Post by mechamind on Mar 22, 2023 22:26:16 GMT -5
Airdate: Unknown (sometime in 1997)
Australia's favourite game, Wheel of Fortune!
Today's contestants:
Kate Smith (returning champion)
Peter Croutsnap (?): Pastry chef who loves cricket and soccer and is also watching rugby league
Lola Snowden: Married to Don, who she's involved with home duties in a big way, loves ballroom dancing, would like to climb Ayers Rock
The top-dollar value on the Wheel is 500, and here's our first puzzle:
Lola solves WUTHERING HEIGHTS.
The top dollar-value on the Wheel is now 1,000.
The top-dollar value on the Wheel is up to 2,000.
Lola solves ARCHITECT. The fate of her Free Spin has been sealed.
BONUS ROUND:
With 1,745, Lola could only build her way to two consonants and a vowel. The Golden Wheel spins, and lands on...
4-night Great Barrier Reef cruise ($5,020)
It can still happen if she finds the right letters.
She whispers TOMCATS to herself, and she does not solve MOBILE TELEPHONE. There's always tomorrow!
Australia's favourite game, Wheel of Fortune!
Today's contestants:
Kate Smith (returning champion)
Peter Croutsnap (?): Pastry chef who loves cricket and soccer and is also watching rugby league
Lola Snowden: Married to Don, who she's involved with home duties in a big way, loves ballroom dancing, would like to climb Ayers Rock
Rob is in disbelief that Kate is a "National Women's Belly Flop Champion", a more tolerable "taxi driver who would like to do a Monopoly pub crawl of London", and finally a "sales manager whose ambition is to be shot dead at 80 years of age by a jealous husband". 
Even better, Rob doesn't know if he'll live to 70. Lola thinks she will so that she can climb the Rock.
The top-dollar value on the Wheel is 500, and here's our first puzzle:
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Question: Which word means both a politician in charge of a department, and another name for a priest?
Peter: Minister (Correct!)
Peter: Minister (Correct!)
Kate | PETER | Lola |
| 180: T (x2) 110: R -50: E (x2) Lose A Turn! | Free Spin! 135: H (x3) Lucky H! 500: W Solve: Correct! | |
240 | 770 |
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Lola solves WUTHERING HEIGHTS.
For someone who's all about climbing to new heights, we have a Volta vacuum cleaner, a Personal Tutor software package, and an Australis 9-foot kayak to pick from.
Lola starts with a vacuum cleaner.
Kate | Peter | Lola (FS) |
240 | 770 | |
Vacuum |
It's an easy game for her, but maybe even easier to win the BONUS prize. Just try and spin for a Aussie Chef Clothing Company cookware package!
The top dollar-value on the Wheel is now 1,000.
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KATE | Peter | Lola (FS) |
240 | 770 | |
| 165: T (DUD!) | 210: S (x2) 280: N (x2) 410: D (x5) 555: M (DUD!) | 555: R -50: E (x6) -50: A (x2) Lose A Turn! |
1,140 | 1,225 | |
| 600: L (x2) 135: G 480: V Only vowels left! Solve: Correct! | ||
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Kate solves SIGNED SEALED AND DELIVERED.
And with that, we're ready to deliver Kate a prize today! She may pick from a Valvoline car care package, a Creola gold jewellery selection, and a Stanley Rogers 44-piece cutlery set.
Kate takes the cutlery.
Kate | Peter | Lola (FS) |
1,215 | 1,140 | 1,225 |
Cutlery | Vacuum |
The top-dollar value on the Wheel is up to 2,000.
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Kate | PETER | Lola (FS) |
1,140 | 1,225 | |
| BANKRUPT! (1,140) | 270: R -50: E 350: T (x2) -50: A Solve: Correct! | |
1,215 | 1,745 |
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Lola solves ARCHITECT. The fate of her Free Spin has been sealed.
Lola's victory has also been sealed, and as a reward for solving this puzzle, she gets an Encyclopedia Britannica library, a 2-week Gold Coast holiday, or an AEG dishwasher.
She ends with the holiday.
Kate | Peter | Lola (...) |
1,215 | 1,745 | |
Cutlery | Vacuum Gold Coast |
That last spin came to Peter at a very bad time. He's leaving with a Tissot Swiss-made dress watch as a consolation prize.
All contestants receive Parker Pens and the Mattel Wheel of Fortune board game.
Kate leaves with $6,959 in prizes.
BONUS ROUND:
Even though the main game went well, this is Lola's real challenge. She'll have to think hard to win a major prize like these:
Henry Griffitts golf set ($5,030)
5-night South African holiday ($5,950)
Garry Masters lounge suite ($3,700)
Stanley Rogers & Westminster dinner service for 12 ($4,545)
Proton Satria GLI ($16,990)
With 1,745, Lola could only build her way to two consonants and a vowel. The Golden Wheel spins, and lands on...
4-night Great Barrier Reef cruise ($5,020)
It can still happen if she finds the right letters.
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There's only one thing to say about RT, and A.
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She whispers TOMCATS to herself, and she does not solve MOBILE TELEPHONE. There's always tomorrow!