CP Millionaire 10/31/2000 (My last update)
Charlie Pevey
October 31, 2000
(Oh great. VCR recorded the AU channel. I'll try my best. Help to
fill the choices is always welcome. See the end for my final thoughts
as a WWTBAM updater.)
Regis in black suit and shirt, orange tie. (It's Halloween, folks.)
Lore from College Station, TX.
Lore's at $200. She's clean (all lifelines intact).
For $300:
A person who is satisfied with success is said to be "resting on his"
what?
A: Pedestal B: Laurels C: Harley D: La-Z-Boy
B: Laurels.
For $500:
A place where air currents are controlled and studied is known as what?
A: Wind tunnel B: Wind room C: Wind arena D: Wind pipe
A: Wind tunnel.
For $1,000:
According to a TV commercial, what candy bar would if you "feel like a
nut"?
A: Mounds B: Clark Bar C: Baby Ruth D: Almond Joy
D: Almond Joy's got nuts. Mounds don't. Grand's hers.
For $2,000:
What type of vegetation is most characteristic of American prairies?
Quick to it.
A: Grasses.
For $4,000:
What was the name of former U.S. president Teddy Roosevelt's legendary
volunteer cavalry unit?
She knows it.
C: Rough Riders.
For $8,000:
Which of the following magazines features the "Cheers & Jeers" column?
A: People B: TV Guide C:
A: People. Final.
...
No. It was B: TV Guide. (:()
People has Picks and Pans.
Lore, you should've used a lifeline! That's what they're there for!
She leaves with a grand.
One lady in the circle tonight.
FFQ: Singers, order of birth, most recent:
A: Carly Simon B: Tracy Chapman C: Tina Turner D: Geri Haliwell
Correct order: D, B, A, C
5 of 10...winner...Alex Aldrich, 5.71 seconds!
BREAK!
[Ericcson/AT&T $1,000,000 winning number: 9546372]
Alex from Montpelier, VT. Burgundy shirt, checkered tie, Aviator
glasses. Wife Sue in audience. Father of four, including triplets.
"That's why I'm here." Over 3½ years, he's changed about 22,000
diapers. Director at the Vermont State Arts Agency.
For $100:
Complete the phrase: "as easy as shooting" what?
A: Fish in a barrel
For $200:
What do planes release into the air to form skywriting?
A: Confetti B: C: Smoke D: Tofu
C: Smoke.
For $300:
What have you done to something if you've "eighty-sixed" it?
A: Painted it B: Gotten rid of it
C: Turned it upside-down D: Broken it
He's gotta ATA.
0-92-4-4.
"I think I'll go with D."
For $500:
What household appliance has setting such as "Chop", "Puree", and
"Liquefy"?
A: Coffee grinder, B: C: Crockpot D: Blender
D: Blender. (Chuck Woolery can tell you all about crockpots.)
For $1,000:
Which of the following athletic balls has dimples?
B: Golf balls. Grand's his.
For $2,000:
On the TV show starring John Lithgow, what is the "3rd Rock from the
Sun"?
A: Mercury B: Pluto C: Earth D: Mars
What it's supposed to be...
C: Earth.
For $4,000:
Color of fruit inside a ripe pomegranite?
A: Red B: Green C: Yellow D: White
A former waiter should know his fruits...
A: Red.
For $8,000:
The Barents Sea is directly north of what country?
Confident again...
D: Russia.
For $16,000:
"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is a short story by
Calaveras County in California...the story by...
B: Mark Twain.
For $32,000:
What college location is the main setting for the movie "The Excorcist"?
A: Berkeley B: Cambridge C: Georgetown D: Ann Arbor
A bit of a think...
then...
C: Georgetown. Final answer.
...
Right answer!
BREAK!
[Growing Pains Movie Sunday at 7, 6 Central on ABC]
[A total of 3 kids have shown up trick-or-treating tonight!]
Sue pushed him for 40 tries. Triplet boys are 5, lone daughter's 3.
Five to the million. PAF and 50:50 left.
Free Shot:
In 1861, businessman Eberhard Faber opened a U.S. factory that
mass-produced which of these everyday items?
A: Pencil B: Typewriter C: Hammer D: Boots
50:50 leaves:
A: Pencil B: Typewriter
A: Pencil.
Final.
(A lights up)
...
>From way downtown...
BANG!
