VS Millionaire 1/31
vicste...@mailexcite.com
so that means people might actually be watching tonight's episode.
However, if your desire to watch the rebroadcast of the Survivor
premiere took you away from ABC/CTV this night, here is your
summary. Guilty as charged on the last one, BTW.
But, we have a returning contest. Ed Toutant is the 18th contestant
from Texas. And probably the first to have run with the bulls. Let's
see if he can grab this bull by its horns, and win 1.86 million
dollars.
Lat's Play!
For $300: What word means both "to silence" and a "silly trick"?
C) Gag.
Not D) Gallagher.
For $500: By definition, an abridged dictionary differs from an
unabridged one in what way?
A) More entries B) Fewer entries
C) LArger type D) Paperback
For $1000: In Jan. 2001, the U.S. Postal Service raised the price of
a first class letter from 33 cents to what?
A) 34 cents B) 35 cents C) 40 cents D) 43 cents
A) 34 cents.
For $2000: In the U.S., which of these everyday objects
frequently bears the name "Otis"?
A) Fluopescent lamp B) Elevator
C) Refrigerator D) Typewriter
B) Elevator. Good to the last drop. Or so said Looney Tunes.
For $4000: Since 1995, who has been the permanent bandleader for
the tonight show?
A) Max Weinberg B) Paul Shaffer
C) Doc Severensen D) Kevin Eubanks
D) Kevin Eubanks.
For $8000: In the 19th century, what were the Mugwumps?
A) Baseball team B) Political faction
C) Army cavalry D) Journalists
He doesn't know much about the Mugwumps, but he knows one
thing. They were a political faction. B) Final answer.
And a political faction they were.
For $16000: Scientists in England recently genetically altered what
vegetable so it glows when it needs water?
A) Potato B) Tomato
C) Cabbage D) Carrots
After some consideration, he decides to see what the audience has
to say. They don't say anything, as the quietly return a poll
result of 12-64-22-2.
He is going with the convincing audience result.
B) Tomato.
The result was convincing.
But it was also costly.
A) Potato.
Regis points out that a tomato is a fruit, not a vegetable.
Fastest Finger: Put these stages in the life cycle of a butterfly in
order, starting with the earliest.
A) Pupa
B) Adult
C) Egg
D) Caterpillar
The order of CDAB will send one of the three contestants that got it
right to the hotseat. Fastest time? Amy Turner's 3.54.
(ad break: Sprite, Oral-B, Fed-Ex)
Amy is a database application programmer, and her husband is in
the relationship. She is from Athens, TN.
For $100: When something comes as a complete revelation, it is said
to be a what?
C) Eye-opener
As opposed to a toe-cracker or elbow-bender.
For $200: Most erasers on pencils are made from what material?
A) Rubber
If it were D) Plutonium, Doc wouldn't have had to worry about the
Libyans in Back to the Future.
For $300: If someone's chances of succeeding are ruined, it is said
that "his" what "is cooked"?
C) Goose
Gag answer D) Veggie Burger.
For $500: Which of the following letters doesn't normally appear
on a standard automobile gearshift panel?
A) R B) D C) P D) X
D) X
For $1000: Which of the following beverages is best known for
being chocolate flavoured?
A) Jolt B) Yoo-hoo
C) Fanta D) Mountain Dew
B) Yoo-hoo.
(ad break: Newfoundland & Labrador Tourism, Tostitos, GM Goodwrench)
A dishwasher, a tattoo and perhaps a career on broadway are in store
for Amy should she win.
For $2000: On the TV series "I Love Lucy", what is Fred & Ethel's
last name?
A) Mertz B) McGillicuddy
C) Vance D) Frawley
A) Fred & Ethel Mertz.
For $4000: What were the radio speeches made by FDR during the Great
Depression called?
A) Sunday conversations B) Living room visits
C) Coffee talks D) Fireside chats
D) Fireside chats.
For $8000: Which of these branches of the U.S. military has a rank
of petty officer?
A) Navy B) Air force
C) Marines D) Army
She thinks about it. Talks about it. Then she hopes that the audience
knows it, or perhaps has family in the military, because she is
going to poll them. 80-6-2-12. Overwhelming, but so was the last
ATA.
