December 8, 1998 Recap

December 8, 1998 Recap
Winter Sports Week Day 2

Contestants

Kimberley Oord: Charlotte, North Carolina; has her own business which has been expanded to Myrtle Beach, likes to watch sports, go to movies, took a 13 hour bus ride to her audition for the show

Ginger Vinyard: Atlanta, Georgia; mother of 3, grandmother of 2, loves to bake, makes the best biscotti in the world

Malak Seriani: Little Ferry, New Jersey; electrical engineer, married to his wife Rima, has a motto "Be Happy, Don't Worry"


Round 1 (Puzzler Round): Phrase

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Kimberley is the first spinner and she gets 1 N worth $350, gets 1 T worth $1000, buys 1 O, gets 1 S worth $300, gets no R on $400, Ginger gets 2 H's worth $300 a piece, then duds with a K on $600, Malak gets 1 F worth $500, gets 1 G for the Free Spin, then he lands on Lose A Turn and decides not to use his Free Spin, back to Kimberley and she lands on BANKRUPT to lose $1400, back to Ginger and he gets 1 D worth $300, gets 1 L worth $300

SL _ _ GHT / OF

H _ ND

Ginger solves SLEIGHT OF HAND for $1200

Puzzler: Event

MA _ _ _

A _ _

Ginger fails to solve MAGIC ACT

Scores after Round 1




Round 2: Where Are We?

Prize on wheel: Trip to Mammoth Mountain Ski Resort in Mammoth, California worth $3612

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Ginger spins the wheel and gets 2 T's worth $600 a piece, gets 5 R's worth $250 a piece, buys 4 E's, buys 5 I's, gets 4 S's worth $900 a piece, gets 2 D's worth $250 a piece, buys 2 A's, gets 1 F for the Ski trip, gets 2 C's worth $600 a piece, gets 3 N's worth $400 a piece

DR. / FRASIER

CRANE

N _ _ / RESIDES

IN / T _ IS / CIT _

Ginger solves DR. FRASIER CRANE NOW RESIDES IN THIS CITY for $8200 and the Ski trip worth $3612. Her total this round is $11,812

Ginger correctly guesses Seattle, Washington as that city for an extra $2000

Scores after Round 2




Round 3 (Jackpot Round): Thing

Jackpot sponsor: University Games

Prize on wheel: Dartboard from Arachnid and Pool Table from Beach Manufacturing worth $4684

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Malak spins the wheel and gets no T on $300 but uses his Free Spin, he gets no N on $250, Kimberley gets no R on the Jackpot Wedge, Ginger gets no N on $900, back to Malak gets no L on $450, back to Kimberley gets 1 S worth $300, buys 3 E's, then she lands on Lose A Turn, back to Ginger and she gets 1 H worth $300, gets 1 C worth $550, buys 1 A, asks for an already called N on $900, back to Malak again and he gets no M on $300, back to Kimberley again and she gets 1 G worth $800, buys 1 O, gets no K on $450, back to Ginger and she lands on BANKRUPT to lose $600, back to Malak again and he gets 1 D worth $300, only vowels are left, he buys a bad I, Kimberley decides to solve

GO _ DA

CHEESE

Kimberley eats up some GOUDA CHEESE for $600

Scores after Round 3




Round 4: Before & After

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Kimberley spins the wheel and lands on BANKRUPT, Ginger gets 1 S worth $250, gets 3 T's for the Game Room prize, buys 6 I's, gets no R on $350, Malak lands on BANKRUPT

Final spin bell goes off

Final spin: $300

Kimberley: No N, Ginger: No D, Malak: 5 L's, Kimberley: 1 K, Ginger: 1 W

WILLI _ _

T _ LL / IT

LIK _ / IT / IS

Ginger solves WILLIAM TELL IT LIKE IT IS for $300 and the Game Room prize worth $4684. Her total this round is $4984

Final scores




Bonus Round

Ginger picks the H in WHEEL

The category is Thing

RSTLNE gives us this

_ _ _ N

Ginger's picks are P B K A. Vanna is frozen

DAWN, FINN, FLYNN, and HIN are her guesses, but it was HYMN which she does not get for a trip to Colorado and the Volvo

Ginger's final total is $19,996