VS Millionaire: 12/12

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Dec 12, 2000, 9:19:31 PM12/12/00

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Advance warning: Tomorrow's summary will probably not be posted until
Thursday evening.

Last time, Kevin McSwain was not crazy, but the Gods were, and his
knowledge of those crazy gods earned him $64,000. He has two
lifelines,
and a good luck charm from his grandmother. His grandfather wore it
as a fighter pilot in World War 2. Will it be lucky? Find out, and
let's play!

For $125,000: Popular in the 1970s and 1980s, Chisanbop is a method
of teaching what?

A) Reading B) Arithmetic
C) Handwriting D) Music

That word means nothing to Kevin. He tries the 50/50 lifeline, and it
leaves Arithmetic and Music. He still can't decide on answer, and it
will now be up to his friend - John. John is a teacher. John is
certain about the answer - Arithmetic. John saw it advertised on TV
as a kid.

Final answer.
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.
.
.
And that adds up to a right answer.

For $250,000: What is the name of Jupiter's largest moon?

A) Ganymede B) Io
C) Callisto D) Europa

He believes that all 4 are moons of Jupiter, and is leaning towards
Io. But there is no way on earth that he is going to risk that. His
final decision is to walk away.

Good decision, as the right answer was Ganymede.

Fastest Finger: "Put these movies in order of their first theatrical
release, starting with the earliest".

A) Stuart Little
B) Little Darlings
C) Little Nicky
D) The Little Mermaid

BDAC is the right order. 4 of 10 get it right. Chris Gum's time of
4.58 narrowly edges out Cody Hedgpeth's 4.89. He'll play, right
after:

(ad break: Nicorette, The Shoe-Per Store, Mike Bullard)

Chris Gum is a pro-golfer/systems administrator. He is on a mini-tour
below the buy.com tour. Dawn is in the relationship, but she is more
of a trivia pal than a relationship.

For $100: A writer or artist who works independently on a job by
job basis is called what?

A) Benchwarmer B) Freelancer
C) Fly-by-nighter D) Poor and lonely
B) Freelancer.

For $200: Which of the following is a slang term for a car mechanic?

A) Pit boss B) Grease monkey
C) Swingman D) Lord of Darkness
B) Grease monkey.

For $300: Which of the following professionals would most likely
use cue cards?

A) Computer analyst B) Fireman
C) TV show host D) Minister
C) TV Show host.

For $500: Eggs cooked which of the following ways must have their
yolks broken?

A) Poached B) Sunny side up
C) Scrambled D) Hard-boiled
C) Scrambled.

For $1000: A dreidel is what type of toy?

A) Spinning top B) Puzzle
C) Jump Rope D) Tricycle
A) Spinning top.

For $2000: A locust is what type of insect?

A) Cockroach B) Beetle
C) Moth D) Grasshopper

Chris calls upon the studio audience. 4-22-13-61. He's going along
with the audience, and they lead him to $2000.

For $4000: The 1993 law known as the "Brady Bill" addresses which
of these issues?

A) Rights for the disabled B) Gun control
C) Campaign Finance D) Immigration
B) Gun control.

For $8000: In the 2000 film "Lucky Numbers" John Travolta and Lisa
Kudrow plan to scam money from what?

A) Casino B) Bank
C) Social Security D) State Lottery

He hasn't seen the movie, but based on the promos, he'll answer
D) State Lottery. That's it!

For $16000: The Alleghany range is part of what larger U.S. mountain
system?

A) Rocky B) Ozark
C) Appalachian D) Cascade

Little hesitatin in answer C) Appalachian, and that answer nets him
16K.

(ad break: McDonald's*2, Dominion Groceries, Canadian Tire)

Chris plays bar trivia games with his toes, and wins.

For $32,000: Which of the following Wild West women was nicknamed
"Little Sure Shot"?

A) Belle Starr B) Calamity Jane
C) Annie Oakley D) Etta Place

No hesitation here as well. C) Annie Oakley. Final answer and he has
just won $32,000!

For $64,000: The 1994 novel "Snow Falling on Cedars" takes place on
an island in what U.S. state?

A) Maine B) Michigan
C) New York D) Washington

He's going to phone a fellow bar trivia friend. Scott, a wine merchant
will be getting the phone call. Chris hesitates before offering
the options. 90 percent certainty is offered towards D) Washington.
He'll go with Scott.
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Scott
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was right!

Chris wants to play golf at St. Andrews with the money.

