Author Topic: What makes a good $1,000,000 Question (Read 16426 times)

zachhoran · « **Reply #60 on:** February 25, 2004, 07:31:11 PM »

[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Feb 25 2004, 07:17 PM\'] [quote name=\'carlopanno\' date=\'Feb 25 2004, 11:40 AM\'] Wow -- only been here a couple of days and I can already participate. Cool.

--C [/quote]
And let me be the third to lay out the "WELCOME" mat. [/quote]
We can sort of say "Welcome Back", at least those who remember Carlo's postings on Usenet in 1996 about the Challengers and other topics.

clemon79 · « **Reply #61 on:** February 25, 2004, 09:22:52 PM »

[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Feb 25 2004, 05:17 PM\'] [quote name=\'carlopanno\' date=\'Feb 25 2004, 11:40 AM\'] Wow -- only been here a couple of days and I can already participate. Cool.

--C [/quote]
And let me be the third to lay out the "WELCOME" mat. [/quote]
Personally, Carlo, I hope you don't mind if I wait a little while, because I really have a deep desire to be the 137th to personally welcome you aboard.

...and at the rate this is going, I may get my wish.

That Don Guy · « **Reply #62 on:** February 25, 2004, 10:13:26 PM »

[quote name=\'Little Big Brother\' date=\'Feb 3 2004, 09:22 PM\'] One of the best 1M questions would have to be the Carol Brady maiden name question. The choices included Sam the butcher's last name, Alice's last name, Martin (the last name of Carol's first husband), and the correct answer (which I don't remember). I was certain it was Martin, completely forgetting that that was her first married name. My mom and my sister, who were watching with me, were able to trace the answer as being from the grandparent's episode, but didn't know which answer was right. [/quote]
You mean the episode where Robert Reed and Florence Henderson played Mike and Carol's grandparents? That's not right - Carol's grandmother's name was Hutchins (which makes sense; her daughter married some guy named Tyler, and they had a daughter, Carol).

As far as I know, Carol's maiden name is mentioned only in the first (wedding) episode, when Mike is talking to Carol's parents, and calls one of them Mr. (or Mrs.) Tyler.

-- Don

GS Warehouse · « **Reply #63 on:** February 25, 2004, 11:47:36 PM »

[quote name=\'carlopanno\' date=\'Feb 25 2004, 12:40 PM\'] When I was at Jeopardy! (1985-1990) ... [/quote]
Carlo Panno?! Aren't you that guy mentioned in The Jeopardy! Book as a contestant from the Fleming version who came on to buy an engagement ring? The way you played is one reminder of why only the winners keep their cash in the current version.

zachhoran · « **Reply #64 on:** February 26, 2004, 07:56:44 AM »

[quote name=\'GS Warehouse\' date=\'Feb 25 2004, 11:47 PM\'] [quote name=\'carlopanno\' date=\'Feb 25 2004, 12:40 PM\'] When I was at Jeopardy! (1985-1990) ... [/quote]
Carlo Panno?! Aren't you that guy mentioned in The Jeopardy! Book as a contestant from the Fleming version who came on to buy an engagement ring? The way you played is one reminder of why only the winners keep their cash in the current version. [/quote]
Panno was on the 1978 J! revival(winning $6850 as per a 1996 post on Usenet), as well as Jack Clark's Cross-Wits, where he won a sofa. The guy who bought the engagement ring appeared in 1967 on the original J!. His longtime colleague, the late Steve Dorfman, was on Battlestars.

Don Howard · « **Reply #65 on:** February 26, 2004, 09:46:08 AM »

[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Feb 25 2004, 09:22 PM\'] [quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Feb 25 2004, 05:17 PM\'] [quote name=\'carlopanno\' date=\'Feb 25 2004, 11:40 AM\'] Wow -- only been here a couple of days and I can already participate. Cool.

--C [/quote]
And let me be the third to lay out the "WELCOME" mat. [/quote]
Personally, Carlo, I hope you don't mind if I wait a little while, because I really have a deep desire to be the 137th to personally welcome you aboard.

...and at the rate this is going, I may get my wish. [/quote]
I can help you with that. The lady from the Escort Service last night asked me to welcome Carlo along with the guy who held the camcorder, so we're up to five.

aaron sica · « **Reply #66 on:** February 26, 2004, 10:05:28 AM »

Along the lines of the TV questions....

I remember getting this right in a radio contest when I was 11 and I made the DJ speechless...

And I know some people here would know this, but the common contestant perhaps wouldn't...

I think a great million dollar question would be:

"Alan Hale, Jr., played 'The Skipper' on Gilligan's Island. What was 'The Skipper''s real name?"

