Post by mechamind on May 11, 2022 23:58:57 GMT -5
Airdate: May 10, 1999
Australia's favourite game, Wheel of Fortune!
Today's contestants:
Deborah Judge
Glenn Mitchell (returning champion)
Kurt Lobauer
The top-dollar value on the Wheel is 500, and here's our first puzzle.
Kurt picks the heaters.
Here's a Puzzler for the home audience. Can you solve it?
The top-dollar value on the Wheel is increased to 1,000.
Kurt may as well just solve this next puzzle right now.
Here's another Puzzler for the home audience. Can you solve it?
The top-dollar value is now 2,000, and we sure need the numbers right now!
RRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNGGGG!
We can't get the big money, so Rob will try when he gives the Wheel a spin. Consonants are worth 270. Just like Glenn, very close...
Deborah: N (470)
Glenn: F (DUD!)
Kurt: G (DUD!)
Deborah: C (740)
BONUS ROUND:
With 2,020, Deborah is worthy of three consonants and a vowel. The Golden Wheel spins, and lands on...
Proton Persona Aeroback!
Can she start with a car win? She must solve our last puzzle:
She has no idea, and she does not solve CRUEL INTENTIONS. Deborah finishes with $3,145 in prizes and could try for a car next time.
Australia's favourite game, Wheel of Fortune!
Today's contestants:
Deborah Judge
Glenn Mitchell (returning champion)
Kurt Lobauer
The top-dollar value on the Wheel is 500, and here's our first puzzle.
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DEBORAH | Glenn | Kurt |
| 110: S (x3) 270: T (DUD!) | 135: R 500: N -50: E (x3) -50: A (DUD!) | 270: F Solve: Correct! |
110 | 535 | 270 |
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Kurt solves SUNFLOWER SEEDS.
Time for a little snack as we watch Kurt choose from a car care products package, a Suzanne clothing voucher, or a pair of room heaters.
Kurt picks the heaters.
Deborah | Glenn | Kurt |
110 | 535 | 270 |
Room heaters |
Here's a Puzzler for the home audience. Can you solve it?
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The answer is HAPPY GO LUCKY.
There's a BONUS that will make you happy, and it's a Tasco Sales Yashica compact MicroTec camera!
The top-dollar value on the Wheel is increased to 1,000.
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Deborah | GLENN | Kurt |
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| 210: T (x2) 555: H (x2) 165: N (x3) Lucky N! 390: F -50: E -50: I (x3) -50: O 390: G (x2) BANKRUPT! (2,260) | 210: W Solve: Correct! | |
110 | 210 |
Adriana misses the left N before Rob reminds her.
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Kurt solves IN THE SWING OF THINGS.
He cares more about prizes than money. We hope he cares about a fitness/weight bench, a chainsaw and brush cutter, or a coin watch package!
Kurt cares about a chainsaw and brush.
Deborah | Glenn | Kurt |
110 | 480 | |
Room heaters Garden tools |
Kurt may as well just solve this next puzzle right now.
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Deborah | Glenn | KURT |
| 390: S (x3) 210: T (x3) 390: N (DUD!) | ||
110 | 600 | |
| 480: C 480: B BONUS: F (+210 value) Solve: Correct! | ||
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Deborah solves BUREAU OF STATISTICS and keeps the camera.
We could use some better numbers ourselves, but now Deborah may now choose from a timber window blind package, a golf bag and clubs, and a cutlery set.
Deborah takes the golf package.
Deborah | Glenn | Kurt |
1,280 | 1,080 | |
Camera Golf package | Room heaters Garden tools |
Here's another Puzzler for the home audience. Can you solve it?
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The answer to this Pubbler Puzzler is CHAUFFEUR.
The top-dollar value is now 2,000, and we sure need the numbers right now!
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DEBORAH | Glenn | Kurt |
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| 200: R 200: S (DUD!) | 270: T 525: P (DUD!) | 700: S (DUD!) |
200 | 270 | 600 |
Glenn almost hits 2,000 on his first spin, and Rob tells him to try blowing at it. It worked for someone else!
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RRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNGGGG!
We can't get the big money, so Rob will try when he gives the Wheel a spin. Consonants are worth 270. Just like Glenn, very close...
Deborah: N (470)
Glenn: F (DUD!)
Kurt: G (DUD!)
Deborah: C (740)
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Deborah solves BALLET DANCER.
She can do her victory dance after she looks at a pendants and necklaces collection, an "electric blue" luggage collection, and a single and queen sized bed.
Deborah's last choice is the beds.
Deborah | Glenn | Kurt |
| 2,020 | 270 | 1,080 |
Camera Golf package Beds | Room heaters Garden tools |
The consolation prizes are pairs of Reality Eyewear sunglasses and Parker pens.
Glenn leaves with the $2,000 in prizes that he won earlier.
BONUS ROUND:
Deborah can run a victory lap after she wins one of our prizes, and they include:
Trip for two to Micronesia and Guam ($4,360)Niagara Therapy reclining chair ($6,795)
Proton Persona Aeroback ($18,990)
With 2,020, Deborah is worthy of three consonants and a vowel. The Golden Wheel spins, and lands on...
Proton Persona Aeroback!
Can she start with a car win? She must solve our last puzzle:
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Her picks of RTS, and A reveal some consonants but no vowels.
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She has no idea, and she does not solve CRUEL INTENTIONS. Deborah finishes with $3,145 in prizes and could try for a car next time.
