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Peter Sarrett

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« on: July 10, 2004, 05:26:54 PM »
Catching up on some Tivo'd Millionaires, I hit the Walk-In-And-Win show where a contestant got a question about the frequency of leap years wrong and consequently left with $0.  And that got me to wondering what other questions have resulted in contestants leaving with nothing.  Does anyone have a list?

Related: In Googling to try to find such a list, I couldn't even find any transcript web sites.  I know someone used to maintain such a site, with complete question transcripts of all Regis and Meredith shows.  But Google doesn't know about it.  Is it gone?  Anyone have an old URL, so I can query the Wayback Machine?

JayC

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« Reply #1 on: July 10, 2004, 06:24:25 PM »
One question I can think of....

What sport does Lisa Leslie play?

Contestant used a couple of lifelines, and still got it wrong, saying volleyball.  The correct answer is (duh) basketball.

thgames65

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« Reply #2 on: July 10, 2004, 06:31:57 PM »
Peter:

Try searching here:  http://millifeline.homestead.com/syndibam.html

Tim H.

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« Reply #3 on: July 10, 2004, 06:47:10 PM »
As far as the prime time shows, trying using Google Groups to search alt.tv.game-shows.  I'm sure all the "llamas" and their questions are chronicled there.  The syndicated shows were never recapped on ATGS.



-Dean

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« Reply #4 on: July 10, 2004, 07:36:59 PM »
Robby Roseman:

Hannibal crossed the Alps using what animals?

A: Rhinoceri
B: Elephants(*)
C: Llamas(X)
D: Chihuahuas

Brian Fodera:

According to the nursery rhyme, what did Little Jack Horner pull from a pie?

A: Ribbon
B: Plum(*)
C: Blackbird(X)
D: Little Jill Horner

Allen Kong:

Which of the following is a French cooking school?

A: Moulin Rouge(X)
B: Cordon Bleu(*)
C: ???
D: ???

James Dinan:

What is the name of the little plastic strips inserted into shirt collars to help keep their shape?

A: ???
B: Yokes(X)
C: ???
D: Stays(*)

Karla Robinson:

By definition, where are you most likely to find a "tome"?

A: Library(*)
B: Hospital
C: ???
D: Hardware store(X)

Steve Fayne:

According to the nursery rhyme, what day's child is "full of grace?"

A: Monday(X)
B: Tuesday(*)
C: Thursday
D: Saturday

These are all I can think of right now.

gameshowguy2000

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« Reply #5 on: July 10, 2004, 09:19:21 PM »
Jon Futrell:

What actor has hosted more Academy Awards presentations than anyone else?

A. Bob Hope(*)
B. Billy Crystal (X)
C. Johnny Carson
D. Jerry Lewis

Peter Sarrett

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« Reply #6 on: July 10, 2004, 10:11:25 PM »
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Try searching here: http://millifeline.homestead.com/syndibam.html

That's the site I was thinking of, Tim.  Thanks for the link.  Sadly, the transcripts don't seem to use any consistent marker that I can search on ("llama", "$0", etc) to detect such questions.  I'd have to manually read through all the transcripts.

I'm curious, but not that curious.

vtown7

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« Reply #7 on: July 11, 2004, 11:11:15 AM »
I seem to remember someone on Meredith's show bombing out on a question regarding Frank Sinatra's "New York New York" song.

And please do correct me if I'm wrong, but I know there was a question about how much vowels cost on Wheel - didn't someone bomb on that too?

Ryan :)

Kevin Prather

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« Reply #8 on: July 11, 2004, 02:12:49 PM »
[quote name=\'vtown7\' date=\'Jul 11 2004, 08:11 AM\'] And please do correct me if I'm wrong, but I know there was a question about how much vowels cost on Wheel - didn't someone bomb on that too? [/quote]
 Yep. She said vowels cost $100 instead of $250. And some argue, since the Bob Goen WoF gave away $100 vowels, that she should be brought back.

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« Reply #9 on: July 12, 2004, 05:32:21 AM »
Yeah, that was a bit ambiguous I thought though the question itself might've been worded a bit more exact as far as the host goes.  Pat Sajak(& Chuck Woolery in the 1970's)=$250, Bob Goen=$100.

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« Reply #10 on: July 12, 2004, 08:17:00 AM »
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Yep. She said vowels cost $100 instead of $250. And some argue, since the Bob Goen WoF gave away $100 vowels, that she should be brought back.

She was brought back during zero dollar winners week and won $250K IIRC.

gameshowguy2000

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« Reply #11 on: July 12, 2004, 11:27:28 AM »
[quote name=\'goongas\' date=\'Jul 12 2004, 07:17 AM\']
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Yep. She said vowels cost $100 instead of $250. And some argue, since the Bob Goen WoF gave away $100 vowels, that she should be brought back.

She was brought back during zero dollar winners week and won $250K IIRC. [/quote]
 Yep, she sure did.