Host: Meredith Vieira
HOT SEAT: Dave Kuschel (Minot, ND)
Meredith and Dave talk about the last contestant “a tough act to follow”. He was excited having been staying at the same hotel. Is there magic in the air?
$100
According to a popular nursery rhyme, who was “eating her curds and whey”?
| A: Old Mother Hubbard | B; Little Bo-Peep |
| C: Little Miss Muffet | D: Jenny Craig |
Goes straight to C FINAL ANSWER…RIGHT!
$200
“Grease monkey” is slang for a person who works as a what?
| A: Mechanic | B: Barber |
| C: Short-order cook | D: Coal Miner |
Dave went with a “grease monkey” moving his daughter and they went to audition for “Millionaire”. It’s A…”Thank goodness“
$300
Founded in Hawaii in 1851, the Dole Food Company began as a grower of what fruit?
| A: Peach | B; Watermelon |
| C: Orange | D: Pineapple |
Final answer is D…THREE DOWN
$500
Which of these is an example of an oxymoron?
| A: Golden opportunity | B: Downward spiral |
| C: Living dead | D; Change of heart |
Dave locks in C…RIGHT AGAIN
$1,000
What 1970s TV series’ title character has the last name Morgenstern?
| A: Alice | B: Rhoda |
| C: Maude | D: Phyllis |
Rhoda is his next final answer…ONE-THOUSAND SAFE!
A little more about Dave: He’s a bankruptcy lawyer and nicknamed “Koosh.”
$2,000
What sci-fi author wrote “Journey to the Center of the Earth” and “Around the World in Eighty Days”?
| A: H.G. Wells | B: Edgar Rice Burroughs |
| C: Jules Verne | D: Ray Bradbury |
His wife, Margaret, is a bookworm. To bad she’s in the audience. Can’t ask her directly but…
- A: 25%
- B: 10%
- C: 63%
- D: 2%
Dave was thinking Verne but needed some support. Now he makes it his final answer…THANK YOU AUDIENCE!
$4,000
Due to a controversy over nude photos, what state initially sent two women to the 2002 Miss America pageant?
| A: Texas | B: Colorado |
| C: Iowa | D: North Carolina |
Not picking a favorite, Dave says it was D…FOUR GRAND
ONTO DAY 2
Backstage with the other contestants getting briefed, a little confetti fell. The group figured one of them must be going to win the million. Hester, the last contestant made it to $125,000.
$8,000
What animal is mentioned in the opening lines of the classic song “Mack the Knife”?
| A: Fox | B: Tiger |
| C: Shark | D: Snake |
Even though he’s weak in music, Dave remembers from college days a “Shark Bite”. C it is…”Hurry Up”…ALRIGHT ALREADY!
“I can imagine what you’d be like if we get higher”
$16,000
What retailer is known for its flexible work program aimed at Olympic Hopefuls?
| A: Home Depot | B: Wal-Mart |
| C: Target | D: Barnes & Noble |
Now Meredith is pushing, so Dave quickly says A…GOT IT!
$32,000
What father and son won Academy Awards for the same movie?
| A: Henry & Peter Fonda | B: Jason & Sam Robards |
| C: Walter & John Huston | D: Kirk & Michael Douglas |
Not wasting anytime…
Frank (Dave is sure he’ll know this)
“I was hoping it was a telemarketer”
But Frank is 100% sure. The Hustons for “Treasure of the Sierra Madre”. “I’m buying tonight”. C it is…AND IT’S 32K!
$64,000
“Nanuq” is the Inuit word for what animal?
| A: Seal | B: Polar Bear |
| C: Wolf | D: Whale |
He has a thought but…
Down to B or C.
Whew! He thought it was Whale. Now his final answer will be C…IT’S B
So Dave wasn’t the one on destiny’s side. At least he still has $32,000.
Who Wants to be a Millionaire? is owned by Embassy Row, a division of Sony Pictures Television.
