SCS Millionaire 6/14/2001
Steven Sousa
random people on the street and ask them if they wanted to be millionaires?
Dat wud be funi.
SCS Millionaire is NEW! NEW! NEW!
Did you all forget about me in the month or so since my last recap? I hope
I'm still not out of fresh material.
Last Time:
April Campbell was the only correct fastest finger contest. She got up to
$2000.
Tonight she's wearing a charming white blazer with a dark jacket. She's a
lawyer who recently passed the bar exam. I don't care to hear her story
about it. Just like none of you care that I recently took my GRE and scored
620V/800A/800Q. So we'll just Fastforward by both boring stories.
April has used one lifeline, PAF. She's going for $4000. LET'S PLAY!
$4000: The game "Pokemon" is called what in Japan?
A: Poker Demons B: Pocket Monster C: Slowpoke Men D: Poke me, mon
I can't think of a way to make a joke about gay Jamaicans without being
really tasteless.
She thinks the answer is B. Final.
She's correct.
$8000: Mammoth Cave National Park is located in what U.S. state?
A: Montana B: New Mexico C: Kentucky D: We Meant To Vote Gore.
She doesn't think it was Florida. She'd like to use 50:50. It takes away
Florida and Montana. Her inital reaction was New Mexico, and it's still
there. She'll make that her fnal answer.
The truth is Kentucky. Her consequence is losing $3,000 and going home.
AND THEY ARE:
Joe Morasso, Detroit, MI
Diane Becker, Houston, TX
Kyong Halvorson, Minneapolis, MN
Mary Burke, Flagstaff, AZ
Peter Nason, Tampa, FL
Araceli Kiff, Raymond, WA
Maria Gilmer, Roanoke, VA. Jimmy Snuka loves you, too!
Brian Wolf, Reseda, CA. He's pumped!
Jennifer Stoner, Towson, MD
Lora David, Plymouth, MI
Why is Who Wants To Be A Millionaire biased against the Northeast? Do they
prefer to pay higher travel costs?
FFF: Put the following movies in order of their first theatrical release,
starting with the most recent.
A: A River Runs Through It B: Chicken Run
C: Midnight Run D: The Cannonball Run
E: Stripes (Da Do Run Run Run Da Do Run Run)
BACD is the answer given by six of ten. Our winner, by only .05 seconds, is
Jennifer Stoner. Our hard luck loser, with the second place time of 5.70, is
Lora David.
Jennifer will play when we come back!
Coming to ABC: The World Stunt Awards. I hope Barenaked Ladies don't win,
because their Stunt was hugely overrated!
Coming next week to VH1: The 100 Best Top 100 Lists Of All Time!
Jennifer is accompanied by her younger brother Jimmy. Jennifer is a Product
Manager for a Benefits Company. She makes sure that your benefits package is
as confusing as possible. I would have guessed she's Rosie O'Donnell's body
double. She's writing a book right now. She's started and not finished a few
already. Hey, I just started writing a novel myself! Hopefully I'll finish
it.
She knows the rules and lifelines.
$100: According to a common phrase, if you are in a bad situation, you are
"over a" what?
A: Barrel.
$200: If you are "stepping on the gas," what car part are you actually
stepping on?
A: Accelerator.
$300: A napsack is a bag designed to carry things on what part of the body?
A: Back.
$500: In which of these animals would you find a swim bladder?
A: Fish B: Horse C: Bird D: Elephant
She's going for four straight A's.
She's right!
LM: In a game of tetherball, what is the ball tethered to?
A: Net B: Rock C: Pole D: Paddle
Pole! F5S!
$2000: What currently-circulated U.S. coin shows a president on the front
and his memorial on the back?
A: Quarter B: Dime C: Nickel D: Penny
She doesn't know this off the top of her head. Lots of presidents have
memorials. She's going to ask the audience. Penny wins the vote with an
embarrassing, pathetic 50% Score. Quarter and Nickel tie with 21%. She'll
agree with the audience. They're right!
$4000: What religious group is best known for putting Bibles in hotel rooms?
A: Baha'i B: Jehovah's Witnesses C: Salvation Army D: Gideons
Gideons.
$8000: Which of the following is a baked noodle pudding?
A: Fricassee B: Ragout C: Kugel D: Goulash
Kugel.
$16000: The video for what 1980's song features a young woman who enters a
black-and-white comic book world?
A: Take On Me B: Money For Nothing C: Karma Chameleon D: Express
Yourself
Her forte is 80's music. She definitely remembers one of the greatest videos
of all time, Take On Me, by A-ha.
BM: Which of the following presidential candidates lost two consecutive
presidential elections?
A: Walter Mondale B: Horace Greeley C: Britney Spears' Biggest Fan
D: Adlai Stephenson
She's going to use 50:50. I will be shocked beyond belief if it doesn't take
away Mondale and Dole. It takes away Mondale and Greeley. I am shocked
beyond belief. She works backwards from Bush vs. Gore. Before that it was
Clinton vs. Dole. Before that was Clinton vs. Bush. Before that was Bush vs.
someone she can't remember.
How can you forget about Dukakis?!?! The entire state of Massachusetts
wishes it could.
