Who wants to be a millionair

[wwtbamrob]

What are the guidelines for making it to the hot seat??? We were there on Wed, Jan 18, and the man who made it to the hotseat mentioned that he's made it to the hotseat 31 times, and 7 times to the million dollar answer....He DID make it to the million dollar question this time too, but answered wrong...

Some people, including my son, were a bit upset that he was able to get to the hot seat so many times....Anyone know what the rules are????

I still had a great time...love this attraction....

You can only make it into the Hot Seat once every 30 days. You can only win the grand prize once per year.

I've been in the Hot Seat several times as well, but nowhere near 31 times so hopefully you won't be as upset with me. He was likely a local who can go to the parks regularly. I average probably 2-3 trips to Walt Disney World a year, so at most I've been in the Hot Seat 15 times, but it is probably closer to 10.

It is a great attaction and I hope you'll make it on stage next time. Good luck to you.

Rob

 

[2infinityandbeyond]

Hey!! We were there for that show. Brian - the 11 year old, did pretty good. And your wife is the weather nut, right?

When they showed the scores for the final time, I was in 6th place. Couldn't believe it. I'd actually only missed one question. (Sorry...I did get the astrology one correct.) My husband was so excited and wished we'd done it earlier in the week so we could play a few more times. He was trying to figure out how we could squeeze in another visit or two to MGM in order for us to play again.

Yes, my wife still hasn't let me off the hook for that remark.

That is really cool that someone here was a witness. Did I look as nervous as I felt?? I was actually half nervous and half completely focused on the questions. It was really a lot of fun.

I'm having a hard time remembering some of the questions. I remember:

The voice of Abby Mallard is also in what othe Disney movie? (I got lucky, I picked the right movie but was thinking of the wrong character).

Triskadekaphobia is fear of what?

Il Giorniale is published in what country?

Doppler radar looks into what?

Who was the King of the Blues? (and I knew his guitar's name, too)

Which of these is not a hound?

and there was one about Disney Classic Collectibles.

...and how did you know the astrology answer (and why didn't you yell it out for me? )

 

[kelleigh1]

I know a little about astrology. I can't remember the exact question, but I knew somehow based on the personalities of my family. My sister is a Taurus (which was in the question). My father is a virgo and my mother is a libra. Since my sister and father are so much alike that I knew virgo had to be the answer. I tried to send you the answer telepathically, but my head cold must have been interfering with the signal.

You didn't look too nervous. My husband was excited because you're from NJ which is where he was born and lived up until 3 years ago. We were sitting 2 rows in front of your wife on the opposite end. And when you mentioned her being a weather nut, I could understand. My husband is addicted to Storm Stories on the weather channel and wants to be a storm chaser. But I'm the one always checking to see what the weather is supposed to be.

Pretty exciting knowing that I actually saw someone from here during our trip.

 

[LadyJanel]

You generally remember the question you got out on -- at least that's the way it was for me:

First time: What is the past participle of the word "lie"?

I thought the answer was "lain" but used ask the audience and with an 80% majority they thought it was laid. Since I still felt it was lain I did a 50/50 and it, of course, left "lain" and "laid". I decided to go with the audience since it was such a high percentage but my gut was correct.

Second time:

What comic book character was created by Simon and Shuster? Spiderman, Batman, Wonder Woman, or Superman. I guessed Batman and the correct answer was Superman. The worst part was when I went outside by the Great Movie Ride the theme from Superman was playing.

 

[2infinityandbeyond]

I know a little about astrology. I can't remember the exact question, but I knew somehow based on the personalities of my family. My sister is a Taurus (which was in the question). My father is a virgo and my mother is a libra. Since my sister and father are so much alike that I knew virgo had to be the answer. I tried to send you the answer telepathically, but my head cold must have been interfering with the signal.

I thought the answer was Libra (gonna have to google this now)

I'm pretty sure the question was:

Taurus and what other sign are ruled by Venus?

A. Libra
B. Gemini
C. Aquarius
D. Virgo

I know that Taurus is around the end of April, so I was thinking that the other sign ruled by Venus would be for a month near April, so in my mind I ruled out Libra and Virgo. But I had (and still have) no idea what months are covered by Gemini and Aquarius. That's why I quit.

