EPISODE #2463: AFRICAN SAFARI
Liz Shoaf: senior at Meredith College studying nutrition from Raleigh, NC
Suzanne Sload: 2-day champ w/ $98,777 cash & prizes
Shira Warren: major bank worker in Oakland who’s engaged and about to get married in the summer of 1997 from Hercules, CA
Round 1: PHRASE
Liz: $250 S, $900 T, $900 H, $150 M, $500 R pair, two E’s, $400 L, $150 D, triple O’s, $400 W, $400 F, solve…
F _ M O _ S / T H E
W O R L D / O _ E R
This show is FAMOUS THE WORLD OVER, and she scored $3,550 in that PR.
FEATURED PRIZE: Merv Griffin’s Players Island Resort, Casino & Spa in Mesquite, NV worth $2,621 (MESQUITE)
Round 2: CLUE
Suzanne: BANKRUPT right away
Shira: three T’s for MESQUITE, two S’s for SURPRISE, five H’s for $1K, $300 N pair, M for mistake ($1,300 and both prizes at risk)
Liz: $500 G, $600 R trio, four I’s, F for flunk
Suzanne: three D’s for DOUBLE PLAY, $1,350 L trio, one O, DP used…$250 x 2 and two Y’s, solve…
L _ D Y
L I _ _ R T Y / H O L D S
T H I S / I N / H _ R
R I G H T / H _ N D
She solved “LADY LIBERTY HOLDS THIS IN HER RIGHT HAND” for $2,100 and knew the object in question is a torch.
Liz: $3,550/Suzanne: $3,100/Shira: ZIP
Round 3: PERSON
Shira: $900 T pair, $1K S pair, $600 H trio, $400 R pair, two A’s, N for negative
Liz: $7K L pair, $900 M, $400 B, four E’s, baffling dud of K ($8,050 at stake)
Suzanne: $3,600 T quartet, solve…
P _ P P E T E E R
S H A R _ / L E _ _ S
_ _ T H
L A M B / _ H _ P
She IDed PUPPETEER SHARI LEWIS WITH LAMB CHOP for $3,600.
Liz: $3,550/Suzanne: $6,700/Shira: ZILCH
FEATURED PRIZE #2: marked ENGLAND ($10K+)
Round 4: THING
Liz: $1,500 S, $300 T, M’s no good to her
Suzanne: L for loss of turn on $1,500
Shira: four R’s for $1K, the N failed her again
Liz: no H on ENGLAND trip
Suzanne: $800 P pair, three A’s, solve…
R A S P _ _ R R _
P A R _ A _ T
Suzanne solved the dessert item of RASPBERRY PARFAIT for $550 and now had $7,250 to her name.
Speed-Up: THING
Anybody could win, because consonants were worth $5K apiece!
Suzanne: 2 S’s
Shira: 2 T’s
Liz: 3 R’s
Suzanne: A
Shira: L (DUD)
Liz: 2 N’s
Suzanne: D
A R T _ S T ‘ S
R _ N D _ R _ N _
Suzanne solved ARTIST’S RENDERING for $15K and the blowout win!
| PENALTY BOX | DUDS | LaTs | BANKRUPTS | DQs |
| Round 1 | PERFECT ROUND | |||
| Round 2 | M (Shira), F (Liz) | Suzanne | ||
| Round 3 | N (Shira), K (Liz) | |||
| Round 4 | M (Liz), L (Suzanne), N (Shira), H (Liz) | |||
| Round 5 | L (Shira) |
FINAL SCORES
Liz: $3,550/Suzanne: $22,250 ($121,027)/Shira: PARTING GIFTS
GT: $25,800
NO BANKRUPT TRASH!
Bonus Round
Form –EEL, Suzanne chose the L.
Category: THINGS
Some help in the bottom…
_ _ _ _ _
T R _ _ _ S
MCDA sounded like a good idea…
M A _ _ C
T R _ C _ S
She came up w/ some MAGIC TRACKS and what appeared before her eyes was the Thomasville home theater + Philips electronics worth $16,200, giving her a final total of $137,227 cash & prizes — outstanding! And of course, sister Patty and brother-in-law Tony came to congratulate her once more.
MY RATING: 10!
WHEEL of FORTUNE with Andy Nguyen 
What an awesome player Suzanne was.
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