I May Have Done It!

[Skott]

After complaining about how unoriginal I have been in life, I may have overcome it to some extent. I just thought I’d post this to let those who read the previous post that I’m one up.

What’d I do? I developed a series of puzzles based on the Who Wants To Be A Millionare gameshow. Unoriginal, you say? Nay, but listen:

“Yes, this is a cool idea for a puzzle!” - Dave Gates on rec.puzzles.

The actual idea is that a description of the WWTBAM question and the answers are given. The puzzle is to figure out what the actual questions and answers are based on these clues. For example, here is the $100 question (with description):

Who Wants To Be A Reverse Millionaire!

These puzzles are based on the “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” game show. Using a fictional contestant, clues are given as to what the millionaire question is and what each of the answers is. The goal is to come up with the questions and all four answers based on these clues. The answer that the narrator gives is always the correct one. Each successive puzzle will be posted when the previous one is solved. As with the game show, the puzzles will start off easy and gradually get harder. These questions were not taken from any of the shows I have seen, although it is certainly possible that they have appeared there.

The $100 question:

After the normal chatter with Regis, the music started and the lights turned down so that I couldn’t see anyone but Regis. He read the question and each of the answers off in that voice of his. Since this was the first question, it seemed pretty simple. The answers were in sequential order. My first thought was to answer C, but then I suddenly remembered the last time I bought some donuts and chose D instead.

So anyway, I just thought I’d share :} If the puzzle intrigues you in anyway, I’m posting them on rec.puzzles.

Scott

[Knowledge_Brings_Fear]

Sounds like a winner. When you mentioned reverse millionaire, the first thing I thought of was “Win Ben Stein’s Money”, where the millionaire is losing money.

[Lyllyan]

It sounds like a great idea.

So great, indeed, that I promptly entered the address to go see for myself. *“I like puzzles” *I said. Well, after 2 attempts at trying to get to the site, I thought “ya know, I am not that good with puzzles, and I can’t even get to the fricking site.” With that, I stood up, intending to make my way to the, uh, facilities, tripped over the dog,whacked my shoulder against the wall, twisting my ankle in the process.

I have now come to the conclusion that puzzles are a bad, bad thing, and cause pain upon one’s person.

It still sounds like a good idea though.