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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

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

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: 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.

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.

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.

ghostjmf wrote: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.

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.

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.

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.