I had used my 50/50 on the Italian newspaper question, because the answer seemed so obvious (and I think it was the 32,000 question and I wanted to make sure I got to that level) since the other choices (Switzerland, Austria and Germany) are all German speaking countries, that I thought it might be a trick question. So even if I had the 50/50 to use for the astrology question I probably would have guessed incorrectly.

 

[subtchr]

I made it to the hot seat the first time we played, at DCA in 2002. It was awesome. I was nervous, but the host was great. I kind of wasted my 50/50 on one I really did know (it was about gargoyles), used my "ask the audience" very wisely on one about Tina Turner (the question gave her real name, and asked what star had that name before becoming famous), and I never did use my ask a perfect stranger. I made it to the 500,000 point question and talked myself out of the correct answer. It asked who the first chief justice of the supreme court was. The only name I recognized was John Jay, but I told myself he was Washington's secretary of state, so I just guessed one of the others. Of course it was him! I'll never forget that...the polo shirt I have is HUGE, and I traded some of the pins, but I still wear the lanyad with my pins when I go to Disney. I have since played maybe 8 times at MGM, and although I usually make it onto the leader board, I haven't reached the hot seat. Maybe in June!

 

[wwtbamrob]

I thought the answer was Libra (gonna have to google this now)

I'm pretty sure the question was:

Taurus and what other sign are ruled by Venus?

A. Libra
B. Gemini
C. Aquarius
D. Virgo

I know that Taurus is around the end of April, so I was thinking that the other sign ruled by Venus would be for a month near April, so in my mind I ruled out Libra and Virgo. But I had (and still have) no idea what months are covered by Gemini and Aquarius. That's why I quit.

This should prove helpful to you for next time.

Fire - Aries (Mar 20 to April 19) – Ruled by Mars – House of Personal Identity
Earth - Taurus (April 20 to May 20) – Ruled by Venus – House of Possessions
Air - Gemini (May 21 to June 20) – Ruled by Mercury – House of Communication
Water - Cancer (June 21 to July 22) – Ruled by the Moon – House of Matters of Home Life
Fire - Leo (July 23 to Aug. 22) – Ruled by the Sun – House of Children and Pleasure
Earth - Virgo (Aug. 23 to Sep. 22) – Ruled by Mercury – House of Work and Duty
Air - Libra (Sep. 23 to Oct. 22) – Ruled by Venus – House of Partnerships
Water - Scorpio (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) – Ruled by Pluto – House of Passions (Sex, Birth, and Death)
Fire - Sagittarius (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) – Ruled by Jupiter – House of Travel and Philosophy
Earth - Capricorn (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) – Ruled by Saturn – House of Status and Career
Air - Aquarius (Jan. 20 to Feb. 17) – Ruled by Uranus – House of Friendships and Experimentation
Water - Pisces (Feb. 18 to Mar. 19) – Ruled by Neptune – House of Sorrow and Karma

 

[2infinityandbeyond]

Thanks, Rob. Hopefully, if I ever get to that level again, I won't be faced with an astrology (or opera or theater, a couple more weak subjects) question.

 

[Beca]

Hey!! We were there for that show. Brian - the 11 year old, did pretty good. And your wife is the weather nut, right?

When they showed the scores for the final time, I was in 6th place. Couldn't believe it. I'd actually only missed one question. (Sorry...I did get the astrology one correct.) My husband was so excited and wished we'd done it earlier in the week so we could play a few more times. He was trying to figure out how we could squeeze in another visit or two to MGM in order for us to play again.

Okay, maybe I am really misunderstanding how this game works. DH and I go when we can, and we RARELY miss questions. We will leave, having been correct on every question, punching in the answer repeatedly when the question is asked, and have never even made it to the board. Now, I'm really confused. You missed a question and still made it to the board, and I don't think dh has ever missed one (although I have missed a few). I just assumed there were a lot of people that didn't miss any questions at all, and that those were the ones on the boards.

What are we doing wrong?



