Wheel of Fortune celebrated 5 a long time on the air on Monday night time (January 6), however it wasn’t a celebratory night for a pair of contestants who missed out on $70,000 in a harsh Bonus Spherical.
Monday’s episode noticed three married {couples} spinning the long-lasting wheel, together with Danielle Williams & Adam Bencan, newlyweds from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Lori & Robert Lamber, a married couple of 51 years from Laguna Niguel, California; and Jill & Mike Hampton, a married couple of 40 years from Rogers, Arizona.
Whereas the Lambers led after the primary two rounds, Williams and Bencan made a comeback within the Categorical Spherical, amassing $18,082 in money and a visit to Aruba. They continued to dominate within the Triple Toss Up spherical and ended up profitable the episode with $22,082.
Heading into the Bonus Spherical, the couple chosen the “Particular person” class and the extra letters “U, M, D, and Ok.” This gave them a two-word puzzle that learn: “_ U _ _ Ok / S T U D _.”
Williams and Bencan checked out one another confused because the ten second timer began. “Err, I don’t know, like, work examine?” Williams guessed incorrectly.
After the timer ran out, Vanna White revealed the right reply, “Fast Examine.”
Host Ryan Seacrest then opened the prize envelope to disclose the newlyweds missed out on an additional $70,000.
Whereas Williams and Bencan took the loss in good spirits, some Wheel followers felt the reply was unfair and took to social media to share their reactions.
““Fast examine” is an individual?????” wrote one X consumer.
“How the hell is fast examine an individual?” mentioned one other.
One other added, “A fast examine is an individual?? By no means heard that time period earlier than at the moment.”
“I used to be tremendous confused too. By no means heard of that,” added a consumer on the Wheel of Fortune Reddit discussion board.
“Me, my mother and my grandmother didn’t know what it meant. We needed to Google it,” one other replied.
One other wrote, “The class ought to have been “factor” not “particular person.”
Others, nevertheless, defended the reply, with one X consumer writing, “Right here, I’ll use it in a sentence: “In the case of enemy patterns within the arcade traditional Galaga, I’m a QUICK STUDY.” See?”
“In case you don’t know what it means then possibly you’ve by no means been known as one,” quipped one other.
““Fast Examine” is a standard phrase for an individual who is sensible or understands issues shortly,” one other added.
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