Millionaire Questions...

[Robert Hutchinson]

[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Dec 15 2005, 07:23 PM\']On which of the following game shows do contestants rely on the process of circumlocution?

A: Wheel of Fortune
B: Card Sharks
C: The $25,000 Pyramid
D: Let's Make A Deal[/quote]

C, final answer. Circumlocution is, IIRC, the act of not saying something directly.

(Contestants on answer A rely on the process of hyperlocution.)

[BrandonFG]

[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Dec 15 2005, 07:23 PM\']Here's one for you...

On which of the following game shows do contestants rely on the process of circumlocution?

A: Wheel of Fortune
B: Card Sharks
C: The $25,000 Pyramid
D: Let's Make A Deal

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I like this one. Robert already gave a definition and guess, but I could really see a contestant debating this one, esp. if they try to equate the "circum-" prefix to dealing with a Wheel (circumference). Almost one of those questions where there's a choice that's too obvious to be correct.

[Robert Hutchinson]

I didn't say it before--I like the question, too. But then, I always liked the vocabulary questions on the actual show (I'm talking Regis-era here). They were very good about making the answer gettable for anyone who could figure out the etymology of the word.

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'Robert Hutchinson\' date=\'Dec 15 2005, 09:43 PM\']I didn't say it before--I like the question, too. But then, I always liked the vocabulary questions on the actual show (I'm talking Regis-era here). They were very good about making the answer gettable for anyone who could figure out the etymology of the word.

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One of my absolute favorite Millionaire questions of all time was the one that I saw on the syndie show over the summer that asked what the meter was of The Cat In The Hat. And we solved it in just that fashion.

/Anapestic tetrameter, for those of you scoring at home, or even if you're by yourself.
//The BEST question was the one that asked what the subject of the legislation was in "I'm Just A Bill".

[Matt Ottinger]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Dec 16 2005, 01:56 AM\']//The BEST question was the one that asked what the subject of the legislation was in "I'm Just A Bill".[/quote]
And again, what makes that such a great question is that the song is nearly universal -- two generations now have grown up with Schoolhouse Rock -- but the particular piece that the question covered was only on screen for a few seconds and not referred to specifially in the song.  So it's tantalizing.

[Jay Temple]

posted by Matt:

BTW, I'm curious: How many in the forum actually have experience writing quiz material professionally at some level? I can think of exactly five (myself included), but I'm assuming there must be more.

Does teaching count?  When I was in grad school, the trig classes had multiple-choice exams (go figure), so I liked to format my quizzes accordingly.  I had questions like, "Which of these numbers could possibly be the sine of angle A in the diagram?" and "Which of these triangles could be solved using the Cosine Rule?"

[Speedy G]

A yuletide question for everyone:

In the Burl Ives-narrated version of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, which reindeer is Rudolph's father?

A. Dasher
B. Dancer
C. Donner
D. Blitzen

[Kevin Prather]

Oof. If I were to take a blind guess, I'd say Blitzen because he's the last of the 8 reindeer usually listed.

[PYLdude]

I would think most people have seen the animated special over the years, and those that remember it remember that Donner is Rudy's pop.

[pocketchange2006]

Hey I got a stumper


On the Tv series Bonanza, Micheal Landon's name was


A. HOSS
B.  CANDY
C. HOP SING
D. LITTLE JOE

[PYLdude]

[quote name=\'pocketchange2006\' date=\'Dec 26 2005, 05:20 PM\']Hey I got a stumper


On the Tv series Bonanza, Micheal Landon's name was


A. HOSS
B.  CANDY
C. HOP SING
D. LITTLE JOE

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Hey, pocketchange, I don't mean to be snide, but this is a thread for upper-level questions. (answer is D, btw)

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'pocketchange2006\' date=\'Dec 26 2005, 01:20 PM\']Hey I got a stumper

On the Tv series Bonanza, Micheal Landon's name was
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Plus, it's not really a stumper, unless by "stumper" you mean "not really difficult in the least, like, at all".

[Dbacksfan12]

Well, maybe to you folks...if I was in the chair...I would have no clue whatsoever.  To each their own, I guess.
(Side note: There are restaurant chains named both Bonanza and Ponderosa.  Who wants to be the first to open up a restaurant with a game show title?)

[Kevin Prather]

Welcome to Chez Peacock, where you must answer one question...Veal or No Veal.

*locks himself in the TTD'90 room*

btw: I knew the Little Joe question, and I've never seen a single episode of Bonanza.

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'Modor\' date=\'Dec 26 2005, 03:08 PM\']Well, maybe to you folks...if I was in the chair...I would have no clue whatsoever.  To each their own, I guess.
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And this goes back to the "if it happened before I was born, it must be friggin' impossible" mentality that the Millionaire writers seem to have.

Sorry, man. Anyone with even a PASSING knowledge of television history ought to have this one. Anyone who was alive before 1970 or so should have it without question.
[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Dec 26 2005, 04:16 PM\']Welcome to Chez Peacock, where you must answer one question...Veal or No Veal.
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Well played, Kev. Well played.