She goes with the audience.
And this time
.
.
.
They were right!
For $16,000: A famous 1951 UPI photograph shows what scientist
sticking
out his tongue?
A) Louis Leakey B) Robert Oppenheimer
C) Albert Einstein D) Jacques Cousteau
She has this photo. In fridge magnet form. C) Albert Einstein.
Is the scientist in question!
For $32,000: What is the name for the light, crescent-shaped, mark
at the base of the fingernail?
A) Velum B) Cusp
C) Lanula D) Axilla
After some consideration, she decides to PAF. She has a friend with
some medical knowledge. She eventually decides to call said friend,
Bart, who is a fellow programmer.
Bart offers 60 percent certainty that it is velum.
More talking. Time for the 50/50.
So much for B) Cusp. And Bart and his A) Velum.
She talks some more. I fast forward, making the minutes seem like
seconds.
Right until the time she makes C) her final answer.
She makes a zig
.
.
.
.
.
And that zig leads her to
.
.
.
.
.
.
$32,000!
(ad break)
Time for Amy to show off the singing voice.
For $64,000: In the 1979 movie "Alien", what is the name of Ripley's
spaceship?
A) Nostromo B) Dark Star
C) Pequod D) Nautilus
More talking. She thinks it is a classical name. She goes with C)
as her final answer.
Free shot
.
.
.
.
.
Clangs off the rim.
A) Nostromo.
Fastest Finger: Put these movies in the order of their first
theatrical release, starting with the earliest.
A) Three Men & A Baby
B) Men of Honour
C) Men in Black
D) All The President's Men
The correct order is DACB. Only two get it right. 9.25 may not sound
impressive, but it is enough to get Kevin O'Neill into the hotseat.
(ad break: Wendy's, Craftmatic, The Harlem Globetrotters)
Kevin lives just outside of Cleveland, OH. He has his wife, Joanna
with him. She is a gynecologist. He is a stay-at-home dad.
For $100: Fresh cow's milk from a carton is typically which of these
colors?
B) White.
D) was 2% mauve.
For $200: Which of the following phrases means "to suffer a disgrace"?
A) Lose face.
Not D) Rent 'Ishtar'.
For $300: A person who drives a car very slowly and overcautiously is
commonly called what?
C) Sunday driver.
D) was certainly wrong. New York Cabbie.
For $500: Which of these phrases means "one's native language"?
A) Brother tongue B) Father tongue
C) Mother " " D) Sister " "
C) Mother tongue.
For $1000: In the Old West, a chuck wagon was the vehicle known
for carrying what?
A) Weapons B) Food
C) Tools D) Toys
B) Food
(ad break: McDonald's, Nissan, Cold Squad)
For $2000: Which of the following is a trademarked name for
refrigerants
used in household appliances?
A) Nitrous oxide B) Butane
C) Ozone D) Freon
D) Freon.
For $4000: The legendary Bermuda Triangle lies off the coast of
which of these U.S. states?
A) California B) Louisiana
C) Florida D) Maine
C) Florida
For $8000: In the 2000 movie, "What Women Want" Mel Gibson's character
has the power to do what?
A) Read women's minds
B) Predict women's futures
C) Appear in women's dreams
D) Heal relationships
He hasn't seen the movie, but has seen the ads for the film. A).
Those ads are now worth $8000 to Kevin.
For $16000: The twosome known as Torvill & Dean are famous for
their work in what field?
A) Surf music B) Pop psychology
C) Fashion design D) Ice dancing
D) Ice dancing.
****AH-WOOOOO****
Back again on Friday. The show will be airing an hour later on both
sides of the border, meaning WoF & J! will return to their regular
slots on CTV.
-----
The above e-mail addresse exists only as a spam catcher. If
you wish to respond, do so via the newsgroup.
Dean Scungio
. o O ( Jackpot: $1,860,000 )
<vicste...@mailexcite.com> wrote in message
news:3a79582a...@news1.sympatico.ca...
