UK Millionaire: March 31
Iain Weaver
Dennis Evans is blown by the misleading question of where Mel Gibson was
born. USA. USA. USA. He slumps from 4 to 1 grand.
Paddy Spooner faces The Llama Question, repeats his victory from
Millionaire Australia, and takes home another £250,000. It's been a
stock phrase for some years, but has Paddy now become the world's first
genuine professional quiz show player?
Lise Greenwood hasn't been on Millionaire anywhere before, and takes a
comfortable £16,000.
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
Series 7, Edition 6
Black is back, if you're making Chris' wardrobe. Minority Watch shows
one lady. No-one in the hotseat, so
FFF: Order these words by their appearance in "Jack & Jill."
A) Tumbling B) Water
C) Hill D) Crown
Went up the C) Hill
Fetch a pail of B) Water
Jack fell down, broke his D) Crown
And Jill came A) Tumbling after.
Who got that right?
No-one.
"Jack and Jill" is way too intellectual for this lot. Let's try
something more on their level.
FFF II: From the highest, order these mountains
A) Kilimanjaro B) Everest
C) Mont Blanc D) K2
B) 29,000 ft D) 28,000 ft
A) 19,000 ft C) 15,000 ft
4.03 seconds fastest of six, David Philips. He's in a lime green top,
dark green sleeves. A lot shorter than Chris, dark haired, heading to
40. Carpet cleaner from Morden, Surrey; wife Caroline in audience. He
took the dog for a walk this morning, but left the dog at home. He won
30p on the pools, and has practised by staring at a poster of Chris.
£100 - By tradition, what are ladies allowed to do on February 29th
only?
C) Propose marriage.
£200 - Which female vocalist is most closely associated with the song
"White Cliffs of Dover"?
B) Vera Lynn.
£300 - In the game of golf, what is used to hit the ball?
A) Club
Alan Partridge is not a friend to phone.
£500 - Which of these is a play written by Oscar Wilde?
He thinks it's A, but audience?
A) Lady Windemere's Fan 85% B) Earl Ullswater's Wig 6%
C) Dame Buttermere's Boots 3% D) Lord Coniston's Crumpet 6%
He goes with A)
The audience goes 0.818 (9/11), 69.000% right.
£1000 - Which word means a man devoted to smartness of appearance?
B) Dandy.
The thousand is safe.
£2000 - Who is the hero of fictional diaries written by Sue Townsend?
"Adrian Mole"
D) is correct.
£4000 - A hectare is a unit of what?
A) Area
10,000 square metres.
£8000 - Temple Meads Station serves which English city?
A long think.
A) Bradford B) Brighton
C) Bath D) Bristol
Phone a friend time. Michael, his father-in-law.
"Without a shadow of a doubt, Bristol."
D) Bristol.
It's right.
£16,000 - Where is the rock formation known as the Giant's Causeway?
B) Northern Ireland.
Been there, done that, bought the t-shirt, got 16 grand back.
£32,000 - What would you do with an ottoman?
B) Sit on it.
It's a chair found in front rooms all over Morden.
"You had £16,000 in your hand. If it was the wrong answer, you've lost
£15,000. Join us after the break."
[set top email, bank, w j clinton fidelity fund, greece nul points, ]
"You've won £32,000." 50/50 remains.
"I'm quite pleased now [giggle.]"
£64,000 - Who played Nero in the TV drama series "I, Claudius."
A) John Hurt B) Derek Jacobi
C) Brian Blessed D) Christopher Biggins
Straight off, he goes for
B) Derek Jacobi
Straight off, he's wrong. The answer, no laughing at the back, is the
Obvious Wrong One:
D) Christopher Biggins.
Back to FFF: Names of herbs and spices in alphabetical order
A) Coriander B) Cardamom
C) Caraway D) Clove
C-B-D-A, natch.
