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Dean Scungio

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Jul 1, 2001, 11:41:50 PM7/1/01

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Dean: Good evening. I'm Dean Scungio, and welcome to 'Net U.S. Mastermind.
This is Game 6 of eight qualifying games in our Mastermind Tournament. The
eight winners and a Wild Card player will face off at a later date for a
chance to win up to $100,000 and be crowned as the "Ultimate Mastermind".

We have three players here tonight. <shot of players> One of them will
advance in the tournament and win $5,000, possibly $10,000 at the end of the
show. Let's not waste any more time. Bring up our first player.

SCORES
--------------
* Mike 0
Antonio 0
Nolan 0

Dean: Welcome to the show. Name?

Mike: Mike McComb.

Dean: Hometown?

Mike: Dearborn, Michigan.

Dean: Specialty Subject?

Mike: "The Simpsons".

Dean: A popular Subject around here. I should mention to our audience that
the player who wins this game gets the chance to double his prize money at
the end of the show by answering a question in his Specialty Subject.
Again, Mike, welcome to the show. I'm sure you know the rules, but for the
people out there who don't know them, here's how the show works. In the
first round, I'll ask Mike twenty questions in four categories with five
questions in each. A correct answer is worth one point and sweeping all
five questions in a category is worth a bonus point. If Mike does not know
an answer, he can guess or pass. The number of passes will be used to break
any tie scores. I'll repeat this with the other two players. The two high
scorers will move on to the second round.

Now, Mike, before I tell you what your categories are, I want to mention to
you and the other players that I went to a poker game last night, and I got
"inspired", if you will. I also got rich, but that's another story.

Mike, your categories in the first round are: "Jacks", that is, people named
Jack, "Queen", the rock group, "Kings", famous kings in history, and
"'A'ces", "A" in quotes. That means all the answers in that category start
with the letter A.

Are you ready?

Mike: I'm ready. ^_^

Dean: Let's begin.

Category: JACKS (People named Jack.)
* Who was the host of "The Tonight Show" prior to Johnny Carson?
Mike: Jack Paar.
Dean: Correct. (Score: 1)

* Who is the creator of the "Deep Thoughts" sketches on "Saturday Night
Live"?
Mike: Jack Handey.
Dean: Correct. (2)

* Which legendary golfer is known as the "Golden Bear"?
Mike: Jack Nicklaus.
Dean: Right. (3)

* Who hosts a TV wildlife show entitled his "Animal Adventures"?
Mike: Jack Hanna.
Dean: Right. (4)

* Who won a Best Actor Oscar for his role in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's
Nest"?
Mike: Jack Nicholson.
Dean: Bonus! Next... (5)

Category: QUEEN (The rock group)
* What famous scientist's name is mentioned in "Bohemian Rhapsody"?
Mike: Galileo.
Dean: ...Galileo! Right. (6)

* Queen created the soundtrack for what 1980 science fiction movie based on
a comic book superhero?
Mike: Pass.
Dean: "Flash Gordon". (6)

* The bass line of what song, written by Queen and David Bowie, was sampled
without credit by Vanilla Ice for his hit "Ice Ice Baby"?
Mike: Under Pressure.
Dean: Correct. (7)

* What popular "sports anthem" begins: "I've paid my dues/Time after
time/I've done my sentence/But committed no crime"?
Mike: "We Will Rock You".
Dean: "We Are the Champions". (7)

* In what year was Queen inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
Mike: 2001.
Dean: Just this year, correct. (8)

Category: KINGS
* What king, along with his Queen Isabella, helped to finance Christopher
Columbus' voyages?
Mike: Ferdinand.
Dean: Right. (9)

* What English king is best known for having six wives who were all killed?
Mike: Henry VIII?
Dean: Yes. (10)

* Which French monarch was nicknamed "The Sun King"?
Mike: Louis XIV.
Dean: Yes. (11)

* Who was the King of England before Queen Elizabeth II took the throne in
1952?
Mike: Edward VI?
Dean: George VI. (11)

