SCS Millionaire 11/2/2000
Steven Sousa
Scott Brody and his pit stains get into the hot seat. He's had 14 car
accidents and other ailments. Will he crash and burn tonight?
He's won $8,000 and has only 50:50 left. Two questions to the big lock-in.
Will he get there?
For $16,000:
A bezel is commonly found on which of the following fashion accessories:
A: Tap Shoes B:Zipper
C: Watch D:Barrette
"Yikes," says Scott. He doesn't look like much of a fashion plate. Freddy
Blassie wouldn't approve. He uses 50:50.
C: Watch D Barrette
He guesses D. Final answer.
Is a bezel on a Barrette?
Nope. Watch. Scott loses $7,000.
Regis bids Scott farewell, then tells us that a bezel is that rim which
holds the crystal in place in your watch. Is that a real word or a Sniglet?
Only Rich Hall knows for sure.
Let's meet our ten finalists tonight. AND THEY ARE:
David "Cherry" Pitts, Gatlinburg, TN
Greg Pracz, Westchester, IL
Micah Dalton, Richmond, VA
Reece "Farmer in" O'Dell, Columbia, SC
Lori "Flown the" Cooper, Williams OR
Leslie Hogue, Tuskaloosa, AL
Edwarc "Rollin' Rollin'" Roland, Phenix City, AL (No typo. That's how it was
on the screen)
Rob "Life's so un-" Fair, Blauvelt, NY
That's going to get old really quick, isn't it? OK. Consider the experiment
over.
Michael Lowenstein, Orinda, CA
Lynne Baldwin, Oklahoma City, OK
Let's put some things in correct order!
Put these former U.S. vice presidents in order of their birth, starting with
the most recent:
A: Walter Mondale B: Nelson Rockefeller
C: Dan Quayle D: Spiro Agnew
Correct Answer: C-A-D-B
3 of 10 got it right! Fastest time, 5.47 seconds, Reece O'Dell wins by .43
seconds! He'll try for a million when we get back.
Did they really need to make a Growing Pains reunion movie?
Reece is from South Carolina, which means Reege gives oral satisfaction to
Lou Holtz, their football coach. Reece is a human resources consultant.
Translation: He gets hired by companies to decide who stays and who goes, so
that the management of the company doesn't have to get their hands dirty.
Bitter? No, not at all, why do you ask?
Reece is also a card-carrying member of MENSA, the society for people who
think people will be impressed when you tell them you're a member of MENSA.
Let's just say I'm not rooting for Reece.
For $100, A lullaby is a song sung to babies to help them do what?
B. Fall Asleep
$200: Which of the following would a plumber most likely be called to fix?
B: Leaky Faucet
$300: If something is excellent, it's said to be "the cat's" what?
C: Meow
$500: What instrument measures and records the ground vibrations during an
earthquake?
A: Seismograph
First milestone: A popular animated Disney movie features an unlikely pair
of animals, "The Fox and the" what?
B: Hound, not E: Scully
Reece aces the first five.
$2,000: Who is the subject of the 1982 hit song by Frank Zappa and his
daughter, Moon Unit?
A: Punk Rocker B: Valley Girl
C: Aerobics Instructor D:Surfer
B: Valley Girl is CORRECT!
$4,000: In the South, deep-fried balls of cornmeal are called what?
A: Hush Puppies B:Sand Dollars
C: Crawdaddies D: King Cakes
Reece is certain it's A.
Yes. Hush Puppies.
$8,000: Crowned in October 2000, the winner of the 2001 Miss America pageant
is from what state?
A: California B:Florida
C: Hawaii D:Texas
Reece didn't see the show, but he's heard about it. He thinks it's Hawaii.
Final Answer? Yep.
And Miss America 2001 is from...
HAWAII! Good for $8,000.
$16,000: What city is the main setting for Clint Eastwood's "Dirty Harry"
films?
A: Los Angeles B: San Francisco
C: Chicago D:Detroit
Reece confidently says B. Reege asks, "Final?" Reece doesn't say, "Go ahead,
make my day."
But he's still just won $16,000!
Second Milestone, all three lifelines: Which of the following awards is
officially known as the Antoinette Perry Award?
