Could anyone tell me the name of the contestants or the original air date of the episode that ran on Thursday Dec. 29? I saw the ep while waiting at the dentist and there was a question I wanted to look at again, but I can't remember what it was.
ETA: The Q I was trying to remember was:
When American astronauts call Earth from the International Space Station, their phone number shows up as area code 281, the same as what U.S. city?
A: San Francisco B: Pittsburgh
C: Houston D: Milwaukee
Contestant was David Jackson, episode aired in the second slot on September 14, 2017.
Fellow frustrated aspirants like myself will be gratified to know WWTBAM has been renewed for the 2018-2019 season. The linked article seems to assume that taping will continue to be in Las Vegas. Which is good for me, because from Chicago, air fares are just as good to LAS as to just about anywhere else.
The ATA gave her 62% for the correct (Judy Blume was 29%) answer, Beverly Cleary. Kat will return tomorrow to see the $7,000 question and her +1 & 50:50 remaining.
Budphrey wrote: ↑Mon Jan 22, 2018 8:46 pm
Fellow frustrated aspirants like myself will be gratified to know WWTBAM has been renewed for the 2018-2019 season. The linked article seems to assume that taping will continue to be in Las Vegas. Which is good for me, because from Chicago, air fares are just as good to LAS as to just about anywhere else.
She used her +1 husband and the 50:50 on this $30,000 question. Spoiler
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The 50:50 left Robert Kennedy & Malcolm X.
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Amy and her husband went for Malcolm X in thinking Robert Kennedy was campaigning and in the 1960s that did not go on year-round, so not winter.
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Amy strongly considered Texas thinking its population was 30+ million. She decided to walk with $30,000. The correct answer was The country of Poland with 37.95 million.
The other answers using a Google search of ___ population
Texas: 27.86 million
Taiwan: 23.55
Mumbai: 18.41
There was a promo for next week with celebrities: Penn & Teller, Robin Leach, Cindy Williams & Wayne Newton.
TPiR: Bob Barker hosted at that time, and eventually would sign off his shows with the request that we spay and neuter our pets, so the prize with the dead animal would be the ironic one.
April 1860: Civil War was the first thing to pop out at me, but on further reflection, I realized that although the war did start in April, that wasn't until the following year. The only choice where the weight seemed relevant was riding on the Pony Express.
Winter assassination: I first thought JFK, but November isn't winter, despite my opinion that seasons begin before their respective solstices or equinoxes. So JFK was November, RFK was June, and MLK was April. I didn't know when Malcolm X was killed, but the other three were ruled out.
38 Million population: I thought California's population might be close to that, and it's got more than any other state, so that ruled out Texas. As for cities, I was sure Seoul has the most with some tens of millions [edit: I was wrong; Seoul's #3 among urban populations, behind Tokyo and Jakarta], and I didn't think Mumbai would be all that close behind. That left the two countries, and I went for the one that felt larger to me, which was Poland. But that's me lucking out from home; I only felt reasonably sure about eliminating Texas.
On the Calvin Coolidge question, when the audience percentages showed up, said to myself, "Uh Oh".
United States Sesquicentennial: 1926
Calvin Coolidge president from 1923-1929.
Easy question for me, very difficult for many others.
LucarioSnooperVixey wrote: ↑Sat Jan 27, 2018 1:29 am
On the Calvin Coolidge question, when the audience percentages showed up, said to myself, "Uh Oh".
United States Sesquicentennial: 1926
Calvin Coolidge president from 1923-1929.
Easy question for me, very difficult for many others.
The question didn't say it was the president at the time. But Harding was dead, and Hoover and FDR had yet to be elected.
I did very briefly wonder if it was a trick question because Hoover was Secretary of Commerce at the time, but figured the writers wouldn't be that cruel.
Whiz Kid Henry Huschke used his first lifeline on this question in the Feb. 5 episode: Spoiler
$20,000
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Henry went with the audience. Blitzen, Comet, Cupid, Dancer, Dasher, Donner (Milionaire don't play that Donder reindeer game), Prancer, Rudolph, Vixen. He left with $5,000 and his +1, 50:50 and Cut unused.
This is the third Whiz Kids Week of the season so far?
You shouldn't really use the Ask the Audience lifeline so soon on a question that takes time to think about. I Really hoped that Henry would get farther.
I got every single question right in today's episode.
The +1 was her husband and between them they felt Cronkite had not announced a time with the odd number times having :15 or :45. They considered guessing although with no lifelines remaining they agreed on walking with $30,000.
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The correct answer was B: 1:00 P.M. and the one Amelia would have guessed.
I thought it was a great $50,000 question as some would know it, some would guess it, some would use lifelines and many would be in a tough spot even if they had seen/heard the clip many times over the years. I was in the know it category as I have seen/read enough things over the years.
Cat Hammarskjold wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2018 3:21 am
I have no idea who those muppets are. I think that for people under 40, muppets who weren't prominently on Sesame Street are really obscure.
I think I remember them from Sesame Street...
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Cat Hammarskjold wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2018 3:21 am
I have no idea who those muppets are. I think that for people under 40, muppets who weren't prominently on Sesame Street are really obscure.
I'm 23, not good at pop culture, and I knew it immediately.
Even if you don't know it, you only have to guess which movie would start out self-referentially. There's one title that lends itself to that. The contestant picked the title least likely.
It's a good week for former J! contestants on Millionaire - Guy Jordan, Sara Lehmann, and Keith Williams are on. I'd post the preview, but it has a pretty big spoiler.