It must be Stephenson.
It was!
Commercial break!
Tobacco odors can be a devil to get rid of. Unless you're smart and don't
allow the cancer sticks in your house in the first place.
They're running a special edition of Millionaire for Father's Day. Hey,
look, it's Peter and Abby Abide! I wonder if he's still pissed off at me.
Jennifer is known at work for her wacky, vivid dreams. She has a recurring
dream about her teeth falling out. She's read that means she's worried about
money. Interpreting dreams is only slightly less stupid that Feng Shui.
$64000: In the 1994 movie "Pulp Fiction," Uma Thurman and John Travolta do
what dance at the theme restaurant?
A: Hustle B: Twist C: Tango D: Mambo
She's seen the movie. It was The Twist!
$125000: The island of Zanzibar is part of what country?
A: Tanzania B: Morocco C: Kenya D: Somalia
She is not sure. She's going to phone Joe, a geography buff. He's pretty
darn sure of Tanzania. Final answer.
Joe got it right!
$250000: The noted 19th-century English poet Gerard Manley Hopkins wrote
many of his works while working as what?
A: Scientist B: Priest C: Coal Miner D: Soldier
She has no idea. She's going to walk with her $125,000. The correct answer
was Priest.
Nine people are itching for the Hot Seat.
FFF: Put these major world cities in geographic order, starting in the
Atlantic Ocean and going east.
A: Munich B: Shanghai
C: Belfast D: Istanbul (was Constantinople)
CADB is correct. Two-thirds of the nine got it correct, including Mary Burke
is 6.41. Three others were also under seven sconds.
Dan, her husband of 11 years, is in the relationship chair. She stays at
home, but Regis says she does "a variety of things." She does cross stitch,
plays computer games, and can milk a goat. Regis almost veers into the
bestiality angle, but smartly retreats before saying anything I could take
out of context.
$100: A graduate or former student of a university is called what?
A: Alumnus
$200: At which of these places would you most likely find a working
lifeguard?
C: Swimming pool, not E: The set of Baywatch, which has sadly been
cancelled.
$300: A centenarian is a person who has lived at least how many years?
Choice C is 100. Roman numeral C is also 100. C is also for Cookie. 100 is
also the correct answer, and that's good enough for me.
$500: Which of the following sports are you most likely playing if you are
using a Louisville Slugger?
B is for Baseball.
LM: Political party contributions not regulated by federal election laws are
nicknamed what?
A: Smart money B: Fast money C: Soft money D: Hard money
Soft money. F5S!
Commercial time.
Paul Reubens is the host of You Don't Know Jack! I hope the show is as funny
as the pun implied by that fact.
This is Mary's first time in New York City. It's very different from
Flagstaff.
$2000: In the 1970's TV series "Adam-12," what is Adam-12?
A: Police precinct B: Detective squad C: Emergency code D: Patrol
car.
She thinks it's patrol car. Final answer.
Correct!
$4000: American settlers in the 18th century used the Cumberland Gap to
cross what U.S. mountain range?
A: Sierra Nevadas B: Rockies C: Appalachians D: Ozarks
That was C.
$8000: On April 9, 2001, Kevin Costner and Fidel Castro saw and discussed
what movie together?
A: JFK B: Field of Dreams C: For Love of the Game D: Thirteen Days
None of these are animated, which puts this question out of her realm of
knowledge. She's seen A and B. Thirteen days is her final answer.
Correct.
$16000: What celebritity wrote a series of children's books about a
helicopter named Budgie?
A: Ricki Lake B: Sarah Ferguson C: Richard Simmons D: Rosie
O'Donnell
Fergie.
BM: Which of these explorers was employed by the Dutch East India Company?
A: Henry Hudson B: Meriwether Lewis C: Jacques Cartier D: Ferdinand
Magellan
She's not 100% sure. She'll poll the audience. Hudson is your winner,
51-12-11-26.
She'll agree with the audeince.
They're 2-for-2 tonight!
$64000: What music legend is an ordained minister of the Full Gospel
Tabernacle Church in Memphis?
A: James Brown B: Al Green C: Ray Charles D: Jerry Lee Lewis
She believes it's Al Green.
Al Green turns yellow.
Al Green turns green!
Commercials!
Ask your doctor if a free sample of Viagra is right for you. I would think
that if a free sample of Viagra is right for you, you don't need to ask your
doctor to know it.
$125000: Someone who is nictitating is doing what?
A: Burping B: Eating C: Winking D: Snoring
She quickly gets winking.
$250000: The ancient measurement called a cubit was determined by what
length?
A: Man's thumb B: 3 paces C: Height of a man D: Elbow to tip of
middle finger.
She deliberates over who to call. She chooses Chuck, her husband's boss.
Chuck is 96% sure that it's choice D. She was leaning toward D as well.
Chuck nailed it! She's got a quarter of a million dollars!
She'd like to buy a house. The kids want to go to Disneyland. All those
things are possible if she doesn't answer incorrectly.
$500000: In the 18th century Gainsborough painting "The Blue Boy," what is
the boy holding in his hand?
