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Post by gameshowguy2000 on Oct 2, 2011 19:20:05 GMT -5
You guys remember the Season 1 Millionaire question that Kathy Hempel had about the cost of a vowel on Wheel of Fortune, right? The choices were $50, $100, $250, and $500.
Apparently, there happen to be TWO correct answers instead of one. $250 it has mostly been, but let us not forget the 2-season Bob Goen daytime version which had vowels at $100.
I read that had Kathy filed an appeal about the question, the producers would've turned it down.
What have you guys to say about that? Should she have appealed? It seems she may have watched more of Goen's version.
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Post by therealcu2010 on Oct 2, 2011 19:22:50 GMT -5
This should be in Mr. Irrelevant- it has more to do with Millionaire than Wheel of Fortune.
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Post by MarioGS on Oct 2, 2011 19:54:28 GMT -5
No. The question was "On the game show 'Wheel of Fortune,' how much does it cost to buy a vowel?" The key word there is "does." There was no problem with the question, because it was asking about the cost in present tense. If the question was phrased "Jeopardy!" style such as "The price of vowel on 'Wheel of Fortune'," without a word signifying present tense such as "currently," then an appeal would have been understandable. But all in all, I doubt it matters to her anymore, because she later appeared on a special "$0 Winners" show and won 1,000 times the current vowel price: $250,000.  |
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Post by WarioSajak on Oct 2, 2011 22:37:47 GMT -5
the 2-season Bob Goen daytime version which had vowels at $100. Vowels were originally $200, then reduced to $100 in early 1990. I recall this question as well. |
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Post by woffan4ever on Oct 3, 2011 21:16:41 GMT -5
I remember the question as well, and I can only echo what Mario said. She had no grounds for appeal.
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