February 2, 2000 Recap

February 2, 2000 Recap
Las Vegas Week Day 3


Preview Puzzle: Things

BI _ _

_ HE _ _ IES

Click the spoiler to reveal the answer




Contestants

Matt Reid: San Diego, California; retail manager for household furnishings, big sports fan, married, has no kids but has 2 cats and a dog, his family hates watching Wheel because they get the puzzles too fast

Susan Solomon: Highland Park, Illinois; married to her husband Elliot, they will be married for 30 years as of this year, has a daughter named Jamie who is engaged to be married to a guy named Simon, has a son named Scott, retired teacher, taught high school science

Cynthia Trujillo: Albuquerque, New Mexico; originally from Taos, goes to Metropolitan College for court reporting, has a 7 month old son named Isaiah


Round 1 (Puzzler Round): Phrase

_ / _ _ _ _ / _ _

_ _ / _ _ / _ _ _ _ _

Matt is the first spinner and he gets 2 N's worth $400 a piece, then he duds with an R on $300, Susan gets 1 S worth $300, buys 3 I's, gets 1 T worth $300, buys 3 E's, gets no P on $600, Cynthia gets 1 F worth $600, gets 1 L worth $900, gets 1 B worth $800

I / FEEL / IT

IN / _ _ / B _ NES

Cynthia solves I FEEL IT IN MY BONES for $2300

Puzzler: Thing

_ _ EM _ N _ T _ _ N

Cynthia fails to come up with PREMONITION for an extra $3000

Scores after Round 1




Round 2: Headline

Prize on wheel: Sony Vaio Z505 laptop and Viewsonic VP150 computer worth $3838

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _

_ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ / _ _

_ _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Susan spins the wheel and gets 1 R worth $500, gets 4 T's worth $600 a piece, gets 2 N's worth $2500 a piece, buys 1 I, buys 5 A's, buys 5 E's, gets 3 H's worth $500, gets 4 M's worth $450 a piece, gets 2 L's worth $550 a piece, gets 1 C worth $300

M _ HAMMA _ / ALI

NAME _

ATHLETE / _ _

THE / CENT _ R _

Susan remembers that MUHAMMAD ALI NAMED ATHLETE OF THE CENTURY for $11,850

Scores after Round 2




Round 3 (Jackpot Round): Before & After

Jackpot sponsor: 1-800-flowers.com

Prize on wheel: Las Vegas shopping spree worth $6400

_ _ - _ _

_ _ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _ _ _

Cynthia spins the wheel and gets no T on $900, Matt lands on BANKRUPT, Susan gets 1 R for the Las Vegas prize, then she duds with an N on $300, back to Cynthia and she gets 2 L's worth $300 a piece, then she duds with a D on $450, back to Matt and he gets no C on $600, back to Susan and she lands on BANKRUPT to lose the Las Vegas prize, back to Cynthia again and she gets no M on $900, back to Matt again and he gets 2 S's worth $900 a piece, gets 2 H's worth $300 a piece, buys 3 I's, gets 1 P worth $900, gets 1 V worth $400, buys 1 E, buys 2 O's, then he lands on BANKRUPT to lose $2950, back to Susan again and she gets 1 Y worth $800

HI-YO

SILVER

POLISH

Susan reads off HI-YO SILVER POLISH for $800

Scores after Round 3




Round 4: Occupation

The round begins with the final spin

Final spin: $5000

_ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _ _

Matt: 3 T's, Susan: 1 N, Cynthia: 1 R

R _ _ _ / _ _ T _ T _

_ _ _ NT

Cynthia impressively solves REAL ESTATE AGENT for $6000

Final scores




Bonus Round

Susan picks the first E in WHEEL

The category is Thing

RSTLNE gives us this

R _ _ N _ _ _

Susan's picks are D M P I

R _ IN _ _ _

Susan fails to come up with RAINBOW for a boat

Susan's final total is $12,650