* King Juan Carlos and Queen Sophia are the ruling figures of which European
country?
Mike: Portugal?
Dean: Spain. (11)

Category: "A"CES
* What medical term is defined as "a wasting away due to a lack of use"?
Mike: Atrophy?
Dean: Yes. (12)

* What is the proper term for a place where birds are kept?
Mike: Aviary.
Dean: Correct. (13)

* James Earl Ray, Gavrilo Princip and Sirhan Sirhan were all famous what?
Mike: Assassins.
Dean: Right. (14)

* What type of artificial waterway invented by the Romans is still in use in
Segovia, Spain?
Mike: Aqueduct.
Dean: Right. (15)

* In physics, if you are travelling at a constant velocity, it is said you
have zero what?
Mike: Acceleration.
Dean: Sweep! (16)

Dean: Great job, Mike. <applause> You got 16 answers right and swept two
categories. You got all the Jacks right and all the "A"ces right. That
brings your first round total to 18 points.

CATEGORY SCORE
------------------------------------
Jacks 5 + 1
Queen 3
Kings 3
"A"ces 5 + 1
========
16 + 2 = 18
SCORES
--------------
Mike 18
* Antonio 0
Nolan 0

That's a great score for the first round, Mike. Now let's bring up our next
player.

Dean: Name?

Antonio: Antonio Gray.

Dean: Hometown?

Antonio: Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Dean: Specialty Subject?

Antonio: The World Wrestling Federation.

Dean: I hope you're not going to hit me with a piledriver if you lose,
Antonio. That wouldn't be pretty. <laughter> You've seen how it works.
I'll ask twenty questions, and you'll get a point for a right answer. Right
now, you're tied for second place. <light laughter>

Here are your categories: "3 of a Kind", I'll give you three items, and
you'll have to tell me what they have in common. In "Straight", I'll give
you a list of items, and you'll have to put them in the order I ask.
There's "Royal Flush". This is a little different because it's not about
royalty, but the word "King" or "Queen" will appear in each answer.
Finally, there's "Wild Card", which is a category about anything.

Get comfortable. Are you all set?

Antonio: I'm ready.

Dean: Then let's begin.

Category: 3 OF A KIND (What do these 3 items have in common?)
* Tommy Pickles, Chuckie Finster, Phil Deville.
Antonio: Fathers on Rugrats.
Dean: Wrong. Moving on... (Score: 0)

* Bombay, Calcutta, Madras.
Antonio: Pass.
Dean: Cities in India. (0)

* An elevator, a train, General Motors.
Antonio: Things you ride on or in.
Dean: Can't take it. They all have cars. (0)

* "The Hardest Working Man in Show Business", "Soul Brother #1", "The
Godfather of Soul".
Antonio: Pass.
Dean: Nicknames for James Brown. (0)

* Mandy Patinkin, Adam Arkin, Hector Elizondo.
Antonio: Pass.
Dean: Actors on "Chicago Hope". (0)

Category: STRAIGHT (Put these items in order.)
* Year 2000 films, starting with the earliest release: "Gladiator", "Erin
Brockovich", "What Women Want", "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".
Antonio: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Gladiator, Erin Brockovich and What
Women Want.
Dean: No. "Erin Brockovich", "Gladiator", "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon",
"What Women Want". (0)

* Chemical elements by their atomic numbers, from lowest to highest: Copper,
Uranium, Carbon, Helium, Radon.
Antonio: Helium, Carbon, Copper, Radon and Uranium.
Dean: Correct! (1)

* Famous landmarks, from north to south: The Pyramids of Giza, The Eiffel
Tower, The Parthenon.
Antonio: The Pyramids of Giza, The Parthenon and The Eiffel Tower.
Dean: No. Eiffel Tower, Parthenon, The Pyramids. (1)

* Music groups by the current number of members in them, from the fewest to
the most: Dream, Destiny's Child, S Club 7, O-Town.
Antonio: Destiny's Child, O-Town, Dream and S Club 7.
Dean: No. Destiny's Child, Dream, O-Town, S Club 7. (1)

