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May 25, 1995 recap Apr 20, 2023 0:12:22 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Apr 20, 2023 0:12:22 GMT -5

Airdate: May 25, 1995

From the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in Norfolk, It's America's game! Wheeeeeel Of Fortune!

Today's contestants:
Kyle Phillips: Junior and computer engineering major at Georgia Tech, from Canton, GA
Rebecca Schneider: Private Investigator and the owner of a legal document delivery service, from Chesapeake
Mark Banker (returning with a 1-day total of $14,400)

The top-dollar value on the Wheel is $1,000. We are playing for cash, and here's our first puzzle:

Round 1

LANDMARK

KYLE	Rebecca	Mark
$800: S (x3) BANKRUPT! ($2,400)	$500: T (x2) $700: N (x2) -$250: O (x4) Solve: Correct!
	$2,150

LANDMARK

Rebecca solves THOMAS JEFFERSON'S MONTICELLO. Pat say we would've accepted any pronunciation of "Monticello".

Kyle	Rebecca	Mark
	$2,150

As we privately investigate how Rebecca solved that puzzle so fast, Charlie will interrupt to tell us about a pair of Klein Fervor bicycles (labeled BICYCLES) worth $3,320.

A breeze seems to be blowing things away, but the $2,500 space is staying put for this puzzle!

Round 2

THING

Kyle	REBECCA	Mark
	$350: T (x3) $200: N -$250: E $200: S (x3) -$250: A (x2) $400: L (DUD!)	$450: R SURPRISE: V Solve: Correct!
	$1,350	$450+

THING

Mark solves VAST ASSORTMENT, and from our assortment of prizes...he's getting a Lalique Virginia crystal bowl worth $2,215.

Kyle	Rebecca	Mark
	$2,150	$2,665

At this point, Pat's hair is really messy thanks to the breeze.

His crystal bowl will have to wait if he wants to receive it in one piece. The $3,500 is on the Wheel as usual, but it would've been easier if we could treat the $10,000 space as spendable cash instead of a prize.

Round 3

FILL IN THE BLANK

Kyle	Rebecca	MARK
		$1,000: S $450: N (x3) -$250: E -$250: O (x5) -$250: I (x2) $450: T -$250: A -$250: U BICYCLES: R Lose A Turn!
		$1,550+
$3,500: L (x3!) Solve: Correct!
$10,500

FILL IN THE BLANK

Kyle solves ? POTION ? CONQUERS ALL ? IN BLOOM. That makes up for the silence early on, and he'll even try for a $500 bonus by filling in the blank.

A lovely thought from the word love.

Kyle	Rebecca	Mark
$11,000	$2,150	$2,665

Kyle will need to break the pattern of one lost turn per round, which is especially important if he hits the $5,000 space. Whether it's windy or not, we'll still add a SWITZERLAND trip to the Wheel.

Round 4

PLACE

KYLE	Rebecca	Mark
$10,000!: T (x2) $250: H (x2) -$250: E (x2) BANKRUPT! ($10,250)	$500: N (x2) $200: F -$250: O (x3) -$250: A (x2) $550: R -$250: I (x3) $700: M (x2) $250: C $200: W $500: L $200: V BANKRUPT! ($3,550)	$800: G Solve: Correct!
		$800

Rebecca clearly wanted to win the game. The audience screamed when she ended with a BANKRUPT (even though it wasn't as big as Kyle's loss), but Pat acknowledged that she did make the round exciting.

PLACE

Mark reads what's on the board. It's over for him, too.

Kyle	Rebecca	Mark
$11,000	$2,150	$3,465

"Mark the Vulture" leaves with a 2-day total of $17,865.

BONUS ROUND:

Don't you just love when someone wins with a single spin? Kyle does, and now he'd love to win a Camaro, twin Yamahas, a van, or the $25,000.

The envelopes bloom again, and Kyle promised a friend he'd pick the H. A puzzle is blooming on the board...

Bonus Puzzle

THING

RSTLNE gives him:

THING

He'll get some good help with DCPO.

THING

But he needed more help than that, as he's totally silent and does not solve CINNAMON...

...so he won't be sprinkling that cash on top of a Camaro. Kyle remains at $11,000, but he returns tomorrow to try again!