CP Millionaire 10/11/2000
Charlie Pevey
October 11, 2000
Last time...Jim Mulcahey uses all three lifelines to figure out that Jim
Lehrer moonlights as a novelist, then remembers on his own that Patrick
Henry declared his immortal words at the Virginia Convention to win
$125,000. Curtis (soon to be Dr.) Strange burns his last two lifelines
on a twice-a-day prescription. Bill Beattie got good help from ATA to
determine it was Ben Franklin who died at 84. Time for Bill (no
relation to Warren?) Beattie to face his fate on this Wednesday night
edition of...
WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE?
Regis in black suit, blue shirt, navy speckled tie.
Bill Beattie in the Hot Seat from Clinton Township, MI. Wife Anna in
the audience. Well-to-do brother on Long Island picked them up in a
stretch limo, went wining and dining and relaxing by a pool, saw his new
nephew.
Bill's at $8,000. PAF and 50:50 remaining.
For $16,000:
The city of Phnom Penh is the capital of what Asian country?
A: Cambodia B: Vietnam C: Thailand D: North Korea
Not a geography guy.
Thinks its Cambodia, but he goes halfers to be sure.
A: Cambodia C: Thailand
He'll go with Cambodia...final answer...
...
and it's Cambodia.
For $32,000:
The 1970 movie "Gimme Shelter" is a documentary about what rock music
festival?
A: Woodstock B: Monterey Pop C: Altamont D: Isle of Wight
He's a big Stones fan, so he knows it.
C: Altamont.
(milestone music)
Time for the Free Shot, AKA The $64,000 Question:
In 1755, British scholar Samuel Johnson published the most comprehensive
what of his day?
A: Thesaurus B: Encyclopedia C: Dictionary D: Almanac
He thinks its an almanac.
He doesn't really want to PAF...
...but he'll call his sister-in-law, Denise, a pretty smart woman.
She said C, although he first thought she said D.
(Review of the tape confirms that Regis was right in telling him that
she said C.)
Forgoing his first inclination, he'll go with Denise.
C, Dictionary. Final answer.
...
Regis: "She's the smart one in the family!"
BREAK!
[Sara Lee Calzone Creations - are those any good?, WLIIA "Whodunnit"
season premiere Thursday at 8/7 C]
Bill manages a restaurant. Most difficult thing: keep everyone from
guests to employees happy. Money to college fund for son, and a little
vacation.
Diamond Dozen time. For $125,000:
The national honor society Phi Beta Kappa was found at what college in
1776?
A: Harvard B: University of Virginia
C: Yale D: William and Mary
(Now, Phi Beta *Lambda*, I know its history. Phi Beta Kappa, no.)
He's racking his brains trying to think of the answer.
Doesn't want to give up.
But he's going to walk. Definitely.
His last thought was William and Mary.
He should've gone for it. That was it.
But $64,000 ain't bad.
To the circle, where we have two ladies.
FFQ: Articles of clothing, order of usual length of hemlines, shortest
first:
A: Kilt B: Trousers C: Tutu D: Miniskirt
Correct order: C, D, A, B
Only one got it right...a lady...
Marie Tozier, 7.78 seconds!
We have a WWTBAM first tonight. Marie Tozier is from Nome, Alaska, the
first Alaskan Hot Seat contestant. 12 hours flying and 4 hours in time
difference. Grandma Ethel in audience. It's their first time in NYC.
Marie has five children, all under six years of age (one set of twins).
For $100:
A popular late-night TV show features the catchphrase, "Live, from New
York, it's" what?
A: Saturday night! B: Time to party!
C: Getting late! D: Not HBO!
A: Saturday night!
For $200:
A jack-o'-lantern is traditionally caved from what?
A: Tomato B: Pumpkin C: Bell pepper D: Lasagna
B: Pumpkin.
For $300:
How many baskets are there on a regulation professional basketball
court?
A: One B: Two C: Five D: Seventeen
B: Two.
For $500:
What household object shares its name with a slang word meaning "to hit
or strike"?
A: Table B: Lamp C: Chair D: Clock
D: Clock.
For $1,000:
What is the name for a large, two-handled, ornamental drinking vessel,
often awarded as a trophy?