A: Tony B:Emmy
C: Oscar D: Grammy
Kind of an obvious one for $32,000, don't you think? Or is it a trap?
Reece quickly locks in A: Tony.
Tony turns yellow.....
Tony turns green!
$64,000: Queen Beatrix is the current monarch of which of these nations:
A: England B: The Netherlands
C: Sweden D: Monaco
He thinks he knows it. He's going to say B. Final Answer.
And...
Yes!
$64,000! Four questions left, and three lifelines! When we come back!
Reece tells us this is the second time he's come to New York to compete at
trivia. His high school quiz bowl team took him here.
For $125,000: What poisonous element, used to make felt hats, most likely
led to the phrase "mad as a hatter"?
A: Arsenic B: Barium
C: Mercury C: Lead
Reece uses ATA: Result: 31-9-30-30. Oooh. It doesn't get much worse of a
split than that. The audience is stumped!
50:50 leaves:
C: Mercury D:Lead
The audience favorite is gone!
He doesn't think any of his friends will know this. He doesn't consider
himself an expert on these substances, but he seems to think that mercury
can be absorbed through the skin, while lead is safe to touch. Therefore,
logic tells him that C is the correct answer.
Final?
Final.
Were hats once made from mercury?
You bet! He's won an eighth of a million dollars!
I still don't like him.
$250,000: During WWII, what native American language was used as a secret
code by the U.S. Army and Marine Corps?
A: Apache B: Cherokee
C: Blackfoot D: Navajo
He'd like to call Dave, a history professor. Dave doesn't need to hear the
choices. "Navajo!"
And it's good! For $250,000!
$500,000: In 1986, what artist painted a section of the Berlin Wall?
A: Julian Schnabel B: Keith Haring
C: Jean-Michel Basquiat D: Robert Longo
He has no idea, whatsoever, and I must say that the difficulty of this
question more than makes up for the lack of difficulty for the $32,000
question. Reece walks with $250,000!
Correct answer was B.
Great job. I still don't like him.
FFF: Put these movies in order of their first theatrical release, starting
with the most recent:
A: Turner and Hooch B: Stuart Little
C: Benji D: Air Bud
Correct answer: B-D-A-C. 4 of 9 get it right. The winner: Lynne Baldwin, in
a time of 5.38. By a slim margin of .14 seconds! Let's all think happy
thoughts for Lori Cooper, who is so close it hurts.
Lynne, the blonde from OK City is in the hot seat next! But first, these
messages!
Lynne is a vaccine specialist. Her company doesn't make the flu vaccine, so
don't blame her for the shortages! She relates an anecdote about taxi cabs.
Taxi cab anecdotes are never interesting.
$100: By definition, a duel is a fight between how many people?
A: 2
$200: Someone who takes the largest portion of something is said to have
what kind of share?
B: Lion's
$300: A person taking a ride in a dinghy is travelling in what?
A: Small boat
$500: What clothing word is also police slang for an arrest?
She's watched enough police shows to know it's C: Collar.
Milestone #1: By definition, a hypochondriac consistently believes that he
is which of the following?
A: Ugly B:Superior
C: Sick D: Persecuted
C: Sick locks in the thousand dollars!
$2000: Which of the following drinks is not made with coffee?
A: Cappuccino B: Chai
C: Caffe Latte D: Mochaccino
B: Chai is a spiced, milked tea.
$4000: The 1996 movie "Tin Cup" starring Kevin Costner is about what sport?
A: Hockey B: Bowling
C: Soccer D: Golf
Lynne thinks this was a great movie, and it was about Golf.
Golf turns Green!
$8000: What desert surrounds the city of Las Vegas?
A: Mojave B: Sonoran
C: Painted D: Great Basin
She confidently says A: Mojave.
Is it Mojave?
You Bet Your Life!
$16,000: In a 1976 best-selling poster, Farrah Fawcett is wearing what color
bathing suit?
A: Blue B: Yellow
C: Red D: Green
Hey, those are the same colors as the four kinds of game pieces in Sorry!