* NFL teams by when they first won the Super Bowl, starting with the
earliest: Denver, Green Bay, San Francisco, Pittsburgh.
Antonio: Green Bay, Pittsburgh, San Francisco and Denver.
Dean: Right! (2)

Category: ROYAL FLUSH ("King"s and "Queen"s)
* What literary character is best known for proclaiming "Off with their
heads!"?
Antonio: William Shakespeare.
Dean: The Queen of Hearts. (2)

* Big band leader Benny Goodman was popularly known by what nickname?
Antonio: King of Swing.
Dean: Right. (3)

* Rosie O'Donnell was given what "title" by a "Newsweek" magazine cover?
Antonio: Pass.
Dean: "Queen of Nice." (3)

* What TV show starring Kevin James currently airs on Monday nights at 8:00
pm Eastern time on CBS?
Antonio: King of Queens.
Dean: Correct. (4)

* Some say this "title" was "self-proclaimed", but it actually wasn't. What
musical "title" did the media give to Michael Jackson?
Antonio: King of Pop.
Dean: Correct. (5)

Category: WILD CARD (???)
* What TV medical drama takes place at Cook County General Hospital?
Antonio: Pass.
Dean: "ER". (5)

* What team won the only championship of the XFL football league?
Antonio: Los Angeles Xtreme.
Dean: Right. (6)

* Who was the first Vice President of the United States?
Antonio: Hannibal Hamlin.
Dean: John Adams. (6)

* Name three of the eleven U.S. states that are located within two different
time zones.
Antonio: Pass.
Dean: There's...a bunch of them. (6)

* Who wrote "The Martian Chronicles"?
Antonio: Ray Bradbury.
Dean: Right. (7)

Dean: That's it. Well, Antonio, you only got seven correct answers, and you
didn't sweep any categories, so you won't be getting any bonus points. I
want to explain the ruling on the very first question, which you got wrong.
Simply, you gave me more information than what I was looking for and that
cost you. Tommy, Chuckie and Phil are babies on "Rugrats". If you had said
they were *characters* from "Rugrats", I would've taken it, but you said
they were *fathers*, and that's wrong. Also, in the "3 of a Kind" category,
I asked what elevators, trains and General Motors had in common. The
problem is that "General Motors" refers to the company, not any particular
vehicle, so you can't "ride on or in" General Motors. So after Round 1, you
have 7 points, Antonio.

CATEGORY SCORE
------------------------------------
3 of a Kind 0
Straight 2
Royal Flush 3
Wild Card 2
========
7 + 0 = 7
SCORES
--------------
Mike 18
Antonio 7
* Nolan 0

Mike will move on to Round 2, but he needs an opponent. Let's bring up our
last player for this round.

Dean: Name?

Nolan: Nolan Slover.

Dean: Hometown?

Nolan: St. Louis Park, Minnesota.

Dean: Specialty Subject?

Nolan: "Star Trek: Voyager".

Dean: You've seen how the game works, Nolan. You need at least seven points
to play against Mike in Round 2, but please try to answer more than that so
this is an interesting game later on.

Continuing with the theme, your categories are: "Deuces Wild", questions all
concerning the number 2, "One Pair", a.k.a. Famous Couples, "Full House",
the TV show, and "4 of a Kind". Unlike Antonio's "3 of a Kind" category,
this time, I want you to list the four items I ask for in the question.

I hope you're ready.

Nolan: I'm ready to go.

Dean: Then let's begin.

