Post by mechamind on May 12, 2022 23:22:50 GMT -5
Airdate: March 6, 2000
Australia's favourite game, Wheel of Fortune!
Today's contestants:
Samantha Dunkley
Belinda O'Brien (returning with $19,677 in prizes)
Nick Hunter
The top-dollar value on the Wheel is 500, and here's our first puzzle.
Here's a Puzzler for the home audience. Can you solve it?
Is it easy enough to hit our BONUS? Someone could win a Dorling Kindersley Millennium book collection!
The top-dollar value is up to 1,000, and Belinda gets another chance.
On to our next round!
Here's another Puzzler for the home audience. Can you solve it?
The top-dollar value is now 2,000!
RRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNGGGG!
A short puzzle, but also short on time. Rob will give the Wheel a spin, and consonants are worth 200.
Belinda: R (1,345)
Nick: M (200)
BONUS ROUND:
Belinda is too good, and someone who is too good will score one of our major prizes. Some of them are:
Proton Persona XLi ($20,390)
We take the 4,035 and Belinda's previous 3,230 to give her 7,265, bringing her to five consonants and a vowel. The Golden Wheel spins, and lands on...
Driclad above-ground island pool ($5,425)
Time for the final puzzle:
Australia's favourite game, Wheel of Fortune!
Today's contestants:
Samantha Dunkley
Belinda O'Brien (returning with $19,677 in prizes)
Nick Hunter
The top-dollar value on the Wheel is 500, and here's our first puzzle.
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SAMANTHA | Belinda | Nick |
| 180: N 180: S (DUD!) | 180: R (x3) 150: G (DUD!) | 150: T 110: L (DUD!) |
180 | 180 | 150 |
| 110: V 100: B (DUD!) | 180: D Only vowels left! Buzz out! | Solve: Wrong! |
290 | 360 | 150 |
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After Belinda gets buzzed, Nick guesses DOWNTREE RIVER.
Samantha steals with DAINTREE RIVER.
After a mix of good and bad, we remind you that all our prizes are good. Let's start with a Revlon & Mistral personal care package, an acrylic tableware package, and an 18-speed mountain bike!
Samantha steals the care package.
Samantha | Belinda | Nick |
290 | 360 | 150 |
Personal care |
Here's a Puzzler for the home audience. Can you solve it?
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Easy! It's FELIX THE CAT.
Is it easy enough to hit our BONUS? Someone could win a Dorling Kindersley Millennium book collection!
The top-dollar value is up to 1,000, and Belinda gets another chance.
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Samantha | BELINDA | Nick |
360 | 150 | |
| 1,000: T (x2) 480: S (x4) 280: R (x2) 280: P (DUD!) | 280: F (DUD!) | |
2,120 | 150 | |
| Lose A Turn! | 340: N (x3) -50: E (x2) 280: L (x2) Solve: Correct! | |
2,690 |
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Belinda solves A ROLLING STONE GATHERS NO MOSS.
As we keep rolling through our game, Belinda may gather a car care products package, an Australian-made lawn mower, or a man's coin watch for her collection.
She's adding a lawn mower for her husband.
Samantha | Belinda | Nick |
290 | 2,690 | 150 |
Personal care | Lawn mower |
On to our next round!
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Samantha | Belinda | NICK |
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| 165: T (x4) 280: H 280: R BANKRUPT! (875) | ||
| 480: N (DUD!) | 480: S 135: L (x2) -50: A (x5) 600: N (Repeat) | 350: C (x2) 165: P 135: Y 390: F Only vowels left! Solve: Correct! |
565 | 1,040 | |
Sophie almost missed the top C in the puzzle, so she ran to it before Nick's next spin stopped.
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Nick solves THE CAPITAL CITY OF AUSTRALIA. An extra 200 should be easy enough with a clue like this.
He scores with Canberra.
After securing some money, Nick will give himself an extra reward. This time, it's an aluminium cookware package, a table accessories package, or a computer and work cabinet.
Nick picks the computer centre.
Samantha | Belinda | Nick |
290 | 3,255 | 1,250 |
Personal care | Lawn mower | Computer/work |
Here's another Puzzler for the home audience. Can you solve it?
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The answer is CAREERS ADVISOR.
The top-dollar value is now 2,000!
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THING | |||||||||||||||
SAMANTHA | Belinda | Nick |
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| 540: N 420: P (DUD!) | 580: T | |
540 | 1,145 |
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RRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNGGGG!
A short puzzle, but also short on time. Rob will give the Wheel a spin, and consonants are worth 200.
Belinda: R (1,345)
Nick: M (200)
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Nick solves NIGHTMARE.
He has nothing to fear from our last few prizes! He'll look at a Tasco telescope, a $1,200 blinds voucher, and a Brosnan golf clubs package.
Nick was already looking at the golf clubs.
Samantha | Belinda | Nick |
830 | 4,035 | 1,440 |
Personal care | Lawn mower | Computer/work Golf clubs |
The consolation prizes are an Omni telephone and a Parker pen.
BONUS ROUND:
Belinda is too good, and someone who is too good will score one of our major prizes. Some of them are:
Above-ground island pool
Cruise from Cairns to Lizard Island
Compucon ultimedia computer package ($3,999)
Prouds silver and gold jewellery selection ($4,000)Proton Persona XLi ($20,390)
We take the 4,035 and Belinda's previous 3,230 to give her 7,265, bringing her to five consonants and a vowel. The Golden Wheel spins, and lands on...
Driclad above-ground island pool ($5,425)
Time for the final puzzle:
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She wants plenty from RTSNM, and E.
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She talks it out but does not solve AUDREY HEPBURN. Belinda still has $20,226 in prizes and a good score for her next game.
