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I thought I'd make this thread for people to submit $1,000,000 questions they may have thought of at some point. Here are a few I thought of...
In the Presidential line of succession, which federal official is 3rd in line for the Presidency after the sitting President?
A: Secretary of State
B: Speaker of the House
C: President Pro Tempore
D: Secretary of Defense
The modern-day image of Santa Claus was created in Clement Clark Moore's 1822 poem "The Night Before Christmas", and was based on a man who worked as a what?
A: Coachman
B: Schoolteacher
C: Policeman
D: Soldier
Which of the following television characters was born on April 1st, 64 BC?
A: Jeannie
B: Xena
C: Samantha Stevens
D: Sabrina Spellman
If you think you know an answer to any of mine, post it. I'll tell you if you're right.
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Oct 21 2003, 05:40 PM\'] In the Presidential line of succession, which federal official is 3rd in line for the Presidency after the sitting President?
A: Secretary of State
B: Speaker of the House
C: President Pro Tempore
D: Secretary of Defense
[/quote]
Isn't this one "B?"
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Oct 21 2003, 04:21 PM\'] [quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Oct 21 2003, 05:40 PM\'] In the Presidential line of succession, which federal official is 3rd in line for the Presidency after the sitting President?
A: Secretary of State
B: Speaker of the House
C: President Pro Tempore
D: Secretary of Defense
[/quote]
Isn't this one "B?" [/quote]
If Whos is asking what I THINK he's asking, yes. Came up on "West Wing" at the start of the season.
Problem is, the question is worded very badly, IMO. If you drop "after the sitting President", there is NO QUESTION who you are asking for. (And frankly I don't think it's a million-dollar question, but then I was paying attention in Civics class.) By leaving in that clause, there is all kinds of confusion as to whether you want the third person in line INCLUDING the President, or the third person DOWN FROM the President, in which case the answer would be C, the President Pro Tempore. That's the kind of confusion that contestants bitch about to get brought back for a second chance that they might not deserve.
(Incidentally, if this were a Fastest Finger, the order would be B, C, A, D, and you'd be leaving out the Secretary of the Treasury between A and D. :))
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In the Presidential line of succession, which federal official is 3rd in line for the Presidency after the sitting President?
A: Secretary of State
B: Speaker of the House
C: President Pro Tempore
D: Secretary of Defense
Word of advice: Don't use Alexander Haig as a lifeline for this one.
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The answer was indeed C, President Pro Tempore. In my mind "after the sitting president" implies not counting the president. I suppose it is worded poorly. Any more answers? any more questions?
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What was the first country in which Mentos breath mints were manufactured?
A) France
B) Italy
C) Netherlands
D) Sweden
It doesn't matter what comes,
Fresh goes better with life,
With Mentos fresh and full of life!
Nothing gets to you
Staying fresh staying cool,
With Mentos fresh and full of life!
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Oct 21 2003, 05:40 PM\']In the Presidential line of succession, which federal official is 3rd in line for the Presidency after the sitting President?
A: Secretary of State
B: Speaker of the House
C: President Pro Tempore
D: Secretary of Defense
[/quote]
"Which federal official is the 3rd person delegated to succeed the President?"
Maybe even an "according to ______" at the front would clear things up further.
Certainly doesn't seem like a MDQ to me... maybe an upper tier question, perhaps, but not for a million. Maybe the 4th in line should the Big Chief die...
As for the other two, I'm not even going to hazard a guess on the Santa Claus question. I'd guess A for the Apr 1, 64 BC question, only because I think they'd be most likely of the shows in question (and I can't even remember what show C is in) to have their main character born on April Fools. Don't see Xena joking about that, and don't see Sabrina even bringing the issue up.
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[quote name=\'Speedy G\' date=\'Oct 21 2003, 10:59 PM\'] I'd guess A for the Apr 1, 64 BC question, only because I think they'd be most likely of the shows in question (and I can't even remember what show C is in) to have their main character born on April Fools. Don't see Xena joking about that, and don't see Sabrina even bringing the issue up. [/quote]
Samantha Stevens was a character on Bewitched, played by Elizabeth Montgomery.
Hasn't GSN aired Password episodes with Montgomery?
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[quote name=\'Fedya\' date=\'Oct 22 2003, 08:51 AM\']Samantha Stevens was a character on Bewitched, played by Elizabeth Montgomery.
Hasn't GSN aired Password episodes with Montgomery?[/quote]
Most of those shows were in the ABC days, which are presumed lost. She did "Password Plus" a few times (and GSN has aired them), but I don't believe she ever did "Super Password."
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Most of those shows were in the ABC days, which are presumed lost.
She did, however, do at least a wk of the CBS daytime version near the end of its run.
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")
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One MDQ...
The lyrics to the Byrds' hit 1965 song "Turn, Turn, Turn" are adapted from what book of the Old Testament?
A: Lamentations
B: Ecclesiastes
C: Ezra
D: Deuteronomy
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I'd like to comment on the "Night Before Christmas" question. Here's how I'd do it for the MDQ:
Before going to its usual title, what was the original title of the 1822 Clement C. Moore holiday poem "The Night Before Christmas"?
A. "A Visit From St. Nicholas"
B. "A Visit From Santa Claus"
C. "A Visit From The North Pole"
D. "A Visit From The Elves"
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Dec 26 2003, 06:16 PM\']One MDQ...
The lyrics to the Byrds' hit 1965 song "Turn, Turn, Turn" are adapted from what book of the Old Testament?
A: Lamentations
B: Ecclesiastes
C: Ezra
D: Deuteronomy[/quote]
I once heard a DJ on an oldies station make a mention of this after playing that song. So, I'll take B. That's my final answer.
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Here's a great MDQ:
Which future teen idol was seen for the first time on the same "Ed Sullivan Show" that the Beatles first appeared on?
A) Donny Osmond
B) Bobby Sherman
C) Davy Jones
D) Peter Noone
HINT: If you get the "Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show DVD", you'll see this person as part of one of the other acts.
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Good one, Tim. May I rephrase it just a little?
"Which future teen idol's first television appearance was on the Beatles' first episode on "The Ed Sullivan Show"?"
To me, this is a little clearer. It could be even clearer if it mentioned whether this person opened for them or not.
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[quote name=\'TimK2003\' date=\'Dec 26 2003, 09:07 PM\'] Here's a great MDQ:
Which future teen idol was seen for the first time on the same "Ed Sullivan Show" that the Beatles first appeared on?
A) Donny Osmond
B) Bobby Sherman
C) Davy Jones
D) Peter Noone
HINT: If you get the "Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show DVD", you'll see this person as part of one of the other acts. [/quote]
Or along those lines: what song did the Beatles first perform on the Ed Sullivan Show?
A. I Want to Hold Your Hand
B. All My Loving
C. She Loves You
D. I Saw Her Standing There
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I'm almost certain that All My Loving was a Wings song...all the commercials I see show them singing She Loves You after Ed's intro, so I'll say C, final answer.
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Dec 27 2003, 01:19 PM\'] I'm almost certain that All My Loving was a Wings song...all the commercials I see show them singing She Loves You after Ed's intro, so I'll say C, final answer. [/quote]
Good thing this isn't the real thing, Whoserman. All My Loving was a Beatles piece, and was the first song they performed on Ed Sullivan. Really overrated song, IMO.
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[quote name=\'tommycharles\' date=\'Dec 26 2003, 11:48 PM\'] Or along those lines: what song did the Beatles first perform on the Ed Sullivan Show?
A. I Want to Hold Your Hand
B. All My Loving
C. She Loves You
D. I Saw Her Standing There [/quote]
A....I know there was a movie called I Want To Hold Your Hand, related to two girls who went to go see the Beatles....don't know if it was on Ed Sullivan, but that's all I remember.
ObGameShow: TTD takes the award for the cheesiest/chintziest game shows of all time. :-P
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Hmm. That IS good, then.
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Dec 27 2003, 01:26 PM\'] Hmm. That IS good, then. [/quote]
Yeah...that's one of those that if people guess at then they will fail, as the 3 most likely choices are the wrong ones. Not that you'd guess at a million dollar question, but you know what I mean.
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Here's a tricky one...
Which of the following weighs the least?
A: A pound of gold
B: A pound of bricks
C: A pound of feathers
D: A pound of sugar
There IS one right answer to this.
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I think it would be a pound of feathers.
Dave Hampton was the inventor of which of these popular children's toys?
A. Furby
B. Cabbage Patch Kids
C. Tickle Me Elmo
D. My Little Pony
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Dec 27 2003, 01:37 PM\'] Here's a tricky one...
Which of the following weighs the least?
A: A pound of gold
B: A pound of bricks
C: A pound of feathers
D: A pound of sugar
There IS one right answer to this. [/quote]
If you mean what I think you mean, then that's a dirty question...
Weight being the amount of gravity exerted on an object, then the answer is C.
Definatly upper tier material.
Now...another one (not million dollar material necessarily, but it all depends on how much you keep up with things...)
What was Nelson Mandela's prison number on Robbin Island?
A. 24601
B. 46664
C. 51212
D. 00666
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[quote name=\'tommycharles\' date=\'Dec 27 2003, 02:36 PM\'] [quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Dec 27 2003, 01:37 PM\'] Here's a tricky one...
Which of the following weighs the least?
A: A pound of gold
B: A pound of bricks
C: A pound of feathers
D: A pound of sugar
There IS one right answer to this. [/quote]
If you mean what I think you mean, then that's a dirty question...
Weight being the amount of gravity exerted on an object, then the answer is C.
Definatly upper tier material.
Now...another one (not million dollar material necessarily, but it all depends on how much you keep up with things...)
What was Nelson Mandela's prison number on Robbin Island?
A. 24601
B. 46664
C. 51212
D. 00666 [/quote]
I was thinking more along the lines of A: A pound of gold. Here's why....
B, C, and D are all measured in avoirdupois weight, in which there are 7,000 grains in a pound. A is measured in troy weight, in which there are 5,760 grains in a pound. Thus, a "pound" of gold is less than a "pound" of feathers, sugar, or bricks.
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[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Dec 26 2003, 07:12 PM\'] I'd like to comment on the "Night Before Christmas" question. Here's how I'd do it for the MDQ:
Before going to its usual title, what was the original title of the 1822 Clement C. Moore holiday poem "The Night Before Christmas"?
A. "A Visit From St. Nicholas"
B. "A Visit From Santa Claus"
C. "A Visit From The North Pole"
D. "A Visit From The Elves" [/quote]
And there's also one right answer to this one. Figure out which one it is!
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[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Dec 27 2003, 04:07 PM\'][quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Dec 26 2003, 07:12 PM\'] I'd like to comment on the "Night Before Christmas" question. Here's how I'd do it for the MDQ:
Before going to its usual title, what was the original title of the 1822 Clement C. Moore holiday poem "The Night Before Christmas"?
A. "A Visit From St. Nicholas"
B. "A Visit From Santa Claus"
C. "A Visit From The North Pole"
D. "A Visit From The Elves" [/quote]
And there's also one right answer to this one. Figure out which one it is![/quote]
Quoting a previous million-dollar winner, I'd be a lot more comfortable if this were at the $4000 level, but I'm pretty sure it's A.
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It is A. I have a newspaper clipping from 1922 reflecting on the 100 year anniversary of the poem, and it was titled "A Visit From St. Nicholas"
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[quote name=\'tommycharles\' date=\'Dec 27 2003, 03:36 PM\'] What was Nelson Mandela's prison number on Robbin Island?
A. 24601
B. 46664
C. 51212
D. 00666 [/quote]
For the record (and no offense), this is a *terrible* WWTBAM question because there's A) no real reason to know it and, more importantly, B) nothing about it that makes a Hot Seat contestant mull it over and/or guess. Unless the player happens to know it, the game stops dead right there.
Also, again for the record, most of the questions on this thread have been too easy to be million-dollar questions, including A Visit From St Nicholas, Ecclesiastes and the Beatles questions. Some of us are older than 25, you know.
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Dec 27 2003, 10:08 PM\'] [quote name=\'tommycharles\' date=\'Dec 27 2003, 03:36 PM\'] What was Nelson Mandela's prison number on Robbin Island?
A. 24601
B. 46664
C. 51212
D. 00666 [/quote]
For the record (and no offense), this is a *terrible* WWTBAM question because there's A) no real reason to know it and, more importantly, B) nothing about it that makes a Hot Seat contestant mull it over and/or guess. Unless the player happens to know it, the game stops dead right there.
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Well, actually, that demonstrates what a TERRIBLE job the U.S. media did of covering the 46664 campaign. November 29th, 2003, a massive 4-hour concert was staged at Green Point stadium in Cape Town, South Africa. This was to benefit AIDS in Africa, a cause that has gone far beyond a medical issue and into one of human rights (poor countries not being able to get drugs that would save lives entirely because they're poor countries, etc.).
It featured Queen, Bono/The Edge, Eurythmics (they reunited), Beyonce, Bob Geldof, Anastasia, and tons of other people who I've forgotten.
The central point of the campaign was the fact that you could log on to www.46664.com or call your country's telephone number (in the US it's 1866 61 46664) and donate money to the campaign in exchange for some music that's created specially for the event by the artists involved.
You can also watch either the entire concert or a 71 min. edit free of charge.
There's gonna be a CD and DVD coming out in January, and their will continue to be more tracks that you can download/listen to by phone between now and then.
But anyhow - it's interesting that between the European Union and the U.S. - the only countries that DIDN'T get massive media coverage and live broadcasts of the show are England and the United States. Pretty appauling, that.
/Steps off of soapbox.
So that's why Mandela's prison number is important. Also, 24601 was another famous prison number, and so I figured that would be a 50/50 choice.
But I'm not defending the question - you're right, it wouldn't actually work on the show. But it gave me a nice chance to rant about a cause ;-)
BTW, did you know the All My Loving question, Matt??
T
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My MDQ would be too easy?
Hmm, even though some of us knew the answer to that one, including me, other people may not even know the answer.
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[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Dec 28 2003, 12:11 AM\']My MDQ would be too easy?
Hmm, even though some of us knew the answer to that one, including me, other people may not even know the answer.[/quote]
This? Also true of $100 questions.
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There is a really good mdq on one of the WWTBAM cd-rom games...
Which book of the bible was the basis for the musical "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"?
A: Joshua
B: Genesis
C: Revelation
D: Exodus
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OK, Tommy, you've made a really good case that there IS a reason to know it, so I'll happily concede that point. But the other part still stands (and if I read your response, I think you agree with me). There's nothing to work out. You either know it or you're staring at a bunch of meaningless random numbers. The best WWTBAM questions are going to be more like the Beatles one, with plausible answers that inspire some amount of consideration.
In fact, in retrospect, that Beatles question was probably the best of the bunch. I think a lot of people (myself included) would lean toward "I Want To Hold Your Hand", which I'm now thinking was the LAST of the set.
From Gameshowguy2000:
My MDQ would be too easy?
Hmm, even though some of us knew the answer to that one, including me, other people may not even know the answer.
That's true of ANY question, as Mr. Hutchinson noted. Specifically dealing with yours though, the poem is still very commonly called A Visit From St. Nicholas. That's not a particularly obscure fact at all. While it's true that any given person may or may not know any given piece of information, this is at best a middle-tier question.
Finally, whoserman said:
There is a really good mdq on one of the WWTBAM cd-rom games...
Which book of the bible was the basis for the musical "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"?
A: Joshua
B: Genesis
C: Revelation
D: Exodus
That's a nice question, but again not a particularly challenging one. Actual MDQ's on the show have sometimes been pretty easy as well, of course (such as Carpenter's Laugh-In question) but once again, this is not an obscure fact to anyone who spent any time in Sunday School.
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The south magnetic pole is currently located offshore from what Antarctic land region?
A: Adelie Coast
B: Enderby Land
C: Antarctic Peninsula
D: Rockefeller Plateau
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What was the working title of the Simon and Garfunkel song "Mrs. Robinson" before appearing in the film "The Graduate"?
A. Mrs. Kennedy
B. Mrs. Washington
C. Mrs. Roosevelt
D. Mrs. Lady Bird
After being mugged before a newscast, which anchor was asked "What's the frequency, Kenneth?" by his attacker?
A. Walter Cronkite
B. Dan Rather
C. Peter Jennings
D. Tom Brokaw
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[quote name=\'Little Big Brother\' date=\'Feb 3 2004, 05:03 PM\'] What was the working title of the Simon and Garfunkel song "Mrs. Robinson" before appearing in the film "The Graduate"?
A. Mrs. Kennedy
B. Mrs. Washington
C. Mrs. Roosevelt
D. Mrs. Lady Bird[/quote]
I'd say B.
After being mugged before a newscast, which anchor was asked "What's the frequency, Kenneth?" by his attacker?
A. Walter Cronkite
B. Dan Rather
C. Peter Jennings
D. Tom Brokaw
I think I heard something about Tom Brokaw being struck before an interview. I'll say D.
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[quote name=\'Little Big Brother\' date=\'Feb 3 2004, 07:03 PM\'] After being mugged before a newscast, which anchor was asked "What's the frequency, Kenneth?" by his attacker?
A. Walter Cronkite
B. Dan Rather
C. Peter Jennings
D. Tom Brokaw [/quote]
B. Dan Rather...that's more of a $32,000 question, IMHO.
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Feb 3 2004, 05:19 PM\'] [quote name=\'Little Big Brother\' date=\'Feb 3 2004, 07:03 PM\'] After being mugged before a newscast, which anchor was asked "What's the frequency, Kenneth?" by his attacker?
A. Walter Cronkite
B. Dan Rather
C. Peter Jennings
D. Tom Brokaw [/quote]
B. Dan Rather...that's more of a $32,000 question, IMHO. [/quote]
Yeah, I agree....for the folks in my generation, that happened way too recently not to still be stuck in our heads.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Feb 3 2004, 08:04 PM\'] [quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Feb 3 2004, 05:19 PM\'] [quote name=\'Little Big Brother\' date=\'Feb 3 2004, 07:03 PM\'] After being mugged before a newscast, which anchor was asked "What's the frequency, Kenneth?" by his attacker?
A. Walter Cronkite
B. Dan Rather
C. Peter Jennings
D. Tom Brokaw [/quote]
B. Dan Rather...that's more of a $32,000 question, IMHO. [/quote]
Yeah, I agree....for the folks in my generation, that happened way too recently not to still be stuck in our heads. [/quote]
Okie dokie, I concede. Since the only references I've seen/heard/read about it are the R.E.M. song and dailyrotten.com's annual reporting of it in their time capsule sidebar, I thought it might have been a bit more obscure. Ah well.
Note: The above mentioned website may be in appropriate for persons under 18 or who are offended by a sense of humor skewing morbid.
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Here are some questions.
"Colonel Bogey March" was a gag tune used on game show sketches of what variety show?
A). The Carol Burnett Show
B). Monty Python's Flying Circus
C). Benny Hill
D). Sonny & Cher
What state would you find the shortest north-south Interstate Highway ending in 5?
A). Illinois
B). Texas
C). Florida
D). Alaska
In That Thing You Do, what NBC game show was featured @ the appliance store?
A). Match Game
B). Jeopardy!
C). Concnetration
D). You Don't Say
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[quote name=\'Little Big Brother\' date=\'Feb 3 2004, 07:03 PM\']After being mugged before a newscast, which anchor was asked "What's the frequency, Kenneth?" by his attacker?
A. Walter Cronkite
B. Dan Rather
C. Peter Jennings
D. Tom Brokaw[/quote]
I seem to remember this already having been a question on WWTBAM.
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[quote name=\'GSWitch\' date=\'Feb 3 2004, 10:58 PM\'] What state would you find the shortest north-south Interstate Highway ending in 5?
A). Illinois
B). Texas
C). Florida
D). Alaska
[/quote]
(tries to remember the Interstate rule from driver's ed)
IIRC (it's been a LOOOOOOONG time) the numbers increase the further south you go (or is it vice versa?)...I *think.* Is it A?
(I don't remember if the "Interstate rule" includes Alaska or Hawaii, and I'm probably talking from my hind parts.
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Feb 4 2004, 09:09 AM\'] (I don't remember if the "Interstate rule" includes Alaska or Hawaii, and I'm probably talking from my hind parts. [/quote]
I don't know what "rule" it is you're talking about, but I know that Hawaii DOES in fact have Interstate highways (despite, of course, no adjacent states to be "inter" with), 'cuz it has something to do with how the Federal Gub'ment allocates funds for their maintanance. I would not be surprised at all to discover that Alaska has them as well.
Now, as how they're numbered, they would have to be a spur off of I-5, I think (if I've learned anything from hanging out with my roadgeek buddy), in order to end in 5. Since that's in the western part of the country, I'd bet on Alaska.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Feb 4 2004, 11:39 AM\'] [quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Feb 4 2004, 09:09 AM\'] (I don't remember if the "Interstate rule" includes Alaska or Hawaii, and I'm probably talking from my hind parts. [/quote]
I don't know what "rule" it is you're talking about, but I know that Hawaii DOES in fact have Interstate highways (despite, of course, no adjacent states to be "inter" with), 'cuz it has something to do with how the Federal Gub'ment allocates funds for their maintanance. I would not be surprised at all to discover that Alaska has them as well.
Now, as how they're numbered, they would have to be a spur off of I-5, I think (if I've learned anything from hanging out with my roadgeek buddy), in order to end in 5. Since that's in the western part of the country, I'd bet on Alaska. [/quote]
Courtesy of a very old newsgroup article:
http://tinyurl.com/2eqcu (http://\"http://tinyurl.com/2eqcu\")
BTW, the way I remember the rules for Interstate numbers:
- Odd numbers are north-south routes, starting at the West (I-5).
Numbers ending in 5 are major north-south routes, often running from
border to border (e.g. 5, 15, 65, 95).
- Even numbers are east-west routes, starting at the South (I-10).
Numbers ending in 0 are major east-west routes, often running from
sea to sea (e.g. 10, 40, 80, 90).
Now, whether Alaska uses the same Interstate system as the "lower" 48 states is beyond me, hence my reasoning of Illinois.
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There's a sign just outside Lansing that says something along the lines of "I-69 South becomes I-69 East" which I've always found absurd because of the even-odd rule.
However, something that makes GSWitch's question trickier (and probably incorrect) is that there are many short interstate highways with three-digit numbers, lots of which end in 5. I know of an I-275 in Knoxville that can't be much more than three miles long. Since there are bound to be similar short spurs in just about every state, this one definitely falls into the "too obscure" basket.
In the meantime, I'm going to be very anxious to see what explanation there is for his "Colonel Bogey March" question, since I don't recall any of those four shows having regular game show sketches (plural).
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However, something that makes GSWitch's question trickier (and probably incorrect) is that there are many short interstate highways with three-digit numbers, lots of which end in 5. I know of an I-275 in Knoxville that can't be much more than three miles long. Since there are bound to be similar short spurs in just about every state, this one definitely falls into the "too obscure" basket.
Being in Huntsville, Alabama, I can personally attest to the existence of at least one more of those short "interstate" highways, i.e. I-565.
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[quote name=\'GSWitch\' date=\'Feb 3 2004, 09:58 PM\'] "Colonel Bogey March" was a gag tune used on game show sketches of what variety show?
A). The Carol Burnett Show
B). Monty Python's Flying Circus
C). Benny Hill
D). Sonny & Cher [/quote]
The answer is C, Benny Hill!
There were two game show sketches; Sale of The Half Century & Name That Tune. Benny played the host while there was a man dressed up as a woman (for Sale), a pretty young lady & Jackie Wright (aka the little old man) as contestants. Jackie would win Sale which ticked off Benny while the pretty babe won Name That Tune & took her opponent (Jackie) on the holiday instead of Benny.
Here's how the gag went using the Name That Tune sketch.
BENNY: For 20 pounds, name that tune.
(Orchestra playing Colonel Bogey)
(Jackie buzzes in)
JACKIE: The Cobbler Song.
BENNY: Sorry I'll have to go over to Vera.
VERA: After the Ball.
BENNY: You're so near, sort of half-right.
(Jackie buzzes again)
JACKIE: I've Got A Lovely Bunch of Coconuts!
BENNY: You boasting again, are you? No, that was Colonel Bogey!
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[quote name=\'GSWitch\' date=\'Feb 3 2004, 09:58 PM\'] What state would you find the shortest north-south Interstate Highway ending in 5?
A). Illinois
B). Texas
C). Florida
D). Alaska [/quote]
I apologize for miswriting the question, not thinking about 3 digit roads. I should've said 2 digit roads.
Alaska has no interstates, but Hawaii does.
The answer is...B! Interstate 45 is the shortest 2-digit route ending in 5 that can be found in Texas. It starts @ Galveston & goes through Houston, Conroe, Huntsville, Madisonville, Centerville, Buffalo, Fairfield, Streetman, Corsicana (home of the fruitcake), Ennis & ends in Dallas!
It's 285 miles long & was the first interstate to be built in Texas (the Corsicana bypass was the first piece of I-45). It replaced U.S. 75 which is now TEXAS 75 or Business Loop 45 (green interstate shield) found in Ferris, Palmer, Ennis & Corsicana!
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I'm going to try my hand at one. I know I said I don't like pop culture, but I'd like to think it's a bit obscure, so what the hell...
What soap opera was pre-empted for Walter Cronkite's announcement of JFK's assassination?
A. The Edge of Night B. Search For Tomorrow
C. As The World Turns D. The Guiding Light
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Feb 4 2004, 02:21 PM\'] What soap opera was pre-empted for Walter Cronkite's announcement of JFK's assassination?
A. The Edge of Night B. Search For Tomorrow
C. As The World Turns D. The Guiding Light [/quote]
Bad question. What time zone?
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Geez, it sounds like writing a good question for Millionaire is hard enough, but writing a Million Dollar Question is insane.
The Carol Brady maiden name is probably one of the best I've ever seen on the show. It was one that was difficult but could be figured provided you had a few spare days to think it through.
John Carpenter's and Dan Blonsky's Question 15s seemed a bit too easy to me. Joe Trela's seemed too hard, too specialized, but that could just be me.
Bob House's and Kim Hunt's were better, as again you could figure it out with time.
Here's a question I used in a community game on the GSN boards:
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In 2003, which of the following video game companies trademarked the phrase, "shock and awe"?
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----- A. Sony ----- B. Midway -----
----- C. Atari ---- D. Square -----[/font]
I thought it was pretty good myself, as it was in the news for a while, but a piece of info that was easy to forget.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Feb 4 2004, 05:31 PM\'] [quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Feb 4 2004, 02:21 PM\'] What soap opera was pre-empted for Walter Cronkite's announcement of JFK's assassination?
A. The Edge of Night B. Search For Tomorrow
C. As The World Turns D. The Guiding Light [/quote]
Bad question. What time zone? [/quote]
Well, the time zone thing just requires a little editing to the question. I happen to think this is one of the better questions I've seen posed here. The subject and the choices are things people are familiar with, there's a field of study (i.e. broadcast journalism) where you may have been exposed to the fact, high-end trivia people would know it, and depending on how much you know about all the different aspects of the question, you could spend some time trying to figure it out. Works for me.
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Refresh me, did Cronkite's announcement go something like this...
"John F. Kennedy died at xx:xxpm Pacific time, xx:xxpm Eastern time, some 38 minutes ago."
That's the one announcement I've seen a few times on the History Channel.
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Feb 4 2004, 06:15 PM\'] Refresh me, did Cronkite's announcement go something like this...
"John F. Kennedy died at xx:xxpm Pacific time, xx:xxpm Eastern time, some 38 minutes ago."
That's the one announcement I've seen a few times on the History Channel. [/quote]
Something like that. I don't remember the exact wording, but here's a modified question...forgive the wordiness, I'm not a game show writer yet. :-)
On Nov. 22, 1963, what soap opera was preempted at 1:40 p.m. EST, for Walter Cronkite's announcement of JFK's assassination?
A. The Edge of Night B. Search For Tomorrow
C. As The World Turns D. The Guiding Light
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1:40PM EST doesn't quite nail down the question, because you could argue that whatever was being pre-empted in the rest of the country - even if it was a different show - was still pre-empted at 1:40pm EST.
On Nov. 22, 1963, what soap opera was preempted at 1:40 p.m. EST, for Walter Cronkite's announcement of JFK's assassination?
could become...
"Which CBS daytime drama was preempted on the East Coast when Walter Cronkite announced the assassination of President John F. Kennedy?"
You don't necessarily have to add extra information to nail down the question properly. Likewise, simply adding extra information doesn't necessarily nail down the question.
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OK...here's one I learned last year. I can't say I like the "which is NOT" format, but I know the top three and you need a separate one. (Somebody I mentioned this to said if I could find out the fourth one, I'd have a kick-ass Greed question).
Which of these is NOT among Wal-Mart's top-three selling items?
A. Phone cards. B. Film.
C. CDs D. Toilet Paper.
The answer for those of you as care (http://\"http://www.livejournal.com/users/drbear/38250.html\")
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[quote name=\'SplitSecond\' date=\'Feb 4 2004, 07:37 PM\']
On Nov. 22, 1963, what soap opera was preempted at 1:40 p.m. EST, for Walter Cronkite's announcement of JFK's assassination?
could become...
"Which CBS daytime drama was preempted on the East Coast when Walter Cronkite announced the assassination of President John F. Kennedy?" [/quote]
If I'm editing, I change "preempted" to "interrupted". "Preempted" is technically accurate, but a little too TV-insider a term, plus to some people it implies that the soap was replaced completely from the beginning, which wasn't the case. "Interrupted" makes sense to everybody.
Hew, this is becoming a good example of how the process works! We've had half a dozen of us get our hands on a question that was, frankly, pretty good to begin with. This is pretty much how the good shows do it, beating and pounding on a question until it's just right.
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Feb 4 2004, 03:21 PM\'] I'm going to try my hand at one. I know I said I don't like pop culture, but I'd like to think it's a bit obscure, so what the hell...
What soap opera was pre-empted for Walter Cronkite's announcement of JFK's assassination?
A. The Edge of Night B. Search For Tomorrow
C. As The World Turns D. The Guiding Light [/quote]
It's C, As The World Turns, final answer!
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Feb 4 2004, 04:30 PM\'] A. The Edge of Night B. Search For Tomorrow
C. As The World Turns D. The Guiding Light [/quote]
In addition, in a hasty taking back of my previous criticism, Edge Of Night and Search For Tomorrow weren't on CBS at the time (if they were even on the air at the time) which leaves two, and it could go either way, and the question could be worded to help point to one of the other without being prejudicial against those who didn't live in the East at the time.
So I'm starting to think it's a much better question than I once did. :)
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Feb 4 2004, 08:58 PM\'] [quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Feb 4 2004, 04:30 PM\'] A. The Edge of Night B. Search For Tomorrow
C. As The World Turns D. The Guiding Light [/quote]
In addition, in a hasty taking back of my previous criticism, Edge Of Night and Search For Tomorrow weren't on CBS at the time (if they were even on the air at the time) [/quote]
Search and Edge were on CBS at that point(Search bowed in 1951 and Edge in 1956), Edge moved to ABC in 1975 and Search noved to NBC in 1982.
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[quote name=\'STYDfan\' date=\'Feb 4 2004, 04:50 PM\'] Geez, it sounds like writing a good question for Millionaire is hard enough, but writing a Million Dollar Question is insane.
The Carol Brady maiden name is probably one of the best I've ever seen on the show. It was one that was difficult but could be figured provided you had a few spare days to think it through.
John Carpenter's and Dan Blonsky's Question 15s seemed a bit too easy to me. Joe Trela's seemed too hard, too specialized, but that could just be me.
Bob House's and Kim Hunt's were better, as again you could figure it out with time.
Here's a question I used in a community game on the GSN boards:
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In 2003, which of the following video game companies trademarked the phrase, "shock and awe"?
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----- A. Sony ----- B. Midway -----
----- C. Atari ---- D. Square -----[/font]
I thought it was pretty good myself, as it was in the news for a while, but a piece of info that was easy to forget. [/quote]
Now that I think about it, I probably should have written mine differently. I probably should have given four general companies, instead of video game companies. That way it wouldn't scare off anyone over 23. Maybe the choices would be:
A. Sony B. Midway
C. Ford D. Hallmark
The hard part would be to come up with three names that are familiar enough and plausible.
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[quote name=\'Don Howard\' date=\'Oct 21 2003, 06:54 PM\']
In the Presidential line of succession, which federal official is 3rd in line for the Presidency after the sitting President?
A: Secretary of State
B: Speaker of the House
C: President Pro Tempore
D: Secretary of Defense
Word of advice: Don't use Alexander Haig as a lifeline for this one. [/quote]
Some of these kids in here are a bit young to know who Al Haig was. :-)
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[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Feb 4 2004, 07:01 PM\'] [quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Feb 4 2004, 08:58 PM\'] [quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Feb 4 2004, 04:30 PM\'] A. The Edge of Night B. Search For Tomorrow
C. As The World Turns D. The Guiding Light [/quote]
In addition, in a hasty taking back of my previous criticism, Edge Of Night and Search For Tomorrow weren't on CBS at the time (if they were even on the air at the time) [/quote]
Search and Edge were on CBS at that point(Search bowed in 1951 and Edge in 1956), Edge moved to ABC in 1975 and Search noved to NBC in 1982. [/quote]
Huh. Din't know that.
My complaint still stands then :)
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Try this one for size:
Which of the following late-70s female singers sang backup on Christopher Cross's Top 20 hit "Say You'll Be Mine"?
A) Stevie Nicks
B) Rickie Lee Jones
C) Nicolette Larson
D) Melissa Manchester
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With the last one going over so well, I'd like to try another one. Yeah, it's pop culture again, and it's probably simple if you're a) an Eastwood fan, and b) older than 25 or 30...
In the movie "Dirty Harry," what was the name of the psychotic killer who Clint Eastwood was tracking down?
A. Aquarius B. Scorpio
C. Gemini D. Leo
BTW, GSWitch was right with the last guess; it was "As The World Turns."
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The famous "Wheel of Fortune" chimes to indicate the start of a puzzle was first heard on what other NBC game show?
A). Celebrity Sweepstakes
B). Stumpers
C). It's Anybody's Guess
D). Blank Check
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How about:
At what time (GMT) did Millionaire? first began in the UK in 1998?
A: 8.00pm
B: 8.30pm
C: 9.00pm
D: 9.30pm
Or
How much did the very first contestant win on the show:
A: £8,000
B: £16,000
C: £32,000
D: £125,000
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Feb 7 2004, 11:21 AM\'] With the last one going over so well, I'd like to try another one. Yeah, it's pop culture again, and it's probably simple if you're a) an Eastwood fan, and b) older than 25 or 30...
In the movie "Dirty Harry," what was the name of the psychotic killer who Clint Eastwood was tracking down?
A. Aquarius B. Scorpio
C. Gemini D. Leo
BTW, GSWitch was right with the last guess; it was "As The World Turns." [/quote]
I guess with this question and all the lights and the excitement and the pressure to win a substantial amount of money, you can get a little confused with the choices, in fact I've kinda lost track myself. This is one of those times you've got to ask yourself, do I feel lucky? Well, do ya punk?
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The succession question might be high tier-II, even on Meredith and former-Regis.
(BTW, poorly worded: Third in line after the President is the Pro Tem of the Senate -- but third in line is the Speaker of the House.)
How about this for a tier-III sports question:
The only player to win the Super Bowl MVP for predominantly special teams play was a Heisman Trophy winner for what university:
A) Notre Dame
B) USC
C) Michigan
D) Miami FL
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[quote name=\'starcade\' date=\'Feb 7 2004, 01:36 PM\'] The succession question might be high tier-II, even on Meredith and former-Regis.
(BTW, poorly worded: Third in line after the President is the Pro Tem of the Senate -- but third in line is the Speaker of the House.)
How about this for a tier-III sports question:
The only player to win the Super Bowl MVP for predominantly special teams play was a Heisman Trophy winner for what university:
A) Notre Dame
B) USC
C) Michigan
D) Miami FL [/quote]
Desmond Howard, Super Bowl XXXI, Michigan?
I don't know...that question somehow feels dodgy (for lack of a better word), as if kickoff returner is no less a "special" or possibly "important" position in football than quarterback.
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Feb 7 2004, 09:21 AM\'] In the movie "Dirty Harry," what was the name of the psychotic killer who Clint Eastwood was tracking down?
A. Aquarius B. Scorpio
C. Gemini D. Leo
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It's not a MDQ. Too many people have seen Dirty Harry, and it's not like you're asking for obscure trivia about the movie, this is a MAJOR PLOT POINT.
However, since I've NOT seen it, I'd have to Google to find an answer.
It's an excellent question, just not a MDQ.
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/ Which of the following phrases cannot be heard in the Beatles 1968 \
\_________________song "Revolution No. 9"?__________________/
------<A: May it serve you well>-----<B: And his voice was low>------
------<C: Get me out...............>-----<D: Block that kick.............>------
(This is REALLY obscure, but if you are a die-hard Beatles fan, or if you really think about it, you can figure it out.)
[EDIT: made a few corrections to the question. See next post.]
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Feb 7 2004, 05:56 PM\'] / Which of the following phrases cannot be heard in the Beatles 1965 \
\_________________song "Revolution No. 9"?__________________/
------<A: May it serve you well>-----<B: And his eyes were low>------
------<C: Get me out...............>-----<D: Block that kick.............>------
(This is REALLY obscure, but if you are a die-hard Beatles fan, or if you really think about it, you can figure it out.) [/quote]
Well, Whoserman, normally I'd prefer not to nitpick, but in the case of a MDQ, it's necessary: Revolution No. 9 was released and recorded in 1968, not '65.
As to the answer...well, you might have created a trick question (NEVER EVER DO THAT FOR A MILLION (OR TEN MILLION) DOLLAR QUESTION) here without realizing it.
"Block that kick" does appear in rev9, as does "and his voice was low", not his eyes.
So unless B is your answer, then the question is null and void anyhow.
Oh, and how exactly would you be able to figure this out "by really thinking about it"? It would definatly be something you know or you don't (immediately making it a crappy question - see the other post that's sort of on this topic) - I can see reciting something like "Hey Jude" or "We Will Rock You" or something to see if a phrase is in there, but no one in their right mind is going to be able to think through all of Revolution 9 in order to eliminate all the choices.
T
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My fault. I took this from a lyrics page. I guess it was wrong.
The answer is C: Get me out, and the reason you can figure it out if you really think about it is you might remember one of the "Paul is dead" rumors. It says if you play Rev#9 backwards, you hear a scream, a fire, and a man yelling "GET ME OUT!!!" Needless to say it's not really there.
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Feb 7 2004, 05:36 PM\'] My fault. I took this from a lyrics page. I guess it was wrong.
The answer is C: Get me out, and the reason you can figure it out if you really think about it is you might remember one of the "Paul is dead" rumors. It says if you play Rev#9 backwards, you hear a scream, a fire, and a man yelling "GET ME OUT!!!" Needless to say it's not really there. [/quote]
Sorry, unless you're a die-hard Beatlemaniac, you're not gonna reason that.
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[quote name=\'GSWitch\' date=\'Feb 7 2004, 12:21 PM\'] The famous "Wheel of Fortune" chimes to indicate the start of a puzzle was first heard on what other NBC game show?
A). Celebrity Sweepstakes
B). Stumpers
C). It's Anybody's Guess
D). Blank Check [/quote]
This one's right up there in terms of an upper tier question though not the BIG one. I'm guessing A. For some reason, another sound effect(a single bell) to indicate that the audience is voting for which celeberty got the correct answer also came from the original Wheel of Fortune.
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/ Used to decipher Egyptian Hieroglyphics, the Rosetta Stone \
\__________was made from what type of stone?_________/
------<A: Sandstone............>-----<B: Basalt...............>------
------<C: Granite.................>-----<D: Limestone........>------
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[quote name=\'GSWitch\' date=\'Feb 7 2004, 11:21 AM\'] The famous "Wheel of Fortune" chimes to indicate the start of a puzzle was first heard on what other NBC game show?
A). Celebrity Sweepstakes
B). Stumpers
C). It's Anybody's Guess
D). Blank Check [/quote]
The answer is... D! Blank Check!
When time was expired on Friday's show, those famous chimes were heard to later be used on Wheel.
