VS Millionaire 5/1--Pop-up version
Brett A. Pasternack
. o O ( Airdate: 5/1/01 )
. o O ( May Day )
> The NHL playoffs are in full swing, so if a game is on
>
> When we last saw the Millionaire studio, we saw Michelle Del
> Piore win $16,000, but she lost two of her lifelines in
> the process. She can still ask the audience. Michelle claims
> to have seen a UFO. She has her friend Dorothy sitting
> in the relationship seat.
>
> Let's Play!
>
> For $32,000: Who was the most famous student of the
> philosopher Plato?
>
> A) Euripides B) Socrates
. o O ( A poster for National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week once
showed Socrates taking his fatal drink, while one of his students
thought, "Doesn't this guy 'know when to say when'?" )
> C) Aristotle D) Sophocles
>
> She decides to use the final lifeline. 2-58-37-3.
> Michelle had narrowed it down to B) and C) as
> well. She's going along with the audience, after
> describing her trip as a roller coaster. B) Socrates.
> .
> .
> .
> .
> And her ride has come to an end. It was C), Aristotle.
. o O ( Socrates taught Plato, who taught Aristotle, who taught
Alexander the Great. )
> Fastest Finger: Put these movies in order of their
> first theatrical release, starting with the earliest.
>
> A) Forget Paris
> B) Brighton Beach Memoirs
. o O ( Jason Alexander, who later played George Costanza on Seinfeld,
had a small role in Brighton Beach Memoirs. )
. o O ( Brighton Beach Memoirs was written by Neil Simon, who also wrote
Chapter Two, which George and Jerry watched on an episode of Seinfeld. )
> C) Remember the Titans
> D) Total Recall
. o O ( Like Blade Runner, Total Recall was based on a work by Phillip
K. Dick. )
. o O ( Also like Blade Runner, it had a much shorter title; the
original short story was called "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale".
)
> BDAC is correct.
. o O ( 1986; 1990; 1995; 2000 )
>4 correct answers, and 5.98 is the
> winning time that sends Charlie Carson to the hotseat.
> Charlie is a legal secretary from New York City, but
> is originally from Signal Mountain, Tennessee. He has
> his roommate, Andy, with him. Andy works in advertising.
> "What in advertising?" - Regis. "Advertising." - Andy.
>
> For $100: Which of the following phrases means "a stern
> scolding"?
>
> C) Tongue-lashing
>
> For $200: A person would most likely use a compact to do
> which of these tasks?
>
> A) Apply makeup
>
> For $300: Nonstick frying pans are commonly coated with
> that substance?
>
> B) Teflon
> Not D) Banana peels.
>
> For $500: The Americcan icon Uncle Sam is traditionally
> pictured wearing what kinf of hat?
>
> B) Top hat
>
> For $1000: In a classic movie song, what line follows
> "Ding Dong!"?
. o O ( George Costanza once suggested that, instead of getting wine and
cake for a party, they just bring Pepsi and Ding Dongs. )
>
> A) The hunchback said B) It's time for bed
> C) My name is Ted D) The witch is dead
> D) The witch is dead.
>
> (ad break)
>
> Charlie founded a master's swimmers organization in New York.
> But one doesn't have to be a master swimmer to join it.
. o O ( George Costanza swam at a health club in New York. )
. o O ( He even had a pair of prescription goggles. )
> For $2000: A sandwich board is commonly used for what
> purpose?
>
> A) Game playing B) Cooking
> C) Advertising D) Transportation
> C) Advertising.
>
> For $4000: Carmakers currently express engine size
> using what unit of measurement?
. o O ( The earlier measure was in cubic inches. )
> A) Liters B) Gallons
> C) Pounds D) Feet
>
> Charlie doesn't have a car, so he turns to the audience
> for this one. 67-18-10-5. Charlie was thinking that way
> as well. He goes along with the audience.
. o O ( George Costanza bought a used 1985 Chrysler LeBaron. )
> This time, they were right!
. o O ( Engine size of the 1985 LeBaron: 2.2 Liters )
> For $8000: By definition, what has been done to "plaited" hair?
>
> A) Shaved B) Braided
> C) Dyed D) Wrapped into bun
> B) Braided.
