Millionaire Questions...

[Kevin Prather]

Very well...

In a standard deck of playing cards, each of the queens are traditionally depicted holding what object?

A: Sword
B: Scepter
C: Ax
D: Flower


Developed by Zenith in 1950, the first television remote control was marketed in the United States under what name?

A: Black Box
B: Lazy Bones
C: Flash-O-Matic
D: Space Command


Broadcast on December 24, 1906, the first audio transmission to be broadcast by radio was a violin performance of what Christmas carol?

A: Silent Night
B: The First Noel
C: O Holy Night
D: Greensleeves

[mclemore63]

OK, I'll try...


Which of the following British car manufacturers is NOT owned by Ford?

A) Jaguar
B) Rolls-Royce
C) Land Rover
D) Aston Martin


Travis D. McLemore,Jr.

[Millionaire76]

Clemon, that is not the right answer.

A "Precept for Drinkers," Fujimoto Giichi says, "Sake at dawn....?"

A: entrances
B: is mellow
C: exits
D: is cruel

In the Titanic, all of the wealthy first-class passengers together were worth approximately how much in today's money?
A: 9.8 Billion
B: 10.3 Billion
C: 8.6 Billion
D: 7.1 Billion

Japan has a total land area of approximately how many square miles?
A: 152,493
B: 145,370
C: 186,120
D: 142,360

[Steve McClellan]

[quote name=\'Millionaire76\' date=\'Nov 20 2004, 09:11 PM\']Clemon, that is not the right answer.

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May I? Thanks.

Wow.

[Millionaire76]

I can see that some of you are really not that polite...

[dzinkin]

Considering Matt's post regarding his IMDB entry...

On which of the following game shows has Matt Ottinger NOT appeared?

A. Sale of the Century
B. Quizbusters
C. The $10,000 Wedgie
D. Jeopardy!

[Kevin Prather]

I can eliminate two straight away. The $10,000 Wedgie sounds just crazy enough to be true, so I'll say A, final answer.

EDIT: Dammit. Just read the newest post in the IMDB thread. Sometimes when something seems crazy, it's because it is.

[MCArroyo1]

[quote name=\'Millionaire76\' date=\'Nov 21 2004, 11:55 AM\']I can see that some of you are really not that polite...

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Yeah, they can be like that sometimes.  That doesn't make your questions any better, they're still awful.  The first is too obscure, and nobody's gonna know the exact answer to a numerical question like the other two.  NOBODY.

A million-dollar question should be difficult, yes, but the bright contestant should be able to make a few deductions and maybe eliminate one or two possible answers.  That can't happen with these questions.

The LEAST you could do is widen the range in the answer choices, but that won't help much.

[dzinkin]

[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Nov 21 2004, 01:08 PM\']I can eliminate two straight away. The $10,000 Wedgie sounds just crazy enough to be true, so I'll say A, final answer.

EDIT: Dammit. Just read the newest post in the IMDB thread. Sometimes when something seems crazy, it's because it is.

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My turn...

Wow.

[Kevin Prather]

So I didn't know that Matt was on $otC. I know now. A lesser person would've changed their answer. I chose not to.


In November 2004, what piece of Seinfeld memorabilia was inducted into the Smithsonian Institution?

A: George's glasses
B: The Bubble Boy outfit
C: Jerry's pirate shirt
D: The damaged cashmere sweater

[Little Big Brother]

What was the theme of the first McDonald's Happy Meal when it was introduced nationally in 1979?

A.  Outer Space
B.  Circus
C.  Pet Store
D.  Cops and Robbers


In the classic game "Donkey Kong", what is the name of the abducted woman?

A.  Pauline
B.  Petunia
C.  Patty
D.  Penelope

[aaron sica]

Theme of the first McDonald's happy meal. I'm going to say A. Outer space. They had a few like that in the early days.

Donkey Kong's abducted woman is A. Pauline. I remember that from a Donkey Kong coloring book I had as a child.

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'Nov 21 2004, 02:17 PM\']Donkey Kong's abducted woman is A. Pauline. I remember that from a Donkey Kong coloring book I had as a child.

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....except you're never going to get official confirmation from Nintendo on that, because they have never confirmed the heroine's name, just as they have never confirmed the etymology of Mario's name

[aaron sica]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Nov 21 2004, 04:39 PM\'][quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'Nov 21 2004, 02:17 PM\']Donkey Kong's abducted woman is A. Pauline. I remember that from a Donkey Kong coloring book I had as a child.

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....except you're never going to get official confirmation from Nintendo on that, because they have never confirmed the heroine's name, just as they have never confirmed the etymology of Mario's name

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Which, of course, renders the question invalid. Thanks, Chris.

[Little Big Brother]

[quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'Nov 21 2004, 04:40 PM\'][quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Nov 21 2004, 04:39 PM\'][quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'Nov 21 2004, 02:17 PM\']Donkey Kong's abducted woman is A. Pauline. I remember that from a Donkey Kong coloring book I had as a child.

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....except you're never going to get official confirmation from Nintendo on that, because they have never confirmed the heroine's name, just as they have never confirmed the etymology of Mario's name

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Which, of course, renders the question invalid. Thanks, Chris.

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Actually, I believe the first time I heard about her name was reading the players guide "Mario Mania" (piblished by Nintendo), which was for Super Mario World on the SNES.  They had a timeline of the Mario character, and if my memory serves, she was mentioned by name.

Unfortunately, proving (or disproving in case a flash of memory from 12-15 years ago may be mistaken) by finding a copy of a this book (online or on eBay), makes fighting this more of an effort than I am willing to put forth.  The answer that I was looking for was in fact A.