Blank Check & Wheel debuted on the same day, January 6, 1975.
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Which of these people did not portray a villain on the 1966 "Batman" TV series?
A: Milton Berle
B: Art Carney
C: Vincent Price
D: Bob Hope
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[quote name=\'Vgmastr\' date=\'Feb 8 2004, 10:43 PM\'] Which of these people did not portray a villain on the 1966 "Batman" TV series?
A: Milton Berle
B: Art Carney
C: Vincent Price
D: Bob Hope [/quote]
D, which is curious, because it was considered a huge coup, and I'm sure they would have created a villain for him if he wanted to do it. The mind reels. ...
Here's mine:
/ Which Oscar™ category's voters \
\ must view all the nominated films? /
A. Best Picture
B. Best Art Direction
C. Best Documentary
D. Best Foreign Film
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[quote name=\'tommycharles\' date=\'Dec 27 2003, 11:33 PM\'] Well, actually, that demonstrates what a TERRIBLE job the U.S. media did of covering the 46664 campaign. November 29th, 2003, a massive 4-hour concert was staged at Green Point stadium in Cape Town, South Africa. This was to benefit AIDS in Africa, a cause that has gone far beyond a medical issue and into one of human rights (poor countries not being able to get drugs that would save lives entirely because they're poor countries, etc.).
It featured Queen, Bono/The Edge, Eurythmics (they reunited), Beyonce, Bob Geldof, Anastasia, and tons of other people who I've forgotten.
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This isn't the first time an event that was big in Europe was all but ignored in the USA...which brings up my $1,000,000 question:
In terms of participants, the largest running race in the world was held in what city?
A. London
B. San Francisco
C. Atlanta
D. New York
The correct answer is A - the first Sport Aid "race" held in London. There were races coordinated to be run all at the same time throughout the world, but there were two problems as far as the USA was concerned; one, noon London meant the race would be run at 7 AM in New York and 4 AM in Los Angeles (actually, there were races held in those cities, but fewer than 1000 people in either one, as opposed to, if I recall correctly, 125,000 in London); two, Hands Across America was on the same day.
Besides, most people who were interested in the music probably wouldn't care what the cause was; most of the people at the Paris Amnesty International concert (where the Dalai Lama made a surprise appearance) admitted they weren't interested about Tibet and just came for the concert.
-- Don
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[quote name=\'That Don Guy\' date=\'Feb 9 2004, 12:34 AM\']
Besides, most people who were interested in the music probably wouldn't care what the cause was; most of the people at the Paris Amnesty International concert (where the Dalai Lama made a surprise appearance) admitted they weren't interested about Tibet and just came for the concert.
-- Don [/quote]
Hmm....waaaaay off topic I know, but it's interesting that you say that. There's a difference between caring about a cause when you're at a concert and doing something about it. I'm sure the people in Cape Town were concerned, partly because they're in the thick of it, really. I'm sure the people at Live Aid were concerned, but I will agree that the music really overshadowed the show, there.
Hell, I still don't know what the cause of Knebworth '90 was.
T
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Today's the 40th anniversary of The Beatles being on Ed Sullivan.
Which Batman villain appeared on that historical Sullivan episode?
A). Cesar Romero B). Frank Gorshin
C). Burgess Meredith D). Eartha Kitt
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[quote name=\'GSWitch\' date=\'Feb 9 2004, 08:26 AM\'] Today's the 40th anniversary of The Beatles being on Ed Sullivan.
Which Batman villain appeared on that historical Sullican episode?
A). Cesar Romero B). Frank Gorshin
C). Burgess Meredith D). Eartha Kitt [/quote]
Obgameshow: Weren't Mitzi McCall and Charlie Brill, husband and wife then and now(and 70s Tattletales regulars) on one of the Beatle episodes of Ed's show?
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[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Feb 9 2004, 09:59 AM\']Which Batman villain appeared on that historical Sullican episode?
A). Cesar Romero B). Frank Gorshin
C). Burgess Meredith D). Eartha Kitt [/QUOTE]
Obgameshow: Weren't Mitzi McCall and Charlie Brill, husband and wife then and now(and 70s Tattletales regulars) on one of the Beatle episodes of Ed's show?[/QUOTE]
The answer to the question is B) Frank Gorshin.
Don't know about Mitzi and Charlie's being on Sullivan the same day as the Beatles, but it's definite that Marty Allen & Steve Rossi, both GS participants, were. I heard Marty talk about it on the radio a few weeks ago, and here's a picture (http://\"http://www.martyallen.net/ma2.html\") (though not labeled as being from Sullivan) of the six of them together.
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[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Feb 9 2004, 09:59 AM\'][quote name=\'GSWitch\' date=\'Feb 9 2004, 08:26 AM\'] Today's the 40th anniversary of The Beatles being on Ed Sullivan.
Which Batman villain appeared on that historical Sullican episode?
A). Cesar Romero B). Frank Gorshin
C). Burgess Meredith D). Eartha Kitt [/quote]
Obgameshow: Weren't Mitzi McCall and Charlie Brill, husband and wife then and now(and 70s Tattletales regulars) on one of the Beatle episodes of Ed's show?[/quote]
I believe that they were on the very first Beatles appearance on Sullivan, forty years ago this day, if I read one of the reviews of the Sullilvan Beatles appearances DVD correctly (the first *full-length* Sullivan shows to appear on home video/DVD).
They were also quoted as saying that doing Sullivan that night with a hostile audience who was mostly there to see John, Paul, George and Ringo was a major reason why their career didn't much progress from that night.
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On the television series "M*A*S*H", Benjamin "Hawkeye" Pierce got his nickname from a character in what book?
A: The Day of the Locust
B: The Last of the Mohicans
C: Bridges of Madison County
D: Walden
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Feb 12 2004, 07:56 PM\'] On the television series "M*A*S*H", Benjamin "Hawkeye" Pierce got his nickname from a character in what book?
A: The Day of the Locust
B: The Last of the Mohicans
C: Bridges of Madison County
D: Walden [/quote]
That's a really good one. It's familiar, but with a little twist that requires you to think a little more. Very good.
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Try this one for size:
Which of the following late-70s female singers sang backup on Christopher Cross's Top 20 hit "Say You'll Be Mine"?
A) Stevie Nicks
B) Rickie Lee Jones
C) Nicolette Larson
D) Melissa Manchester
It's C.
Since I'm a music "chartaholic", I've come up with one that could be tricky enough for the $1,000,000 question:
I can't remember if they've ever used this question before, but here it is:
What song was the first to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart?
A. Hound Dog
B. Let It Be
C. You Are Not Alone
D. One Sweet Day
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In the Sheryl Crow song "Soak Up the Sun," to what does the "45" refer in the line "got my 45 on so I can rock on."? A: malt liquor B: 45 spf sunscreen C: 45 caliber pistol D: 45 rpm record
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[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' date=\'Feb 13 2004, 12:05 PM\'] In the Sheryl Crow song "Soak Up the Sun," to what does the "45" refer in the line "got my 45 on so I can rock on."? A: malt liquor B: 45 spf sunscreen C: 45 caliber pistol D: 45 rpm record [/quote]
I don't have a clue what the answer is, but I love this question! This is exactly the sort of thing I've been talking about. There are SO MANY clues in the question to sort through, and the answers are all diverse but recognizable things. Even if you don't have a clue, you WANT to play the question because you think you can figure it out.
Of course, the possible problem with it is verifying it. The lyrics are not specific enough, so who says which is right? Is it obvious in the video? Does that count by itself? Has she explained the lyrics in interviews? If it is at all open to interpretation, or if she's EVER said, "I was thinking of this one thing, but if people want to think of this other thing, that's OK too" then the question suddenly...well, sucks.
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Feb 13 2004, 09:44 AM\'] Of course, the possible problem with it is verifying it. The lyrics are not specific enough, so who says which is right? [/quote]
I'm listening to the song right now. It's pretty obvious just by the subject matter (and if you know anything at all about Sheryl Crow) that (A) and © are right out.
(Besides, the gangsta in me points out that malt liquor comes in 40's, y0.)
But Matt's got a point. That last line doesn't really have any context to go with it, so there's no conclusive PROOF (unless she's said something public to the contrary) that she is in fact referring to (D) (which has always been my interpretation.) She COULD be referring to B. Probably not, but we can't rule it out without proof.
Video doesn't help any either, it's mostly her and her guitar on the beach and around a bonfire. Very little contest to support one or the other.
WRT the other question, it's (D) One Sweet Day, innit? NEVER understood the insane popularity of that song, but then I'm one of those sick bastards who're thrilled that Duran Duran are all back together again. :)
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Feb 13 2004, 01:45 PM\'] But Matt's got a point. That last line doesn't really have any context to go with it, so there's no conclusive PROOF (unless she's said something public to the contrary) that she is in fact referring to (D) (which has always been my interpretation.) She COULD be referring to B. Probably not, but we can't rule it out without proof. [/quote]
And therein lies the problem, because most sources I'm reading say that she IS referring to B. Lots of songwriters create lyrics that deliberately have two interpretations. Some are simply double entendres, others, like this would seem to be, are more clever. Either way, unless she's explained -- frequently -- that there's one stone-cold absolute meaning here, I'm afraid this one doesn't get by the editors after all.
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Feb 13 2004, 12:54 PM\'] [quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Feb 13 2004, 01:45 PM\'] But Matt's got a point. That last line doesn't really have any context to go with it, so there's no conclusive PROOF (unless she's said something public to the contrary) that she is in fact referring to (D) (which has always been my interpretation.) She COULD be referring to B. Probably not, but we can't rule it out without proof. [/quote]
And therein lies the problem, because most sources I'm reading say that she IS referring to B. Lots of songwriters create lyrics that deliberately have two interpretations. Some are simply double entendres, others, like this would seem to be, are more clever. Either way, unless she's explained -- frequently -- that there's one stone-cold absolute meaning here, I'm afraid this one doesn't get by the editors after all. [/quote]
So here's another question, crossing my previous question with this song:
Which current female artist sings backup on "Soak Up the Sun"?
A) Jewel
B) Liz Phair
C) Melissa Etheridge
D) Sarah McLaughlin
BTW, Ian Wallis got my other question right. Best known for her hit "Lotta Love", the late Nicolette Larson sang with Christopher Cross on the song in question. (Here's some more trivia that might potentially come up on a $1M question: Although Stevie Nicks sang with Kenny Loggins on his first Top 10 hit "Whenever I Call You 'Friend'", he actually wrote that song with Melissa Manchester.)
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WRT the other question, it's (D) One Sweet Day, innit? NEVER understood the insane popularity of that song, but then I'm one of those sick bastards who're thrilled that Duran Duran are all back together again. :)
Wrong. Although that song did debut at No. 1 - it wasn't the first. The first one ever was Michael Jackson's "You Are Not Alone" in Sept 1995. Before Jackson, the highest debut was Beatles "Let it Be", which came on the chart at No. 6 in 1970.
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In the Sheryl Crow song "Soak Up the Sun," to what does the "45" refer in the line "got my 45 on so I can rock on."? A: malt liquor B: 45 spf sunscreen C: 45 caliber pistol D: 45 rpm record
I don't know for sure, but to me it always meant 45 rpm record. However, I'm biased - I still have close to 2000 of them and prefer those to CDs. Oh well...
Another song that mentions listening to 45s is Billy Joel's "Keeping the Faith" - but that song was from 1983 so I guess it's clear what that one meant!
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As far as the back-up singer to Sherryl Crow's "Soak Up The Sun" goes, my guess would be Liz Phair.
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[quote name=\'Craig Karlberg\' date=\'Feb 14 2004, 06:30 AM\'] As far as the back-up singer to Sherryl Crow's "Soak Up The Sun" goes, my guess would be Liz Phair. [/quote]
You sure that's a guess Craig? It was Liz Phair. Guess we won't see that question on the top tier.
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What was the name of the man who hosted the CBS game show "What's My Line?" from 1950 to 1967?
A: Phil Mickelson
B: Arnold Palmer
C: John Daly
D: Davis Love
(I know you guys will probably all know this, but I still think it'd make a good $125K or $250K question.)
Also, a good MDQ might have to do with the #1 song on the Billboard top 100 chart on its first week. I think I read somewhere that it was "Oh Mein Papa" back in 1932. Can anyone help out with this?)
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Feb 14 2004, 11:55 AM\'] What was the name of the man who hosted the CBS game show "What's My Line?" from 1950 to 1967?
A: Phil Mickelson
B: Arnold Palmer
C: John Daly
D: Davis Love
(I know you guys will probably all know this, but I still think it'd make a good $125K or $250K question.)
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I do too. I'd LOVE to see that as a $125 or $250 question. Even if I WASN'T a game show fan, it's so ridiculously easy to eliminate three names out of that stack....
...well, I take that back. Ridiculously easy if you are knowledgable about golf as well, but if you're hosed on both golf AND classic TV, you might be dipping into the lifelines or walking pretty quickly.
(It has the added advantage of Googling poorly, too; a search on "what's my line host") doesn't have example text that mentions Daly until the seventh hit.)
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"Which Saturday Night Live alumni made a cameo in the movie "A Very Brady Sequel", but was not credited in the credits?"
A - Phil Hartman
B - David Spade
C - Michael McKean
D - Janeane Garofalo
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How exactly would you eliminate three names, chris?
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Feb 14 2004, 02:00 PM\'] How exactly would you eliminate three names, chris? [/quote]
Well, my way of thinking is that eliminating Arnie is a no-brainer. I happen to think Davis Love is an automatic, as well, most people have heard his name in a contemporary context and would dismiss him. (An overanalyzer who happens to know that the contemporary is Davis Love III might contemplate as to whether his FATHER was the WML host, but I'm inclined to think that anyone who would know he is in fact III would know enough about him to know that his dad wasn't anyone famous.)
So that leaves Mickelson and Daly. I'd be quick to throw out Mickelson for the same reasons I would Davis Love, and reason that John Daly is a common enough name that the long-driver shares his name with someone else.
Read the rest of my post, tho...upon a second look, I actually decided it was a GOOD question, because someone unknowledgable about golf would PROBABLY knock out Arnie, MIGHT get Davis Love...and now they're torn between one or the other, and looking to lose $468K if they're wrong. The mark of a fine question, and I _like_ that it Googles badly. :)
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lol. Thanks, Chris.
What about that Billboard thing I mentioned? Any ideas there? I'm thinking something along the lines of...
What song was in the #1 spot on Billboard Magazine's top 100 chart when the chart debuted on <insert date here>, 1932?
A: Oh Mein Papa
B: Cocktails For Two
C: Shave and a Haircut
D: Four Leaf Clover
The only problem is I can't varify that it is A, and I can't get enough information to phrase the question well.
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What song was in the #1 spot on Billboard Magazine's top 100 chart when the chart debuted on <insert date here>, 1932?
Billboard's music charts started around 1940, and it was only a Top 10 or 20 at that time. By 1955, they had several charts, including a Top 100, Best Sellers in Stores, Most Played by Disc Jockeys, etc.
In Aug 1958, they combined them all into the Hot 100. I think the first No. 1 might have been a Ricky Nelson song, but I'll look it up and post it later.
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[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' date=\'Feb 16 2004, 05:46 AM\'] Billboard's music charts started around 1940, and it was only a Top 10 or 20 at that time. By 1955, they had several charts, including a Top 100, Best Sellers in Stores, Most Played by Disc Jockeys, etc.
In Aug 1958, they combined them all into the Hot 100. I think the first No. 1 might have been a Ricky Nelson song, but I'll look it up and post it later. [/quote]
"Poor Little Fool" by Ricky Nelson was indeed Number 1 on the first "Hot 100" chart. However, the "Best Sellers" chart continued for a couple more months, until October 1958. In its last week, "It's All in the Game" by Tommy Edwards was Number 1 on both the Hot 100 and Best Sellers; the next week, it remained Number 1 on the one and only Hot 100.
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[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' date=\'Feb 13 2004, 01:05 PM\']
The first one ever was Michael Jackson's "You Are Not Alone" in Sept 1995. Before Jackson, the highest debut was Beatles "Let it Be", which came on the chart at No. 6 in 1970.
Actually, "You Are Not Alone" was the follow-up to "Scream", which entered at #5 and very briefly held the title of the highest-debuting single in history.
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Dec 26 2003, 06:16 PM\'] One MDQ...
The lyrics to the Byrds' hit 1965 song "Turn, Turn, Turn" are adapted from what book of the Old Testament?
A: Lamentations
B: Ecclesiastes
C: Ezra
D: Deuteronomy [/quote]
Piece of cake. Pete Seeger credited Ecclesiastes. Look it up: Songwriter credits read "Seeger/Ecclesiastes."
--C
And I like "All My Loving." Good uptempo rocker, great to start a set with. Willie Nelson doesn't come out on stage and start with "Stardust."
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Feb 14 2004, 06:46 PM\'] What about that Billboard thing I mentioned? Any ideas there? I'm thinking something along the lines of...
What song was in the #1 spot on Billboard Magazine's top 100 chart when the chart debuted on <insert date here>, 1932?
A: Oh Mein Papa
B: Cocktails For Two
C: Shave and a Haircut
D: Four Leaf Clover
The only problem is I can't varify that it is A, and I can't get enough information to phrase the question well. [/quote]
If I recall -- I looked this one up a long time ago for Jeopardy! -- the first Billboard #1 single was "I'll Never Smile Again," credited artist Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, and the vocals were by Frank Sinatra with the Pied Pipers. Don't remember the date, but your phrasing is okay:
What song was #1 on the first Billboard singles chart, for the week of [whatever it is]?
A: "I'll Never Smile Again"--Tommy Dorsey
B: "Tuxedo Junction"--Glenn Miller
C: "Big Noise From Winnetka"--Bob Crosby
D: "Lush Life"--Duke Ellington
Just an idea.
--C
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In golf, which of the following golf clubs is also known as a "niblick"?
A: 3 iron
B: 5 iron
C: 7 iron
D: 9 iron
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Feb 29 2004, 09:16 AM\'] In golf, which of the following golf clubs is also known as a "niblick"?
A: 3 iron
B: 5 iron
C: 7 iron
D: 9 iron [/quote]
A quick Googling shows multiple pages calling both seven and nine irons by that name. Not a bad question idea, but it needs some tweaking.
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Before Rick Carlisle was an assistent coach with the Indiana Pacers, and later coach of the Detroit Pistons, and now Indiana, what NBA team did he play for?
A. New York Knicks.
B. Indiana Pacers
C. Boston Celtics
D. Detroit Pistons
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[quote name=\'adamjk\' date=\'Feb 29 2004, 02:37 PM\'] Before Rick Carlisle was an assistent coach with the Indiana Pacers, and later coach of the Detroit Pistons, and now Indiana, what NBA team did he play for?
A. New York Knicks.
B. Indiana Pacers
C. Boston Celtics
D. Detroit Pistons [/quote]
This is "you either know it or you don't" material, and further, nobody outside of Indiana really cares. Woudn't be a terribly compelling question for a national game show.
Go check out the other thread on question writing, and look at Carlo's post. I didn't know the answer, I had no real reason why I should have known the answer, and my life wouldn't be particularly enriched if you told me.
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Chris, with all due respect, all three MDQs that have been used on Syndie Millionaire have been "you know it or you don't" material too.
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Feb 29 2004, 02:55 PM\'] Chris, with all due respect, all three MDQs that have been used on Syndie Millionaire have been "you know it or you don't" material too. [/quote]
I'll grant you that, but see my other point. If Rick Carlisle, in becoming an NBA coach, crossed some barrier or milestone interesting to a national audience; for example, becoming the first coach from a given minority, or the first coach to coach for 17 different teams (is Lenny Wilkens there yet?), or something, then I could see him becoming the subject of a question. The question as written is only interesting because the writer is clearly a Pacers fan. All fine and good if you're writing for "Who Here In Indiana Wants To Become A Millionaire?", but it's not a good question for a national audience, because it doesn't pass the "who cares?" test for the majority of viewers.
On top of that, it's factually wrong. According to his bio on nba.com, his first assistant coaching gig was with the New Jersey Nets, where he was offered the job after playing briefly for the Nets under Bill Fitch. He played for the Knicks the season before that.
Plus, the way it's written, you could argue that Boston is also correct, since he did in fact play three years with the Celtics (alongside Larry Bird, hence the Indiana connection) before becoming an assistant coach - just not directly before. But the question didn't ask that.
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Didn't know he played for Boston. And I am not a Pacers fan. I am actually a Pistons fan.
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[quote name=\'adamjk\' date=\'Feb 29 2004, 05:58 PM\'] Didn't know he played for Boston. And I am not a Pacers fan. I am actually a Pistons fan. [/quote]
My points still apply.
And that doesn't change the fact that you STILL didn't know he played for the Nets, which is the closest thing to a correct answer to your question, and not one of the suggested ones.
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Okay...After reading some of the questions here, I'm going to try to pen my own...
I'll admit that I don't think it's MDQ worthy, but I think it's top tier worthy...
"Prior to becoming world famous for it's video games, Nintendo manufactured and exported what product?"
A. Transistor Radios
B. Stationary
C. Calculators
D. Playing Cards
Looking at it from a hotseat perspective, this is one piece of IMO obscure trivia that unless you've heard it before, you'd never know the answer to.
Now the answer, so I don't leave anyone in suspense....
D. Playing Cards
Nintendo's "founder" Fusajiro Yamauchi started maufacturing "Japanese" playing cards (known as "Hanafuda") as early as 1889. By 1902, Yamauchi was exporting his playing cards from Japan. The name "Nintendo" was not used until 1933 when the company's name became "Yamauchi Nintendo & Company".
Nintendo didn't get into the "video game/arcade" industry until the 1970's and didn't hit it off big until Donkey Kong came along in 1981.
Okay...I'll take my criticism like a man, and my praise with humble pride (I sense more criticism coming than praise :-D )
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[quote name=\'Jumpondees\' date=\'Feb 29 2004, 09:02 PM\'] Okay...After reading some of the questions here, I'm going to try to pen my own...
I'll admit that I don't think it's MDQ worthy, but I think it's top tier worthy...
"Prior to becoming world famous for it's video games, Nintendo manufactured and exported what product?"
A. Transistor Radios
B. Stationary
C. Calculators
D. Playing Cards
Looking at it from a hotseat perspective, this is one piece of IMO obscure trivia that unless you've heard it before, you'd never know the answer to.
Now the answer, so I don't leave anyone in suspense....
D. Playing Cards
Nintendo's "founder" Fusajiro Yamauchi started maufacturing "Japanese" playing cards (known as "Hanafuda") as early as 1889. By 1902, Yamauchi was exporting his playing cards from Japan. The name "Nintendo" was not used until 1933 when the company's name became "Yamauchi Nintendo & Company".
Nintendo didn't get into the "video game/arcade" industry until the 1970's and didn't hit it off big until Donkey Kong came along in 1981.
Okay...I'll take my criticism like a man, and my praise with humble pride (I sense more criticism coming than praise :-D ) [/quote]
I did in fact know that, but I agree that it's an excellent question that not many people would know. And someone fluent in Japanese could reason it out if they knew what Nintendo meant. (now THAT is an MDQ. :))
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Feb 29 2004, 11:23 PM\'] [quote name=\'Jumpondees\' date=\'Feb 29 2004, 09:02 PM\'] Okay...After reading some of the questions here, I'm going to try to pen my own...
I'll admit that I don't think it's MDQ worthy, but I think it's top tier worthy...
"Prior to becoming world famous for it's video games, Nintendo manufactured and exported what product?"
A. Transistor Radios
B. Stationary
C. Calculators
D. Playing Cards
Looking at it from a hotseat perspective, this is one piece of IMO obscure trivia that unless you've heard it before, you'd never know the answer to.
Now the answer, so I don't leave anyone in suspense....
D. Playing Cards
Nintendo's "founder" Fusajiro Yamauchi started maufacturing "Japanese" playing cards (known as "Hanafuda") as early as 1889. By 1902, Yamauchi was exporting his playing cards from Japan. The name "Nintendo" was not used until 1933 when the company's name became "Yamauchi Nintendo & Company".
Nintendo didn't get into the "video game/arcade" industry until the 1970's and didn't hit it off big until Donkey Kong came along in 1981.
Okay...I'll take my criticism like a man, and my praise with humble pride (I sense more criticism coming than praise :-D ) [/quote]
I did in fact know that, but I agree that it's an excellent question that not many people would know. And someone fluent in Japanese could reason it out if they knew what Nintendo meant. (now THAT is an MDQ. :)) [/quote]
I don't remember it completely, but Nintendo stood for something about "lucky hand" of something, but I do remember luck being part of it.
And now for my WEAK question of the WEEK:
Which one of these video game companies was not founded by an American?
A: Atari
B: Sega
C: Namco
D: Electronic Arts
Not much of a question, just wanted to throw something to the videogame geeks here.
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[quote name=\'jalman\' date=\'Feb 29 2004, 11:22 PM\'] I don't remember it completely, but Nintendo stood for something about "lucky hand" of something, but I do remember luck being part of it.
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"Leave luck to Heaven", specifically. Very good, tho!
Which one of these video game companies was not founded by an American?
A: Atari
B: Sega
C: Namco
D: Electronic Arts
Not much of a question, just wanted to throw something to the videogame geeks here.
That's an exceptional question, if you ask me. I know the answer (and I won't ruin it right away), but I like it 'cuz one answer can fool you from the name, and another from its recent history. :)
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Here's mine...
The side of the box of the original Trivial Pursuit Genus
Edition game contains a quotation from which poet?
A) John Milton
B) William Shakespeare
C) Alexander Pope
D) Christopher Marlowe
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[quote name=\'jalman\' date=\'Mar 1 2004, 01:22 AM\'] I don't remember it completely, but Nintendo stood for something about "lucky hand" of something, but I do remember luck being part of it.
[/quote]
I'll try to dig up my "100th special" copy of GameInformer magazine; there was an at-length article covering this precise topic. Of course, I knew the answer right away. :)
Here's a possible upper tier question:
What restaurant chain did Dan Evins start on September 19, 1969?
A. International House of Pancakes
B. Waffle House
C. Cracker Barrel
D. Village Inn
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[quote name=\'Dsmith\' date=\'Mar 4 2004, 12:18 AM\'] What restaurant chain did Dan Evins start on September 19, 1969?
A. International House of Pancakes
B. Waffle House
C. Cracker Barrel
D. Village Inn [/quote]
Good one. I guessed right (but I was waffling between two). Easy to Google, but I suppose if you make it to the upper tier with your PAF intact you deserve the free pass :)
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Mar 4 2004, 11:42 AM\'] [quote name=\'Dsmith\' date=\'Mar 4 2004, 12:18 AM\'] What restaurant chain did Dan Evins start on September 19, 1969?
A. International House of Pancakes
B. Waffle House
C. Cracker Barrel
D. Village Inn [/quote]
... I was waffling between two ... [/quote]
[throws waffles at Chris]
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[quote name=\'Dsmith\' date=\'Mar 4 2004, 02:18 AM\'] [quote name=\'jalman\' date=\'Mar 1 2004, 01:22 AM\'] I don't remember it completely, but Nintendo stood for something about "lucky hand" of something, but I do remember luck being part of it.
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I'll try to dig up my "100th special" copy of GameInformer magazine; there was an at-length article covering this precise topic. Of course, I knew the answer right away. :)
Here's a possible upper tier question:
What restaurant chain did Dan Evins start on September 19, 1969?
A. International House of Pancakes
B. Waffle House
C. Cracker Barrel
D. Village Inn [/quote]
Village Inn's logo wouldn't be an orange trapezoid with black writing would it? We have one in Virginia Beach, but never knew it was a national chain.
ObGameShow: Here's another restaurant question, also opened in 1969:
Fast-food restaurant Wendy's was founded in which of these Midwest cities?
A) Gary, IN
B) Springfield, IL
C) Dublin, OH
D) Des Moines, IA
This is not as obscure as you might think. :-)
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I'm gonna guess Dublin, seeing as it was used in their commercials not too far back. And yes, Village Inn is a national chain. Worst. Service. Ever.
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Which of these people have never been a member of the "Saturday Night Live" cast?
A: Ben Stiller
B: John Goodman
C: Damon Wayans
D: Janeane Garofalo
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Just figured I'd give my idea of a high-tier question, maybe Million-Dollar material.
What movie is the highest-domestic-grossing film of the current millenium?
A) Finding Nemo
B) Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
C) Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
D) Spider-Man
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[quote name=\'Vgmastr\' date=\'Mar 4 2004, 03:07 PM\'] Which of these people have never been a member of the "Saturday Night Live" cast?
A: Ben Stiller
B: John Goodman
C: Damon Wayans
D: Janeane Garofalo [/quote]
I don't know about that one...not because it's not too challenging, but because of the fact that John Goodman wasn't really a cast member per se. I know he's made some guest appearances, but I don't think he was ever part of the opening credits.
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[quote name=\'Vgmastr\' date=\'Mar 4 2004, 03:07 PM\'] Which of these people have never been a member of the "Saturday Night Live" cast?
A: Ben Stiller
B: John Goodman
C: Damon Wayans
D: Janeane Garofalo [/quote]
Great question. I'm thinking B, but I can't for the life of me remember seeing Stiller on there. If this were a middle tier question, I'd have added Steve Martin to the list of choices, though.
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I don't know about that one...not because it's not too challenging, but because of the fact that John Goodman wasn't really a cast member per se. I know he's made some guest appearances, but I don't think he was ever part of the opening credits.
Which is why he'd be the correct answer. :)
Great question. I'm thinking B, but I can't for the life of me remember seeing Stiller on there. If this were a middle tier question, I'd have added Steve Martin to the list of choices, though.
Stiller was on a few episodes in the late 80's, during the Hartman/Carvey era.
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[quote name=\'Vgmastr\' date=\'Mar 4 2004, 07:05 PM\']
I don't know about that one...not because it's not too challenging, but because of the fact that John Goodman wasn't really a cast member per se. I know he's made some guest appearances, but I don't think he was ever part of the opening credits.
Which is why he'd be the correct answer. :)
Great question. I'm thinking B, but I can't for the life of me remember seeing Stiller on there. If this were a middle tier question, I'd have added Steve Martin to the list of choices, though.
Stiller was on a few episodes in the late 80's, during the Hartman/Carvey era. [/quote]
OK...my mistake. :-) I had no clue that Ben Stiller was part of the cast though...come to think of it, that might be enough to throw a wrench in the question, if someone is torn between Ben and John.
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[quote name=\'tommycharles\' date=\'Mar 4 2004, 01:21 PM\'] I'm gonna guess Dublin, seeing as it was used in their commercials not too far back. And yes, Village Inn is a national chain. Worst. Service. Ever. [/quote]
They are owned by VICORP; who also owns the smaller, Baker's Square chain of restaurants.
Worst biscuts and gravy, ever, too.
Incidentally, the correct answer was "Cracker Barrel".
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As far as the movie question goes, I'm thinking A although C sounds a bit too obvious with all the hype surrounding it in 2002.
Edging closer to 100 posts.
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On the movie question, the top one is actually Spider-Man.
A is 9th alltime, B is 6th, C is 4th, and D is 5th.
However, C was not during this millenium -- Star Wars Episode I was released in 1999.
I figure the audience will divide between B and C.
Phone-a-friend, googling, can goof up and give C as the answer.
50:50 might help.
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As a child, which of the following actresses was nicknamed the "Centennial Baby" when she was born in British Columbia on July 1, 1967, Canada's 100th birthday?
A: Halle Barry
B: Carmen Electra
C: Pamela Anderson
D: Alicia Silverstone
295 degrees on the Kelvin temperature scale is approximately equivalent to which of the following?
A: Paper's spark point
B: Water's boiling point
C: Ideal human body temperature
D: Ideal room temperature
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Okay, the temp one's a bit easy. Any chemistry student could tell you it's D.
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Yep.
It's a question that you might not know right away, but you can figure it out if you've got the smarts.
295 - 273 = 22 degrees Celsius
22 x 1.8 = about 40
40 + 32 = 72 degrees Farenheit.
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I have one that might be upper tier material.
What state was the first to host a presidential inaguration?
A New York
B Pennsylvania
C Massechusetts
D Virginia
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[quote name=\'Craig Karlberg\' date=\'Mar 6 2004, 03:39 AM\'] I have one that might be upper tier material.
What state was the first to host a presidential inaguration?
A New York
B Pennsylvania
C Massachusetts
D Virginia [/quote]
A). New York
Final answer
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[quote name=\'Craig Karlberg\' date=\'Mar 6 2004, 04:39 AM\'] I have one that might be upper tier material.
What state was the first to host a presidential inaguration?
A New York
B Pennsylvania
C Massechusetts
D Virginia [/quote]
Perhaps a $16K level question on Meredith's Millionaire, maybe $64K on original Regis Millionaire(or $50K or $100K on the Super version)
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Here's a stumper.
Who got a second chance to sing O Canada @ an NBA All-Star Game, after being snubbed when Fox was in commercial on the Baseball All-Star Game?
A). Bryan Adams
B). Nelly
C). Anne Murray
D). The Moffatts
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[quote name=\'tommycharles\' date=\'Dec 26 2003, 08:48 PM\'] [quote name=\'TimK2003\' date=\'Dec 26 2003, 09:07 PM\'] Here's a great MDQ:
Which future teen idol was seen for the first time on the same "Ed Sullivan Show" that the Beatles first appeared on?
A) Donny Osmond
B) Bobby Sherman
C) Davy Jones
D) Peter Noone
HINT: If you get the "Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show DVD", you'll see this person as part of one of the other acts. [/quote]
Or along those lines: what song did the Beatles first perform on the Ed Sullivan Show?
A. I Want to Hold Your Hand
B. All My Loving
C. She Loves You
D. I Saw Her Standing There [/quote]
Pardon my recollection, but I believe that's been on the show at $64K (Regis era, methinks).
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[quote name=\'GSWitch\' date=\'Mar 6 2004, 07:28 PM\'] Here's a stumper.
Who got a second chance to sing O Canada @ an NBA All-Star Game, after being snubbed when Fox was in commercial on the Baseball All-Star Game?
A). Bryan Adams
B). Nelly
C). Anne Murray
D). The Moffatts [/quote]
And my question: Who cares? The NBA is a rigged, overblown media hog, in which certain teams get prefential treatment from the referees and the press.
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[quote name=\'Dsmith\' date=\'Mar 7 2004, 11:57 AM\'] And my question: Who cares? The NBA is a rigged, overblown media hog, in which certain teams get prefential treatment from the referees and the press. [/quote]
Dude, you need to back off, like, lots.
While I more or less share your opinion of the NBA, the fact is that the very criticisms you throw at the league are the exact reasons why it's perfectly pertinent to be the subject of a Millionaire question...it's definitely in the public eye, even beyond that of the sports world.
Just be thankful that GSWitch went an entire post without making a gender reference. :)
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[quote name=\'GiraffeBoy\' date=\'Mar 6 2004, 08:26 PM\']
Or along those lines: what song did the Beatles first perform on the Ed Sullivan Show?
A. I Want to Hold Your Hand
B. All My Loving
C. She Loves You
D. I Saw Her Standing There [/QUOTE]
Pardon my recollection, but I believe that's been on the show at $64K (Regis era, methinks). [/quote]
Ah...yeah it doesn't look even $250,000 worthy now that I think about it. Whoserman's assertion that All My Loving is a Wings tune was pretty funny, though (no offense).
Hmm....is there a $1,000,000 Beatles question, I wonder?
Which of the following songs *was* performed on tour by the Beatles?
A. In My Life
B. Eight Days a Week
C. Nowhere Man
D. Here, There and Everywhere
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[quote name=\'GSWitch\' date=\'Mar 6 2004, 06:28 PM\'] Here's a stumper.
Who got a second chance to sing O Canada @ an NBA All-Star Game, after being snubbed when Fox was in commercial on the Baseball All-Star Game?
A). Bryan Adams
B). Nelly
C). Anne Murray
D). The Moffatts [/quote]
Got you stumped, huh?
Here comes the 50/50. Please take away 2 of the incorrect answers please.
A). Bryan Adams
D). The Moffatts
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[quote name=\'GSWitch\' date=\'Mar 8 2004, 09:32 AM\'] Got you stumped, huh? [/quote]
Yeah. That's exactly what it is.
Brandon Brooks
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[quote name=\'GSWitch\' date=\'Mar 8 2004, 07:32 AM\'] Got you stumped, huh?
[/quote]
I'm not sure how you misinterpreted the sound of nobody giving a crap to mean "I'd like to use a 50/50, Reej!", but at the same time , given your blissful ignorance it doesn't surprise me.
Tell you what. I'll use my Double Dip. There. Now I have it right. Onward.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Mar 8 2004, 12:49 PM\'][quote name=\'GSWitch\' date=\'Mar 8 2004, 07:32 AM\'] Got you stumped, huh?
[/quote]
I'm not sure how you misinterpreted the sound of nobody giving a crap to mean "I'd like to use a 50/50, Reej!", but at the same time , given your blissful ignorance it doesn't surprise me.
Tell you what. I'll use my Double Dip. There. Now I have it right. Onward.[/quote]
Exactly what does "nobody giving a crap" sound like?
<Chuck Donegan> AGTOT? </CD> :-D
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The answer is...
D). The Moffatts
The Moffats were a "Canadian Hanson" only it was 4 brothers who played instruments & sang.
They were asked to sing O Canada in the 1999 Baseball All-Star Game on Fox. But Fox Sports ALWAYS goes into commercial duirng that anthem.
7 months later, NBC Sports did some justice & gave that boy band a 2nd chance on the NBA All-Star Game.
The things I learn!
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A polygon with 100 sides is known by what name?
A: Centagon
B: Hectagon
C: Myriagon
D: Icosagon
What was the first piece of literature to be written in a language other than Latin?
A: The Divine Comedy
B: Beowolf
C: The Edda
D: The Tale of Genji
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If I had a Double Dip, I could almost be certain of the right answer, since I can eliminate two. C's etymology is for ten thousand, and icos- is the prefix for twenty.
Travis
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Mar 10 2004, 09:06 PM\'] A polygon with 100 sides is known by what name?
A: Centagon
B: Hectagon
C: Myriagon
D: Icosagon
[/quote]
We might still use imperial measurements in this country, but I still think you'd have to be a pretty big moron not to know that "centi-" = 100.
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What was the first piece of literature to be written in a language other than Latin?
A: The Divine Comedy
B: Beowolf
C: The Edda
D: The Tale of Genji
This is... a particularly bizarre trivia question. I don't even know one would even begin to measure something like that.
I'd blindly guess The Tale of Genji, as it is of Asian origin. The origins of the Asian writing system (kanji) were pretty early, which means that it could predate anything Latin.
But I really have no idea. I'm curious to hear the answer, and how it was deduced as such.
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Mar 10 2004, 11:06 PM\']What was the first piece of literature to be written in a language other than Latin?
A: The Divine Comedy
B: Beowolf
C: The Edda
D: The Tale of Genji[/quote]
"Whoserman," you might need to preface the question with "Since the fall of the Roman Empire." I'm pretty sure there were works of literature that were written before the Latin language was even conceived.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Mar 10 2004, 09:43 PM\'] [quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Mar 10 2004, 09:06 PM\'] A polygon with 100 sides is known by what name?
A: Centagon
B: Hectagon
C: Myriagon
D: Icosagon
[/quote]
We might still use imperial measurements in this country, but I still think you'd have to be a pretty big moron not to know that "centi-" = 100. [/quote]
Yes, and that's why I think this is such a good question. The answer is B: Hectagon.
Don't believe me? Google it. "hectagon" for the first search, then "centagon" the second. See what comes up.
As for my other question, you guys make good points. My brainy uncle told me the answer was "The Divine Comedy", and I was just believing him. I'll ask him about it next time I see him.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Mar 10 2004, 11:43 PM\'] We might still use imperial measurements in this country, but I still think you'd have to be a pretty big moron not to know that "centi-" = 100. [/quote]
A centimeter does not equal 100 meters. That logic doesn't hold.
Brandon Brooks
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think "centi-" refers to 1/100th more often than not. I know there are exceptions, like "century" or "centigrade".
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"Cent" is the Latin for 100, I believe. "Centigrade" is the scale where there are a hundred equal steps from the freezing point of water to the boiling point of water, hence the name.
