[quote name=\'vtown7\' post=\'146977\' date=\'Feb 26 2007, 09:23 PM\']
Case in point: One bonus round lead to the player trying to discover what the last name of Malcolm was in "Malcolm in the Middle". She didn't get it.
So I guess what I'm asking is this: is it reasonable to ask questions about last names of characters if they are not commonly used? The Malcolm question I thought was particularly cruel for the show, however I guess you could make a case for a MDQ.
Ryan.
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Especially cruel when the scene where the last name was revealed never aired (it's a pilot deleted scene). I know it's on IMDB but, surprise, they're not always right. In a later scene where Reese joined the army, and ergo would have a last name on the uniform, they used 'JETSON'.
Mark Evanier has a
blog entry about a Final Jeopardy from about a month ago where they used the supposed "middle name" of Wile E. Coyote in a clue. The punch line is that this nugget of info only appeared in a comic book and is considered non-canonical.
--Mike