A: Stirrup-cup B: Kingcup C: Loving cup D: Painted cup
She doesn't know this. She uses the 50:50.
A: Stirrup-cup C: Loving cup
Apparently eliminates one of her hunches.
But she still doesn't know, so she'll phone her uncle Jerry.
There's an obvious transmission delay in the call to Alaska.
Jerry can't get off a guess as time expires.
She'll risk ATA and $500 to say C: Loving cup, final answer.
...
A sigh of relief as the thousand is safe!
BREAK!
[Olive Garden's Never Ending Pasta Bowl, $7.95; The Legend of Bagger
Vance starts 11/3]
Marie, 29, married 7 years. It's her first time away from the kids.
Nome, population 3,700. Regis: "I had that many people in my elevator."
For $2,000:
The name of what Mexican dish translates to "little monkey"?
(No, Regis, "little donkey"!)
A: Burrito B: Chimichanga C: Tortilla D: Salsa
In Spanish, a donkey is a burro, hence...
A: Burrito.
For $4,000:
Ted Knight and Lea Thompson both played TV sitcom characters with what
job?
A: Veterinarian B: Lawyer C: Talent agent D: Cartoonist
Knight in "Too Close for Comfort", Thompson in "Caroline in the City"...
D: Cartoonist.
For $8,000:
Where would a landau roof most likely be found?
A: Log cabin B: Car C: Church D: Sports stadium
ATA's all that's left, and she uses it.
The graph reads 5-67-13-15.
B: Car. Final answer.
...
Majority rules!
Seven to go. Out of lifelines.
For $16,000:
In 1925, who defended evolution teacher John T. Scopes in the famous
"Monkey Trial"?
A: William Jennings Bryan B: Charles Evans Hughes
C: Clarence Darrow D: John T. Raulston
She's staring blankly.
She's not sure, so she'll walk with $8,000.
Her hunch was Hughes...
...but it's Clarence Darrow. The right decision to stop.
FFQ: Entertainers, geographic order by primary working city, west to
east:
A: Oprah Winfrey B: Jay Leno C: Wayne Newton D: Howard Stern
Correct order: B (Burbank), C (Las Vegas), A (Chicago), D (New York)
8 of 9...winner...Chris Bertschmann, 4.42 seconds!
BREAK!
[Fajitas...as American (?) as Applebee's; Millionaire, Drew, Spin City,
Gideon's Crossing - Wednesdays on ABC]
Chris is from Hopkinson, MA, 25 miles outside of Boston. Glasses, looks
late 30s, balding brown hair combed back, grey polo. Met his wife at a
law office. Has four daughters at home.
For $100:
A rehearsal from an important event or ceremony is commonly called what?
A: Nail-biter B: Dry run C: Wet bar D: Bachelor party
B: Dry run.
For $200:
If someone tells you to "put the pedal to the metal," he is asking you
to do what?
A: Press flowers B: Go rollerblading
C: Drive faster D: Write a letter
C: Drive faster.
For $300:
What does the "K" stand for in the grade school level "pre-K"?
A: Kangaroo B: Kindergarten C: Knighthood D: Kissing
B: Kindergarten.
For $500:
According to the title of the 1962 Neil Sedaka song, "Breaking Up Is"
what?
A: A Wild Ride B: Not for the Weak
C: A Troubled Road D: Hard to Do
D: Hard to Do. (I beg of you...)
For $1,000:
A unique person or thing is often called "rara avis", which is Latin for
what?
A: Rare bird B: Seen from afar
C: Tender thing D: Expensive house
A: Rare bird. A thousand bucks in his pocket.
For $2,000:
Which of the following animals must constantly move in order to get
enough oxygen to its bloodstream?
A: Killer whale B: Hummingbird
C: Great white shark D: Goldfish
B: Hummingbird. He's pretty sure.
Final answer.
...
No. It's C: Great white shark. (:()
No money lost, but all three lifelines left on the table.
(I don't think this belongs at $2,000...more like $16K to $32K to me.
Yeah, he should've used a lifeline, but ATA wouldn't have helped IMO.
Thoughts?)
