Post by mechamind on Aug 21, 2022 13:23:48 GMT -5
Airdate: April 13, 2000
Australia's favourite game, Wheel of Fortune!
Today's contestants:
Belinda Field
Judith Lewis (returning with $22,476 in prizes including a car!)
Tim Ledger
The top-dollar value on the Wheel is 750, and here's our first puzzle.
Perfection! Belinda solves INSPECTOR GADGET.
Rob plugs the Cash Car & Stars giveaway one more time. A home viewer could win a Proton Satria GTI worth $27,690!
The answer to the last puzzle was A CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK. Our final puzzle is:
(Rob almost forgot about the Bonus and was ready to introduce the puzzle!)
The top-dollar value is increased to 1,500.
We begin our next round.
The top-dollar value is now 2,500!
RRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNGGGG!
She was so close to that second car, but now Rob has to give the Wheel a spin. Consonants are worth 295.
Tim: S (x2) (1,015)
BONUS ROUND:
Proton Persona XLI ($18,690)
With 5,050, Balinda quickly earns four consonants and a vowel. The Golden Wheel spins, and lands on...
7-night Pinnacle Valley Resort ski holiday ($3,880)
We hope she's as good at solving puzzles as Judith!
Australia's favourite game, Wheel of Fortune!
Today's contestants:
Belinda Field
Judith Lewis (returning with $22,476 in prizes including a car!)
Tim Ledger
The top-dollar value on the Wheel is 750, and here's our first puzzle.
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BELINDA | Judith | Tim |
| 155: T (x2) 250: S 200: N 120: R -50: E (x2) 200: P Solve: Correct! | ||
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Perfection! Belinda solves INSPECTOR GADGET.
Tim thought "we've got a champion on our hands"...but could it be Belinda? She has the first win with a Canon home office, a Scholastic CD-ROM package, or some Wiltshire garden tools.
Belinda picks the home office.
Belinda | Judith | Tim |
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Canon office |
Rob plugs the Cash Car & Stars giveaway one more time. A home viewer could win a Proton Satria GTI worth $27,690!
The answer to the last puzzle was A CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK. Our final puzzle is:
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Go, go, gadget BONUS! Here comes a Schott Zwiesel Buckingham glassware collection!
(Rob almost forgot about the Bonus and was ready to introduce the puzzle!)
The top-dollar value is increased to 1,500.
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Belinda | JUDITH | Tim |
| 310: T 145: R (x3) -50: O -50: E (x2) 1,500: N (DUD!) | BANKRUPT! (0) | |
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| 1,500: S (x3) Lucky S! BONUS: P (x2) (+450 value) 450: L (x2) 375: C (x2) -50: I (x3) 385: M (DUD!) | 180: H Only vowels left! Solve: Correct! | |
4,225 | 535 |
After asking to buy a vowel, Belinda took a while and called M on the buzzer, though it wasn't there anyway.
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Judith solves SURPRISE ? SEARCH ? POLITICAL ?. She's far behind, but 200 more will get her closer if she fills in the blank.
She knows immediately that it's a party.
More like a "prize party" for Judith, as she has a look at Kookaburra sporting equipment, a VAX Vacuum cleaner, and a Tosca luggage collection.
Judith will receive the sports package for his grandson.
Belinda | Judith | Tim |
5,100 | 735 | |
Canon office Glassware | Sports |
We begin our next round.
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| 385: N (x2) 385: R (x2) -50: O (DUD!) | ||
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| -50: E (DUD!) | 230: S 375: T PROTON: F (+310 value) 145: K Only vowels left! Solve: Correct! | |
4,175 | 1,060 | |
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Judith solves FRANK SINATRA for half of another car. But she's not a fan of Frank, to Rob's surprise.
She'd better be a fan of these prizes with these scores. We've got a Zepter coffee set, a Creola jewellery collection, and a Minelab metal detector.
Judith is a fan of the metal detector!
Belinda | Judith (P) | Tim |
5,100 | 1,795 | 720 |
Canon office Glassware | Sports Metal detector |
The top-dollar value is now 2,500!
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BELINDA | Judith (P) | Tim |
| 280: T (DUD!) | 375: "N for...Nurley?" 460: R (DUD!) | |
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RRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNGGGG!
She was so close to that second car, but now Rob has to give the Wheel a spin. Consonants are worth 295.
Tim: S (x2) (1,015)
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Tim solves SMOKE SIGNAL.
And now we get a signal to show Tim our last few prizes. He'll pick a Stanley Rogers 88-piece cutlery set, a Maui rentals motorhome holiday, or an Encyclopedia Britannica collection.
Tim takes a motorhome holiday.
Belinda | Judith | Tim |
| 5,050 | 2,170 | 1,015 |
Canon office Glassware | Sports Metal detector | Holiday |
The consolation prizes are an Omni cordless phone and Parker Pens.
Judith had a great time, and she leaves with $24,542 in prizes!
BONUS ROUND:
We probably do "got a champion on our hands". Belinda is the winner, and she's playing for one of our major prizes:
Therapeutic red cedar spa
Ski holiday in the Victorian Alps
4 Pierre Cardin dress and sports watches ($3,660)
Andi European stainless steel cooking appliances ($4,960)Proton Persona XLI ($18,690)
She could take some cash of her own with a $4,300 Jackpot!
With 5,050, Balinda quickly earns four consonants and a vowel. The Golden Wheel spins, and lands on...
7-night Pinnacle Valley Resort ski holiday ($3,880)
We hope she's as good at solving puzzles as Judith!
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We hope TNRS, and A can help her with all this!
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She talks it out and solves SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH to keep the holiday! Belinda finishes with $5,378 in prizes and could win even more tomorrow!