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His scam works by setting up a covered table and having a bird spin a wheel similar to a roulette which has spaces which either contain a number, or a bird. One must pay one silver coin to spin the wheel, and if it lands on a number, the player wins that many silver coins, or if it lands on a bird, the player wins a wooden bird.
In order to appear superior, a miller brags to the king and people of his kingdom by claiming his daughter can spin straw into gold. [note 1] The king calls for the girl, locks her up in a tower room filled with straw and a spinning wheel, and demands she spin the straw into gold by morning or he will have her killed.
Spin the Wheel is an American trivia and strategy game show that premiered on Fox on June 20, 2019. [1] Hosted by actor and comedian Dax Shepard, the show features a 40 feet (12 m) high vertical roulette wheel divided into 48 wedges that can award money to contestants or partially/completely wipe out their winnings. [2]
An expanded version of the character is portrayed by Lindsay Duncan in the Wheel of Time television adaptation, first appearing in the 2023 episode "What Might Be". [24] Rand al'Thor and Selene infiltrate a society party, where Anvaere gives them some insider information about some of the other guests, and the queen of Cairhien herself. [ 24 ]
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The wheel is then spun to choose an expert at random; if it does not stop on the "shut-down" one, the host asks a question with four multiple-choice answers. The contestant may discuss it with the expert before answering; a correct response adds £10,000 to the bank if the subject expert was spun, or £3,000 otherwise.
A spin-off in television is a new series containing characters or settings that originated in a previous series, but with a different focus, tone, or theme. For example, the series Frasier was a spin-off of the earlier series Cheers: the character Frasier Crane was introduced as a secondary character on Cheers, and became the protagonist of his own series, set in a different city, in the spin-off.
Uno Spin is a variation of the popular Mattel card game Uno, with a wheel containing numerous game alterations. Unlike in Uno , 20 "spin" cards can be played to make other players spin the wheel. The game marketing uses the slogan "The next revolution of the classic card game."