FFQ: Piano-playing musicians, order of birth, most recent first:
A: Harry Connick, Jr. B: Billy Joel
C: Fiona Apple D: Ray Charles
Correct order: C, A, B, D
A perfect 8 of 8...fastest...David Bates, 3.83 seconds! (Only one other
within a second of him, but all times under 7.5. I'm impressed. Easy,
but not overly easy.)
BREAK!
[Bedazzled starts 10/20; George W. Bush ad]
David's 27, an accountant from Orlando, green long-sleeve with pockets.
Single, looking. Looking for low maintenance, honest, trustworthy,
fun-loving woman. Mom in audience. He set up his mom with his stepdad,
sort of by accident. He was a cop, he and his brother were caught
making crank calls, copy took them to the station, then home, then asked
Mom out, and the rest is history.
For $100:
An especially memorable day is often said to be what kind of "letter
day"?
A: Purple B: Red C: Yellow D: Lowercase
And he's struggling with it.
Thinks about it...
...goes with red...
...and he's right!
For $200:
The American Bar Association is identified with what field of work?
A: Gymnastics B: Wig making C: Law D: Bartending
C: Law. (No problem here.)
For $300:
What is the name for a gorilla's sleeping place?
A: Nest B: Hammock C: Bunk bed D: Tent
And he's struggling with this one, too.
And I'm pulling my hair out.
Thinks about it...
Goes with nest.
Final answer...
...yes, it's a nest!
Regis: "David, you're wearing me out!"
For $500:
What is the name of Dolly Parton's theme park?
A: Planet Dolly B: Grand Ole Dolly C: Dollywood D: Hello Dolly
C: Dollywood.
For $1,000:
U.S. presidential candidate Al Gore's running mate is a senator from
what state?
A: Pennsylvania B: Connecticut C: Massachusetts D: Illinois
He must be a Republican. He ATAs.
8-72-12-8.
He'll go with B. Final answer.
Democratic VP candidate Joe Liebermann represents...
B: Connecticut. Somehow, the thousand is safe.
BREAK!
[Mitsubishi ad where the date's goes to the "wrong" car; Target's latest
Let's Work Together; don't you wish business consultants actually did
what they suggested?]
Heard from an old girlfriend. If he wins a million, she wants
$100,000. (So what have you done for me lately?)
For $2,000:
What singer's 1991 album "Unforgettable With Love" was a tribute to her
famous father?
A: Aretha Franklin B: Whitney Houston C: Dionne Warwick D: Natalie
Cole
Her father Nat King Cole...
D: Natalie Cole.
For $4,000:
A herbicide is designed to do what?
A: Fertilize plants B: Kill bugs C: Repel animals D: Kill weeds
He says D: Kill weeds...confidently...
...as he should.
For $8,000:
In what country was American teenager Michael Fay caned for vandalism?
A: Singapore B: Laos C: Colombia D: China
Remembers this from a college class.
A: Singapore.
For $16,000:
In 1999, what did the tiny island nation of Tuvalu license to a private
company for $50 million?
(Regis first called it TOO-vah-loo. He later calls it too-VAH-loo.)
A: DNA from native peoples B: Oil rights
C: Internet domain ".tv" D: National anthem
Leaning to C.
And going with it.
No. Going 50:50.
A: DNA from native peoples
C: Internet domain ".tv"
Now he goes with C.
Final answer.
...
And he's www.right.tv!
**AH-WHOO!**
We're back tomorrow, 9, 8 Central.
If you'd like to see Who Wants To Be a Millionaire? in person, and
you're going to be in the New York City area, call this number...
(212) 735-5369.
If you want some practice being on the show, play online at abc.go.com,
or play the computer game, or get the quiz book! You can play the board
game, too! And now, get the daily desk calendar and be a millionaire
every day of the year! Maybe you just want to read what it's like to be
Regis in his new book, "Who Wants to Be Me?"
WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE? was created by David Briggs with Michael
Whitehill and Steve Knight for Celador Productions, and is produced in
the United States by Valleycrest Productions for Buena Vista Television.
MILLIONAIRE?: Copyright 2000
Valleycrest Productions and Buena Vista Television.
All Rights Reserved.
This update is Copyright 2000 Charlie Pevey, GS-L WWTBAM Updater #2.
All game material contained herein remains the property of Valleycrest
and Buena Vista Television. Opinions expressed in this update are solely
those of the compiler.
