Author Topic: Millionaire Questions... (Read 123714 times)

Steve McClellan · « **Reply #555 on:** November 30, 2005, 08:54:02 PM »

[quote name=\'Modor\' date=\'Nov 30 2005, 05:35 PM\']The story behind is interesting too. [...] some believe that in order to bypass that ordinance, they built a basketball court. (I believe I read this on Snopes).[/quote]
And if you'd bothered to do the obvious research, you would see that Snopes thoroughly debunks that story.

Robert Hutchinson · « **Reply #556 on:** November 30, 2005, 09:18:21 PM »

[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Nov 30 2005, 08:02 PM\']While interesting trivia (and I would be thrilled to see it as my MDQ, since I know it), it's a bad question, and I'll tell you why: There's no way at all to reason it out.[/quote]

Not that I'm necessarily disagreeing with you, but you must consider a lot of the actual high-level Millionaire questions to be bad, then.

Kevin Prather · « **Reply #557 on:** December 01, 2005, 08:37:21 PM »

Something interesting I learned in history today...

Nicolaus Copernicus' theory of a sun-centered universe was largely influenced by the number theories of what mathematician?

A: Ptolemy
B: Johannes Kepler
C: Pythagoras
D: Blaise Pascal

Speedy G · « **Reply #558 on:** December 02, 2005, 01:58:26 PM »

[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Dec 1 2005, 09:37 PM\']Something interesting I learned in history today...

Nicolaus Copernicus' theory of a sun-centered universe was largely influenced by the number theories of what mathematician?

A: Ptolemy
B: Johannes Kepler
C: Pythagoras
D: Blaise Pascal

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Well, unless my personal historical timeline is totally bass-ackwards, I'd instantly throw out Kepler and Pascal for being after Copernicus. That in itself kills it as a MDQ.

*does some quick Googling*

Yeah, those two are instantly out. I'd personally be inclined to say Ptolemy, because the question seems to overly emphasize math. That would throw anyone without a clue toward Pythagoras simply because everyone's heard of him.

Kevin Prather · « **Reply #559 on:** December 02, 2005, 09:28:41 PM »

It is indeed Pythagoras.

Is Kepler really that far after Copernicus? *checks* I see your point. -.-

Kepler used his own number theories to positively prove Copernicus' theory. I thought that would make it a good trick answer. I didn't realize it was nearly 100 years later.

wheelloon · « **Reply #560 on:** December 02, 2005, 10:22:24 PM »

This one may be considered too easy, but...

Which one of these men is famous for saying that television was nothing but "a vast wasteland?"

A. David Sarnoff
B. Newton Minow
C. William Paley
D. Arthur Nielsen

Kevin Prather · « **Reply #561 on:** December 02, 2005, 11:30:46 PM »

A similar question was worth $250,000 in March 2000. It instead asked what Newton Minnow's "vast wasteland" was.

Damn. I better put the Horanstones down...

zachhoran · « **Reply #562 on:** December 03, 2005, 07:41:13 AM »

[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Dec 2 2005, 11:30 PM\']A similar question was worth $250,000 in March 2000. It instead asked what Newton Minnow's "vast wasteland" was.

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TV's being called a "vast wasteland" was the subject of a clue on the 12/2/05 episode of J!, too.

BrandonFG · « **Reply #563 on:** December 03, 2005, 10:43:40 AM »

[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Dec 3 2005, 07:41 AM\'][quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Dec 2 2005, 11:30 PM\']A similar question was worth $250,000 in March 2000. It instead asked what Newton Minnow's "vast wasteland" was.

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TV's being called a "vast wasteland" was the subject of a clue on the 12/2/05 episode of J!, too.

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So, in other words, they mentioned it on J! yesterday?

Don't answer that, it's a JOKE.

Brandon Brooks · « **Reply #564 on:** December 03, 2005, 01:52:40 PM »

[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Dec 3 2005, 07:41 AM\']TV's being called a "vast wasteland" was the subject of a clue on the 12/2/05 episode of J!, too.

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And? Stop flaunting.

Brandon Brooks

Kevin Prather · « **Reply #565 on:** December 10, 2005, 03:23:53 PM »

Farmstead golf course, which features a rare par-6 hole that crosses state borders, is mostly located in what state?

A: North Carolina
B: Virginia
C: South Carolina
D: Georgia

comicus · « **Reply #566 on:** December 10, 2005, 03:40:42 PM »

The land on which Hollywood's famous Grauman's Chinese Theater sits was donated to Sid Grauman by what early film star?

A) Ramon Novarro
B) Francis X. Bushman
C) Douglas Fairbanks Sr.
D) Rudolph Valentino

Kevin Prather · « **Reply #567 on:** December 10, 2005, 04:34:14 PM »

This seems like what could be a decent question. It even googles poorly.

May I rephrase it just a little?

The site of Hollywood's famous Grauman's Chinese Theater was donated to founder Sid Grauman by whom?

A: Ramon Novarro
B: Francis Xavier Bushman
C: Douglas Fairbanks Sr.
D: Rudolph Valentino

I just reworded to make the question a little clearer, and I think people would be more likely to recognize Francis Xavier Bushman rather than Francis X. Bushman. I could be horribly wrong though. I'm only tenuously familiar with these names myself.

Kevin Prather · « **Reply #568 on:** December 10, 2005, 04:51:41 PM »

Another golf question:

In golf, scoring four under par on one hole is known by what name?

A: Falcon
B: Condor
C: Albatross
D: Peacock

clemon79 · « **Reply #569 on:** December 10, 2005, 05:24:11 PM »

[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Dec 10 2005, 01:51 PM\']In golf, scoring four under par on one hole is known by what name?
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They ought to call it a "Tiger", since he's about the only one on the planet with a snowball's chance of hell in aceing a Par 5.