A: Pheasant B: Lute C: Hat D: Sword E: <Censored>
50:50 leaves Lute and Hat. She thinks she knows, but she's not sure. She can
picture the painting, but it's a lot of money to risk. She's about 60% sure
of her answer. Regis finally coaxes her to say she's leaning toward Hat.
$32,000 is still a lot of money, so she'll go with Hat.
She's risking $218,000 on this.
Final answer.
The
correct
answer
is
HAT!
She'll take a look at Question 15 after these commercials.
These commercials.
Regis tells Dan he married well. He's not surprised that she's doing so
well. If she misses this question, she'll lose more money than any other
game show contestant in history. If she gets it correct she'll be the first
woman Millionaire in game show history.
$1M: Famous pediatrician and author Dr. Benjamin Spock won an olympic gold
medal in what sport?
A: Swimming B: Rowing C: Fencing D: Sailing
She has a hunch, but she's not going to risk it. She's walking. Her hunch
was rowing, which would have won her one million dollars.
There's just enough time for one last FFF.
FFF: Put these TV series in the order they first debuted, starting with the
earliest.
A: What About Joan B: Roseanne
C: Kate and Allie D: Veronica's Closet
CBDA is correct. Kyong Halvorson makes it a clean sweep for the women today,
with a time of 6.02 seconds. Just like last time, three others were also
under seven seconds.
Not a lot of time left, LET'S PLAY!
$100: Spinning in a circle would most likely make someone what?
C: Dizzy
$200: Someone who is clumsy is said to have "two" what?
B: Left feet.
$300: A lapel would most likely be found on what article of clothing?
B: Sport coat
AH-WHOOOOOOOOOOO!
See you next week.
Steve Sousa
Victor L. Romany
Are those GRE scores particularly good? It took me seven years to get
my Bachelor's, so graduate school is out of my league.
VicRomany
Dean Scungio
Steven Sousa <ae...@aurora.mv.com.XYZ> wrote in message
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> How wuz Who Wants To Be A Millionaire played? Did Regis Philbin walk up to
> random people on the street and ask them if they wanted to be
millionaires?
> Dat wud be funi.
>
. o O ( Real estate tycoon Donald Trump has proposed a new "reality" game
show called "Billionaire". )
. o O ( Contestants would be recorded as they try to spend $1 million in
30 minutes. )
. o O ( The player who finishes first or comes closest after the time limit
would win what they have bought during the game. )
. o O ( Trump would host the show while watching from atop his Trump
Tower. )
> SCS Millionaire is NEW! NEW! NEW!
>
> Did you all forget about me in the month or so since my last recap? I hope
> I'm still not out of fresh material.
>
. o O ( The last SCS Millionaire recap was for the 5/16/01 "Couples"
edition. )
I've used this downtime to back into Net game hosting.
> Last Time:
>
> April Campbell was the only correct fastest finger contest. She got up to
> $2000.
>
> Tonight she's wearing a charming white blazer with a dark jacket. She's a
> lawyer who recently passed the bar exam. I don't care to hear her story
> about it.
. o O ( She was in Seattle taking her bar exam at the time the February 28,
2001, earthquake hit. )
. o O ( Her exam was not postponed or cancelled. )
> Just like none of you care that I recently took my GRE and scored
> 620V/800A/800Q.
. o O ( GRE: Graduate Record Examination )
. o O ( The General Test of the GRE checks your Verbal, Analytical and
Quantitative skills. )
. o O ( 800 points is the maximum score for each of the 3 sections. )
> So we'll just Fastforward by both boring stories.
>
> April has used one lifeline, PAF. She's going for $4000. LET'S PLAY!
>
> $4000: The game "Pokemon" is called what in Japan?
> A: Poker Demons B: Pocket Monster C: Slowpoke Men D: Poke me, mon
>
. o O ( The names of "Pokémon" characters was the subject of Toby Moore's
$500,000 question back on 11/18/99. )
. o O ( He walked after not knowing Frodo was not a Pokémon. )
> I can't think of a way to make a joke about gay Jamaicans without being
> really tasteless.
>
> She thinks the answer is B. Final.
>
> She's correct.
>
. o O ( Nintendo was sued by the creators of a series of toys from the
1980's called "Monster in My Pocket". )
. o O ( They claimed copyright infringement. )
. o O ( This led Nintendo to rename the series as "Pokémon" before its U.S.
debut. )
> $8000: Mammoth Cave National Park is located in what U.S. state?
> A: Montana B: New Mexico C: Kentucky D: We Meant To Vote Gore.
>
> She doesn't think it was Florida. She'd like to use 50:50. It takes away
> Florida and Montana. Her inital reaction was New Mexico, and it's still
> there. She'll make that her fnal answer.
>
> The truth is Kentucky. Her consequence is losing $3,000 and going home.
>
. o O ( Mammoth Cave is the longest cave system in the world with more than
336 miles explored and mapped. )
. o O ( April probably confused Mammoth Cave with Carlsbad Caverns, located
in New Mexico. )
> AND THEY ARE:
>
> Joe Morasso, Detroit, MI
> Diane Becker, Houston, TX
> Kyong Halvorson, Minneapolis, MN
> Mary Burke, Flagstaff, AZ
> Peter Nason, Tampa, FL
> Araceli Kiff, Raymond, WA
> Maria Gilmer, Roanoke, VA. Jimmy Snuka loves you, too!
