October 11, 1996 Recap (Friday Finals)

October 11, 1996 Recap
Discover The Americas Week Day 5

Our top 3 finalists of this week

Susan Crowl: Fresno, California, was on Monday's show, won $22,650, didn't win the game but it was enough to bring her back

Desiree Mickelson: San Diego, California; was on Wednesday's show, won $41,100, getting married in 26 days, 28 as of Wednesday, plans to plan a wedding with her winnings

Doug Ambrose: Crestwood, New York, was on Monday's show along with Susan, won the game, won $23,100


Round 1: Phrase

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Susan is the first spinner and gets 2 T's worth $400 a piece, gets 2 N's worth $500 a piece, buys 1 E, gets 2 S's worth $700 a piece, gets 1 J worth $250, gets no D on $900, Desiree gets 1 M worth $250, gets 1 Y worth $250, gets 1 G worth $250, gets 1 R worth $250, only vowels are left

J _ ST / _ SE

Y _ _ R

_ M _ G _ N _ T _ _ N

JUST USE YOUR IMAGINATION, Desiree. Also she solves for $1000

Scores after Round 1




Round 2 ($10,000 Round): Title/Author

Prize on wheel: Trip to Amsterdam courtesy of United Airlines including 7 nights at the Renaissance hotel and a tour of the historic landmarks that surround the first class facility worth $4500 (the wedge is labeled as Holland)

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Desiree spins the wheel and gets 2 T's worth $700 a piece, gets 2 H's worth $450 a piece, buys 2 A's, buys 2 O's, gets 2 L's for the Amsterdam Trip (labeled as Holland), buys 3 I's, gets 2 M's worth $800 a piece, buys 1 E, gets 1 N worth $800

A / TIME

TO / _ ILL

_ _ / _ OHN

_ _ I _ HAM

Desiree IDs A TIME TO KILL BY JOHN GRISHAM for $3700 and the Amsterdam trip worth $4500. Her total this round is $8200

Scores after Round 2




Round 3 (Jackpot Round): Things

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Doug spins the wheel and lands on BANKRUPT, Susan lands on BANKRUPT also, Desiree gets 1 N worth $250, gets 2 T's worth $250 a piece, buys 2 A's, gets 2 L's worth $250 a piece, gets no D on $500, back to Doug and he gets 1 S worth $450, gets 2 R's worth $550 a piece, gets no M on $250, back to Susan gets 2 H's worth $250 a piece, gets 1 F worth $250, then she lands on BANKRUPT to lose $750, back to Desiree and she buys 3 E's, gets 1 W worth $250, gets 1 Q for the Surprise, only vowels are left

WH _ LE

HALF / &

Q _ ARTER

N _ TES

Desiree painfully messes up with WHOLE & HALF QUARTER NOTES. She reversed the ampersand and HALF

Doug is correct with WHOLE HALF & QUARTER NOTES for $1350

Scores after Round 3




Round 4: Before & After

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Susan spins the wheel and gets 3 R's worth $5000 a piece, then she buys a bad A, Desiree gets no T on $600, Doug gets no N on $700, back to Susan and she gets 2 M's worth $300 a piece, buys 2 O's, buys 2 E's, gets 1 H worth $600, gets 2 P's worth $900 a piece, gets 2 C's worth $800 a piece

CHROME

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CROP

Susan solves CHROME BUMPER CROP for $18,850

Scores after Round 4




Round 5: Occupation

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Final spin bell goes off

Final spin: BANKRUPT $250

Desiree: 1 T, Doug: 2 S's, Susan: 1 R, Desiree: 1 L, Doug: 1 N

N _ _ L _ _ R

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Doug solves NUCLEAR PHYSICIST for $750

Final scores




Bonus Round

Susan will win the Vermont Ski and Snowboarding adventure including Skis, Snowboards, and Outerwear worth over $12,000 if she solves the bonus puzzle

Susan picks the L in WHEEL

The category is Thing

RSTLNE gives us this

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Susan's picks are D M G O

_ _ _ T _ ON

Her first guess of CAPTION is out of nowhere correct and she wins a trip to Mexico and a 1997 Chevy Blazer worth $28,112. She also wins the Ski package Pat mentioned at the beginning of the round

Susan's final total is $81,743

Susan's 2 day total is $104,393