> The Super Bowl has passed into the history books for another year,
> so that means people might actually be watching tonight's episode.
> However, if your desire to watch the rebroadcast of the Survivor
> premiere took you away from ABC/CTV this night, here is your
> summary. Guilty as charged on the last one, BTW.
>
> But, we have a returning contest. Ed Toutant is the 18th contestant
> from Texas.
Regis mentioned that there have been no Hot Seat players from Rhode Island
or Idaho.
. o O ( The author is from Rhode Island. )
> And probably the first to have run with the bulls.
. o O ( The "Running of the Bulls" is part of "La Fiesta de San Fermin" in
Pamplona, Spain. )
. o O ( It was popularized by Hemingway's book "The Sun Also Rises". )
. o O ( EDS featured a Super Bowl XXXV ad with the "Running with the
Squirrels". )
> Let's see if he can grab this bull by its horns, and win 1.86 million
> dollars.
>
. o O ( Steven from "The Mole" literally grabbed a bull by its horns. )
. o O ( The team's current test was worth up to $75,000. )
> Lat's Play!
>
> For $300: What word means both "to silence" and a "silly trick"?
>
> C) Gag.
> Not D) Gallagher.
>
. o O ( Gallagher uses many gags in his comedy acts. )
> For $500: By definition, an abridged dictionary differs from an
> unabridged one in what way?
>
> A) More entries B) Fewer entries
> C) LArger type D) Paperback
>
B. Fewer entries
> For $1000: In Jan. 2001, the U.S. Postal Service raised the price of
> a first class letter from 33 cents to what?
>
> A) 34 cents B) 35 cents C) 40 cents D) 43 cents
> A) 34 cents.
>
. o O ( The largest increase in the price of a U.S. first-class stamp was
made in 1991. )
. o O ( The price jumped from 25 cents to 29 cents. )
> For $2000: In the U.S., which of these everyday objects
> frequently bears the name "Otis"?
>
> A) Fluopescent lamp B) Elevator
> C) Refrigerator D) Typewriter
>
> B) Elevator.
. o O ( The Otis Elevator Company is named after Elisha Graves Otis. )
. o O ( They also make escalators and moving walkways. )
> Good to the last drop. Or so said Looney Tunes.
>
. o O ( Theodore Roosevelt first said Maxwell House coffee was "good to the
last drop" in 1907. )
. o O ( Warner Brothers' "Looney Tunes" cartoons said, "Th-Th-That's All
Folks!" )
> For $4000: Since 1995, who has been the permanent bandleader for
> the tonight show?
>
> A) Max Weinberg B) Paul Shaffer
> C) Doc Severensen D) Kevin Eubanks
>
> D) Kevin Eubanks.
>
. o O ( Kevin Eubanks replaced the departing Branford Marsalis in 1995. )
. o O ( Doc Severensen was on "The Tonight Show" from 1967 to 1992. )
> For $8000: In the 19th century, what were the Mugwumps?
>
> A) Baseball team B) Political faction
> C) Army cavalry D) Journalists
>
> He doesn't know much about the Mugwumps, but he knows one
> thing. They were a political faction. B) Final answer.
>
. o O ( "Mugwump" comes from a Native American word for "war leader". )
> And a political faction they were.
>
. o O ( "Mugwump" was a slang term for the 1884 Republicans who deserted
their party nominee, James G. Blaine, to vote for the Democratic nominee,
Grover Cleveland. )
. o O ( It's now used as a term for an independent voter. )
> For $16000: Scientists in England recently genetically altered what
> vegetable so it glows when it needs water?
>
> A) Potato B) Tomato
> C) Cabbage D) Carrots
>
> After some consideration, he decides to see what the audience has
> to say. They don't say anything, as the quietly return a poll
> result of 12-64-22-2.
>
> He is going with the convincing audience result.
>
> B) Tomato.
>
> The result was convincing.
>
> But it was also costly.
>
> A) Potato.