> Brian Wolf, Reseda, CA. He's pumped!
> Jennifer Stoner, Towson, MD
> Lora David, Plymouth, MI
>
> Why is Who Wants To Be A Millionaire biased against the Northeast? Do they
> prefer to pay higher travel costs?
>
. o O ( A new survey by the U.S. Department of Transportation reports that
Boston's Logan Airport is charging 23% more on airfare than other airports
in similar size markets. )
> FFF: Put the following movies in order of their first theatrical release,
> starting with the most recent.
> A: A River Runs Through It B: Chicken Run
> C: Midnight Run D: The Cannonball Run
> E: Stripes (Da Do Run Run Run Da Do Run Run)
>
> BACD is the answer given by six of ten.
. o O ( 2000; 1992; 1988; 1981 )
. o O ( "Stripes": 1981 )
> Our winner, by only .05 seconds, is
> Jennifer Stoner. Our hard luck loser, with the second place time of 5.70,
is
> Lora David.
>
> Jennifer will play when we come back!
>
> Coming to ABC: The World Stunt Awards. I hope Barenaked Ladies don't win,
> because their Stunt was hugely overrated!
>
> Coming next week to VH1: The 100 Best Top 100 Lists Of All Time!
>
. o O ( VH1's "Top 100..." lists include... )
. o O ( 100 Greatest Videos of All Time )
. o O ( 100 Greatest Albums of Rock 'N' Roll )
. o O ( 100 Greatest Artists of Rock 'N' Roll )
. o O ( 100 Greatest Songs of Rock 'N' Roll )
. o O ( 100 Greatest Women of Rock 'N' Roll )
. o O ( 100 Greatest Rock 'N' Roll Moments on TV )
. o O ( 100 Greatest Dance Songs )
. o O ( 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock )
. o O ( 100 Most Shocking Moments in Rock 'N' Roll )
. o O ( There is no list of the "Top 100 'Pop-Up Video' Episodes Ever". )
> Jennifer is accompanied by her younger brother Jimmy. Jennifer is a
Product
> Manager for a Benefits Company. She makes sure that your benefits package
is
> as confusing as possible. I would have guessed she's Rosie O'Donnell's
body
> double. She's writing a book right now. She's started and not finished a
few
> already. Hey, I just started writing a novel myself! Hopefully I'll finish
> it.
>
> She knows the rules and lifelines.
>
> $100: According to a common phrase, if you are in a bad situation, you are
> "over a" what?
> A: Barrel.
>
> $200: If you are "stepping on the gas," what car part are you actually
> stepping on?
> A: Accelerator.
>
> $300: A napsack is a bag designed to carry things on what part of the
body?
> A: Back.
>
> $500: In which of these animals would you find a swim bladder?
> A: Fish B: Horse C: Bird D: Elephant
>
. o O ( swim bladder: an air-filled structure in many fishes that functions
to maintain buoyancy or, in some species, to aid in respiration )
> She's going for four straight A's.
>
. o O ( GPA: 4.00 )
> She's right!
>
. o O ( If the correct answers were assigned randomly, the chance of four
straight answers being A is 1/256, or about 0.4%. )
> LM: In a game of tetherball, what is the ball tethered to?
> A: Net B: Rock C: Pole D: Paddle
>
> Pole! F5S!
>
> $2000: What currently-circulated U.S. coin shows a president on the front
> and his memorial on the back?
> A: Quarter B: Dime C: Nickel D: Penny
>
> She doesn't know this off the top of her head. Lots of presidents have
> memorials. She's going to ask the audience. Penny wins the vote with an
> embarrassing, pathetic 50% Score. Quarter and Nickel tie with 21%. She'll
> agree with the audience. They're right!
>
. o O ( penny: Abraham Lincoln and the Lincoln Memorial )
. o O ( nickel: Thomas Jefferson and Monticello, his home )
. o O ( dime: Franklin D. Roosevelt and a torch, an olive branch and an oak
branch )
. o O ( The current U.S. quarter features George Washington and various
designs based on each U.S. state. )
> $4000: What religious group is best known for putting Bibles in hotel
rooms?
> A: Baha'i B: Jehovah's Witnesses C: Salvation Army D: Gideons
>
> Gideons.
>
. o O ( The Gideons International also distributes Bibles to hospitals,
schools and universities, law enforcement personnel and prisons. )
> $8000: Which of the following is a baked noodle pudding?
> A: Fricassee B: Ragout C: Kugel D: Goulash
>
> Kugel.
>
. o O ( fricassee: poultry or meat cut into pieces and stewed in gravy )
. o O ( ragout: a well-seasoned meat or fish stew, usually with vegetables )
. o O ( kugel: a baked pudding of noodles or potatoes, eggs, and seasonings,
traditionally eaten by Jews on the Sabbath )
. o O ( goulash: a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, seasoned mainly with
paprika )
> $16000: The video for what 1980's song features a young woman who enters a
> black-and-white comic book world?
