March 6, 1985 recap

Airdate: March 6, 1985

Look at this studio filled with glamorous and imaginative gifts! Fabulous merchandise including...

A $14,000 sportscar
A $2,500 gold cut bracelet
A pair of two-wheelers

Over $92,000 just waiting to be won on...

Wheel Of Fortune!

Today's contestants:
Ann Bouchard: Student in SDSU, going into marketing and advertising, from San Diego, CA
Derek Werner: Student in UCLA finishing up his MBA
Jerry Corosa (?): Brick layer, Wilmington, MA

The top-dollar value on the Wheel is $1,000. Try not to hit Bankrupt, or you will lose all your cash, but once you buy a prize, it's yours to keep. Here's our first puzzle!


Ann solves POP THE QUESTION.



If you must ask what the prize is, it's a Dicker and Dicker gold frost mink jacket (labeled FUR) worth $4,000. I ask if you can claim it in this round:


Derek solves FORT KNOX.



Strike silver, and maybe some gold with the $5,000 space...


Ann solves CUT OFF YOUR NOSE TO SPITE YOUR FACE to claim her spare change for a total of $5,457.


And this is where we cut to the conclusion.


Jerry got the only "bad" spin of the day, which most likely spoiled the best chance. He winds up with some nice parting gifts.





BONUS ROUND:

The on account gave Ann an extra prize (though it reduced her gift certificate). Now she can try for a bit more over here. She picks...

Trip to Sydney and stay at Hyatt Kingsgate ($6,970).

The final puzzle is...

Something different here too. It's STRNDA:

With key letters, Ann solves OUT TO LUNCH five seconds in to keep the trip! She flies off with a total of $14,720 in prizes!