Audi gives losing "Wheel of Fortune" contestant a brand new car
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"Wheel of Fortune" contestant Charlene Rubush of Nevada missed her chance at winning an Audi Q3 car earlier this week after pausing briefly before offering the correct answer, a technicality under the game show's rules. But when executives with the automaker heard about the incident, they rode to the rescue and gave her a new Q3.
Rubush had progressed to the bonus round on Monday, in which she was asked to solve a four-word puzzle. She beat the 10-second timer and correctly guessed the phrase "Choosing The Right Word." But host Pat Sajak then told Rubush she lost because of a five-second pause between uttering the words "right" and "word."
"You know, this one's tough because you said all the right words — including the word 'word' — but, as you know, it's got to be more or less continuous," Sajak told Rubush. "We'll allow for a little pause, but not four or five seconds."