Re: [quizbowl] Tonight's Millionaire

Charlie Steinhice <*steinhic_at_steinhice.yahoo.invalid*> · Tue, 24 Feb 2004 19:19:26 -0500

I'd have to track down which tournament it was for, but I wrote an 
"American Gothic" tossup with the dentist clue.  I got to reuse the info 
when I was with some fellow Mensans at the Art Institute of Chicago a 
couple of years ago.  When we got to "American Gothic," I pointed to the 
guy and said, "That's Byron McKeeby, Grant Wood's dentist.  The woman 
was Wood's sister."  My friends merely rolled their eyes, but you should 
have seen the looks I got from the other patrons.

stat74 wrote:

> Since I was in the audience--
>
> Tom Waters will be among the fastest finger contestants in tonight's
> Millionaire.  I'll resist the urge to post spoilage.
>
> I must say that being in the audience is exhausting.  If you go, make
> sure to either be in a group (to get VIP status) or arrive >90
> minutes early to wait in line.  They give like double the number of
> tickets than they can actually seat.  The taping takes 3+ hours
> because every error or commerical requires 10-15 minutes until Regis
> gets his makeup touched up.
>
> They also did a segment that will appear on the Jimmy Kimmel show.
>
> I'm sitting in the second row on Regis' side.  Two of the million
> dollar winners are behind me.  I don't remember names, but one of
> them was the woman who won a million for knowing that "American
> Gothic" is a picture of a dentist on the syndicated version. 
> Presumably they are "wise men" on some other night.  They were
> actually quite rude, talking throughout the game.  I'm very surprised
> the contestants didn't hear any of the answers they said to each
> other.  However, it was telling when they didn't blab the answers to
> any of the big money questions we saw.
>
> I would like to know if anyone has bragging rights to have written a
> question including the information in said questions.  One of them is
> definitely ACF material, the other would be neat to hear in either
> academic or trash material.  We get 10 points, they get cash prizes.
>
> -Bill

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