What a great, fun game that is. That has nothing to do with this question,
however. Lynne did not have one of these posters in her room. Not that there
would be anything wrong with that if she had. She thinks she knows the
answer, but just to be sure will ATA.
Audience says C: 14-24-57-5. That's what she thought as well. Final answer.
Before she wore nothing but paint for Playboy, Farrah wore a...
Red bathing suit! Thank you audience!
Lynne is going to go for the all-important tenth question...after a word
from our sponsors!
Are you Tacoma Tough?
Just in case Lynne bombs out, let's talk to her! She met her boyfriend
through the Internet, but hasn't met his parents yet. Regis rectifies the
situation through television. Regis says, "OK, fine"
Here we go for $32,000: Which of the current presidential candidates has a
law degree?
A: Al Gore B: George W. Bush
C: Pat Buchanan D: Ralph Nader
What about the Libertarians? Lynne squirms. It's lifeline time. She's going
to call Ed, her business partner.
Lynne reads him the question. Ed asks, "A lot of what?" Hey, that's pretty
funny.
Ed, in a shocking display of voter apathy, asks her to repeat the list of
current presidential candidates. He doesn't think it's Bush, and knows
Gore's degree is in Journalism. Just as time runs out, he says it's either
Nader or Patty Patty Buke Buke.
So, of course, she'll use the 50:50, which of course leaves the consumer
advocate and the most famous former McLaughlin Group panelist.
She's going to guess Nader.
She's going to risk $16,000.
That's a lot to risk. That amount of money could fund a Green Party campaign
in at least three states!
Is Nader a lawyer?
Yes he is! He got his degree from Harvard! She's locked in a $32,000!
$64,000: What is the name of Martha Stewart's Westport, CT farm?
A: Goat Hill B: Pony Hill
C: Turkey Kill D: Eagle Hill
Martha isn't apparently that big in Oklahoma. She takes the free guess at B:
Pony Hill. She doesn't think Ms. Stewart would live someplace called Goat
Hill, nor would she at Turkey Hill.
Pony Hill turns yellow.
Turkey Kill turns green. Too bad. But she's leaving with $32,000. Which is,
coincidentally, approximately how much ten square feet worth of Turkey Hill
costs.
Eight contestants want to get into the hot seat!
Put these singers in the order of their birth, starting with the most
recent.
A: Little Richard B: Pat Benetar
C: Don Henley D: Trent Reznor
Correct answer D-B-C-A. 7 of 8 got it right! Ouch! Poor Lori Cooper comes in
third this time, with 5.43 seconds. That's .51 seconds slower than Michael
Lowenstein, who's our next contestant.
That's got to smart. Two questions. Point-six-five seconds. Lori, if you're
reading this, I hope you get back to New York someday.
Michael is a psychiatrist, married to Sandy. They met on New Year's Day in a
parking lot. Very few of those meetings stand the test of time, but I guess
Michael and Sandy are the exception.
Let's Play!
$100: If you're reminiscing to a "golden oldie," you are most likely doing
what?
B. Listening to music
$200: A person who replaces a worker on strike is commonly known as what?
B. Scab
$300: Specialized mannequins that sit in vehicles during collision safety
tests are called what?
Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm. C. Crash Test Dummies
$500: In the U.S., which of the following always takes place on the first
Tuesday in November?
For some reason I always think that periods followed immediately by commas
tend to look very strange.
The correct answer? D: Election Day!
$1000: What is the reddish vegetable most often found stuffed inside green
olives?
I won't make the Popeye joke. You're welcome.
A: Pimento B: Beet
C: Tomato D: Radish
"Reddish Radish". That's fun to say. "Reddish Radish" Go ahead. Stop reading
right now and just say it a few times. "Reddish Radish"
And the correct answer for $1000 is A: Pimento!
Not D: Reddish Radish.
All three contestants today breeze through the first five. I must have good
karma as recapper.
For $2000: Who played the title character in the "Fletch" movies of the
1980's?
A: Dan Aykroyd B: Bill Murray
C: Chevy Chase D: Robin Williams
C: Chevy Chase!!
$4000: In what U.S. state would you find the National Baseball Hall of Fame
and Museum?