> A: Take On Me B: Money For Nothing C: Karma Chameleon D: Express
> Yourself
>
> Her forte is 80's music. She definitely remembers one of the greatest
videos
> of all time, Take On Me, by A-ha.
>
. o O ( "Take on Me" won six MTV Video Music Awards in 1986. )
. o O ( "Take on Me" was ranked #8 on VH1's list of The 100 Greatest Videos
of All Time. )
. o O ( In December 1999, MTV ranked it at #14 on their list of The Top 100
Greatest Videos Ever Made. )
. o O ( Both lists have Michael Jackson's "Thriller" ranked at #1. )
> BM: Which of the following presidential candidates lost two consecutive
> presidential elections?
> A: Walter Mondale B: Horace Greeley C: Britney Spears' Biggest Fan
. o O ( Bob Dole is featured in a new Pepsi ad watching (ogling?) Britney
Spears on TV. )
> D: Adlai Stephenson
>
> She's going to use 50:50. I will be shocked beyond belief if it doesn't
take
> away Mondale and Dole. It takes away Mondale and Greeley.
. o O ( Walter Mondale lost to Ronald Reagan in 1984. )
. o O ( Horace Greeley lost to Ulysses S. Grant in 1872. )
> I am shocked
> beyond belief. She works backwards from Bush vs. Gore. Before that it was
> Clinton vs. Dole. Before that was Clinton vs. Bush. Before that was Bush
vs.
> someone she can't remember.
>
> How can you forget about Dukakis?!?! The entire state of Massachusetts
> wishes it could.
>
. o O ( In 1984, Michael Dukakis had 111 Electoral votes to George H. W.
Bush's 426 votes. )
. o O ( Dukakis had only 7 million less Popular votes than Bush. )
> It must be Stephenson.
>
> It was!
>
. o O ( On-air time to answer: 1:22 )
. o O ( Adlai Stevenson lost to Dwight Eisenhower in 1952 and 1956. )
. o O ( Bob Dole lost to Bill Clinton in 1996. )
> Commercial break!
>
> Tobacco odors can be a devil to get rid of. Unless you're smart and don't
> allow the cancer sticks in your house in the first place.
>
> They're running a special edition of Millionaire for Father's Day. Hey,
> look, it's Peter and Abby Abide! I wonder if he's still pissed off at me.
>
. o O ( Peter Abide and daughter Abby won $125,000 on a special Family
edition of WWTBAM on 11/24/00. )
> Jennifer is known at work for her wacky, vivid dreams. She has a recurring
> dream about her teeth falling out. She's read that means she's worried
about
> money. Interpreting dreams is only slightly less stupid that Feng Shui.
>
> $64000: In the 1994 movie "Pulp Fiction," Uma Thurman and John Travolta do
> what dance at the theme restaurant?
> A: Hustle B: Twist C: Tango D: Mambo
>
> She's seen the movie. It was The Twist!
>
> $125000: The island of Zanzibar is part of what country?
> A: Tanzania B: Morocco C: Kenya D: Somalia
>
. o O ( Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour starred in the 1941 film
"Road to Zanzibar". )
. o O ( They later went on the "Road to Morocco" in 1942. )
> She is not sure. She's going to phone Joe, a geography buff. He's pretty
> darn sure of Tanzania. Final answer.
>
. o O ( On-air time to answer: 1:16 )
> Joe got it right!
>
. o O ( http://www.tanzaniaodyssey.com/map.html )
> $250000: The noted 19th-century English poet Gerard Manley Hopkins wrote
> many of his works while working as what?
> A: Scientist B: Priest C: Coal Miner D: Soldier
>
> She has no idea. She's going to walk with her $125,000. The correct answer
> was Priest.
>
. o O ( http://landow.stg.brown.edu/victorian/hopkins/gmhov.html )
> Nine people are itching for the Hot Seat.
>
> FFF: Put these major world cities in geographic order, starting in the
> Atlantic Ocean and going east.
> A: Munich B: Shanghai
> C: Belfast D: Istanbul (was Constantinople)
>
> CADB is correct.
. o O ( Northern Ireland; Germany; Turkey; China )
> Two-thirds of the nine got it correct, including Mary Burke
> is 6.41. Three others were also under seven sconds.
>
. o O ( Peter Nason: 6.55 )
. o O ( Kyong Halvorson: 6.79 )
. o O ( Diane Becker: 6.96 )
> Dan, her husband of 11 years, is in the relationship chair. She stays at
> home, but Regis says she does "a variety of things." She does cross
stitch,
> plays computer games, and can milk a goat. Regis almost veers into the
> bestiality angle, but smartly retreats before saying anything I could take
> out of context.
>
> $100: A graduate or former student of a university is called what?
> A: Alumnus
>
> $200: At which of these places would you most likely find a working
> lifeguard?
> C: Swimming pool, not E: The set of Baywatch, which has sadly been
> cancelled.
>
> $300: A centenarian is a person who has lived at least how many years?
> Choice C is 100. Roman numeral C is also 100. C is also for Cookie. 100 is
> also the correct answer, and that's good enough for me.
>
. o O ( Willard Scott says "Happy Birthday" to centenarians during his
segments on NBC's "Today" show. )
> $500: Which of the following sports are you most likely playing if you are
> using a Louisville Slugger?
