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TUESDAY 11/6/07 QoD

#1 Post by TheCalvinator24 » Tue Nov 06, 2007 9:44 am

You may NOT use imdb or WikiPedia for this QoD

1. What was the title of the made-for-TV movie that detailed the rise of Steve Jobs & Bill Gates?

2. What Network originally broadcast that movie?

3. Who portrayed Steve Jobs

4. Who portrayed Bill Gates?

5. What is the full title of the book upon which the movie was based?

6. What was the original air date?

7. According to the movie, Apple "stole" the Graphical User Interface from Palo Alto Research Center, Inc. What was the parent company of PARC?

8. Who was the CEO who fired Jobs from Apple?

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#2 Post by Odyssey » Tue Nov 06, 2007 9:59 am

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Pirates of Silicon Valley
TNT
Noah Wyle
Anthony Michael Hall
Fire in the Valley: The Making of the Personal Computer
June 20, 1999
Xerox
John Sculley
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#3 Post by peacock2121 » Tue Nov 06, 2007 10:02 am

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1. What was the title of the made-for-TV movie that detailed the rise of Steve Jobs & Bill Gates? Pirates of Silicon Valley

2. What Network originally broadcast that movie? TNT

3. Who portrayed Steve Jobs Noah Wylie

4. Who portrayed Bill Gates? Anthony Michael Hall

5. What is the full title of the book upon which the movie was based? Fire in the Valley: The Making of the Personal Computer"

6. What was the original air date? June 20, 1999

7. According to the movie, Apple "stole" the Graphical User Interface from Palo Alto Research Center, Inc. What was the parent company of PARC? Xerox

8. Who was the CEO who fired Jobs from Apple? John Sculley

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Re: TUESDAY 11/6/07 QoD

#4 Post by earendel » Tue Nov 06, 2007 10:05 am

TheCalvinator24 wrote:You may NOT use imdb or WikiPedia for this QoD

1. What was the title of the made-for-TV movie that detailed the rise of Steve Jobs & Bill Gates?

2. What Network originally broadcast that movie?

3. Who portrayed Steve Jobs

4. Who portrayed Bill Gates?

5. What is the full title of the book upon which the movie was based?

6. What was the original air date?


7. According to the movie, Apple "stole" the Graphical User Interface from Palo Alto Research Center, Inc. What was the parent company of PARC?

8. Who was the CEO who fired Jobs from Apple?
Spoiler
1. Pirates of Silicon Valley
2. TNT
3. Noah Wylie
4. Anthony Michael Hall
5. Fire in the Valley: The Making of the Personal Computer
6.
7. Xerox
8. John Scully
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Re: TUESDAY 11/6/07 QoD

#5 Post by mrkelley23 » Tue Nov 06, 2007 10:45 am

TheCalvinator24 wrote:You may NOT use imdb or WikiPedia for this QoD

1. What was the title of the made-for-TV movie that detailed the rise of Steve Jobs & Bill Gates?

2. What Network originally broadcast that movie?

3. Who portrayed Steve Jobs

4. Who portrayed Bill Gates?

5. What is the full title of the book upon which the movie was based?

6. What was the original air date?

7. According to the movie, Apple "stole" the Graphical User Interface from Palo Alto Research Center, Inc. What was the parent company of PARC?

8. Who was the CEO who fired Jobs from Apple?
Spoiler
1. Pirates of Silicon Valley

2. TNT

3. Noah Wyle

4. Anthony Michael Hall

5. Fire in the Valley: The Making of the Personal Computer

6. June 20, 1999

7. XEROX

8. John Sculley
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#6 Post by tlynn78 » Tue Nov 06, 2007 11:28 am

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1. Pirates of Silicon Valley
2. TNT
3. NOah Wylie
4. Anthony MIchael Hall
5. Fire in the Valley - the making of the personal computer
6. 6/20/99
7. Xerox
8. John Scully
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#7 Post by andrewjackson » Tue Nov 06, 2007 11:53 am

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1. Pirates of Silicon Valley

2. TNT

3. Noah Wylie

4. Anthony Micheal Hall

5. "Fire in the Valley: The Making of the Personal Computer"

6. May 23, 1999

7. Xerox

8. John Sculley
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#8 Post by tanstaafl2 » Tue Nov 06, 2007 11:57 am

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1. What was the title of the made-for-TV movie that detailed the rise of Steve Jobs & Bill Gates? Pirates of Silicon Valley

2. What Network originally broadcast that movie?
TNT

3. Who portrayed Steve Jobs
Noah Wyle

4. Who portrayed Bill Gates?
Anthony Michael Hall

5. What is the full title of the book upon which the movie was based?
Fire in the Valley: The Making of the Personal Computer

6. What was the original air date?
June 18, 1999 A good deal of debate about this as apparently it was originally supposed to have aired 2 days later.

