) BANKRUPT! ($1,800)

BANKRUPT! ($0)	$500: N (DUD!)	$150: G Solve: Correct!
		$150

TITLE

Nina & Alan solve ROGET'S THESAURUS for the house minimum. Nina pronounces the T in ROGET, but it is accepted anyway.

Josh & Pete	Beth & Virginia	Nina & Alan
	$10,982	$8,150

Okay, this could be the moment that Josh & Pete were waiting for. We finally have the $5,000 space on the Wheel!

Round 4

PHRASE

JOSH & PETE	Beth & Virginia	Nina & Alan
$300: S Lose A Turn!	$900: T (DUD!)	$800: R (x2) $350: N (x2)
		$2,300

PHRASE

DING DING! DING DING!

Our bell rings, so Pat must give the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants are worth... $300 a piece.

Nina & Alan: G ($2,600)
Josh & Pete: L ($600)

PHRASE

Josh & Pete solve LEARNING YOUR ABC'S, a perfect puzzle for this show.

Josh & Pete	Beth & Virginia	Nina & Alan
$600	$10,982	$8,150

BONUS ROUND:

Just that kind of day again, as Beth & Virginia only needed Round 1 to get to Bonus Land! There are still some prizes to be won like the $25,000!

Beth picks the W. They gotta at least one more puzzle:

Bonus Puzzle

THING

RSTLNE gives them:

THING

HCDI reveals the important consonants!

THING

They instantly solve CHOCOLATE...

...and they'll love the $25,000! Beth & Virginia finish with $35,982 and are most likely coming back on Friday!

Pat and Vanna mention that they've pumped up the economy around the country, giving away $212,609 so far this week. There's still the Friday Finals!