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Games People Play - Wheel of Fortune Mystery Cache

Hidden : 4/7/2025
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Do NOT go to the posted coordinates unless you want to withdraw money to buy a vowel.

I would play Hangman with my siblings and later with my children.  It was fun to see the stickman grow on the gallows and get the answer just in time.

Then when Wheel of Fortune came on TV, I would try to guess the answer before the contestants.  I even went to Atlantic City for an audition to appear on the show.  While I answered the test phrases before anyone else I just wasn't "perky" enough to be selected as a contestant.  

Some of the phrases are pretty far-fetched these days.  For example, I saw this one recently where the celebrity contestants were reluctant to buy a vowel.  Here's the starting board:

_ _ _ _ _    _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _   _ _   _ _ _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _ _ _  

_ _ _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _    _ _ _ _ _.

Adam West (Batman) went first and asked for R, B, and W which gave him 7 spaces filled.

Jay North (Dennis The Menace) then asked for T, H, and K which gave him 4 spaces filled.

Clint Eastwood chose S, Y, V, and Q which filled in 10 more spaces.  The board now looks like this:

_V_RY  T_ _ _   _R_ _ _ Y   B_ _ _S_ _ _   _ _   B_Y_ _ _   _ _ _ RTS

_ _ _ _ _ S   _ _ _ _ _ S   _ _ _ _ _ Y   TH_ _ R   _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _   _ _ _ RS.

Adam selected N and Z on his turn and revealed 5 more spaces.

Jay wanted J and ended his turn with 0 spaces filled.

Clint was on a roll with his picks of C,D,F,G,L,M,P, and X  yielding another 19 filled spaces.

The board is almost complete:

_V_RY   T_M_   CR_ _ PY   B_NDSM_N   G_    B_Y_ND   C_ _ RTS

F_M_ _ S   F_L_NS   D_PL_Y   TH_ _ R   L_F_ - L_N_   P_ _ RS. 

Pat Sajak announced that only vowels were left and offered the A as a gift.

_V_RY   T_M_   CR_ _ PY   B_NDSM_N   G_    B_Y_ND   C_ _ RTS

FAM_ _ S   F_L_NS   D_PL_Y   TH_ _ R   L_F_ - L_N_   P_ _ RS. 

I shouted the answer to the TV and a few seconds later all three contestants signaled that they know the answer.

Can you complete the puzzle and find the treasure?

 

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