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Beethoven
A Cool Million
May 20th in History
Final Jeopardy
100
Deal or No Deal
Who is Howie Mandel?
100
The famous motif short-short-short-long was part of this Beethoven symphony, it also means the letter V in morse code.
What is the Fifth Symphony?
100
If you are making a million dollars a year, you have a ______ figure salary.
What is seven?
100
Born on this date in 1946, and first appearing on stage with her husband Sonny, this actress/singer has gone on to a prolific career in both music and film.
Who is Cher?
100
NOTABLE NAMES: Following his death in 2018, his ashes were interred at Westminster Abbey between the remains of fellow scientists Darwin & Newton
Who was Stephen Hawking?
200
Who is Jeff Foxworthy?
200
The fourth movement of Beethoven's 9th symphony contains this well-known tune, frequently part of a beginning musician's repertoire.
What is Ode to Joy?
200
This song, released in 2000 by the Bare Naked Ladies is one of their most popular, although it wasn't released as a single.
What is If I Had $1,000,000?
200
One of the great actors of the 20th century, he was known for his everyman portrayals with directors Alfred Hitchcock, Anthony Mann and Frank Capra, and was born this day in 1908 (d. 1997).
Who was James (Jimmy) Stewart?
200
SCIENCE FICTION: In a 1952 sci-fi story, a time traveler returning to the present finds a dead one of these insects on his shoe
What is a butterfly?
300
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Who is Regis Philbin?
300
According to a biographer, 17-year-old, Beethoven traveled to Vienna to play for this popular composer, who, upon hearing him do some improvising, was much impressed.
Who was Mozart?
300
This movie won a Best Picture Oscar in 2004.
What is Million Dollar Baby?
300
On this day in 1862, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signed the this act, which provided 160 acres of public land virtually free of charge to those who had lived on and cultivated the land for at least five years.
What is the Homestead Act?
300
1970s MOVIE SCENES: Writer Dan O'Bannon based a scene in this film on his own Crohn's disease, which felt like things inside him fighting to get out
What is Alien?
400
Family Feud
Who is Richard Dawson?
400
Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor was not given this better-known romantic name by Beethoven, but was added later after his death.
What is the Moonlight Sonata?
400
The "Million Dollar Highway" in this state is considered the most beautiful route in America.
What is Colorado?
400
Germany, Austria-Hungary and this country entered a Triple Alliance on this date in 1882, providing mutual protection against other European nations until the beginning of World War I.
What is Italy?
400
MUSIC: Just 24 notes, this piece is nicknamed "Butterfield's Lullaby" for the U.S. Army general who arranged it
What is Taps?
500
Card Sharks
Who is Jim Perry?
500
Originally titled Leonore, this was Beethoven's only opera, premiering in 1805, although it underwent numerous revisions after that date.
What is Fidelio?
500
He once had a cameo on Friends, and you wish he was one of yours -- in 2013 this actor/director gave his 14 of closest friends $1M each, and paid the taxes, too.
Who is George Clooney?
500
This French author, considered one of the best for his collection of works know as La Comédie humaine, was born this day in 1799.
Who was Honoré de Balzac?
500
WORLD FLAGS: The use of red, yellow & green as Pan-African colors began with the flag of this nation, the continent's oldest independent country
What is Ethiopia?