For $125,000:
What is the main character's name in the Pink Floyd rock epic "The
Wall"?
A: Jimmy B: Pink C: Ace Face D: Uncle Ernie
He's phoning Chris.
He guesses Pink. Fairly sure. Didn't sound it.
He's going to play the guess.
B: Pink.
Final.
...
Way to play!
For 13 Club membership and $250,000:
The order of animals known as monotremes differ from other mammals in
which of these ways?
A: Fly B: Live in ocean C: Don't produce milk D: Lay eggs
He's out of lifelines...
...so he'll walk.
He would have guessed D.
He should've guessed D.
FFQ: U.S. states' abbreviations in geographic order, starting in the
south:
A: CO B: WA C: TX D: WY
Correct order: C, A, D, B
3 of 9...Tracy Cotter, >5 seconds!
Mr. Tracy Cotter's from Verona, WI. Metallic blue shirt. Brother Tom
in audience. He's an anesthesiologist (so's his wife). Went to Notre
Dame and other schools.
For $100:
Which of the following is a slang term talks incessantly?
A: Jawbreaker B: Slackjaw C: Windbag D: Marcel Marceau
C: Windbag.
For $200:
What is the name for a strong outer covering of a tree?
A: Bark B: Twig C: Flower D: Mr. Outer Skin, Esq.
A: Bark.
For $300:
Frank Perdue is famous for selling what product?
A: Chicken B: Cookies C: Vegetables D: Nuclear weapons
A: Chicken. (I've never heard of him.)
For $500:
A play in basketball where one team tries to run past the other to the
basket.
B: Fast break. (The 1980s Lakers called it Showtime.)
For $1,000:
Which animal is a quadruped?
A: Ape B: Kangaroo C: Horse D:
C: Horse. He's galloping off with a grand.
BREAK!
[Little Nicky November 10]
Halfway House member #1 Michael Shutterly in the audience! The Gyptors
are having a convention in NYC (devoted WWTBAM fans - and that phrase
may be an understatement).
Works with Digiplast - plastic surgery help and training around the
world (Tibet, South America, other places).
For $2,000:
According to the title of a 1974 song by Steely Dan, who shouldn't "lose
that number"?
In the Phil Collins song, it's Billy. Steely Dan...
D: Rikki.
For $4,000:
Since 1996, which of the U.S. paper currency notes has not been
redesigned?
A: $1 B: $5 C: $10 D: $20
The U.S. Mint has been using advertising to encourage the use of gold
dollar coins...hence, they may never bother to redesign the...
A: $1.
For $8,000:
In 1776, the Declaraction of Independence was adopted by
A: Sons of Liberty B: The Federalists
C: Continental Congress D:
He's certain.
C: Continental Congress.
For $16,000:
In the TV sitcom "Seinfeld", Jerry and his friends are regular at what
coffee shop?
A: Biff's B: C: Cup o' Joe's D: Monk's
He ATAs.
It's 44 to Monk's, the pluarlity winner.
He'll go with Monk's.
Final.
...
Right!
BREAK!
[Just tripled our trick-or-treater turnout from 3 to 9 in just one
visit. Not too many get this far up the hill.]
Tracy had a history degree, when to Michigan State, then
Wisconsin-Madison for a medical degree.
For $32,000:
What article of clothing was U.S. congresswoman Bella Abzug famous for
wearing?
A: Black gloves B: Hat C: D:
B: Hat. Final.
Confident.
He should be!
(milestone music)
Free Shot time. For $64,000:
Which of the following country music stars is not a member of the Grand
Ole Opry?
A: Garth Brooks B: Reba McEntire C: Shania Twain D: Randy Travis
Has only 2 PAFs available. (The other 3 are busy at the moment.)
50:50 leaves:
A: Garth Brooks C: Shania Twain
Risking the weakened PAF lifeline, he goes with Shania Twain.
Final answer.
(C lights up)
...
He's got it!
For $125,000:
What part of a second is a nanosecond?
B: One billionth.
Final.
(B lights up)
Regis tells him 3 seconds later...
...(or 3 billion nanoseconds later) he's right!
For $250,000:
In 1938, who became the first actor to win the Academy Award for Best
Actor two years in a row?
A: Spencer Tracy B: Clark Gable C: Humphrey Bogart D: Bing Crosby
Calling his friend, Robert.
