document_title: List of the most common U.S. place names

question_text: most common city name in the united states

text: Postal Service data[edit]

text: The United States Postal Service has published a list of the most common city[2] and post office[3] names within the United States, as of 2017:

text:
Cities
Post Offices

1 Franklin (31)
1 Clinton (26)

2 Clinton, Washington (29 each)
2 Madison (25)

3 Arlington (28)
3 Franklin, Washington (24 each)

4 Chester, Georgetown, Madison, Salem (27 each)
4 Chester, Marion (23 each)

5 Fairfield, Greenville, Kingston, Marion, Riverside, Springfield (26 each)
5 Greenville, Springfield (22 each)

text: All place names[edit]

text: Washington (88)[edit]

text:
Place
Type

Washington, Connecticut
city

Washington, D.C.
federal district

Washington, Georgia
city

Washington, Illinois
city

Washington Park, Illinois
village

Washington, Indiana
city

Washington, Iowa
city

North Washington, Iowa
city

Washington Mills, Iowa
unincorporated community

Washington Prairie, Iowa
unincorporated community

Washington, Kansas
city

Washington, Kentucky
village

Mount Washington, Kentucky
city

Washington, Louisiana
town

Washington, Maine
town

Washington, Massachusetts
town

Mount Washington, Massachusetts
town

Washington Grove, Maryland
town

Washington, Michigan
town

Washington, Mississippi
unincorporated community

Washington, Missouri
city

Washington, Nebraska
village

Washington, New Hampshire
town

Washington, New Jersey
borough

Port Washington North, New York
village

Washingtonville, New York
village

Washington, North Carolina
city

Washington Park, North Carolina
town

Washington, Ohio
city

Port Washington, Ohio
village

Old Washington, Ohio
village

Washingtonville, Ohio
village

Washington Court House, Ohio
city

Washington, Oklahoma
town

Washington, Pennsylvania
city

Washingtonville, Pennsylvania
borough

Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas
unincorporated community

Washington, Utah
city

Washington Terrace, Utah
city

Washington, Vermont
town

Washington, Virginia
town

Washington, West Virginia
CDP

Washington, Wisconsin
unincorporated community

Port Washington, Wisconsin
city

text:
The State of Washington
31 of the 50 United States are home to a County of Washington.
There are 5 Washington Townships in the State of New Jersey.
There are no fewer than 7 Towns of Washington (and one Town of Port Washington) in the State of Wisconsin which correspond to townships rather than municipalities.

text: Springfield (41)[edit]

text:
Place
Type

Springfield, Alabama
town

Springfield, Arkansas
town

Springfield, Colorado
town

Springfield, Florida
city

Springfield, Georgia
city

Springfield, Idaho
unincorporated community

Springfield, Illinois
city

Springfield, Kentucky
city

Springfield, Louisiana
town

Springfield, Maine
town

Springfield, Massachusetts
city

Springfield, Michigan
city

Springfield, Minnesota
city

Springfield, Missouri
city

Springfield, Nebraska
city

Springfield, New Hampshire
town

Springfield, New York
town

Springfield, New Jersey (Burlington County)
township

Springfield, New Jersey (Union County)
township

Springfield, Ohio
city

Springfield, Oregon[4]
city

Springfield, Pennsylvania
CDP

Springfield, South Carolina
town

Springfield, South Dakota
city

Springfield, Tennessee
city

Springfield, Vermont
town

Springfield, Virginia
CDP

Springfield, West Virginia
CDP

Springfield, Wisconsin (Dane County)
town

Springfield, Wisconsin (Jackson County)
town[5]