Category: DEUCES WILD (All about the number 2.)
* What color is the number 2 ball on a pool table?
Nolan: Blue.
Dean: True, blue. Hey! (Score: 1)

* What legendary manager and coach had a #2 retired in his name by the
Boston Celtics?
Nolan: Red Auerbach?
Dean: Right. (2)

* On a baseball scorecard, what position is labeled as number "2"?
Nolan: The catcher.
Dean: Correct. (3)

* 2 is the smallest kind of what number where it is only divisible by itself
and 1?
Nolan: Prime.
Dean: True. (4)

* What three letters are on the "2" key on a standard TouchTone telephone?
Nolan: ABC.
Dean: Correct. Sweep. (5)

Category: ONE PAIR (Famous couples)
* What were the full character names (first and last) of TV's "The Odd
Couple"?
Nolan: Felix Unger and Oscar Madison.
Dean: Correct. (6)

* What famous couple first appears in Chapter 2 of the Book of Genesis?
Nolan: Adam and Eve.
Dean: Of course. (7)

* In a 1967 film, Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway played what famous criminal
couple?
Nolan: Bonnie and Clyde.
Dean: Yes. (8)

* In a 1969 film, Paul Newman and Robert Redford played what famous pair of
Old West robbers?
Nolan: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
Dean: Yes. (9)

* What famous Hollywood couple starred together in the 1946 film "The Big
Sleep"?
Nolan: Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall.
Dean: Right! Another sweep. (10)

Category: "FULL HOUSE" (The TV show)
* "Full House" was set in what city?
Nolan: San Francisco.
Dean: Correct. (11)

* Mary Kate and Ashley Oslen both played which character?
Nolan: Michelle Tanner.
Dean: Right. (12)

* What was the occupation of Bob Saget's character, Danny Tanner?
Nolan: Talk show host.
Dean: Yes. (13)

* Jesse and Rebecca got married and had twins. What were their names?
Nolan: Alexander and Nicholas.
Dean: I'll take it. (14)

* What popular teen actress played D.J.?
Nolan: Candace Cameron.
Dean: Sweep! I sense a theme here. (15)

Category: 4 OF A KIND (List the four items described.)
* List the 4 H's of the 4-H organization.
Nolan: Head, Heart, Hands, Health.
Dean: Right! (16)

* List the 4 books of the Gospel.
Nolan: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
Dean: Correct. (17)

* List the 4 members of the comic book group "The Fantastic Four".
Nolan: Reed Richards, Sue Richards, Johnny Storm and Benjamin Grimm.
Dean: Their real names are also acceptable. (18)

* List the 4 professional golf tournaments that make up the PGA's Majors.
(Hint: Tiger Woods has won them all.)
Nolan: The US Open, The Masters, The PGA Championship and The British Open.
Dean: You *are* Tiger Woods! (19)

* List the 4 famous artists whose names were shared by the comic book group
the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles".
Nolan: Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Donatello and Raphael.
Dean: Perfect score! (20)

Dean: Wow! Congratulations, Nolan, you are the first player to get a
perfect score in the first round. All 20 questions right, all 4 bonus
points, giving you a grand total of 24 points!

CATEGORY SCORE
------------------------------------
Deuces Wild 5 + 1
One Pair 5 + 1
"Full House" 5 + 1
4 of a Kind 5 + 1
========
20 + 4 = 24
SCORES
--------------
* Mike 18
Antonio 7
* Nolan 24

One quick thing before we move on: I accepted your answer about the
Fantastic Four because you gave me the real names of Mr. Fantastic, The
Thing, The Invisible Woman and The Human Torch. You can head back to your
seat now.

Antonio, I'm sorry things didn't work out for you. You faced some tough
opponents tonight, but you'll be leaving us with $1,000 and a collection of
office supplies backstage.

We're going to take a break. When we come back, Mike and Nolan will play
for $5,000, possibly $10,000, and a spot in the Mastermind Tournament. Stay
tuned.

Dean's voiceover: We still have a few open spots for the remaining
qualifying games. If you want to be a contestant on a future episode of
'Net U.S. Mastermind, please E-mail your name, hometown, occupation, your
Specialty Subject, and any other personal information you want to
dscu...@worldnet.att.net.

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Portions of this transcript have been edited and/or recreated. The actual
gameplay was not altered in any way, shape or form.

This Net game is based on the shows "Mastermind", developed by the British
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Dean Scungio
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