>
. o O ( Scientists injected potato plants with a fluorescence gene from a
jellyfish. )
. o O ( The potato plant's leaves glow green, not the potato itself. )
. o O ( These glowing plants are not edible. )
. o O ( They are intended to inform farmers that an entire crop needs
watering. )
> Regis points out that a tomato is a fruit, not a vegetable.
>
> Fastest Finger: Put these stages in the life cycle of a butterfly in
> order, starting with the earliest.
>
. o O ( A "butterfly ballot" in Florida messed up the 2000 Presidential
Election. )
. o O ( Some claimed the candidates' names were out of order. )
. o O ( Others claimed the voters were. )
> A) Pupa
. o O ( The stage from inside the cocoon. )
> B) Adult
> C) Egg
> D) Caterpillar
>
> The order of CDAB will send one of the three contestants that got it
> right to the hotseat. Fastest time? Amy Turner's 3.54.
>
> (ad break: Sprite, Oral-B, Fed-Ex)
>
> Amy is a database application programmer, and her husband is in
> the relationship. She is from Athens, TN.
>
> For $100: When something comes as a complete revelation, it is said
> to be a what?
>
> C) Eye-opener
> As opposed to a toe-cracker or elbow-bender.
>
. o O ( A human fetus is able to open its eyes in the 25th week of
development. )
> For $200: Most erasers on pencils are made from what material?
>
> A) Rubber
. o O ( Synthetic rubber mixed with pumice. )
. o O ( Newer erasers are made of vinyl. )
. o O ( Most pencils in Europe don't have erasers. )
. o O ( In England, erasers as called "rubbers". )
. o O ( The piece of metal that holds an eraser on a pencil is called a
"ferrule". )
> If it were D) Plutonium, Doc wouldn't have had to worry about the
> Libyans in Back to the Future.
>
> For $300: If someone's chances of succeeding are ruined, it is said
> that "his" what "is cooked"?
>
> C) Goose
> Gag answer D) Veggie Burger.
>
. o O ( A goose was cooked by the Cratchits in Charles Dicken's "A Christmas
Carol". )
. o O ( Scrooge brought them a turkey. )
> For $500: Which of the following letters doesn't normally appear
> on a standard automobile gearshift panel?
>
> A) R B) D C) P D) X
> D) X
>
. o O ( Reverse; Drive; Park )
> For $1000: Which of the following beverages is best known for
> being chocolate flavoured?
>
> A) Jolt B) Yoo-hoo
> C) Fanta D) Mountain Dew
> B) Yoo-hoo.
>
> (ad break: Newfoundland & Labrador Tourism, Tostitos, GM Goodwrench)
>
> A dishwasher, a tattoo and perhaps a career on broadway are in store
> for Amy should she win.
>
> For $2000: On the TV series "I Love Lucy", what is Fred & Ethel's
> last name?
>
> A) Mertz B) McGillicuddy
> C) Vance D) Frawley
>
> A) Fred & Ethel Mertz.
>
. o O ( ...were played by William Frawley and Vivian Vance. )
. o O ( MacGillicuddy was Lucy Ricardo's maiden name. )
> For $4000: What were the radio speeches made by FDR during the Great
> Depression called?
>
> A) Sunday conversations B) Living room visits
> C) Coffee talks D) Fireside chats
>
> D) Fireside chats.
>
. o O ( Presidents have made weekly radio addresses to the public ever
since. )
> For $8000: Which of these branches of the U.S. military has a rank
> of petty officer?
>
> A) Navy B) Air force
> C) Marines D) Army
>
> She thinks about it. Talks about it. Then she hopes that the audience
> knows it, or perhaps has family in the military, because she is
> going to poll them. 80-6-2-12. Overwhelming, but so was the last
> ATA.
>
> She goes with the audience.
>
> And this time
> .
> .
> .
> They were right!
>
. o O ( petty officer: a noncommissioned officer in the navy with a rank
comparable to sergeant in the army )
> For $16,000: A famous 1951 UPI photograph shows what scientist
> sticking
> out his tongue?
>
> A) Louis Leakey B) Robert Oppenheimer
> C) Albert Einstein D) Jacques Cousteau
>
> She has this photo. In fridge magnet form. C) Albert Einstein.