Additionally, I recall from geometry classes, that anythin past a shape with 12 shapes can be called an n-gon, so 100-gon would also be acceptable.
Travis
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"Hectagon" is possibly a good false answer by itself as well--I confused the equivalence of "hexa-" and "sexa-" in meaning with a nonexistent equivalence of "hepta-" and "hecta-".
Just so we're all on the same page, as no one has actually pointed it out yet, "hect-" is the prefix actually meaning 100 in metric measurements, as in a hectometer.
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[quote name=\'Robert Hutchinson\' date=\'Mar 11 2004, 05:01 PM\'] "Hectagon" is possibly a good false answer by itself as well--I confused the equivalence of "hexa-" and "sexa-" in meaning with a nonexistent equivalence of "hepta-" and "hecta-".
Just so we're all on the same page, as no one has actually pointed it out yet, "hect-" is the prefix actually meaning 100 in metric measurements, as in a hectometer. [/quote]
Well, I'll be damned. I retract my criticisms.
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I actually caught Chris with his pants down!
I'll take a few seconds to bask in my pride........and now I'll let it die.
Here's a question that might be considered one of those "know it or not" questions...
What reality TV show's first grand prize winner died at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001?
A: Murder in Small Town X
B: The Mole
C: The Amazing Race
D: Big Brother
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Mar 11 2004, 07:21 PM\'] What reality TV show's first grand prize winner died at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001?
A: Murder in Small Town X
B: The Mole
C: The Amazing Race
D: Big Brother [/quote]
I think I know it, but moreover, don't you think asking it is kinda in horribly bad taste?
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Now that you mention it, you have a VERY good point. I apologize if I offended. (The answer, btw, was A: Murder in Small Town X. The winner, Angel Juarbe, was a New York City Firefighter.)
Hey, Chris, you haven't posted a question yet, let's see what you got.
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What about which game show aired a tournament grand final on September 11, 2001? I suppose that fails the acid test as well, but it's an obscure tidbit.
Travis
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What about which game show aired a tournament grand final on September 11, 2001? I suppose that fails the acid test as well, but it's an obscure tidbit.
2 Minute Drill, which prolly generated the smallest possible audience, if that.
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")
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Speaking of September 11, which prime time animated star almost lost his life if it hadn't been for a travel agent goofing his flights up?
A). Dan Castellantea
B). Mike Judge
C). Seth MacFarlane
D). Hank Azaria
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[quote name=\'GSWitch\' date=\'Mar 13 2004, 07:04 PM\'] Speaking of September 11, which prime time animated star almost lost his life if it hadn't been for a travel agent goofing his flights up?
A). Dan Castellantea
B). Mike Judge
C). Seth MacFarlane
D). Hank Azaria [/quote]
1) The answer is C.
2) Why does this question seem so horribly morbid? I mean, it's a good trivia fact, and makes for some good conversation (esp. considering a Bin Laden joke was cut from a "Family Guy" ep. because of 9/11), but this is no better than the Murder in Small Town X question, IMO, in terms of taste, and I'm not someone you consider as "politically correct." :-)
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[quote name=\'GSWitch\' date=\'Mar 13 2004, 07:04 PM\'] Speaking of September 11, which prime time animated star almost lost his life if it hadn't been for a travel agent goofing his flights up?
A). Dan Castellantea
B). Mike Judge
C). Seth MacFarlane
D). Hank Azaria [/quote]
Not related to the September 11th events, but here are two other possible high end Millionaire questions about celebs surviving because they got on the wrong flight:
What country star's life was spared because he got on a flight other than the 2/3/59 flight killing Richie Valens, Big Bopper, and Buddy Holly. The answer is Waylon Jennings(I can't think of three good wrong answers at this point)
What rock guitarist's life was spared because he didn't get on the August 1990 flight killing Stevie Ray Vaughan(choices: Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Buddy Guy, Edgar Winter, answer Eric Clapton)
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[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Mar 13 2004, 07:37 PM\'] [quote name=\'GSWitch\' date=\'Mar 13 2004, 07:04 PM\'] Speaking of September 11, which prime time animated star almost lost his life if it hadn't been for a travel agent goofing his flights up?
A). Dan Castellantea
B). Mike Judge
C). Seth MacFarlane
D). Hank Azaria [/quote]
Not related to the September 11th events, but here are two other possible high end Millionaire questions about celebs surviving because they got on the wrong flight:
What country star's life was spared because he got on a flight other than the 2/3/59 flight killing Richie Valens, Big Bopper, and Buddy Holly. The answer is Waylon Jennings(I can't think of three good wrong answers at this point)
What rock guitarist's life was spared because he didn't get on the August 1990 flight killing Stevie Ray Vaughan(choices: Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Buddy Guy, Edgar Winter, answer Eric Clapton) [/quote]
(sigh) You people just don't get it.
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[quote name=\'GSWitch\' date=\'Mar 13 2004, 07:04 PM\'] Speaking of September 11, which prime time animated star almost lost his life if it hadn't been for a travel agent goofing his flights up?
A). Dan Castellantea
B). Mike Judge
C). Seth MacFarlane
D). Hank Azaria [/quote]
Is this a thread for potential Millionaire questions or "morbid trivia time" for the group?
Brandon Brooks
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I don't think there's anything inherently wrong with the "who didn't get on a plane" questions above--certainly not the ones unrelated to 9/11, at least.
Of course, whether they're interesting questions is another matter . . .
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As a possible high level question, one could ask...
What is the most popular candy made by the JustBorn company?
A. Goldenberg's Peanut Chews
B. Hot Tamales
C. Marshmallow Peeps
D. Teenee Beanee jellybeans
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[quote name=\'willmorris\' date=\'Mar 13 2004, 11:02 PM\'] As a possible high level question, one could ask...
What is the most popular candy made by the JustBorn company?
A. Goldenberg's Peanut Chews
B. Hot Tamales
C. Marshmallow Peeps
D. Teenee Beanee jellybeans [/quote]
"Most Popular" according to whom? Sales figures? A survey?
I doubt this is a good, high level question.
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Sales figures.
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[quote name=\'willmorris\' date=\'Mar 13 2004, 11:09 PM\'] Sales figures. [/quote]
*sigh*.
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[quote name=\'tommycharles\' date=\'Mar 7 2004, 04:14 PM\']
Ah...yeah it doesn't look even $250,000 worthy now that I think about it. Whoserman's assertion that All My Loving is a Wings tune was pretty funny, though (no offense).
Hmm....is there a $1,000,000 Beatles question, I wonder?
Which of the following songs *was* performed on tour by the Beatles?
A. In My Life
B. Eight Days a Week
C. Nowhere Man
D. Here, There and Everywhere [/quote]
Ah. So that's what nobody giving a crap sounds like ;-)
The answer was C...in case it mattered. The opening "riff" of In My Life was played at the end of the Candlestick Park concert after they had finished (most sources say it was John goofing around...it was HIS song after all), Eight Days a Week was on Help!, which was made while they were still "writing for the stage", but for one reason or another was never added to the setlist. And HT&E's first live appearance wasn't until 1991 at MTV Unplugged.
There...aren't you glad you didn't ask??
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[quote name=\'willmorris\' date=\'Mar 13 2004, 11:09 PM\'] Sales figures. [/quote]
Peeps are more popular to me than Goldenberg's Peanut Chews. Does that mean I'm right?
One, the question isn't specific enough. Two, it would make a better Greed question.
Brandon Brooks
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As far as the JustBorn company question goes, my guess is C Marshmellow Peeps. I figured that it always a hot item during Easter time, so the question asked seems appropiate now that Easter is just 4 weeks away.
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[quote name=\'willmorris\' date=\'Mar 13 2004, 09:09 PM\'] Sales figures. [/quote]
Welcome to "Greed". Here's your accordion.
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There *is* a problem with questions like
What rock guitarist's life was spared because he didn't get on the August 1990 flight killing Stevie Ray Vaughan
Not because they're in particularly bad taste, but because, at least the way this one's worded, all answers would be correct unless they are 1) not rock guitarists, or 2) were on that flight.
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What is the only game show ever to use the on-screen caption "To Be Continued..." at the end of an episode?
A: High Rollers
B: Press Your Luck
C: Body Language
D: Bullseye
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Mar 20 2004, 01:54 PM\'] What is the only game show ever to use the on-screen caption "To Be Continued..." at the end of an episode?
A: High Rollers
B: Press Your Luck
C: Body Language
D: Bullseye [/quote]
Hmm. An interesting idea, but I gotta wonder...we know that most people know PYL as "that show with the Whammies", but I think that most of those people also recognize the show if the name is given to them, and I don't think the Larsen incident is THAT obscure.
I could be wrong. Certainly it requires the player to string together a list of events to come to that conclusion: a show requiring two episodes to conclude a single game, why that was necessary, and from that, which show. That in itself makes it a pretty good question.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Mar 20 2004, 04:58 PM\'] [quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Mar 20 2004, 01:54 PM\'] What is the only game show ever to use the on-screen caption "To Be Continued..." at the end of an episode?
A: High Rollers
B: Press Your Luck
C: Body Language
D: Bullseye [/quote]
Hmm. An interesting idea, but I gotta wonder...we know that most people know PYL as "that show with the Whammies", but I think that most of those people also recognize the show if the name is given to them, and I don't think the Larsen incident is THAT obscure.
I could be wrong. Certainly it requires the player to string together a list of events to come to that conclusion: a show requiring two episodes to conclude a single game, why that was necessary, and from that, which show. That in itself makes it a pretty good question. [/quote]
The only bad point about Whoserman's question is that two of the shows aren't terribly well known outside the game show clique.
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How about this, then...
What is the only game show ever to use the on-screen caption "To Be Continued..." at the end of an episode?
A: High Rollers
B: Press Your Luck
C: Wheel of Fortune
D: Family Feud
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Mar 20 2004, 10:26 PM\'] How about this, then...
What is the only game show ever to use the on-screen caption "To Be Continued..." at the end of an episode?
A: High Rollers
B: Press Your Luck
C: Wheel of Fortune
D: Family Feud [/quote]
Either way it's written, it has to be B. Press Your Luck & the infamous Micheal Larsen 2-part episode.
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Yeah, but the second question has four well-known game shows as choices, whereas the first one has two well-known and two obscure.
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The cases of Briggs v. Elliot and Bolling v. Sharpe were combined with others to form what landmark decision?
A. Roe v. Wade
B. Brown v. Board of Education
C. Tinker v. Des Moines
D. Gideon v. Wainwright
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The cases of Briggs v. Elliot and Bolling v. Sharpe were combined with others to form what landmark decision?
A. Roe v. Wade
B. Brown v. Board of Education
C. Tinker v. Des Moines
D. Gideon v. Wainwright
Hmmm, this question is not entirely accurate. I know the answer you are looking for is Brown v. Board, but the Bolling decision, while made the same day as Brown and having pretty much the same effect (it called for the desegregation of schools in Washington D.C. because DC did not fall under the jurisdiction of the Fourteenth Amendment), it was a distinct decision from Brown v. Board. You might say it was "separate but equal" (ducks to avoid thrown tomatos and pumpkins)
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[quote name=\'Little Big Brother\' date=\'Mar 26 2004, 09:50 PM\']
The cases of Briggs v. Elliot and Bolling v. Sharpe were combined with others to form what landmark decision?
A. Roe v. Wade
B. Brown v. Board of Education
C. Tinker v. Des Moines
D. Gideon v. Wainwright
Hmmm, this question is not entirely accurate. I know the answer you are looking for is Brown v. Board, but the Bolling decision, while made the same day as Brown and having pretty much the same effect (it called for the desegregation of schools in Washington D.C. because DC did not fall under the jurisdiction of the Fourteenth Amendment), it was a distinct decision from Brown v. Board. You might say it was "separate but equal" (ducks to avoid thrown tomatos and pumpkins) [/quote]
All the information that I have found says that Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, KS was made of five cases. Blacks from the states of Virginia, South Carolina, Delaware, and Kansas were represented as well as the District of Columbia. Bolling v. Sharpe was the case in DC.
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Here's the quote from my Constitutional Law textbook regarding Bolling:
"In Bolling v. Sharpe, 347 U.S. 497 (1954), decided on the same day as Brown, the Court unanimously held school segregation in the District of Columbia unconstitutional. Since the fourteenth amendment applies only to the states, the Court could not rely on the equal protection clause."
~Constitutional Law Fourth Edition: Stone, Seidman, Sunstein, Tushnet. Aspen Law & Business, 2001.
Granted, I may be splitting hairs, or at least finding another thing to distract me from working on my politics paper about Brown ;-)
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[quote name=\'Little Big Brother\' date=\'Mar 26 2004, 11:16 PM\'] Here's the quote from my Constitutional Law textbook regarding Bolling:
"In Bolling v. Sharpe, 347 U.S. 497 (1954), decided on the same day as Brown, the Court unanimously held school segregation in the District of Columbia unconstitutional. Since the fourteenth amendment applies only to the states, the Court could not rely on the equal protection clause."
~Constitutional Law Fourth Edition: Stone, Seidman, Sunstein, Tushnet. Aspen Law & Business, 2001.
Granted, I may be splitting hairs, or at least finding another thing to distract me from working on my politics paper about Brown ;-) [/quote]
Researching again, I found that Bolling v. Sharpe was part of the original suit, but since DC is separate from the states (like you said) they decided it would be better if it split and went on its own.
Suddenly I'm worried that the ambiguity might take away from the question, but the way it is written is accurate.
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Noted 14th century astronomer Tycho Brahe died eleven days after he attended a banquet in Prague, and which of his internal organs suddenly ruptured?
A: Stomach
B: Kidney
C: Liver
D: Bladder
In August 1997, the chemical element Unnilquadium was officially renamed what?
A: Americium
B: Seaborgium
C: Rutherfordium
D: Dubnium
And here's one that might not be as obscure as I think...
Wedgwood is a shade of what color?
A: Red
B: Blue
C: Green
D: Yellow
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Not sure about the first question... just seems way too obscure. I acutally like the last two, though.
Brandon Brooks
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'May 18 2004, 09:23 PM\'] Noted 14th century astronomer Tycho Brahe died eleven days after he attended a banquet in Prague, and which of his internal organs suddenly ruptured? [/quote]
Sorry, no one's going to care about the cause of death of a scientist that very few people have ever heard of.
In August 1997, the chemical element Unnilquadium was officially renamed what?
Not particularly interesting, but easily Googlable, especially if you know that un-nil-quad equals atomic number 104.
And here's one that might not be as obscure as I think...
Wedgwood is a shade of what color?
Yeah. Middle-tier material. I'm thinking lower middle tier.
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Well, I tried. Can't blame a guy for trying, right?
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'May 18 2004, 09:50 PM\'] Well, I tried. Can't blame a guy for trying, right? [/quote]
Sure you can! In fact, that's what we're here for. ;)
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[quote name=\'gameshowsteve\' date=\'May 18 2004, 09:48 PM\'] [quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'May 18 2004, 09:23 PM\'] Noted 14th century astronomer Tycho Brahe died eleven days after he attended a banquet in Prague, and which of his internal organs suddenly ruptured? [/quote]
Sorry, no one's going to care about the cause of death of a scientist that very few people have ever heard of. [/quote]
I wouldn't say Tycho Brahe is all THAT obscure.
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Prior to Y2K, which US Presidential election was the closest in terms of the number of votes required to change the outcome?
A) 1916 Wilson - Hughes
B) 1948 Truman - Dewey
C) 1960 Kennedy - Nixon
D) 1976 Carter - Ford
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[quote name=\'jlmarr\' date=\'May 18 2004, 11:13 PM\']Prior to Y2K, which US Presidential election was the closest in terms of the number of votes required to change the outcome?
A) 1916 Wilson - Hughes
B) 1948 Truman - Dewey
C) 1960 Kennedy - Nixon
D) 1976 Carter - Ford[/quote]
Hmmm, this has potential. My educated guess was wrong. Might be a bit obscure for the syndicated show; one of the last five on the ABC show, perhaps?
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As far as the wegwood question goes, I'm thinking green since most wedges are in fact green but that's my hunch.
As far as the election question goes, I'm thinking the 1960 Kenedy-Nixon race. I don't think it was the 1976 race because all those states in the West Ford carried weren't enough to counter Carter's numbers from the South & Midwest. Not sure about 1916 or 1948 because I can't remember reading enough about those elections.
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Might be a bit obscure for the syndicated show; one of the last five on the ABC show, perhaps?
I'd be interested in seeing a $10 million question - but after watching the first three nights of this run, I wonder if we're ever going to come close. I certainly think $10 million questions should be a lot harder than $1 million questions - when you're dealing with that much money it should be very tough - but the risks are probably too great for anyone to give it a real shot.
I'm thinking that - the way it's setup - if "Super Millionaire" will end up having a grand prize no one can come close to....which maybe isn't a bad thing...
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[quote name=\'Craig Karlberg\' date=\'May 19 2004, 05:43 AM\'] As far as the election question goes, I'm thinking the 1960 Kenedy-Nixon race. I don't think it was the 1976 race because all those states in the West Ford carried weren't enough to counter Carter's numbers from the South & Midwest. Not sure about 1916 or 1948 because I can't remember reading enough about those elections. [/quote]
The Kennedy-Nixon contest was closest in terms of the popular vote (closer even than Bush-Gore), but that's not what the question is asking.
A swap of just a couple hundred votes would have made the difference in Florida in 2000 and changed the result. Back in 1916, a swap of just a couple thousand in California would have changed the result and given Hughes enough electoral votes to defeat Wilson. The 1948, 1960 and 1976 races had close popular votes, but the electoral races weren't as close and the larger states didn't have razor-thin differences.
Nice question.
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[quote name=\'Craig Karlberg\' date=\'May 19 2004, 04:43 AM\'] As far as the wegwood question goes, I'm thinking green since most wedges are in fact green but that's my hunch. [/quote]
Go the Wedgewood site's main page, and you'll see your hunch is wrong.
Brandon Brooks
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'May 19 2004, 06:34 AM\'] A swap of just a couple hundred votes would have made the difference in Florida in 2000 and changed the result. Back in 1916, a swap of just a couple thousand in California would have changed the result and given Hughes enough electoral votes to defeat Wilson. The 1948, 1960 and 1976 races had close popular votes, but the electoral races weren't as close and the larger states didn't have razor-thin differences. [/quote]
Yes, that's it - 1916 Wilson-Hughes. The Kennedy-Nixon race was often thought of as hinging on the voting in Cook County, Illinois, but actually Nixon would have had to swing another couple of states. Ditto for the others.
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$1,000,000
Before Pangaea was formed, what supercontinent was formed an estimate of 1.2 billion - 750 million years ago?
A: Ur
B: Gondwanda
C: Pannotia
D: Rodinia
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[quote name=\'Millionaire76\' date=\'May 20 2004, 03:37 PM\'] $1,000,000
Before Pangaea was formed, what supercontinent was formed an estimate of 1.2 billion - 750 million years ago?
A: Ur
B: Gondwanda
C: Pannotia
D: Rodinia [/quote]
Was it (A) Ur?
(not-quite) Final Answer. :-)
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Ur is a city and from my sources, it was the first continental formation but was not classifed as a supercontinent. Sorry its the wrong answer.
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D) Rodinia, final answer. God, I love Science class. lol.
Author Lemony Snicket dedicates each book in his "Series of Unfortunate Events" book series to his late lover named what?
A: Bernice
B: Beatrice
C: Beverly
D: Bethany
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B: Beatrice
Final Answer
For fans of Food Network, you might have a better chance. It sounds impossible, but it is tricky and probably not one of the better of my questions for a million.
Throughout the series of the Japanese version of "Iron Chef," which Iron Chef had the lowest percentage of battles won?
A: Yutaka Ishinabe
B: Komei Nakamura
C: Masaharu Morimoto
D: Masahiko Kobe
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[quote name=\'Millionaire76\' date=\'May 20 2004, 06:53 PM\'] B: Beatrice
Final Answer
For fans of Food Network, you might have a better chance. It sounds impossible, but it is tricky and probably not one of the better of my questions for a million.
Throughout the series of the Japanese version of "Iron Chef," which Iron Chef had the lowest percentage of battles won?
A: Yutaka Ishinabe
B: Komei Nakamura
C: Masaharu Morimoto
D: Masahiko Kobe [/quote]
Not hard at all if you've looked at ironchef.com or own/read the book.
By the book, it's Kobe, at 15-7-1 for a .652 average. However, remember that the book stats don't include the 21st Century Battle, the Millenium Battles, or the New York Battles, all of which aired in Japan. The Millenium Battles are irrelevant, as they feature Chen and Michiba and they are both well above 65% career. However, Flay/Morimoto I & II are featured on the New York and 21st Century specials, bringing his record to 17-8-1, for...a .653.
So it's still Kobe, but you're cutting it damn close. Oh, and ironchef.com agrees with NONE of this, since they don't count specials that aired during the run of the series, which knocks Nakamura's numbers way down.
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According to http://www.ironchef.com/stats.htm (http://\"http://www.ironchef.com/stats.htm\"), it says Kobe have an average of a 68 as Nakamura have a 65. Well now I can't really see the clear answer to this now. This did not include special battles in the averages. I kind of believe that site, because it showed all the proof of Nakamura's and Kobe's battles and stats.
But another site ironfans.com, agree with you and according to them, they got it out of the book too.
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[quote name=\'Millionaire76\' date=\'May 21 2004, 04:06 AM\'] According to http://www.ironchef.com/stats.htm (http://\"http://www.ironchef.com/stats.htm\"), it says Kobe have an average of a 68 as Nakamura have a 65. Well now I can't really see the clear answer to this now. This did not include special battles in the averages. I kind of believe that site, because it showed all the proof of Nakamura's and Kobe's battles and stats.
But another site ironfans.com, agree with you and according to them, they got it out of the book too. [/quote]
As I said, ironchef.com doesn't count specials that air during the run of the series, whereas the book does, so everyone's numbers are thrown out of whack on the website. And the book only counts up to the final episode of the regular series, but DOES count specials, so those numbers aren't exactly right either, since specials have aired since the book went to print.
And as for "believing" the book vs. the site, the book also lists the original airdate, opponent, defender, theme ingredient(s), and winner of each of the 297 battles. (I used it as a reference for marking my tapes. Hey, some of you tape game shows, I taped Iron Chef.) They're both right, they're just cooking the numbers differently.
So, to use it as a question, you either a) have to be CRYSTAL clear as to what source you are using as the authority, or b) be CRYSTAL clear as to which episodes count in the standings and which don't. Both make it a weaker question, IMO.
(It is interesting to see, however, that when you lay the stats down and look at them, Morimoto isn't NEARLY the SuperChef that FoodTV has made him out to be. Of course, he was also involved in several "angles" over the run of the show that forced him to job on occasion, most notably the Kandegawa series, and the battles with the Ohta faction.)
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Which of these names often seen in vintage issues of Mad Magazine is the actual name of an Assistant Track and Field Coach at Cedarville University?
A. Roger Kaputnik
B. Alfred Newman
C. Mickey Bitsko
D. Don Martin
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'May 21 2004, 10:38 AM\'] . (I used it as a reference for marking my tapes. Hey, some of you tape game shows, I taped Iron Chef.) [/quote]
You tape Iron Chef? What a geek.
:)
Mattt (who will now return to watching a really great episode of Password Plus with Patty Duke Astin).
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[quote name=\'tvwxman\' date=\'May 21 2004, 12:26 PM\'] You tape Iron Chef? What a geek.
[/quote]
Tell me about it. :) Note the past tense. Once I got past 120 episodes, I said to myself "what the hell am I gonna do with these?" Finished the tape I was working on, and a great career came to a tragic end. :)
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'May 21 2004, 03:50 PM\']
[/QUOTE]
Tell me about it. :) Note the past tense. Once I got past 120 episodes, I said to myself "what the hell am I gonna do with these?" Finished the tape I was working on, and a great career came to a tragic end. :) [/quote]
Still, the best line regarding my game show collection came from a former director who punched my 11pm show:
"You mean you have tapes with 30 year old episodes of Wheel of Fortune? Do you watch them over and over again? You already know who wins!"
ms
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[quote name=\'DjohnsonCB\' date=\'May 21 2004, 12:10 PM\'] Which of these names often seen in vintage issues of Mad Magazine is the actual name of an Assistant Track and Field Coach at Cedarville University?
A. Roger Kaputnik
B. Alfred Newman
C. Mickey Bitsko
D. Don Martin [/quote]
With the help of Google, I know the answer is C) Mickey Bitsko.
This would be a better question if Bitsko or Cedarville U had some sort of notoriety. Or do they? Has Bitsko been in the news?
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The longest period of continuous laughter from a television studio audience happened during a taping of what show?
A: You Bet Your Life
B: The Johnny Carson Show
C: The Ed Sullivan Show
D: I Love Lucy
What is the name of the Arabian stallion brought to England in the early 1700s, from which about 90% of all thoroughbred horses are descended?
A: Orbit
B: Eclipse
C: Comet
D: Nebula
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Well, the $10 million Super Millionaire question must be the toughest one in television history, so...
What is the actual weight of the earth's atmosphere?
A. 3,192,827,306,281,391,053 lbs.
B. 1,639,205,571,901,572,176 lbs.
C. 2,334,545,454,545,454,545 lbs.
D. 2,712,501,471,988,510,010 lbs.
BTW, on Joker's Wild '90 they had that same question.
Jonathan Allen
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How about this one?
On the Invision Game Show Board, who has made the most posts?
A. Chris Lemon
B. Zach Horan
C. GSWitch
D. Matt Ottinger
...kidding.
But how about this one?
Who appeared on the $100,000 bill?
A. James Madison
B. Salmon P. Chase
C. Woodrow Wilson
D. Andrew Jackson
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Woodrow Wilson, easily.
You could always ask this doozy of a question.
What is the only nation to have competed in every Olympiad?
A: Sweden
B: Great Britain
C: Greece
D: France
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Let me take a stab at some of the questions I saw here.
The Olympic question is easy C. Greece. It's ironic because Athens hosts this year's games.
I though Chase was on the $100K bill. Oh well.
Don't get me started on the atmosphere one. The numbers are TOO large for me to comprehend.
As far as continuous laughter goes, I'm thinking I Love Lucy because of the conveyor belt episode where Lucy was wrapping up chocolate, but the belt sped up forcing her to "eat" some of the chocolate. That was FUNNY!
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[quote name=\'willmorris\' date=\'May 22 2004, 12:18 AM\']
What is the only nation to have competed in every Olympiad?
A: Sweden
B: Great Britain
C: Greece
D: France[/quote]
Is there a valid answer to this question? As far as I can tell, Great Britain has competed in every Olympic Games, and so has France. (Neither country boycotted the 1980 Olympics in Moscow.) Greece has competed in every Summer Olympics, but skipped four Winter Olympics.
Sweden apparently didn't participate in 1904, thus making it a wrong answer to this question.
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[quote name=\'Jay Temple\' date=\'Feb 9 2004, 12:00 AM\']/ Which Oscar category's voters \
\ must view all the nominated films? /
A. Best Picture
B. Best Art Direction
C. Best Documentary
D. Best Foreign Film[/quote]
It looks like nobody answered this question yet.
Voters for both Best Documentary and Best Foreign Film must see all of the nominees, so both C and D are correct.
Documentary Award (http://\"http://www.oscars.org/76academyawards/rules/rule12.html\")
Foreign Language Film Award (http://\"http://www.oscars.org/76academyawards/rules/rule14.html\")
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[quote name=\'DjohnsonCB\' date=\'May 21 2004, 03:10 PM\'] Which of these names often seen in vintage issues of Mad Magazine is the actual name of an Assistant Track and Field Coach at Cedarville University?
A. Roger Kaputnik
B. Alfred Newman
C. Mickey Bitsko
D. Don Martin [/quote]
This is just one step above "What's the name of my cat?" for completely meaningless obscurity.
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To my Olympic question, the correct answer is Great Britain.
France missed the 1956 Winter Games, Sweden the 1904 Summers, and Greece some of the early Winters.
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[quote name=\'Craig Karlberg\' date=\'May 22 2004, 01:47 AM\'] As far as continuous laughter goes, I'm thinking I Love Lucy because of the conveyor belt episode where Lucy was wrapping up chocolate, but the belt sped up forcing her to "eat" some of the chocolate. That was FUNNY! [/quote]
You actually make a good point. My source may be wrong.
The answer from my source is The Johnny Carson Show, from Ed Ames' Tomahawk throw. It was a little over a minute. Was the Lucy one longer?
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I'll give this whole Super Millionaire question writing business a try:
$5Million question:
In the United States numbering system, a centillion is exponentially expressed as what power of ten?
A) 63rd
B) 600th
C) 120th
D) 303rd
$10Million:
According to the geological time scale, dinosaurs first appeared during which era and period?
A)Paleozoic era, Permian period
B)Mesozoic era, Jurassic period
C)Mesozoic era, Triassic period
D)Mesozoic era, Cretaceous period
--Jamie
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Centillion is too easy for $5M, methinks, it's 303.
$10M, I think, is C.
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Centillion is too easy for $5M, methinks, it's 303.
$10M, I think, is C.
Gee, that shows me. :-P
--Jamie
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Let's say this $2.5 Million is hard to see.
$2,500,000
Approximately, how many fibers are in the optical nerve in the eye?
A: 1,200,000
B: 968,000
C: 1,050,000
D: 2,700,000
Don't hurt your brain on this one.
$5,000,000
Communication between hemispheres are caused by what structure of the brain which connects right and left hemispheres?
A: Limbic System
B: Basal Ganglia
C: Corpus Callosum
D: Parietal Lobe
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[quote name=\'johnnya2k3\' date=\'May 21 2004, 10:53 PM\'] Well, the $10 million Super Millionaire question must be the toughest one in television history, so...
What is the actual weight of the earth's atmosphere?
A. 3,192,827,306,281,391,053 lbs.
B. 1,639,205,571,901,572,176 lbs.
C. 2,334,545,454,545,454,545 lbs.
D. 2,712,501,471,988,510,010 lbs.
BTW, on Joker's Wild '90 they had that same question.
Jonathan Allen [/quote]
Fantastic question. I don't have a clue. Hard to research too.
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[quote name=\'Millionaire76\' date=\'May 24 2004, 05:33 PM\'][quote name=\'johnnya2k3\' date=\'May 21 2004, 10:53 PM\'] What is the actual weight of the earth's atmosphere?
A. 3,192,827,306,281,391,053 lbs.
B. 1,639,205,571,901,572,176 lbs.
C. 2,334,545,454,545,454,545 lbs.
D. 2,712,501,471,988,510,010 lbs. [/quote]
Fantastic question.[/quote]
...or not. To the average person, what's the difference between 1.6 quintillion and 3.1 quintillion?
Approximately, how many fibers are in the optical nerve in the eye?
A: 1,200,000
B: 968,000
C: 1,050,000
D: 2,700,000
Numbers questions are difficult to pull off. Three of your choices are within 20% of each other. Say someone knows that it's about a million. You've got some ridiculously boring television on your hands while the guy tries to pick one of the three close ones over the others. Heck, even the original I've Got a Secret knew that once someone got close to a number, that was good enough because it's no fun to just play for numbers.
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[quote name=\'johnnya2k3\' date=\'May 21 2004, 08:53 PM\'] Well, the $10 million Super Millionaire question must be the toughest one in television history, so...
What is the actual weight of the earth's atmosphere?
A. 3,192,827,306,281,391,053 lbs.
B. 1,639,205,571,901,572,176 lbs.
C. 2,334,545,454,545,454,545 lbs.
D. 2,712,501,471,988,510,010 lbs.
BTW, on Joker's Wild '90 they had that same question.
Jonathan Allen [/quote]
"Yeah, I'd like to phone a friend."
"Yeah, by the time you finish reading those numbers the time will have expired twice over, so we won't bother. Next."
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Try this one on...
What book was the most banned book by American libraries and schools in the 1990's?
A. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
B. Scary Stories
C. The Chocolate War
D. Daddy's Roomate
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[quote name=\'willmorris\' date=\'May 24 2004, 09:06 AM\']To my Olympic question, the correct answer is Great Britain.
France missed the 1956 Winter Games, Sweden the 1904 Summers, and Greece some of the early Winters.[/quote]
France did compete in the 1956 Winter Olympics; they just didn't win any medals that year.
1956 Winter Olympic athletes by country -- in French (http://\"http://www.aafla.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1956/BDCE53/BDCE53c.pdf\")
1956 Winter Olympic Results (Top 6 in each event) -- in French (http://\"http://www.aafla.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1956/BDCE53/BDCE53d.pdf\")
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1) Scary Stories by Alvin Schwartz
2) Daddys Roommate by Michael Willhoite
3) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
4) The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
B, final answer.
btw: that question is slightly questionable because Scary Stories is a book series, not a book on it's own.
In the opening of the television series "M*A*S*H", which character can be seen watching choppers fly en route to the 4077th MASH?
A: Radar O'Reiley
B: Hawkeye Pierce
C: Col. Henry Blake
D: Father Colin Mulcahey
In a scene from the 1996 movie "Phenomenon", John Travolta's character is asked to identify the age of somebody born in what year?
A: 1924
B: 1926
C: 1928
D: 1929
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[quote name=\'JayC\' date=\'May 24 2004, 06:37 PM\'] Try this one on...
What book was the most banned book by American libraries and schools in the 1990's?
[/quote]
First, cite your source.
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$5,000,000
Communication between hemispheres are caused by what structure of the brain which connects right and left hemispheres?
A: Limbic System
B: Basal Ganglia
C: Corpus Callosum
D: Parietal Lobe
C: Corpus Callosum, Final. Thank you, gimme my check. :)
-Travis
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[quote name=\'gromit82\' date=\'May 24 2004, 01:42 AM\'] [quote name=\'Jay Temple\' date=\'Feb 9 2004, 12:00 AM\']/ Which Oscar™ category's voters \
\ must view all the nominated films? /
A. Best Picture
B. Best Art Direction
C. Best Documentary
D. Best Foreign Film[/quote]
It looks like nobody answered this question yet.
Voters for both Best Documentary and Best Foreign Film must see all of the nominees, so both C and D are correct.
Documentary Award (http://\"http://www.oscars.org/76academyawards/rules/rule12.html\")
Foreign Language Film Award (http://\"http://www.oscars.org/76academyawards/rules/rule14.html\") [/quote]
Funny, I thought I read somewhere that it was only the Documentary awards.
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[quote name=\'gameshowsteve\' date=\'May 24 2004, 09:03 PM\'] [quote name=\'Millionaire76\' date=\'May 24 2004, 05:33 PM\'][quote name=\'johnnya2k3\' date=\'May 21 2004, 10:53 PM\'] What is the actual weight of the earth's atmosphere?
A. 3,192,827,306,281,391,053 lbs.
B. 1,639,205,571,901,572,176 lbs.
C. 2,334,545,454,545,454,545 lbs.
D. 2,712,501,471,988,510,010 lbs. [/quote]
Fantastic question.[/quote]
...or not. To the average person, what's the difference between 1.6 quintillion and 3.1 quintillion? [/quote]
Oh, about 1.5 quintillion pounds. [rimshot]
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Here's one I came up with...
Of the 28 Major League Baseball stadia on the U.S. mainland, how many of are located in their state's capital city?
a) Eight b) Six c) Four d) Two
Esoteric Eric, <John Lennon> "And here's another clue for you all..." </JL>: When Henry Aaron won his World Series ring, only one ballpark was located in its state capital (and none were in Canada or Puerto Rico, which is why I phrased the question like that)
Feedback welcomed.
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[quote name=\'Esoteric Eric\' date=\'May 25 2004, 08:17 AM\'] Here's one I came up with...
Of the 28 Major League Baseball stadia on the U.S. mainland, how many of are located in their state's capital city?
a) Eight b) Six c) Four d) Two
Esoteric Eric, <John Lennon> "And here's another clue for you all..." </JL>: When Henry Aaron won his World Series ring, only one ballpark was located in its state capital (and none were in Canada or Puerto Rico, which is why I phrased the question like that)
Feedback welcomed. [/quote]
Two, final answer
(Boston and Atlanta)
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'May 24 2004, 09:38 PM\'] [quote name=\'JayC\' date=\'May 24 2004, 06:37 PM\'] Try this one on...
What book was the most banned book by American libraries and schools in the 1990's?
[/quote]
First, cite your source. [/quote]
Wouldn't that be, uh... cheating?
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[quote name=\'JayC\' date=\'May 25 2004, 06:27 PM\'] [quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'May 24 2004, 09:38 PM\'] [quote name=\'JayC\' date=\'May 24 2004, 06:37 PM\'] Try this one on...
What book was the most banned book by American libraries and schools in the 1990's?
[/quote]
First, cite your source. [/quote]
Wouldn't that be, uh... cheating? [/quote]
Huh? What are you talking about?
"According to a National Publishing Association report, what book was the more banned..."
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[quote name=\'Esoteric Eric\' date=\'May 25 2004, 08:17 AM\'] Here's one I came up with...
Of the 28 Major League Baseball stadia on the U.S. mainland, how many of are located in their state's capital city?
a) Eight b) Six c) Four d) Two
Esoteric Eric, <John Lennon> "And here's another clue for you all..." </JL>: When Henry Aaron won his World Series ring, only one ballpark was located in its state capital (and none were in Canada or Puerto Rico, which is why I phrased the question like that)
Feedback welcomed. [/quote]
d) Four
Boston Red Sox
Atlanta Braves
Colorado Rockies (Denver)
Arizona Diamondbacks (Phoenix)
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In Jim Henson's 1986 movie "Labyrinth", what rock star played the part of Jareth, the Goblin King, in addition to performing most of the songs on the soundtrack?
A: Mick Jaggar
B: David Bowie
C: Eric Clapton
D: Paul McCartney
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'May 26 2004, 05:13 PM\'] In Jim Henson's 1986 movie "Labyrinth", what rock star played the part of Jareth, the Goblin King, in addition to performing most of the songs on the soundtrack?
A: Mick Jaggar
B: David Bowie
C: Eric Clapton
D: Paul McCartney [/quote]
B.
Is it just that I happen to know that, or is it not MDQ worthy?
(And I would have replaced choice "C" with Bob Geldof, if I were writing it, I think)
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[quote name=\'tommycharles\' date=\'May 26 2004, 09:06 PM\'] Is it just that I happen to know that, or is it not MDQ worthy? [/quote]
Not even remotely close to MDQ worthy.
A little hint: anything that a savvy Googler or IMDB-er could get for you in 30 seconds with no other prior knowledge is a lousy MDQ. I knew it anyhow (saw the movie in the theaters, in fact), but even if I didn't I woulda had time to IMDB the answer, give it to the player, and say one last What Up to Reege before the buzzer sounded.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'May 26 2004, 11:10 PM\'] [quote name=\'tommycharles\' date=\'May 26 2004, 09:06 PM\'] Is it just that I happen to know that, or is it not MDQ worthy? [/quote]
Not even remotely close to MDQ worthy.
A little hint: anything that a savvy Googler or IMDB-er could get for you in 30 seconds with no other prior knowledge is a lousy MDQ. I knew it anyhow (saw the movie in the theaters, in fact), but even if I didn't I woulda had time to IMDB the answer, give it to the player, and say one last What Up to Reege before the buzzer sounded. [/quote]
In my defense, I mention Joe Trela's $500,000 question.
In "The Exorcist", what is the name of the spirit which young Regan talks to through a Ouija board?
A: Zool
B: Azazel
C: Damien
D: Captain Howdy
Aren't both questions somewhat on a par with each other?
It's certainly not a MDQ, but at least upper tier, right?
Geri Jewell, the first disabled actress to have a recurring role on an American television show, was a semi-regular cast member on what series?
A: Diff'rent Strokes
B: The Facts of Life
C: Full House
D: Coach
Again, not MDQ material, but high tier anyway?
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'May 27 2004, 03:41 PM\'] In my defense, I mention Joe Trela's $500,000 question.
In "The Exorcist", what is the name of the spirit which young Regan talks to through a Ouija board?
A: Zool
B: Azazel
C: Damien
D: Captain Howdy
Aren't both questions somewhat on a par with each other?
It's certainly not a MDQ, but at least upper tier, right?