Beca

 

[turnlisa]

My oldest DS and I tried this during this trip. He was hooked -- after I had to practically drag him in there! We then did it 2 other times during the trip. I made it into the top 10 once and that was it. He loved the fact that he got to play too. It really is a lot of fun and something that I know we won't be missing next time.

 

[Tinkerbell_Tiffany]

we went a few weeks ago for the first time and my dh didnt wanna do it but afterwards he really enjoyed it! we didnt make it to the hot seats but they did put both my kids on the big screen with their mickey ear hats and everyone awwwed! it was soooo cute!!

 

[Spaceship Earthfan]

What are we doing wrong?

Not too sure, sounds like you have the right strategy. Must have just been in a group of faster players. Just keep mashing the button as fast as you can. The lights on the keypad light up as soon as the host reads answer "D", so be sure you are mashing the button by the time he/she reads D. If A, B, or C don't appear to be correct, just start hitting D. I've been in the Hot Seat a bunch of times and usually it takes one, maybe two shows to get in there, using those strategies.

Someone above asked how the keypads were, I snapped a picture of mine last trip, just in case I made it to the Hot Seat again (and I did ):

Pressing the button makes the light above it light up...once the button is hit, it's locked in and can't be changed.

 

[wwtbamrob]

I would more or less repeat the advice that you've already seen posted by others. As the choices are being read, have your fingers ready over the buttons. I tend to use my thumbs. The lights will light up about the time that the host reads the C choice. By that time, you should have a pretty good idea of the correct answer. If you know it is A, start clicking A repeatedly as quickly as you can. The same is true for B and C. If you know it is not A, B, or C, then start clicking D even though you may not know what the D choice is yet. One word of caution though, if you cannot completely rule out A, B, and C, WAIT until you see the D choice before clicking on it. I've seen it happen too many times where someone had decided it wasn't the A, B, or C choice but then saw the D choice and realized it had to be A, B, or C. Here's a perfect example of this:

Awhile back I attended a show where a question came up asking you to identify which of four characters was not known as a James Bond villain. The choices came up as

A. Dr. No
B. Goldfinger

Of course, even people with very limited knowledge of James Bond films generally would recognize both of these characters by name, especially since the movies they were featured in share their names.

C. Rosa Klebb

Based on the process I decribed above, at this time you would either be clicking C or D. Well, I think many people in the audience didn't recognize the name of Rosa Klebb so they chose C. I know this because when

D. Dr. Evil

was revealed as the last choice, you could hear an audible groan from the audience. Clearly many people chose C and then immediately realized their mistake when Austin Powers' nemesis was the D answer.

For those that don't know Rosa Klebb by name, she was the villain in From Russia With Love that had the shoe with a knife protruding from the front.

One other suggestion, once you start pressing the buttons, do not stop until one and only one light is lit. I have let off the buttons prematurely before and realized it when I looked down and all four lights were lit. It is an easy mistake to make.

Rob

 

[Enchanted]

I've never got into the hot seat before, but I have gotten to number two on the board. That's probably for the best though since being the center of attention would probably freak me out too much. A couple of trips ago, I was a Complete Stranger. It was a lot of fun. It was raining cats and dogs, and my family was waiting for my aunt and uncle who we were supposed to meet at Millionaire. So then we saw the Complete Stranger phone, and I suggested we stand there and ask if we could be the Complete Stranger when the show started. Sure enough the CM let me be the Complete Stranger.

I remember the question had to do with a Broadway show, and the answer was Cats, but we didn't get the answer to the woman in time. She got it wrong and lost. Whoops! But it was still fun, and I hope to do it again on our next trip.

 

[phamton]

I made it to the hotseat Feb. 17th for the second time. I won the hat, pins, and shirt. This is the second time I've been in the hot seat but unfortunately I've never won the cruise. Although I live here, I've only gone a few times so I'm not a regular that shows up several times a week. Last time I played was about a year ago when I made the hotseat then. Even though this was my second time in the hotseat, I was still a nervous wreck. I bombed out on a question about a mythic character in search of the Holy Grail. I thought it would be easy as I had seen and read enough about the Holy Grail but the character was not one I knew and still can't remember the correct answer.

 

[Beca]

Thanks for the advice....we'll just keep "plugging away"...and, hoping!!



Beca