>
> Is the scientist in question!
>
. o O
http://www.th.physik.uni-frankfurt.de/~jr/gif/phys/einstein_tongue.jpg )
> For $32,000: What is the name for the light, crescent-shaped, mark
> at the base of the fingernail?
>
> A) Velum B) Cusp
> C) Lanula D) Axilla
>
> After some consideration, she decides to PAF. She has a friend with
> some medical knowledge. She eventually decides to call said friend,
> Bart, who is a fellow programmer.
>
> Bart offers 60 percent certainty that it is velum.
>
> More talking. Time for the 50/50.
>
> So much for B) Cusp. And Bart and his A) Velum.
>
. o O ( cusp: a pointed projection on the chewing surface of a tooth )
. o O ( velum: the soft palate )
> She talks some more. I fast forward, making the minutes seem like
> seconds.
>
> Right until the time she makes C) her final answer.
>
. o O ( On-air time to answer: 7:05 (!) )
> She makes a zig
> .
> .
> .
> .
> .
> And that zig leads her to
> .
> .
> .
> .
> .
> .
> $32,000!
>
. o O ( "lunula" is from the Latin for "a crescent-shaped ornament". )
. o O ( axilla: the armpit )
> (ad break)
>
> Time for Amy to show off the singing voice.
>
. o O ( She sings a special "Millionaire" parody of "Everything's Coming Up
Roses" from "Gypsy". )
. o O ( Sung by (and like) Ethel Merman. )
> For $64,000: In the 1979 movie "Alien", what is the name of Ripley's
> spaceship?
>
> A) Nostromo B) Dark Star
> C) Pequod D) Nautilus
>
> More talking. She thinks it is a classical name. She goes with C)
> as her final answer.
>
> Free shot
> .
> .
> .
. o O ( The name is from "Moby Dick". )
> .
> .
> Clangs off the rim.
>
> A) Nostromo.
>
. o O ( "Nostromo" is the name of a book by Joseph Conrad. )
. o O ( "Nautilus" is from Jules Verne's "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" and
the name of the first nuclear-powered submarine. )
. o O ( "Dark Star" was a 1973 sci-fi comedy directed by John Carpenter. )
. o O ( The famous director, NOT the famous first million-dollar winner. )
> Fastest Finger: Put these movies in the order of their first
> theatrical release, starting with the earliest.
>
> A) Three Men & A Baby
> B) Men of Honour
> C) Men in Black
> D) All The President's Men
>
> The correct order is DACB.
. o O ( 1976; 1987; 1997; 2000 )
> Only two get it right. 9.25 may not sound
> impressive, but it is enough to get Kevin O'Neill into the hotseat.
>
> (ad break: Wendy's, Craftmatic, The Harlem Globetrotters)
>
> Kevin lives just outside of Cleveland, OH. He has his wife, Joanna
> with him. She is a gynecologist. He is a stay-at-home dad.
>
> For $100: Fresh cow's milk from a carton is typically which of these
> colors?
>
> B) White.
> D) was 2% mauve.
>
> For $200: Which of the following phrases means "to suffer a disgrace"?
>
> A) Lose face.
> Not D) Rent 'Ishtar'.
>
. o O ( 11 people have "lost face" on "Millionaire". )
. o O ( They left with nothing ($0). )
> For $300: A person who drives a car very slowly and overcautiously is
> commonly called what?
>
> C) Sunday driver.
> D) was certainly wrong. New York Cabbie.
>
> For $500: Which of these phrases means "one's native language"?
>
> A) Brother tongue B) Father tongue
> C) Mother " " D) Sister " "
> C) Mother tongue.
>
. o O ( Albert Einstein's mother tongue was German. )
. o O
http://www.th.physik.uni-frankfurt.de/~jr/gif/phys/einstein_tongue.jpg )
> For $1000: In the Old West, a chuck wagon was the vehicle known
> for carrying what?
>
> A) Weapons B) Food
> C) Tools D) Toys
> B) Food
>
. o O ( Ralston Purina produced Chuck Wagon dog food. )
. o O ( It featured a famous TV ad with a dog chasing a chuck wagon around a
kitchen. )
> (ad break: McDonald's, Nissan, Cold Squad)
>
> For $2000: Which of the following is a trademarked name for
> refrigerants
> used in household appliances?