Geri Jewell, the first disabled actress to have a recurring role on an American television show, was a semi-regular cast member on what series?
A: Diff'rent Strokes
B: The Facts of Life
C: Full House
D: Coach
Again, not MDQ material, but high tier anyway? [/quote]
Proving nothing other than to suggest Trela got an easy stack. (They didn't actually spell it "Zool", did they? Shame on them if they did. For a question that high, I'd at LEAST do enough homework to spell the wrong answers right so they LOOK convincing. If a 50/50 left that behind, it's practically giving away the right answer.) I'd put both of those in the high second tier, along with the Geri Jewell question. Just because you're not old enough to remember it when it happened, most of the folks in the Hot Seat were around when Facts Of Life was hot (or as hot as it ever was, but it was at least widely recognized), and I think the tidbit about Jewell was pretty widely known at the time. Frankly, it hurts my head to make any of those $100K questions, much less $500K.
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How about these?
In Orson Scott Card's sci-fi novel "Ender's Game," young Ender fights in a war against a race of alien invaders called what?
A: Buggers
B: Yeerks
C: Piggies
D: Pequeninos
The title of which of these novels is taken from a poem by Scottish poet Robert Burns?
A: The Grapes of Wrath
B: Of Mice and Men
C: A Tale of Two Cities
D: The Scarlet Letter
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'May 27 2004, 05:47 PM\'] In Orson Scott Card's sci-fi novel "Ender's Game," young Ender fights in a war against a race of alien invaders called what?
A: Buggers
B: Yeerks
C: Piggies
D: Pequeninos
[/quote]
Googled easily inside of 30 seconds with "enders game invaders race", and any well-read sci-fi fan would know it right off the bat.
The title of which of these novels is taken from a poem by Scottish poet Robert Burns?
A: The Grapes of Wrath
B: Of Mice and Men
C: A Tale of Two Cities
D: The Scarlet Letter
Third hit in "poem robert burns grapes mice cities scarlet", which is what I would type if I were on the other end of the phone. It's an improvement, tho.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'May 27 2004, 06:47 PM\']
The title of which of these novels is taken from a poem by Scottish poet Robert Burns?
A: The Grapes of Wrath
B: Of Mice and Men
C: A Tale of Two Cities
D: The Scarlet Letter
Third hit in "poem robert burns grapes mice cities scarlet", which is what I would type if I were on the other end of the phone. It's an improvement, tho. [/quote]
...but too widely known for the top question, IMO.
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I'll try my luck at a question:
What was the last network television show to go from black and white to color?
A. Search for Tomorrow
B. American Bandstand
C. Guiding Light
D. Let's Make a Deal
I also noticed one flaw with this question that may make the answer stand out; I'm curious to see if anyone picks up on it.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'May 27 2004, 01:10 AM\'] . I knew it anyhow (saw the movie in the theaters, in fact), [/quote]
And admit to it in a public forum??
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[quote name=\'tommycharles\' date=\'May 27 2004, 10:53 PM\'] [quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'May 27 2004, 01:10 AM\'] . I knew it anyhow (saw the movie in the theaters, in fact), [/quote]
And admit to it in a public forum?? [/quote]
Damn skippy. Pretty good movie in and of itself, David Bowie is cool, the Muppets that Jim Henson created for it are incredible, and if that ain't enough for you, I have five more words:
Jennifer Connelly, pre-breast reduction.
I rest my case. :)
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Have a go at this one:
Which of the following people is NOT from South Africa ?
A: Charlize Theron
B: Justine Waddell
C: Simmone MacKinnon
D: John Daly
Good luck !
-Joe R.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'May 28 2004, 02:04 AM\']
Damn skippy. Pretty good movie in and of itself, David Bowie is cool, the Muppets that Jim Henson created for it are incredible, and if that ain't enough for you, I have five more words:
Jennifer Connelly, pre-breast reduction.
I rest my case. :) [/quote]
Hmm... I was 10 when I saw it and apparently the hormones hadn't kicked in yet for me to pay close enough attention :-) Ah well, over to the video store.....
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Regarding the black & white to color question, Let's Make A Deal doesn't make sense to me because its pilot was shown in color. That was in 1963. GSN reaired it last year to coincide with the premiere of the NBC version last year which flopped after 2 or 3 weeks. My guess would be Guiding Light but it's just a guess.
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Regarding the black & white to color question, Let's Make A Deal doesn't make sense to me because its pilot was shown in color. That was in 1963. GSN reaired it last year to coincide with the premiere of the NBC version last year which flopped after 2 or 3 weeks.
If I'm not mistaken, I don't think "Let's Make a Deal" was ever in black and white. It was on NBC when it debuted, and most of NBC's game shows were in color from the early '60s on. It's possible that it breifly went to black and white when it moved to ABC (I'll have to go back and check my TVGuides!)
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Here's a possible one for the nighttime show, if they bring it back again...
Q11:
What is the name of the stretchy, nerveless piece of skin that covers the elbow?
A: Wenis
B: Mulva
C: Dallsack
D: Sagina
(Hey! There have been sexual undertones in questions before! Remember the "Herman's Head" question?)
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Which of the following people has never hosted any version of the TV game show "The Price is Right"?
A: Tom Kennedy
B: Doug Davidson
C: Gene Rayburn
D: Dennis James
Which of the following restaurant chains was founded first?
A: Burger King
B: Jack in the Box
C: Church's Chicken
D: McDonald's
Though appearing in many of the episodes, who was not listed as a regular cast member in the TV show "Boy Meets World" until the second season?
A: Danielle Fisher
B: Rider Strong
C: William Daniels
D: Will Friedle
At 17 years old, who was the youngest performer to write, produce, and sing her own #1 Billboard hit single?
A: Kylie Minogue
B: Tiffany
C: Martika
D: Debbie Gibson
In the book "All-American Girl" by Meg Cabot, what Billy Joel song is the would-be assassin obsessed with?
A: Piano Man
B: Uptown Girl
C: She's Always a Woman
D: We Didn't Start the Fire
In the TV show "Newhart," what is the only word uttered by brothers Darryl and Darryl, only once in the entire series?
A: Now!
B: Fine!
C: Go!
D: Quiet!
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Another group of questions, another chance for me to respond:
That "Price Is Right" question is a little weak there for difficulty. Clearly to me, the answer is Gene Rayburn. Tom Kenedy hosted the 80's syndie version while Dennis James did the 70's syndie version as well as the network version during Christmas week in 1974. Doug Davidson hosted that god-awful New TPIR in 1994.
As far as the 17-year old singer goes, it's a toss-up between Tiffany & Debbie(Debra now) Gibson. Upon closer inspection & some rememberence, Tiffany was first to hit #1 on Billboard in 1988 with "Could've Been" while Debbie hit #1 a few months later with "Foolish Beat".
As for the restaurant chain goes. never heard of Church's Chicken. However, I'm leaning towards Jack In The Box.
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[quote name=\'Craig Karlberg\' date=\'May 29 2004, 02:59 AM\'] As far as the 17-year old singer goes, it's a toss-up between Tiffany & Debbie(Debra now) Gibson. Upon closer inspection & some rememberence, Tiffany was first to hit #1 on Billboard in 1988 with "Could've Been" while Debbie hit #1 a few months later with "Foolish Beat". [/quote]
And you'd actually have this particular question wrong. While Tiffany may have had a #1 hit before Debbie Gibson did, she neither wrote nor produced that single ;). Debbie Gibson would be the youngest for that, with "Foolish Beat."
As for the other two questions, you got both those right. I wasn't sure if the difficulty of the TPiR question was high enough, but I also figured it would be easier a question for people here than for the average contestant on the show.
I thought Church's was well known, actually. If it's not, I suppose I could replace it with Wendy's, and likely give the contestant an easy "wrong choice" in the process. And perhaps give 'em self-doubt about that "obvious" wrong choice ;).
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[quote name=\'Craig Karlberg\' date=\'May 29 2004, 02:59 AM\'] That "Price Is Right" question is a little weak there for difficulty. Clearly to me, the answer is Gene Rayburn. Tom Kenedy hosted the 80's syndie version while Dennis James did the 70's syndie version as well as the network version during Christmas week in 1974. Doug Davidson hosted that god-awful New TPIR in 1994.
[/quote]
For members of the group, yes. I'm sure many ordinary people are unaware that Kennedy and Davidson hosted Price.
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As far as the 17-year old singer goes, it's a toss-up between Tiffany & Debbie(Debra now) Gibson. Upon closer inspection & some rememberence, Tiffany was first to hit #1 on Billboard in 1988 with "Could've Been" while Debbie hit #1 a few months later with "Foolish Beat".
Tiffany actually hit No. 1 in November 1987 with her remake of "I Think We're Alone Now". She did not produce it.
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Which game show has produced the highest number of episodes:
A. The Price is Right
B. Jeopardy
C. Wheel of Fortune
D. (throw something else in here, maybe ... ) Newlywed Game
This would be easy for us, but the odds are a person in the hot seat would find this really tricky. I think it would be good for a higher-level question.
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My guess would be Jeopardy.
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It's obviously TPiR, perhaps with Jeopardy a close 2nd place.
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Maybe not a MDQ, but probably near the top... although I get the feeling I've seen this before somewhere.
What Major League Baseball team has won the second-most World Series titles?
A) Pittsburgh Pirates
B) Los Angeles Dodgers
C) St. Louis Cardinals
D) New York Giants
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This one's a toss-up between LA(Dodgers) & NY(Giants). However, I seem to remember that the Dodgers started out in Brooklyn & won a few tittles there before they moved to LA in the 1950's. I'll go with LA on this one.
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[quote name=\'Craig Karlberg\' date=\'Jun 1 2004, 02:07 AM\'] This one's a toss-up between LA(Dodgers) & NY(Giants). However, I seem to remember that the Dodgers started out in Brooklyn & won a few tittles there before they moved to LA in the 1950's. I'll go with LA on this one. [/quote]
I thought so too. The Dodgers have won six World Championships, once in Brooklyn in 1955, and then five more in Los Angeles (including my personal favorite, 1988) after moving out West for the 1958 season.
The Pirates and Giants have won five each. All six Giant titles have come in New York...they have played in three Fall Classics in San Francisco, and lost all three.
Surprisingly (well, maybe not so, considering they are one of the very oldest teams in the sport) tho, the St. Louis Cardinals have won nine, their first in 1926, their last in 1982. So there's your answer.
Awful easy question to Google, though..."world series championships" turned up a complete list as the third hit. But it redeems itself by having an answer you wouldn't expect. I didn't, anyhow.
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In the Beatles' song "Ob-La-Di Ob-La-da", what is the name of the wife of Desmond Jones?
A: Molly
B: Marty
C: Marni
D: Mary
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jun 1 2004, 03:01 PM\'] In the Beatles' song "Ob-La-Di Ob-La-da", what is the name of the wife of Desmond Jones?
A: Molly
B: Marty
C: Marni
D: Mary [/quote]
Song lyrics are lousy MDQs. WAY too easy to Google. First ELEVEN hits from "desmond jones wife beatles".
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I think this one might work for a $8K, maybe a $16K, it's way too easy to be for a million. (Of course, I could be wrong).
Napoleon Bonaparte once ordered ten days of mourning in France for the death of what American?
A: Thomas Jefferson
B: Benjamin Franklin
C: George Washington
D: Samuel Adams
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By the way, the answer to the earth's atmosphere's weight question is C.
But this question might work for $32,000:
What legendary gossip columnist hosted the pilot episode for "Entertainment Tonight" in 1981:
A. Rona Barrett
B. Army Archerd
C. Cindy Adams
D. Liz Smith
And for $8,000:
"You are looking live!..." is the catch phrase intoned by what famous sportscaster?
A. Dick Enberg
B. Marv Albert
C. Bob Costas
D. Brent Musburger
The answers to those two are B and D respectively.
Jonathan Allen
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[quote name=\'johnnya2k3\' date=\'Jun 1 2004, 07:49 PM\'] "You are looking live!..." is the catch phrase intoned by what famous sportscaster?
[/quote]
...except that statment is used by so many broadcasters these days that to call it a "catch phrase" belonging to Musberger would be an act of supreme hubris.
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Which game show has produced the highest number of episodes:
A. The Price is Right
B. Jeopardy
C. Wheel of Fortune
D. (throw something else in here, maybe ... ) Newlywed Game
I can go 1 better. Again would be easy for us here.
What currently running game show, recently celebrated it's 6,000th episode?
A. Wheel of Fortune
B. Jeopardy
C. Family Feud
D. The Price is Right
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How is that going one better? That question would become obsolete in a few months; besides the fact that almost everyone is aware of how long TPIR has been on.
Next.
-Travis
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[quote name=\'adamjk\' date=\'Jun 1 2004, 10:36 PM\'] What currently running game show, recently celebrated it's 6,000th episode?
A. Wheel of Fortune
B. Jeopardy
C. Family Feud
D. The Price is Right [/quote]
Too specific. Who would really care about something like that, other than the people on this board?
Besides, that seems like a poorly-worded question. To me, you saying "currently-running" would imply asking which show has aired 6,000 episodes in it's current run, instead of cumulative throughout multiple runs. I seriously doubt Feud has done 6,000 episodes since 1999...even with Double Runs. ;-)
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Jun 1 2004, 10:45 AM\']Awful easy question to Google, though..."world series championships" turned up a complete list as the third hit. But it redeems itself by having an answer you wouldn't expect. I didn't, anyhow.[/quote]
I thought about that when I came up with the question. "World series titles" doesn't give any quick hit, and the player/PAF would more likely use "titles" as given in the question. "World series champions" gets hits related to poker more often than baseball. Throwing "baseball" in front of both of those doesn't help; the closest thing I ever see is a list of all World Series results, and it would be pretty difficult to count far enough in 30 seconds to be helpful.
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[quote name=\'Speedy G\' date=\'Jun 2 2004, 08:23 AM\'] I thought about that when I came up with the question. "World series titles" doesn't give any quick hit, and the player/PAF would more likely use "titles" as given in the question. "World series champions" gets hits related to poker more often than baseball. [/quote]
We agree to disagree, then. Half of using Google effectively (and I hope that colleges are teaching this stuff these days as part of their journalism programs - I got out of school right before graphical browsing hit it big, so I had to learn it myself) is knowing the search terms (or synonyms thereof) to use to acheive the result you want. I would NEVER use "titles" in that search, whether or not it was in the question, because that is such a broad word with so many different meanings that there's no questions it's going to offer up false positives.
Similarly, like you said, "champions" is more likely to turn up a list of results by year. Closer, but also useless in a time-constrained situation, we agree on that.
No, I knew I needed a list of WORLD SERIES teams, ranked in order of number of CHAMPIONSHIPS. That's why I chose the search terms I did, and all of that reasoning was done pretty much instantly. If I had to compile a PAF list to appear on the show, I would make sure that whoever I chose to be my Google expert was just that, a search-term expert, and capable of performing similar reasoning when the chips were down.
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This question would render the Phone a Friend virtually useless, but I came up with this one a few years ago, and pitched it to my friends as a $500,000 question. They liked it, so lemme see what you think...
On February 23, 1935, Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis suceeded what word as the longest in the English language?
A: Antidisestablishmentarianism
B: Formaldehydetetramethylamidofluorimum
C: Electrophotomicrographically
D: Floccinaucinihilipilification
AFAIK, some logic can knock it down to a 50:50 crapshoot.
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jun 8 2004, 03:14 PM\'] AFAIK, some logic can knock it down to a 50:50 crapshoot. [/quote]
Yeah, and some COUNTING could make it a sure thing. I just BET your friends liked it at 500K. I'd LOVE to get this question.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Jun 8 2004, 06:13 PM\'] Yeah, and some COUNTING could make it a sure thing. I just BET your friends liked it at 500K. I'd LOVE to get this question. [/quote]
Forgive my aloofness, but I don't get your point. I personally thought the answer was antidisestablishmentarianism... the other words don't seem real, and I know that that is in fact a real one.
Brandon Brooks
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[quote name=\'Brandon Brooks\' date=\'Jun 8 2004, 04:18 PM\'] [quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Jun 8 2004, 06:13 PM\'] Yeah, and some COUNTING could make it a sure thing. I just BET your friends liked it at 500K. I'd LOVE to get this question. [/quote]
Forgive my aloofness, but I don't get your point. I personally thought the answer was antidisestablishmentarianism... the other words don't seem real, and I know that that is in fact a real one.
[/quote]
Ah. Right, point made. Didn't even think to occur to me that two of the strings weren't actually words, which was Who's point. Please chalk it up to too little sleep last night.
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Not my point at all. They are all words. The hitch is some of the words did not exist until after 2/23/1935.
Allow me to be even more precise...
On February 23, 1935, Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis was added to the Oxford English Dictionary, and suceeded what word as the longest in the English language?
A: Antidisestablishmentarianism
B: Formaldehydetetramethylamidofluorimum
C: Electrophotomicrographically
D: Floccinaucinihilipilification
The hitch is only one of these words was in the OED prior to that date, and that is the right answer.
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jun 8 2004, 05:47 PM\'] The hitch is only one of these words was in the OED prior to that date, and that is the right answer. [/quote]
Then my original criticism stands.
They're still all WORDS. Just because the OED chooses not to recognize it, does not make it any less a word. There are quite a few words I use that aren't in the OED. But they're still words.
Now, replace "in the English language" with "recognized by that reference" and you have something.
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jun 8 2004, 07:47 PM\'] Not my point at all. They are all words. The hitch is some of the words did not exist until after 2/23/1935.
Allow me to be even more precise... [/quote]
Oops.... take my defense back. Poor question.
Brandon Brooks
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Jun 8 2004, 06:53 PM\'] [quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jun 8 2004, 05:47 PM\'] The hitch is only one of these words was in the OED prior to that date, and that is the right answer. [/quote]
Now, replace "in the English language" with "recognized by that reference" and you have something. [/quote]
Okay, how is this?
On February 23, 1935, Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis was added to the Oxford English Dictionary, and officially replaced what word as the longest in that dictionary?
A: Antidisestablishmentarianism
B: Formaldehydetetramethylamidofluorimum
C: Electrophotomicrographically
D: Floccinaucinihilipilification
This question is obviously very difficult to phrase properly.
Here's one for somewhere around $125K. (Please don't harp on me about how it may be easy to Google, because most questions are.)
Which of the following states does not offer a five cent refund for recycled aluminum cans and plastic bottles?
A: New York
B: Texas
C: Delaware
D: Iowa
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jun 9 2004, 03:19 PM\'] Here's one for somewhere around $125K. (Please don't harp on me about how it may be easy to Google, because most questions are.)
Which of the following states does not offer a five cent refund for recycled aluminum cans and plastic bottles?
A: New York
B: Texas
C: Delaware
D: Iowa [/quote]
Not necessarily easy to *Google*, but if you or your PaF is smart enough to think of having him look at the top of just about any soda can...
On second thought, only two of your choices are listed there. Hmmm...
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[quote name=\'gameshowsteve\' date=\'Jun 9 2004, 03:37 PM\'] Not necessarily easy to *Google*, but if you or your PaF is smart enough to think of having him look at the top of just about any soda can...
On second thought, only two of your choices are listed there. Hmmm...
[/quote]
Right, the listed states depend on the location of the bottler that the can came from...if a certain plant knows they only serve 8 states or so with deposits, then those 8 are the ones that are gonna be on the can.
Regarding the Google thing, it's not a matter of a question being easy to Google in and of itself that makes it bad, but the ability to do so easily and definitively in 30 seconds. That dictionary one would be good to that end if it were worded in a way to make people care about it.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Jun 9 2004, 06:36 PM\'] [quote name=\'gameshowsteve\' date=\'Jun 9 2004, 03:37 PM\'] Not necessarily easy to *Google*, but if you or your PaF is smart enough to think of having him look at the top of just about any soda can...
On second thought, only two of your choices are listed there. Hmmm...
[/quote]
Right, the listed states depend on the location of the bottler that the can came from...if a certain plant knows they only serve 8 states or so with deposits, then those 8 are the ones that are gonna be on the can.
Regarding the Google thing, it's not a matter of a question being easy to Google in and of itself that makes it bad, but the ability to do so easily and definitively in 30 seconds. That dictionary one would be good to that end if it were worded in a way to make people care about it. [/quote]
No offense, Mr. Lemon, but why does the Googlability of a question suddenly make it bad?
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Long-gang Chicken, a type of Chinese chicken used in top Chinese resturants, is best prepared what way?
A: Fried (Whole Chicken)
B: Stir-Fried
C: Steamed (Whole Chicken)
D: Oven-Roasted (Whole Chicken)
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The problem with the chicken preparation question, is, again, ambiguity. Who says what's the 'best' way to prepare anything? I certainly don't always prepare food the best way possible, but it still comes out edible.
The changes you would have to make for the question still make it too complex for Millionaire.
-Travis
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[quote name=\'Millionaire76\' date=\'Jun 28 2004, 06:05 PM\'] Long-gang Chicken, a type of Chinese chicken used in top Chinese resturants, is best prepared what way?
A: Fried (Whole Chicken)
B: Stir-Fried
C: Steamed (Whole Chicken)
D: Oven-Roasted (Whole Chicken) [/quote]
The wording of that question is simply horrifying. And a million-dollar question should never hinge on whether someone might have ordered it before.
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[quote name=\'Millionaire76\' date=\'Jun 28 2004, 08:05 PM\'] Long-gang Chicken, a type of Chinese chicken used in top Chinese resturants, is best prepared what way?
A: Fried (Whole Chicken)
B: Stir-Fried
C: Steamed (Whole Chicken)
D: Oven-Roasted (Whole Chicken) [/quote]
Kinda poorly constructed. "Best prepared what way" is way too subjective. "Usually prepared" is better.
Brandon Brooks
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[quote name=\'Brandon Brooks\' date=\'Jun 28 2004, 06:44 PM\'] [quote name=\'Millionaire76\' date=\'Jun 28 2004, 08:05 PM\'] Long-gang Chicken, a type of Chinese chicken used in top Chinese resturants, is best prepared what way?
A: Fried (Whole Chicken)
B: Stir-Fried
C: Steamed (Whole Chicken)
D: Oven-Roasted (Whole Chicken) [/quote]
Kinda poorly constructed. "Best prepared what way" is way too subjective. "Usually prepared" is better.
Brandon Brooks [/quote]
And the chicken itself is not Chinese. How about simply:
"Long-Gang Chicken, a chicken dish found in many Chinese restaurants, is normally prepared how?"
Although I still question it's validity as The Big One.
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I'd say $64,000 for that.
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Not MDQs, but possibly $250K or $500K...
The stellar spectacle known as "The Eye of God" is an example of what astrological phenomena?
A: Galaxy
B: Nebula
C: Supernova
D: Andromeda
A star cluster from what constellation is featured in the logo for the Subaru motor company?
A: Orion
B: Southern Cross
C: Taurus
D: Ursa Minor
By definition, if you suffer from Arachibutyrophobia, which of the following phenomenons are you afraid of?
A: Soda bubbles settling in your stomach
B: Peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth
C: Chili peppers burning your tongue
D: Milk coming out of your nose
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By definition, if you suffer from Arachibutyrophobia, which of the following phenomenons are you afraid of?
Interesting question, in that it Googles for your PAF perfectly -- IF you can get the correct spelling conveyed in thirty seconds!
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Jul 22 2004, 01:35 PM\']
By definition, if you suffer from Arachibutyrophobia, which of the following phenomenons are you afraid of?
Interesting question, in that it Googles for your PAF perfectly -- IF you can get the correct spelling conveyed in thirty seconds! [/quote]
I tried it, missing a few letters along the way to simulate spelling mistakes, and I found that Google's spell checker is savvy enough to catch them and offer you the right word. Impressive, for a word like that.
(I'm not saying this to comment on the quality of the questions posted above, I just thought it was interesting that Google's spell checker worked that well.)
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As far as the Subaru question goes, I'm thinking Southern Cross since it looks like it's shaped kinda like a fat cross.
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Here are the answers...
1) The Eye of God is a nebula. (The Helix Nebula specifically)
2) Subaru uses the Pleiades star cluster from the Taurus constellation.
3) Arachibutyrophobia is the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth.
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Which of the following Stanley Kramer films had a theme song performed by the Carpenters?
A: It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
B: Inherit the Wind
C: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
D: Bless the Beasts and Children
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jul 27 2004, 12:05 AM\']Which of the following Stanley Kramer films had a theme song performed by the Carpenters?
A: It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
B: Inherit the Wind
C: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
D: Bless the Beasts and Children[/quote]
Even if you don't know the answer on this one, it can reasonably be figured out by knowing the movies: the first three are all 1960s films (1963, '60 and '67, respectively); "Bless the Beasts" was 1971. Knowing that the Carpenters really had their first success around 1970, it's not too far a jump on this one. I'd say more like $64K or $125K...
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I had a feeling of that. Also if you know that the Carpenters had a hit with the song "Bless the Beasts and Children", it can be kind of easy.
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jul 27 2004, 01:15 PM\'] I had a feeling of that. Also if you know that the Carpenters had a hit with the song "Bless the Beasts and Children", it can be kind of easy. [/quote]
If I'm not mistaken, that was the B-side of "Superstar." (Any vinyl collectors able to back me up on that one, or maybe someone with a handy Whitburn book?)
Doug
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[quote name=\'SRIV94\' date=\'Jul 27 2004, 02:13 PM\'][quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jul 27 2004, 01:15 PM\'] I had a feeling of that. Also if you know that the Carpenters had a hit with the song "Bless the Beasts and Children", it can be kind of easy. [/quote]
If I'm not mistaken, that was the B-side of "Superstar." (Any vinyl collectors able to back me up on that one, or maybe someone with a handy Whitburn book?)[/quote]
I don't have a Whitburn book with me, but [Katnip] That sounds logical. [Katnip]
But this one might be closer to a million dollar question:
"Cotton's Dream" from the soundtrack of the film "Bless the Beasts and Children" is better known as the theme song of which daytime soap opera?
A) Days of Our Lives
B) Another World
C) The Young and the Restless
D) All My Children
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[quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Jul 27 2004, 02:03 PM\'][quote name=\'SRIV94\' date=\'Jul 27 2004, 02:13 PM\'][quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jul 27 2004, 01:15 PM\'] I had a feeling of that. Also if you know that the Carpenters had a hit with the song "Bless the Beasts and Children", it can be kind of easy. [/quote]
If I'm not mistaken, that was the B-side of "Superstar." (Any vinyl collectors able to back me up on that one, or maybe someone with a handy Whitburn book?)[/quote]
I don't have a Whitburn book with me, but [Katnip] That sounds logical. [Katnip]
But this one might be closer to a million dollar question:
"Cotton's Dream" from the soundtrack of the film "Bless the Beasts and Children" is better known as the theme song of which daytime soap opera?
A) Days of Our Lives
B) Another World
C) The Young and the Restless
D) All My Children[/quote]
"Bless the Beasts and Children" didn't make the Top 40, according to Whitburn.
The "Cotton's Dream" question is better, particularly if you don't know the piece by its later title, "Nadia's Theme"...
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In that case, it's The Young & The Restless. FINAL ANSWER!
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Approximately how many little dots are on the surface of an NBA regulation size basketball?
A: 4,000
B: 9,000
C: 18,000
D: 25,000
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What is the official title of the Statue of Liberty, given by her sculptor Auguste Bartholdi?
A: Liberty Enlightening the World
B: The Preservation of Liberty
C: Liberty's Eternal Flame
D: Lady Liberty
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jul 31 2004, 02:45 PM\'] What is the official title of the Statue of Liberty, given by her sculptor Auguste Bartholdi?
A: Liberty Enlightening the World
B: The Preservation of Liberty
C: Liberty's Eternal Flame
D: Lady Liberty [/quote]
Fourth and sixth hits on "statue of liberty title".
(I knew it off the top of my head, and have for prolly 20 years. In no way an MDQ.)
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First hit on "Statue of Liberty"+"official title".
I bet 99% of the MDQs on the show can be easily googled.
Not a MDQ, but high tier perhaps?
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jul 31 2004, 05:06 PM\'] First hit on "Statue of Liberty"+"official title".
I bet 99% of the MDQs on the show can be easily googled.
Not a MDQ, but high tier perhaps? [/quote]
I _might_ make it the second plateau question.
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Ah. Perhaps I should get around the block a few more times then. :P
What about the basketball question? It should be a good question, because it doesn't google for crap.
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Aug 1 2004, 03:18 PM\'] Ah. Perhaps I should get around the block a few more times then. :P
What about the basketball question? It should be a good question, because it doesn't google for crap. [/quote]
Problem is, different companies use different amounts of nipples--er dimples.
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In general, it's around 18,000, give or take a few hundred at the most.
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What classic song was used at the theme song for the first episode of the television series "Family Matters"?
A: Blueberry Hill
B: What a Wonderful World
C: The Best Is Yet To Come
D: Ramblin' Rose
(It's probably easy given the four choices. I couldn't think of better ones.)
In mathematics, a pair of consecutive numbers with equal prime factorizations is known by what name?
A: Jordan-Rodman pair
B: Sampras-Agassi pair
C: Ruth-Aaron pair
D: Elway-Montana pair
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Aug 3 2004, 08:54 PM\']In mathematics, a pair of consecutive numbers with equal prime factorizations is known by what name?[/quote]
You mean, with prime factorizations of equal length? With an equal number of prime factors? With an equal number of occurrences of prime factors?
Anyway, I think that question is too esoteric. A good game show question can be understood by just about everyone who's watching, even if they don't happen to know the answer. Most of the people I know would look at that question and say, "Prime whats?"
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Here's another question we should know, but others might have trouble with. Maybe $64,000 or $125,000?
What internet slang word was introduced to the public in the computer game "Warcraft"?
A: Pwned
B: Leet
C: Newbie
D: Pron
The way I see it, two can be knocked off instantly.
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Aug 20 2004, 12:17 PM\'] Here's another question we should know, but others might have trouble with. Maybe $64,000 or $125,000?
What internet slang word was introduced to the public in the computer game "Warcraft"?
A: Pwned
B: Leet
C: Newbie
D: Pron
The way I see it, two can be knocked off instantly. [/quote]
The way I see it, we've been using all four of those terms since before you were BORN.
I gotta know: what's your source for this one?
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I went to Google and typed in "pwned"+"origin", and most of the top hits pointed the origin of the word towards a typo in Warcraft.
Even if it's a disputed origin, pwned is still "the best answer".
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You could say it's "the best answer," but if people have been using those terms since before WarCraft, or indeed LAN gaming, existed, then it's a crummy question. For that matter, if you're using google to research a third-tier question, you need something more than that.
On another note, it doesn't pass the "who cares?" quotient for me. Questions like what the original name for the walkman was, or who said "There's something rotten in the state of Denmark" are interesting, fun, and anyone can have some idea bout the right answer. With the questions so far, there's no real reason to care about how many pimples are on a basketball, what prime factors are called, or what the longest word in the OED is.
Remember, you're writing for a TV audience, who is very likely 99% not trivia mongers.
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Aug 20 2004, 12:58 PM\'] I went to Google and typed in "pwned"+"origin", [/quote]
Wow.
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My friend came up with this question. When I heard it, my first thought was that it's way too easy for the high tier, but now I'm not sure...
What song from the 1961 musical "West Side Story" uses a piece of melody from the Gilbert and Sullivan song "Shave and a Haircut?"
A: Tonight
B: America
C: Gee, Officer Krupke
D: I Feel Pretty
You do need to be familiar with WSS, and you have to know what S&aH is. We've all heard the tune, but the title might not be as familiar. What do you think?
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Aug 30 2004, 03:51 PM\']
What song from the 1961 musical "West Side Story" uses a piece of melody from the Gilbert and Sullivan song "Shave and a Haircut?"
A: Tonight
B: America
C: Gee, Officer Krupke
D: I Feel Pretty
[/quote]
"Krupke," although the "borrowed" melody line has an extra note in it to allow for the extra syllable in the phrase, "Gee, Officer Krupke...krup you"...with "krup" standing in for the "F" word, which wasn't uttered on Broadway at that time.
The main problem with the question, though, is attributing it to Gilbert & Sullivan. What's your source? A quick Google search (while not authoritative, I know) credits it to a Charles Hale.
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[quote name=\'tomobrien\' date=\'Sep 2 2004, 02:52 PM\'] The main problem with the question, though, is attributing it to Gilbert & Sullivan. What's your source? A quick Google search (while not authoritative, I know) credits it to a Charles Hale. [/quote]
Ah, my error.
I think I got Gilbert and Sullivan from a Google search as well, but I'll believe you.
Was I right in assuming the question was too easy?
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In the U.S, which is the only of these words still considered to be an active trademark?
A: Velcro
B: Trampoline
C: Cellophane
D: Thermos
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[quote name=\'Frank15\' date=\'Sep 2 2004, 06:51 PM\']In the U.S, which is the only of these words still considered to be an active trademark?
A: Velcro
B: Trampoline
C: Cellophane
D: Thermos[/quote]
A, Velcro.
Not a bad question but I wonder if it's "obscure" enough for $1M...maybe a $250K? There's always the chance that guessers would perceive Velcro as being the "newest" of the four terms, thus still under trademark protection.
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Aug 30 2004, 04:51 PM\'] What song from the 1961 musical "West Side Story" uses a piece of melody from the Gilbert and Sullivan song "Shave and a Haircut?"
[/quote]
Feeling argumentative, I'd say that "1961" oughtn't be included in the question, since the song is "from" the 1957 (http://\"http://ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=2639\") Broadway musical of the same name.
I think it's too easy for the top tier, but, hey, it's right up my line of work. Assuming it weren't, and it was a free-throw question, I'd guess "Krupke" since it's the most unusual title of the four. Of course, I'm a chicken at heart, so I might not guess even then.
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Here are a few new ones...
In a standard deck of playing cards, each of the queens are traditionally depicted holding what object?
A: Sword
B: Septor
C: Ax
D: Flower
Developed by Zenith in 1952, the first television remote control was marketed in the United States under what name?
A: Black Box
B: Lazy Bones
C: Flash-O-Matic
D: Space Command
Broadcast on December 25, 1906, the first audio transmission to be broadcast by radio was a violin performance of what Christmas carol?
A: Silent Night
B: Auld Lang Syne
C: O Holy Night
D: Greensleeves
United Independent Broadcasting was the original name of what broadcasting company?
A: ABC
B: CBS
C: NBC
D: PBS
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In the Titanic, all of the wealthy first-class passengers together were worth approximately how much in today's money?
A: 9.8 Billion
B: 10.3 Billion
C: 8.6 Billion
D: 7.1 Billion
Japan has a total land area of approximately how many square miles?
A: 152,493
B: 145,370
C: 186,120
D: 142,360
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[reads whoserman's questions]
[quickly Googles answers; only finds three errors]
[reads Millionaire76's questions]
[falls asleep]
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Errors? How so?
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A "Precept for Drinkers," Fujimoto Giichi says, "Sake at dawn....?"
A: entrances
B: is mellow
C: exits
D: is cruel
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[quote name=\'Millionaire76\' date=\'Nov 20 2004, 05:21 PM\']A "Precept for Drinkers," Fujimoto Giichi says, "Sake at dawn....?"
A: entrances
B: is mellow
C: exits
D: is cruel
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E: is an idiotic question
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Nov 20 2004, 12:02 AM\']Here are a few new ones...
In a standard deck of playing cards, each of the queens are traditionally depicted holding what object?
A: Sword
B: Septor
C: Ax
D: Flower
Developed by Zenith in 1952, the first television remote control was marketed in the United States under what name?
A: Black Box
B: Lazy Bones
C: Flash-O-Matic
D: Space Command
Broadcast on December 25, 1906, the first audio transmission to be broadcast by radio was a violin performance of what Christmas carol?
A: Silent Night
B: Auld Lang Syne
C: O Holy Night
D: Greensleeves
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Nov 20 2004, 03:07 PM\']Errors? How so?
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Lazy Bones was developed in 1950, not 1952. (Source (http://\"http://www.zenith.com/sub_about/about_remote.html\"))
The word is "scepter," not "septor." (Source (http://\"http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=scepter\"))
The Fessenden broadcast of "Oh Holy Night" was on December 24, not December 25. (Source (http://\"http://www.ewh.ieee.org/reg/7/millennium/radio/radio_unsung.html\"))
Never mind that "Auld Lang Syne" is more a New Year's song than a Christmas carol.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Nov 20 2004, 07:45 PM\'][quote name=\'Millionaire76\' date=\'Nov 20 2004, 05:21 PM\']A "Precept for Drinkers," Fujimoto Giichi says, "Sake at dawn....?"
A: entrances
B: is mellow
C: exits
D: is cruel
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E: is an idiotic question
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Maybe it sounds better after consumption of sake. :-)
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Very well...
In a standard deck of playing cards, each of the queens are traditionally depicted holding what object?
A: Sword
B: Scepter
C: Ax
D: Flower
Developed by Zenith in 1950, the first television remote control was marketed in the United States under what name?
A: Black Box
B: Lazy Bones
C: Flash-O-Matic
D: Space Command
Broadcast on December 24, 1906, the first audio transmission to be broadcast by radio was a violin performance of what Christmas carol?
A: Silent Night
B: The First Noel
C: O Holy Night
D: Greensleeves
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OK, I'll try...
Which of the following British car manufacturers is NOT owned by Ford?
A) Jaguar
B) Rolls-Royce
C) Land Rover
D) Aston Martin
Travis D. McLemore,Jr.
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Clemon, that is not the right answer.
A "Precept for Drinkers," Fujimoto Giichi says, "Sake at dawn....?"
A: entrances
B: is mellow
C: exits
D: is cruel
In the Titanic, all of the wealthy first-class passengers together were worth approximately how much in today's money?
A: 9.8 Billion
B: 10.3 Billion
C: 8.6 Billion
D: 7.1 Billion
Japan has a total land area of approximately how many square miles?
A: 152,493
B: 145,370
C: 186,120
D: 142,360
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[quote name=\'Millionaire76\' date=\'Nov 20 2004, 09:11 PM\']Clemon, that is not the right answer.
<questions that don't suck any less now that they've been posted a second time snipped>[/quote]
May I? Thanks.
Wow.
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I can see that some of you are really not that polite...
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Considering Matt's post regarding his IMDB entry...
On which of the following game shows has Matt Ottinger NOT appeared?
A. Sale of the Century
B. Quizbusters
C. The $10,000 Wedgie
D. Jeopardy!
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I can eliminate two straight away. The $10,000 Wedgie sounds just crazy enough to be true, so I'll say A, final answer.
EDIT: Dammit. Just read the newest post in the IMDB thread. Sometimes when something seems crazy, it's because it is.
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[quote name=\'Millionaire76\' date=\'Nov 21 2004, 11:55 AM\']I can see that some of you are really not that polite...
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Yeah, they can be like that sometimes. That doesn't make your questions any better, they're still awful. The first is too obscure, and nobody's gonna know the exact answer to a numerical question like the other two. NOBODY.
A million-dollar question should be difficult, yes, but the bright contestant should be able to make a few deductions and maybe eliminate one or two possible answers. That can't happen with these questions.
The LEAST you could do is widen the range in the answer choices, but that won't help much.
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Nov 21 2004, 01:08 PM\']I can eliminate two straight away. The $10,000 Wedgie sounds just crazy enough to be true, so I'll say A, final answer.
EDIT: Dammit. Just read the newest post in the IMDB thread. Sometimes when something seems crazy, it's because it is.
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My turn...
Wow.
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So I didn't know that Matt was on $otC. I know now. A lesser person would've changed their answer. I chose not to.
In November 2004, what piece of Seinfeld memorabilia was inducted into the Smithsonian Institution?
A: George's glasses
B: The Bubble Boy outfit
C: Jerry's pirate shirt
D: The damaged cashmere sweater
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What was the theme of the first McDonald's Happy Meal when it was introduced nationally in 1979?
A. Outer Space
B. Circus
C. Pet Store
D. Cops and Robbers
In the classic game "Donkey Kong", what is the name of the abducted woman?
A. Pauline
B. Petunia
C. Patty
D. Penelope
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Theme of the first McDonald's happy meal. I'm going to say A. Outer space. They had a few like that in the early days.
Donkey Kong's abducted woman is A. Pauline. I remember that from a Donkey Kong coloring book I had as a child.