7. According to the movie, Apple "stole" the Graphical User Interface from Palo Alto Research Center, Inc. What was the parent company of PARC?
Xerox

8. Who was the CEO who fired Jobs from Apple?
John Sculley, although some sights seem to imply he resigned when an attempted trick he engineered to pull off a coup against Sculley failed and the board backed Sculley over Jobs.
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#9 Post by NellyLunatic1980 » Tue Nov 06, 2007 12:02 pm

1. What was the title of the made-for-TV movie that detailed the rise of Steve Jobs & Bill Gates?

"Two MAWGs from Redmond"

2. What Network originally broadcast that movie?

Cartoon Newtork

3. Who portrayed Steve Jobs

TheConfessor

4. Who portrayed Bill Gates?

Kevin Olmstead

5. What is the full title of the book upon which the movie was based?

"I Can't Believe It's Not Monopolization"

6. What was the original air date?

July 20, 1969

7. According to the movie, Apple "stole" the Graphical User Interface from Palo Alto Research Center, Inc. What was the parent company of PARC?

The La Canada-Flintridge Research Center

8. Who was the CEO who fired Jobs from Apple?

Dick Cheney

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#10 Post by TheCalvinator24 » Tue Nov 06, 2007 12:08 pm

NellyLunatic1980 wrote: 8. Who was the CEO who fired Jobs from Apple?

Dick Cheney
Actually, i think he was the one who fired apples at jobs.
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#11 Post by ToLiveIsToFly » Tue Nov 06, 2007 12:15 pm

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I did NOT use imdb or WikiPedia for this QoD. I DID use www.allmovie.com, which makes me feel a little dirty, but I can live with it.
TheCalvinator24 wrote:1. What was the title of the made-for-TV movie that detailed the rise of Steve Jobs & Bill Gates?
Pirates of Silicon Valley
TheCalvinator24 wrote:2. What Network originally broadcast that movie?
TNT
TheCalvinator24 wrote:3. Who portrayed Steve Jobs
Noah Wyle
TheCalvinator24 wrote:4. Who portrayed Bill Gates?
Anthony Michael Hall
TheCalvinator24 wrote:5. What is the full title of the book upon which the movie was based?
Fire in the Valley: The Making of the Personal Computer
TheCalvinator24 wrote:6. What was the original air date?
6/18/1999
TheCalvinator24 wrote:7. According to the movie, Apple "stole" the Graphical User Interface from Palo Alto Research Center, Inc. What was the parent company of PARC?
Xerox
TheCalvinator24 wrote:8. Who was the CEO who fired Jobs from Apple?
According to http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa051599.htm, Jobs quit in lieu of being fired by John Sculley

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#12 Post by wintergreen48 » Tue Nov 06, 2007 12:24 pm

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1. Beats me .

2. Beats me: WAG USA and hope for the best.

3. Beats me.

4. Ooh! Ooh! I know one!!! Anthony Michael Hall

5. Beats me.

6. Beats me.

7. Beats me. I think Hewlett-Packard is there, so I will WAG Hewlett-Packard.

8. Beats me.

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#13 Post by Rexer25 » Tue Nov 06, 2007 12:35 pm

TheCalvinator24 wrote: Actually, i think he was the one who fired apples at jobs.
Make sure you give yourself a humor point, Cal.
Enough already. It's my fault! Get over it!

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#14 Post by Weyoun » Tue Nov 06, 2007 12:36 pm

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1. What was the title of the made-for-TV movie that detailed the rise of Steve Jobs & Bill Gates?

Pirates of Silicon Valley

2. What Network originally broadcast that movie?

TNT

3. Who portrayed Steve Jobs

Noah Wylie

4. Who portrayed Bill Gates?

Anthony Michael Thomas

5. What is the full title of the book upon which the movie was based?

don't know

6. What was the original air date?

uh 1999?

7. According to the movie, Apple "stole" the Graphical User Interface from Palo Alto Research Center, Inc. What was the parent company of PARC?

