Who Wants To Be A Reverse Millionaire! - $100 Question
Scott Royer III
two to a) get people's opinion and b) see if they were worth developing
further.
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Who Wants To Be A Reverse Millionaire!
These puzzles are based on the "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" game
show. Using a fictional contestant, clues are given as to what the
millionaire question is and what each of the answers is. The goal is to
come up with the questions and all four answers based on these clues.
The answer that the narrator gives is always the correct one. Each
successive puzzle will be posted when the previous one is solved. As
with the game show, the puzzles will start off easy and gradually get
harder. These questions were not taken from any of the shows I have
seen, although it is certainly possible that they have appeared there.
The $100 question:
After the normal chatter with Regis, the music started and the lights
turned down so that I couldn't see anyone but Regis. He read the
question and each of the answers off in that voice of his. Since this
was the first question, it seemed pretty simple. The answers were in
sequential order. My first thought was to answer C, but then I suddenly
remembered the last time I bought some donuts and chose D instead.
Timothy E. Vaughan
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> The $100 question:
>
> After the normal chatter with Regis, the music started and the lights
> turned down so that I couldn't see anyone but Regis. He read the
> question and each of the answers off in that voice of his. Since this
> was the first question, it seemed pretty simple. The answers were in
> sequential order. My first thought was to answer C, but then I suddenly
> remembered the last time I bought some donuts and chose D instead.
Q. How many donuts in a baker's dozen?
a. 10
b. 11
c. 12
d. 13
Scott Royer III
"Timothy E. Vaughan" wrote:
> > The $100 question:
> >
> > After the normal chatter with Regis, the music started and the lights
> > turned down so that I couldn't see anyone but Regis. He read the
> > question and each of the answers off in that voice of his. Since this
> > was the first question, it seemed pretty simple. The answers were in
> > sequential order. My first thought was to answer C, but then I suddenly
> > remembered the last time I bought some donuts and chose D instead.
>
> Q. How many donuts in a baker's dozen?
>
> a. 10
> b. 11
> c. 12
> d. 13
A little too specific (items, not donuts) but close enough; both answers work.
:} So... opinion?
Scott
Steve Fry
Scott Royer III wrote:
>
> > > My first thought was to answer C, but then I suddenly
> > > remembered the last time I bought some donuts and chose D instead.
> >
> > Q. How many donuts in a baker's dozen?
> >
> > a. 10
> > b. 11
> > c. 12
> > d. 13
>
> A little too specific (items, not donuts) but close enough; both answers work.
> :} So... opinion?
>
> Scott
My opinion? I also remember the last time I bought a dozen donuts.
I only got 12, not 13!
mark edward hardwidge
> My opinion? I also remember the last time I bought a dozen donuts.
> I only got 12, not 13!
The 'reasoning' doesn't mention explicitly a dozen or a
baker's dozen. You ordered a dozen, he ordered a baker's dozen.
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The Qurqirish Dragon
>> My opinion? I also remember the last time I bought a dozen donuts.
>> I only got 12, not 13!
>
> The 'reasoning' doesn't mention explicitly a dozen or a
>baker's dozen. You ordered a dozen, he ordered a baker's dozen.
The reasoning didn't even mention a quantity. However, doughnut are often
bought in dozens. Also, any other quantity I can think of that a store has
offered ahs always been a specific number (e.g. 3 or 6). I think 12 is the only
case when the usual term is not the number (I know a "dozen" means 12, but is
is not literally 12)
In any event, the contestant may have remembered that a REGULAR dozen is 12,
and thus changed his answer (theoretically he could have thought it was 11, and
then changed to 12, but if we assume that his intermediate answers were
reasonable- we are only told his final answer is correct- then this is not a
possibility.)
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Matthew T. Russotto
Scott Royer III <sco...@hamsoft.com> wrote:
}
}The $100 question:
}
}After the normal chatter with Regis, the music started and the lights
}turned down so that I couldn't see anyone but Regis. He read the
}question and each of the answers off in that voice of his. Since this
}was the first question, it seemed pretty simple. The answers were in
}sequential order. My first thought was to answer C, but then I suddenly
}remembered the last time I bought some donuts and chose D instead.
"How many items in a baker's dozen"
A is 10, B is 11, C is 12, D is 13
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"Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice, and moderation in pursuit
of justice is no virtue."
Scott Royer III
Steve Fry wrote:
> My opinion? I also remember the last time I bought a dozen donuts.
> I only got 12, not 13!
I guess it varies by donut shop? Where I have bought donuts, every time I buy a
"dozen", they give me thirteen.
Either way, the fact that the contestant re-thought his answer and that it had to do
with numbers and pastry should overcome how many are actually served at any given
donut shop. But that's easy for me to say ;}
Scott
Dave Gates
Since no one answered your second question, I will: Yes, this is a cool
idea for a puzzle!
Looking forward to reading more!
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