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[quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'Nov 21 2004, 02:17 PM\']Donkey Kong's abducted woman is A. Pauline. I remember that from a Donkey Kong coloring book I had as a child.
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....except you're never going to get official confirmation from Nintendo on that, because they have never confirmed the heroine's name, just as they have never confirmed the etymology of Mario's name
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Nov 21 2004, 04:39 PM\'][quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'Nov 21 2004, 02:17 PM\']Donkey Kong's abducted woman is A. Pauline. I remember that from a Donkey Kong coloring book I had as a child.
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....except you're never going to get official confirmation from Nintendo on that, because they have never confirmed the heroine's name, just as they have never confirmed the etymology of Mario's name
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Which, of course, renders the question invalid. Thanks, Chris. :)
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[quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'Nov 21 2004, 04:40 PM\'][quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Nov 21 2004, 04:39 PM\'][quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'Nov 21 2004, 02:17 PM\']Donkey Kong's abducted woman is A. Pauline. I remember that from a Donkey Kong coloring book I had as a child.
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....except you're never going to get official confirmation from Nintendo on that, because they have never confirmed the heroine's name, just as they have never confirmed the etymology of Mario's name
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Which, of course, renders the question invalid. Thanks, Chris. :)
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Actually, I believe the first time I heard about her name was reading the players guide "Mario Mania" (piblished by Nintendo), which was for Super Mario World on the SNES. They had a timeline of the Mario character, and if my memory serves, she was mentioned by name.
Unfortunately, proving (or disproving in case a flash of memory from 12-15 years ago may be mistaken) by finding a copy of a this book (online or on eBay), makes fighting this more of an effort than I am willing to put forth. The answer that I was looking for was in fact A.
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Nov 21 2004, 03:02 PM\']So I didn't know that Matt was on $otC. I know now. A lesser person would've changed their answer. I chose not to.
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My comment had nothing to do with the fact that you admitted to getting the answer wrong. It had everything to do with the fact that you thought it was a serious question to begin with. :-) I'm reminded of the time when I posted my "Net Zooventure/Everything Goes Hour" proposal to ATGS -- and one of the ATGS regulars (who is now a member of this group, and who shall remain nameless) emailed me with a serious request to become a contestant.
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[quote name=\'Millionaire76\' date=\'Nov 21 2004, 12:11 AM\']Clemon, that is not the right answer.
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Really.
Thanks for sharing with the group.
[quote name=\'Millionaire76\']I can see that some of you are really not that polite... [/quote]
It has more to do with being honest.
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Which of the following is not true of the video game character Ms. Pac-Man?
A. She wears lipstick
B. She has a beauty mark
C. She wears a pink bow
D. She wears mascara
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[quote name=\'GPeefalt\' date=\'Nov 22 2004, 04:40 PM\']Which of the following is not true of the video game character Ms. Pac-Man?
A. She wears lipstick
B. She has a beauty mark
C. She wears a pink bow
D. She wears mascara
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The day that the makeup of Ms Pac Man becomes obscure enough trivia to merit being worth a million dollars is the day I want someone to check me into a nursing home.
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[quote name=\'Little Big Brother\' date=\'Nov 22 2004, 01:20 AM\']Actually, I believe the first time I heard about her name was reading the players guide "Mario Mania" (piblished by Nintendo), which was for Super Mario World on the SNES. They had a timeline of the Mario character, and if my memory serves, she was mentioned by name
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I take it you didn't watch Saturday Supercade. The dimsel in distress Mario was always saving did go by the name Pauline.
(Does Pauline know about Mario's relationship with Princess Toadstool? There's a lost episode of All New 3's a Crowd in there somewhere, but I digress...)
ObRealGS: The voice of Donkey Kong was Soupy Sales, a regular on WMLsyn.
ObGS(N)AndVideoGames: This is my 989th post. Celebrity Blackjack host Matt Vasgersian used to do promos for 989 Sports.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Nov 22 2004, 04:04 PM\']The day that the makeup of Ms Pac Man becomes obscure enough trivia to merit being worth a million dollars is the day I want someone to check me into a nursing home.
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The day that the makeup of Ms Pac Man becomes obscure enough trivia to merit being worth a million dollars is the day I want someone to sign me up for Millionaire.
Here's one. Maybe $50,000?...
In the Harry Potter book series, Ron Weasley's younger sister Ginny is a member of what house at Hogwarts?
A: Gryffindor
B: Ravenclaw
C: Hufflepuff
D: Slytherin
A more difficult one...
Marketed in 2004 by Jelly Belly, which of the following flavors cannot be found in a box of Harry Potter themed Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans?
A: Tripe
B: Dirt
C: Earthworms
D: Ear wax
And here's one for Chris that will never Google in a million years...
The note C played at 480 Hz is equal to what higher note played at 410 Hz?
A: A sharp
B: D
C: E flat
D: G
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Nov 24 2004, 05:34 PM\']Here's one. Maybe $50,000?...
In the Harry Potter book series, Ron Weasley's younger sister Ginny is a member of what house at Hogwarts?
A: Gryffindor
B: Ravenclaw
C: Hufflepuff
D: Slytherin
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Not bad! (All Weasley's are Griffindors, are they not? In fact, in five books have we come across a situation where siblings are in different houses? I don't think so.) However, I would throw 'em a bone and make one of the wrong answers plausible-sounding, but not an actual Hogwarts house. Just one.
Marketed in 2004 by Jelly Belly, which of the following flavors cannot be found in a box of Harry Potter themed Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans?
A: Tripe
B: Dirt
C: Earthworms
D: Ear wax
Better double-check this. I was at Best Buy yesterday (picking up Harry Potter on DVD, in point of fact), and I noticed they had a new series of Bertie Botts' in new flavors. I dunno if they discontinued any of the old ones, tho. :)
And here's one for Chris that will never Google in a million years...
The note C played at 480 Hz is equal to what higher note played at 410 Hz?
Yeah, but who would WANT to?
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Nov 24 2004, 06:13 PM\'][quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Nov 24 2004, 05:34 PM\']Here's one. Maybe $50,000?...
In the Harry Potter book series, Ron Weasley's younger sister Ginny is a member of what house at Hogwarts?
A: Gryffindor
B: Ravenclaw
C: Hufflepuff
D: Slytherin
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Not bad! (All Weasley's are Griffindors, are they not? In fact, in five books have we come across a situation where siblings are in different houses? I don't think so.) However, I would throw 'em a bone and make one of the wrong answers plausible-sounding, but not an actual Hogwarts house. Just one.[/quote]
I think Ginny Weasley is a Hufflepuff, actually.
*doublechecks*
Ah, silly me. Ginny IS a Gryffindor. In the first Harry Potter movie, the "young red-haired girl" gets placed in Hufflepuff. That must've been someone else though.
Marketed in 2004 by Jelly Belly, which of the following flavors cannot be found in a box of Harry Potter themed Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans?
A: Tripe
B: Dirt
C: Earthworms
D: Ear wax
Better double-check this. I was at Best Buy yesterday (picking up Harry Potter on DVD, in point of fact), and I noticed they had a new series of Bertie Botts' in new flavors. I dunno if they discontinued any of the old ones, tho. :)
Did they add tripe? I know the last three were there last I bought them, but the first and last time I bought them was over the summer. They might've added new ones. I can't really see them taking away old ones though. I'll look into it.
And here's one for Chris that will never Google in a million years...
The note C played at 480 Hz is equal to what higher note played at 410 Hz?
Yeah, but who would WANT to?
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Damn skippy. Go to google and type this...
"C"+"410hz"+"480hz"
...and see what comes up. 90% of the sites aren't even damn English.
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Nov 24 2004, 08:20 PM\']Ah, silly me. Ginny IS a Gryffindor. In the first Harry Potter movie, the "young red-haired girl" gets placed in Hufflepuff. That must've been someone else though.[/quote]
Most definitely. If I remember my Potter history, Ginny, being a year behind Ron and Harry, was not of age to attend the School until the second book.
[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Nov 24 2004, 08:20 PM\']Did they add tripe? I know the last three were there last I bought them, but the first and last time I bought them was over the summer. They might've added new ones. I can't really see them taking away old ones though. I'll look into it.[/quote]
I can definitely see them rotating out the more...questionable flavors. I was just throwing it out there because I thought it was an interesting coincidence that you bring that up and I was looking at the very thing in Best Buy yesterday.
[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Nov 24 2004, 08:20 PM\']Damn skippy. Go to google and type this...
"C"+"410hz"+"480hz"
...and see what comes up. 90% of the sites aren't even damn English.[/quote]
My point was more that it's kinda a lame question...there's no incentive to sit there and think it out, no real interest in the answer, and only a small majority of the folks at home will really be interested in it.
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Very true. I think this proves that finding a MDQ that googles poorly isn't easy.
Kevin Smith's MDQ: 5 of the first 6 results for ""uncle sam"+"samuel wilson"+"war of 1812"" turned up the right answer.
Nancy Christy's MDQ: 2 of the top 4 results for ""Grant wood"+"american gothic"+"the farmer was"" turned up the right answer legitimately. (The last two sites directly involved WWTBAM.)
Armand Kachigian's MDQ: 6 of the 9 results for ""God Bless America"+"1918 musical"" turned up the right answer.
Jeff Gross's MDQ: lol. 9 of the top 10 results for ""tabby"+"district"+"world capital"" pertain to WWTBAM. Once that dies down, more of the top results will give the answer though. I know because they did when I checked last week.
Anyway, enough about that. Chris, do you have a question?
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The note C played at 480 Hz is equal to what higher note played at 410 Hz?
A: A sharp
B: D
C: E flat
D: G
410 Hz is a lower frequency than 480 Hz. Also, since there are twelve notes in an octave, you multiply the lowest frequency continually by 2^(1/12) to get the frequencies of the remaining notes. If either frequency is in your scale, the other isn't.
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Here's something I stumbled over looking for something else. It might be one for the nighttime show...
Which of the following animals has the largest penis in relation to its body size?
A: Slug
B: Sea anemone
C: Barnacle
D: Garter snake
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Nov 25 2004, 12:29 PM\']Here's something I stumbled over looking for something else. It might be one for the nighttime show...
Which of the following animals has the largest penis in relation to its body size?
A: Slug
B: Sea anemone
C: Barnacle
D: Garter snake
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In relation to body size, Chris. You saying you're two inches tall?
*heads for the hills*
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The very first Popeyes Famous Fried Chicken & Biscuits fast food restaurant was located in what Louisiana city?
A: Arabi
B: Terrytown
C: Meraux
D: Gretna
What is the only Starburst candy flavor to ever have its own pack with only that flavor?
A: Orange
B: Strawberry
C: Lemon
D: Cherry
On the TV cartoon Winx Club, who is the only member of the Winx Club, besides Tecna, who is not a princess?
A: Stella
B: Flora
C: Musa
D: Bloom
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Nov 24 2004, 11:59 PM\']Very true. I think this proves that finding a MDQ that googles poorly isn't easy.
Kevin Smith's MDQ: 5 of the first 6 results for ""uncle sam"+"samuel wilson"+"war of 1812"" turned up the right answer.
Nancy Christy's MDQ: 2 of the top 4 results for ""Grant wood"+"american gothic"+"the farmer was"" turned up the right answer legitimately. (The last two sites directly involved WWTBAM.)
Armand Kachigian's MDQ: 6 of the 9 results for ""God Bless America"+"1918 musical"" turned up the right answer.
Jeff Gross's MDQ: lol. 9 of the top 10 results for ""tabby"+"district"+"world capital"" pertain to WWTBAM. Once that dies down, more of the top results will give the answer though. I know because they did when I checked last week.[/quote]
The Google issue is a little more complicated, though, in that you're only going to get one shot at picking the right terms. If the player in the Hot Seat is thinking Google, then he could spend some time figuring out what terms to give before placing the call, but even then, he's got to give the terms AND the question, then his friend has to sort it all out in thirty seconds.
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Nov 29 2004, 11:42 AM\'][quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Nov 24 2004, 11:59 PM\']Very true. I think this proves that finding a MDQ that googles poorly isn't easy.
Kevin Smith's MDQ: 5 of the first 6 results for ""uncle sam"+"samuel wilson"+"war of 1812"" turned up the right answer.
Nancy Christy's MDQ: 2 of the top 4 results for ""Grant wood"+"american gothic"+"the farmer was"" turned up the right answer legitimately. (The last two sites directly involved WWTBAM.)
Armand Kachigian's MDQ: 6 of the 9 results for ""God Bless America"+"1918 musical"" turned up the right answer.
Jeff Gross's MDQ: lol. 9 of the top 10 results for ""tabby"+"district"+"world capital"" pertain to WWTBAM. Once that dies down, more of the top results will give the answer though. I know because they did when I checked last week.[/quote]
The Google issue is a little more complicated, though, in that you're only going to get one shot at picking the right terms. If the player in the Hot Seat is thinking Google, then he could spend some time figuring out what terms to give before placing the call, but even then, he's got to give the terms AND the question, then his friend has to sort it all out in thirty seconds.
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That's what makes me think that this whole Googlability thing isn't really necessary. I thought my question was decent, especially after I changed the answers.
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The very first Popeyes Famous Fried Chicken & Biscuits fast food restaurant was located in what Louisiana city?
A: Arabi
B: Terrytown
C: Meraux
D: Gretna
According to the company's website (http://\"http://www.popeyes.com/popeyesstory.asp\"), the first restaurant was New Orleans.
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The president pro tempore of the senate is third in line (history class) and Jeannie was born in 64 BC (too much Trivial Pursuit). As for Santa, he was mainly a Dutch creation, and Moore only refers to him as an elf.
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As far as the Starburst question goes, I remember vaguely that it was all red so, being that strawberry was such a common candy flavor back when it first started, I'll go with B. Strawberry.
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[quote name=\'dale_grass\' date=\'Nov 29 2004, 10:05 PM\']According to the company's website (http://\"http://www.popeyes.com/popeyesstory.asp\"), the first restaurant was New Orleans.[/quote]
That website is wrong--I'd assume they only say New Orleans because most people have heard of New Orleans. Those other cities are less likely for people from not around the New Orleans area to have heard of. Some other websites give one of those 4 answers as the correct answer, and having seen the actual first Popeyes several times in my life--a historic, albiet closed, monument as far as I'm concerned--I know exactly where it is/was. The building is still in tact, even.
[quote name=\'Craig Karlberg\' date=\'Nov 30 2004, 04:46 AM\']As far as the Starburst question goes, I remember vaguely that it was all red so, being that strawberry was such a common candy flavor back when it first started, I'll go with B. Strawberry.[/quote]
Correct.
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Which of the following European countries has a non-contiguous territory that is entirely contained within a foreign country?
A: Spain
B: France
C: Germany
D: England
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Perhaps for a sports edition or something...
What team was the first NFL team to dump Gatorade on it's coach after a win, therefore starting the tradition?
A. Dallas Cowboys
B. San Francisco 49ers
C. New York Giants
D. Pittsburgh Steelers
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In the number sequence made popular by Robert Morris Sr., former chief scientist of the National Science Agency, what number comes next after "1, 11, 21, 1211, 111221..."?
A: 312211
B: 113221
C: 311231
D: 221211
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A few here...
Which of these countries is not landlocked?
A. Mongolia
B. Chad
C. Croatia
D. Bolivia
What NBA team has won the most titles, with 16?
A. Los Angeles Lakers
B. Boston Celtics
C. Chicago Bulls
D. Philadelphia 76ers
On the TV show, "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air," Will Smith constantly made fun of his cousin Carlton's what?
A. Weight
B. Intelligence
C. Hair style
D. Height
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gameshowfan, we are trying to post questions that could make the higher levels on WWTBAM. Those questions could fall somewhere in the middle tier, I think.
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What NBA team has won the most titles, with 16?
A. Los Angeles Lakers
B. Boston Celtics
C. Chicago Bulls
D. Philadelphia 76ers
Personally, I think this is pretty easy. For any sports fan, it's a well-known fact the Boston has the most titles - it's been well publicized that they won the bulk of them in the '60s (9 in 10 years I believe). In fact, no sports team has ever won more consecutive titles than the Celtics - during their big streak they had 8 in a row. In hockey and baseball, the streak is 5 in a row, and in football it's only 2 in a row.
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[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' date=\'Dec 3 2004, 08:58 AM\']
What NBA team has won the most titles, with 16?
A. Los Angeles Lakers
B. Boston Celtics
C. Chicago Bulls
D. Philadelphia 76ers
Personally, I think this is pretty easy. For any sports fan, it's a well-known fact the Boston has the most titles - it's been well publicized that they won the bulk of them in the '60s (9 in 10 years I believe). In fact, no sports team has ever won more consecutive titles than the Celtics - during their big streak they had 8 in a row. In hockey and baseball, the streak is 5 in a row, and in football it's only 2 in a row.
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I admit, that was a bit easy. Here's another tougher one about basketball.
Which of these NBA players has not won two Sixth Man Awards?
A. Detlef Schrempf
B. Kevin McHale
C. Danny Manning
D. Ricky Pierce
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I admit, that was a bit easy. Here's another tougher one about basketball.
Which of these NBA players has not won two Sixth Man Awards?
A. Detlef Schrempf
B. Kevin McHale
C. Danny Manning
D. Ricky Pierce
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It's a good question, but way too specific. It would work just fine for a sports edition, but not for general "Millionaire."
Come to think of it, with Disney owning ESPN and distributing Millionaire, an all-sports Millionaire as a series wouldn't be too bad of an idea...maybe even do it from the Play-It attraction.
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Dec 5 2004, 01:52 PM\']Come to think of it, with Disney owning ESPN and distributing Millionaire, an all-sports Millionaire as a series wouldn't be too bad of an idea...maybe even do it from the Play-It attraction.
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And the first contestant in the Hot Seat can be Ron Artest. Meridith can throw the water glass on him, and let the audience begin to brawl.
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What was the first movie to be released with a PG-13 rating?
A. Flamingo Kid
B. Johnny Dangerously
C. Red Dawn
D. Dune
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Dec 13 2004, 05:16 PM\']What was the first movie to be released with a PG-13 rating?
A. Flamingo Kid
B. Johnny Dangerously
C. Red Dawn
D. Dune
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Brandon, I'm going to say "C". I'm 95% sure it's C. I remember this; it was the summer of 1984 and it was such a big deal that they were throwing an extra movie rating between PG and R.
Speaking of which........
Which rating was not around when the MPAA introduced ratings to movies?
A. G
B. PG
C. R
D X
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And you'd be correct.
Tidbit: Flamingo Kid was the first to be granted a PG-13, but the movie sat on the shelf for several months, and wasn't released until December 1984.
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Dec 13 2004, 05:34 PM\']And you'd be correct.
Tidbit: Flamingo Kid was the first to be granted a PG-13, but the movie sat on the shelf for several months, and wasn't released until December 1984.
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Speaking of which........
Which rating was not around when the MPAA introduced ratings to movies?
A. G
B. PG
C. R
D X
That'd be B...the PG rating was originally M (mature), but when many percieved it as being "higher" than an R, it was first changed to GP (General audiences, Parental guidance suggested), and then to PG.
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")
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[quote name=\'ChuckNet\' date=\'Dec 13 2004, 05:59 PM\']
Speaking of which........
Which rating was not around when the MPAA introduced ratings to movies?
A. G
B. PG
C. R
D X
That'd be B...the PG rating was originally M (mature), but when many percieved it as being "higher" than an R, it was first changed to GP (General audiences, Parental guidance suggested), and then to PG.
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")
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And you would "B" correct, Chuck. :)
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Walt Disney originally created the classic character Mickey Mouse after losing the rights to a rabbit character named what?
A: Fritz
B: Marvin
C: Buster
D: Oswald
The Northern and Southern Inspectorates are two areas located on what land region?
A: Greenland
B: Siberia
C: Yukon
D: Ellesmere Island
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here's a $1,000,000 zinger for you guys
the Batmobile from the 1960s "Batman" TV series was modeled after a concept car developed by which automaker?
A: Ford
B: Chevrolet
C: General Motors
D: Toyota
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[quote name=\'JepMasta\' date=\'Jan 6 2005, 06:15 PM\']here's a $1,000,000 zinger for you guys
the Batmobile from the 1960s "Batman" TV series was modeled after a concept car developed by which automaker?
A: Ford
B: Chevrolet
C: General Motors
D: Toyota
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It was a Ford (well, Lincoln) Futura. But I seem to recall a question similar to this as an upper tier question (I want to say $250k or $500k) on the show.
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Perhaps question level 13 or 14?
Which of the following words contains an example of a triphthong?
A. Beauty
B. Banana
C. Rhythm
D. Period
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That is an outstanding question, because you not only have an obscure reference (I had to look up triphthong myself) but you have wrong choices that could be right, which I won't share until someone guesses it right, but this is a good $100k+ question.
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[quote name=\'Little Big Brother\' date=\'Jan 12 2005, 12:39 AM\']Perhaps question level 13 or 14?
Which of the following words contains an example of a tripthong?
A. Beauty
B. Banana
C. Rhythm
D. Period
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I think the answer is B. Banana. "Tri" usually means 3 of something. The way I see it, the letter a is used 3 times except they're seperated by various other letters(in this case, a B & 2 ns). So, it's B. Another word that might work this way is celeberty. C is close but the letters are such that they're 2 groups of 3 constanants. A is another cloae call but there are 3 vowels in a row here. Therefore I think seperation of one letter 3 times = B.
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Eww, it's "Beauty."
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Walt Disney originally created the classic character Mickey Mouse after losing the rights to a rabbit character named what?
A: Fritz
B: Marvin
C: Buster
D: Oswald
The Northern and Southern Inspectorates are two areas located on what land region?
A: Greenland
B: Siberia
C: Yukon
D: Ellesmere Island
D: Oswald (he looks like Mickey with pointed ears)
A: Greenland
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[quote name=\'Craig Karlberg\' date=\'Jan 12 2005, 03:36 AM\'] Another word that might work this way is celeberty.
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No, it wouldn't, because it's not a word. Helpful, although incredibly obvious, hint: check a dictionary first.
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[quote name=\'Craig Karlberg\' date=\'Jan 12 2005, 02:36 AM\']Therefore I think seperation of one letter 3 times = B.
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And you couldn't be more wrong. Well, I suppose you could be. You got the "tri- = 3" angle right. But that's about all. Sun shining on a dog's ass and all.
Incidentally, it's "triphthong", folks. "Tripthong" is what I've suffered from the morning after a particularly successful date. ;)
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Eww, it's "Beauty."
Ding, but why the "Eww"?
And thanks for the spelling error catch. It just wouldn't be a proper post if I didn't have at least one glaring typo ;-)
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Jan 12 2005, 11:43 AM\']Incidentally, it's "triphthong", folks. "Tripthong" is what I've suffered from the morning after a particularly successful date. ;)
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Here's our early front-runner for...
Line...of...the day!
See if you know this one:
Earplay, Tales of Wrongovia, and Safari Solitare were rotating segments on what 1980s cable show?
A: Cartoon Express
B: Night Flight
C: Pinwheel
D: Braingames
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You'd think I'd know this... actually, no, but I should know this. All four of those are a bit fuzzier than they should be in my mind, but trying to get my memory working, I think, more likely than not, that the answer is D, Braingames.
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[quote name=\'GS Warehouse\' date=\'Jan 12 2005, 01:04 PM\']
See if you know this one:
Earplay, Tales of Wrongovia, and Safari Solitare were rotating segments on what 1980s cable show?
A: Cartoon Express
B: Night Flight
C: Pinwheel
D: Braingames
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For some reason those sound very familiar, but in that unearhted, repressed memory sorta way. Based on that, I will go with the only program I remember watching way back when and say C: Pinwheel.
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Ding, but why the "Eww"?
I was emphasizing the "eww" in "bewwty." Deww yeww see now?
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Earplay, Tales of Wrongovia, and Safari Solitare were rotating segments on what 1980s cable show?
A: Cartoon Express
B: Night Flight
C: Pinwheel
D: Braingames
D: Braingames (I didn't know it was shown on cable; I thought it was solely videocassette)
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[quote name=\'dale_grass\' date=\'Jan 12 2005, 05:43 PM\']D: Braingames (I didn't know it was shown on cable; I thought it was solely videocassette)
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Braingames airs periodically very early in the morning on one of the many HBO channels.
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[quote name=\'Frank15\' date=\'Jan 12 2005, 01:10 PM\']... I think, more likely than not, that the answer is D, Braingames.
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Frank and Dale are correct, it was Braingames. BTW, Dale, HBO produced and aired six episodes, five regular editions and a "best of", from 1984-85. I didn't know about the videocassette, but some of the segments were shown on USA's Calliope in the early 90s.
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Must be very periodically, given the HBO channels I've got on DirecTV. Pretty good selection of movies, though.
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What was the first letter turned by Vanna White on her first broadcast episode of "Wheel of Fortune?"
A: H
B: T
C: R
D: L
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jan 18 2005, 06:54 PM\']What was the first letter turned by Vanna White on her first broadcast episode of "Wheel of Fortune?"
A: H
B: T
C: R
D: L
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This, my friend, is a perfect illustration of the fine line between "trivia nobody but a GS geek would know" and "trivia that nobody, INCLUDING a GS geek, would give a damn about." :)
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Here's a Millionaire question. I'm thinking $100,000 question here...
One of the characters in the "Peanuts" comic strip had a number for his name. What was his "name"?
A. 1
B. 3
C. 5
D. 7
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[quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'Jan 18 2005, 09:31 PM\']Here's a Millionaire question. I'm thinking $100,000 question here...
One of the characters in the "Peanuts" comic strip had a number for his name. What was his "name"?
A. 1
B. 3
C. 5
D. 7
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C. IIRC, his full "name" was 555 95472 and everyone called him 5 for short... and he had two sisters named 3 and 4. :-)
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[quote name=\'dzinkin\' date=\'Jan 18 2005, 07:36 PM\'][quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'Jan 18 2005, 09:31 PM\']Here's a Millionaire question. I'm thinking $100,000 question here...
One of the characters in the "Peanuts" comic strip had a number for his name. What was his "name"?
A. 1
B. 3
C. 5
D. 7
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C. IIRC, his full "name" was 555 95472 and everyone called him 5 for short... and he had two sisters named 3 and 4. :-)
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See, I thought he was "seven" because he was the seventh kid in a big family. So I think we've concluded it's a good question. :)
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[quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'Jan 18 2005, 09:31 PM\']Here's a Millionaire question. I'm thinking $100,000 question here...
One of the characters in the "Peanuts" comic strip had a number for his name. What was his "name"?
A. 1
B. 3
C. 5
D. 7
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Well, my guess was going to be 867 5309, they called her 5 for short, and her Nickname was Jenny. So C, 5
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This is probably another miserable attempt:
What Warner Brothers' cartoon saw the first use of the classic catch phrase, "Eh, what's up, Doc?"
A: Wild Hare
B: Rabbit Seasoning
C: Rabbit Rampage
D: Duck! Rabbit! Duck!
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jan 18 2005, 08:39 PM\']This is probably another miserable attempt:
What Warner Brothers' cartoon saw the first use of the classic catch phrase, "Eh, what's up, Doc?"
A: Wild Hare
B: Rabbit Seasoning
C: Rabbit Rampage
D: Duck! Rabbit! Duck!
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That's a good one, actually, made better by the fact that I'm pretty sure I know the answer. :)
(Turns out I was wrong, but it took me a Google check to find the right answer, and it wasn't a particularly obvious check. Still a good question. (but you should double-check and make sure you have the full and complete titles of the cartoons, hint hint :)))
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Tuna, I liked your reasoning to get to the answer, although Dave Zinkin nailed it with the correct way to get there.
Here's another question, kind of borrowing from the cartoon theme from earlier.
In the very first of the "cat and mouse" cartoon shorts, which came to be known as Tom and Jerry, Tom was not the cat's name. What was it?
A. Maurice
B. Jasper
C. Roger
D. Wendell
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[quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'Jan 18 2005, 10:55 PM\']Tuna, I liked your reasoning to get to the answer, although Dave Zinkin nailed it with the correct way to get there.
Here's another question, kind of borrowing from the cartoon theme from earlier.
In the very first of the "cat and mouse" cartoon shorts, which came to be known as Tom and Jerry, Tom was not the cat's name. What was it?
A. Maurice
B. Jasper
C. Roger
D. Wendell
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B. Cartoon Network ran it pretty much endlessly for a week or so -- every time I flipped by, "Puss Gets the Boot" was on. :-)
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Jan 18 2005, 09:27 PM\'][quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jan 18 2005, 06:54 PM\']What was the first letter turned by Vanna White on her first broadcast episode of "Wheel of Fortune?"
A: H
B: T
C: R
D: L
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This, my friend, is a perfect illustration of the fine line between "trivia nobody but a GS geek would know" and "trivia that nobody, INCLUDING a GS geek, would give a damn about." :)
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Actually, this question is susceptible to guessing ... but only if the answer is what I think it is.
Since "T" is the most common consonant in the English language, it's often the first letter people guess on "Wheel of Fortune," and could reasonably have been the first correctly guessed letter on Vanna's first episode. So my answer is B: T.
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[quote name=\'dzinkin\' date=\'Jan 18 2005, 06:36 PM\']C. IIRC, his full "name" was 555 95472 and everyone called him 5 for short... and he had two sisters named 3 and 4. :-)
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That's right, Mr. Zinkin; 95472 was the family's ZIP code before moving to the Peanuts neighborhood. Re: 5's sisters... <Charlie Brown, rolling eyes skyward> "those are nice feminine names." </cbres>
Esoteric Eric... Meanwhile, in another thread...
[quote name=\'dzinkin\' date=\'Jan 18 2005, 08:29 PM\']Having watched the clip of Camouflage provided by Mr. Klauss, I think that game would translate well to multiple languages. Specifically: nonsense, twaddle, gibberish and drivel. :-)[/quote]
<phone rings, receptionist answers> "Good morning, Nonsense, Twaddle, Gibberish and Drivel, how may I direct your call?" </prra>((8=D))
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Jan 18 2005, 07:43 PM\'][quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jan 18 2005, 08:39 PM\']This is probably another miserable attempt:
What Warner Brothers' cartoon saw the first use of the classic catch phrase, "Eh, what's up, Doc?"
A: Wild Hare
B: Rabbit Seasoning
C: Rabbit Rampage
D: Duck! Rabbit! Duck!
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That's a good one, actually, made better by the fact that I'm pretty sure I know the answer. :)
(Turns out I was wrong, but it took me a Google check to find the right answer, and it wasn't a particularly obvious check. Still a good question. (but you should double-check and make sure you have the full and complete titles of the cartoons, hint hint :)))
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Ah. A: A Wild Hare, then. :-)
What unit of measure is equal to the amount of energy needed to increase the temperature of one liter of water one degree centigrade?
A: Joule
B: Volt
C: Torque
D: Calorie
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In honor of the upcoming championships:
The celebratory act showering a coach with Gatorade traces its origins to which NFL team?
A. Dallas Cowboys
B. New York Giants
C. San Francisco 49ers
D. Pittsburgh Steelers
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jan 19 2005, 07:59 PM\']A: Joule
B: Volt
C: Torque
D: Calorie
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If I have my high school science right, it would be D, which ironically was my scientific average in high school (rim shot). If it's incorrect, than that's what I get for sleeping in chemistry class. :-P
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Jan 19 2005, 05:34 PM\'][quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jan 19 2005, 07:59 PM\']A: Joule
B: Volt
C: Torque
D: Calorie
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If I have my high school science right, it would be D, which ironically was my scientific average in high school (rim shot). If it's incorrect, than that's what I get for sleeping in chemistry class. :-P
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It is right.
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jan 19 2005, 07:59 PM\'][quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Jan 18 2005, 07:43 PM\'][quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jan 18 2005, 08:39 PM\']This is probably another miserable attempt:
What Warner Brothers' cartoon saw the first use of the classic catch phrase, "Eh, what's up, Doc?"
A: Wild Hare
B: Rabbit Seasoning
C: Rabbit Rampage
D: Duck! Rabbit! Duck!
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That's a good one, actually, made better by the fact that I'm pretty sure I know the answer. :)
(Turns out I was wrong, but it took me a Google check to find the right answer, and it wasn't a particularly obvious check. Still a good question. (but you should double-check and make sure you have the full and complete titles of the cartoons, hint hint :)))
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Ah. A: A Wild Hare, then. :-)
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Just make sure that the "WWTBAM" researcher never sees the "Blue Ribbon" reissue print of that short--the title card called it "*The* Wild Hare" (and Elmer Fudd guessed Bugs was "Babwa Stanwyck" instead of the just-deceased "Cawowe Wombard").
ObGameShow: "Welcome to 'You Beat Your Wife.' Say the magic woid and win $100. Elmer Fudd, huh? What do you do for a living, Mr. Fudd?" "I hunt the scwewy wabbit." "Oh, a fresh hare fiend, huh? For $50--Have you stopped beating your wife yet? Answer yes or no." "Uh, uh, yes!--No!--Yes!..." "Well, while he's mulling that one over, I think I'll get out of these wet clothes and into a dry martini..."
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Just make sure that the "WWTBAM" researcher never sees the "Blue Ribbon" reissue print of that short--the title card called it "*The* Wild Hare" (and Elmer Fudd guessed Bugs was "Babwa Stanwyck" instead of the just-deceased "Cawowe Wombard").
Considering that virtually all the video compilations out there have the Blue Ribbon reissue, I can see it becoming an issue...the only time I recall seeing the original was on TNT's 1990 special What's Up Doc? A Salute to Bugs Bunny.
ObGameShow: The 1944 short Buckaroo Bugs ends w/our hero referencing the popular radio quiz show Take It or Leave It ("That's right, you win the $64 question!").
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")
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Just wondering, and I really don't feel like looking through the last 62 pages to see if someone has already answered this, is this the longest thread in the history of these message boards? I don't even recall THIS many replies on ATGS.
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[quote name=\'CJBojangles\' date=\'Jan 20 2005, 10:57 PM\']Just wondering, and I really don't feel like looking through the last 62 pages to see if someone has already answered this, is this the longest thread in the history of these message boards? I don't even recall THIS many replies on ATGS.
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It definitely is.....And it's a great subject, IMHO......So great, I'm going to toss out another Millionaire question!!
Which fast-food restaurant briefly tried, in 1992, bringing food to your table for you and providing popcorn as an appetizer?
A. Burger King
B. McDonald's
C. Arby's
D. Wendy's
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That one I do remember, it was A. Burger King. Their waitresses wore badges that said "No Tipping." :-)
ObGameShow: King of the Hill was a game show pilot in 1975.
No takers on the Gatorade question? ;-)
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Jan 20 2005, 11:15 PM\']No takers on the Gatorade question? ;-)
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It was B. New York Giants. Jim Burt dumped it on Bill Parcells in '85. :)
My dad swears up and down that a coach got pneumonia and died from that, but I've never seen any evidence of that....
And yes, Brandon, you are right! It was A. Burger King!
I'm beginning to think I can't fool you guys in anything.....lol ;)
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[quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'Jan 20 2005, 11:11 PM\']Which fast-food restaurant briefly tried, in 1992, bringing food to your table for you and providing popcorn as an appetizer?
A. Burger King
B. McDonald's
C. Arby's
D. Wendy's
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Our Burger King provided this service through at least 1997...haven't been there for dine-in dinner since; last time I looked in; they still had their popcorn popper.
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[quote name=\'ChuckNet\' date=\'Jan 20 2005, 10:49 PM\']
Just make sure that the "WWTBAM" researcher never sees the "Blue Ribbon" reissue print of that short--the title card called it "*The* Wild Hare" (and Elmer Fudd guessed Bugs was "Babwa Stanwyck" instead of the just-deceased "Cawowe Wombard").
Considering that virtually all the video compilations out there have the Blue Ribbon reissue, I can see it becoming an issue...the only time I recall seeing the original was on TNT's 1990 special What's Up Doc? A Salute to Bugs Bunny.
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When "A Wild Hare" airs on CN or TCM or Boomerang today, it's the restored version with the original titles. (Surprisingly, it's on neither one of the DVD sets--but it will be on DVD eventually.)
Of course, the classic Looney Tunes are rarely seen on CN anymore (and the rumor is that Boomerang's going to become all pre-school programming, continuing with the glut of that genre). I'm willing to admit that kids are the primary audience and that their tastes are different from adults, but when a royal slap in the face like "Baby Looney Tunes" stays on the air...
ObGameShow: Yeah, it does sound familiar to longtime GSN viewers.
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It's been a while. I thought maybe I'd attempt to revive the thread with what could possibly be a $50,000 question at best, but let's see what you think.
In a standard deck of 52 playing cards, the "one-eyed king" belongs to what suit?
A: Hearts
B: Spades
C: Clubs
D: Diamonds
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Oct 21 2003, 06:21 PM\'][quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Oct 21 2003, 05:40 PM\'] In the Presidential line of succession, which federal official is 3rd in line for the Presidency after the sitting President?
A: Secretary of State
B: Speaker of the House
C: President Pro Tempore
D: Secretary of Defense
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Isn't this one "B?"
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Well, for starters, this is not a $1 million question. It's too easy for that. Maybe $32,000 or lower, but I wouldn't put it on the third tier.
Anyways, I do agree with Lemon that the question is not worded well. To totally eliminate confusion, I'd name a particular office and then ask who comes next, ie., who follows the President Pro Tempore in the line of succession ... answer being A. the Secretary of State.
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No offense, dude, but we already established that it's a lousy question a long time ago.
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Here's one...
Invented in the 1880s, the first commercial coin-operated vending machine was used to sell what?
A: Postcards
B: Cigarettes
C: Candy
D: Books
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jun 5 2005, 02:20 PM\']Invented in the 1880s, the first commercial coin-operated vending machine was used to sell what?
A: Postcards
B: Cigarettes
C: Candy
D: Books
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Without knowing the answer, is there some kind of documentable proof to back up the claim that whatever machine this was was in fact the "first"?
(I dunno, I'm just throwing it out there for discussion.)
If it's verifiable by some other source than someone's say-so on a Website, I think it's a fine question.
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There were at least four research papers I happened across which stated this fact. I can't vouch for their sources, but I bet if I hit the library, I could find more sources to back this up. I might just do that some time this week just for the hell of it.
I totally know what you mean though, Chris. The question has to be irrefutable.
Hey, Chris. When was the last time you put up a question here? You got anything?
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jun 5 2005, 02:57 PM\']There were at least four research papers I happened across which stated this fact. I can't vouch for their sources, but I bet if I hit the library, I could find more sources to back this up. I might just do that some time this week just for the hell of it.
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Seems reasonable. One would imagine said papers cited their source for the info (if they didn't, they should have), so it would be really easy to confirm from THOSE sources.
Good enough for me. :)
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This question, while probably easy to a lot of us, might not be for some.
What video game, based on a movie, saw sales so bad that its remaining copies were buried in a landfill?
A. Raiders of the Lost Ark
B. E.T.
C. Gremlins
D. Superman
Even more fun than this is establishing the "level" that this question would be at. I've no idea. Where would this question be good?
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[quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'Jun 5 2005, 03:20 PM\']This question, while probably easy to a lot of us, might not be for some.
What video game, based on a movie, saw sales so bad that its remaining copies were buried in a landfill?
A. Raiders of the Lost Ark
B. E.T.
C. Gremlins
D. Superman
Even more fun than this is establishing the "level" that this question would be at. I've no idea. Where would this question be good?
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Based on how old most Millionaire contestants are, I think the story is fairly well known. Of course, if you didn't play video games growing up, you might have no idea.
Me, I'd place it somewhere in the 8K-32K range.
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I would've said Q11 for that one, actually. That's just me, though.
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jun 5 2005, 03:53 PM\']I would've said Q11 for that one, actually. That's just me, though.
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Yer also too young to have lived that when it happened. :) Those of us who played that game when it was in original release have lasting memories of just how piss-poor it was. :)
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I'll take your word for it. Even if I was old enough, I've never been a fan of video games. I dunno why, I just wasn't into them.
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Yer also too young to have lived that when it happened. :) Those of us who played that game when it was in original release have lasting memories of just how piss-poor it was. :)
Never played, but based on what I've read, the graphical limitations of the Atari didn't help, not to mention that the programmer assigned to it was only given 6 wks to come up w/the final product.
