December 1, 1997 Recap

December 1, 1997 Recap
European Vacation Week Day 1


Contestants

Leon Council: Aurora, Colorado; retired from the Air Force, was in the Air Force for 26 years, married to his wife Lola for 45 years, has 3 children and 5 grandchildren

John Zafferano: Los Angeles, California; originally from Rocky River, Ohio; in the music business, manager of the music department at a major Hollywood studio

Nancy Coppin: Park Ridge, Illinois; registered nurse there, has 5 children, married, likes athletics, likes racquetball, basketball, and she coaches 6th grade basketball


Round 1: Proper Name

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Leon is the first spinner and he gets no T on $450 (buzzer didn't sound), John lands on BANKRUPT, Nancy gets 1 L worth $800, buys 2 A's, gets 1 N worth $700, gets no G on $300, back to Leon and he gets 1 C worth $250, then he duds with a K on $500, back to John and he gets 1 P worth $600, only vowels are left

AL

PAC _ N _

John IDs AL PACINO for $600

Scores after Round 1




Round 2 ($10,000 Round): Classic TV

Prize on wheel: Giorgio Armani shopping spree worth $2500

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John spins the wheel and gets 3 T's worth $250 a piece, gets 2 L's worth $600 a piece, gets 1 S worth $700, buys 4 E's, gets 3 R's worth $500 a piece, buys 3 A's, gets 1 P worth $400, buys 2 I's, gets 2 B's worth $300 a piece, gets 3 N's worth $250 a piece, gets 1 M worth $250, buys 1 U

BATMAN

BATTLES / _ _ _ ER

PEN _ UIN / &

RI _ _ LER

John solves BATMAN BATTLES JOKER PENGUIN & RIDDLER for $5150

Surprise Question

On the TV series, what was the name of Batman's butler?

John does not come up with anything and doesn't win $2000 more. The correct answer was Alfred

Scores after Round 2




Round 3 (Jackpot Round): Thing

Jackpot sponsor: University games

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Nancy spins the wheel and gets 1 R worth $250, then she lands on BANKRUPT, Leon gets 1 T worth $3500, gets 1 S worth $3500, buys 2 E's, gets 1 L on the Jackpot Wedge, he has to spin again and he gets 2 N's on the Jackpot Wedge, this time he decides to solve

_ _ RST _ _ N _

_ N _ _ LE _ _ E

Leon's FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE earns him $6750 and a $12,250 jackpot. His total this round is $19,000

Scores after Round 3




Round 4: Before & After

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Leon spins the wheel and he gets 1 N worth $700, gets 4 T's worth $450 a piece, buys 1 E, gets 3 R's for the Fashion prize, buys 1 A, buys 4 O's, gets 2 C's worth $800 a piece

CARROT

_ T _ C _ / O _ T

_ O _ R / TON _ _ E

Leon solves CARROT STICK OUT YOUR TONGUE for $3350 and the Fashion prize worth $2500. His total this round is $5850

Scores after Round 4




Round 5: Phrase

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John spins the wheel and gets 4 T's worth $250 a piece

Final spin bell goes off

Final spin: $250

John: 1 L

_ _ _ ' T / T _ _ _ _

T _ _ T / _ _ _ L

John solves DON'T TOUCH THAT DIAL for $1250

Final scores




Bonus Round

Leon picks the L in WHEEL

The category is Phrase

RSTLNE gives us this

R _ _ _ R -

S _ _ R _

Leon's picks are M G F I. Vanna is frozen

He thought the first word was RIVER at first then he thought it was ROVER, it was RAZOR-SHARP which he does not get for a Volkswagen

Leon's final total is $24,850