A: Ohio B: Pennsylvania
C: New Jersey D: New York
Michael is from New York, he knows for sure that it's in Cooperstown, New
York!
$8000: The "Physician's Desk Reference" is a book that primarily contains
information about what?
A: Home Remedies B: Prescription Drugs
C: Surgical Procedures D: Hospitals
Since surgical procedures are found only in Time/Life reference books, the
answer must be B.
Good! For $8000!
$16000: Started in the 1970's, what was the "Alan Parsons Project"?
A: Musical group B: Super collider
C: Boston Subway Dig D: Space Station
"I am the eye in the sky, looking at you, I can read your mind." So sang the
Alan Parsons Project, musical group.
AH-WHOOOOOOOO!! We'll have to wait until Sunday to find out if Michael can
get to $32,000. He's got all three lifelines! Can he break the show's
longest ever million-dollar-winner drought? If he does, will anyone be
recapping it?
I'll see you back here next Thursday.
Steven Sousa
Charlie Pevey
(At first, I thought Stone Cold Steve was writing the update.)
Steven Sousa wrote:
> Last time on Who Wants to be a Millionaire:
> Let's meet our ten finalists tonight. AND THEY ARE:
>
> David "Cherry" Pitts, Gatlinburg, TN
> Greg Pracz, Westchester, IL
> Micah Dalton, Richmond, VA
> Reece "Farmer in" O'Dell, Columbia, SC
> Lori "Flown the" Cooper, Williams OR
> Leslie Hogue, Tuskaloosa, AL
> Edwarc "Rollin' Rollin'" Roland, Phenix City, AL (No typo. That's how it was
> on the screen)
> Rob "Life's so un-" Fair, Blauvelt, NY
Unless you're Chris Berman in disguise, this will make me cringe.
> That's going to get old really quick, isn't it? OK. Consider the experiment
> over.
>
> Michael Lowenstein, Orinda, CA
> Lynne Baldwin, Oklahoma City, OK
> Did they really need to make a Growing Pains reunion movie?
Yeah, so people like me who had crushes on Carol Seaver when they were
growing up can have a sort of 10-year reunion. (:))
> Ed, in a shocking display of voter apathy, asks her to repeat the list of
> current presidential candidates. He doesn't think it's Bush, and knows
> Gore's degree is in Journalism. Just as time runs out, he says it's either
> Nader or Patty Patty Buke Buke.
You mean Puke Puke! (:)) You mean the reason I'm leaving the Reform
Party!
> Turkey Kill turns green. Too bad. But she's leaving with $32,000. Which is,
> coincidentally, approximately how much ten square feet worth of Turkey Hill
> costs.
<Marianne Curan imitating Martha Stewart> Martha Stewart, fact or
fiction, all I know is the money is very, very real. </MCiMS>
> AH-WHOOOOOOOO!! We'll have to wait until Sunday to find out if Michael can
> get to $32,000. He's got all three lifelines! Can he break the show's
> longest ever million-dollar-winner drought? If he does, will anyone be
> recapping it?
Good question.
> I'll see you back here next Thursday.
Good job, Steve!
--
I don't care who I tick off. Vote Gore/Liebermann on November 7!
"He wanted Bill Cullen, and he'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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Victor L. Romany
Vic
Brodo
<ae...@aurora.mv.com.XYZ> wrote:
>Last time on Who Wants to be a Millionaire:
>
<snip>
>$500: In the U.S., which of the following always takes place on the first
>Tuesday in November?
>
>For some reason I always think that periods followed immediately by commas
>tend to look very strange.
>
>The correct answer? D: Election Day!
>
<snip>
The question writers goofed on this one. Election day is always held
on the day after the first Monday in November. If November 1st is a
Tuesday, the election is held on November 8th.
November 1st is a religious holy day for Catholics - All Saints Day -
which I believe is the reason that the election is never held on that
day.
Steven Sousa
Victor L. Romany wrote in message
<15d70t4a32qraj4t2...@4ax.com>...
>Nice job, loved the humor! Looking forward to Sunday's recap.
Thanks. Has anyone volunteered for Sundays and Tuesdays yet?
Steve Sousa