Springfield, Wisconsin (Marquette County)
town

Springfield, Wisconsin (St. Croix County)
town

Springfield, Wisconsin (Walworth County)
town

text: Franklin (35)[edit]

text:
Place
Type

Franklin, Alabama
town

Franklin, Arkansas
town

Franklin, Connecticut
town

Franklin, Georgia
city

Franklin, Idaho
city

Franklin, Illinois
village

Franklin, Indiana
city

Franklin, Iowa
city

Franklin, Kansas
town

Franklin, Kentucky
city

Franklin, Louisiana
town

Franklin, Maine
town

Franklin, Massachusetts
city

Franklin, Michigan
village

Franklin, Minnesota
city

Franklin, Missouri
city

Franklin, Nebraska
city

Franklin, New Hampshire
city

Franklin, New Jersey
borough

Franklin, Delaware County, New York
village

Franklin, Franklin County, New York
town

Franklin County, North Carolina
county

Franklin County, Ohio
county

Franklin, North Carolina
town

Franklin, Oregon
town

Franklin, Ohio
city

Franklin, Cambria County, Pennsylvania
borough

Franklin, Venango County, Pennsylvania
city

Franklin, South Dakota
town

Franklin, Tennessee
city

Franklin, Texas
city

Franklin, Vermont
town

Franklin, Virginia
city

Franklin, West Virginia
town

Franklin, Wisconsin
city

Franklin, Louisiana
parish

text: Lebanon (32)[edit]

text:
Place
Type

Lebanon, Alabama

Lebanon, Arizona

Lebanon, Arkansas

Lebanon, Colorado

Lebanon, Connecticut

Rising Sun-Lebanon, Delaware

Lebanon, Georgia

Lebanon, Illinois

Lebanon, Indiana

Lebanon, Iowa

Lebanon, Kansas

Lebanon, Kentucky

Mount Lebanon, Louisiana

Lebanon, Maine

Lebanon, Township, Michigan

Lebanon, Mississippi

Lebanon, Missouri

Lebanon, Nebraska

Lebanon, New Hampshire

Lebanon, New Jersey

Lebanon, New York

Lebanon Township, North Carona

Lebanon, North Dakota

Lebanon, Ohio

Lebanon, Oklahoma

Lebanon, Oregon

Lebanon, Pennsylvania

Lebanon, South Carolina

Lebanon, South Dakota

Lebanon, Tennessee

Lebanon, Virginia

Lebanon, Wisconsin

text: Greenville (30)[edit]

text:
Place
Type

Greenville, Alabama
city

Greenville, California
CDP

Greenville, Delaware
CDP

Greenville, Florida
town

Greenville, Georgia
city

Greenville, Illinois
city

Greenville, Indiana
town

Greenville, Iowa
city

Greenville, Kentucky
city

Greenville, Maine
town

Greenville, Massachusetts
city

Greenville, Michigan
city

Greenville, Mississippi
city

Greenville, Missouri
city

Greenville, New Hampshire
town

Greenville, New Jersey
former township

Greenville, Greene County, New York
town

Greenville, Orange County, New York
town

Greenville, Westchester County, New York
CDP

Greenville, North Carolina
city

Greenville, Ohio
city

Greenville, Pennsylvania
borough

Greenville, Rhode Island
CDP

Greenville, South Carolina
city

Greenville, Texas
city

Greenville, Utah
town

Greenville, Virginia
CDP

Greenville, Logan County, West Virginia
CDP

Greenville, Monroe County, West Virginia
CDP

Greenville, Wisconsin
CDP

text: Bristol (29)[edit]

text:
Place
Type

Bristol, Colorado
unincorporated community

Bristol, Connecticut
city

Bristol, Florida
city

Bristol, Georgia
city

Bristol, Illinois
unincorporated community

Bristol, Indiana
town

Bristol, Iowa
township

Bristol, Louisiana
Populated place

Bristol, Maryland
unincorporated community

Bristol, Maine
town

Bristol, Michigan
unincorporated community

Bristol, Minnesota
township

Bristol, Missouri
populated place

Bristol, Nevada
ghost town

Bristol, New Hampshire
town

Bristol, New York
town

Bristol, Ohio
unincorporated community

Bristol, Pennsylvania
borough

Bristol Township, Pennsylvania
township

Bristol, Rhode Island
town

Bristol, South Dakota
city

Bristol, Tennessee
city

Bristol, Texas
community

Bristol, Vermont
town

Bristol, Virginia
city

Bristol, Washington
community

Bristol, Dane County, Wisconsin
town

Bristol, Kenosha County, Wisconsin
town

Bristol, West Virginia
town

text: Clinton (29)[edit]