For $125,000: In the 15th, the seat of the Ottoman Empire was in which
of these present day countries?

A) Germany B) Iran
C) Turkey D) Macedonia

He offers another quick answer. C) Turkey. Final answer.
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Chris is no turkey. He has $125,000!

(ad break: Fido, complete with a breakdancing Santa, Bacardi, Miss
Congeniality, The Geena Davis show)

Chris is single, but wouldn't complain if Tyra Banks came along.

For $250,000: According the Constitution, a presidential candidate
must have lived in the U.S. for a minimum of how many years?

A) 22 B) 17 C) 14 D) 7

A call is made for the 50/50. A) and D) are tossed out. Chris has
an inkling towards 14, but was originally interested in D) 7. "First
impressions are pretty important" - Regis.

C) 14. Final answer.
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He just risked $93,000.
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But he just won $250,000!

"We're not done yet, Regis" - Chris

For $500,000: In 1934, who became the first living athlete to
appear on the Wheaties cereal box?

A) Dizzy Dean B) Otta Graham
C) Bronko Nagurski D) Lou Gehrig

He thinks he knows it, but he will walk away. He thought he knew
that it was Lou Gehrig.

And he thought right.

Fastest Finger: "Put these country music stars in order of their
birth, starting with the earliest"

A) Charley Pride
B) Faith Hill
C) Roy Rogers
D) Emmylou Harris

7 of 9 nail the order of CADB, the fastest is Andy Aaron, in 5.04
seconds. He'll be playing after the commericals.

(Ad break: Club House sauces & seasonings, Mufflerman, Milk)

Andy was on the 4th show, where Doug Van Gundy won the $250,000. One
of the contestants on his earlier appearance is a lifeline. His
wife is in the audience, and Andy is ready to play.

For $100: If you are happy to see a person, he is a "sight for sore"
what?

A) Feet B) Eyes
C) Bones D) Vertebrae
B) Eyes.

For $200: In a race, a chance to begin running before all others is
called what?

A) Head of beans B) Free fall
C) Head start D) Hyperventilation

For $300: Which of the following is traditionally yelled to warn
of a falling tree?

A) Watch your head B) Thar she blows!
C) Timber! D) Tree
C) Timber! And he didn't even need Matt Borne as a lifeline.

Explanation: http://www.wrestlecrap.com/bigjosh.html

For $500: When you need something done "ASAP", you are using an
acronym in which the 'P' stands for what?

A) Possible B) Please
C) Person D) Probable
A) Possible.

For $1000: In the 1990 film "Home Alone", Kevin McAllister is left
at home during what holiday?

A) Halloween B) Easter
C) Thanksgiving D) Christmas
D) Christmas.

For $2000: Which of these cities is the closest to California's to
California's Silicon Valley?

A) San Francisco B) Santa Barbara
C) Los Angeles D) San Diego
A) San Francisco.

For $4000: What is the name of the cartoon spokesperson for the
Keebler cookie company?

A) Kenny B) Tony
C) Ernie D) Skippy

He's going with alliteration, and picking C) Ernie. Alliteration
earns Andy Aaron 4K.

For $8000: What is the girth of a 3-foot cube?

A) 18 feet B) 12 feet
C) 27 feet D) 54 feet

He does the math, and the math tells him that it is B) 12 feet. Final
answer, and a right one.

For $16000: For most of the American Civil War, what U.S. city was
the capital of the Confederate Government?

A) Frankfort, KY B) Macon. GA
C) Columbia, SC D) Richmond, VA

He was thinking one way before the answers came on the screen. He was
thinking it was Richmond, VA, and he'll go with it as the final
answer.

Andy's on his way to being a rich man.

For $32000: In the TV sitcom "The Hughley's", D.L. Hughley's character
owns a company that leases what?

A) Computers B) Vending machines
C) Cars D) Apartments

15-51-20-14. "If you go to the audience, trust them. He trusts them,
and he

(ad break: The Building Box, Ziploc)

Andy's daughters told him not to trust Regis. Andy wants to buy a
sailboat for his wife, Jackie. For him, a racehorse and Mets (or Nets,
the audio was unclear) season tickets.

For $64000: The Bloomsday celebration pays homage to what author?

A) George Bernard Shaw B) Oscar Wilde
C) James Joyce D) William Butler Yeats

C) James Joyce is his final answer, based on a character in one of
his works, that "has a million pages".

He's right!

For $125,000: Which of the following cells is at the center of a
controversy regardign human embryonic research?