>
> For $16000: Which TV show host was a writer for both "Saturday
> Night Live" and "The Simpsons"?
>
> A) Dennis Miller B) Jon Stewart
> C) Chris Rock D) Conan O'Brien
>
> D) Conan O'Brien, who returned to make a guest appearance on
> the Simpsons. "I didn't do it!"
. o O ( He also appeared on several sketches on Saturday Night Live,
including one in which he played one of a group of reporters at a Gulf
War press conference trying to get the officials to reveal classified
information that would put the troops at risk. )
. o O ( The sketch caused the Bush Administration to abandon a plan to
make more information public. )
> For $32000: What is the study of plant and animal tissues
> called?
>
> A) Etiology B) Nephrology
> C) Histology D) Seriology
>
> Charlie will phone-a-friend. Alan will get the call. Alan
> is a doctor at Massachusetts General. After forcing
> Charlie to repeat the question twice, Alan leads Charlie
> to take C) Histology.
>
> Alan's right! Charlie's reached the safe level.
. o O ( Etiology: The study of the causes and origins of disease. )
. o O ( Nephrology: The branch of medicine dealing with the kidneys and
their function. )
. o O ( Serology: The study of the properties and reactions of serums. )
> (ad break)
>
> Charlie and Andy met through mutual friends. They have also done
> talent shows together. Andy lip synced (sp?) Cher.
. o O ( I'm not at all sold on the idea of becoming a poor man's Cher."
-- Janis Joplin, after dropping out of college to pursue a singing
career. )
> For $64,000: What rock band is named after the inventor of
> the seed drill?
>
> A) Lynyrd Skynyrd B) Jethro Tull
> C) Fleetwood Mac D) Uriah Heep
>
> He wants to use the 50/50. It leaves B) and D).
. o O ( Lynyrd Skynyrd was named after a high school gym teacher named
Leonard Skinner. )
. o O ( "You remember Leonard Skinner,
He got ptomaine poisoning last night after dinner."
--"Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah" by Allan Sherman, who certainly did not
go to the same high school as the members of Lynyrd Skynyrd. )
. o O ( Fleetwood Mac took its name from the names of two members,
drummer Mick Fleetwood and bassist John McVie. )
. o O ( Within four years of the band's founding, Fleetwood and McVie
were the only original members still in the band. )
> He recalls
> that JEthro Tull had something to do with agriculture.
> He's going with that theory, and banking the free shot
> on B) Jethro Tull.
> .
> .
> .
> SWISH!
. o O ( Uriah Heep was named after a character in David Copperfield. )
. o O ( Jethro Tull was a correct answer on Millionaire once before: on
the very first million dollar question seen. )
> For $125,000: The Mount Pinatubo volcano is located in what
> country?
>
> A) Philippines B) Turkey
> C) Japan D) Australia
>
> No hesitation for this question. A) Philippines.
>
> RIGHT! He recalled the eruption about 10 years ago. Charlie
> will be paying off his debts with the money, and will
> help out some local charities through the swimming club.
>
> For $250,000: Author Dashiell Hammett based detective
> Nora Charles on what famous writer?
. o O ( In the 1934 novel The Thin Man. )
> A) Virginia Woolf B) Lillian Hellman
> C) Dorothy Parker D) Agatha Christie
>
> His guess is B) Hellmann. But it is only a guess. He is
> walking away with the money.
>
> His guess would have been right, BTW.
. o O ( Nora was a wealthy woman married to Nick Charles who, like
Hammett, was a former detective. )
. o O ( In real life, Hellman and Hammett had a romantic relationship
for some thirty years, but never married. )
> Fastest Finger: Put these major European in geographic
> order, starting in the north.
>
> A) Naples
> B) Hamburg
> C) Oslo
> D) Bern
>
> CBDA is correct.
. o O ( Norway; Germany; Switzerland; Italy )
. o O ( Four places in and near Europe recently visited by Regis
Philbin, in geographical order, starting in the north: )
. o O ( London, England )
. o O ( Bordeaux region, France )
. o O ( Malaga, Spain )
. o O ( Casablanca, Morrocco )
> Once again, 4 correct answers from the
> contestants. The fastest time is Moe Cain's 4.34.
>
> (ad break)
>
> Moe works for a trade association, doing some lobbying and
> monitoring for discount retailers. He has his wife with
> him. She is originally from Korea. They have three children
> in college.