text:
Place
Type

Clinton, Arkansas
city

Clinton, Connecticut
town

Clinton, Illinois
city

Clinton, Indiana
city

Clinton, Iowa
city

Clinton, Kentucky
city

Clinton, Louisiana
town

Clinton, Maine
town

Clinton, Maryland
CDP

Clinton, Massachusetts
town

Clinton, Macomb County, Michigan
CDP

Clinton, Lenawee County, Michigan
village

Clinton, Minnesota
city

Clinton, Mississippi
city

Clinton, Missouri
city

Clinton, Montana
CDP

Clinton, Nebraska
village

Clinton, New Jersey
town

Clinton, Clinton County, New York
town

Clinton, Dutchess County, New York
town

Clinton, Oneida County, New York
village

Clinton, North Carolina
city

Clinton, Ohio
village

Clinton, Oklahoma
city

Clinton, South Carolina
city

Clinton, Tennessee
city

Clinton, Utah
city

Clinton, Washington
CDP

Clinton, Wisconsin
village

text: Fairview (28)[edit]

text:
Place
Type

Fairview, Alabama
town

Fairview, California
CDP

Fairview, Georgia
CDP

Fairview, Illinois
village

Fairview Park, Indiana
town

Fairview, Kansas
city

Fairview, Christian County, Kentucky
town

Fairview, Kenton County, Kentucky
city

Fairview, Lyon County, Kentucky
town

Fairview, Maryland
CDP

Fairview, Missouri
town

Fairview, Montana
town

Fairview, Bergen County, New Jersey
borough

Fairview, Monmouth County, New Jersey
CDP

Fairview, Dutchess County, New York
CDP

Fairview, Westchester County, New York
CDP

Fairview, North Carolina
CDP

Fairview, North Carolina
town

Fairview, Ohio
village

Fairview, Oklahoma
city

Fairview, Oregon
city

Fairview, Pennsylvania
borough

Fairview, South Dakota
town

Fairview, Tennessee
city

Fairview, Texas
town

Fairview, Utah
city

Fairview, West Virginia
town

Fairview, Wyoming
CDP

text: Salem (26)[edit]

text:
Place
Type

Salem, Fulton County, Arkansas
city

Salem, Saline County, Arkansas
CDP

Salem, Connecticut
town

Salem, Georgia
CDP

Salem, Illinois
city

Salem, Indiana
city

Salem, Iowa
city

Salem, Kentucky
city

Salem, Massachusetts
city

Salem, Michigan
village

Salem, Missouri
city

Salem, Nebraska
village

Salem, New Hampshire
town

Salem, New Jersey
city

Salem, New Mexico
CDP

Salem, New York
village

Salem, North Carolina
CDP

Salem, Ohio
city

Salem, Oklahoma
CDP

Salem, Oregon
city

Salem, South Carolina
town

Salem, South Dakota
city

Salem, Utah
city

Salem, Virginia
city

Salem, West Virginia
city

Salem, Kenosha County, Wisconsin
town

text: Madison (24)[edit]