A) Stem cell B) Guard cell
C) Macrophage D) Osteocyte

He thinks it refers to the stem cell's ability to regenerate. A)
is his final answer.

YES!

For $250,000: Canonized by Pope Paul VI, who became the first U.S.
born saint?

A) Edith Stein B) Maria Goretti
C) Elizabeth Ann Seton D) Katharine Drexel

He is leaning 75-80 percent in one direction. He'll see if the 50/50
confirms his suspicion. C) and D) are left. He was leaning towards
C), and he will make Elizabeth Ann Seton his final answer.
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It looks like Andy Aaron will be catching a lot of Mets (or Nets)
games in the new year.

***AH-WOOOO***

Charlie Pevey

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Dec 13, 2000, 1:45:56 AM12/13/00

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The esteemed Updater Vic Stevenson wrote:

> For $64,000: The 1994 novel "Snow Falling on Cedars" takes place on
> an island in what U.S. state?
>
> A) Maine B) Michigan
> C) New York D) Washington
>
> He's going to phone a fellow bar trivia friend. Scott, a wine merchant
> will be getting the phone call. Chris hesitates before offering
> the options. 90 percent certainty is offered towards D) Washington.
> He'll go with Scott.
> .
> .
> .
> Scott
> .
> .
> .
> was right!

San Piedro Island (a fictional island), to be more specific.

IMO, "Snow" was the best movie of 1999. Lots better than that piece of
pulp fiction known as "American Beauty". ONE nomination for
cinematography and that's it? (:/) OK, maybe it's that white guy/Asian
woman thing with me, but still, it was a much more thoughtful movie than
the flick that actually won Best Picture.

Just go to http://www.snowfallingoncedars.com/ and judge for yourself.

</soap box>
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"He wanted Bill Cullen, who's been dead for eight years!"
--Regis Philbin, on Michael Davies's plans for a host for "Who Wants to
Be a Millionaire"

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Brett A. Pasternack

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Dec 13, 2000, 10:47:22 PM12/13/00

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vicste...@mailexcite.com wrote:

> For $8000: What is the girth of a 3-foot cube?
>
> A) 18 feet B) 12 feet
> C) 27 feet D) 54 feet
>
> He does the math, and the math tells him that it is B) 12 feet. Final
> answer, and a right one.

I don't understand the question. I'm not sure what they mean by "girth",
or by "3-foot cube"--I'm assuming the latter means "cube with edges of 3
feet", but it could be taken in other ways.

Steven Sousa

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Dec 14, 2000, 11:01:16 AM12/14/00

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Brett A. Pasternack wrote in message <3A3842...@erols.com>...

Girth refers to the horizontal circumference, which in the case of a 3-foot
cube, would be 3 times 4.

I don't know how else to interpret 3-foot cube, other than a 3x3x3 cube. It
couldn't possibly be a 3 cubic foot cube, because the right answer for that
option wasn't listed.

Steve Sousa

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Dec 14, 2000, 11:54:54 AM12/14/00

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In article <3A371B24...@mindspring.com>,

Not to mention much more upbeat and far less profane than AB.

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Dec 16, 2000, 12:35:29 AM12/16/00

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Curt Alliaume wrote:
>
> In article <3A3A179D...@acd.net>, Matt Ottinger <otti...@acd.net>
> writes:
>
> >John Isles, iv wrote:
> >
> >> Vic Stevenson writes:
> >>
> >> >For $250,000: According the Constitution, a presidential candidate
> >> >must have lived in the U.S. for a minimum of how many years?
> >>
> >> Um... correct me if I am wrong, but I honestly thought that federal law
> >> requires Presidential candidates to be born within the boundaries of the
> >> United States, and that people born elsewhere (other countries) were
> >> ineligible for Presidency.
> >
> >You're right, but so is WWTBAM. The residency requirement is IN ADDITION TO
> >having been born in the country. You could have been born in the USA but
> >grown up somewhere else.
>
> The three requirements are, if I remember correctly:
>
> 1) at least 35 years old
> 2) born in the USA
> 3) have lived in the United States for the last 14 years straight.