But then, Atari had a tendency to go overboard production-wise...did you know they made more Pac-Man cartridges for the 2600 than there were players? :-)
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jun 5 2005, 05:53 PM\']I would've said Q11 for that one, actually. That's just me, though.
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I'd either say upper 2nd tier, or lower 3rd tier...right around $50K or $100K.
I have no clue...good Q. Aaron!
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Jun 5 2005, 07:00 PM\'][quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jun 5 2005, 03:53 PM\']I would've said Q11 for that one, actually. That's just me, though.
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Yer also too young to have lived that when it happened. :) Those of us who played that game when it was in original release have lasting memories of just how piss-poor it was. :)
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The funny thing is, I actually enjoyed the game quite a bit...I didn't own it, but a friend let me borrow it. A few years later, I found it for $1 at a major chain store and bought it...But couldn't figure out why it was $1. Once I hit the internet, I knew. :)
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I know this one based on the fact that I had this one nearly 20 years ago on Atari. IIRC, it was E.T. Boy did that game looked patheetic graphicswise, but it sure was fun the first few times I played it. After that, it got monotonous so I stopped playing that game. If there's one Atari game I liked the most, it would be Pitfall(not to be confused with the Alex Trebek show).
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Sonic Youth's 1990 song "Tunic" is based on what singer?
A: Dennis Wilson
B: Karen Carpenter
C: Janis Joplin
D: Elvis Presley
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You know what gets me down? Rainy days and Mondays. (If you think that was bad, we've only just begun.)
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This one may be too easy, but let's try it out...
Which of the following products was invented my the mother of Michael Nesmith of the Monkees?
A: Lysol
B: Ivory soap
C: Nestle Quik
D: Liquid Paper
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jun 28 2005, 09:34 PM\']Which of the following products was invented my the mother of Michael Nesmith of the Monkees?
A: Lysol
B: Ivory soap
C: Nestle Quik
D: Liquid Paper
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It's certainly generational. You whippersnappers are too young to remember Elephant Parts, but anyone in the general ballpark of my age or prolly some years older ought to know it pretty quickly.
Unless maybe it's really obscure trivia that I just happen to know.
/Where's my onion?
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jun 28 2005, 11:34 PM\']This one may be too easy, but let's try it out...
Which of the following products was invented my the mother of Michael Nesmith of the Monkees?
A: Lysol
B: Ivory soap
C: Nestle Quik
D: Liquid Paper
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Asked with different wrong choices for $16K on the 10/18/2000 episode of Regis Millionaire, as per a Google search of ATGS.
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[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Jun 29 2005, 04:57 AM\'][quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jun 28 2005, 11:34 PM\']This one may be too easy, but let's try it out...
Which of the following products was invented my the mother of Michael Nesmith of the Monkees?
A: Lysol
B: Ivory soap
C: Nestle Quik
D: Liquid Paper
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Asked with different wrong choices for $16K on the 10/18/2000 episode of Regis Millionaire, as per a Google search of ATGS.
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Wow. Sorta blows THAT one all to hell, doesn't it? lol
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jun 29 2005, 12:42 PM\']Wow. Sorta blows THAT one all to hell, doesn't it? lol
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Look at it this way: YOU have more of a life than to go looking up these questions on ATGS to see if they've been asked before. :)
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Jun 29 2005, 01:12 PM\'][quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jun 29 2005, 12:42 PM\']Wow. Sorta blows THAT one all to hell, doesn't it? lol
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Look at it this way: YOU have more of a life than to go looking up these questions on ATGS to see if they've been asked before. :)
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Ah, this is true. Thank you, Chris. You always know just what to say to cheer me up. :P
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Here's another one. As always, I'll just put the question and leave the dollar value up for debate.
Which ESPN anchor, past or present, is by marriage, related to boxer Mike Tyson?
A. Stuart Scott
B. Dan Patrick
C. Fred Hickman
D. Keith Olbermann
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This one is probably too easy, but it caught my attention, so here it is...
What comedian starred as Mr. Conductor on the children's television show "Shining Time Station?"
A: Robin Williams
B: Jerry Seinfeld
C: George Carlin
D: Jeff Foxworthy
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Aug 12 2005, 12:44 PM\']A: Robin Williams
B: Jerry Seinfeld
C: George Carlin
D: Jeff Foxworthy
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Yeah, it's too easy, but only because I happen to own the man's entire catalogue. :)
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Aug 12 2005, 02:51 PM\']Yeah, it's too easy, but only because I happen to own the man's entire catalogue. :)
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That show was amazing. Carlin made a great replacement for Ringo, IMO.
Brandon Brooks
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Seems to me that Carlin's the LAST person you'd expect to be doing a kids show. Alas, it's right.
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Aug 12 2005, 07:10 PM\']Seems to me that Carlin's the LAST person you'd expect to be doing a kids show. Alas, it's right.[/quote]
Carlin, having lived through the whole Seven Words You Can Never Say On Television thing, has developed a keen sense of when he can get away with something and when to keep it clean.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Aug 13 2005, 05:14 AM\']Carlin, having lived through the whole Seven Words You Can Never Say On Television thing, has developed a keen sense of when he can get away with something and when to keep it clean.
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Case in point, his FOX sitcom from about 10 yrs. back. About as close you can get to the line without overstepping it. :-)
ObGameShow: FOX used to air Greed. :-P
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When the modern French deck of 52 playing cards was created, the King of Diamonds was intended to represent whom?
A: Charlemagne
B: Alexander the Great
C: King David
D: Julius Caesar
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Which Alfred Hitchcock movie featured the first ever on-camera toilet flush?
A. North By Northwest B. Vertigo
C. Psycho D. The Birds
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Oct 13 2005, 05:09 AM\']Which Alfred Hitchcock movie featured the first ever on-camera toilet flush?
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My mind immediatly goes to C.
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How about this sports question I found in one of the CD-ROMS. This is a MDQ.
The grand opening of what MLB Ballpark was bumped from the headlines of the sinking of the Titanic?
A) Yankee Stadium B) Comiskey Park
C) Fenway Park D) Busch Stadium
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What is Paul McCartney's middle name?
a. PAUL
b. JAMES
c. GEORGE
d. PETER
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[quote name=\'MillionaireMan\' date=\'Oct 13 2005, 11:53 AM\']How about this sports question I found in one of the CD-ROMS. This is a MDQ.
The grand opening of what MLB Ballpark was bumped from the headlines of the sinking of the Titanic?
A) Yankee Stadium B) Comiskey Park
C) Fenway Park D) Busch Stadium
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The whole point of this topic is "Write your own". Try and come up with your own millionaire questions.
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By the way, the answer to the sports question is C.
Here's another good millionaire question I have for you. This one seems to be in the upper-tier level but not exactly the Million dollar question.
What is the middle initial of Looney Tunes character Elmer Fudd?
A) P B) D C) J D) R
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[quote name=\'MillionaireMan\' date=\'Oct 13 2005, 04:09 PM\']What is the middle initial of Looney Tunes character Elmer Fudd?
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Answer is C, took 6 seconds to Google.
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"Look, Cletus! The boy posted again! Isn't that cute?"
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[quote name=\'MillionaireMan\' date=\'Oct 13 2005, 02:09 PM\']Here's another good millionaire question I have for you. This one seems to be in the upper-tier level but not exactly the Million dollar question.
What is the middle initial of Looney Tunes character Elmer Fudd?
A) P
B) D
C) J
D) R
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"I am Elmer J. Fudd. Millionaire. I own a mansion and a yacht." :-)
[quote name=\'cool245\']For $8,000: How many spaces were on the original Press Your Luck (Tomarken Version) game board?
A. 6 B. 18 C. 20 D. 24
For $500: How many years does it take before a Leap Year occur?
A. 1 B. 4 C. 11 D. 45[/quote]
Cool, with all due respect, we could post good $500 questions until the cows come home. Discussing the higher value questions is more interesting.
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[quote name=\'musicman\' date=\'Oct 13 2005, 10:31 AM\']What is Paul McCartney's middle name?
a. PAUL
b. JAMES
c. GEORGE
d. PETER
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Without Googling, I'd be inclined to believe A, just because the prospect of him being Paul Paul McCartney seems so out in left field that it must be right. Otherwise, Paul would not be an option.
[Edit: And now that I have googled, I see that I am right, but not for the reason I stated. I didn't realize that Paul might not be his first name. Good question, although easily googled.]
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[quote name=\'cool245\' date=\'Oct 13 2005, 06:04 PM\']For $8,000: How many spaces were on the original Press Your Luck (Tomarken Version) game board?
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Because, you know, there were so many other shows called "Press Your Luck".
I don't see how that would even be worthy of being on Millionaire.
For $500: How many years does it take before a Leap Year occur?
A. 1 B. 4 C. 11 D. 45
Dude, you could at least make it a little bit of a challenge? 45 years. Wow.
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[quote name=\'Modor\' date=\'Oct 13 2005, 04:17 PM\']Because, you know, there were so many other shows called "Press Your Luck".
I don't see how that would even be worthy of being on Millionaire.
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There was at least one more, if you count Whammy.
But, dude, just drop it. He's not gonna get any smarter, and you're just wasting bandwidth. Out moderators have decided this is permissible. So let it go.
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For $250,000: Who was the inspiration to Stevie Nicks' big 1983 hit, "Stand Back"?
A) Waylon Jennings B) Prince
C) Mick Fleetwood D) Meatloaf
For $1,000,000: The Korean film "Winter Sonata" features the lives of a couple that are disrupted and changed forever with the arrival of a new student named whom?
A) Kang Joon-sang B) Kwon Yong-kuk
C) Oh Chelin D) Jung Yujin
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Oct 13 2005, 06:12 PM\'][quote name=\'musicman\' date=\'Oct 13 2005, 10:31 AM\']What is Paul McCartney's middle name?
a. PAUL
b. JAMES
c. GEORGE
d. PETER
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Without Googling, I'd be inclined to believe A, just because the prospect of him being Paul Paul McCartney seems so out in left field that it must be right. Otherwise, Paul would not be an option.
[Edit: And now that I have googled, I see that I am right, but not for the reason I stated. I didn't realize that Paul might not be his first name. Good question, although easily googled.]
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I guess this proves that we all have a different knowledge basis. Being a huge pop music fan, that question was very easy for me - but it could probably be a higher level question because Paul and the Beatles hedey is so far in the past.
It's surprising to me how these stacks go - sometimes I'll miss the $500 question but instantly know the $250,000 question (not that we see the $250,000 question that often these days...)
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[quote name=\'MillionaireMan\' date=\'Oct 13 2005, 07:17 PM\']For $1,000,000: The Korean film "Winter Sonata" features the lives of a couple that are disrupted and changed forever with the arrival of a new student named whom?
A) Kang Joon-sang B) Kwon Yong-kuk
C) Oh Chelin D) Jung Yujin
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A, and again relatively easy to Google (although there are different spellings for that name, they're all basic soundalikes for the answer).
Not bad, though.
Doug
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[quote name=\'SRIV94\' date=\'Oct 13 2005, 06:50 PM\'][quote name=\'MillionaireMan\' date=\'Oct 13 2005, 07:17 PM\']For $1,000,000: The Korean film "Winter Sonata" features the lives of a couple that are disrupted and changed forever with the arrival of a new student named whom?
A) Kang Joon-sang B) Kwon Yong-kuk
C) Oh Chelin D) Jung Yujin
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A, and again relatively easy to Google (although there are different spellings for that name, they're all basic soundalikes for the answer).
Not bad, though.
Doug
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I dunno. It seems like one of those questions where either you know it or you don't.
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Oct 13 2005, 09:53 PM\']I dunno. It seems like one of those questions where either you know it or you don't.
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Definitely agree. I would so quickly bail on this question and walk away with my $500K, which makes for an awful question.
Brandon Brooks
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Oct 13 2005, 09:53 PM\']I dunno. It seems like one of those questions where either you know it or you don't.
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Fair enough. I was going on Mark's theory that if it can be Googled it fairly easily (and you had the "Phone A Friend" lifeline left), then it's easily solveable.
I guess that would be the case for any question, though.
Of course, the only $1M question asked on air that I knew cold was Carpenter's (which doesn't say much--I think most people prolly knew that one as well). So who am I to talk? :)
Doug
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I may fall flat on my face, but let's see if I can make a decent leap year Millionaire question:
In the Gregorian calendar, what is the maximum possible number of consecutive calendar years which are all exactly 365 days long?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 7
D. 8
I'm trying to combine two potential trip-ups. I'll let someone else decide if it's worth a decent dollar amount.
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I imagine it would be between the years 2096 and 2104, for example. The leapless years are 2097, 8, 9, 2100, 1, 2 and 3. That's 7 years.
Good question though. I could definitely see someone saying 4 or 8.
Let me try one...
If the Gregorian calendar is maintained, which of the following future years will be a leap-year?
A: 4000
B: 4100
C: 6000
D: 6100
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[quote name=\'Robert Hutchinson\' date=\'Oct 13 2005, 11:28 PM\']I may fall flat on my face, but let's see if I can make a decent leap year Millionaire question:
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I believe that it's C, 7....because every 400 years, there isn't a leap year...3+1+3.
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[quote name=\'Robert Hutchinson\' date=\'Oct 13 2005, 09:28 PM\']In the Gregorian calendar, what is the maximum possible number of consecutive calendar years which are all exactly 365 days long?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 7
D. 8
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I think it's C, because of that clause where you don't have a leap year in a year evenly divisible by 100 unless it's also evenly divisible by 400 or some such. So you'd have one in 2096, skip the one in 2100, and have another in 2104. So, '97-'98-'99-'00-'01-'02-'03, that's seven years.
Am I right?
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lol. Funny how we all pounced on that one at once with the exact same response.
But I win!!! ;-)
btw: Mark, every 100 years, there is no leap-year. Every 400 years, there is a leap-year.
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Oct 13 2005, 06:12 PM\'][McCartney question snipped]
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[quote name=\'MillionaireMan\' date=\'Oct 13 2005, 07:17 PM\']For $250,000: Who was the inspiration to Stevie Nicks' big 1983 hit, "Stand Back"?
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Oct 13 2005, 06:09 PM\']"I am Elmer J. Fudd. Millionaire. I own a mansion and a yacht."[/quote]AGAIN!
[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Oct 13 2005, 06:09 PM\']"I am Elmer J. Fudd. Millionaire. I own a mansion and a yacht."[/quote]AGAIN!
[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Oct 13 2005, 06:09 PM\']"I am Elmer J. Fudd. Millionaire. I own a mansion and a yacht."[/quote]AGAIN!
[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Oct 13 2005, 06:09 PM\']"I am Elmer J. Fudd. Millionaire. I own a ..."[/quote]
Sorry, I couldn't resist. :-)
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"Mr. Fudd, you owe the IRS $3,000,000. I'm afraid you'll have to come with me."
It really was a good short, wasn't it?
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Getting back to the calendar question regarding a future leap year, it's A. 4000 is not only divisible by 100 but also by 400. But C could be a possibility(6000/400). I thimk that question's a bit ambiguous there.
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[quote name=\'Craig Karlberg\' date=\'Oct 14 2005, 01:37 AM\']Getting back to the calendar question regarding a future leap year, it's A. 4000 is not only divisible by 100 but also by 400. But C could be a possibility(6000/400). I thimk that question's a bit ambiguous there.
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"I may be a scwewy wabbit, but I'm not going to Alcatwaz!"
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[quote name=\'Craig Karlberg\' date=\'Oct 14 2005, 01:37 AM\']Getting back to the calendar question regarding a future leap year, it's A. 4000 is not only divisible by 100 but also by 400. But C could be a possibility(6000/400). I thimk that question's a bit ambiguous there.
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Nope. The answer is indeed C: 6000. Here is the actual rule regarding leap years:
Every 4 years: Add a leap day.
Every 100 years: Don't add the leap day.
Every 400 years: Do add the leap day.
Every 4000 years: Don't add the leap day.
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Oct 14 2005, 08:14 PM\']Every 4000 years: Don't add the leap day.
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Somebody remind me when the time comes. I know I'll forget. :)
Doug
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[quote name=\'SRIV94\' date=\'Oct 14 2005, 06:16 PM\'][quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Oct 14 2005, 08:14 PM\']Every 4000 years: Don't add the leap day.
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Somebody remind me when the time comes. I know I'll forget. :)
Doug
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Hell, before I heard George Carlin's routine on time, I didn't even know the 400 rule, let alone the 4000 rule. :-P
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Oct 14 2005, 06:14 PM\']Nope. The answer is indeed C: 6000. Here is the actual rule regarding leap years:
Every 4 years: Add a leap day.
Every 100 years: Don't add the leap day.
Every 400 years: Do add the leap day.
Every 4000 years: Don't add the leap day.
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Do you have a source to cite there? No web site I saw when I was Googling the last one (just to be sure...I was fairly certain of the answer off the top of my head) mentioned the 4000 year part.
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I'll double-check right now, and get back to you right away. I can think of two sources right off the top of my head, but they are hardly irrefutable.
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Whoops. The 4000-year rule was proposed by astronomer John Herschel, but was never officially adopted. Google "leap year"+"divisible by 4000" for more on that.
I stand corrected. The question is moot.
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Oct 15 2005, 11:13 AM\']I'll double-check right now, and get back to you right away. I can think of two sources right off the top of my head, but they are hardly irrefutable.
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Yes, please have your staff get right on that. ;)
(A Google search on "leap year 4000" (BEEFCAKE!) seems to indicate that the "4000-year rule" is merely a suggestion and hasn't been put into place in any kind of official capacity. Surprisingly, the one remotely-reliable-looking source I saw that DID suggest it was an actual part of the rule was The Straight Dope, which is usually very reliable with regard to such things.)
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Yep. It was proposed long ago, and has yet to be adopted. Maybe someday. :)
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I got one...pretty easy for some, not so easy for others.
Which of these TV shows added Robert Vaughn to the regular cast during its final season?
A. Hunter
B. Spenser: For Hire
C. The A-Team
D. CHiPS
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[quote name=\'PYLdude\' date=\'Oct 15 2005, 03:18 PM\']I got one...pretty easy for some, not so easy for others.
Which of these TV shows added Robert Vaughn to the regular cast during its final season?
A. Hunter
B. Spenser: For Hire
C. The A-Team
D. CHiPS
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[quote name=\'PYLdude\' date=\'Oct 15 2005, 04:18 PM\']Which of these TV shows added Robert Vaughn to the regular cast during its final season?
A. Hunter
B. Spenser: For Hire
C. The A-Team
D. CHiPS[/quote]
E. WFMZ's 10 o'clock News! ;)
ObGS: Karn's Family Feud airs right before the above show.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Oct 15 2005, 04:57 AM\'][quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Oct 14 2005, 06:14 PM\']Nope. The answer is indeed C: 6000. Here is the actual rule regarding leap years:
Every 4 years: Add a leap day.
Every 100 years: Don't add the leap day.
Every 400 years: Do add the leap day.
Every 4000 years: Don't add the leap day.
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Do you have a source to cite there? No web site I saw when I was Googling the last one (just to be sure...I was fairly certain of the answer off the top of my head) mentioned the 4000 year part.[/quote]
It seems to be one of those cyber legends that spread without substantiation. Best I can tell, the math for a 4000-year-rule makes sense (provided nothing unexpected happens to our orbit for the next two millenia) but it is not an official calendar rule.
Plenty of links contradict each other. Here are two:
http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mleapyr.html (http://\"http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mleapyr.html\")
http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/leapyear.htm#2000 (http://\"http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/leapyear.htm#2000\")
For the record, this makes it an absolutely terrible Millionaire question, since the "right" answer is questionable at best.
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As we've already established, if you go back and read my post.
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Oct 16 2005, 03:27 PM\']As we've already established, if you go back and read my post.
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Just for the record, I wanna make sure Who knows that I wasn't knocking his question, I was just curious as to whether something official existed, because that had never been part of the rule as I knew it. Heck, Cecil Adams's say-so is usually more than good enough for me, so I would have taken Straight Dope as gospel, too. :)
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Oct 16 2005, 04:11 PM\']Just for the record, I wanna make sure Who knows that I wasn't knocking his question, I was just curious as to whether something official existed, because that had never been part of the rule as I knew it. Heck, Cecil Adams's say-so is usually more than good enough for me, so I would have taken Straight Dope as gospel, too. :)
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Understood. And you were right. The rule never existed officially. Therefore, the correct answers were A and C, so the question is, indeed, no good. :)
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Oct 16 2005, 07:11 PM\']Heck, Cecil Adams's say-so is usually more than good enough for me, so I would have taken Straight Dope as gospel, too. :)[/quote]
Sorta like the IMDB, Straight Dope is usually right, but I hardly ever use it as an authenticating source when I'm researching material. Cecil's little empire has gotten so big that he's got a team looking things up for him, and there can be cracks in the system.
BTW, my apologies to whoserman for not catching that he'd already trashed his own question. This silly thread's up to 74 pages, and I've lost track of who's said what.
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Apology accepted, Matt.
Yeah, this thread is pretty long, but I think it's a good thread.
See what you think of this one...
Held at the Horseshoe Casino in Las Vegas in 1970, who was the champion of the first World Series of Poker?
A: Johnny Moss
B: Doyle Brunson
C: "Amarillo Slim" Preston
D: Nick "The Greek" Dandalos
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Oct 16 2005, 06:14 PM\']Held at the Horseshoe Casino in Las Vegas in 1970, who was the champion of the first World Series of Poker?
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Interesting question. Easy Google (first hit for "1970 wsop champion", in fact), but it's safe to assume that you wouldn't have a PAF by the time you got to the big one. I'm not sure how much reasoning it out you can really do, though. Certainly no worse a MDQ than asking who won the first Heavy Metal Grammy. (Which you not only couldn't really reason out, you would prolly screw yourself if you did.)
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Here's one for you Shakespeare buffs...
In what Shakespearean play does a servant utter the line, "Holla, ho!"?
A: Romeo and Juliet
B: Taming of the Shrew
C: Richard III
D: Othello
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Whether or not I'd place it at a million bucks, that question fits the acid tests of what an upper level question is: it's amusing, I want to know what the answer is...on the other hand, my knowledge of Shakespeare isn't that great, so I'd walk away. I wonder if you could Phone-a-Search Engine and come up with anything.
Still better than most of the arcane stuff that is uninteresting.
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Just a side note, I noticed this thread is exactly two years old today (10/21). Happy birthday Millionaire questions thread!
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Two years old? Wow! I feel old...
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[quote name=\'Gus\' date=\'Oct 21 2005, 10:47 PM\']Just a side note, I noticed this thread is exactly two years old today (10/21). Happy birthday Millionaire questions thread!
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Speaking of GSF milestones, we're also over the 100,000 post mark here at the Invision board. (By definition, any discussion about the discussion board itself is automatically on-topic, right? :-) )
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Looks like 97,000 still.
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This one's for all ya sports buffs:
At the 1972 Olympics in Berlin, how many of Mark Spitz's seven gold medals were world record? Choices:
A) 1 B) 3 C) 5 D) 7
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[quote name=\'MillionaireMan\' date=\'Nov 2 2005, 08:48 PM\']At the 1972 Olympics in Berlin, how many of Mark Spitz's seven gold medals were world record? Choices:
A) 1 B) 3 C) 5 D) 7
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Nov 2 2005, 08:09 PM\']Wait...what? I'm not sure I understand.
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He's asking how many times Spitz set world records in the finals of the events he won his seven gold medals in.
(At least, I hope he is. If he cites a record set during a preliminary heat, it will cement his Mah-rone Du Jour.)
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Actually, the 1972 Olympics were in Munich, not Berlim. The answere was D. I thought I remember seeing that question on my Millionaire Sports Edition CD-ROM from a few years ago.
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The answer to the Mark Spitz question was all 7, wasn't it?
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[quote name=\'Craig Karlberg\' date=\'Nov 3 2005, 04:04 AM\']Actually, the 1972 Olympics were in Munich, not Berlim. The answere was D. I thought I remember seeing that question on my Millionaire Sports Edition CD-ROM from a few years ago.
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Good catch. Now you need a spell-checker and a visit from the grammar police and you'll be all set. :)
Doug -- and the countdown to 1600 continues
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[quote name=\'SRIV94\' date=\'Nov 3 2005, 10:51 AM\'][quote name=\'Craig Karlberg\' date=\'Nov 3 2005, 04:04 AM\']Actually, the 1972 Olympics were in Munich, not Berlim. The answere was D. I thought I remember seeing that question on my Millionaire Sports Edition CD-ROM from a few years ago.
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Good catch. Now you need a spell-checker and a visit from the grammar police and you'll be all set. :)
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Okay, I may have came up with the wrong city in my original question. Yes, it's all seven medals.
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For all ya music lovers, here's another stumper:
What is Motown legend Smokey Robinson's real first name?
A) James B) William C) Michael D) Jermaine
No cheating, Doug!
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[quote name=\'MillionaireMan\' date=\'Nov 3 2005, 07:24 PM\']For all ya music lovers, here's another stumper:
What is Motown legend Smokey Robinson's real first name?
A) James B) William C) Michael D) Jermaine
No cheating, Doug!
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Where and how did Doug cheat before? I don't see anything.
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[quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'Nov 3 2005, 07:09 PM\'][quote name=\'MillionaireMan\' date=\'Nov 3 2005, 07:24 PM\']For all ya music lovers, here's another stumper:
What is Motown legend Smokey Robinson's real first name?
A) James B) William C) Michael D) Jermaine
No cheating, Doug!
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Where and how did Doug cheat before? I don't see anything.
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Doug tried to google things up. That's for sure, Aaron.
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[quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'Nov 3 2005, 07:09 PM\'][quote name=\'MillionaireMan\' date=\'Nov 3 2005, 07:24 PM\']No cheating, Doug!
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Where and how did Doug cheat before? I don't see anything.
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If he's referring to me (there are a couple of other Dougs on here), I know this one without looking it up.
"B"--William, final.
And if he is referring to me, WTH is he talking about?
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[quote name=\'SRIV94\' date=\'Nov 3 2005, 07:40 PM\'][quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'Nov 3 2005, 07:09 PM\'][quote name=\'MillionaireMan\' date=\'Nov 3 2005, 07:24 PM\']No cheating, Doug!
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Where and how did Doug cheat before? I don't see anything.
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If he's referring to me (there are a couple of other Dougs on here), I know this one without looking it up.
"B"--William, final.
And if he is referring to me, WTH is he talking about?
Yes, it's you SRIV. I think you were googling on some of my stumpers. Yes, B is correct.
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Fixing the quote since we know he won't...
[quote name=\'MillionaireMan\' date=\'Nov 3 2005, 08:50 PM\']Yes, it's you SRIV. I think you were googling on some of my stumpers. Yes, B is correct.
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The fact that you thought he was googling does not mean that he was.
Here's what may be a helpful hint: the last person who routinely made accusations without evidence to back them up was subsequently banned from this forum. You might want to avoid being the next one.
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[quote name=\'dzinkin\' date=\'Nov 3 2005, 10:12 PM\']Here's what may be a helpful hint: the last person who routinely made accusations without evidence to back them up was subsequently banned from this forum. You might want to avoid being the next one.
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But...but...he's the Millionaire recapper! If he's banned, then who will do the recaps?
(other than Zach)
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[quote name=\'MillionaireMan\' date=\'Nov 3 2005, 08:15 PM\']Doug tried to google things up. That's for sure, Aaron.
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Who the hell cares if he did? This is a friggin' internet message board for Pete's sake; not the actual show. Even if Doug did Google it; and there's no doubt in my mind that he did not, what the hell do you plan to do about it? Call the police? ABC S&P? Bill Gates?
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Besides, some of us believe that these questions SHOULD be googled to test their validity.
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Try this:
Where is the video arcade game Lethal Enforcers set in?
A) New York B) Las Vegas C) Boston D) Chicago
Have any of you guys played this arcade game before? If so, please let me know about your experience (you may include what levels you are at).
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Here's a question......As always, I leave it up to you to come up with the dollar level.
Which TV show aired in color from its inception, with the intention to show off the capabilities of a color TV set?
A) Gunsmoke
B) Hazel
C) Beverly Hillbillies
D) Bonanza
I don't give two toots if you google, mamma, slice, dice, or julienne to find the answer.
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Which TV show aired in color from its inception, with the intention to show off the capabilities of a color TV set?
A) Gunsmoke
B) Hazel
C) Beverly Hillbillies
D) Bonanza
Maybe it's a little unfair of me to offer an answer because, like Aaron, I'm a fellow TVGuide collector :)
It was "Bonanza", which was in color on NBC right from its 1959 debut. The other shows were originally in black and white. "Hazel" switched to color in the early '60s though, several years ahead of the other two.
It's amazing looking at those old TVGuides, and seeing that most NBC daytime game shows were in color back then as well. Must have been expensive to produce so much color before it became more common.
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[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' date=\'Nov 4 2005, 09:59 AM\']
Which TV show aired in color from its inception, with the intention to show off the capabilities of a color TV set?
A) Gunsmoke
B) Hazel
C) Beverly Hillbillies
D) Bonanza
Maybe it's a little unfair of me to offer an answer because, like Aaron, I'm a fellow TVGuide collector :)[/quote]
Well, some of us just know it because of the show's place in history.
This, to me, is a good high-level question because it's a fact not many people know, yet they've heard of all the shows. You might be able to narrow it down based on memories of seeing B&W episodes of some of the programs, or is your mind playing tricks on you? Of the four choices, Hazel is pretty obscure and doesn't make a lot of sense as a choice (why Hazel, of all things, to "show off" new technology?) so as an editor I'd replace that option with something a little beter known, but otherwise I like it.
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[quote name=\'Modor\' date=\'Nov 3 2005, 10:12 PM\'][quote name=\'MillionaireMan\' date=\'Nov 3 2005, 08:15 PM\']Doug tried to google things up. That's for sure, Aaron.
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Who the hell cares if he did? This is a friggin' internet message board for Pete's sake; not the actual show. Even if Doug did Google it; and there's no doubt in my mind that he did not, what the hell do you plan to do about it? Call the police? ABC S&P? Bill Gates?
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Seems like I have to come clean so that there's no misunderstanding.
MM is correct that on the Winter Sonata question I did Google up the answer. Since others (Mark O. and Kevin among them, not trying to slight anyone else) have tested questions on whether or not they are easily findable on Google (so if someone has a Phone A Friend lifeline left and that PAF has an Internet connection handy, that question becomes much more solveable), I figured there'd be no harm in letting him know as such. Obviously, someone without that PAF lifeline wouldn't be able to potentially utilize that same advantage.
Since MM seemingly doesn't know that I'm a huge pop music collector (which he might have had he read my "Let's Meet Our Players" post), he wouldn't have known that I wouldn't have had to cheat to get the William "Smokey" Robinson question correct. And most (not all) pop music questions I would prolly be able to answer with ease (ironically enough, the more contemporary the act, the harder the question would be for me to solve--but I still have some familiarity with today's "artists").
Not that I'm trotting out the "Woe is me" card, but singling me out for Googling when others have clearly done it seems a little chintzy.
There. I feel better.
Doug -- and the countdown to 1600 continues
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[quote name=\'SRIV94\' date=\'Nov 4 2005, 07:24 AM\']Not that I'm trotting out the "Woe is me" card, but singling me out for Googling when others have clearly done it seems a little chintzy.
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You have nothing to apologize for. What you said was 100% truth. Truthtastic, if I may Stephen Colbert.
This dude is rapidly approaching goomba status. I wouldn't be worrying about any opinions formed about you based on anything he says.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Nov 4 2005, 10:38 AM\'][quote name=\'SRIV94\' date=\'Nov 4 2005, 07:24 AM\']Not that I'm trotting out the "Woe is me" card, but singling me out for Googling when others have clearly done it seems a little chintzy.
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You have nothing to apologize for. What you said was 100% truth. Truthtastic, if I may Stephen Colbert.
This dude is rapidly approaching goomba status. I wouldn't be worrying about any opinions formed about you based on anything he says.
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And besides, in my mind, Smokey Robinson's real first name is more middle-of-the-stack level than the million. Enough Boomers have probably heard it more than once, particularly if they had DJs like Barney Pip (?) in Chicago who always introduced Miracles records as being by "Smokey Bill and the Miracles."
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[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' date=\'Nov 4 2005, 08:59 AM\']
Maybe it's a little unfair of me to offer an answer because, like Aaron, I'm a fellow TVGuide collector :)
It was "Bonanza", which was in color on NBC right from its 1959 debut. The other shows were originally in black and white. "Hazel" switched to color in the early '60s though, several years ahead of the other two.
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Yeah, I wasn't looking for YOU to answer. You referenced your old TV Guides, and that's cheating!! Just kidding. :)
Seriously, though, Hazel may be a crappy choice..The only reason I put it down was that I found it odd that it colorcasted as early as 1962 or 1963....And the episodes that I remember seeing of it on CBN seemed like it really, REALLY looked bad in color as well..
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Bonanza was in color in 1959? How many other shows were done in color in the 1950s? This could be good MDQ material.
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Bonanza was in color in 1959? How many other shows were done in color in the 1950s? This could be good MDQ material.
Not sure of the exact number without a little research, but you could bet that most of them were on NBC!
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Nov 4 2005, 04:11 PM\']Bonanza was in color in 1959? How many other shows were done in color in the 1950s? This could be good MDQ material.
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"Howdy Doody" did some occasional experimental colorcasting in the '50s before it went permanent color in 1955.
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[quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'Nov 4 2005, 02:26 PM\']"Howdy Doody" did some occasional experimental colorcasting in the '50s before it went permanent color in 1955.
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1955? Wow. I keep forgetting that the TV is older than most people think.
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Nov 4 2005, 02:33 PM\']1955? Wow. I keep forgetting that the TV is older than most people think.[/quote]
1955?!? And all these years I thought the Earth was formed in 1962...
:-p
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[quote name=\'Steve McClellan\' date=\'Nov 4 2005, 05:36 PM\'][quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Nov 4 2005, 02:33 PM\']1955? Wow. I keep forgetting that the TV is older than most people think.[/quote]
1955?!? And all these years I thought the Earth was formed in 1962...
:-p
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That's silly. Everyone knows that the earth was formed in 1895.
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The Matterhorn Mountain at Disneyland contains which of the following on the inside?
A: A basketball court
B: A swimming pool
C: A putting green
D: A boxing ring
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Nov 30 2005, 04:56 PM\']The Matterhorn Mountain at Disneyland contains which of the following on the inside?
A: A basketball court
B: A swimming pool
C: A putting green
D: A boxing ring
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While interesting trivia (and I would be thrilled to see it as my MDQ, since I know it), it's a bad question, and I'll tell you why: There's no way at all to reason it out. Save for maybe the swimming pool (and even that's plausible, considering that there is water used to brake the ride at the end), you can't take any of the other three and go "Hmm, yeah, that wouldn't be there, and that MIGHT be, and no WAY would that be, so it must be this or that." You either know it (and if you're a Disney geek (which I'm not, but I know folks who are) it's easy) or you don't.
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The story behind is interesting too. Some kind of city ordinance where Disneyland is (Anaheim) stated that "No building may be xxx feet high unless it is a sports complex". So; some believe that in order to bypass that ordinance, they built a basketball court. (I believe I read this on Snopes).
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[quote name=\'Modor\' date=\'Nov 30 2005, 05:35 PM\']The story behind is interesting too. [...] some believe that in order to bypass that ordinance, they built a basketball court. (I believe I read this on Snopes).[/quote]
And if you'd bothered to do the obvious research, you would see that Snopes thoroughly debunks (http://\"http://www.snopes.com/disney/parks/matterho.asp\") that story.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Nov 30 2005, 08:02 PM\']While interesting trivia (and I would be thrilled to see it as my MDQ, since I know it), it's a bad question, and I'll tell you why: There's no way at all to reason it out.[/quote]
Not that I'm necessarily disagreeing with you, but you must consider a lot of the actual high-level Millionaire questions to be bad, then.
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Something interesting I learned in history today...
Nicolaus Copernicus' theory of a sun-centered universe was largely influenced by the number theories of what mathematician?
A: Ptolemy
B: Johannes Kepler
C: Pythagoras
D: Blaise Pascal
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Dec 1 2005, 09:37 PM\']Something interesting I learned in history today...
Nicolaus Copernicus' theory of a sun-centered universe was largely influenced by the number theories of what mathematician?
A: Ptolemy
B: Johannes Kepler
C: Pythagoras
D: Blaise Pascal
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Well, unless my personal historical timeline is totally bass-ackwards, I'd instantly throw out Kepler and Pascal for being after Copernicus. That in itself kills it as a MDQ.
*does some quick Googling*
Yeah, those two are instantly out. I'd personally be inclined to say Ptolemy, because the question seems to overly emphasize math. That would throw anyone without a clue toward Pythagoras simply because everyone's heard of him.
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It is indeed Pythagoras.
Is Kepler really that far after Copernicus? *checks* I see your point. -.-
Kepler used his own number theories to positively prove Copernicus' theory. I thought that would make it a good trick answer. I didn't realize it was nearly 100 years later.
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This one may be considered too easy, but...
Which one of these men is famous for saying that television was nothing but "a vast wasteland?"
A. David Sarnoff
B. Newton Minow
C. William Paley
D. Arthur Nielsen
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A similar question was worth $250,000 in March 2000. It instead asked what Newton Minnow's "vast wasteland" was.
Damn. I better put the Horanstones down...
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Dec 2 2005, 11:30 PM\']A similar question was worth $250,000 in March 2000. It instead asked what Newton Minnow's "vast wasteland" was.
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TV's being called a "vast wasteland" was the subject of a clue on the 12/2/05 episode of J!, too.
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[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Dec 3 2005, 07:41 AM\'][quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Dec 2 2005, 11:30 PM\']A similar question was worth $250,000 in March 2000. It instead asked what Newton Minnow's "vast wasteland" was.
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TV's being called a "vast wasteland" was the subject of a clue on the 12/2/05 episode of J!, too.
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So, in other words, they mentioned it on J! yesterday?
Don't answer that, it's a JOKE.
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[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Dec 3 2005, 07:41 AM\']TV's being called a "vast wasteland" was the subject of a clue on the 12/2/05 episode of J!, too.
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And? Stop flaunting.
Brandon Brooks
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Farmstead golf course, which features a rare par-6 hole that crosses state borders, is mostly located in what state?
A: North Carolina
B: Virginia
C: South Carolina
D: Georgia
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The land on which Hollywood's famous Grauman's Chinese Theater sits was donated to Sid Grauman by what early film star?
A) Ramon Novarro
B) Francis X. Bushman
C) Douglas Fairbanks Sr.
D) Rudolph Valentino
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This seems like what could be a decent question. It even googles poorly.
May I rephrase it just a little?
The site of Hollywood's famous Grauman's Chinese Theater was donated to founder Sid Grauman by whom?
A: Ramon Novarro
B: Francis Xavier Bushman
C: Douglas Fairbanks Sr.
D: Rudolph Valentino
I just reworded to make the question a little clearer, and I think people would be more likely to recognize Francis Xavier Bushman rather than Francis X. Bushman. I could be horribly wrong though. I'm only tenuously familiar with these names myself.
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Another golf question:
In golf, scoring four under par on one hole is known by what name?
A: Falcon
B: Condor
C: Albatross
D: Peacock
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Dec 10 2005, 01:51 PM\']In golf, scoring four under par on one hole is known by what name?
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They ought to call it a "Tiger", since he's about the only one on the planet with a snowball's chance of hell in aceing a Par 5. :)
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Dec 10 2005, 03:24 PM\'][quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Dec 10 2005, 01:51 PM\']In golf, scoring four under par on one hole is known by what name?
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They ought to call it a "Tiger", since he's about the only one on the planet with a snowball's chance of hell in aceing a Par 5. :)
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Then damn it, they better start calling 10 over par a "Kevin." :)
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On what would you find a "Tachymeter"?
a. Automobile Dashboard
b. Wristwatch
c. Stereo System
d. Space Shuttle
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[quote name=\'musicman\' date=\'Dec 11 2005, 01:34 AM\']On what would you find a "Tachymeter"?
a. Automobile Dashboard
b. Wristwatch
c. Stereo System
d. Space Shuttle
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Search turned up B...you did mean "tachymeter" and not "tachometer," right?