IBM

8. Who was the CEO who fired Jobs from Apple?

John Scully

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#15 Post by macrae1234 » Tue Nov 06, 2007 1:05 pm

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1. What was the title of the made-for-TV movie that detailed the rise of Steve Jobs & Bill Gates? Pirates of Silicon Valley

2. What Network originally broadcast that movie? TNT

3. Who portrayed Steve Jobs Noah Wylie

4. Who portrayed Bill Gates? Anthony Michael hall

5. What is the full title of the book upon which the movie was based? Fire in the Valley: The Making of The Personal Computer

6. What was the original air date? Sometime in 1999

7. According to the movie, Apple "stole" the Graphical User Interface from Palo Alto Research Center, Inc. What was the parent company of PARC? Xerox

8. Who was the CEO who fired Jobs from Apple? The guy from pepsi who thought up the pepsi challenge a marketing genius

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#16 Post by Bob Juch » Tue Nov 06, 2007 1:47 pm

Spoiler
1. What was the title of the made-for-TV movie that detailed the rise of Steve Jobs & Bill Gates?

Pirates of Silicon Valley

2. What Network originally broadcast that movie?

TNT

3. Who portrayed Steve Jobs

Noah Wyle

4. Who portrayed Bill Gates?

Anthony Michael Hall

5. What is the full title of the book upon which the movie was based?

Fire in the Valley: The Making of The Personal Computer

6. What was the original air date?

June 20, 1999

7. According to the movie, Apple "stole" the Graphical User Interface from Palo Alto Research Center, Inc. What was the parent company of PARC?

Xerox

8. Who was the CEO who fired Jobs from Apple?

John Sculley - but he didn't actually fire him, he took him off the Mac project and didn't assign him to another project.

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#17 Post by plasticene » Tue Nov 06, 2007 2:01 pm

Spoiler
1. Pirates of Silicon Valley
2. TNT
3. Noah Wyle
4. Anthony Michael Hall
5. Fire in the Valley: The Making of The Personal Computer
6. June 20, 1999
7. Xerox
8. John Sculley

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#18 Post by traininvain » Tue Nov 06, 2007 3:05 pm

Spoiler
1. Pirates of Silicon Valley

2. TNT

3. Noah Wyle

4. Anthony Michael Hall

5. Fire in the Valley: The Making of the Personal Computer

6. June 18, 1999

7. Xerox

8. John Sculley (Although I did see one source that says Jobs quit.)
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#19 Post by LookingForHumorPoints » Tue Nov 06, 2007 8:24 pm

1. What was the title of the made-for-TV movie that detailed the rise of Steve Jobs & Bill Gates?

Revenge of the Nerds

2. What Network originally broadcast that movie?

C-SPAN

3. Who portrayed Steve Jobs

The Mac guy

4. Who portrayed Bill Gates?

The PC guy

5. What is the full title of the book upon which the movie was based?

Starting Up A Multi-billion Dollar Computer Empire for Dummies

6. What was the original air date?

August 24, 1968

7. According to the movie, Apple "stole" the Graphical User Interface from Palo Alto Research Center, Inc. What was the parent company of PARC?

BALCO

8. Who was the CEO who fired Jobs from Apple?

Donald Trump


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#20 Post by TheCalvinator24 » Thu Nov 08, 2007 6:08 pm

1. What was the title of the made-for-TV movie that detailed the rise of Steve Jobs & Bill Gates?

Pirates of Silicon Valley

2. What Network originally broadcast that movie?

TNT

3. Who portrayed Steve Jobs?

Noah Wyle

4. Who portrayed Bill Gates?

Anthony Michael Hall

5. What is the full title of the book upon which the movie was based?

Fire in the Valley:The Making of the Personal Computer

6. What was the original air date?

June 20, 1999

BUT, Lots of sites (especially places where you can buy the DVD or VHS) indicate that the release date was June 18, 1999. I couldn't find any solid evidence that it was aired two days early.

BUT, I found a fairly authoritative site that said that the show originally aired after midnight on May 24, 1999. Whether a mistake by TNT, or as one site I saw claimed to get in for Emmy eligibility for the 98-99 season, I don't know.

I had thought about giving credit only to those who actually answered this question, but I think the fairest approach is to count everyone who answered the QoD as correct for this part, thereby effectively throwing it out.

7. According to the movie, Apple "stole" the Graphical User Interface from Palo Alto Research Center, Inc. What was the parent company of PARC?

XEROX

8. Who was the CEO who fired Jobs from Apple?

John Sculley Regardless of how it may be protrayed, Jobs was fired, even if Sculley allowed him to "officially" resign.
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#21 Post by TheCalvinator24 » Sat Nov 10, 2007 8:40 pm

Odyssey 15
peacock2121 14
earendel 13
mrkelley23 12
tlynn78 11
andrewjackson 10
tanstaafl2 10
Nelly 0 (If the focus of the movie had been more about Gates/Microsoft, I would have given a humor point for the book title)
ToLiveIsToFly 10
wintergreen48 0
Weyoun 0
macrae1234 0
Bob Juch 10
plasticene 10
traininvain 10


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