Australia - October 26, 2000 recap

Australia - October 26, 2000 recap Feb 5, 2023 0:41:28 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Feb 5, 2023 0:41:28 GMT -5

Airdate: October 26, 2000

Australia's favourite game, Wheel of Fortune!

Today's contestants:
Terrie Aegis
Rodney "Rod" Nash
Phillip "Phil" Roberts (returning champion)

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

Round 1

TITLE

TERRIE	Rod	Phil
220: T (x2) 120: N (DUD!)	750: S 120: H (DUD!)	165: P (DUD!)
220	750
155: R 120: C (DUD!)	200: G 200: M Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
375	1,150

TITLE

Rod solves GET SMART.

We got no time for messing around after that solve. Focus on our prizes, and pick from a Hills Industries washing line, $400 in HMV music, or a Conti Moda lady's handbag and jewellery.

Rod wants the music.

Terrie	Rod	Phil
375	1,150
	$400 HMV

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

Puzzler A

PHRASE

The answer is WORTH ITS WEIGHT IN GOLD.

Adopt-A-Dot is still going! It's not too late to participate!

It would be a smart idea to add a BONUS prize to the Wheel, and someone can grab a Tissot stainless steel watch.

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

Round 2

FILL IN THE BLANK

Terrie	ROD	Phil

	430: T (x4) 150: R (x2) 180: N 375: H (x3) 145: L -50: E (x3) 310: P (DUD!)	430: W 430: D (x2) 180: M Lose A Turn!
375	1,230	1,040
230: B (x2) Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
605

FILL IN THE BLANK

Terrie solves OLD MOTHER HUBBARD WENT TO THE ?. She knew to stop so that it would count, and she can take a bonus 200 by filling in the blank.

An easy one! She went to the cupboard.

And we went to our prize cupboard after that round. It's not bare! We brought her a Spiegelau glassware collection, a Country Looks-Healesville set of six prints, and a Hitachi power tool set to look at!

Terrie will have the glassware.

Terrie	Rod	Phil
805	2,380	1,040
Glassware	$400 HMV

We begin our next round.

Round 3

PHRASE

Terrie	Rod	PHIL
		1,040
		BANKRUPT! (1,040)
	1,230
PROTON: T (+180 value) 375: S (x3) -50: E 610: H (DUD!)	530: R 450: G (DUD!)	430: D (DUD!)
505	1,760
-50: A (x3) -50: O 310: N Solve: Correct!
715

Phil only thinks about vowels when his turn comes back, something he should've done before the BANKRUPT.

PHRASE

Terrie thinks about solving, so she does by answering STUBBORN AS A MULE. Good thing, because she locks in her PROTON wedge.

We're offering these three prizes, and there's nothing you can do to change our minds! Here's a Royal Selangor gold accent goblet set, a Toyota sewing machine, and a Dorling Kindersley Millennium Family reference library.

Terrie's mum is getting a sewing machine!

Terrie (P)	Rod	Phil
1,520	2,910
Glassware Sewing machine	$400 HMV

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

Puzzler B

AUSTRALIANA

The answer is THE DEVIL'S MARBLES.

The top-dollar value is now 2,500!

Round 4

THING

TERRIE (P)	Rod	Phil
	1,760
2,500: T BONUS: S (DUD!)
2,500

THING

RRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNGGGG!

Rod gets ahead of himself and calls H before Rob's spin.

Rod wasn't expecting that top-dollar spin from Terrie, and now he must wait for Rob to give the Wheel a spin. Consonants are worth 295, nearly the top-dollar himself...

Rod: H (DUD!)
Phil: N (295)
Terrie: R (2,795) (She tries to call E after that.)
Rod: L (2,075)

Phil: C (Lucky C!) (885)

Only vowels left!

THING

Phil solves CLARINET.

That's not one of our prizes in that last round, unfortunately. Phil could still take something better like a Meyer cookware collection, a Whirlpool front load washer, or a Minelab metal detector!

Phil could look for some gold with the metal detector!

Terrie (...)	Rod	Phil
4,315	3,205	885
Glassware Sewing machine	$400 HMV	Metal detector

The consolation prizes are a Telstra cordless phone system and Parker Pens.

Phil leaves with the metal detector, all his previous prizes...and maybe some gold that he'll find under the studio.

BONUS ROUND:

Terrie won't need a metal detector to find a major prize! We present them to her, and she'll spin the Wheel one last time, possibly for one of these:

Daydream Island holiday

Therapeutic chair

Whirlpool white appliance package ($4,596)
Niagara Therapy reclining chair ($6,795)
Proton Satria GL ($12,190)
Our Cash Jackpot hits a new level of $14,000!

With 4,315, Terrie earns a reasonable four consonants and a vowel. The Golden Wheel spins, and lands on...

Proton Satria GL!

No, you can't use Phil's metal detector on this puzzle.

Bonus Puzzle

PHRASE

Terrie's choices will be the usual STRN, and E for this biggie.

PHRASE

She quickly solves MONEY DOESN'T GROW ON TREES for a new car! That's how you finish, and Terrie has reached $14,000 in prizes! Well, that's not how you finish, because she comes back next time for more!