Transcript 5/11/16 Ashley Ward (carryover)

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Ashley Ward
Writer
East Village, N.Y.C.

The $100,000 she’s already won is a game-changer for a freelancer living paycheck to paycheck.

$250,000
Inspired by the horse on a British sitcom, which of these mythological names does Elton John use as his legal middle name?
A: Hercules B: Zeus
C: Apollo D: Dionysus

Ashley’s not familiar with the British sitcom or Elton’s middle name. She knows Hercules, Zeus and Apollo are from Greek mythology. She walks away with $100,000.

Answer

A: Hercules

[ghostjmf]

250K: No idea which name EJ took. They're all from Greek mythology. Use what lifelines I have, but probably leave here.

[earendel]

Ashley Ward
Writer
East Village, N.Y.C.

The $100,000 she’s already won is a game-changer for a freelancer living paycheck to paycheck.

$250,000
Inspired by the horse on a British sitcom, which of these mythological names does Elton John use as his legal middle name?
A: Hercules B: Zeus
C: Apollo D: Dionysus

Ashley’s not familiar with the British sitcom or Elton’s middle name. She knows Hercules, Zeus and Apollo are from Greek mythology. She walks away with $100,000.

Answer

A: Hercules

She dismissed Dionysus as not being a mythological figure - that was what I thought it might be given the meaning of the adjective "Dionysian". However I wouldn't have risked it at this level. But since I have all my lifelines, I'll use them, starting with ATA, since this is a pop culture question they might know.

[K.P.]

I had no idea, but upon a little research, this is a rare $250,000 question with both a front and back door. Aside from knowing Elton's middle name, you can get the answer if you're familiar with the sitcom, Steptoe and Son.

Possibly a third road you can take is knowing that Elton had a song called "Hercules," but that could hurt you just as easy if you decide to rule it out because of that.

[ghostjmf]

I had long read that Steptoe & Son was the model for All In The Family, with Steptoe being a much worse & less lovable bigot than Archie Bunker, though I don't find Archie all that lovable, & I knew Steptoe was in a business where he had a horse, but never knew the horse's name.

[TheConfessor]

I had long read that Steptoe & Son was the model for All In The Family, with Steptoe being a much worse & less lovable bigot than Archie Bunker, though I don't find Archie all that lovable, & I knew Steptoe was in a business where he had a horse, but never knew the horse's name.

Pretty sure it was the inspiration for Sanford and Son, not All in the Family. I suppose I could look it up, but I'm just going from what I've heard for about 40 years.

[ghostjmf]

You're right. The inspiration for All, say various sources, was Till Death Us Do Part. That's the way the title was phrased, not Till Death Do Us Part. With no horse involved.

[triviawayne]

May seem like a dumb way to play, but having a sense of how the writers write, I eliminated Zeus and Apollo because those are the dogs from Magnum PI.

With two answers gone, I'd have gone for Hercules because that's a way better name for a horse.

[ghostjmf]

Anything that gets you to the answer. I didn't know the names of the Magnum dogs, or if there even were any, & now I do. For as long as it holds.