Post by mechamind on May 20, 2022 23:09:31 GMT -5
Airdate: March 22, 2000
Australia's favourite game, Wheel of Fortune!
Today's contestants:
Heather Coomber (returning champion)
Michelle Lawson
Don Lambert
The top-dollar value on the Wheel is 750, and here's our first puzzle.
Here's a Puzzler for the home audience. Can you solve it?
Someday, somebody will win a BONUS. Let's try giving away an Aironic air conditioner!
The top-dollar value is increased to 1,500.
Don solves AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME, in which we hear he just won a trip to South Molle Island Whitsunday Wanderers Resorts holiday worth $4,600!
At this moment, we start another round...
Here's another Puzzler for the home audience. Can you solve it?
The top-dollar value is now 2,500!
RRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNGGGG!
Sounds like everyone needs to rest their arms, except Rob who will give the Wheel a spin. Consonants are worth 295, and Heather starts.
Heather: S (1,530)
Michelle: N (DUD!)
Don: H (295)
Heather: T (1,825)
Heather's guess of TONY LONGHURST is incorrect.
Michelle: M (295)
Don: G (590)
Heather: D
BONUS ROUND:
Heather will train her brain after hearing about some of our major prizes:
Lanark portable spa ($3,700)
Qantas and Captain Cook Great Barrier Reef cruise ($5,560)
Proton Persona GLi ($15,990)
Let's raise the Jackpot to $2,700!
We add 2,550 to Heather's previous 3,625 for 6,175, and now she can pick five consonants and a vowel. The Golden Wheel spins, and lands on...
Soho home office furniture ($3,969)
Time to prove herself with this puzzle:
Australia's favourite game, Wheel of Fortune!
Today's contestants:
Heather Coomber (returning champion)
Michelle Lawson
Don Lambert
The top-dollar value on the Wheel is 750, and here's our first puzzle.
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HEATHER | Michelle | Don |
| 200: S (DUD!) | PROTON: T (+250 value) 230: R (x3) 200: M (DUD!) | Free Spin! 150: N (DUD!) |
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| 230: D 200: Y (x2) Solve: Correct! | ||
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Heather solves DIRTY HARRY. She won't feel so lucky that she missed the red H.
She might feel lucky that she's looking at these prizes! We start with a Creola jewellery selection, a Schott Zwiesel 36-piece glassware collection, and a Scholastic CD-ROM package.
Heather picks the glassware.
Heather | Michelle | Don (FS) |
430 | 480 | |
Glassware |
Here's a Puzzler for the home audience. Can you solve it?
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The answer is FIRE KINDLING.
Someday, somebody will win a BONUS. Let's try giving away an Aironic air conditioner!
The top-dollar value is increased to 1,500.
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Heather | MICHELLE | Don (FS) |
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| 145: T (x4) Lose A Turn! | 1,500: H SURPRISE: N (x2) (+180 value) 180: S -50: E (x2) -50: I (x3) Solve: Correct! | |
625 | 1,580 |
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Don solves AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME, in which we hear he just won a trip to South Molle Island Whitsunday Wanderers Resorts holiday worth $4,600!
We take a moment to breathe, and Don looks at some prizes. Let's see if he picks a Rejman battery operated garden machine, a Dentons bedding package, or a beauty products package.
Don throws in a bedding package.
Heather | Michelle | Don (FS) |
430 | 625 | 1,580 |
Glassware | South Molle Bedding |
At this moment, we start another round...
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Heather | Michelle | DON (FS) |
| BANKRUPT! (0) (Free Spin used) 180: T (x2) 150: S (x2) 230: C -50: E (x3) -50: A (x2) BANKRUPT! (460) | ||
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| 310: R (x2) BONUS: D (+230 value) 230: L (x2) -50: I (x3) 385: M 180: B -50: O Lose A Turn! | 450: W Solve: Correct! | |
1,235 | 1,075 | |
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Michelle solves WEIGHTS AEROBICS TREADMILL. Give your arm a break and score an extra 200 by telling us where we are!
She scores! We are in a gym.
Everyone now has a prize in a very close game. Michelle's prize? It will be an Oneida cutlery package, an $800 Apollo blinds voucher, or a Seagull Pewter tableware collection.
Michelle takes the blinds, while Heather takes the BONUS.
Heather | Michelle | Don |
1,665 | 1,275 | 1,760 |
Glassware Air conditioner | Blinds | South Molle Bedding |
Here's another Puzzler for the home audience. Can you solve it?
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The answer is THE FOREIGN PRESS.
The top-dollar value is now 2,500!
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RRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNGGGG!
Sounds like everyone needs to rest their arms, except Rob who will give the Wheel a spin. Consonants are worth 295, and Heather starts.
Heather: S (1,530)
Michelle: N (DUD!)
Don: H (295)
Heather: T (1,825)
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Heather's guess of TONY LONGHURST is incorrect.
Michelle: M (295)
Don: G (590)
Heather: D
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Heather now solves ADAM GILCHRIST.
She knows everything, but does she know that these are the final prizes? We've got a Brosnan golf package, an Electrolux garden appliance package, and a CityBug electric scooter.
Heather grabs the golf package.
Heather | Michelle | Don |
2,550 | 1,570 | 2,350 |
Glassware Air conditioner Golf package | Blinds | South Molle Bedding |
The consolation prizes are a Pierre Cardin watch and Parker pens.
BONUS ROUND:
Heather will train her brain after hearing about some of our major prizes:
Lanark portable spa ($3,700)
Qantas and Captain Cook Great Barrier Reef cruise ($5,560)
Proton Persona GLi ($15,990)
Let's raise the Jackpot to $2,700!
We add 2,550 to Heather's previous 3,625 for 6,175, and now she can pick five consonants and a vowel. The Golden Wheel spins, and lands on...
Soho home office furniture ($3,969)
Time to prove herself with this puzzle:
Bonus Puzzle | |||||||||||||||
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Are TSHNR, and A the right choices?
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They are. After she says THE LAST OF, she solves THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS to take the furniture! Heather jumps to $9,699 in prizes and will play again!