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[Nick]

Yes, you are right.

*The lights go back to the original blue color*

We are back into our regular trivia questions.

Question 6:
For 20,000:

In "Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring", who played the character of 'Peregrin ‘Pippin’ Took'?

• A: John Rhys-Davies • B: Dominic Monaghan
• C: Billy Boyd                    • D: Elijah Wood

[Frodo]

The would be Mr Billy Boyd.  

[Nick]

Correct!

This is the milestone question. Get this one right, and your guaranteed 50,000. Good luck.

Question 7:
For 50,000:

How many 'playable' levels are in "Pac-man"?

• A: 254 • B: 255
• C: 256     • D: 257

[Frodo]

Um, what???  

*gets bewildered look on her face*

Can I use a life please?  Can you take away half the answers?

[Nick]

Okay, yes this is a tricky question, after all, it is a milestone question.

*The lights in the studio turn to white*

Computer, Frodo will be using the Fifty-Fifty (50:50) lifeline. Please remove two of the incorrect answers.

*Bleep*

• A: - • B: 255
• C: 256 • D: -

Frodo, you now have two lifelines left:
Ask a Friend
Skip

If you do not know the answer you may use one.

[Frodo]

*thinks about it carefully*
*hmms & ho's a lot*


Eenie..... Meenie
            
Miney..... Mo
            


I pick B: 255

*holds her breath*

[Nick]

.... *The music on stage get's deeper, and more suspenseful*

Frodo, on your last game, you left with 1,000. Failing to reach the milestone. But now, on your rematch, you did reach it. And you did well... Only using one lifeline.

Frodo, there are 256 levels in Pac-man...

*The crowd moans*

But... an avid player knows, that the final level #256, is a glitch level. It is unplayable. So, there are... 255 playable levels!

You are correct! You are now guaranteed 50,000!!

Now, onto the next question.

Question 8:
For 75,000:

In 1983, Atari dumped thousands of video game cartridges, allegedly including a large number of copies of its video game adaptation E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, into a landfill. Where was the landfill?

• A: Mexico • B: Cuba
• C: Arizona     l • D: New Mexico

[Frodo]

*lets out a huge sigh of relief*
Yippee!!!  

You got me worried for a moment, saying there are 256 levels.  But then you went on to say Lever 256 is unplayable due to a glitch, so there is only 255 playable levels.  That's what threw me at first.  I thought the game went on forever, hehe.  

Anyway, I got it right.  




Now, about burying the game cartridges - I remember reading about that in Retro Gamer a few months ago.
I believe it was in New Mexico.  

[Nick]

You are certainly correct.

Question 9:
For 150,000:

Which two video games were designed by the same person, Dave Theurer?

• A: Tempest & Pacman              • B: Tempest & Dig Dug
• C: Missle Command & Tempest     • D: Dig Dug & Missile Command

[Frodo]

Umm, was it  C: Missile Command & (Joey) Tempest?  

[Nick]

You are correct!

Frodo, you are only 2 more questions away from the Millionaire Dollar question!  
From this point on, the questions are going to become extra difficult.

*The lights in the studio turn red, and the music becomes more suspenseful*

Question 10:
For 250,000:

In the game "Space Invaders", what is the minimum number of Space Invaders on the screen for the mother ship to appear?

• A: 7 • B: 8
• C: 9        • D: 11

[Frodo]

Did you know that your name has 4 letters in it.  Which is half of 8!


BTW, bet you don't know who Joey Tempest is (see my last post).  He's the singer in this band.  

[Nick]

You were correct, I didn't know about Joey Tempest.

....

And your correct again! 8 is the right answer!

And now, the final question before the million dollar question is coming. But I will now warn you, that your "Skip" lifeline, has been voided, since you made it to this point in the game. You now only have one more lifeline, "Ask a Friend".

Good luck.

Question 11:
For 500,000:

Who said "My idea of retirement is to sit all day in a big, dark room playing Space Invaders?"

• A: Will Wright      • B: Steven Spielberg
• C: George Lucas  • D: Walter Cronkite

[Frodo]

You're stealing my 'Skip' lifeline?  Dang!  I was keeping that for the last question, .  

But for this question, I have to ask a friend.  

[Nick]

Yes, the Skip lifeline is voided for cheating purposes.

Computer, Frodo would like to ask a friend.

*The lights turn white*

Frodo, who would you like to ask? This person will be requested to post here in the thread.