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Australia - March 9, 2000 recap May 13, 2022 22:46:05 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on May 13, 2022 22:46:05 GMT -5

Airdate: March 9, 2000

Australia's favourite game, Wheel of Fortune!

Today's contestants:
Belinda O'Brien (returning with $28,481 in prizes)
David Mumford
Kate Westerby

The top-dollar value on the Wheel is 500, and here's our first puzzle.

Round 1

PERSON

BELINDA	David	Kate
250: D (DUD!)	180: T 180: S -50: A (DUD!)	135: N 135: R -50: E (x2) 180: M (DUD!)
	310	220
135: P (DUD!)	280: L Lose A Turn!	180: V Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
	590	400

PERSON

Kate solves OLIVER STONE.

Happy to at least win something with a strong player around, Kate will now pick from a skating/boarding package, a "Summer Blush" dinnerware package, and a Prouds $400 jewellery voucher.

Kate wants the voucher.

Belinda	David	Kate
	590	400
		$400 jewellery

Here's a Puzzler for the home audience. Can you solve it?

Puzzler A

THING

The answer is ADDRESS BOOK.

As today's BONUS, we've prepared a Royal Selangor William Morris wine accessory collection.

The top-dollar value is increased to 1,000.

Round 2

PHRASE

Belinda	DAVID	Kate
	590
	210: T (x3) 350: H (x2) Lose A Turn!	-50: E (x3) (Solve bank drops to 350) 350: N (DUD!)
	1,150
280: B 280: S 1,000: W Solve: Correct!
1,560

PHRASE

Belinda solves THE POWERS THAT BE.

Talk to them if you don't like our prizes. But we're sure Belinda would love one of a Gatineau skin care package, a Rejman garden system, and a Tasco telescope.

Belinda picks the garden system.

Belinda	David	Kate
1,560	1,150	350
Garden system		$400 jewellery

Time to start our next round!

Round 3

CLUE

Belinda	David	KATE

		350: T (x3) 280: H -50: E (x2) 555: N (x2) -50: O BANKRUPT! (1,085)
	1,150
480: M (DUD!)	210: S (x2) 280: R -50: A (x2) 340: F 480: L 210: D (x2) BANKRUPT! (2,620)	-50: I (Solve bank drops to 300) 130: B Solve: Correct!
		130

CLUE

Kate reads what's on the board, and she can make up for those earlier vowels with an extra 200 if she answers the clue.

She thinks it's the emu. It's actually the other one, the ostrich.

But now, we'll slow down and offer Kate the choice of a Furitechnics stainless steel knife set, an assortment of glassware, or an Apollo $800 blinds voucher.

Kate's choice is the knife set.

Belinda	David	Kate
1,560		430
Garden system		$400 jewellery Knife set

Here's another Puzzler for the home audience. Can you solve it?

Puzzler B

BUILDING

The answer is THE KREMLIN.

The top-dollar value is now 2,000!

Round 4

THING

BELINDA	David	Kate
270: M 580: S (DUD!)	270: T
270	270

THING

RRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNGGGG!

At least David is now safe from the danger. It's time for Rob will give the Wheel a spin, and consonants are worth... Lose A Turn!

Well...Rob isn't safe. He'll spin it again, and consonants are worth 540.

David: N (x2) (Lucky N!) (1,350)

THING

David solves LAMINGTON.

If only he had better luck with his spins. David will still get to pick a prize, and our last ones are a Soho office furniture set, a touchscreen internet phone, and a garden appliances package.

David's prize is the office furniture.

Belinda	David	Kate
1,830	1,350	430
Garden system	Office	$400 jewellery Knife set

The consolation prizes are a pair of Reality Eyewear sunglasses and Parker pens.

BONUS ROUND:

So...Belinda does it again. We'll never run out of major prizes, and our list includes:

Above-ground pool

Cruise to the Great Barrier Reef

Pair of Raymond Weil 18-karat gold watches ($6,225)

Molmic 6-seater modular lounge suite ($4,000)
Proton Persona XLi ($20,390)

We're starting again with just 1,830, so Belinda drops to two consonants and a vowel. The Golden Wheel spins, and lands on...

South Molle Island Resort holiday ($3,890)

Again? She already won the trip, so she might just earn some extra tickets.

Can she solve a puzzle with little help?

Bonus Puzzle

FICTIONAL CHARACTER

It's not like last time. Belinda is stuck with just LS, and E.

FICTIONAL CHARACTER

She can't even think. After time runs out, Rob says 007, and she realizes it's JAMES BOND. Belinda still has $29,021 in prizes and is playing again.