>
> A) Nitrous oxide B) Butane
> C) Ozone D) Freon
> D) Freon.
>
. o O ( Invented in 1928 by Thomas Midgley, Jr. and Charles Kettering. )
> For $4000: The legendary Bermuda Triangle lies off the coast of
> which of these U.S. states?
>
> A) California B) Louisiana
> C) Florida D) Maine
>
> C) Florida
>
. o O ( The three "points" of the Bermuda Triangle are... )
. o O ( Melbourne, Florida )
. o O ( San Juan, Puerto Rico )
. o O ( The island of Bermuda )
> For $8000: In the 2000 movie, "What Women Want" Mel Gibson's character
> has the power to do what?
>
> A) Read women's minds
> B) Predict women's futures
> C) Appear in women's dreams
> D) Heal relationships
>
. o O ( He gets this power after getting zapped by a hairdryer falling in
the bathtub. )
> He hasn't seen the movie, but has seen the ads for the film. A).
>
> Those ads are now worth $8000 to Kevin.
>
> For $16000: The twosome known as Torvill & Dean are famous for
> their work in what field?
>
> A) Surf music B) Pop psychology
> C) Fashion design D) Ice dancing
>
> D) Ice dancing.
>
. o O ( Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean )
> ****AH-WOOOOO****
>
> Back again on Friday. The show will be airing an hour later on both
> sides of the border, meaning WoF & J! will return to their regular
> slots on CTV.
>
> -----
> The above e-mail addresse exists only as a spam catcher. If
> you wish to respond, do so via the newsgroup.
. o O ( "Pop-Up Video" is a trademark of VH-1, Viacom, and Spin the Bottle
Productions. )
. o O ( POP! )
--
Dean Scungio
dscu...@worldnet.att.net
alt.tv.game-shows Lurker
Host of 'Net Ten-to-One
Host of 'Net U.S. Mastermind
Frequent Net Games Contestant
"It's not how much we give away,
it's the way we do it." -Monty Hall
Dave Legler
Scungio" <dscu...@worldnet.att.net> writes:
>> For $16000: Scientists in England recently genetically altered what
>> vegetable so it glows when it needs water?
>>
>> A) Potato B) Tomato
>> C) Cabbage D) Carrots
>>
>> After some consideration, he decides to see what the audience has
>> to say. They don't say anything, as the quietly return a poll
>> result of 12-64-22-2.
>>
>> He is going with the convincing audience result.
>>
>> B) Tomato.
>>
>> The result was convincing.
>>
>> But it was also costly.
>>
>> A) Potato.
>>
>
>. o O ( Scientists injected potato plants with a fluorescence gene from a
>jellyfish. )
>. o O ( The potato plant's leaves glow green, not the potato itself. )
>. o O ( These glowing plants are not edible. )
>. o O ( They are intended to inform farmers that an entire crop needs
>watering. )
>
I knew I had heard about this and the part about the leaves glowing jogged my
memory. Doesn't it also give the contestant grounds for a protest? The
question said that the vegetable glows when it needs water and I think its
certainly a reasonable argument that only the edible part is the 'vegetable.'
Had the question asked what plant rather than what vegetable it would have been
more correct.
Dave Legler
Dave Legler
Scungio" <dscu...@worldnet.att.net> writes:
>. o O ( petty officer: a noncommissioned officer in the navy with a rank
>comparable to sergeant in the army )
>
More specifically, Petty Officers are the paygrades E-4 to E-6 and Chief Petty
Officers are the enlisted Paygrades above E-7.
Dave Legler<<Former Petty Officer prior to commission
Brett A. Pasternack
Not that I would ever raise nitpicky questions about this show's writing
myself B^}, but I agree. The question should have said what plant.
Unless someone can show that the leaves are considered a vegetable, then
this contestant has very valid grounds for protest. Bring him back with
the woman from the Apple logo question, and make a special of it!