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Old 04-27-2009, 11:02 AM
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What instrument do Joan Jett and Joni Mitchell play? I'll use a lifeline.
How do these morons get on television anyway? It was like a $500 question on Millionaire and the guy couldn't answer without phoning a friend. They need to screen people more carefully if they can't get to $1000 without help.
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Because not everyone knows everything about everything?

How do you synthesize a methylated alkaloid?

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Old 04-27-2009, 12:36 PM
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How do you synthesize a methylated alkaloid?

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Old 04-27-2009, 12:39 PM
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Awesome, I'd love to see that as the million dollar question on that show - can you imagine the look of WTF on the poor contestant's face?
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How do you synthesize a methylated alkaloid?

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What is placing it in water?


To the OP-I don't believe I've ever seen or heard Joni play electric so I would have to guess that the correct answer was "Gibson"?
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Skin flute?

I give up?
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Old 04-27-2009, 12:47 PM
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"oooh I'm sorry Bob. The correct answer is a Melody Maker for Joan and a dulcimer for Joni. Thanks for playing!"

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXBba77U1_Y

I think this one counts as an electric too--

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7agB7jriyUU
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Hah! I can just imagine myself looking at the four multiple choice answers and having my head spin searching for the dulcimer! But yep, Joni and her JC120 were joined at the hip for a while, and she played a mean electric with Jaco and other jazzers back in the day.



Uh, that's obviously not Jaco, but you get the point!
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How do these morons get on television anyway? It was like a $500 question on Millionaire and the guy couldn't answer without phoning a friend. They need to screen people more carefully if they can't get to $1000 without help.
I do not wish to label a fellow TGPer and person I do not even know with the designation he used (moron), but my reaction to the post is "You watch that crap?". There is little more than crap on teevee, and if the american teevee watching public would simply "not watch it", perhaps it would not get programmed. Take your teevee, throw it through the window and go out and support some live music, and then you won't havta get riled about what/who is on it. Ooops, is the preceding religion or politics?!?
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This guy missed it on the first question. Bummer.

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I think this one counts as an electric too--

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7agB7jriyUU
Since that extra bit of wiring on the Parker in the video appears to be the pickup for a Roland GR-20 or some version, I guess "synthesizer" is in fact the right answer.
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Joni actually plays a lot of piano too....
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Gabriel Synthesis?

Chloromethane and potassium phthalimide react to form methylamine (simplified explanation of course).
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That wouldn't be a $500 question. Under $1000 is common knowledge, or should be. If you can't get past $1000 without help, that's pretty sad.
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