Fastest of four, 6.28 seconds, Richard Westlake. 35ish, cropped brown
hair, glasses, light grey shirt. Civil servant from Stevenage, workmate
(or more?) Mario is in the audience, daughter Hannah is at home, she's
earmarked the first million for Gucci shoes. With a million, he'd start
a survey to find if millionaires are more attractive to girls. What's
Paddy's number? (Southampton 25 00 00 probably.)
£100 - What are put out when the bunting goes up?
C) Flags.
£200 - Which district of Los Angeles is the centre of the American film
industry?
B) Hollywood.
£300 - Which of these is an ice cream and fruit dessert served in a tall
glass?
B) Knickerbocker Glory.
£500 - Which little boy is the friend of Winnie The Pooh?
A) Christopher Robin.
£1000 - A bowler hat and cane were trademarks of which silent movie
star?
D) Charlie Chaplin.
Catchphrase alert: "It's just you, me, and this computer."
£2000 - Which composer wrote "The Water Music"?
C) Handel
£4000 - What nationality is the footballer Dennis Bergkamp?
"Dutch"
B) does him.
£8000 - Which of these is a boat, originally steam powered, associated
with the canals of Venice?
Nasty one. Audience?
A) Canaletto 9% B) Operetta 5%
C) Vaporetto 70% D) Rigoletto 16%
He's going with them.
C) Vaporetto.
70% has been confidence level.
It remains confidence level.
The audience goes 0.833 (10/12), 69.083% right.
£16,000 - Which of these US states has a Pacific coastline?
A) West Virginia B) Wyoming
C) Washington D) Wisconsin
He thinks it's Washington.
Did he not see the FFF on Sunday night, where the four Pacific coast
states were ordered?
C) Washington is his final answer.
He's won £16,000.
£32,000 - What is the correct name for a botanical garden devoted to
growing trees?
B) Arboretum
He's confident, and has every reason to be. Phone a friend and 50/50
remain.
£64,000 - Which play did the Queen Mother see on her 99th birthday?
A) An Inspector Calls B) Hay Fever
C) Private Lives D) The Importance Of Being Earnest
He goes 50/50
B) Hay Fever D) The Importance Of Being Earnest
He's thinking that none of his Friends would know.
Take a guess?
Total guess.
B) Hay Fever.
Richard has nothing to lose. Apart from his confidence, and if he gets
this question done soon, it's better.
"You had £32,000. You were guaranteed £32,000. You've still got
£32,000."
Time to take a break.
[shania, accidental petroleum, mmm coffee, a competitor phone company]
Back we come, down from above the lighting circle to Chris' eye level.
FFF: From the earliest, order these works of art by the year they were
painted.
A) The Scream B) The Haywain
C) The Laughing Cavalier D) The Mona Lisa
D) 1503 C) 1624
B) 1821 A) 1893
Fastest of one, 10.22 seconds, Keith Morgan. Receding blond hair, orange
shirt, pushing 40. He's a spark in his eyes. A dentist from Newport,
Gwent. Dental assistant Nicola is in the audience, partner Debbie is due
to have their second child tonight. He believes in giving children
coloured fillings, though no fillings is far better. It's all done with
vegetable dye, apparently. Will Keith's attention be on this game?
£100 - Which sweet is also a word that the character Scrooge uses to
describe Christmas?
B) Humbug
"Bah, penny chew!"
£200 - What kind of establishment is a kindergarten?
C) Nursery school.
£300 - According to the title of a Beatles album, who had a lonely
heart's club band?
B) Sergeant Pepper
£500 - Which item of clothing is most commonly awarded to a sportsman
who represents his country?
B) Cap.
£1000 - The Bastille was a prison in which European city?
D) Paris.
So far, so simple. "A rinse and spit helps."
Ouch, that sting is really not going out well.
£2000 - Which colours are used to refer to the two branches of the River
Nile?
A) Blue and White.
£4000 - Which ship, built for Henry VIII, sank in 1545 and was raised in
1982?
B) Mary Rose.
Not Mary Celeste (sic). He's 98% confident. And richer.
