Author Topic: Millionaire Questions... (Read 123648 times)

Craig Karlberg · « **Reply #315 on:** July 28, 2004, 05:31:05 AM »

In that case, it's The Young & The Restless. FINAL ANSWER!

Kevin Prather · « **Reply #316 on:** July 28, 2004, 05:53:54 PM »

Approximately how many little dots are on the surface of an NBA regulation size basketball?

A: 4,000
B: 9,000
C: 18,000
D: 25,000

Kevin Prather · « **Reply #317 on:** July 31, 2004, 05:45:57 PM »

What is the official title of the Statue of Liberty, given by her sculptor Auguste Bartholdi?

A: Liberty Enlightening the World
B: The Preservation of Liberty
C: Liberty's Eternal Flame
D: Lady Liberty

clemon79 · « **Reply #318 on:** July 31, 2004, 06:54:54 PM »

[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jul 31 2004, 02:45 PM\'] What is the official title of the Statue of Liberty, given by her sculptor Auguste Bartholdi?

A: Liberty Enlightening the World
B: The Preservation of Liberty
C: Liberty's Eternal Flame
D: Lady Liberty [/quote]
Fourth and sixth hits on "statue of liberty title".

(I knew it off the top of my head, and have for prolly 20 years. In no way an MDQ.)

Kevin Prather · « **Reply #319 on:** July 31, 2004, 08:06:16 PM »

First hit on "Statue of Liberty"+"official title".

I bet 99% of the MDQs on the show can be easily googled.

Not a MDQ, but high tier perhaps?

clemon79 · « **Reply #320 on:** August 01, 2004, 01:21:03 AM »

[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jul 31 2004, 05:06 PM\'] First hit on "Statue of Liberty"+"official title".

I bet 99% of the MDQs on the show can be easily googled.

Not a MDQ, but high tier perhaps? [/quote]
I _might_ make it the second plateau question.

Kevin Prather · « **Reply #321 on:** August 01, 2004, 04:18:48 PM »

Ah. Perhaps I should get around the block a few more times then.

What about the basketball question? It should be a good question, because it doesn't google for crap.

Dbacksfan12 · « **Reply #322 on:** August 02, 2004, 02:41:16 AM »

[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Aug 1 2004, 03:18 PM\'] Ah. Perhaps I should get around the block a few more times then.

What about the basketball question? It should be a good question, because it doesn't google for crap. [/quote]
Problem is, different companies use different amounts of nipples--er dimples.

Kevin Prather · « **Reply #323 on:** August 02, 2004, 02:12:41 PM »

In general, it's around 18,000, give or take a few hundred at the most.

Kevin Prather · « **Reply #324 on:** August 03, 2004, 11:54:26 PM »

What classic song was used at the theme song for the first episode of the television series "Family Matters"?

A: Blueberry Hill
B: What a Wonderful World
C: The Best Is Yet To Come
D: Ramblin' Rose

(It's probably easy given the four choices. I couldn't think of better ones.)

In mathematics, a pair of consecutive numbers with equal prime factorizations is known by what name?

A: Jordan-Rodman pair
B: Sampras-Agassi pair
C: Ruth-Aaron pair
D: Elway-Montana pair

Steve McClellan · « **Reply #325 on:** August 04, 2004, 01:48:55 AM »

[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Aug 3 2004, 08:54 PM\']In mathematics, a pair of consecutive numbers with equal prime factorizations is known by what name?[/quote]
You mean, with prime factorizations of equal length? With an equal number of prime factors? With an equal number of occurrences of prime factors?

Anyway, I think that question is too esoteric. A good game show question can be understood by just about everyone who's watching, even if they don't happen to know the answer. Most of the people I know would look at that question and say, "Prime whats?"

Kevin Prather · « **Reply #326 on:** August 20, 2004, 03:17:14 PM »

Here's another question we should know, but others might have trouble with. Maybe $64,000 or $125,000?

What internet slang word was introduced to the public in the computer game "Warcraft"?

A: Pwned
B: Leet
C: Newbie
D: Pron

The way I see it, two can be knocked off instantly.

clemon79 · « **Reply #327 on:** August 20, 2004, 03:35:07 PM »

[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Aug 20 2004, 12:17 PM\'] Here's another question we should know, but others might have trouble with. Maybe $64,000 or $125,000?

What internet slang word was introduced to the public in the computer game "Warcraft"?

A: Pwned
B: Leet
C: Newbie
D: Pron

The way I see it, two can be knocked off instantly. [/quote]
The way I see it, we've been using all four of those terms since before you were BORN.

I gotta know: what's your source for this one?

Kevin Prather · « **Reply #328 on:** August 20, 2004, 03:58:57 PM »

I went to Google and typed in "pwned"+"origin", and most of the top hits pointed the origin of the word towards a typo in Warcraft.

Even if it's a disputed origin, pwned is still "the best answer".

TLEberle · « **Reply #329 on:** August 21, 2004, 05:03:17 AM »

You could say it's "the best answer," but if people have been using those terms since before WarCraft, or indeed LAN gaming, existed, then it's a crummy question. For that matter, if you're using google to research a third-tier question, you need something more than that.

On another note, it doesn't pass the "who cares?" quotient for me. Questions like what the original name for the walkman was, or who said "There's something rotten in the state of Denmark" are interesting, fun, and anyone can have some idea bout the right answer. With the questions so far, there's no real reason to care about how many pimples are on a basketball, what prime factors are called, or what the longest word in the OED is.

Remember, you're writing for a TV audience, who is very likely 99% not trivia mongers.