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Post by mechamind on Aug 31, 2022 10:23:26 GMT -5

Airdate: August 1, 1994

Wheel Of Fortune! Where one spin of the Wheel could twirl you into some fabulous fortune.

We want to see an incredible win! We want to give away an executive saloon car and a £10,000 cash fortune!

Today's contestants are:

Joe Bogachiel (?): Avid keyboard player, from Bedfordshire (via Slovenia)
Margaret Berber: Used to be with the Inland Revenue, from Cheshire
Phil Schwarz: London cabbie

The top value on the Wheel is 1,000. The music stops, and it's time to collect some points before driving away from this first puzzle. We'll start by buzzing in!

Round 1

PROVERB

Question: Name the communication system in which each letter of the alphabet is represented a sequences of dots and dashes.
Phil: Morse Code (Correct!)

Joe	Margaret	PHIL
		800: D 400: S 900: B (DUD!)
		1,200
Lose A Turn!	450: T 600: H 200: N (x2) 1,000: P (DUD!)	750: F (x2) 900: K 600: R BANKRUPT! (4,200)
	1,450
900: L (x4) Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
3,600

The sound for Lose A Turn also plays for Phil's BANKRUPT spin.

PROVERB

Joe solves THERE'S NO FOOL LIKE AN OLD FOOL.

We fooled Steve into thinking someone just won a prize. Actually, someone did! Joe will have a beautiful antique pine bureau with table, corner unit and table, or TV and video system.

Joe takes the TV and video system.

Joe	Margaret	Phil
3,600	1,450
TV/video

There's no danger like that second BANKRUPT, but there's no reward like that second 1,000 space! Of course, you could have a solid silver fob watch if you take our token on 800. Time for the next puzzle!

Round 2

PLACE

Question: Which famous television character's opening words were... "Evening, all!"
Phil: Dixon of Dock Green (Correct!)

Joe	Margaret	PHIL
		500: B 400: M (DUD!)
		500
400: R (DUD!)	600: S BANKRUPT! (600)	400: G (DUD!)
		500
500: P 700: "L for Robert." 500: N BANKRUPT! (1,700)	750: T 150: H BANKRUPT! (900)	600: D (DUD!)
		500
Free Spin! 400: F 150: Y Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
550

Joe and Phil both try to spin at the same time after Margaret's second BANKRUPT. Nicky reminds us of the turn order.

Joe then tries to spin again when only vowels remain.

PLACE

Joe solves THE BAY OF NAPLES.

As long as he doesn't have to think about spinning! Joe simply selects a portable mobile phone, weekly petrol for a year, or a car CD system.

Joe wants petrol for a year.

Joe	Margaret	Phil
4,150	1,450	500
TV/video 1-year petrol

It's the same old game, but with a better Wheel! There's a third 1,000 space, points are doubled, and we have a Royal Copenhagen fine tulip vase! Take the token on 750 and solve this puzzle!

Round 3

STAR AND MOVIE

Question: When is the next leap year?
Joe: 1996 (Correct!)

JOE	Margaret	Phil
BANKRUPT! (0)	300: L (x2) 200: W (x2) Lose A Turn!	BANKRUPT! (0)
	2,000
400: R 400: S (DUD!)	250: C 500: H (x2) Lose A Turn!	150: B 900: G (x2) 150: T (x2) 1,000: K Solve: Correct!
800	4,500	6,500

STAR AND MOVIE

Phil solves CLARK GABLE GONE WITH THE WIND.

Frankly, we don't care to keep these prizes. We want you to have them, and Phil will take a country pine dresser, an electric sewing machine, or a pine table and chairs.

Phil takes the pine table.

Joe	Margaret	Phil
4,950	5,950	7,000
TV/video 1-year petrol		Pine table

You do give a damn about this next puzzle, right?

Round 4

PHRASE

We didn't give a damn about the clock, and now Nicky must give the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants are worth 400 doubled, and you must buzz in to start.

Question: After General Franco's death in 1975, who became King of Spain?
Joe: King Juan Carlos (Correct!)

Joe: R (DUD!)
Margaret: N (x3) (2,400)
Phil: B (800)
Joe: T (x2) (1,600)
Margaret: C (3,200)
Phil: S (1,600)
Joe: D (x3) (4,000)

PHRASE

Joe says STAND AND BE COUNTED, but he missed a word.

Margaret: P (4,000)

Only vowels left!

PHRASE

Margaret solves STAND UP AND BE COUNTED.

She would've won the game regardless, but because of this, she also gets a prize. We offer an 18-piece crystal dinner service, a trip to Bordeaux, and 3 cases of vintage wine.

Margaret grabs the crystal.

Joe	Margaret	Phil
8,950	9,950	8,600
TV/video 1-year petrol	Crystal	Pine table

All contestants receive the Wheel of Fortune souvenir watch.

BONUS ROUND:

Stand up, Margaret! Get ready to win a car and a £10,000 cash fortune!

She'll grab them if she solves this puzzle:

Bonus Puzzle

TELEVISION

RSTLCE includes one good letter:

TELEVISION

She says PRACTICE, and then she solves PEAK PRACTICE to keep the prize package! Margaret will carry that all home with the crystal and the souvenir watch.