He says Spencer Tracy, but he's not sure.
Tracy doesn't know.
Will he risk it?
...
No. It's too much money.
If Tracy had gone with Tracy...
...if Robert had been more certain...
Tracy would've been in the 13 Club.
(The only other actor to accomplish the Best Actor repeat -- Tom Hanks.)
FFQ: TV journalists, order of birth, most recent:
A: Diane Sawyer B: Dan Rather C: Ed Bradley D: Matt Lauer
Correct order: D, A, C, B
4 of 8...winner...Joe Mallon, 4.41 seconds!
Joe Mallon from Albany (outside of Berkeley), CA. Computer programmer,
fianceé Sue in audience. Asks Regis to be his best man.
For $100:
According to the festive phrase, "eat, drink and be" what?
A: Frank B: Larry C: Merry D: Late for work
C: Merry.
For $200:
Complete the innovative phrase: "pushing the" what?
A: Book B: Envelope C: File D: Credit card
B: Envelope.
For $300:
The label "4WD" on a card stands for what?
A: For winding drive B: Four working doors
C: Four-wheel drive D: Really expensive
C: Four-wheel drive.
For $500:
According to a famous TV commercial for a medical alert system, an old
lady yells, "I've fallen and I can't" what?
A: Fall asleep B: Watch TV, C: D: Get up
D: Get up. (Based on a true story.)
For $1,000:
Which of these units is used primarily to measure firewood?
A: Cord B: Peck C: Dram D: Noggin
A: Cord. (128 cubic feet)
For $2,000:
On an oral thermometer, what degrees Fahrenheit indicates normal body
temperature?
No problem here.
B: 98.6.
For $4,000:
Which of the following states does not border Canada?
A: Vermont B: Minnesota C: Wyoming D: Montana
Remembers his states...
C: Wyoming.
For $8,000:
What director's Mercury Theatre produced the infamous "War of the
Worlds" radio broadcast in 1938?
A: Orson Welles B: Frank Capra C: Alfred Hitchcock D: Preston Sturges
A: Orson Welles. (Airing on Halloween 1938.)
**AH-WHOO!**
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 (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.
WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE?: Copyright 2000
Valleycrest Productions and Buena Vista Television.
All Rights Reserved.
This update is Copyright 2000 Charlie Pevey, GS-L WWTBAM Updater.
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.
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Thanks for your kind words and understanding, folks. I am grateful for
having held your attention for the past several weeks, and I hope to
next to try does too.
For my last time, 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"
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Victor L. Romany
For about ten years, there has been a variety of pomegranate called
"Ganesh" Pomegranate. Developed in India, and available in most
SEAsian and MiddleEastern countries. The outerskin is yellow, as is
the color of the fruit-beans inside.
Vic
On Tue, 31 Oct 2000 22:20:14 -0800, Charlie Pevey
<char...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>WWTBAM Update
>October 31, 2000
>
SNIP
>
>For $4,000:
>Color of fruit inside a ripe pomegranite?
>A: Red B: Green C: Yellow D: White
>
>A former waiter should know his fruits...
>
>A: Red.
>
SNIP
Brett A. Pasternack
> For $8,000:
> In 1776, the Declaraction of Independence was adopted by
> A: Sons of Liberty B: The Federalists
> C: Continental Congress D:
D: was Continental Army.
> He's certain.
>
> C: Continental Congress.
>
> For $16,000:
> In the TV sitcom "Seinfeld", Jerry and his friends are regular at what
> coffee shop?
> A: Biff's B: C: Cup o' Joe's D: Monk's
B: was Tom's, which actually makes the question more difficult, and even
somewhat murky: the exterior of Monk's is played on the show by the
exterior of Tom's, a real-life greasy spoon on 112th Street (give or
take a block) in NYC. This restaurant coincidentally inspired Suzanne
Vega's hit song "Tom's Diner". Doot doot doo doo, doot doot doo doo,
doot doot doo doo doot doot doo doo...
Zach Horan
>Vega's hit song "Tom's Diner". Doot doot doo doo, doot doot doo doo,
>doot doot doo doo doot doot doo doo...
>
> Tom's, a real-life greasy spoon on 112th Street (give or
>take a block) in NYC.
There was a final Rock and Roll J! question about that diner inspiring the
Suzanne Vega song, in season one of R&RJ!.