Post by mechamind on May 28, 2022 15:22:50 GMT -5
Airdate: July 27, 2001
Today's contestants (all female):
Wendy Dumbrell
Deanna Chadwick
Bronwyn Hanson
The top-dollar value on the Wheel is 750, and here's our first puzzle.
The top-dollar value is increased to 1,500.
We begin our next round.
RRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNGGGG!
We seem to be running short of time, so Rob will give the Wheel a spin. Consonants are worth 310.
The top-dollar value is now 2,500!
Rob will give the Wheel a spin. Consonants are worth 220, and Wendy will begin.
Wendy: S (220)
Deanna: T (x2) (220)
Bronwyn: R (x2) (1,500)
Wendy: N (x2) (440)
Deanna: F (DUD!)
Bronwyn: L (1,720)
Wendy: M (x2) (660)
BONUS ROUND:
With 5,860, Wendy is allowed four consonants and a vowel. The Golden Wheel spins, and lands on...
Spring on Melbourne watercolour painting ($4,000)
The final puzzle is...
NRST, and A gives her only the consonants.
This is the 20th-Anniversary State Challenge, on Australia's favourite game, Wheel of Fortune!
We have three contestants from Western Australia for Heat 1, and each contestant plays for their own home viewer!
The winner of the challenge will be headed to Thailand, and somebody could also win a new Daewoo Tacuma!
The winner of the challenge will be headed to Thailand, and somebody could also win a new Daewoo Tacuma!
Today's contestants (all female):
Wendy Dumbrell
Deanna Chadwick
Bronwyn Hanson
The top-dollar value on the Wheel is 750, and here's our first puzzle.
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WENDY | Deanna | Bronwyn |
| 150: R 230: N 110: S 165: T (x2) 110: F (DUD!) | Lose A Turn! | 130: L (DUD!) |
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| 150: H 200: D 155: Y Only vowels left! Solve: Correct! | ||
1,260 | ||
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Wendy solves THIRTEEN DAYS. The first E almost slips out of the trilon! Sophie can't let that happen!
It didn't take that long for Wendy and her home partner to win a Tiffany home appliance package.
Wendy | Deanna | Bronwyn |
1,160 | ||
Appliances |
The top-dollar value is increased to 1,500.
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Wendy | DEANNA | Bronwyn |
| 180: T (DUD!) | 230: R (x2) 530: N (x3) 150: G (DUD!) | |
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| 180: S (x3) -50: E (x2) -50: A (x4) -50: I (x2) 230: D 530: P (x2) 150: W 1,500: L (x3) 530: C Lucky C! Solve: Correct! | ||
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Wendy solves ? ISLAND ? PRAWN ? CHARLES SPANIEL, which she has to repeat over the applause. Time for some silence so Wendy can score 200 by filling in the blank.
She thinks it's Raw, which Rob finds funny, but the blank is King.
Wendy still wins a Pan Macmillan book collection for solving the puzzle.
Wendy | Deanna | Bronwyn |
4,660 | 760 | |
Appliances Books |
We begin our next round.
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Wendy | Deanna | BRONWYN |
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| 145: S (x2) Lucky S! 230: T (x3) Lose A Turn! | ||
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RRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNGGGG!
We seem to be running short of time, so Rob will give the Wheel a spin. Consonants are worth 310.
Wendy: B (x2) (540)
Only vowels left!
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Wendy solves TO BE AT ONE'S BEST.
The player at her best now takes a Masport Genius 4-in-1 lawn mower.
Wendy | Deanna | Bronwyn |
5,200 | 1,280 | |
Appliances Books Lawn mower |
The top-dollar value is now 2,500!
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Rob will give the Wheel a spin. Consonants are worth 220, and Wendy will begin.
Wendy: S (220)
Deanna: T (x2) (220)
Bronwyn: R (x2) (1,500)
Wendy: N (x2) (440)
Deanna: F (DUD!)
Bronwyn: L (1,720)
Wendy: M (x2) (660)
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Wendy sweeps the game and solves ELEMENTARY MY DEAR WATSON.
Her prize before the final is a Coffex Coffee package, also going to her home viewer.
Just for being paired with someone like Wendy, her home partner receives a $2,000 bonus.
Wendy | Deanna | Bronwyn |
5,860 | 220 | 1,720 |
Appliances Books Lawn mower Coffee |
Wendy probably wanted some competition. Deanna and Bronwyn each go home with a pair of Royal Selangor goblets and Parker pens, and their home partners receive a $500 consolation prize.
BONUS ROUND:
Wendy's in really good shape, and she might just take home everything in sight, including a Club Crocodile Resort Beach holiday and a Daewoo Tacuma.
With 5,860, Wendy is allowed four consonants and a vowel. The Golden Wheel spins, and lands on...
Spring on Melbourne watercolour painting ($4,000)
The final puzzle is...
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NRST, and A gives her only the consonants.
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She says NORTH and NORTHWEST, and in the last two seconds, she solves NORTH BY NORTHWEST to COMPLETE THE SWEEP! Wendy keeps the painting and finishes with $6,924 in prizes, and she's in good shape to return!