£8000 - What is the principal diet of the osprey?
C) Fish
It's a seabird, and - in the words of the George Michael song - it's
gotta have fish.
£16,000 - Whose life is honoured with a US National Holiday in the third
Monday in January?
Is John Carpenter (IRS inspector and sometime Millionaire) a Friend?
A) Martin Luther King B) Abraham Lincoln
C) George Washington D) John F Kennedy
He'll go 50/50.
A) Martin Luther King D) John F Kennedy
"Martin Luther King."
He's heard of MLK day, but not JFK day.
He'll go with it.
A) Martin Luther King.
"Happy with your answer? You should be."
£32,000 - What is the literal translation of the French phrase
"cul-de-sac"
A) Dead end B) Round and back
C) One way D) Bottom of the bag
It's used in the UK for a street that doesn't lead anywhere.
"Bottom of the bag."
He knows it means dead end, but it's a bluff, he thinks.
D) Bottom of the bag.
"You've just won £32,000."
Phone a Friend and Ask the Audience remain.
£64,000 - The flowers of papilionacious plants resemble which insect?
A) Ladybird B) Butterfly
C) Dragonfly D) Bee
Almost straight off, he goes
B) Butterfly.
One of Keith's patients had a butterfly of that name tattooed on his
chest.
"You had £32,000. You've still got £32,000."
Keith looks shocked.
"And another £32,000 to go with it."
"You swine!"
Time! What a place to leave it.
The Series Scoreboard
1) Paddy Spooner 250000
2) Leslie Palmer 125000
Brian Jones 125000
4) Judy White 32000
Richard Kendall 32000
* David Phillips 32000
* Richard Westlake 32000
8) Tina Nicol 16000
Sue Davies 16000
Tommy O'Donnell 16000
Lise Greenwood 16000
12) Jeff Arundel 1000
Dennis Evans 1000
Total winnings: £694,000 from thirteen contestants.
Saturday: 2105 for 50 minutes, ITV2 has confused me totally. The channel
is showing Steps night tonight, but Ceefax suggests it will also be
showing 30 minutes of Millionaire at 2245. Other sources have "Family
Fortunes" in this spot.
You want to take part? Know your nursery rhymes forwards and backwards?
Lines are open on 0902 44 44 44 until mid-day Tuesday April 4. Calls
cost 50p per minute, maximum length 2 minutes, must be over 16 to play.
ITV teletext page 375 for a summary of the rules, full set on ITV's
website www.itv.co.uk, or by sending a stamped addressed envelope to
Millionaire Rules, PO Box 4444, London WC2E 9TA.
"Who Wants To Be A Millionaire"
Host: Chris Tarrant
Devised by: David Briggs, Steve Knight, Mike Whitehill
Programme Associate And Dodgy "Jokes": Richard Easter
Assistant Producer: Melinda Rogers
Executive Producer: Coleman Hutcheson
Director: Ian Hamilton
Producer: David Briggs
Copyright Celador Productions 2000.
"Who Wants To Be A Millionaire Summary"
Written by: Iain Weaver
From a format by: Jeremy Soria and Chris M Dickinson
Spoof commercials: Kurt Loeb, Helen Perry
Copyright Iain Weaver 2000.
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SnakeEyes
<weav...@my-deja.com> wrote:
> One of Keith's patients had a butterfly of that name tattooed on his
> chest.
> "You had £32,000. You've still got £32,000."
> Keith looks shocked.
> "And another £32,000 to go with it."
> "You swine!"
Hmmmm.. I believe thats the sound of millions of remotes being hurled at
the image of Chris Tarrant. Hope my contacts taped last nights show,
can't wait to see thi! :)
StormSeeker
Zach Horan <zach...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20000401195150...@ng-ft1.aol.com...
> >FFF: Order these words by their appearance in "Jack & Jill."
> >A) Tumbling B) Water
> >C) Hill D) Crown
> >
> >Went up the C) Hill
> >Fetch a pail of B) Water
> >Jack fell down, broke his D) Crown
> >And Jill came A) Tumbling after.
