‘Wheel of Fortune’: Air Force Veteran Loses Chevy Truck on Tough Puzzle
What To Know
- Air Force vet John Le competed on a special Veterans Day episode of Wheel of Fortune.
- He reached the Bonus Round for a chance to win a Chevy truck but was unable to solve the “tricky” puzzle.
- Viewers commented on the difficulty of the puzzle, with many agreeing it was particularly challenging and hard to guess.
A Wheel of Fortune air force veteran lost out on taking home a Chevy truck after not solving the tricky Bonus Round puzzle. The game show is honoring the military all week in honor of Veterans Day.
John Le, from Grand Rapids, Michigan, played against Alex Klenofsky, from Riverview, Florida, and Annabelle Sanders, from Waldorf, Maryland, on November 11. Le is an Air Force veteran who spent 16 of the last 20 years as a geospatial intelligence analyst.
Klenofsky, a Coast Guard veteran, solved the first two toss-ups, which gave him $3,000. During the first puzzle, he also solved “Bravery, Boldness, Bravado” and gained the wild card for $6,300.
Le solved “Disco Balls & Platform Shoes” and won $10,000 after landing on the Mystery Wedge. He took the lead with $10,000. Sanders, a Navy veteran and two-time cancer survivor, finally got on the board when she solved “Land of the Midnight Sun.” She won an Alaskan cruise, giving her $10,350.
Le solved two of three triple toss-ups. Sanders solved the last one.
Le gained $6,400 when he solved the final puzzle — “Chasing Squirrels.” This gave him a final total of $21,300. Sanders had $12,350. Klenofsky won $6,300.
For the Bonus Round, he picked “Place.” After being given “R,S,T,L,N, and E,” Le chose “H,G,C, and O.”
The puzzle then looked like “_ _ _ _NT _ _R_HO_SE.” As the clock counted down, Le guessed that the second half of the word was “house,” but couldn’t get the rest of it.
It was “Quaint Farmhouse.” He lost out on taking home the Chevy truck.
Fans thought the puzzle was “tricky.” “This one was VERY tricky. You can’t guarantee your choices would be right with this one because of the combos,” one YouTube user wrote.
“You mean it wasn’t ‘Fluent Workhouse.’ I needed a little more time on this one,” another said.
“That was a tough puzzle,” a third added.
“WHAT?!? I had no idea,” said another.
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F
Place. Clue was, place. How does quaint work? Wheel really sucks sometimes@
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C
Agree, they are so stingy with prizes
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J
It wasn't hard your just stupid
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J
Yeah, I thought it was warehouse!
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J
Because your stupid
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A
Know the difference between your and you're.
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J
It wasn't hard your just stupid
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B
It's "you're". If you are going to call someone stupid don't look stupid yourself. Dumbass.
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J
How doesn't it? It's an adjective describing the farmhouse what part doesn't work stupid you're schooling failed you
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A
I was thinking birdhouse. There are way too many options for that one.
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G
Oh, he didn’t lose his Chevy truck! He lost the chance to win a truck. Once again, tvinsider writing capabilities are an issue.
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J
I think that since it was Veteran’s Day, they should have given him the truck as a gift, for God’s sake. THAT would have “made” the show!! And they could still do it! Maybe give something to all thrrr contestants!
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G
And where does that end? Teachers, first responders, etc all worthy of that treatment. Think June
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J
No he lost life has winners and losers get over it and it wasn't hard your just stupid
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O
"YOUR STUPID"? Don't judge too harshly. How about you're stupid.
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B
So we're giving participation on wheel of fortune too?
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J
Just think, when was the last time you said "quaint farmhouse"?
Me, never.
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B
Cheapest game show ever. Hate it!
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J
Then don't watch no one cares
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7903962
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C
??? WTH?
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Bantam
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V
I got it pretty quickly. It wasn’t that hard.
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D
They don't choose the puzzle until the card is drawn from the wheel. The draw determines the difficulty of the puzzle.
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C
Really? Are you saying,, if she picked the "L" on the prize wheel, instead of the "W", the question COULD or more like, WOULD have been MORE difficult(or easy)?? Basically, theres a different question in each of the slots on the prize wheel?
Oh, wait!! The bigger and better the prize, the more difficult the question the contestant will have...that's what you mean, right?
Sorry, but I wanna get on yhis game and want to know as much as I can.
Thanks for that tidbit.
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I don't think it works that way...
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