(Sorry for the nitpick...I don't want musicman to blow a gasket if he meant one thing and was proven wrong.)
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[quote name=\'PYLdude\' date=\'Dec 11 2005, 12:36 AM\']Search turned up B...you did mean "tachymeter" and not "tachometer," right?
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Correct. t-a-c-h-Y-m-e-t-e-r
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[quote name=\'musicman\' date=\'Dec 11 2005, 01:45 AM\'][quote name=\'PYLdude\' date=\'Dec 11 2005, 12:36 AM\']Search turned up B...you did mean "tachymeter" and not "tachometer," right?
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Correct. t-a-c-h-Y-m-e-t-e-r
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Okay, then, B is the correct answer. Clarification appreciated.
In the meantime, here's one from me:
Which of these NFL quarterbacks did not start for the Washington Redskins in a Super Bowl?
A. Jay Schroeder
B. Mark Rypien
C. Doug Williams
D. Joe Theismann
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Dec 10 2005, 05:34 PM\']I just reworded to make the question a little clearer, and I think people would be more likely to recognize Francis Xavier Bushman rather than Francis X. Bushman. [/quote]
I like the question too, and I like your rewording of it, but I'd always known the name as Francis X. Bushman, so I'd leave that alone.
The Redskins question is the best of this latest lot, though, because it gives you four plausible answers and refers to a major sporting event that everyone's heard of. I also don't see how you Google it without having a LOT more than thirty seconds to figure out the right phrase.
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The only problem is, Matt, that if you're like me, (i.e. not a football buff,) you'll look at those four names and think, "Who the hell are these guys?"
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And sometimes Million Dollar Questions are like that. (Come on, you at least recognize Theismann, don't you? Just thinking about that video clip I have of that play...ow.)
Obviously, it would be great if every MDQ was an interesting topic, graspable choices, and will make the contestant hem and haw for a couple of minutes before deciding to play or not. The four of 'em on the daily version have managed to do the opposite, but it's not like I can blame them.
I would think that the only requirement for a MDQ is that it be really, really hard. And even the primetime show managed to miss the boat a few times on that note.
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Not sure on the Farmstead questilon but I do believe a -4 score in one hole(outside od a Hole-In-One on a par 5) is a falcon. Albitross is a -3. The only way to truly get a falcon without a HIO is at that par-6 Farmstead, wherever that is.
As far as the Redskins question, I'm thinking A because I don't remember Jay Schreader QBing a Redskins team. If they didn't go to the Super Bowl with him, so be it.
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[quote name=\'PYLdude\' date=\'Dec 11 2005, 12:57 AM\']In the meantime, here's one from me:
Which of these NFL quarterbacks did not start for the Washington Redskins in a Super Bowl?
A. Jay Schroeder
B. Mark Rypien
C. Doug Williams
D. Joe Theismann
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I wouldn't go with this if I were in the Hot Seat, but I wanna say it was Doug. Didn't he actually take over later in that game?
Only thing is, that was the Super Bowl with the infamous "How long have you been a black QB?" question (which was misinterpreted; the question was something about how did it feel for him to be the first black QB to win").
EDIT: Enough rambling, I meant C, not B.
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Dec 11 2005, 12:27 PM\']Enough rambling, I say B.[/quote]
Rypien started for the Redskins in their last Super Bowl win, XXVI.
Was Jay Schroeder ever with the Redskins? I remember him QBing the Raiders in the 80s and early 90s...
Edit: This site (http://\"http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/SchrJa00.htm\") says Schroeder was with the 'skins from 1985 to 1987.
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Dec 11 2005, 03:15 AM\']The only problem is, Matt, that if you're like me, (i.e. not a football buff,) you'll look at those four names and think, "Who the hell are these guys?"[/quote]
But that's true of absolutely any question anybody writes. If it's in a field you don't know, it's going to look like it's in a foreign language. Super Bowl quarterbacks is fair game with a million dollars on the line. (In the spirit of full disclosure, I only recognized the names of three of the quarterbacks.)
The hardest thing to do when you're writing questions is to remove your own personal biases when it comes to judging their difficulty. That's why we noticed that, as an entire writing staff, the original Millionaire badly misjudged the difficulty of their science questions (they were too easy) and their literature questions (usually too hard).
Slightly OT: Because of my visibility in town, I'm often requested on the spot to ask somebody a trivia question. If there's a small group, my absolute favorite is, "What's the last word of the Pledge of Allegiance?" The reason being it's the closest thing I've found to a universal question that everybody knows where the answer doesn't immediately spring to mind. I've had first graders beat thirtysomethigs to the right answer.
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[quote name=\'hmtriplecrown\' date=\'Dec 11 2005, 01:18 PM\'][quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Dec 11 2005, 12:27 PM\']Enough rambling, I say B.[/quote]
Rypien started for the Redskins in their last Super Bowl win, XXVI.
Was Jay Schroeder ever with the Redskins? I remember him QBing the Raiders in the 80s and early 90s...
Edit: This site (http://\"http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/SchrJa00.htm\") says Schroeder was with the 'skins from 1985 to 1987.
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That's what I get for not reading the answers...I meant to pick C. Doug Williams...now I'll edit my post. :-P
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[quote name=\'Craig Karlberg\' date=\'Dec 11 2005, 01:25 AM\']Not sure on the Farmstead questilon but I do believe a -4 score in one hole(outside od a Hole-In-One on a par 5) is a falcon. Albitross is a -3. The only way to truly get a falcon without a HIO is at that par-6 Farmstead, wherever that is.
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I'll tell you that Falcon would've been my guess too, but 4 under is indeed known as a Condor in golf.
There is documented evidence of it happening only once in the history of golf. The hole had a heavy dogleg and no trees, allowing the golfer to hit the ball over the out-of-bounds area straight to the green.
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[quote name=\'musicman\' date=\'Dec 11 2005, 12:36 AM\']On what would you find a "Tachymeter"?
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In that sense, I think most people could automatically throw out A...and if the 50-50 came up, and left just A and B?
Bad question.
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[quote name=\'Modor\' date=\'Dec 11 2005, 07:58 PM\'][quote name=\'PYLdude\' date=\'Dec 11 2005, 12:36 AM\']On what would you find a "Tachymeter"?
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In that sense, I think most people could automatically throw out A...and if the 50-50 came up, and left just A and B?
Bad question.
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Perhaps switch out the A answer then.
I think it's a good question. You can reason through it if you're savvy enough.
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Not at all a bad question. Easy for many of us, but since all four have "meters" on them of some sort, I could see it missing someone.
Oh, and Mark: Get laid. We're begging you.
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I'm not convinced the "tachymeter" question is that great. Google-fu turns up that it's a three-dimensional compass, of sorts. It's very possible that two answers could be correct, or even more (perhaps you have a really bad-ass wristwatch or something). Too many potential right answers.
A better question would be "A tachymeter is used to measure what?" You still have to know what it is and does, but that's all.
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Dec 11 2005, 01:20 PM\']If there's a small group, my absolute favorite is, "What's the last word of the Pledge of Allegiance?" The reason being it's the closest thing I've found to a universal question that everybody knows where the answer doesn't immediately spring to mind. I've had first graders beat thirtysomethigs to the right answer.[/quote]
I read that, and *almost* blurted out "brave". I then had to say the whole thing in my head really fast. Bad contestant, no biscuit.
Re: tachymeter: I got it right, but for (apparently) the wrong reason. I played fast and loose with the "tachy" portion, went to tachyons being hypothetical particles needed for time travel, and went from there to a wristwatch.
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Dec 11 2005, 10:04 PM\'][quote name=\'Modor\' date=\'Dec 11 2005, 07:58 PM\'][quote name=\'PYLdude\' date=\'Dec 11 2005, 12:36 AM\']On what would you find a "Tachymeter"?
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In that sense, I think most people could automatically throw out A...and if the 50-50 came up, and left just A and B?
Bad question.
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Perhaps switch out the A answer then.
I think it's a good question. You can reason through it if you're savvy enough.
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Okay... so it's not a $1,000,000 question. ($64,000 maybe)
Is there another place a tachymeter is besides a watch?
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How about this:
What was the first No. 1 Hot 100 single not to be available on a 7-inch vinyl record?
A. Listen To Your Heart
B. Blame It On The Rain
C. Unbelievable
D. Ice Ice Baby
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[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' date=\'Dec 13 2005, 07:48 AM\']How about this:
What was the first No. 1 Hot 100 single not to be available on a 7-inch vinyl record?
A. Listen To Your Heart
B. Blame It On The Rain
C. Unbelievable
D. Ice Ice Baby
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I see two potential problems with this question:
1) I'd throw in the phrase "commercially available," as there were probably still jukebox 45s being pressed.
2) More importantly, there are at least three Top-40 charted singles with the title "Unbelievable," so without the artist included, it's unclear as to which one you're referring.
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Here's one. Easy for some, maybe not so easy for others. I leave it up to you to determine the dollar amount.
What company was originally involved in the Sony Playstation, but dropped out?
A. Sega
B. Atari
C. Nintendo
D. Mattel
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[quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'Dec 13 2005, 10:22 AM\']What company was originally involved in the Sony Playstation, but dropped out?
A. Sega
B. Atari
C. Nintendo
D. Mattel
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I seem to recall that would be Sega; but then they switched courses and wen to making the (lovely?) Dreamcast.
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[quote name=\'Modor\' date=\'Dec 13 2005, 12:14 PM\']I seem to recall that would be Sega; but then they switched courses and wen to making the (lovely?) Dreamcast.
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You are, I am fairly sure, t3h m4d wr0ng.
And the Dreamcast was a GREAT system that just didn't have a prayer in hell against Sony and Nintendo's market share at the time.
(The ridiculous ease in pirating games didn't help either. :))
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Dec 10 2005, 04:34 PM\']This seems like what could be a decent question. It even googles poorly.
May I rephrase it just a little?
The site of Hollywood's famous Grauman's Chinese Theater was donated to founder Sid Grauman by whom?
A: Ramon Novarro
B: Francis Xavier Bushman
C: Douglas Fairbanks Sr.
D: Rudolph Valentino
I just reworded to make the question a little clearer, and I think people would be more likely to recognize Francis Xavier Bushman rather than Francis X. Bushman. I could be horribly wrong though. I'm only tenuously familiar with these names myself.
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On his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and on the plaque placed on a remote wall surrounding Grauman's, he is listed as Francis X. Bushman, which is why I wrote it as such. The re-wording, though, is well put. Think it's $1M? worthy?
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[quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'Dec 13 2005, 10:22 AM\']Here's one. Easy for some, maybe not so easy for others. I leave it up to you to determine the dollar amount.
What company was originally involved in the Sony Playstation, but dropped out?
A. Sega
B. Atari
C. Nintendo
D. Mattel
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It was Nintendo, and their betrayal of Sony wound up costing them their industry mountaintop.
ObGameShows: The PSX version of Weakest Link, the only version of the game released for a U.S. console, can be found at many FuncoLand/Babbages/GameStop stores for under $4.
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[quote name=\'CountdownRound\' date=\'Dec 13 2005, 04:25 PM\']On his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and on the plaque placed on a remote wall surrounding Grauman's, he is listed as Francis X. Bushman, which is why I wrote it as such. The re-wording, though, is well put. Think it's $1M? worthy?
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Ok, I stand corrected on the Bushman thing. As I said, I'm not entirely familiar with him.
I'd say $250k or $500k just because it's a little on the arcane side, but who am I to judge?
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[quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'Dec 13 2005, 11:22 AM\']Here's one. Easy for some, maybe not so easy for others. I leave it up to you to determine the dollar amount.
What company was originally involved in the Sony Playstation, but dropped out?
A. Sega
B. Atari
C. Nintendo
D. Mattel
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Technicality flag!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo#1990.E2.80.931995 (http://\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo#1990.E2.80.931995\")
Sony was signed on to produce a disk drive for the SNES, then Nintendo ended the contract and went to Phillips instead. Sony then decided to put all their work to good use... and the rest is history. It was a Nintendo system that Sony was involved with, not the other way around.
I think it'd be an interesting question if reworded, possibly even an MDQ with the right set of answers. If I didn't know, I'd throw out Mattel. If it were my question, I'd replace with a technology company like Phillips.
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[quote name=\'Speedy G\' date=\'Dec 13 2005, 11:36 PM\']Technicality flag!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo#1990.E2.80.931995 (http://\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo#1990.E2.80.931995\")
Sony was signed on to produce a disk drive for the SNES, then Nintendo ended the contract and went to Phillips instead. Sony then decided to put all their work to good use... and the rest is history. It was a Nintendo system that Sony was involved with, not the other way around.
I think it'd be an interesting question if reworded, possibly even an MDQ with the right set of answers. If I didn't know, I'd throw out Mattel. If it were my question, I'd replace with a technology company like Phillips.
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LOL...I love "technicality flags". Thanks for the suggestions on rewording it; this is another reason why I like to post questions, so I can see how they would be better worded and with better choices.
I'll toss out another one......I've been a video game lover since the age of 4 or 5 (although I admit a hankering for the classics....I get motion sick easily with a lot of today's games) and the history and stories behind them are so interesting. Anyway......
What is the last name of the brothers Mario and Luigi of Nintendo fame?
A. Fratelli
B. Mario
C. Amato
D. Spinelli
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What is the last name of the brothers Mario and Luigi of Nintendo fame?
A. Fratelli
B. Mario
C. Amato
D. Spinelli
I can't recall where I read it, but if you look at the early game titles it makes sense: the stars of the Mario Brothers series have the last name Mario.
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[quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'Dec 14 2005, 10:16 AM\']What is the last name of the brothers Mario and Luigi of Nintendo fame?
A. Fratelli
B. Mario
C. Amato
D. Spinelli
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Bad question, simply because there are so many conflicting stories about how the whole Mario name came about in the first place (remember, in the original Donkey Kong he was known simply as "Jumpman"; no official use of the name "Mario" was implemented until Donkey Kong Junior), that there is just no way you are going to get solid confirmation that one is really "right".
Now, if you want to say "According to the children's television series...", then you have a verifiable question, but I don't think it's nearly as interesting.
(Mind you, as a fellow lover of video games, I appreciate the effort, but this is just one can of worms you shouldn't even try to open. :))
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Okay, here's one that will either make you scratch your head or hang me from a tree. Here we go.
In the video games Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World, which of these boss characters was not named for a musician or singer?
A. Roy Koopa
B. Larry Koopa
C. Lemmy Koopa
D. Iggy Koopa
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[quote name=\'PYLdude\' date=\'Dec 14 2005, 11:04 AM\']Okay, here's one that will either make you scratch your head or hang me from a tree. Here we go.
In the video games Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World, which of these boss characters was not named for a musician or singer?
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And I'm guessing that the sole verifiable source for this information would either be in the SMB3 or SMW user manuals, which I would wager at least a solid half of the people who OWN the game, never mind those who have PLAYED it, have never read. So I'm not sure why this is an interesting question.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Dec 14 2005, 03:21 PM\'][quote name=\'PYLdude\' date=\'Dec 14 2005, 11:04 AM\']Okay, here's one that will either make you scratch your head or hang me from a tree. Here we go.
In the video games Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World, which of these boss characters was not named for a musician or singer?
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And I'm guessing that the sole verifiable source for this information would either be in the SMB3 or SMW user manuals, which I would wager at least a solid half of the people who OWN the game, never mind those who have PLAYED it, have never read. So I'm not sure why this is an interesting question.
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Didn't say it was necessarily interesting...I just threw it out there for the sake of throwing it out. In retrospect, probably shouldn't have. So I'll put another one out there.
In 1856, who became the first modern Republican Party candidate for President of the United States?
A. Thaddeus Stevens
B. Charles Sumner
C. Abraham Lincoln
D. John C. Fremont
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[quote name=\'PYLdude\' date=\'Dec 14 2005, 02:33 PM\']In 1856, who became the first modern Republican Party candidate for President of the United States?
A. Thaddeus Stevens
B. Charles Sumner
C. Abraham Lincoln
D. John C. Fremont
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Well...I think a fair amount of people know that Lincoln was the first Republican president, but that wasn't until 1860. I want to say it was B, Charles Sumner.
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[quote name=\'PYLdude\' date=\'Dec 14 2005, 11:33 AM\']Didn't say it was necessarily interesting...I just threw it out there for the sake of throwing it out. In retrospect, probably shouldn't have.
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People seem to get sand in their private parts when I mention that something isn't "interesting". So let me qualify that.
By "interesting", in this case, I mean "worthy of consideration as a quality Millionaire question". This thread seems to be the tryout thread for a) people who fancy themselves question writers, and would like some feedback, and b) idiots who want their ego stroked or show off how much irrelevant trivia they know. (And, PYLdude, I'm not suggesting you're one or the other, nor am I suggesting you have sand in any orifice. :))
So when I say "that isn't interesting", I'm not saying it's not valid trivia, I'm simply saying I don't think it's the kind of thing you want as a Millionaire question, because it's not the kind of trivia that people at home say "Hmm. Lemme ponder that," about.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Dec 14 2005, 01:56 PM\']Now, if you want to say "According to the children's television series...", then you have a verifiable question, but I don't think it's nearly as interesting.[/quote]
Couldn't you say "according to their creator"? Or am I misremembering?
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[quote name=\'Robert Hutchinson\' date=\'Dec 14 2005, 03:44 PM\']Couldn't you say "according to their creator"? Or am I misremembering?
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You could, but the point is, over time, even Miyamoto has changed up his story a few times, more or less to suit whatever Nintendo was having him pimp at that particular moment. There simply is no solid irrefutable history to back up the question, unless you limit the question to one interpretation of the legend (by qualitfying the question with "According to Source X"), which then makes the question uninteresting.
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Hmmm, here's one for you're judgement:
Charles Taylor was a leader of what country?
A: Canada
B: Liberia
C: New Zealand
D: Jamaica
-Joe R.
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[quote name=\'JRaygor\' date=\'Dec 14 2005, 11:50 PM\']Hmmm, here's one for you're judgement:
Charles Taylor was a leader of what country?
A: Canada
B: Liberia
C: New Zealand
D: Jamaica
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This is preposterously easy for a million dollar question; the guy was in the news just about every day in 2003. It's also badly worded. Brevity is nice, but "a leader" could mean a lot of things. There's a philosopher from Canada named Charles Taylor who could be considered a political leader, for example. Finally, it's not all that interesting. Just a name and some countries, there's nothing to sit and solve. Either you know it (which is likely, as I said) or you don't.
Next?
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Dec 15 2005, 12:01 PM\']This is preposterously easy for a million dollar question; the guy was in the news just about every day in 2003. It's also badly worded. Brevity is nice, but "a leader" could mean a lot of things. There's a philosopher from Canada named Charles Taylor who could be considered a political leader, for example. Finally, it's not all that interesting. Just a name and some countries, there's nothing to sit and solve. Either you know it (which is likely, as I said) or you don't.
Next?
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I did not intend that to be a $1,000,000 question. I was curious where would be an approprate place to set this question? I was thinking for along the lines of $8000 or $16,000.
Or is this just for million dollar questions only? If so, I do appologize.
-Joe R.
(PS: I agree the wording is a bit off.)
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[quote name=\'JRaygor\' date=\'Dec 15 2005, 03:32 PM\']Or is this just for million dollar questions only? If so, I do appologize.
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I think we're trying to focus on the higher lever questions because they are more interesting.
Here's one for you...
On which of the following game shows do contestants rely on the process of circumlocution?
A: Wheel of Fortune
B: Card Sharks
C: The $25,000 Pyramid
D: Let's Make A Deal
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[quote name=\'JRaygor\' date=\'Dec 15 2005, 06:32 PM\']I did not intend that to be a $1,000,000 question. I was curious where would be an approprate place to set this question? I was thinking for along the lines of $8000 or $16,000.
Or is this just for million dollar questions only? If so, I do appologize.[/quote]
I thought that was the idea originally, and I'm still assuming (mistakenly so, it would appear) that any new question is being presented as a $1,000,000 question. I guess I don't see the point of discussing every multiple-choice question that comes to anyone's mind, although that's probably part of the reason this has become -- by far -- the biggest thread in our history. Sorry for being harsh, and you're exactly right. A straight-up, general-knowledge current events question like that would fit just fine at the $8000 or $16,000 level.
BTW, I'm curious: How many in the forum actually have experience writing quiz material professionally at some level? I can think of exactly five (myself included), but I'm assuming there must be more.
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Dec 15 2005, 05:30 PM\'][quote name=\'JRaygor\']Or is this just for million dollar questions only? If so, I do appologize.[/quote]
I thought that was the idea originally, and I'm still assuming (mistakenly so, it would appear) that any new question is being presented as a $1,000,000 question.
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Not mistaken. This is a thread to discuss potential high-level questions. Mainly MDQs.
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Dec 15 2005, 07:23 PM\']On which of the following game shows do contestants rely on the process of circumlocution?
A: Wheel of Fortune
B: Card Sharks
C: The $25,000 Pyramid
D: Let's Make A Deal[/quote]
C, final answer. Circumlocution is, IIRC, the act of not saying something directly.
(Contestants on answer A rely on the process of hyperlocution.)
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Dec 15 2005, 07:23 PM\']Here's one for you...
On which of the following game shows do contestants rely on the process of circumlocution?
A: Wheel of Fortune
B: Card Sharks
C: The $25,000 Pyramid
D: Let's Make A Deal
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I like this one. Robert already gave a definition and guess, but I could really see a contestant debating this one, esp. if they try to equate the "circum-" prefix to dealing with a Wheel (circumference). Almost one of those questions where there's a choice that's too obvious to be correct.
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I didn't say it before--I like the question, too. But then, I always liked the vocabulary questions on the actual show (I'm talking Regis-era here). They were very good about making the answer gettable for anyone who could figure out the etymology of the word.
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[quote name=\'Robert Hutchinson\' date=\'Dec 15 2005, 09:43 PM\']I didn't say it before--I like the question, too. But then, I always liked the vocabulary questions on the actual show (I'm talking Regis-era here). They were very good about making the answer gettable for anyone who could figure out the etymology of the word.
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One of my absolute favorite Millionaire questions of all time was the one that I saw on the syndie show over the summer that asked what the meter was of The Cat In The Hat. And we solved it in just that fashion.
/Anapestic tetrameter, for those of you scoring at home, or even if you're by yourself.
//The BEST question was the one that asked what the subject of the legislation was in "I'm Just A Bill".
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Dec 16 2005, 01:56 AM\']//The BEST question was the one that asked what the subject of the legislation was in "I'm Just A Bill".[/quote]
And again, what makes that such a great question is that the song is nearly universal -- two generations now have grown up with Schoolhouse Rock -- but the particular piece that the question covered was only on screen for a few seconds and not referred to specifially in the song. So it's tantalizing.
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posted by Matt:
BTW, I'm curious: How many in the forum actually have experience writing quiz material professionally at some level? I can think of exactly five (myself included), but I'm assuming there must be more.
Does teaching count? When I was in grad school, the trig classes had multiple-choice exams (go figure), so I liked to format my quizzes accordingly. I had questions like, "Which of these numbers could possibly be the sine of angle A in the diagram?" and "Which of these triangles could be solved using the Cosine Rule?"
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A yuletide question for everyone:
In the Burl Ives-narrated version of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, which reindeer is Rudolph's father?
A. Dasher
B. Dancer
C. Donner
D. Blitzen
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Oof. If I were to take a blind guess, I'd say Blitzen because he's the last of the 8 reindeer usually listed.
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I would think most people have seen the animated special over the years, and those that remember it remember that Donner is Rudy's pop.
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Hey I got a stumper
On the Tv series Bonanza, Micheal Landon's name was
A. HOSS
B. CANDY
C. HOP SING
D. LITTLE JOE
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[quote name=\'pocketchange2006\' date=\'Dec 26 2005, 05:20 PM\']Hey I got a stumper
On the Tv series Bonanza, Micheal Landon's name was
A. HOSS
B. CANDY
C. HOP SING
D. LITTLE JOE
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Hey, pocketchange, I don't mean to be snide, but this is a thread for upper-level questions. (answer is D, btw)
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[quote name=\'pocketchange2006\' date=\'Dec 26 2005, 01:20 PM\']Hey I got a stumper
On the Tv series Bonanza, Micheal Landon's name was
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Plus, it's not really a stumper, unless by "stumper" you mean "not really difficult in the least, like, at all".
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Well, maybe to you folks...if I was in the chair...I would have no clue whatsoever. To each their own, I guess.
(Side note: There are restaurant chains named both Bonanza and Ponderosa. Who wants to be the first to open up a restaurant with a game show title?)
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Welcome to Chez Peacock, where you must answer one question...Veal or No Veal.
*locks himself in the TTD'90 room*
btw: I knew the Little Joe question, and I've never seen a single episode of Bonanza.
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[quote name=\'Modor\' date=\'Dec 26 2005, 03:08 PM\']Well, maybe to you folks...if I was in the chair...I would have no clue whatsoever. To each their own, I guess.
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And this goes back to the "if it happened before I was born, it must be friggin' impossible" mentality that the Millionaire writers seem to have.
Sorry, man. Anyone with even a PASSING knowledge of television history ought to have this one. Anyone who was alive before 1970 or so should have it without question.
[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Dec 26 2005, 04:16 PM\']Welcome to Chez Peacock, where you must answer one question...Veal or No Veal.
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Well played, Kev. Well played.
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[quote name=\'Modor\' date=\'Dec 26 2005, 05:08 PM\'](Side note: There are restaurant chains named both Bonanza and Ponderosa. Who wants to be the first to open up a restaurant with a game show title?)
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Take the "The" out, and this (http://\"http://www.thehotpotato.com/english/english_default.htm\") could be a winner.
Sorry, that wasn't all that funi. :)
Doug
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For $1,000,000.00........
In what former Soviet republic was the first Soviet atomic bomb detonated in 1949?
a. KAZAKHSTAN
b. UKRAINE
c. KYRGYZSTAN
d. RUSSIA
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Mark, are you sure you want to be creating that kind of monster, with some of the folks on this board?
(I found a Pyramid restaurant in Nepal, of all places.)
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[quote name=\'Modor\' date=\'Dec 26 2005, 06:08 PM\']Well, maybe to you folks...if I was in the chair...I would have no clue whatsoever. To each their own, I guess.
(Side note: There are restaurant chains named both Bonanza and Ponderosa. Who wants to be the first to open up a restaurant with a game show title?)
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It really is "to each his own" because I thought tonight's Jeopardy was a gimme with the "states" category. Then my friend corrected me and said "Some people don't know that stuff" so I guess it's in the eye of the beholder. Seemed easy to me.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Dec 26 2005, 08:03 PM\']Sorry, man. Anyone with even a PASSING knowledge of television history ought to have this one. Anyone who was alive before 1970 or so should have it without question.
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Except I've never claimed to know television history. :) I'd more than likely have to take a lifeline on any question related to movies, classic television, and music...as I've never been too enamored with that kind of thing.
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[quote name=\'Modor\' date=\'Dec 27 2005, 01:26 AM\']Except I've never claimed to know television history. :) I'd more than likely have to take a lifeline on any question related to movies, classic television, and music...as I've never been too enamored with that kind of thing.
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You mean, there are things you DO like?
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Dec 27 2005, 10:34 AM\']You mean, there are things you DO like?
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Sure, I just don't want to be lumped in with Henke and be an "inbred redneck" for the second time in a week. ;)
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[quote name=\'musicman\' date=\'Dec 26 2005, 06:52 PM\']For $1,000,000.00........
In what former Soviet republic was the first Soviet atomic bomb detonated in 1949?
a. KAZAKHSTAN
b. UKRAINE
c. KYRGYZSTAN
d. RUSSIA
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I think I can eliminate Russia. For some reason, Ukraine jumps out at me. Am I right?
EDIT: Ooop. Googling "first soviet atomic bomb" shows me that I'm wrong. A, Kazakhstan, final answer.
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[quote name=\'Modor\' date=\'Dec 26 2005, 06:08 PM\'](Side note: There are restaurant chains named both Bonanza and Ponderosa.
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Oddly enough, there was a Bonanza in Huntsville, AL that, after several years, changed into a Ponderosa. Parenthetically, it closed after less than a year as Ponderosa and is now a FedEx Kinkos.
ObGameShow: Press Your Luck may or may not suck;), but it's 10X better than Deal or No Deal at any rate
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[quote name=\'Tony\' date=\'Dec 27 2005, 03:51 PM\']Oddly enough, there was a Bonanza in Huntsville, AL that, after several years, changed into a Ponderosa. Parenthetically, it closed after less than a year as Ponderosa and is now a FedEx Kinkos.
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Don't know when that happened...but they are now under one company, called MetroMedia Restaurants. Odd indeed.
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[quote name=\'Modor\' date=\'Dec 27 2005, 03:04 PM\']Don't know when that happened...but they are now under one company, called MetroMedia Restaurants. Odd indeed.
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And then one of these days Rupert Murdoch will buy up that company.
Doug
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Dec 27 2005, 03:18 PM\']I think I can eliminate Russia. For some reason, Ukraine jumps out at me. Am I right?
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YOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUU WIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNN!
Seriously, yes it was Kazakhstan. I put Russia in because some people would assume it was Siberia, and Siberia is a region of Russia.
Now if I can just think of a question that can not be googled...
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I've got some questions that cannot be Googled
1: Which of the following actors or actresses did not star in a horror movie involving the doll Chucky?
A: Catherine Hicks
B: Brad Dourif
C: Jennifer Tilly
D: Don Mancini
2: Which of the following actors did not star in a Star Wars movie?
A: Stephen Collins
B: Christopher Lloyd
C: Jane Wyatt
D: Lavar Burton
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[quote name=\'bhall969992\' date=\'Dec 27 2005, 09:20 PM\']I've got some questions that cannot be Googled
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No, but they could be IMDB'd.
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They could be IMDB'd but given the fact that it's only 30 sec. for PAF, it would be hard to IMDB them, because they span several movies.
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[quote name=\'bhall969992\' date=\'Dec 27 2005, 10:39 PM\']They could be IMDB'd but given the fact that it's only 30 sec. for PAF, it would be hard to IMDB them, because they span several movies.[/quote]
I'll agree with you that "which of these things is NOT like the other" tends to be Google proof (not to mention a neat little Sesame Street jingle). Still, your question two has at least three pretty substantial errors that I can see, starting with the fact that you mean Star Trek, not Star Wars.
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I'd also quibble with your use of the word "starred."
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[quote name=\'Jay Temple\' date=\'Dec 28 2005, 09:01 AM\']I'd also quibble with your use of the word "starred."
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I'm just kinda shaking my head sadly at the whole thing, and wondering if Harvey or Chartier got through again...
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[quote name=\'Jay Temple\' date=\'Dec 28 2005, 01:01 PM\']I'd also quibble with your use of the word "starred."
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The "SOYUZ" has been a staple of Soviet/Russian space flight since 1967. What does the word "Soyuz" mean in english?
a. FLAGSHIP
b. UNION
c. CRUCIBLE
d. TRIUMPH
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Okay, here's another one I submit for judgement:
Which of these European countries is largest in area?
A: Monaco
B: San Marino
C: Lichtenstein
D: Andorra
-Joe R.
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I doubt most viewers could point out more than one of those on a map, and there's really nothing to reason out, so again you get the contestant stuck with a random guess while the audience gets gored.
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[quote name=\'HYHYBT\' date=\'Jan 9 2006, 03:55 AM\']I doubt most viewers could point out more than one of those on a map, and there's really nothing to reason out, so again you get the contestant stuck with a random guess while the audience gets gored.[/quote]<looks at keyboard, sees that "b" and "g" are next to each other> Oh, I get it, you meant to type "bored," didn't you? (Or are you thinking of Who Wants to be a Matador??) ((8=D))
Esoteric Eric, apologetic for the nitpicking, but the mistype struck me as funny... <Charlie O'Donnell> "Still to come on World's Funniest Internet Bloopers..." </cod>
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[quote name=\'HYHYBT\' date=\'Jan 9 2006, 07:55 AM\']I doubt most viewers could point out more than one of those on a map, and there's really nothing to reason out, so again you get the contestant stuck with a random guess while the audience gets gored.[/quote]
I disagree (especially about the "gored" thing). I think this is a great one, because most everybody has heard of these countries in the context of them being among the world's smallest, so it's interesting to wonder which of them is bigger.
My instinct is to say Lichtenstein, because I think of it as being the smallest regular-sized country and I think of the others as being preposterously small postage-stamp countries. If I'm right, then the question is probably too easy...
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[quote name=\'JRaygor\' date=\'Jan 9 2006, 06:42 AM\']Okay, here's another one I submit for judgement:
Which of these European countries is largest in area?
A: Monaco
B: San Marino
C: Lichtenstein
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D. IIRC, Andorra is the only one of those countries whose area is above 100 square miles.
This is a fair question for the $50,000 or $100,000 level. Most people probably haven't heard of the last three countries.
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Here's another one from my brain:
After he was defeated for a second term as President, John Quincy Adams would finish his political career as what?
A. Governor of Massachusetts
B. Attorney General
C. Congressman
D. U.S. Senator
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[quote name=\'PYLdude\' date=\'Jan 9 2006, 04:10 PM\']Here's another one from my brain:
A. Governor of Massachusetts
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I believe it was A....if I remember my "Presidents" book correctly.
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d. Senator Final answer.
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[quote name=\'musicman\' date=\'Jan 9 2006, 08:44 PM\'][quote name=\'PYLdude\' date=\'Jan 9 2006, 04:10 PM\']Here's another one from my brain:
After he was defeated for a second term as President, John Quincy Adams would finish his political career as what?[snapback]107157[/snapback]
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d. Senator Final answer.
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Can I get a REAL answer, please? ;)
(You are wrong, anyway...any other history buffs out there know the answer?)
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If it's not senator, I'd say Congressman. I know he died on the job at a big hearing.
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Another one of the video game questions....
On the game "720 Degrees", what did a voice say when the player's time ran out?
A. Time's Up!
B. You Are Dead
C. Skate or Die!
D. Please Insert 25c to continue!
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[quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'Jan 10 2006, 12:52 PM\']Another one of the video game questions....
On the game "720 Degrees", what did a voice say when the player's time ran out?
A. Time's Up!
B. You Are Dead
C. Skate or Die!
D. Please Insert 25c to continue!
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One, in the interest of accuracy, I'd change "time" to "timer", since that's how it represents on-screen, and as you know, it doesn't mean your game is necessarily over.
Two, for me, it's not all that interesting, and I'm a video game (and especially an OLD video game) fiend. Anyone who is gonna be interested knows the answer immediately, and anyone who isn't has no idea what the game even is and therefore has no compelling interest in reasoning it out.
At BEST it's a second-tier question, anyhow. It would be a LITTLE more interesting if one of the options referred to temperature or something burning or something like that, to throw people off of the scent based on the title. "He's On Fire!!" might be an interesting option, since it a) implies heat, and b) was also a popular videogame phrase.
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I'll throw out what I consider an upper tier ($250K or $500K) question to the proverbial lions...
Who was the only President to possess a bartender's license?
A. John Adams
B. Abraham Lincoln
C. Ulysses S. Grant
D. William Howard Taft
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According to my research:
A: Monaco = 1.95 sq km
B: San Marino = 61.2 sq km
C: Lichtenstein = 160 sq km
D: Andorra = 468 sq km
Source: http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html (http://\"http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html\")
-Joe R.
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In the folk song, "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down," the singer reminisces on living in what southern state during the Civil War?
A: Virginia
B: Kentucky
C: Tennessee
D: Alabama
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jan 10 2006, 06:48 PM\']In the folk song, "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down," the singer reminisces on living in what southern state during the Civil War?
A: Virginia
B: Kentucky
C: Tennessee
D: Alabama
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Aren't there two answers for this? Virgil took the train to Richmond (as in Virginia), but speaks of his wife living in Tennessee.
I'd go for C (and not spark any other potentially philosophical argument).
Doug
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[quote name=\'SRIV94\' date=\'Jan 10 2006, 07:27 PM\'][quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jan 10 2006, 06:48 PM\']In the folk song, "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down," the singer reminisces on living in what southern state during the Civil War?
A: Virginia
B: Kentucky
C: Tennessee
D: Alabama
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Aren't there two answers for this? Virgil took the train to Richmond (as in Virginia), but speaks of his wife living in Tennessee.
I'd go for C (and not spark any other potentially philosophical argument).
Doug
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Wow. This seemed like a decent question earlier...I must've been tired. :)
I think my logic was that he lives in Tennessee, but went to Richmond. Therefore the answer is Tennessee.
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How about another one of these?
In 1860, the four candidates for President represented the Republican, Northern Democratic, Southern Democratic, and what fourth political party?
A. Whig
B. Constitutional Union
C. American
D. Free Soil
This might be a little confusing at first, but I'm sure some of you will know this.
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Perhaps a question of Super Millionaire caliber?
Herman Melville's classic novel "Moby Dick" was inspired by the sinking of a whaling ship named what?
A: Pequod
B: Philbrick
C: Essex
D: Cometick
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jan 28 2006, 04:38 PM\']Perhaps a question of Super Millionaire caliber?
Herman Melville's classic novel "Moby Dick" was inspired by the sinking of a whaling ship named what?
A: Pequod
B: Philbrick
C: Essex
D: Cometick
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If the answer is Pequod, it's probably second-tier material. If it isn't Pequod, it's good third tier material.
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[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Jan 28 2006, 05:21 PM\']If the answer is Pequod, it's probably second-tier material. If it isn't Pequod, it's good third tier material.
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If the answer is Pequod, would I submit it as a SM question? ;-)
(No. It's not Pequod.)
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btw: PYLdude, the answer to yours is B, Constitutional Union.
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jan 29 2006, 03:34 PM\']btw: PYLdude, the answer to yours is B, Constitutional Union.
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This was an actual million dollar question on Aussie Millionaire - since most of you would not have seen it - give this one a go:
Which of these popular 60s TV shows premiered first?
A. Bewitched
B. Get Smart
C. Hogan's Heroes
D. I Dream of Jeannie
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[quote name=\'pownster\' date=\'Jan 30 2006, 09:00 AM\']This was an actual million dollar question on Aussie Millionaire - since most of you would not have seen it - give this one a go:
Which of these popular 60s TV shows premiered first?
A. Bewitched
B. Get Smart
C. Hogan's Heroes
D. I Dream of Jeannie
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I can see how that would be complex "down under"......Answer to this easy one (for some of the US folk at least), would be A. Bewitched (1964). I believe the remaining three all debuted in 1965. GS's pilot ep was in B&W, IDoJ's 1st season was in B&W - not sure about HH as far as colorcasting goes.
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I can see how that would be complex "down under"......Answer to this easy one (for some of the US folk at least), would be A. Bewitched (1964). I believe the remaining three all debuted in 1965. GS's pilot ep was in B&W, IDoJ's 1st season was in B&W - not sure about HH as far as colorcasting goes.
I think this question might have actually come up in this thread before, as it sounds very familiar (...will this thread be the first to reach 100 pages?...)
As for "Hogan's Heroes" - it has a similar story to "Get Smart", in that the pilot was in B&W but the rest of the series was in color. The first episode aired of both of these shows in September 1965 was the pilot, which were never run on the network again.
The first season of "I Dream of Jeannie" (1965-66) was in B&W (and with a different theme song), the final four in color. The first two seasons of "Bewitched" (1964-66) were B&W, the final six in color.
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Yes, this question has appeared on our forum before, probably when it first came up in Australia. I still maintain that it's a tricky question for most Americans. Pop culture is my thing, and I would have had trouble with it. For Australians, I imagine it would be just about off the scale in difficulty.
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Upon viewing this question, I decided to do a little research into when these shows premiered. Of course, as was stated before, the correct answer is Bewitched. But from what I was able to gather, two of the other three choices (Hogan's Heroes and Get Smart, IIRC) premiered on the same exact day in 1965.
Back on topic for a second...I gotta agree with Matt here, because while I would think that a lot of people have seen at least one episode of all four shows, I don't know how many would actually know which one debuted first.
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[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' date=\'Jan 30 2006, 11:19 AM\']I think this question might have actually come up in this thread before, as it sounds very familiar (...will this thread be the first to reach 100 pages?...)