text:
Place
Type

Madison, Alabama
city

Madison, Arkansas
city

Madison, Connecticut
town

Madison, Florida
city

Madison, Georgia
city

Madison, Illinois
city

Madison, Indiana
city

Madison, Kansas
city

Madison, Maine
town

Madison Heights, Michigan
city

Madison, Minnesota
city

Madison, Mississippi
city

Madison, Missouri
city

Madison, Nebraska
city

Madison, New Hampshire
town

Madison, New Jersey
borough

Madison, New York
village

Madison, North Carolina
town

Madison, Ohio
village

Madison, Pennsylvania
borough

Madison, South Dakota
city

Madison, Tennessee
village

Madison, Virginia
town

Madison, West Virginia
city

Madison, Wisconsin
capital

text: Georgetown (24)[edit]

text:
Place
Type

Georgetown, Arkansas
town

Georgetown, California
CDP

Georgetown, Colorado
town

Georgetown, Connecticut
CDP

Georgetown, Delaware
town

Georgetown, Chatham County, Georgia
CDP

Georgetown, Quitman County, Georgia
city

Georgetown, Idaho
city

Georgetown, Illinois
city

Georgetown, Indiana
several places

Georgetown, Floyd County, Indiana
town

Georgetown, St. Joseph County, Indiana
CDP

Georgetown, Kentucky
city

Georgetown, Louisiana
village

Georgetown, Maine
town

Georgetown, Massachusetts
town

Georgetown Township, Michigan
township

Georgetown, Minnesota
city

Georgetown, Mississippi
town

Georgetown, New York
town

Georgetown, Ohio
village

Georgetown, Beaver County, Pennsylvania
borough

Georgetown, South Carolina
city

Georgetown, Tennessee
village

Georgetown, Texas
city

Georgetown, Washington, DC
district

text: Arlington (22)[edit]

text:
Place
Type

Arlington, Arizona
town

Arlington, Georgia
city

Arlington, Illinois
village

Arlington, Iowa
city

Arlington, Kansas
city

Arlington, Kentucky
city

Arlington, Massachusetts
town

Arlington, Minnesota
city

Arlington, Nebraska
village

Arlington, New York
CDP

Arlington, North Carolina
town

Arlington, Ohio
village

Arlington, Oregon
city

Arlington, South Dakota
city

Arlington, Tennessee
town

Arlington, Texas
city

Arlington, Vermont
town

Arlington County, Virginia
urban county

Arlington, Northampton County, Virginia
CDP

Arlington, Washington
city

Arlington, Wisconsin
village

Arlington, Wyoming
CDP

text: Ashland (23)[edit]

text:
Place
Type

Ashland, Alabama
city

Ashland, California
CDP

Ashland Township, Indiana
town

Ashland, Illinois
village

Ashland, Kansas
city

Ashland, Kentucky
city

Ashland, Louisiana
village

Ashland, Maine
town

Ashland, Massachusetts
town

Ashland, Mississippi
town

Ashland, Missouri
city

Ashland, Montana
CDP

Ashland, Nebraska
city

Ashland, New Hampshire
town

Ashland, New Jersey
CDP

Ashland, Chemung County, New York
town

Ashland, Greene County, New York
town

Ashland, Ohio
city

Ashland, Oklahoma
town

Ashland, Oregon
city

Ashland, Pennsylvania
borough

Ashland, Virginia
town

Ashland, Wisconsin
city

text: Dover (23)[edit]

text:
Place
Type

Dover, Arkansas
city

Dover, California
city

Dover, Delaware
city

Dover, Florida
CDP

Dover, Idaho
city

Dover, Illinois
village

Dover Hill, Indiana
cdp

Dover, Kansas

Dover, Kentucky
city

Dover, Massachusetts
town

Dover Township, Michigan (Lake County)
township

Dover Township, Michigan (Lenawee County)
township

Dover Township, Michigan (Otsego County)
township

Dover, Minnesota
city

Dover, Missouri
town

Dover, New Hampshire
city

Dover, New Jersey
town

Dover, North Carolina
town

Dover, Ohio
city

Dover, Oklahoma
town

Dover, Pennsylvania
borough

Dover, Tennessee
city

Dover, Vermont
town

text: Oxford (22)[edit]

