Potpourri for the Millionaires -- The Answers
$100: A. The Chevy Chase Show. Chevy's show lasted a few weeks on FOX, then followed in Arsenio Hall's footsteps.
$200: B. Dennis Rodman. BJ has interviewed the Airman, the Home Run King, and Steffi, but never Rodman. (Actually, even if he did, I don't know if we could print that interview.)
$300: A. The Green and Gold. If you picked "D," shame on you. You should take CGCC 1101 so you at least know the handbook name!
$500: D. A Disney vacation. Let's see, if you collect Marvin Gardens, Ventnor, and Atlantic, you get the Prowler. Baltic and Mediterranean get you $5, and the million bucks comes as either an instant-win piece of Park Place and Boardwalk. Hey, I could handle that.
$1,000: C. Vice President Al Gore. Clinton and Dole appeared together in an ad on Election Day '96, while that other person was all by herself in an ad. The inventor of the Internet hasn't had his chance at a milk ad yet.
$2,000: A. Two. Only two of Big Mac's 70 came at the hands of Braves pitchers, his 15th against Kevin Millwood and his 55th against Dennis Martinez.
$4,000: C. Dennis Franz. Garth is a country star but didn't get the part, while Chris Gaines is still trying to get that album of his to start selling. Jimmy Smits works alongside Franz on NYPD Blue. To sneak in an album review, I have to give two thumbs up to the Chicks and "Fly," the CD containing "Goodbye Earl." These Chicks rock. Guys, it's OK; we can admit to liking these three women.
$8,000: C. Splode. You might have seen it as a fake soft drink in a recent commercial, but refleshing Splode has yet to hit the stores. Pepsi One is available now, and CLear Pepsi and New Coke lasted about as long as The Chevy Chase Show.
$16,000: D. Nothing. The "X" in Vince McMahon's XFL stands for absolutely nothing. The "F" stands for football and the "L" is for league if you didn't know that, though. There you have it, the X Football League!
$32,000: A. $99,600. That includes three full face-lifts; two nose operations; knee, abdomen, and jaw-line surgery; thigh liposuction; breast reduction and augmentation; and semipermanent makeup. She's been dubbed the "human Barbie doll," and she'll probably melt with all of that plastic.
$64,000: D. The Washlet Zoe. The Zoe has a seat and lid that lift automatically and a flush "simulator," a sound effect that covers up any embarrassing noises for you. The seat is heated; the toilet can wash and dry the user and can be controlled remotely. The Zoe even freshens up the air after every use. Get this: it costs only $699. Sounds like something Tim Taylor would have in the men's room on Home Improvement.
$125,000: B. Disney's Jungle Book. It has grossed $205.8 million. (If only they would donate a little of that money to me, I could actually award you for getting these answers right!)
$250,000: A. Cutthroat Island. As big as a bomb as Waterworld was, Cutthroat Island, starring Geena Davis in 1995, cost $100 million to make and earned only $11 million.
$500,000: B. Princess Diana's funeral. As sad as it was, 2.5 billion viewers tuned in to celebrate the life of Diana of Wales.
$1,000,000: D. Millennium '80s New Wave Party - various. I definitely would want the Dave Matthews and the Chicks, and I need the Pure Funk CD so I can look back at my previous life in the '70s. Any CD with "Shaft," "Superfreak," and "Superfly" is OK in my book! Then again, if Neve Campbell were stranded with me, I probably wouldn't care what CDs I had.
And that's your last trivia of the semester! How'd you do? E-mail me at andy1278@hotmail.com or drop by my website at https://www.angelfire.com/ga3/andy/ and let me know how you did. I'll be back in October 2000 with some more challenging trivia! Until then, I'm going to find myself a deserted island.
