Post by mechamind on Feb 26, 2023 0:07:13 GMT -5
Airdate: September 11, 2000
We begin the Battle of the Champions on Australia's favourite game, Wheel of Fortune!
Today's champions:
Don McKinnon (from three years ago, won $40,998 in prizes...and he's still as tall as ever.)
Belinda O'Brien (Feb-Mar 2000, won $33,940 in prizes, including trips that she still has to take)
Lisa Nolan (April 2000, won $48,685 in prizes, including the first ever cash Jackpot win)
The top-dollar value on the Wheel is 750, and here's our first puzzle.
Lisa solves TO PUT YOUR MIND AT REST.
Here's a Puzzler for the home audience. Can you solve it?
The answer is THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH.
It's not too much to know about our BONUS. We're still trying to give away prizes like a Yashica Kyocera Zoomate 140 camera!
We begin our next round.
RRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNGGGG!
Even though Don's "out of luck", he's not losing that money either, because Rob now gives the Wheel a spin. Consonants are worth 660.
Belinda: S (DUD!)
Lisa: H (x2) (Lucky H!) (1,320)
Don: G (2,750)
Don solves NIGHTWATCHMAN.
Here's another Puzzler for the home audience. Can you solve it?
The answer is BELLFLOWER.
The top-dollar value is now 2,500!
Rob will give the Wheel a spin. Consonants are worth 295, and Don will begin.
Don: N (295)
Belinda: T (295)
Lisa: R (1,615)
Don: F (x2) (590)
Don solves THOMAS JEFFERSON for the narrowest possible victory!
BONUS ROUND:
With 3,340, Don gets the familiar three consonants and a vowel. The Golden Wheel spins, and lands on...
King and Lady Cobra golf sets ($5,050)
We have more difficult puzzles this week.
This week, a Wheel champion could win a holiday in Vienna and a Proton Satria GTI!
We begin the Battle of the Champions on Australia's favourite game, Wheel of Fortune!
And we'll still be following the Olympic Torch, now in Cronulla.
One of our players today will enter the Grand Final on Thursday!
Today's champions:
Don McKinnon (from three years ago, won $40,998 in prizes...and he's still as tall as ever.)
Belinda O'Brien (Feb-Mar 2000, won $33,940 in prizes, including trips that she still has to take)
Lisa Nolan (April 2000, won $48,685 in prizes, including the first ever cash Jackpot win)
Sophie has met Lisa and Belinda before, but not Don, so this will be new to her.
Before we play the game, we watch a clip of Don solving the Person puzzle CHRISTOPHER REEVE with 1 second left (he also thought it was CHRISTOPHER ROBIN before the timer). Rob is not worthy. 
The top-dollar value on the Wheel is 750, and here's our first puzzle.
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| 200: N 155: T (x4) -50: O (x2) -50: A 300: G (DUD!) | 200: R (x2) 200: P 110: P (Repeat) | 310: S 110: D 200: M 130: Y Only vowels left! Solve: Correct! |
255 | 400 | 750 |
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Lisa solves TO PUT YOUR MIND AT REST.
Don | Belinda | Lisa |
255 | 400 | 750 |
Here's a Puzzler for the home audience. Can you solve it?
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The answer is THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH.
Before the next puzzle is revealed, we watch a clip of Belinda solving the Phrase puzzle TO FALL APART AT THE SEAMS with 2 seconds left. Again, Rob is impressed.
It's not too much to know about our BONUS. We're still trying to give away prizes like a Yashica Kyocera Zoomate 140 camera!
The top-dollar value is increased to 1,500.
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| 450: T (x3) 450: H (x2) 230: R (x3) 310: S (x2) -50: E (x3) 310: N BANKRUPT! (2,100) | 230: D 430: L 310: F Only vowels left! Solve: Correct! | |
255 | 970 |
Rob thought he heard Don say hooray to Belinda's BANKRUPT, but he didn't. Good sportsmanship is out the window today.
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Lisa solves THE AUTHOR OF TREASURE ISLAND. Has she written her way to an extra 200 by answering the clue?
She has not. It was Robert Louis Stevenson.
Don | Belinda | Lisa |
255 | 1,720 |
Lisa already won a car (and a cash Jackpot), as we see in a clip of the Phrase puzzle DRESSED UP TO THE NINES which she solves instantly.
We begin our next round.
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Don | Belinda | LISA |
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RRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNGGGG!
Even though Don's "out of luck", he's not losing that money either, because Rob now gives the Wheel a spin. Consonants are worth 660.
Belinda: S (DUD!)
Lisa: H (x2) (Lucky H!) (1,320)
Don: G (2,750)
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Don solves NIGHTWATCHMAN.
Don | Belinda | Lisa |
2,750 | 3,040 |
Here's another Puzzler for the home audience. Can you solve it?
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The answer is BELLFLOWER.
The top-dollar value is now 2,500!
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Rob will give the Wheel a spin. Consonants are worth 295, and Don will begin.
Don: N (295)
Belinda: T (295)
Lisa: R (1,615)
Don: F (x2) (590)
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Don solves THOMAS JEFFERSON for the narrowest possible victory!
Don | Belinda | Lisa |
3,340 | 295 | 3,335 |
For winning the day's main game, Don wins a Schott Zwiesel from Oneida glassware set.
The consolation prizes are a pair of Tissot lady's and gent's diver's watches and Parker Pens.
BONUS ROUND:
Also for winning the main game, Don still gets to play for a major prize! Don has a chance at a holiday in Vienna worth $10,813, or even a Proton Satria GTI worth $26,290!
With 3,340, Don gets the familiar three consonants and a vowel. The Golden Wheel spins, and lands on...
King and Lady Cobra golf sets ($5,050)
We have more difficult puzzles this week.
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With the difficulty, Don will pick the common RNT, and A.
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He says TO STRETCH ONE'S MIND. He was close, but he could not solve TO STRETCH ONE'S LUCK. Still good to get as close as he did, and Don will return for the Finals on Thursday.