Millionaire Questions...

[Dbacksfan12]

[quote name=\'cool245\' date=\'Oct 13 2005, 06:04 PM\']For $8,000: How many spaces were on the original Press Your Luck (Tomarken Version) game board?
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Because, you know, there were so many other shows called "Press Your Luck".
I don't see how that would even be worthy of being on Millionaire.

For $500: How many years does it take before a Leap Year occur?

A. 1 B. 4 C. 11 D. 45

Dude, you could at least make it a little bit of a challenge? 45 years. Wow.

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'Modor\' date=\'Oct 13 2005, 04:17 PM\']Because, you know, there were so many other shows called "Press Your Luck".
I don't see how that would even be worthy of being on Millionaire.

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There was at least one more, if you count Whammy.

But, dude, just drop it. He's not gonna get any smarter, and you're just wasting bandwidth. Out moderators have decided this is permissible. So let it go.

[MillionaireMan]

For $250,000: Who was the inspiration to Stevie Nicks' big 1983 hit, "Stand Back"?

A) Waylon Jennings           B) Prince
C) Mick Fleetwood             D) Meatloaf

For $1,000,000: The Korean film "Winter Sonata" features the lives of a couple that are disrupted and changed forever with the arrival of a new student named whom?

A) Kang Joon-sang     B) Kwon Yong-kuk
C) Oh Chelin             D) Jung Yujin

[Ian Wallis]

[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Oct 13 2005, 06:12 PM\'][quote name=\'musicman\' date=\'Oct 13 2005, 10:31 AM\']What is Paul McCartney's middle name?

a. PAUL
b. JAMES
c. GEORGE
d. PETER

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Without Googling, I'd be inclined to believe A, just because the prospect of him being Paul Paul McCartney seems so out in left field that it must be right. Otherwise, Paul would not be an option.

[Edit: And now that I have googled, I see that I am right, but not for the reason I stated. I didn't realize that Paul might not be his first name. Good question, although easily googled.]

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I guess this proves that we all have a different knowledge basis. Being a huge pop music fan, that question was very easy for me - but it could probably be a higher level question because Paul and the Beatles hedey is so far in the past.

It's surprising to me how these stacks go - sometimes I'll miss the $500 question but instantly know the $250,000 question (not that we see the $250,000 question that often these days...)

[SRIV94]

[quote name=\'MillionaireMan\' date=\'Oct 13 2005, 07:17 PM\']For $1,000,000: The Korean film "Winter Sonata" features the lives of a couple that are disrupted and changed forever with the arrival of a new student named whom?

A) Kang Joon-sang     B) Kwon Yong-kuk
C) Oh Chelin             D) Jung Yujin

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A, and again relatively easy to Google (although there are different spellings for that name, they're all basic soundalikes for the answer).

Not bad, though.

Doug

[Kevin Prather]

[quote name=\'SRIV94\' date=\'Oct 13 2005, 06:50 PM\'][quote name=\'MillionaireMan\' date=\'Oct 13 2005, 07:17 PM\']For $1,000,000: The Korean film "Winter Sonata" features the lives of a couple that are disrupted and changed forever with the arrival of a new student named whom?

A) Kang Joon-sang     B) Kwon Yong-kuk
C) Oh Chelin             D) Jung Yujin

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A, and again relatively easy to Google (although there are different spellings for that name, they're all basic soundalikes for the answer).

Not bad, though.

Doug

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I dunno. It seems like one of those questions where either you know it or you don't.

[Brandon Brooks]

[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Oct 13 2005, 09:53 PM\']I dunno. It seems like one of those questions where either you know it or you don't.

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Definitely agree.  I would so quickly bail on this question and walk away with my $500K, which makes for an awful question.

Brandon Brooks

[SRIV94]

[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Oct 13 2005, 09:53 PM\']I dunno. It seems like one of those questions where either you know it or you don't.

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Fair enough.  I was going on Mark's theory that if it can be Googled it fairly easily (and you had the "Phone A Friend" lifeline left), then it's easily solveable.

I guess that would be the case for any question, though.

Of course, the only $1M question asked on air that I knew cold was Carpenter's (which doesn't say much--I think most people prolly knew that one as well).  So who am I to talk?  

Doug

[Robert Hutchinson]

I may fall flat on my face, but let's see if I can make a decent leap year Millionaire question:

In the Gregorian calendar, what is the maximum possible number of consecutive calendar years which are all exactly 365 days long?

A. 3
B. 4
C. 7
D. 8

I'm trying to combine two potential trip-ups. I'll let someone else decide if it's worth a decent dollar amount.

[Kevin Prather]

I imagine it would be between the years 2096 and 2104, for example. The leapless years are 2097, 8, 9, 2100, 1, 2 and 3. That's 7 years.

Good question though. I could definitely see someone saying 4 or 8.

Let me try one...

If the Gregorian calendar is maintained, which of the following future years will be a leap-year?

A: 4000
B: 4100
C: 6000
D: 6100

[Dbacksfan12]

[quote name=\'Robert Hutchinson\' date=\'Oct 13 2005, 11:28 PM\']I may fall flat on my face, but let's see if I can make a decent leap year Millionaire question:
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I believe that it's C, 7....because every 400 years, there isn't a leap year...3+1+3.

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'Robert Hutchinson\' date=\'Oct 13 2005, 09:28 PM\']In the Gregorian calendar, what is the maximum possible number of consecutive calendar years which are all exactly 365 days long?

A. 3
B. 4
C. 7
D. 8

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I think it's C, because of that clause where you don't have a leap year in a year evenly divisible by 100 unless it's also evenly divisible by 400 or some such. So you'd have one in 2096, skip the one in 2100, and have another in 2104. So, '97-'98-'99-'00-'01-'02-'03, that's seven years.

Am I right?

[Kevin Prather]

lol. Funny how we all pounced on that one at once with the exact same response.

But I win!!! ;-)

btw: Mark, every 100 years, there is no leap-year. Every 400 years, there is a leap-year.

[GS Warehouse]

[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Oct 13 2005, 06:12 PM\'][McCartney question snipped]
Without Googling, I'd be inclined to believe A, just because the prospect of him being Paul Paul McCartney seems so out in left field that it must be right. Otherwise, Paul would not be an option.

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[/quote]I knew right off that Sir Paul's real first name is James.  Sir James Paul McCartney.  Quite a few celebrities answer to their middle names.

[quote name=\'MillionaireMan\' date=\'Oct 13 2005, 07:17 PM\']For $250,000: Who was the inspiration to Stevie Nicks' big 1983 hit, "Stand Back"?
A) Waylon Jennings           B) Prince
C) Mick Fleetwood             D) Meatloaf

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[/quote]OK, now we're talking.  This one's a killer.  I'm can rule out A, because Stevie originally wrote "Leather and Lace", not "Stand Back", for Waylon Jennings.  Can I take the 50:50, Meredith?

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Sorry, I couldn't resist. :-)

[Kevin Prather]

"Mr. Fudd, you owe the IRS $3,000,000. I'm afraid you'll have to come with me."

It really was a good short, wasn't it?