For most of the bonus round, Sarah looked doomed. The board was nearly empty, the category vague,
Continue Reading »and the seconds bleeding away. As the buzzer loomed, she stumbled through half-formed guesses, her voice cracking with panic.
Then, almost under her breath, she let out two desperate words that even she didn’t seem sure she’d said in time: “Fussy babies.” The buzzer crashed a split-second later.
The studio fell silent as producers huddled over the replay, frame by frame, sound by sound.
Viewers watched Pat Sajak stall,
his face revealing nothing. Finally, the ruling: her answer beat the clock by a fraction of a second.
The puzzle was ruled correct. In an instant, Sarah’s near-defeat became a $40,000 triumph,
pushing her total to $55,050 and turning a murmur into one of the show’s most unforgettable, controversial wins.
