Isn’t that also the one that Nell Carter flubbed on the sitcom? She said something like “Give me liberty or give me money.”
My brain really needs to run its cleanup program.
[sheepish grin]
So uh, what was the answer, anyway. You know, for those of us who want to check our answers…
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“Proves.”
D_LLY MAD_S_N
“Dilly Madison”
What should it be then? Dally?
No, Dolly – one of the more famous First Ladies of the US.
It’s reasonable that an Aussie wouldn’t know that one, but Dolly Madison was a very famous (among Americans, at least) First Lady. Legend has it, that when the British burned Washington during the War of 1812, she saved the historic artwork in the White House.
Doesn’t sound plausible. If the answer was well wisher the e in well would have been up there as it was in the sher at the end.
Also noted for her fine baked goods, including Zingers ®, Donut Gems, and a variety of breakfast items like Sweet Rolls, Dunkin Stix and Pecan Rollers!
CMC fnord!
One I remember from the 80’s:
CAPTAIN IR OF
THE STARSHIP
ENTERPRISE
“Can I have a D?”
It might not be plausible but that’s what shot out of the guy’s mouth. He obviously didn’t win the prize though. I remember it because Pat Sajek (quite a guy I must say) started to laugh and made a joke about where the guy was from (NY I think).
_0 _0 0 AN A _OTTLE OF RUM.
The first contestant said “Yo Yo Yo and a bottle of rum”.
The second contestant also said “Yo Yo Yo and a bottle of rum.”
Finally the third contestant got “Yo Ho Ho” right.
And a hijack - does anyone else yell at the contestant when they land on $5000 or $10000, they obviously know the solution, there an unrevealed letter that’s up there 2 or 3 times, yet they guess a letter that’s only there once? e.g:
Batman Enemys:
THE _OKER
THE RI__LER
THE PEN_UIN
and they guess J nstead of D, costing themselves several thousand dollars?
That’s why the smart people are on Jeopardy and everybody else is on Wheel.
It’s been a while since I’ve seen Wheel of Fortune, but aren’t the big money wedges treated as prizes rather than cash?
Well, yeah, but both shows have the same contestant coordinators, who do Jeopardy! tryouts in the a.m. and WOF tryouts in the afternoons. That’s pretty weird.
OK, classic Wheel puzzle.
P E N N S Y L V A N I A _ _ _ CH
The triumphant contestant cries out, “Pennsylvania Witch!” Uh, sorry, that’s not it.
On a bed of nails.
True, but the principle is the same, people do this with lesser large amounts too, like $1000 or $2000 or whatever.
A counterpart to that that always makes me shake my head: almost all the letters are up already, and it’s obvious what the solution is. The contestant, whom you figure has got to know it, buys a vowel, of which there are maybe 2 or 3, and it doesn’t elucidate anything–and then immediately solves the puzzle. Why waste the money?
Once, in the 80’s, when I was a kid, there was a puzzle where the solution was “taught to the tune of a hick’ry stick.” Apparently it’s a lyric from a well-known old song that people still would have known in the 80’s. A contestant tried to solve, and in their overzealousness to get it correct, clearly enunciated all three syllables of the word “HICK-oh-ree”–which made it incorrect; the word was “HICK-ree.”
OK, I’m from Pennsylvania, and I’m feeling pretty dumb right now… what is it?
My guess would be Pennsylvania Dutch.
Pennsylvania Dutch?
I remember the Captain -IR- of the Starship Enterprise too. What a dunce!
Slightly off topic, here is a famous video clip of long-time Jeopardy contestant Ken Jennings missing a question.
I still think he should have been given credit.