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How could it not? :)
Doug -- and the countdown to 1800 continues
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When we talked about it before, we found that it was at least roughly workable if you're familiar with A) how long each series was in black-and-white, and hoped that that was a factor, and B) I Dream of Jeannie being the one that was called a ripoff of Bewitched, not vice versa.
[quote name=\'SRIV94\' date=\'Jan 30 2006, 05:34 PM\'][quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' date=\'Jan 30 2006, 11:19 AM\'](...will this thread be the first to reach 100 pages?...)[/quote]How could it not? :)[/quote]
For $1,000,000: When will Bob Barker retire?
(I'm not feeling cute enough to come up with four answers.)
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[quote name=\'Robert Hutchinson\' date=\'Jan 30 2006, 06:24 PM\']
For $1,000,000: When will Bob Barker retire?
(I'm not feeling cute enough to come up with four answers.)
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A. He won't because he has a clone in waiting
B. He won't because he has a robot in waiting
C. Todd Newton is waiting
D. Tom Bergeron is waiting
NOTE: The answers contained in the question are culled from people's opinions, not my own. I have no opinion on the matter but wanted to try to add a bit of humor to the question. :)
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[quote name=\'Robert Hutchinson\' date=\'Jan 30 2006, 06:24 PM\']When we talked about it before, we found that it was at least roughly workable if you're familiar with A) how long each series was in black-and-white, and hoped that that was a factor, and B) I Dream of Jeannie being the one that was called a ripoff of Bewitched, not vice versa.
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That discussion can be found here (http://\"http://gameshow.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=9068\").
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I think this is somewhat interesting, and maybe a little solvable...
What ancient Mexican city was once the most populous city of the New World, with a population of over 100,000 people at its peak around the year 600 AD?
A: Tenochtitlan
B: Teotihuacan
C: Chichen Itza
D: Uxmal
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Feb 11 2006, 12:25 AM\']I think this is somewhat interesting, and maybe a little solvable...
What ancient Mexican city was once the most populous city of the New World, with a population of over 100,000 people at its peak around the year 600 AD?
A: Tenochtitlan
B: Teotihuacan
C: Chichen Itza
D: Uxmal
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I think it's A. IIRC, Mexico City is built on top of the city of Tenochtitlan, and with Mexico City being in the top 10 in most populous cities on Earth today, it would make sense that Tenochtitlan would be the one...
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That makes it a good decoy answer. Not right. :)
It's B: Teotihuacan. If you're up on your Mexican history, you'd know that Teotihuacan is the only one that even dates back to 600 AD.
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[quote name=\'wheelloon\' date=\'Feb 11 2006, 12:32 AM\']I think it's A. IIRC, Mexico City ...
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Only five more replies until we reach the 100th page! :-)
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Here's one for you music buffs...
What word is heard at the end of Queen's 1995 album, "Made in Heaven"?
A: Love
B: Yeah
C: Fab
D: Babe
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With the Winter Olympics currently in everyone's minds around the world - I thought an Olympic question might be appropriate:
Which city was scheduled to host the 1916 Olympics, before World War I broke out?
A. Amsterdam
B. Antwerp
C. Berlin
D. Lyon
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What was the real name of Chipmunks creator David Seville?
A. Si Waronker
B. Ross Bagdasarian
C. Albert Davydov
D. Craig Kehyayan
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[quote name=\'PeterTomarkensGal\' date=\'Feb 25 2006, 02:06 PM\']What was the real name of Chipmunks creator David Seville?
A. Si Waronker
B. Ross Bagdasarian
C. Albert Davydov
D. Craig Kehyayan
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It's B. Maybe it's because I know it cold, but I think that one's way too easy for a MDQ. And it's easily Google-able.
EDIT: Next person to post in here gets a historic distinction. Don't blow the opportunity. I humbly defer.
Doug
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I believe "Bagdasarian" was also the production company of the 80s cartoons as I recall it had a logo of the Chipmunks holding up the name.
Back to life...
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Here's one. Maybe $250k or $500k?
Which of the following performers did not take part in the music supergroup "USA For Africa," who recorded the 1985 hit single, "We Are the World?"
A: Harry Belafonte
B: Dan Akroyd
C: Janet Jackson
D: Bruce Springsteen
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Feb 26 2006, 03:42 PM\']Which of the following performers did not take part in the music project, "USA For Africa," who recorded the 1985 hit single, "We Are the World?"
A: Harry Belafonte
B: Dan Akroyd
C: Janet Jackson
D: Bruce Springsteen
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Maybe it's just because We Are The World was one of the two very first 45 RPM vinyl singles I ever purchased, but this was a no-brainer for me. I do think it's generational, though, and is gonna be way easier for someone from my era. It's a good one, though, it's a nice swerve.
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I've got an question for you guys.....
What TV actor also narrated the original "Texas Chainsaw Massacre"?
A: Jack Palance B: Richard Mulligan
C: John Larroquette D: Ricardo Montalban
You can decide the tier/ level
GSmaniac
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Perhaps throw a year in there to make it clear what you're going for. I, myself, have no clue. Again, as Chris has said, it's probably generational.
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I mean the 1974 version.
So not to keep you in suspense, the answer is C
GSmaniac
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Feb 26 2006, 07:42 PM\']Perhaps throw a year in there to make it clear what you're going for. I, myself, have no clue. Again, as Chris has said, it's probably generational.
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What's not clear about the question? It's a goodie as it stands, and I think it's suitable as the $125,000 question.
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Agreed. It's good as it is, but I think saying "1974 version" rather than "original version" clears up some doubt.
Then again, maybe the doubt is another aspect that makes the question good. In which case, I retract my criticism. :)
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Sorry about the doubt, but here is another question (might be too specific), but here goes
Which of the following people did not portray a voice in Ken Burns's 1990 documentary "The Civil War"?
A: Morgan Freeman B: Ernest Borgnine
C: Sam Waterston D: George Plimpton
Again, level/tier is up to you
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[quote name=\'GSmaniac\' date=\'Feb 26 2006, 05:16 PM\']Which of the following people did not portray a voice in Ken Burns's 1990 documentary "The Civil War"?
A: Morgan Freeman B: Ernest Borgnine
C: Sam Waterston D: George Plimpton
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Okay. So if you've seen it, you might know it, and if you haven't, you not only have no idea, you have no way whatsoever to reason it out and even be remotely interested in the question. Which means, if I'm surfing across the channels, and just happen across this, I go "Good lord, no idea" and surf right along to the Fraiser repeat.
That is not the kind of question you want to be using on this television show.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Feb 26 2006, 06:47 PM\']Maybe it's just because We Are The World was one of the two very first 45 RPM vinyl singles I ever purchased, but this was a no-brainer for me. I do think it's generational, though, and is gonna be way easier for someone from my era. It's a good one, though, it's a nice swerve.
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I'm about 23 and was strangely enough of a Night Tracks junkie to have seen and liked the video. I reasoned the answer because that singer would have been not enough of a big name to have (asked to?) participated and likely to have been the youngest also.
Just who was the youngest singer in that ensemble, anyway?
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[quote name=\'jalman\' date=\'Feb 26 2006, 06:10 PM\']I'm about 23 and was strangely enough of a Night Tracks junkie to have seen and liked the video. I reasoned the answer because that singer would have been not enough of a big name to have (asked to?) participated and likely to have been the youngest also.
Just who was the youngest singer in that ensemble, anyway?
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Agewise, she probably would have stood out, yes. But the fact that she was the ONLY Jackson not to participate (even freakin' Tito and LaToya were there) and that the gut reaction is to IMMEDIATELY point to Dan Aykroyd (who you don't even see in the video for more than a second at most...the only reason I know it is because among that list of artists the name LEAPS out at you on the record label), still makes it a pretty decent Millionaire question.
(It also helps if you remember that Janet wasn't a really notable music star (outside of being a Jackson) until a year later when she released Control.)
As for the youngest singer, I didn't check all of them, but betting that Michael was it would be a pretty safe one.
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I imagine it would indeed be Janet Jackson. Harry, Dan and Bruce were up there in years at that point. That said, Janet's just about the only Jackson that didn't do the project. The entire Jackson 5 took part. Spanked.
I considered replacing Janet Jackson with Prince. Would that be a better stumper?
Fun fact: Legend holds that Prince was slated to take part in the project, but walked out when Bob Geldof warned him to "check his ego at the door."
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Feb 26 2006, 09:22 PM\']...the gut reaction is to IMMEDIATELY point to Dan Aykroyd (who you don't even see in the video for more than a second at most...the only reason I know it is because among that list of artists the name LEAPS out at you on the record label), still makes it a pretty decent Millionaire question.
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This might seem illogical, but did being a Blues Brother have anything to do with his participation?
As for the youngest singer, I didn't check all of them, but betting that Michael was it would be a pretty safe one.
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List of "We Are the World" Singers (http://\"http://aytaca.tripod.com/Wearetheworld.html\")
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[quote name=\'jalman\' date=\'Feb 26 2006, 07:28 PM\']This might seem illogical, but did being a Blues Brother have anything to do with his participation?[/quote]
I have nothing to back this up, but I would imagine that's exactly why he did it.
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[quote name=\'jalman\' date=\'Feb 26 2006, 06:28 PM\']This might seem illogical, but did being a Blues Brother have anything to do with his participation?
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Prolly did, but he still looks horribly out of place among that list of artists.
If a Jackson was the youngest singer, in that case it would prolly have to be Randy.
Wikipedia lists Michael's birthdate as 8/29/58, and Randy's as 6/23/56. So, no.
And, Kevin: While the "check your ego at the door" quote is true, it was delivered in a written invitation well before the night of the event, which is probably when Prince declined. It was also delivered by Quincy Jones (which adds a nice ObGameShow to all of this), and not Geldof, who, while tangentially involved with the USA For Africa project, was much better known for Band Aid on his side of the pond.
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Feb 26 2006, 07:42 PM\']Perhaps throw a year in there to make it clear what you're going for. I, myself, have no clue. Again, as Chris has said, it's probably generational.
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Take this with a grain of salt, but IMDb (http://\"http://imdb.com/name/nm0488662/\") says he narrated both the original and the remake. So maybe have the question say the 1974 and 2003 versions...
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The online community website, MySpace.com, is owned by what media conglomerate?
A: NewsCorp
B: AT&T
C: General Electric
D: Disney
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A.
Easy to google.. "Who Owns Myspace?" gave me the answer in the first result.
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Am I the only one who thinks that Googlability should not be a factor in determining a question's value? There has not been a single MDQ on the show that couldn't be easily Googled. What do you guys think?
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Mar 1 2006, 06:07 PM\']Am I the only one who thinks that Googlability should not be a factor in determining a question's value? There has not been a single MDQ on the show that couldn't be easily Googled. What do you guys think?
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Agreed...I know it's helped at least one phone-a-friend in the past. However, type in "president" and "Laugh-In", and the second hit mentions Nixon. Type in "insect inspired term computer bug", and your first hit takes you to a page that mentions the moth and some myths behind that story. So yes, Googlability has nothing to do with it. IMO, the mark of a good question is when it takes several pages of links to find it. The only problem I'd see is that if you can't find an answer after the second or third page, your question might go into "urban legend" territory.
The only thing about your question is that it's been in the news (no pun) for the past few months, so that could be fresh in some folks' minds. It could possibly make a good second tier question though.
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Mar 1 2006, 03:07 PM\']Am I the only one who thinks that Googlability should not be a factor in determining a question's value? There has not been a single MDQ on the show that couldn't be easily Googled. What do you guys think?
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I think there's a difference between "answer found easily via Google" and "answer is right there staring you in the face in the very first hit without even having to so much as click on the link."
Just sayin'.
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Mar 1 2006, 07:07 PM\']Am I the only one who thinks that Googlability should not be a factor in determining a question's value? There has not been a single MDQ on the show that couldn't be easily Googled. What do you guys think?[/quote]
The original point of the Googling is that a clever contestant has lined up a phone-a-friend who can look something up for him in thirty seconds. I'll acknowledge that it's just one factor, but it certainly ought to be a consideration in evaluating a question's difficulty, especially since the original point of this thread (back when it started in the late 1970s) was to come up with very, very hard questions. Now that it's just a great big repository of any multiple choice question that pops into your head, I imagine its importance is a little less.
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This is sort of a variation of the TV themed Australian $1,000,000 question:
Which of these television programs original runs ended LAST?
A: Mama's Family ----- B: Falcon Crest
C: Newhart ------------ D: My Two Dads
Scroll down for answer and explanation:
[color=\"#CCFFFF\"]A: March 12, 1990 ----- B: May 18, 1990
C: May 21, 1990 ------- D: April 30, 1990
So the correct answer is C: Newhart (Source: IMDB)[/color]
-Joe R.
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[quote name=\'JRaygor\' post=\'124575\' date=\'Jul 20 2006, 06:47 AM\']
This is sort of a variation of the TV themed Australian $1,000,000 question:
Which of these television programs original runs ended LAST?
A: Mama's Family ----- B: Falcon Crest
C: Newhart ------------ D: My Two Dads[/quote]
Forget that you could do that with any four shows you want, the nice thing about the Australian question is that they were using four very popular shows as their choices and the examples were at least a season apart. The difference between your right answer and one of your wrong ones is three days and it happened sixteen years ago. That's a ridiculous thing to expect anybody to know or figure out. I'd also have serious reservations about trusting IMDB as your source for such an obscure, specific piece of information.
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Sorry to drudge this one up again, but while parusing www.triv.net, I came across a question at level 15 that I thought was really impressive. It reads as follows:
Which of the following countries is the largest in area?
A: Argentina
B: Sudan
C: Saudi Arabia
D: Kazakhstan
There are a number of reasons I thought this was a good one. First off, all four of these are well-known countries, even Kazakhstan with the influx of the new "Borat" movie.
I would think that most people's minds would instantly veer towards B and C, seeing as Sudan is the largest country in Africa and Saudi Arabia is virtually right next door to Sudan, and similar in size. In truth, these are the smallest of the four.
Kazakhstan seems like a really good fakeout answer, as one might automatically dismiss it as being the smallest of the four just because it's a former Soviet republic. In actuality, it's one of the largest of the former Soviet republics, and the second biggest of the four choices.
The answer, Argentina, is a mere 26,000 sq. mi. bigger than Kazakhstan. That could potentially be a problem, but the way I see it, this question requires a lot of reasoning and some knowledge. That alone makes it a good question. Plus I know Chris will like this: questions of this variety ("Which is the extreme of the four?") are very hard to google.
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Sorry for double-posting in a thread that's been dead for four months, but I think I have a pretty good question. I'd like to see what you guys think.
In minutes, the original release of which of the following classic American movies has the longest running time?
A: The Wizard of Oz
B: Citizen Kane
C: Dr. Zhivago
D: The Sound of Music
Of course, adding "Gone with the Wind" to the mix would make it a $25,000 question at the very best.
What do you guys think?
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Interesting, but they're all long-assed movies. Unless you've seen them, is there really any interesting way to reason it out?
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Well, Wizard and Kane aren't all that long-assed. I tried to set the question up with four very popular movies that most people have probably seen at some point.
Music runs just a little under three hours, and IIRC, it takes a four-hour block to run it on TV with commercials. Your average Joe has probably seen it on television, since they run it into the ground during the holiday season. If he knows that there are about 15-20 minutes of commercials per hour, he could reason that Music is just shy of the three-hour mark.
At that point, you could probably dismiss Oz and Kane as being WAY too short, (1:40 and 2:00 respectively.) All that remains then is whether or not Zhivago is over three hours. (It is.) Admittedly, you'd have to see Zhivago in order to know that, but the MDQ shouldn't be a TOTAL gimme. And even if you haven't seen it, you can get pretty deep into the question before you realize you can't create an answer.
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' post=\'146855\' date=\'Feb 25 2007, 03:40 PM\']
At that point, you could probably dismiss Oz and Kane as being WAY too short, (1:40 and 2:00 respectively.) All that remains then is whether or not Zhivago is over three hours. (It is.) Admittedly, you'd have to see Zhivago in order to know that, but the MDQ shouldn't be a TOTAL gimme. And even if you haven't seen it, you can get pretty deep into the question before you realize you can't create an answer.
[/quote]
At the same time, though, I think that out of all of the choices Zhivago would probably be the most obvious. I do agree you could eliminate Kane and Oz fairly quickly. But why do I think Zhivago is most obvious? Almost all of the information I heard about the film over the years includes either the word "long" or "epic" in it at one point or another. Usually when one hears the word "epic" associated with a film, usually they would draw the connection with the long length of said film.
Does, at this point, a contestant immediately draw the conclusion? If they've seen the movie, yes. If they've heard of it? Maybe. Just because I might draw the connection right away doesn't mean that Joe Schmo from Shysterville, Wyoming might.
Solid question, Kev...don't know if we'd see it as an MDQ, though.
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[quote name=\'PYLdude\' post=\'146893\' date=\'Feb 25 2007, 10:59 PM\']Solid question, Kev...don't know if we'd see it as an MDQ, though.[/quote]The problem for me is that it fails the "Who cares?" test. You're asking which of four films is longest. Even if you've seen all four of them, and remember their running time, I'm still left thinking "Ok, great. So what. Next question." Sort of like the $100k question during this last movie week that asked which Hollywood couple had appeared in two movies together in 2006. Whee. <twirls index finger in a circle>
A million dollar question, or really anything after about $8,000 or so should leave me thinking, "Hm, that's neat," or "I learned something today," or something to that effect.
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Should a million dollar question border on the extremely obscure?
Here's one, comments as always are welcome.
What is "Peppermint" Patty's (of "Peanuts" fame) last name?
A. Reynolds
B. Rafferty
C. Reichardt
D. Ruffin
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[quote name=\'aaron sica\' post=\'146913\' date=\'Feb 26 2007, 11:11 AM\']
Here's one, comments as always are welcome.
What is "Peppermint" Patty's (of "Peanuts" fame) last name?
A. Reynolds
B. Rafferty
C. Reichardt
D. Ruffin
[/quote]
I like it--only because I happen to know the answer (which is C).
So if I could get it right. . . :)
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[quote name=\'aaron sica\' post=\'146913\' date=\'Feb 26 2007, 12:11 PM\']
Should a million dollar question border on the extremely obscure?
Here's one, comments as always are welcome.
What is "Peppermint" Patty's (of "Peanuts" fame) last name?
A. Reynolds
B. Rafferty
C. Reichardt
D. Ruffin
[/quote]
If this was my $1,000,000 question, I would be grinning from ear to ear.
Interesting question, but not that obscure among Peanuts-o-philes. Depends on what percentage of the population that entails.
This one wouldn't be without precedent, an earlier $1M question asked for the maiden name of Carol Brady, mentioned in only one episode (plus one of the movies). I believe PP's last name has been mentioned in more than one strip.
--Mike
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[quote name=\'aaron sica\' post=\'146913\' date=\'Feb 26 2007, 11:11 AM\'] Should a million dollar question border on the extremely obscure?
Here's one, comments as always are welcome.
What is "Peppermint" Patty's (of "Peanuts" fame) last name?
A. Reynolds
B. Rafferty
C. Reichardt
D. Ruffin
[/quote]
First off, you' d have to recast the question so it's grammatically clearer ("In the 'Peanuts' comic strip, what is...") But more importantly, I think Travis' "who cares" test applies here, too. To me, this just feels like an excruciatingly obscure detail, and not one that you'd even have a chance of reasoning out.
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I think it's interesting, personally, but that might be because I knew this particular nugget of knowledge. So I totally see the "who cares" point.
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[quote name=\'tomobrien\' post=\'146916\' date=\'Feb 26 2007, 12:24 PM\']
First off, you' d have to recast the question so it's grammatically clearer ("In the 'Peanuts' comic strip, what is...") But more importantly, I think Travis' "who cares" test applies here, too. To me, this just feels like an excruciatingly obscure detail, and not one that you'd even have a chance of reasoning out.
[/quote]
I completely understand. I tried as best as possible to make it gramatically correct and I left the question written knowing it probably wasn't; not to mention that no, there wasn't much reasoning involved. Mea Culpa.
I'm actually a bit surprised by the number of people who admitted they know this besides me - was her last name only mentioned more than once like you said, Mike? I only can remember seeing it in a strip where she was either introducing herself to someone or writing a letter.
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This one wouldn't be without precedent, an earlier $1M question asked for the maiden name of Carol Brady, mentioned in only one episode (plus one of the movies).
I remember that. When I first saw that Carol Brady question, I thought this is too easy for the $1 million question...but after looking at the answers I figured there was something I was missing (the correct answer Tyler was only mentioned on the pilot episode; Martin was the one I first thought it was).
If I was sitting in the seat during that question, I wouldn't have played it.
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[quote name=\'aaron sica\' post=\'146943\' date=\'Feb 26 2007, 01:06 PM\']
I'm actually a bit surprised by the number of people who admitted they know this besides me - was her last name only mentioned more than once like you said, Mike? I only can remember seeing it in a strip where she was either introducing herself to someone or writing a letter.
[/quote]
I think it's just a pretty common bit of trivia, is all. I mean, it's a natural question to ask about a comic strip character who is primarily referred to by their first name.
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[quote name=\'tomobrien\' post=\'146916\' date=\'Feb 26 2007, 12:24 PM\']
[quote name=\'aaron sica\' post=\'146913\' date=\'Feb 26 2007, 11:11 AM\'] Should a million dollar question border on the extremely obscure?
Here's one, comments as always are welcome.
What is "Peppermint" Patty's (of "Peanuts" fame) last name?
A. Reynolds
B. Rafferty
C. Reichardt
D. Ruffin
[/quote]
First off, you' d have to recast the question so it's grammatically clearer ("In the 'Peanuts' comic strip, what is...") But more importantly, I think Travis' "who cares" test applies here, too. To me, this just feels like an excruciatingly obscure detail, and not one that you'd even have a chance of reasoning out.
[/quote]
I agree. There's such a thing as obscure, and there's such a thing as completely out of left field. This qualifies as the latter.
I don't mind seeing obscure on Millionaire, but this is beyond that. Yes, some people do know that, but I'm willing to bet that the majority don't.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'146947\' date=\'Feb 26 2007, 03:31 PM\']
I think it's just a pretty common bit of trivia, is all. I mean, it's a natural question to ask about a comic strip character who is primarily referred to by their first name. [/quote]
I'd agree with you on the latter point, disagree on the former. I think most people would have a difficult time even coming up with Linus and Lucy's last name, let alone a character who's more of a "supporting player." I'm not saying I think the Carol Brady question was that great either...to me, it falls into this same category.
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Let's try this one.
Mexican president Vicente Fox once served as president of which company's Latin American headquarters?
A. McDonald's
B. Coca-Cola
C. IBM
D. Chevrolet
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[quote name=\'tomobrien\' post=\'146958\' date=\'Feb 26 2007, 06:30 PM\']
I think most people would have a difficult time even coming up with Linus and Lucy's last name, let alone a character who's more of a "supporting player." I'm not saying I think the Carol Brady question was that great either...to me, it falls into this same category.
[/quote]
A lot of people certainly know that one, even my daughter who's not that big a Peanuts fan. Over the weekend, a Philbin Millionaire rerun asked about where Charlie Brown originally got Snoopy. I don't remember all the choices but I knew the answer. What about that one?
BTW I think the Peppermint Patty question passes the "Who cares?" test because most people would likely say "Wow, Peppermint Patty had a last name?" Kind of like asking the given name of the Skipper (or Professor) on Gilligan's Island.
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[quote name=\'cweaver\' post=\'146965\' date=\'Feb 26 2007, 03:49 PM\']
I don't remember all the choices but I knew the answer. What about that one?
[/quote]
As an MDQ? No way, WAYYY too easy, especially since it was pretty much the central subject of "Snoopy Come Home"...
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I find it interesting that we've gotten on the topic of naming last names for characters in various medias.
Up here in Canada we've got a show called "Inside the Box" which I've mentioned before (partially because I was on it, but still...). In the show, when players had to solve a puzzle that involved a character's name they would often stumble getting the (relatively) obscure answer.
Case in point: One bonus round lead to the player trying to discover what the last name of Malcolm was in "Malcolm in the Middle". She didn't get it.
So I guess what I'm asking is this: is it reasonable to ask questions about last names of characters if they are not commonly used? The Malcolm question I thought was particularly cruel for the show, however I guess you could make a case for a MDQ.
Ryan.
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The pilot episode of what television show reveals its title character's last name, Wilkerson?
A: Malcolm in the Middle
B: Hey Arnold
C: ALF
D: Rocko's Modern Life
(There are probably infinitely better choices you could put in there.)
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I'm sorry to bump this, but I think this got overshadowed by the Peppermint Patty and Malcolm-Middle discussion.
Mexican president Vicente Fox once served as president of which company's Latin American headquarters?
A. McDonald's
B. Coca-Cola
C. IBM
D. Chevrolet
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[quote name=\'vtown7\' post=\'146977\' date=\'Feb 26 2007, 09:23 PM\']
Case in point: One bonus round lead to the player trying to discover what the last name of Malcolm was in "Malcolm in the Middle". She didn't get it.
So I guess what I'm asking is this: is it reasonable to ask questions about last names of characters if they are not commonly used? The Malcolm question I thought was particularly cruel for the show, however I guess you could make a case for a MDQ.
Ryan.
[/quote]
Especially cruel when the scene where the last name was revealed never aired (it's a pilot deleted scene). I know it's on IMDB but, surprise, they're not always right. In a later scene where Reese joined the army, and ergo would have a last name on the uniform, they used 'JETSON'.
Mark Evanier has a blog entry (http://\"http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2007_02_20.html#012965\") about a Final Jeopardy from about a month ago where they used the supposed "middle name" of Wile E. Coyote in a clue. The punch line is that this nugget of info only appeared in a comic book and is considered non-canonical.
--Mike
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'147030\' date=\'Feb 27 2007, 11:47 AM\']Mexican president Vicente Fox once served as president of which company's Latin American headquarters?
A. McDonald's
B. Coca-Cola
C. IBM
D. Chevrolet
[/quote]
B, Coca-Cola, I believe.
This is a good question, IMO, as is most any slightly quirky question relating to relatively recent news stories. Even if you don't know it, you stand a good chance of remembering that you did read this fact at one point, back when he was elected.
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'147030\' date=\'Feb 27 2007, 12:47 PM\']
I'm sorry to bump this, but I think this got overshadowed by the Peppermint Patty and Malcolm-Middle discussion.
Mexican president Vicente Fox once served as president of which company's Latin American headquarters?
A. McDonald's
B. Coca-Cola
C. IBM
D. Chevrolet
[/quote]
I like the question, but one small problem...Fox is no longer president of Mexico.
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[quote name=\'jalman\' post=\'147125\' date=\'Feb 28 2007, 01:55 AM\']
[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'147030\' date=\'Feb 27 2007, 12:47 PM\']
I'm sorry to bump this, but I think this got overshadowed by the Peppermint Patty and Malcolm-Middle discussion.
Mexican president Vicente Fox once served as president of which company's Latin American headquarters?
A. McDonald's
B. Coca-Cola
C. IBM
D. Chevrolet
[/quote]
I like the question, but one small problem...Fox is no longer president of Mexico.
[/quote]
Oy. Thanks for the reminder...
Make that "Former Mexican president Vicente Fox once served..."
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Here's another one...
Since 1966, Dallas has hosted a Thanksgiving Day NFL football game, except for 1975 and 1977. Who hosted it then?
A. Los Angeles
B. St. Louis
C. Miami
D. Green Bay
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[quote name=\'aaron sica\' post=\'149114\' date=\'Mar 28 2007, 07:27 AM\']
Here's another one...
Since 1966, Dallas has hosted a Thanksgiving Day game, except for 1975 and 1977. Who hosted it then?
A. Los Angeles
B. St. Louis
C. Miami
D. Green Bay
[/quote]
Probably need to add the "NFL" clarification.
That's not bad, though.
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[quote name=\'SRIV94\' post=\'149117\' date=\'Mar 28 2007, 10:18 AM\']
Probably need to add the "NFL" clarification.
That's not bad, though.
[/quote]
Done. :)
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[quote name=\'aaron sica\' post=\'149118\' date=\'Mar 28 2007, 09:43 AM\']
[quote name=\'SRIV94\' post=\'149117\' date=\'Mar 28 2007, 10:18 AM\']
Probably need to add the "NFL" clarification.
That's not bad, though.
[/quote]
Done. :)
[/quote]
<RichardDawson>I withdraw the question.<end/RichardDawson>
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And Detroit's been doing theirs longer, anyhow. I see no reason to recognize the team riding coattails.
/Cowpies suck anyhow
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'149120\' date=\'Mar 28 2007, 10:42 AM\']
And Detroit's been doing theirs longer, anyhow. I see no reason to recognize the team riding coattails.
/Cowpies suck anyhow
[/quote]
So do the Liedowns. I see no reason to recognize them either. :)
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I got one for you:
Film distributors were forced to package what 1977 movie with "The Other Side of Midnight" to ensure that the film would be shown in their theaters?
A. Airport '77
B. Star Wars
C. Oh, God!
D. The Hills Have Eyes
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'149120\' date=\'Mar 28 2007, 11:42 AM\']
/Cowpies suck anyhow
[/quote]
Yessss...let me just get that plane ticket to Seattle... :-)
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'149124\' date=\'Mar 28 2007, 12:03 PM\']
[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'149120\' date=\'Mar 28 2007, 11:42 AM\']
/Cowpies suck anyhow
[/quote]
Yessss...let me just get that plane ticket to Seattle... :-)
[/quote]
Two words, Brandon...botched snap.
(I hate the Cowboys too...and I'm just a train or two away, Brandon :))
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[quote name=\'PYLdude\' post=\'149208\' date=\'Mar 29 2007, 11:55 PM\']
Two words, Brandon...botched snap.
(I hate the Cowboys too...and I'm just a train or two away, Brandon :))
[/quote]
Yes, that's this generation's version of "The Catch"...almost 25 years to the day. Irony? Coincidence? Just sheer bad luck?
BTW, you'll have to wait a couple of weeks. I can only carry out one hit per paycheck. ;-)
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Well, an interesting tidbit came up in Ken Jennings's weekly trivia challenge, and I thought I'd throw it your way.
Which fast food pioneer invented the famous paper bucket still used today by KFC?
A: Colonel Harland Sanders
B: Dave Thomas
C: Ray Kroc
D: Glenn Bell
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' post=\'178251\' date=\'Feb 19 2008, 07:42 PM\']
Well, an interesting tidbit came up in Ken Jennings's weekly trivia challenge, and I thought I'd throw it your way.
Which fast food pioneer invented the famous paper bucket still used today by KFC?
A: Colonel Harland Sanders
B: Dave Thomas
C: Ray Kroc
D: Glenn Bell
[/quote]
Knowing Dave was actually an early franchisee, I wouldn't be surprised if it was him.
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[quote name=\'sshuffield70\' post=\'178252\' date=\'Feb 19 2008, 04:46 PM\']
[quote name=\'whoserman\' post=\'178251\' date=\'Feb 19 2008, 07:42 PM\']
Which fast food pioneer invented the famous paper bucket still used today by KFC?
A: Colonel Harland Sanders
B: Dave Thomas
C: Ray Kroc
D: Glenn Bell
[/quote]
Knowing Dave was actually an early franchisee, I wouldn't be surprised if it was him.
[/quote]
Yep. If you know that tidbit, you'll know the answer. Is this more well known that I thought?
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I suspect not. I only knew from watching Col. Sanders "Biography" many years ago.
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' post=\'178253\' date=\'Feb 19 2008, 08:48 PM\']
[quote name=\'sshuffield70\' post=\'178252\' date=\'Feb 19 2008, 04:46 PM\']
[quote name=\'whoserman\' post=\'178251\' date=\'Feb 19 2008, 07:42 PM\']
Which fast food pioneer invented the famous paper bucket still used today by KFC?
A: Colonel Harland Sanders
B: Dave Thomas
C: Ray Kroc
D: Glenn Bell
[/quote]
Knowing Dave was actually an early franchisee, I wouldn't be surprised if it was him.
[/quote]
Yep. If you know that tidbit, you'll know the answer. Is this more well known that I thought?
[/quote]
I never heard that he came up with the actual 'paper' bucket, but I did remember hearing it was Dave's idea to have a giant (sometimes rotating) bucket as part of the KFC sign outside the restaurant.
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[quote name=\'TimK2003\' post=\'178269\' date=\'Feb 19 2008, 09:27 PM\']
[quote name=\'whoserman\' post=\'178253\' date=\'Feb 19 2008, 08:48 PM\']
[quote name=\'sshuffield70\' post=\'178252\' date=\'Feb 19 2008, 04:46 PM\']
[quote name=\'whoserman\' post=\'178251\' date=\'Feb 19 2008, 07:42 PM\']
Which fast food pioneer invented the famous paper bucket still used today by KFC?
A: Colonel Harland Sanders
B: Dave Thomas
C: Ray Kroc
D: Glenn Bell
[/quote]
Knowing Dave was actually an early franchisee, I wouldn't be surprised if it was him.
[/quote]
Yep. If you know that tidbit, you'll know the answer. Is this more well known that I thought?
[/quote]
I never heard that he came up with the actual 'paper' bucket, but I did remember hearing it was Dave's idea to have a giant (sometimes rotating) bucket as part of the KFC sign outside the restaurant.
[/quote]
..all this talk about KFC..
gotta throw this out :D .. (http://\"http://www.robertmckee.com/trips\")
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I will try one.
The Australian music band Savage Garden consisted of Darren Hayes and Daniel who?
A. Jones
B. Smith
C. Brown
D. Johns
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[quote name=\'trustno1\' post=\'178301\' date=\'Feb 20 2008, 01:22 AM\']
The Australian music band Savage Garden consisted of Darren Hayes and Daniel who?[/quote]
A more interesting questions might be to ask the contestant to name their hit. :)
/"Play yer hit!"
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[quote name=\'lobster\' post=\'178283\' date=\'Feb 19 2008, 10:57 PM\']
..all this talk about KFC..
gotta throw this out :D .. (http://\"http://www.robertmckee.com/trips\")
[/quote]
Poulet Frit Kentucky?? What the hell?
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[quote name=\'Seth Thrasher\' post=\'178308\' date=\'Feb 20 2008, 06:04 AM\']
[quote name=\'lobster\' post=\'178283\' date=\'Feb 19 2008, 10:57 PM\']
..all this talk about KFC..
gotta throw this out :D .. (http://\"http://www.robertmckee.com/trips\")
[/quote]
Poulet Frit Kentucky?? What the hell?
[/quote]
Ya.. note out of all the foreign varieties of KFC leave it to the Quebecois to be the only ones to jack up the name altogether :D
/We weren't up there long enough to note if they changed Burger King to Le Roi des Burgers
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[quote name=\'lobster\' post=\'178321\' date=\'Feb 20 2008, 10:36 AM\']
Ya.. note out of all the foreign varieties of KFC leave it to the Quebecois to be the only ones to jack up the name altogether :D
/We weren't up there long enough to note if they changed Burger King to Le Roi des Burgers
[/quote]
If the pic here (http://\"http://coolopolis.blogspot.com/2007/06/crescent-st-catz-bring-back-burger-king.html\") is any indication, no. :-)
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'178305\' date=\'Feb 20 2008, 03:42 AM\']
[quote name=\'trustno1\' post=\'178301\' date=\'Feb 20 2008, 01:22 AM\']
The Australian music band Savage Garden consisted of Darren Hayes and Daniel who?[/quote]
A more interesting questions might be to ask the contestant to name their hit. :)
/"Play yer hit!"
[/quote]
To the Moon and Back?
/only funny if you PlayCafe'd last night
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Decided by the supreme court in 1878. the case 'Henry Sleeper v. the town of Samdown. NH' is considered a landmark case in what issue
A eminent domain
B disability rights
C Property taxes
D slaves inheritanCe
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[quote name=\'toetyper\' post=\'178334\' date=\'Feb 20 2008, 12:48 PM\']Decided by the supreme court in 1878. the case 'Henry Sleeper v. the town of Samdown. NH' is considered a landmark case in what issue
A eminent domain
B disability rights
C Property taxes
D slaves inheritance[/quote]As much as I wish this thread would stay buried, I really can't help myself in this case. Best as I'm able to make out:
The town is Sandown, not Samdown (admittedly, that may just be a toe-typo)
The plaintiff is David Sleeper, not Henry Sleeper
The case was decided by the New Hampshire Supreme Court, while your question implies U.S.
Unless my Googling skills are way, way off, it's barely a footnote in legal history, hardly a landmark case.
Aside from the multiple errors in the question, this falls into the way-too-obscure category, even for a million.
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'178342\' date=\'Feb 20 2008, 11:00 AM\']
As much as I wish this thread would stay buried,[/quote]
Ay-men.
/but MY bit of trivia is OBVIOUSLY an MDQ! Because *I* know the answer!
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[quote name=\'dzinkin\' post=\'178322\' date=\'Feb 20 2008, 09:42 AM\']
[quote name=\'lobster\' post=\'178321\' date=\'Feb 20 2008, 10:36 AM\']
Ya.. note out of all the foreign varieties of KFC leave it to the Quebecois to be the only ones to jack up the name altogether :D
/We weren't up there long enough to note if they changed Burger King to Le Roi des Burgers
[/quote]
If the pic here (http://\"http://coolopolis.blogspot.com/2007/06/crescent-st-catz-bring-back-burger-king.html\") is any indication, no. :-)
[/quote]
hah, nice find, dz..
the inner-nets got everything!
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[quote name=\'Mr. Armadillo\' post=\'178331\' date=\'Feb 20 2008, 12:36 PM\']
[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'178305\' date=\'Feb 20 2008, 03:42 AM\']
[quote name=\'trustno1\' post=\'178301\' date=\'Feb 20 2008, 01:22 AM\']
The Australian music band Savage Garden consisted of Darren Hayes and Daniel who?[/quote]
A more interesting questions might be to ask the contestant to name their hit. :)
/"Play yer hit!"
[/quote]
To the Moon and Back?
[/quote]
No.
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If you feel the thread has run its course, then by all means, feel free to lock it.
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If you feel the thread has run its course, then by all means, feel free to lock it.
In fact, I'm personally begging ya. :)
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[quote name=\'trustno1\' post=\'178415\' date=\'Feb 21 2008, 02:36 AM\']
[quote name=\'Mr. Armadillo\' post=\'178331\' date=\'Feb 20 2008, 12:36 PM\']
[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'178305\' date=\'Feb 20 2008, 03:42 AM\']
[quote name=\'trustno1\' post=\'178301\' date=\'Feb 20 2008, 01:22 AM\']
The Australian music band Savage Garden consisted of Darren Hayes and Daniel who?[/quote]
A more interesting questions might be to ask the contestant to name their hit. :)
/"Play yer hit!"
[/quote]
To the Moon and Back?
[/quote]
No.
[/quote]
WHOOSH.
Sarcasm swung at and missed completely.
Yeah, I agree...time to padlock this thread and throw away the key.
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[quote name=\'PYLdude\' post=\'178497\' date=\'Feb 22 2008, 01:20 AM\']
[quote name=\'trustno1\' post=\'178415\' date=\'Feb 21 2008, 02:36 AM\']
[quote name=\'Mr. Armadillo\' post=\'178331\' date=\'Feb 20 2008, 12:36 PM\']
[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'178305\' date=\'Feb 20 2008, 03:42 AM\']
[quote name=\'trustno1\' post=\'178301\' date=\'Feb 20 2008, 01:22 AM\']
The Australian music band Savage Garden consisted of Darren Hayes and Daniel who?[/quote]
A more interesting questions might be to ask the contestant to name their hit. :)
/"Play yer hit!"
[/quote]
To the Moon and Back?
[/quote]
No.
[/quote]
WHOOSH.
Sarcasm swung at and missed completely.
Yeah, I agree...time to padlock this thread and throw away the key.
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I was saying that the answer is incorrect.
If you would like to lock this thread, do so.
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[quote name=\'trustno1\' post=\'178501\' date=\'Feb 22 2008, 04:16 AM\']
I was saying that the answer is incorrect.
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And the poster in question was answering wrong sarcastically.
Your point?
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Enough. Locked.