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Otm Shank:
In Hap's case, while it was mildly irritating, he bent the rules because they allowed him to bend the rules. I really don't think he was trying to get away with anything, but Jim Lange kept giving him that opening.

Oddly, Jim would say that they were more lenient in the Golden Medley since it was against the house. Fine, if we are talking about minor words like "of" or "to", but giving extra time for a contestant to formulate an answer is not "against the house" but against the other players in the tournament and to those who missed the tournament. It's inconsistent, and not the contestant's fault. Not surprisingly, Sandy Frank is more strict when it involves a cash round, but not when a contestant adds a fabulous sponsored prize.

I don't think he took advantage of the talk-as-long-as-you-say-the-lyrics rule. It did get to some ridiculous levels for other contestants sometimes, but it is far better than the 2020s rules that eliminate you for saying one more word than the exact title. Or worse, if you don't say pass, you don't get prodded by the host to do so, you get the wet fart buzzer.

That Don Guy:
A post in another thread reminded me of something that I have been told is a false memory, but I am fairly certain that my memory is correct here.

On NBC's All-American Ultra Quiz, a number of people have said that one of the rounds was in Paris, but I definitely remember the question rounds being:
Dodger Stadium
LAX
a flight from Los Angeles to Little Rock, where all but 12 of the contestants got off
Washington, DC (12 contestants)
London (8)
Rome (6)
Athens (4)
Los Angeles (2)

It's possible that people remember Paris because the prize for the winners in London might have been to have dinner in Paris en route to Rome. I definitely remember that the four winners in Rome ate at a fancy restaurant with Dan & Dick, while the two losers had to eat in the bowels of the Colosseum.

Fedya:
I distinctly recall a round in Ultra Quiz in which the losers had their luggage guillotined, which would imply France.

Matt Ottinger:
Contemporary newspaper accounts of the American "Ultra Quiz" are pretty clear that Paris is one of the stops.

BrandonFG:
Watching the J! Pluto Channel, I thought the grid set and bongo theme remix came along simultaneously at the start of S8. Jeremy informed me that the bongo theme was actually S9.

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