>
> For $100: "Bellyaching" is a slang term for what?
>
> A) Complaining
>
> For $200: Dice are usually what shape?
>
> C) Cube
. o O ( Role-playing games often use dice of other shapes, with up to 20
sides. )
> For $300: Wearing an amulet is commonly believed to protect
> a person from what?
>
> B) Evil
> Not D) Going out at $300 or E) Kaientai
. o O ( Characters in role-playing games often wear amulets. )
> For $500: Which of the following household items is often
> described as "two-ply"?
>
> D) Facial tissue
>
> For $1000: Who is subject to court-martial?
>
> A) Military personnel, to lock in $1000.
. o O ( The plural is "courts-martial". )
> For $2000: What are the various positions in a political party's
> platform called?
>
> A) Nails B) Planks
> C) Knots D) Boards
>
> "If I don't get this one right, I probably can't go back to work." -
> Moe.
>
> B) Planks
>
> For $4000: What characteristic of sound is measured in decibels?
. o O ( Abbreviated dB. )
> A) Loudness B) Pitch
> C) Frequency D) Clarity
>
> Moe used to work for the American Speech & Hearing Association. So,
> this one is also very easy - A) Loudness.
>
> For $8000: Which of these financial institutions uses the advertising
> slogan "Be bullish"?
>
> A) Salomon Smith Barney B) Charles Schwab
> C) Merrill Lynch D) Fidelity Investments
>
> He knows that C) has a bull in its advertising, so Moe goes with C).
>
> That's right.
. o O ( An adaptation of the earlier slogan, "Merrill Lynch is bullish
on America. )
> For $16000: The Bette Midler song "Wind Beneath my Wings" was featured
> in what film?
>
> A) The First Wives Club B) For The Boys
> C) The Rose
. o O ( The Rose was loosely based on the career of Janis Joplin. )
> D) Beaches
>
> D) Beaches.
. o O ( The title tune from The Rose and "Every Road Leads Back To You"
from For The Boys were also hits for Midler. )
> For $32000: By definition, if a book has a soporific effect on a
> person,
> what does it do?
>
> A) Invigorates him B) Makes him feel ill
> C) Makes him sleepy D) Angers him
>
> Moe pauses for a couple of seconds, then goes with C) Makes him
> sleepy.
> He makes it his final answer.
>
> For $64000: Completed in 1726, the Spanish Steps are a popular tourist
> attraction in what city?
>
> A) London B) Rome
> C) Paris D) Athens
>
> No hesitation here. Moe knows that they are found in B) Rome.
. o O ( http://www.luc.edu/publications/keats-shelley/slide.htm )
. o O (
http://www.freefoto.com/pictures/italy/rome_spanish_steps/index.asp )
> (ad break)
>
> Moe drove a cab in Boston during his college years. He picked up
> Tony Curtis when he was in town filimg 'The Boston Strangler'.
> Let's see if Moe can get a strangelhold on 4 more questions:
>
> For $125,000: According to the classic TV series "Naked City"
> how many stories are there "in the naked city"?
. o O ( The "naked city" was New York City. )
> A) 9,000 B) 1 billion
> C) 8 million D) 200 million
>
> I think this was a $4000 question on one of the YDKJ CD-Roms. Moe
> is old enough to remember the show. So, he also remembers the
> right answer
>
> C) 8 million.
. o O ( Current population of New York City, according to the 200
census: 8,008,278 )
> For $250,000: What two political leaders engages in a famous war
> of words known as the "kitchen debate"?
>
> A) Nixon & Khrushchev B) Meir & Arafat
> C) Reagan & Gorbachev D) Kennedy & Castro
>
> Moe is also old enough to recall this - A) Noxin & Khrushchev.
. o O ( July 24, 1959, in the kitchen of a model American home at a
Moscow exhibition. )
. o O ( One of the main topics of discussion was the station of workers
in each leader's country. )
. o O ( May Day has long been acknowledged as a day to celebrate
workers, and it was a major holiday in the Soviet Union. It is also
Labor Day in Mexico. )
> For $500,000: What businessman is credited with inventing the
> charcoal briquette?