> B is for Baseball.
>
. o O ( http://www.slugger.com )
> LM: Political party contributions not regulated by federal election laws
are
> nicknamed what?
> A: Smart money B: Fast money C: Soft money D: Hard money
>
> Soft money. F5S!
>
> Commercial time.
>
> Paul Reubens is the host of You Don't Know Jack! I hope the show is as
funny
> as the pun implied by that fact.
>
. o O ( "You Don't Know Jack" debuts June 20 on ABC. )
> This is Mary's first time in New York City. It's very different from
> Flagstaff.
>
> $2000: In the 1970's TV series "Adam-12," what is Adam-12?
> A: Police precinct B: Detective squad C: Emergency code D: Patrol
> car.
>
. o O ( "Adam-12" starred Martin Milner and Kent McCord. )
. o O ( Reruns of "Adam-12" can currently be seen on the cable network TV
Land. )
. o O ( The show was later remade into a 1989-1990 TV series. )
> She thinks it's patrol car. Final answer.
>
> Correct!
>
> $4000: American settlers in the 18th century used the Cumberland Gap to
> cross what U.S. mountain range?
> A: Sierra Nevadas B: Rockies C: Appalachians D: Ozarks
>
> That was C.
>
. o O ( Cumberland Gap National Park is located where the borders of
Tennessee, Kentucky and Virginia meet. )
> $8000: On April 9, 2001, Kevin Costner and Fidel Castro saw and discussed
> what movie together?
> A: JFK B: Field of Dreams C: For Love of the Game D: Thirteen
Days
>
> None of these are animated, which puts this question out of her realm of
> knowledge.
. o O ( Walt Disney Pictures' 40th animated feature, "Atlantis: The Lost
Empire" debuts this weekend. )
> She's seen A and B. Thirteen days is her final answer.
>
> Correct.
>
. o O ( "Thirteen Days" is based on the events of the Cuban Missile Crisis
of 1962. )
. o O ( Fidel Castro is not featured in the film. )
> $16000: What celebritity wrote a series of children's books about a
> helicopter named Budgie?
> A: Ricki Lake B: Sarah Ferguson C: Richard Simmons D: Rosie
> O'Donnell
>
> Fergie.
>
. o O ( Sarah Ferguson's experience at flying helicopters led to writing her
series of children's books about Budgie. )
> BM: Which of these explorers was employed by the Dutch East India Company?
> A: Henry Hudson B: Meriwether Lewis C: Jacques Cartier D:
Ferdinand
> Magellan
>
> She's not 100% sure. She'll poll the audience. Hudson is your winner,
> 51-12-11-26.
> She'll agree with the audeince.
>
> They're 2-for-2 tonight!
>
. o O ( Hudson was hired by the Company to find a western passage to the
Indies... )
. o O ( ...but he set off on his own, sailed up what is now Chesapeake Bay
and the Hudson River, and then gave up looking for a passage. )
> $64000: What music legend is an ordained minister of the Full Gospel
> Tabernacle Church in Memphis?
> A: James Brown B: Al Green C: Ray Charles D: Jerry Lee Lewis
>
> She believes it's Al Green.
>
> Al Green turns yellow.
>
> Al Green turns green!
>
. o O ( Reverend Al Green was ordained in 1976. )
> Commercials!
>
> Ask your doctor if a free sample of Viagra is right for you. I would think
> that if a free sample of Viagra is right for you, you don't need to ask
your
> doctor to know it.
>
. o O ( Bob Dole is a spokesman for Viagra. )
. o O ( He is also a pitchman for another "little blue friend"... )
. o O ( A can of Pepsi-Cola. )
> $125000: Someone who is nictitating is doing what?
> A: Burping B: Eating C: Winking D: Snoring
>
> She quickly gets winking.
>
How did she know this so quickly?!
. o O ( nictitate: to open and close the eyelids or an eyelid rapidly )
> $250000: The ancient measurement called a cubit was determined by what
> length?
> A: Man's thumb B: 3 paces C: Height of a man D: Elbow to tip of
> middle finger.
>
> She deliberates over who to call. She chooses Chuck, her husband's boss.
> Chuck is 96% sure that it's choice D. She was leaning toward D as well.
>
. o O ( On-air time to answer: 2:12 )
> Chuck nailed it! She's got a quarter of a million dollars!
>
. o O ( "Cubit" comes from the Latin "cubitus", meaning "lower arm". )
. o O ( "And this [is the fashion] which thou shalt make it [of]: The length
of the ark [shall be] three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits,
and the height of it thirty cubits. A window shalt thou make to the ark,
and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt
thou set in the side thereof; [with] lower, second, and third [stories]
shalt thou make it." -Genesis 6:15-16 )
> She'd like to buy a house. The kids want to go to Disneyland. All those
> things are possible if she doesn't answer incorrectly.
>
. o O ( Improper use of grammar: a double negative )
> $500000: In the 18th century Gainsborough painting "The Blue Boy," what is
> the boy holding in his hand?
