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peacock2121 · #1 Post by **peacock2121** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 7:32 am

Watching Lyn yesterday, reminded me of your friend who did get either the 500K or 1 million dollar question wrong (My memory says it was 500K, but I am not sure).

My question is:

How is he about that now?

earendel · #2 Post by **earendel** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 7:45 am

peacock2121 wrote:Watching Lyn yesterday, reminded me of your friend who did get either the 500K or 1 million dollar question wrong (My memory says it was 500K, but I am not sure).

No one has ever missed the $1M question, so it must have been $500K.

peacock2121 · #3 Post by **peacock2121** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 7:46 am

I knew that!

D'Uh.

Thanks.

Appa23 · #4 Post by **Appa23** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 7:50 am

Pea, if you are thinking about Rod Martin, I beleive that he won $500,000, but I might be mistaken.

The only person who I can remember taking a risk at $500,000 and missing on SyndiBam is the cxollege professor who aired in October of Season 1. (Probably have been other people, but he really stood out to me.)

peacock2121 · #5 Post by **peacock2121** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 7:52 am

I just know he was Cal's friend and that he answered wrong - a high level question and went back to 32K.

I wondered if the sting gets less dreadful or more so as time goes on.

TheCalvinator24 · #6 Post by **TheCalvinator24** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 8:16 am

It was Rod Martin, and he did, indeed, miss his $500K question. A Question, BTW, that one would have known if a regular player of the QoD here.

I think the "not going all the way" bothered him more than the loss of the money, even then. His financial situation was such that the money wasn't really a major factor for him.

Appa23 · #7 Post by **Appa23** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 8:19 am

Hmm, I stand corrected.

Perhaps he could have gone all the way with the new lifeline.

peacock2121 · #8 Post by **peacock2121** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 8:43 am

TheCalvinator24 wrote:It was Rod Martin, and he did, indeed, miss his $500K question. A Question, BTW, that one would have known if a regular player of the QoD here.

I think the "not going all the way" bothered him more than the loss of the money, even then. His financial situation was such that the money wasn't really a major factor for him.

It is a different kind of game when it's about the game and not about the money.

I hope he is doing well.

TheCalvinator24 · #9 Post by **TheCalvinator24** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 9:17 am

Appa23 wrote:Hmm, I stand corrected.

Perhaps he could have gone all the way with the new lifeline.

Only if he had played an earlier question differently. He thought he knew the $500K Question, so he would not have switched it.

Odyssey · #10 Post by **Odyssey** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 11:41 am

So what was the question?

NellyLunatic1980 · #11 Post by **NellyLunatic1980** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 12:03 pm

Appa23 wrote:Pea, if you are thinking about Rod Martin, I beleive that he won $500,000, but I might be mistaken.

The only person who I can remember taking a risk at $500,000 and missing on SyndiBam is the cxollege professor who aired in October of Season 1. (Probably have been other people, but he really stood out to me.)

Three people have lost on the $500K question: Rod Martin, Bob Edgeworth, and Ava Johnson.

Odyssey wrote:So what was the question?

I think it was the name of the person who completed Paul Revere's famous midnight ride.

Bob Juch · #12 Post by **Bob Juch** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 12:09 pm

NellyLunatic1980 wrote:
Odyssey wrote:So what was the question?
I think it was the name of the person who completed Paul Revere's famous midnight ride.

Samuel Prescott, IIRC.

Bob Juch · #13 Post by **Bob Juch** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 12:12 pm

Bob Juch wrote:
NellyLunatic1980 wrote:
Odyssey wrote:So what was the question?
I think it was the name of the person who completed Paul Revere's famous midnight ride.
Samuel Prescott, IIRC.

Yep, I checked. He's a great-something uncle of the Presidents Bush.

TheConfessor · #14 Post by **TheConfessor** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 12:29 pm

NellyLunatic1980 wrote:Three people have lost on the $500K question: Rod Martin, Bob Edgeworth, and Ava Johnson.

Didn't Rudy Reber get Dursted at $500K?

#15 Post by **littlebeast13** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 12:32 pm

TheConfessor wrote:
NellyLunatic1980 wrote:Three people have lost on the $500K question: Rod Martin, Bob Edgeworth, and Ava Johnson.
Didn't Rudy Reber get Dursted at $500K?

And if we're talking about PTBAM, don't forget about Kati Kaboom...

lb13

silvercamaro · #16 Post by **silvercamaro** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 12:35 pm

Bob Juch wrote: Yep, I checked. He's a great-something uncle of the Presidents Bush.

What? You mean to say he's not an ancestor of yours?

NellyLunatic1980 · #17 Post by **NellyLunatic1980** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 12:40 pm

TheConfessor wrote:
NellyLunatic1980 wrote:Three people have lost on the $500K question: Rod Martin, Bob Edgeworth, and Ava Johnson.
Didn't Rudy Reber get Dursted at $500K?

I was referring only to the SyndiBAM flameouts. If we're including PT, we've got Reber, Kati "Kaboom" Knudsen, Mark McDermott, Nick Meyer, Richard Klimkiewicz, Lawrence "D**khead" Caplan, and (from the celebrity shows) David Duchovny.

starfish1113 · #18 Post by **starfish1113** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 12:57 pm

NellyLunatic1980 wrote:Lawrence "D**khead" Caplan

Was this how he was introduced?

How embarrassing!

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