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Post by mechamind on Sept 5, 2022 16:24:21 GMT -5

Airdate: July 11, 2000

Australia's favourite game, Wheel of Fortune!

The Olympic Torch? Nobody's running with it right now, because it's on a train! Follow it aboard The Indian Pacific!

Today's contestants:
Judy Findlater
Feda Debar (returning champion)
Michael Downs

The top-dollar value on the Wheel is 750, and here's our first puzzle.

Round 1

THING

JUDY	Feda	Michael
275: N (x2) 155: R PROTON: T (+150 value) -50: A (DUD!)	130: D 250: S Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
660*	*

The scores are incorrect before the puzzle is solved.

THING

Feda solves DINNER SUIT.

She might not need a dinner suit for herself, but she will need to pick a prize. How about a Conair personal care package, a Driza-Bone jacket and hat, or a Scholastic software package?

Feda needs the jacket and hat. She says "leather", and Rob thinks the first prize before she corrects herself.

Judy	Feda	Michael
530	380
	Jacket/hat

Here's a Puzzler for the home audience. Can you solve it?

Puzzler A

TITLE

The answer is THE JAZZ SINGER.

Too bad we won't get to hear Deeks sing about the BONUS, but he'd be happy to award somebody a Trevor Opray watercolour from Country Looks-Healesville!

The top-dollar value is increased to 1,500.

Round 2

PHRASE

Judy	FEDA	Michael

	180: T (DUD!)	1,500: S (x3) 660: N 145: R -50: A (x3) 180: M (DUD!)
530		2,255
530: D (DUD!)	310: P (x2) 310: L (x2) -50: E (x2) 180: Y Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
530	750

PHRASE

Feda solves AS SLIPPERY AS AN EEL.

Don't worry, as none of these prizes are slippery! They're just a Pilivuyt dinnerware set, an Ug gas heater, and a University board games collection!

Feda picks the dinnerware.

Judy	Feda	Michael
530	1,130	2,255
	Jacket/hat Dinnerware

We begin our next round.

Round 3

WHERE ARE WE?

Judy	Feda	MICHAEL
		2,255
		610: S (x2) 1,500: R 450: N (x2) -50: E (x2) 230: T 310: "L for loser." BANKRUPT! (5,305)
530
Lose A Turn!	180: P Solve: Correct!
530	180

Rob: What do you say about that, Michael?

Michael: Mate, you win some, you lose some.

WHERE ARE WE?

Feda solves NAPLES ROME TUSCANY. Now she has nothing to lose, and 200 to gain if she knows where we are.

She does know we're in Italy, and she doesn't even give Rob the chance to ask her for an answer!

She will need to give Rob the chance to tell her about this round's prizes: a lawn mower, a Gatineau skin care package, and a J.G. Durand crystal set.

Feda picks the crystalware.

Judy	Feda	Michael
530	1,510
	Jacket/hat Dinnerware Crystalware

Here's another Puzzler for the home audience. Can you solve it?

Puzzler B

THING

The answer is MEMORANDUM.

The top-dollar value is now 2,500!

Round 4

PHRASE

JUDY	Feda	Michael
530
295: R Lucky R! BANKRUPT! (1,120)	375: S (x2) 265: L (DUD!)
	375

PHRASE

RRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNGGGG!

Feda couldn't spin the big money on her last spin, but maybe Rob can do it. Time for that spin, and consonants are worth 265. Just like Feda...

Michael: T (265)
Judy: F (DUD!)
Feda: E (x2) (375)
Michael: N (x3) (530)
Judy: W (DUD!)
Feda: A (375)
Michael: L (DUD!)
Judy: "Buy an H." (265) (She gets buzzed saying A THORN ON.)

Feda: D (640)

Only vowels left!

PHRASE

Feda says A THORN ON ONE'S SIDE.

Michael solves A THORN IN ONE'S SIDE to end the sweep.

He's taken a thorn out of his own side, and Michael finally picks a prize! Last are an Apollo cabin bed, a Zepter Italian cookware pack, and a Thor 5-kg washing machine.

Michael's popular for picking the washing machine...for some reason.

Judy	Feda	Michael
265	2,150	530
	Jacket/hat Dinnerware Crystalware	Washing machine

Feda didn't really give Judy a chance, so she and Michael will both receive a Joe Boxer sleepwear collection and Parker Pens as a consolation prize.

BONUS ROUND:

If only because of a bad spin from Michael, Feda gets another chance at a major prize like these:

Custom-made golf clubs!
Whitsunday Island cruise
Proton Satria GTI ($27,990)
Feda should be the one to win a $7,800 Jackpot!

We add 2,150 to Feda's previous 3,635 for 5,785, and she'll take four consonants and a vowel. The Golden Wheel spins, and lands on...

7-night Iririki Island Resort holiday in Vanuatu ($6,820)

Time for that second-chance puzzle:

Bonus Puzzle

LIVING THING

Still not too many letters, but we hope TSRL, and E can be helpful.

LIVING THING

She instantly solves SEA HORSE for the trip to Vanuatu! Everyone's cheering, and Feda has won $9,079 in prizes! She'll also come back tomorrow.