> A: Pheasant B: Lute C: Hat D: Sword E: <Censored>
>
> 50:50 leaves Lute and Hat. She thinks she knows, but she's not sure. She
can
> picture the painting, but it's a lot of money to risk. She's about 60%
sure
> of her answer. Regis finally coaxes her to say she's leaning toward Hat.
>
> $32,000 is still a lot of money, so she'll go with Hat.
>
> She's risking $218,000 on this.
>
> Final answer.
>
. o O ( On-air time to answer: 1:40 )
> The
>
> correct
>
> answer
>
> is
>
> HAT!
>
. o O ( http://www.huntington.org/ArtDiv/BlueBoyPict.html )
> She'll take a look at Question 15 after these commercials.
>
> These commercials.
>
> Regis tells Dan he married well. He's not surprised that she's doing so
> well. If she misses this question, she'll lose more money than any other
> game show contestant in history.
Wrong.
. o O ( Dan Avila missed on a question worth $2.2 million on "Greed" and won
nothing. )
. o O ( On the other hand, Kevin Olmstead holds the record for winning the
most money on an American TV game show... )
. o O ( $2,180,000 on WWTBAM (4/10/01) )
. o O ( If Mary is wrong, she'd lose $468,000... )
. o O ( ...and be the first person on U.S. WWTBAM to do so. )
> If she gets it correct she'll be the first
> woman Millionaire in game show history.
>
Wrong again. You are the Weakest Link. Goodbye!
. o O ( Tina Wesson won $1 million for winning "Survivor 2" on 5/3/2001. )
. o O ( She is the only female million-dollar winner ever. )
. o O ( None of the 8 U.S. WWTBAM "Millionaires" are women. )
> $1M: Famous pediatrician and author Dr. Benjamin Spock won an olympic gold
> medal in what sport?
> A: Swimming B: Rowing C: Fencing D: Sailing
>
> She has a hunch, but she's not going to risk it. She's walking. Her hunch
> was rowing, which would have won her one million dollars.
>
. o O ( Dr. Benjamin Spock won a gold medal for the U.S. in the 1924 Summer
Olympic Games in Paris. )
. o O ( Spock's Yale varsity rowing team won the gold in the eight-oared
shell with coxswain 2,000-meter race on the Seine River. )
. o O ( The team also set a world record of 5:51. )
. o O ( "I felt that I was inadequate athletically and socially. I was
timid, a mother's boy. But I wanted to be a regular guy. Making the
varsity crew and winning the gold medal made a huge difference in my
personality. I was much more self-assured, and that helps almost everybody
in any field." -Dr. Benjamin Spock )
> There's just enough time for one last FFF.
>
> FFF: Put these TV series in the order they first debuted, starting with
the
> earliest.
> A: What About Joan B: Roseanne
> C: Kate and Allie D: Veronica's Closet
>
> CBDA is correct.
. o O ( 1984; 1988; 1997; 2001 )
> Kyong Halvorson makes it a clean sweep for the women today,
> with a time of 6.02 seconds. Just like last time, three others were also
> under seven seconds.
>
. o O ( Diane Becker: 6.16 )
. o O ( Peter Nason: 6.31 )
. o O ( Maria Gilmer: 6.57 )
> Not a lot of time left, LET'S PLAY!
>
> $100: Spinning in a circle would most likely make someone what?
> C: Dizzy
>
> $200: Someone who is clumsy is said to have "two" what?
> B: Left feet.
>
> $300: A lapel would most likely be found on what article of clothing?
> B: Sport coat
>
> AH-WHOOOOOOOOOOO!
>
> See you next week.
>
> Steve Sousa
>
>
. o O ( "Pop-Up Video" is a trademark of VH1, Viacom and Spin the Bottle
Productions. )
. o O ( POP! )
--
Dean Scungio
dscu...@worldnet.att.net
alt.tv.game-shows Lurker
Host of 'Net Ten-to-One
Host of 'Net U.S. Mastermind
Frequent Net Games Contestant
"It's not how much we give away,
it's the way we do it." -Monty Hall
Steven Sousa
Dean Scungio wrote in message ...
>. o O ( Airdate: 6/14/2001 )
>
>Steven Sousa <ae...@aurora.mv.com.XYZ> wrote in message
>news:9gdj41$lu1$1...@pyrite.mv.net...
>. o O ( If the correct answers were assigned randomly, the chance of four
>straight answers being A is 1/256, or about 0.4%. )
Of course, for the first four questions, choice D is usually an obviously
wrong one, so the odds become 1/81, or 1.2%
>. o O ( "Take on Me" was ranked #8 on VH1's list of The 100 Greatest Videos
>of All Time. )
>. o O ( In December 1999, MTV ranked it at #14 on their list of The Top 100
>Greatest Videos Ever Made. )
>. o O ( Both lists have Michael Jackson's "Thriller" ranked at #1. )
Which is an absurdly wrong choice. Thriller is the longest video ever made,
and at the time it was by far the most expensive video ever made, but as a
video it sucks, for at least four reasons I can think of right off the top
of my head. The first reason is that there are not one, but two Dusty
Finishes. The second reason is that they never explain how Michael Jackson
suddenly turns into a zombie. The third reason is that they split the song
in two. The fourth reason is dancing zombies. Come on! I must have been only
fifteen years old when that video debuted, and even then I knew how utterly
stupid it was to have zombies barely able to walk one second, and the next
second they break out into a broadway dance number. The only thing stupider
than Thriller was Beat It, in which Michael is able to stop a gang war by
getting them to spontaneously break out into a broadway dance number. But I
give Beat It a reprieve from the title of Worst Video Ever, since it made
Eat It possible, which is the Funniest Video Ever.
