December 7, 1998 Recap

Back to Season 16 after covering a whole Season 14 week


December 7, 1998 Recap
Winter Sports Week Day 1

Contestants

April Gallegos: Whittier, California; event coordinator at USC law school, has attended many weddings and caught 12 boquets

Brad Bradley: Texas City, Texas; goes to College of the Mainland, in his 3rd year, business major, plans to own his own business one day, won his class in the Texas state series last year

Norb Krass: Fort Myers, Florida; married for 52 years, retired lawyer for 13 years, has 2 children, one in San Francisco and one in Houston, can make a terrific fish mouth with his lips


Round 1 (Puzzler Round): The 70s

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April is the first spinner and she gets 1 M for the Free Spin, then duds with an N on $450 and decides not to use her free spin, Brad gets no S on $300, Norb gets 1 R worth $550, then duds with a B on $600, back to April and she gets no D on $600, back to Brad and he gets 1 Y worth $500, buys 1 E, gets no N on $550, back to Norb and he gets no H on $900, back to April again and she gets no C on $300, back to Brad again and he gets no V on $300, back to Norb again and he gets no G on $1000, back to April again and she gets no Z on $1000, back to Brad again and he buys 3 O's, gets 2 K's worth $400, only vowels are left

_ ' _ / OK

YO _ ' RE / OK

Brad IDs I'M OK YOU'RE OK for $800

Puzzler: Thing

_ E _ T

_ E _ _ ER

Brad fails to solve BEST SELLER for an extra $3000

Scores after Round 1




Round 2: Husband & Wife

Prize on wheel: Trip to the Woodstock Inn and Resort in Woodstock, Vermont worth $3900

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Brad spins the wheel and gets 1 L worth $450, gets 2 N's worth $600 a piece, buys a bad E, Norb gets 1 R worth $550, then duds with a C on $300, April gets 2 S's worth $300 a piece, buys 2 A's, gets 2 T's worth $900 a piece, buys 2 O's

TO _ / _ AN _ S / &

R _ TA / _ _ LSON

April IDs TOM HANKS & RITA WILSON for $1900

Scores after Round 2




Round 3 (Jackpot Round): Place

Jackpot sponsor: University Games

Prize on wheel: Yamaha VMAX 500 SX worth $6638

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Norb spins the wheel and gets 1 T for the Woodstock trip, gets 1 N worth $600, buys 1 E, buys 2 O's, gets 1 S worth $250, gets 2 R's worth $900 a piece, buys 3 I's, gets 2 B's for the Snowmobile prize, buys 2 A's, gets 1 H worth $450

_ AN _ O _ _ ER

BRITISH

_ O _ _ _ BIA

Norb locates VANCOUVER BRITISH COLUMBIA for $2100, the Woodstock trip worth $3900, and the Snowmobile prize worth $6638. His total this round is $12,638

Scores after Round 3




Round 4: Same Name

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April spins the wheel and gets 1 R worth $300, gets 1 T worth $300, gets 1 S worth $600, gets no H on $250 but uses her Free Spin, she buys 2 A's, gets 1 M worth $400, gets 2 C's worth $350 a piece, gets no B on $600, Brad gets 1 K worth $550

Final spin bell goes off

Final spin: $250

Brad: No N, Norb: No H, April: 1 P, only vowels are left, Brad: 2 U's, Norb: 1 O

COURT / &

MAK _ - UP

CAS _

Norb solves COURT & MAKE-UP CASE for $500

Final scores




Bonus Round

Norb picks the W in WHEEL

The category is Thing

RSTLNE gives us this

_ _ L _

_ _ S _ _

Norb's picks are C P M A

_ _ L _

M _ S _ C

BOOM, ALLEY, POWER, and POLO MUSIC are his guesses, but it was FOLK MUSIC which he does not get for the Canada trip and Camaro

Norb's final total is $13,138