>
> >Who got that right?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >No-one.
>
> In the US Millionaire, if no one gets the FF question right, they edit
that
> question out. I
> guess they leave it in for the UK version.
Matt Ottinger
StormSeeker wrote:
> Gee Zach...thanks for pointing out the obvious.
Hey, it's what he does.
--Matt
otti...@acd.net
>
>
> Zach Horan <zach...@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:20000401195150...@ng-ft1.aol.com...
> > >FFF: Order these words by their appearance in "Jack & Jill."
> > >A) Tumbling B) Water
> > >C) Hill D) Crown
> > >
> > >Went up the C) Hill
> > >Fetch a pail of B) Water
> > >Jack fell down, broke his D) Crown
> > >And Jill came A) Tumbling after.
> >
> > >Who got that right?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >No-one.
> >
Zach Horan
>A) Tumbling B) Water
>C) Hill D) Crown
>
>Went up the C) Hill
>Fetch a pail of B) Water
>Jack fell down, broke his D) Crown
>And Jill came A) Tumbling after.
>Who got that right?
>
>
>
>
>
>No-one.
In the US Millionaire, if no one gets the FF question right, they edit that
wrest...@my-deja.com
<7390064151D8184D.1DBA1350...@lp.airnews.net>,
SnakeEyes <CDick...@aol.com> wrote:
> In article <8c4drq$vks$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>, Iain Weaver
> <weav...@my-deja.com> wrote:
>
> > chest.
> > "You had £32,000. You've still got £32,000."
> > Keith looks shocked.
> > "And another £32,000 to go with it."
> > "You swine!"
>
at
> the image of Chris Tarrant. Hope my contacts taped last nights show,
> can't wait to see thi! :)
Tarrant, you are becoming positively _EVIL_!!! Host the American
version and give Regis some time off, please!!!
WF
(who wonders, with this person at 64K pounds and two Lifelines, if we
might finally have a legit shot at a British Millionaire)
wrest...@my-deja.com
zach...@aol.com (Zach Horan) wrote:
> >FFF: Order these words by their appearance in "Jack & Jill."
> >A) Tumbling B) Water
> >C) Hill D) Crown
> >
> >Went up the C) Hill
> >Fetch a pail of B) Water
> >Jack fell down, broke his D) Crown
> >And Jill came A) Tumbling after.
>
> >Who got that right?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >No-one.
>
edit that
> question out. I
> guess they leave it in for the UK version.
I was wondering why it was not edited out... Has that ever happened,
that no one has gotten an American FF right??
WF
SnakeEyes
wrote:
> (who wonders, with this person at 64K pounds and two Lifelines, if we
> might finally have a legit shot at a British Millionair
Heh dont count on it, this has happened multiple times in the past. :)
Ted Patchell
deja.com wrote:
<i>I was wondering why it was not edited out... Has that ever
happened, that no one has gotten an American FF right??</i>
Oh, yes...at least twice, but it's always been edited out. The
ABC TV viewer has never seen this, but it happened once on each
of my shows, which were aired last November 9 and 10. The
November 9 question (which I had a shot at) involved putting
operas in the order of their first performance; the November 10
question involved James Brooks films in the order of their
theatrical release. (And in seat 1 that day was Janet, a film
librarian from Los Angeles...the buzz backstage was that she was
a "lock" to get this. But, no.) -Ted.
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questions that no one got right, and didn't make it on air. Combine
that with the four FF questions that did make it on air, and there
were SIX shots at making it into the Hot Seat. Now why couldn't I have
made it on that show (I qualified for the 2nd Round, but didn't make
it), instead of the one I was on (which only had 2 FF questions)?
*Sob*
Zach Horan
>that no one has gotten an American FF right??
At least once, reportedly. The FF question was to put the talk show hosts in
the order of when their talk show was cancelled, but I don't remember the
answers.