Wheel of Fortune is a game from America which was begun by Merv Griffin in 1975. It is a puzzle of rivalry. There are contenders who need to unravel word puzzles. One needs to turn a goliath wheel that will decide their fortune. At that point, they win prizes and money. In 2008 and 2013, the game got appraised as Number 2. Bring your family and friends together with America’s Game, Wheel of Fortune, the most-watched program on TV, and America`s favorite Quiz Show, Jeopardy! Now, for the first time in full HD, you can test your reflexes, show off your smarts, and experience the thrill of these classic shows with friends and family at home or with thousands of active players online. 'Wheel of Fortune' Hostess. Later in 1982, however, White got the job that would make her career. She was chosen out of 200 applicants to join new host and former weatherman, Pat Sajak, on the NBC.
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The Wheel of Fortune, or Rota Fortunae, is a concept in medieval and ancient philosophy and means the unpredictable nature of Fate. The wheel belongs to the goddess Fortuna, who spins it at random, changing the positions of those on the wheel - some suffer great misfortune, others gain windfalls.
Origins[change | change source]
The concept developed in antiquity; it was used by Cicero. The Wheel originally belonged to the Roman goddess Fortuna, whose name seems to derive from Vortumna, 'she who revolves the year'. Fortuna eventually became Christianized: the Roman philosopher Boethius (d. 524) was a major source for the medieval view of the Wheel, writing about it in hisConsolatio Philosophiae.
Carmina Burana[change | change source]
The Wheel of Fortune motif appears significantly in the Carmina Burana (or Burana Codex), over one thousand poems and songs — often profane in content — written by students and clergy in the early 13th century. Excerpts from two of the collection's better known poems, 'Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi (Fortune, Empress of the World)' and 'Fortune Plango Vulnera (I Bemoan the Wounds of Fortune),' read:The concept developed in antiquity; it was used by Cicero. The Wheel originally belonged to the Roman goddess Fortuna, whose name seems to derive from Vortumna, 'she who revolves the year'. Fortuna eventually became Christianized: the Roman philosopher Boethius (d. 524) was a major source for the medieval view of the Wheel, writing about it in hisConsolatio Philosophiae.vv
- Sors immanis
- et inanis,
- rota tu volubilis,
- status malus,
- vana salus
- semper dissolubilis,
- obumbrata
- et velata
- michi quoque niteris;
- nunc per ludum
- dorsum nudum
- fero tui sceleris.
- . . . . . . . . . .
- Fortune rota volvitur;
- descendo minoratus;
- alter in altum tollitur;
- nimis exaltatus
- rex sedet in vertice
- caveat ruinam!
- nam sub axe legimus
- Hecubam reginam.
- Fate - monstrous
- and empty,
- you whirling wheel,
- you are malevolent,
- well-being is vain
- and always fades to nothing,
- shadowed
- and veiled
- you plague me too;
- now through the game
- I bring my bare back
- to your villainy.
- . . . . . . . . .
- The wheel of Fortune turns;
- I go down, demeaned;
- another is raised up;
- far too high up
- sits the king at the summit -
- let him fear ruin!
- for under the axis is written
- Queen Hecuba.
Later usage[change | change source]
Fortune and her Wheel have remained an enduring image throughout history.
William Shakespeare in Hamlet wrote of the 'slings and arrows of outrageous fortune' and, of fortune personified, to 'break all the spokes and fellies from her wheel.' And in Henry V, Act 3 Scene VI, are the lines:
Selections from the Carmina Burana, including the two poems quoted above, were set to new music by twentieth-century classical composer Carl Orff, whose bombastic and well-known 'O Fortuna' is based on the poem Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi.
Fortuna does occasionally turn up in modern literature. She is often associated with gamblers, and dice could also be said to have replaced the Wheel as the primary metaphor for uncertain fortune.
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References[change | change source]
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- Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy, trans. W.V. Cooper (London: J.M. Dent, 1902)
- Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales: The Monk's Tale
- Thomas Malory, Le Morte d'Arthur, Chapter XVII' Archived 2016-04-11 at the Wayback Machine
- William Shakespeare, Henry V, Act 3 Scene VI
- Fortuna was also used by a character in the novel 'Confederacy of Dunces';the main character, Ignatus J. Reilly, makes many references to 'Fortuna's wheel' and also Boethius's works.
Jan. 7 (UPI) --Wheel of Fortune host Pat Sajak says Celebrity Wheel of Fortune will have a 'different' vibe than the regular show.
Sajak, 74, shared details about the new, star-studded version of the show in an interview with Entertainment Weekly published Thursday.
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune will premiere Thursday at 8 p.m. EST on ABC. The series will feature Leslie Jones, Tony Hawk, Chrissy Metz, Drew Carey, Chris Harrison, Jennie Garth and other stars as contestants.
Sajak said Celebrity Wheel of Fortune will be played the same as the regular game but have a different vibe.
'We've jazzed up the set a bit, made it look a little more prime-timey, whatever that means. And it's going to be a different kind of vibe,' Sajak shared.
'We want [the contestants] to play a good, solid game, but we're mainly there to have fun. It'll be a little lighter in attitude,' he added.
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Sajak said the Celebrity version was a long time coming but that the timing seemed right 'because of what's going on in the world.'
'Wheel of Fortune is kind of a sign of normalcy for people; they were very glad to have us back on the air. So this seemed like a good time to expand into primetime a little bit, at least one time, and extend that normalcy,' he said.
Thursday's episode will feature Jones, Hawk and Chandra Wilson. ABC shared a teaser for the episode Wednesday that shows Hawk about to solve a puzzle.
Really, @tonyhawk?! Don't miss a moment of #CelebrityWheelOfFortune starting TOMORROW at 8|7c! pic.twitter.com/7tZQW1uqOW— ABC (@ABCNetwork) January 6, 2021
Wheel of Fortuneresumed production in July after shutting down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The show's 38th season premiered in September.