Millionaire Questions...

[Kevin Prather]

[quote name=\'Modor\' date=\'Dec 11 2005, 07:58 PM\'][quote name=\'PYLdude\' date=\'Dec 11 2005, 12:36 AM\']On what would you find a "Tachymeter"?
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In that sense, I think most people could automatically throw out A...and if the 50-50 came up, and left just A and B?

Bad question.

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Perhaps switch out the A answer then.

I think it's a good question. You can reason through it if you're savvy enough.

[clemon79]

Not at all a bad question. Easy for many of us, but since all four have "meters" on them of some sort, I could see it missing someone.

Oh, and Mark: Get laid. We're begging you.

[TLEberle]

I'm not convinced the "tachymeter" question is that great.  Google-fu turns up that it's a three-dimensional compass, of sorts.  It's very possible that two answers could be correct, or even more (perhaps you have a really bad-ass wristwatch or something).  Too many potential right answers.

A better question would be "A tachymeter is used to measure what?" You still have to know what it is and does, but that's all.

[Robert Hutchinson]

[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Dec 11 2005, 01:20 PM\']If there's a small group, my absolute favorite is, "What's the last word of the Pledge of Allegiance?"  The reason being it's the closest thing I've found to a universal question that everybody knows where the answer doesn't immediately spring to mind.  I've had first graders beat thirtysomethigs to the right answer.[/quote]

I read that, and *almost* blurted out "brave". I then had to say the whole thing in my head really fast. Bad contestant, no biscuit.

Re: tachymeter: I got it right, but for (apparently) the wrong reason. I played fast and loose with the "tachy" portion, went to tachyons being hypothetical particles needed for time travel, and went from there to a wristwatch.

[musicman]

[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Dec 11 2005, 10:04 PM\'][quote name=\'Modor\' date=\'Dec 11 2005, 07:58 PM\'][quote name=\'PYLdude\' date=\'Dec 11 2005, 12:36 AM\']On what would you find a "Tachymeter"?
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In that sense, I think most people could automatically throw out A...and if the 50-50 came up, and left just A and B?

Bad question.

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Perhaps switch out the A answer then.

I think it's a good question. You can reason through it if you're savvy enough.

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Okay... so it's not a $1,000,000 question. ($64,000 maybe)

Is there another place a tachymeter is besides a watch?

[Ian Wallis]

How about this:

What was the first No. 1 Hot 100 single not to be available on a 7-inch vinyl record?

A. Listen To Your Heart
B. Blame It On The Rain
C. Unbelievable
D. Ice Ice Baby

[tomobrien]

[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' date=\'Dec 13 2005, 07:48 AM\']How about this:

What was the first No. 1 Hot 100 single not to be available on a 7-inch vinyl record?

A. Listen To Your Heart
B. Blame It On The Rain
C. Unbelievable
D. Ice Ice Baby

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I see two potential problems with this question:
1) I'd throw in the phrase "commercially available," as there were probably still jukebox 45s being pressed.
2) More importantly, there are at least three Top-40 charted singles with the title "Unbelievable," so without the artist included, it's unclear as to which one you're referring.

[aaron sica]

Here's one. Easy for some, maybe not so easy for others. I leave it up to you to determine the dollar amount.

What company was originally involved in the Sony Playstation, but dropped out?

A. Sega
B. Atari
C. Nintendo
D. Mattel

[Dbacksfan12]

[quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'Dec 13 2005, 10:22 AM\']What company was originally involved in the Sony Playstation, but dropped out?
A. Sega
B. Atari
C. Nintendo
D. Mattel
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I seem to recall that would be Sega; but then they switched courses and wen to making the (lovely?) Dreamcast.

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'Modor\' date=\'Dec 13 2005, 12:14 PM\']I seem to recall that would be Sega; but then they switched courses and wen to making the (lovely?) Dreamcast.

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You are, I am fairly sure, t3h m4d wr0ng.

And the Dreamcast was a GREAT system that just didn't have a prayer in hell against Sony and Nintendo's market share at the time.

(The ridiculous ease in pirating games didn't help either.

[comicus]

[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Dec 10 2005, 04:34 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.

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On his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and on the plaque placed on a remote wall surrounding Grauman's, he is listed as Francis X. Bushman, which is why I wrote it as such.  The re-wording, though, is well put.  Think it's $1M? worthy?

[comicus]

[quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'Dec 13 2005, 10:22 AM\']Here's one. Easy for some, maybe not so easy for others. I leave it up to you to determine the dollar amount.

What company was originally involved in the Sony Playstation, but dropped out?

A. Sega
B. Atari
C. Nintendo
D. Mattel

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It was Nintendo, and their betrayal of Sony wound up costing them their industry mountaintop.

ObGameShows: The PSX version of Weakest Link, the only version of the game released for a U.S. console, can be found at many FuncoLand/Babbages/GameStop stores for under $4.

[Kevin Prather]

[quote name=\'CountdownRound\' date=\'Dec 13 2005, 04:25 PM\']On his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and on the plaque placed on a remote wall surrounding Grauman's, he is listed as Francis X. Bushman, which is why I wrote it as such.  The re-wording, though, is well put.  Think it's $1M? worthy?

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Ok, I stand corrected on the Bushman thing. As I said, I'm not entirely familiar with him.

I'd say $250k or $500k just because it's a little on the arcane side, but who am I to judge?

[Speedy G]

[quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'Dec 13 2005, 11:22 AM\']Here's one. Easy for some, maybe not so easy for others. I leave it up to you to determine the dollar amount.

What company was originally involved in the Sony Playstation, but dropped out?

A. Sega
B. Atari
C. Nintendo
D. Mattel

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Technicality flag!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo#1990.E2.80.931995

Sony was signed on to produce a disk drive for the SNES, then Nintendo ended the contract and went to Phillips instead.  Sony then decided to put all their work to good use... and the rest is history.  It was a Nintendo system that Sony was involved with, not the other way around.

I think it'd be an interesting question if reworded, possibly even an MDQ with the right set of answers.  If I didn't know, I'd throw out Mattel.  If it were my question, I'd replace with a technology company like Phillips.

[aaron sica]

[quote name=\'Speedy G\' date=\'Dec 13 2005, 11:36 PM\']Technicality flag!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo#1990.E2.80.931995

Sony was signed on to produce a disk drive for the SNES, then Nintendo ended the contract and went to Phillips instead.  Sony then decided to put all their work to good use... and the rest is history.  It was a Nintendo system that Sony was involved with, not the other way around.

I think it'd be an interesting question if reworded, possibly even an MDQ with the right set of answers.  If I didn't know, I'd throw out Mattel.  If it were my question, I'd replace with a technology company like Phillips.

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LOL...I love "technicality flags". Thanks for the suggestions on rewording it; this is another reason why I like to post questions, so I can see how they would be better worded and with better choices.

I'll toss out another one......I've been a video game lover since the age of 4 or 5 (although I admit a hankering for the classics....I get motion sick easily with a lot of today's games) and the history and stories behind them are so interesting. Anyway......

What is the last name of the brothers Mario and Luigi of Nintendo fame?

A. Fratelli
B. Mario
C. Amato
D. Spinelli