Stick your neck out with pride! From La Crescenta, everybody, good
night!
--
"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"
/^-^\
|o o| Charlie Pevey
| ^ | charliepv at mindspring dot com
|---| (use correct punctuation to reply, please)
\___/ http://CharliePevey.tripod.com/
| |
| |
\ \_________
| o o \---
| o o o | \
|-----------|
| | | |
| | | |
o o o o
S&F Chu
> Time for the Free Shot, AKA The $64,000 Question:
> In 1755, British scholar Samuel Johnson published the most comprehensive
> what of his day?
> A: Thesaurus B: Encyclopedia C: Dictionary D: Almanac
> He thinks its an almanac.
> He doesn't really want to PAF...
> ...but he'll call his sister-in-law, Denise, a pretty smart woman.
> She said C, although he first thought she said D.
>
> (Review of the tape confirms that Regis was right in telling him that
> she said C.)
>
> Forgoing his first inclination, he'll go with Denise.
> C, Dictionary. Final answer.
>
> Regis: "She's the smart one in the family!"
>
You know, we had a similar question in our edition.
The question stated that "in 1755, Samuel Johnson created the first what?
(a) Cookbook
(b) Dictionary
(c) Book of Records
(d) London Street Directory
When I saw that question, I thought that it was D.
Also, it was the $64,000 question.
Francis Chu
Sydney, Australia
sf...@tig.com.au
Brett A. Pasternack
> [Sara Lee Calzone Creations - are those any good?,
I tried one the other night, and was not impressed. Stick with Hot
Pockets. B^)
> For $2,000:
> Which of the following animals must constantly move in order to get
> enough oxygen to its bloodstream?
> A: Killer whale B: Hummingbird
> C: Great white shark D: Goldfish
>
> B: Hummingbird. He's pretty sure.
>
> Final answer.
>
> ...
>
> No. It's C: Great white shark. (:()
>
> No money lost, but all three lifelines left on the table.
>
> (I don't think this belongs at $2,000...more like $16K to $32K to me.
> Yeah, he should've used a lifeline, but ATA wouldn't have helped IMO.
> Thoughts?)
I agree on all counts. Very difficult question for this level,
especially since there's a certain logic in picking a whale as the
largest animal (although the species listed is not the largest) or
hummingbird as the smallest animal. I can't see any way to deduce the
correct answer if you don't know it.
Robert Hutchinson
>
> Charlie Pevey wrote:
>
> > For $2,000:
> > Which of the following animals must constantly move in order to get
> > enough oxygen to its bloodstream?
> > A: Killer whale B: Hummingbird
> > C: Great white shark D: Goldfish
> >
> > B: Hummingbird. He's pretty sure.
> >
> > Final answer.
> >
> > ...
> >
> > No. It's C: Great white shark. (:()
> >
> > No money lost, but all three lifelines left on the table.
> >
> > (I don't think this belongs at $2,000...more like $16K to $32K to me.
> > Yeah, he should've used a lifeline, but ATA wouldn't have helped IMO.
> > Thoughts?)
>
> especially since there's a certain logic in picking a whale as the
> largest animal (although the species listed is not the largest) or
> hummingbird as the smallest animal. I can't see any way to deduce the
> correct answer if you don't know it.
Lungs vs. gills eliminates A and B (as lungs cannot work without a
respiratory system with muscle support, IIRC), and I have an easy time
picturing goldfish breathing while sitting still in the water.
Robert Hutchinson
Brett A. Pasternack
>
> > I agree on all counts. Very difficult question for this level,
> > especially since there's a certain logic in picking a whale as the
> > largest animal (although the species listed is not the largest) or
> > hummingbird as the smallest animal. I can't see any way to deduce the
> > correct answer if you don't know it.
>
> Lungs vs. gills eliminates A and B (as lungs cannot work without a
> respiratory system with muscle support, IIRC), and I have an easy time
> picturing goldfish breathing while sitting still in the water.
Ah. That makes sense, now that you say it...but I'm not sure that's a
$2000 level piece of information. B^) Thanks.
Robert Hutchinson
Oh, I should clarify, I agree entirely ... that's more of an $8K and up question,
IMO.
Robert Hutchinson