Australia - November 8, 2000 recap

Australia - November 8, 2000 recap Feb 19, 2023 1:09:56 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Feb 19, 2023 1:09:56 GMT -5

Airdate: November 8, 2000

Australia's favourite game, Wheel of Fortune!

Rob and Sophie promote The Spirit of Christmas on CD, with all money going to The Salvation Army.

Today's contestants:
Beverly Mulcahy (returning with $7,156 including a Launceston holiday)
Michelle Tate
Jeff Turner

Before Beverly's rehearsal for the show, she actually did win a trip to Launceston, which is spooky.

Jeff has collected some Olympic pins, and he's wearing them right now!

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

Round 1

PLACE

BEVERLY	Michelle	Jeff
120: T (x2) 230: S Lose A Turn!	BANKRUPT! (0)	300: R (x2) -50: E 130: N (x3) -50: A (x3) 300: D Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
350		630

Rob spots a fly on the 230 wedge, but who else can see it? When Jeff starts, we get a close up, and the fly is riding on it! He suggests a bonus prize for landing on the fly.

PLACE

Jeff solves INDIAN RESTAURANT.

The only contestant to "hit" the fly has a good prize already. One of our newcomers will get a Hewlett Packard scanner, a hockey stick package with bag, or a Decor plastic homeware collection.

Jeff picks the scanner.

Beverly	Michelle	Jeff
350		630
		Scanner

(Just to prove that it was still alive, Rob scares the fly away by swatting the 230 space. "Gone!")

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

Puzzler A

NAME

The answer is WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR.

Off comes the fly, and on goes the BONUS space! You don't even need to conquer the rest of the puzzle to win a Plasmark Ceramics chiminea!

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

Round 2

FILL IN THE BLANK

Beverly	MICHELLE	Jeff

	BANKRUPT! (0)	BANKRUPT! (0)
350
150: T 230: R (x2) 230: M (DUD!)	145: "N for Not Again." BONUS: S (DUD!)	375: P -50: A (x2) 310: D 180: G (DUD!)
730	145	635
375: H (DUD!)	180: B 230: C Only vowels left! -50: E Solve: Correct!
730	505

FILL IN THE BLANK

Michelle takes a shot with ? DUNE ? TRAP ? CRAB, and she's correct! The quick part will be scoring a bonus 200 by filling in the blank!

Not just quick, but also the right answer. The blank is sand.

She didn't get this round's prize, but Michelle conquered the puzzle for something different: a JNL 51-cm colour TV, a $500 in Jakk by Jill Fitzsimon clothing, or a Hitachi power tool collection.

Michelle grabs the power tools for her father.

Beverly	Michelle	Jeff
730	505	1,265
	Power tools	Scanner

We begin our next round.

Round 3

THING

Beverly	Michelle	JEFF
		635
		145: T (DUD!)
730		635
Lose A Turn!	385: S 450: N
730	835

THING

RRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNGGGG!

Did Michelle want this to wait until later? It must happen now! Rob must give the Wheel a spin, and consonants are worth 375.

Michelle: R (1,210)
Jeff: P (DUD!)
Beverly: H (Lucky H!) (1,480)
Michelle: G (1,585) (She almost asked to solve right away.)

THING

Michelle solves GREENHOUSE.

It may be time for Michelle to take a prize just for herself. She's adding a Louis Cardini leathergoods pack, a Raymond Weil Tango watch, or a Schott Zwiesel glassware collection.

Michelle can't resist the glassware.

Beverly	Michelle	Jeff
1,480	2,290	1,265
	Power tools Glassware	Scanner

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

Puzzler B

QUOTATION

The answer is HUMBUG.

The top-dollar value is now 2,500!

Round 4

NAME

Rob will give the Wheel a spin. Consonants are worth 280, and Beverly begins.

Beverly: T (DUD!)
Michelle: S (x3) (280)
Jeff: H (915)
Beverly: M (x2) (1,760)

NAME

Beverly solves SMASHING PUMPKINS...but she admits she doesn't like the music.

Still a smashing solve, but a simple prize to finish off. Today, Beverly will get a Learning Journey 22-volume encyclopedia set, a Stanley Rogers 88-piece cutlery set, or a Creola jewellery collection.

Beverly gets the jewellery.

Beverly	Michelle	Jeff
1,760	2,570	1,545
Jewellery	Power tools Glassware	Scanner

The consolation prizes are a Liberation Music AUS music collection and Parker Pens.

Beverly leaves with about $8,000 in prizes.

BONUS ROUND:

Spooky that you can spin badly so many times and still win the game. Michelle did that, and she's ready for a major prize like these:

Tropical Vanuatu holiday
Victory Curtains and Blinds window furnishing selection ($5,000)
Pair of Raymond Weil gold watches ($6,924)
Proton Satria GL ($12,190)
The best spin of all will be the car with a $14,900 cash Jackpot!

With 2,545, Michelle only has three consonants and a vowel. The Golden Wheel spins, and lands on...

Proton Satria GL!

Now she just needs some good luck with this puzzle:

Bonus Puzzle

PHRASE

She hopes to have a new car with only STR, and E.

PHRASE

She thinks the first word starts with THE, so she's going nowhere. It was TOO LITTLE TOO LATE. But it's not too late to win a car, as she could win the next game!