Post by mechamind on Feb 27, 2023 0:10:28 GMT -5
Airdate: September 13, 2000
This week, a Wheel champion could win a holiday in Vienna and a Proton Satria GTI!
We're into our third day of our Battle of the Champions on Australia's favourite game, Wheel of Fortune!
The Olympic Torch has just a few more stops! Now to Hunters Hill, and two more days until the Games!
It's our last day to qualify one more player for the Finals!
Today's champions:
Danny Cotell (August 1996, won $33,000 in prizes over just three episodes!)
Adrian Austin (July 2000, won $43,255 in prizes, and has returned to the yellow spot.)
Ruth DeRosa (1998, won $34,612 in prizes including a Satria...and she sold some of her prizes.)
The top-dollar value on the Wheel is 750, and here's our first puzzle.
Adrian solves HYDROELECTRIC POWER.
Here's a Puzzler for the home audience. Can you solve it?
The answer is BILLY THE KID.
Let's power up the Wheel with a BONUS prize! If Adrian still has the touch, maybe he'll win a Kyocera Socius camera!
The top-dollar value is increased to 1,500.
RRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNGGGG!
Just a little more work to do with this puzzle, but Rob must give the Wheel a spin. Consonants are worth 660.
Danny: D (2,400)
"D for dolphin" before Danny solves BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN.
Here's another Puzzler for the home audience. Can you solve it?
The answer is LARRY MOE AND CURLY.
The top-dollar value is now 2,500!
Rob will give the Wheel a spin. Consonants are worth 385, and Danny starts.
Danny: C (385)
Adrian solves CAPE YORK PENINSULA.
BONUS ROUND:
With 5,695, Adrian could've waited one more turn, but he can still win with four consonants and a vowel. The Golden Wheel spins, and lands on...
Driclad above-ground pool ($4,249)
Let's see if he can solve this puzzle even at his current score.
This week, a Wheel champion could win a holiday in Vienna and a Proton Satria GTI!
We're into our third day of our Battle of the Champions on Australia's favourite game, Wheel of Fortune!
The Olympic Torch has just a few more stops! Now to Hunters Hill, and two more days until the Games!
It's our last day to qualify one more player for the Finals!
By the way, are we going to have to keep our eyes on Rob? He said he was giving the Proton a polish, but was he really?
Today's champions:
Danny Cotell (August 1996, won $33,000 in prizes over just three episodes!)
Adrian Austin (July 2000, won $43,255 in prizes, and has returned to the yellow spot.)
Ruth DeRosa (1998, won $34,612 in prizes including a Satria...and she sold some of her prizes.)
We relive one of Danny's moments in the Major Prize Round. With just three letters (RT, and O), he solves the Title puzzle BORN FREE before the timer can start! Tony Barber can't believe it!
The top-dollar value on the Wheel is 750, and here's our first puzzle.
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DANNY | Adrian | Ruth |
| 750: T 165: R (x3) PROTON: S (DUD!) | 230: C (x2) 250: L -50: E (x3) 310: D Free Spin! 150: P Free Spin! 150: H 120: W 275: Y Only vowels left! Solve: Correct! | |
915 | 1,435 |
During Danny's first spin, Rob brings up how the Wheel used to be much more slanted years ago.
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Adrian solves HYDROELECTRIC POWER.
Danny | Adrian (2 FS) | Ruth |
915 | 1,435 |
Here's a Puzzler for the home audience. Can you solve it?
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The answer is BILLY THE KID.
We watch one of Adrian's Major Prize Rounds, and with just four letters (TSN, and E), he nearly fills in the Phrase puzzle TO SET THE TONE before solving it.
Let's power up the Wheel with a BONUS prize! If Adrian still has the touch, maybe he'll win a Kyocera Socius camera!
The top-dollar value is increased to 1,500.
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Danny | ADRIAN (2 FS) | Ruth |
| 450: T (x6) 1,500: N -50: O (x4) 310: B (x2) 310: S Solve: Correct! | ||
915 | 2,520 |
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Perfection! Adrian solves TO BE OR NOT TO BE THAT IS THE ?. That is the part where he scores a bonus 200 by filling in the blank.
That is it! The question, that is.
Danny | Adrian (2 FS) | Ruth |
915 | 4,155 |
We have a look at some footage from Ruth's Major Prize Round where she solves the Occupation puzzle PLASTIC SURGEON with 1 second left.
It's not Ruth's first time touching the Wheel, but she finally starts this round.
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Danny | Adrian (2 FS) | RUTH |
| 430: N (x2) -50: E (x2) 430: L (x2) -50: I -50: O (x3) 610: T (x2) BANKRUPT! (1,320) | ||
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RRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNGGGG!
Just a little more work to do with this puzzle, but Rob must give the Wheel a spin. Consonants are worth 660.
Danny: D (2,400)
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"D for dolphin" before Danny solves BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN.
Danny | Adrian (2 FS) | Ruth |
2,400 | 4,155 |
Here's another Puzzler for the home audience. Can you solve it?
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The answer is LARRY MOE AND CURLY.
The top-dollar value is now 2,500!
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Rob will give the Wheel a spin. Consonants are worth 385, and Danny starts.
Danny: C (385)
Adrian: P (x2) (385)
(Free Spin used)
Adrian: R (Lucky R!) (1,155)
(Free Spin used)
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Adrian solves CAPE YORK PENINSULA.
Danny | Adrian | Ruth |
2,785 | 5,695 |
For winning this game, Adrian is the recipient of 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:
The 80's music fan is travelling to the future for a Major Prize! He could be the one to win a holiday in Vienna worth $10,813 or a Proton Satria GTI worth $26,290!
With 5,695, Adrian could've waited one more turn, but he can still win with four consonants and a vowel. The Golden Wheel spins, and lands on...
Driclad above-ground pool ($4,249)
Will he be like Sandi and build the new pool above the one he already has?
Let's see if he can solve this puzzle even at his current score.
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He won't be singing his picks, but his letters are TSNR, and A.
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He's silent and does not solve THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER. But we still have our three finalists, and Adrian is coming back tomorrow!