Small but important distinction: you must be a natural born citizen of
the US, but you need not have been born in the US. Someone born a
foreign national will never be eligible, but someone born on foreign
soil whose parents are citizens can be eligible. (Actually, it's also
sufficient to have been a citizen when the Constitution was adopted, but
it seems unlikely that anyone will be able to take advantage of that
method. B^)

Dixon Hayes

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Dec 16, 2000, 3:35:12 AM12/16/00

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Brett A. Pasternack wrote:

>(Actually, it's also
>sufficient to have been a citizen when the Constitution was adopted, but
>it seems unlikely that anyone will be able to take advantage of that
>method. B^)
>

The first few presidents did, I think through Martin Van Buren, that is why
that provision is there. You're right, though, we can safely say it is grossly
outdated and unnecessary now...

Dixon
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John Isles, iv

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Dec 16, 2000, 3:46:06 AM12/16/00

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Brett A. Pasternack writes:

>Curt Alliaume wrote:

>>The three requirements are, if I remember correctly:

>>1) at least 35 years old
>>2) born in the USA
>>3) have lived in the United States for the last 14 years straight.

>Small but important distinction: you must be a natural born citizen of
>the US, but you need not have been born in the US. Someone born a
>foreign national will never be eligible, but someone born on foreign
>soil whose parents are citizens can be eligible. (Actually, it's also
>sufficient to have been a citizen when the Constitution was adopted, but
>it seems unlikely that anyone will be able to take advantage of that
>method. B^)

I thought it was only those who were born in the States. I am not making
any snap judgments on this, but if you are incorrect on "someone born on
foreign soil whose parents are citizens can be eligible", then a child
whose parents are American-born, but born in Britain, for example, would be
qualified as British. Thus, that specific child would be considered a
native of Britain, making him ineligible for U.S. Presidency.

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Matt Ottinger

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Dec 16, 2000, 8:59:15 AM12/16/00

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Brett A. Pasternack wrote:

> > The three requirements are, if I remember correctly:
> >
> > 1) at least 35 years old
> > 2) born in the USA
> > 3) have lived in the United States for the last 14 years straight.
>
> Small but important distinction: you must be a natural born citizen of
> the US, but you need not have been born in the US. Someone born a
> foreign national will never be eligible, but someone born on foreign
> soil whose parents are citizens can be eligible. (Actually, it's also
> sufficient to have been a citizen when the Constitution was adopted, but
> it seems unlikely that anyone will be able to take advantage of that
> method. B^)

Well, there's Strom Thurmond...

--Matt
otti...@acd.net

Jake Tanner

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Dec 16, 2000, 11:39:52 AM12/16/00

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On Sat, 16 Dec 2000 08:59:15 -0500, Matt Ottinger <otti...@acd.net>
wrote:

Nope...he doesn't qualify since when he was born, it was simply
referred to as "The New World"...:)

Jake

Brett A. Pasternack

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Dec 16, 2000, 10:48:19 PM12/16/00

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John Isles, iv wrote:
>
> Brett A. Pasternack writes:
>
> >Curt Alliaume wrote:
>
> >>The three requirements are, if I remember correctly:
>
> >>1) at least 35 years old
> >>2) born in the USA
> >>3) have lived in the United States for the last 14 years straight.
>
> >Small but important distinction: you must be a natural born citizen of
> >the US, but you need not have been born in the US. Someone born a
> >foreign national will never be eligible, but someone born on foreign
> >soil whose parents are citizens can be eligible. (Actually, it's also
> >sufficient to have been a citizen when the Constitution was adopted, but
> >it seems unlikely that anyone will be able to take advantage of that
> >method. B^)
>
> I thought it was only those who were born in the States. I am not making
> any snap judgments on this, but if you are incorrect on "someone born on
> foreign soil whose parents are citizens can be eligible", then a child
> whose parents are American-born, but born in Britain, for example, would be
> qualified as British. Thus, that specific child would be considered a
> native of Britain, making him ineligible for U.S. Presidency.

If the parents retain American citizenship, then the child can also be
considered a natural-born citizen. He or she would not have to apply for
citizenship. Therefore, he or she would also someday be eligible for the
Presidency.

Consider how grossly unfair it would be if an American were ineligible
for the presidency because at the time of his or her birth, his or her
parents were serving their county overseas in the military or as
diplomats.

Dixon Hayes

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Dec 17, 2000, 2:23:27 AM12/17/00

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>Consider how grossly unfair it would be if an American were ineligible
>for the presidency because at the time of his or her birth, his or her
>parents were serving their county overseas in the military or as
>diplomats.

I believe the law considers any kid born on a military base or in an embassy
compound to be a US citizen anyway, so there's that too...in any event the
child of a soldier or a diplomat would *not* be disqualified for running for
sure...