>> They're running a special edition of Millionaire for Father's Day. Hey,
>> look, it's Peter and Abby Abide! I wonder if he's still pissed off at me.
>>
>
>. o O ( Peter Abide and daughter Abby won $125,000 on a special Family
>edition of WWTBAM on 11/24/00. )
You can find that recap on groups.google.com if you're interested in reading
it to see exactly what I said that pissed off Peter so much.
>> Regis tells Dan he married well. He's not surprised that she's doing so
>> well. If she misses this question, she'll lose more money than any other
>> game show contestant in history.
>
>Wrong.
>
>. o O ( Dan Avila missed on a question worth $2.2 million on "Greed" and
won
>nothing. )
Now wait a minute. I didn't say "fail to win," I said "lose". If my memory
serves me, Dan's share of the prize money was only $200,000, since Curtis
and whats-her-name's shares were each $400,000. So he only "lost" $200,000
by not stopping. He didn't lose $2.2 million any more than I lose $50
million every time I fail to win Powerball. I only lose the $2 I risked.
>
>. o O ( If Mary is wrong, she'd lose $468,000... )
>. o O ( ...and be the first person on U.S. WWTBAM to do so. )
$468,000 is more money than $200,000, isn't it?
>> If she gets it correct she'll be the first
>> woman Millionaire in game show history.
>>
>
>Wrong again. You are the Weakest Link. Goodbye!
>
>. o O ( Tina Wesson won $1 million for winning "Survivor 2" on 5/3/2001. )
>. o O ( She is the only female million-dollar winner ever. )
>
I am RIGHT AGAIN. When the word "Millionaire" is capitalized, it refers to
someone who correctly answers Question 15 on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.
If I had not capitalized "millionaire" I would have been wrong. Tina is the
U.S.'s first female Survivor, but not the first Millionaire. She's not even
a millionaire, due to taxes on her winnings.
Maybe my use of the phrase "game show history" confused the issue.
Steve Sousa
Victor L. Romany
Brett A. Pasternack
>Dean Scungio wrote in message ...
>
>
> . o O ( "Cubit" comes from the Latin "cubitus", meaning "lower arm". )
>
> . o O ( "And this [is the fashion] which thou shalt make it [of]: The length
> of the ark [shall be] three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits,
> and the height of it thirty cubits. A window shalt thou make to the ark,
> and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt
> thou set in the side thereof; [with] lower, second, and third [stories]
> shalt thou make it." -Genesis 6:15-16 )
Noah replied: "RIGHT! What's a cubit?"...at least according to Bill
Cosby's retelling.
> >> If she gets it correct she'll be the first
> >> woman Millionaire in game show history.
> >>
> >
> >Wrong again. You are the Weakest Link. Goodbye!
> >
> >. o O ( Tina Wesson won $1 million for winning "Survivor 2" on 5/3/2001. )
> >. o O ( She is the only female million-dollar winner ever. )
> >
>
> I am RIGHT AGAIN. When the word "Millionaire" is capitalized, it refers to
> someone who correctly answers Question 15 on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.
> If I had not capitalized "millionaire" I would have been wrong. Tina is the
> U.S.'s first female Survivor, but not the first Millionaire. She's not even
> a millionaire, due to taxes on her winnings.
>
> Maybe my use of the phrase "game show history" confused the issue.
Besides, some of us don't consider Survivor a game show anyway!
Kyong at the end there was pretty cute! Now, she's back on Tuesday,
right? Millionaire seems to be doing their best to confuse us. What, if
anything, are they airing Sunday?
Randall M! Gee
"Steven Sousa" <ae...@aurora.mv.com.XYZ> wrote:
> Dean Scungio wrote in message ...
>
>> Steven Sousa <ae...@aurora.mv.com.XYZ> wrote in message
>> news:9gdj41$lu1$1...@pyrite.mv.net...
>>
>>> If she gets it correct she'll be the first
>>> woman Millionaire in game show history.
>>
>> Wrong again. You are the Weakest Link. Goodbye!
>>
>> . o O ( Tina Wesson won $1 million for winning "Survivor 2" on 5/3/2001. )
>> . o O ( She is the only female million-dollar winner ever. )
>
> I am RIGHT AGAIN.
You're still wrong.
> When the word "Millionaire" is capitalized, it refers to
> someone who correctly answers Question 15 on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.
..even with that squirrelly definition of "Millionaire."
In November 2000, Judith Keppel was asked 15 questions by Chris Tarrant
n "Who Wants To Be a Millionaire." Her 15th question was "Which king
was married to Eleanor of Aquitaine?" She answered it correctly and won
one million pounds.
-- Randall M! Gee, Keeper of Gummi Wisdom
(g...@math.berkeley.edu)