October 16, 1996 Recap

October 16, 1996 Recap
European Holiday Week Day 3


Contestants

Mark Van Doorne: Hilo, Hawaii; truck driver, has a 5 year old son named Sterling, does writing, writes philosophy

Ron Smith: Los Angeles, California; part time actor, part time clerical worker, enjoys singing in his church choir, likes sitcom theme songs, his favorite is "my mother the car"

Darla Atlas: Redmond, Washington; in the newspaper biz, editor of a weekly newspaper in a suburb of Seattle, married to her husband Michael, likes to collect old cheesy lunch boxes


Round 1: Landmark

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Mark is the first spinner and he gets 2 T's worth $700 a piece, gets 1 H worth $350, then he attempts to buy an E on $800, Ron gets 2 S's worth $350 a piece, buys 2 A's, gets 1 C for the Surprise

H _ A _ ST

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Ron locates HEARST CASTLE for $450 and the Surprise which is a deluxe formal territorial dining table set from Scottsdale Art Factory worth $7640. His total this round is $8090

Scores after Round 1




Round 2: Before & After

Prize on wheel: A week stay for two at the Krystal Cancun worth $2483

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Ron spins the wheel and gets 3 T's worth $400 a piece, gets 2 H's for the Free Spin, buys 4 E's, gets 1 W worth $250, buys 2 A's, gets 3 N's worth $900 a piece, gets 1 D worth $900, buys 2 I's, buys 1 O, gets 1 M worth $300, gets 1 R worth $900, gets 1 Y worth $400, gets 2 J's worth $550 a piece, gets no Z on $500 but uses his Free Spin, he gets 1 C worth $250, gets 1 K worth $450, gets 4 L's worth $800 a piece

MONTEREY

JACK / AND

JILL / WENT

_ _ / THE / HILL

Ron solves MONTEREY JACK AND JILL WENT UP THE HILL for $10,650

Scores after Round 2




Round 3 (Jackpot Round): Thing

Before the round begins, Pat mentions that if the winner on Friday wins the bonus round, they will win a high tech office and home entertainment package including a cellular phone, fax, business card reader, home security system, and even a digital satellite system with a 53 inch big screen projection TV from Sony

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Darla spins the wheel and lands on BANKRUPT, Mark gets no H on the Cancun prize, Ron lands on Lose A Turn, back to Darla and she gets 2 R's worth $600 a piece, gets 1 T worth $600, buys 1 E, gets no N on $550, back to Mark and he gets 1 D worth $3500, gets 1 L worth $3500, buys 4 O's, gets 1 F worth $600, gets no G on the Jackpot Wedge, back to Don and he gets 1 W worth $700, gets 1 P worth $400

WOOD

P _ R _ _ ET

FLOOR

Ron solves WOOD PARQUET FLOOR for $1100

Scores after Round 3




Round 4: Phrase

The round begins with the final spin

Final spin: $600

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Mark: 2 T's, Ron: 3 S's, Darla: 1 N, Mark: No D, Ron: 1 L, Darla: 2 R's, Mark: 2 Y's, Ron: 1 C, Darla: 2 P's

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R _ STR _ CT _ _ NS

_ _ Y / _ PPLY

Darla knows that SOME RESTRICTIONS MAY APPLY for $3000, especially on this show which they had to apply a lot of in 24 years due to COVID. She also avoids going home with parting gifts

Final scores




Bonus Round

Ron picks the W in WHEEL

The category is Proper Name

RSTLNE gives us this

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Ron's picks are C M D A

M _ _ ART

Ron IDs MOZART for $25,000

Ron's final total is $44,840