Mike Tennant · « **Reply #67 on:** February 26, 2004, 10:19:36 AM »

[quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'Feb 26 2004, 10:05 AM\']Alan Hale, Jr., played 'The Skipper' on Gilligan's Island. What was 'The Skipper''s real name?"[/quote]
Jonas Grumby.

And the professor's was Roy Hinckley.

And Lovey Howell's maiden name was Eunice Wentworth.

And Gilligan didn't have a first name, but Sherwood Schwartz and Bob Denver had settled on Willie as the first name they'd use if it ever became necessary.

aaron sica · « **Reply #68 on:** February 26, 2004, 10:39:21 AM »

[quote name=\'Mike Tennant\' date=\'Feb 26 2004, 10:19 AM\'] [quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'Feb 26 2004, 10:05 AM\']Alan Hale, Jr., played 'The Skipper' on Gilligan's Island. What was 'The Skipper''s real name?"[/quote]
Jonas Grumby.

And the professor's was Roy Hinckley.

And Lovey Howell's maiden name was Eunice Wentworth.

And Gilligan didn't have a first name, but Sherwood Schwartz and Bob Denver had settled on Willie as the first name they'd use if it ever became necessary. [/quote]
My point exactly.

Being game show nuts (and TV freaks too!), it was an easy question, but I think for an average contestant, they would be stumbling all over it..

BrandonFG · « **Reply #69 on:** February 26, 2004, 01:25:15 PM »

[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Feb 26 2004, 07:56 AM\'] [quote name=\'GS Warehouse\' date=\'Feb 25 2004, 11:47 PM\'] [quote name=\'carlopanno\' date=\'Feb 25 2004, 12:40 PM\'] When I was at Jeopardy! (1985-1990) ... [/quote]
Carlo Panno?! Aren't you that guy mentioned in The Jeopardy! Book as a contestant from the Fleming version who came on to buy an engagement ring? The way you played is one reminder of why only the winners keep their cash in the current version. [/quote]
Panno was on the 1978 J! revival(winning $6850 as per a 1996 post on Usenet), as well as Jack Clark's Cross-Wits, where he won a sofa. The guy who bought the engagement ring appeared in 1967 on the original J!. His longtime colleague, the late Steve Dorfman, was on Battlestars. [/quote]
No fair! I want Carlo speak for himself? :-P

Kevin Prather · « **Reply #70 on:** February 26, 2004, 06:07:32 PM »

And I think we should respect your wishes?

TimK2003 · « **Reply #71 on:** February 26, 2004, 08:31:08 PM »

[quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'Feb 26 2004, 10:39 AM\']
Being game show nuts (and TV freaks too!), it was an easy question, but I think for an average contestant, they would be stumbling all over it.. [/quote]
I believe a good $10M question would be...

Name the person who created the 'official' design for the universal Handicapped symbol (the blue & white symbol that you see in certain parking lots, restrooms, automatically opening doors,...).

OR

Name the person who created the 'official' Compact Disc/Digital Audio logo?

(BTW, your guess is as good as mine on these 2 questions...But SOMEONE had to have created them.)

Kevin Prather · « **Reply #72 on:** February 26, 2004, 09:00:48 PM »

I think they might be better questions if you reversed them...

Which of these universal symbols was created by <that guy>?

A: Stop sign
B: Handicap symbol
C: Skull and Crossbones
D: Recyclable symbol

Jay Temple · « **Reply #73 on:** February 27, 2004, 10:46:16 PM »

[quote name=\'Don Howard\' date=\'Feb 26 2004, 08:46 AM\'] [quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Feb 25 2004, 09:22 PM\'] [quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Feb 25 2004, 05:17 PM\'] [quote name=\'carlopanno\' date=\'Feb 25 2004, 11:40 AM\'] Wow -- only been here a couple of days and I can already participate. Cool.

--C [/quote]
And let me be the third to lay out the "WELCOME" mat. [/quote]
Personally, Carlo, I hope you don't mind if I wait a little while, because I really have a deep desire to be the 137th to personally welcome you aboard.

...and at the rate this is going, I may get my wish. [/quote]
I can help you with that. The lady from the Escort Service last night asked me to welcome Carlo along with the guy who held the camcorder, so we're up to five. [/quote]
Carlo must be going up against Lawrence Taylor sometime this week.

HYHYBT · « **Reply #74 on:** March 01, 2004, 04:27:30 AM »

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Extremely unlikely though, what with the modern penchant for litigation.

I was stunned when that guy didn't even know the Frodo question. I'd never read the books either (since rectified), but had heard numerous references to Frodo, Bilbo, Gandalf etc.

If I remember rightly, the problem wasn't that you could pick Frodo out as being a Lord of the Rings character, but that if you hadn't read the thing recently and didn't remember the spelling of strange names well you might pick out Golem for the same reason.