>
> A) Ray Kroc B) Henry Ford
> C) Howard Hughes D) Andrew Carnegie
>
> After a short pause, he elects to use the 50/50. He thinks that
> charcoal briquettes were around before McDonald's, Ray Kroc's
> claim to fame.
>
> Therefore, he is going to risk $218,000, and go with B) Henry Ford.
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> B) Ford!
. o O ( It was a way to utilize leftover wood from the making of
automobile themes. )
. o O ( They first became available in 1924--exclusively at Ford auto
dealerships. )
> (ad break-Celebrity Millionaire starts Sunday)
>
> Moe and his wife might visit Korea with the money.
>
> For $1,000,000: How many days make up a non-leap year in the
> Islamic calendar?
. o O ( The Islamic day begins at sunset, not midnight. )
. o O ( The evening of May 1, 2001 on the western calendar was the
evening of Safar 8, 1422 on the Islamic calendar. )
. o O ( That date may vary, as the Islamic month begins with the first
sighting of the crescent moon, and there is some discrepancy among
methods of determining when that has occured. )
> A) 365 B) 400 C) 354 D) 376
>
> He is going to use his phone-a-friend lifeline, and will ring
> his son James, who is attending Columbia University. James
> can't even offer an answer though, and time expires.
>
> So, let's try the audience. Moe begs that people who would
> make wild guesses please not answer. 33-17-35-15. It looks
> like quite a few made wild guesses.
>
> Will Moe make a wild guess?
>
> He narrows it down, like the audience to A) and C).
>
> But he can't narrow it down to just one.
>
> He's walking away with the money. He's leaving behind a guess
> of A) 365.
>
> Which was wrong. C) 354 the correct answer.
. o O ( Because the Islamic year is shorter, it will eventually catch up
to the western calendar--in 20874. )
> We are approaching the top of the hour, so let's see the
> Fastest Finger:
>
> "Put these TV detectives in the order of their original
> debut, starting with the earliest."
>
> A) Robert Ironside
> B) Lennie Briscoe
> C) Tony Baretta
> D) Peter Gunn
>
> DACB is the correct order.
. o O ( Craig Stevens, 1958; Raymond Burr, 1967; Robert Blake, 1975;
Jerry Orbach, 1992. )
> Just 3 correct answers, with
> the winner being Andrea Stout, in with a time of 4.94.
>
> Andrea is a college instructor at Swathmore College in
> Pennsylvania. She teaches physics.
>
> For $100: Which of these items can you send through a
> fax machine?
>
> C) Document.
>
> For $200: Yawning normally causes a person's mouth to do what?
>
> C) Open
>
> For $300: Which of these musical instruments is traditionally
> played using a bow?
>
> B) Violin.
>
> For $500: Someone who orders coffee with "two lumps" is asking
> for what to be put in his coffee?
>
> A) Sugar
> Unless your waiter is Bugs Bunny.
. o O ( An old joke has a man order coffee with six lumps, then drink it
without stirring because he doesn't like it sweet. )
> For $1000: By definition, incandescent means what?
>
> A) Contained B) Scented
> C) Unraveling D) Glowing
>
> D) Glowing locks in $1000.
>
> *****AH-WOOOOOO****
>
> See you again with Friday's summary.
> -----
. o O ( Total winnings this episode: $626,000 )
. o O ( Total winnings to date: $57,077,000 )
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. o O ( POP! )
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Brett A. Pasternack <bret...@erols.com> wrote in message
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> >
> > For $32,000: Who was the most famous student of the
> > philosopher Plato?
> >
> > A) Euripides B) Socrates
>
> . o O ( A poster for National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week once
> showed Socrates taking his fatal drink, while one of his students
> thought, "Doesn't this guy 'know when to say when'?" )
>
That's a good one.
>
> > For $300: Wearing an amulet is commonly believed to protect
> > a person from what?
> >
> > B) Evil
> > Not D) Going out at $300 or E) Kaientai
>
. o O ( On 4/6/2000, contestant Allen Kong went out at $300. )
. o O ( $300: Which is a famous French cooking school? )
. o O ( A. Moulin Rouge B. Eiffel Tower C. Cordon Bleu D. Chicken a la
King )
. o O ( He said A, but the answer is C. )
Hence my nickname for him, "Cordon Bleu Boy".
--
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