text:
Place
Type

Oxford, Alabama
city

Oxford, Arkansas
city

Oxford, Connecticut
town

Oxford, Florida
city

Oxford, Georgia
city

Oxford, Idaho
city

Oxford, Indiana
town

Oxford, Iowa
city

Oxford, Kansas
city

Oxford, Kentucky
village

Oxford, Maine
town

Oxford, Maryland
town

Oxford, Massachusetts
town

Oxford, Michigan
village

Oxford, Mississippi
city

Oxford, Missouri
village

Oxford, Nebraska
village

Oxford, New Jersey
CDP

Oxford, New York
village

Oxford, North Carolina
city

Oxford, Ohio
city

Oxford, Pennsylvania
borough

Oxford, Wisconsin
village

text: Jackson (21)[edit]

text:
Place
Type

Jackson, Alabama
city

Jackson, California
city

Jackson, Georgia
city

Jackson, Kentucky
city

Jackson, Louisiana
town

Jackson, Maine
town

Jackson, Michigan
city

Jackson, Minnesota
city

Jackson, Mississippi
city

Jackson, Missouri
city

Jackson, Montana
village

Jackson, Nebraska
village

Jackson, New Hampshire
town

Jackson, New Jersey
town

Jackson, New York
town

Jackson, North Carolina
town

Jackson, Ohio
city

Jackson, South Carolina
Town

Fort Jackson, South Carolina
military base

Jackson, Tennessee
city

Jackson, Wisconsin
village

Jackson, Wyoming
town

text: Burlington (21)[edit]

text:
Place
Type

Burlington, Colorado
city

Burlington, Connecticut
town

Burlington, Illinois
village

Burlington, Indiana
town

Burlington, Iowa
city

Burlington, Kansas
city

Burlington, Kentucky
CDP

Burlington, Maine
town

Burlington, Massachusetts
town

Burlington, Michigan
village

Burlington, New Jersey
city

Burlington, New York
town

Burlington, North Carolina
city

Burlington, North Dakota
city

Burlington, Ohio
CDP

Burlington, Oklahoma
town

Burlington, Pennsylvania
borough

Burlington, Vermont
city

Burlington, Washington
city

Burlington, Wisconsin
city

Burlington, Wyoming
town

text: Manchester (22)[edit]

text:
Place
Type

Manchester, Connecticut
town

Manchester, Georgia
city

Manchester, Illinois
village

North Manchester, Indiana
town

Manchester, Iowa
city

Manchester, Kansas
city

Manchester, Kentucky
city

Manchester, Maine
town

Manchester, Maryland
town

Manchester, Michigan
village

Manchester, Minnesota
city

Manchester, Missouri
city

Manchester, New Hampshire
city

Manchester, New Jersey
township

Manchester, New York
village

Manchester, Ohio
village

Manchester, Oklahoma
town

Manchester, Pennsylvania
borough

Manchester, Tennessee
city

Manchester, Vermont
town

Manchester, Virginia
community

Manchester, Washington
CDP

Manchester, Massachusetts
town

text: Milton (21)[edit]

text:
Place
Type

Milton, Delaware
town

Milton, Florida
city

Milton, Georgia
city

Milton, Illinois
village

Milton, Indiana
town

Milton, Iowa
city

Milton, Kentucky
city

Milton, Louisiana
town

Milton, Massachusetts
town

Milton, New Hampshire
town

Milton, Saratoga County, New York
CDP

Milton, Ulster County, New York
CDP

Milton, North Carolina
town

Milton, North Dakota
city

Milton, Ohio
townships in 5 counties

Milton, Pennsylvania
borough

Milton, Tennessee
village

Milton, Vermont
town

Milton, Washington
city

Milton, West Virginia
town

Milton, Wisconsin
city

text: Newport (21)[edit]

text:
Place
Type

Newport, Arkansas
city

Newport, California
unincorporated community

Newport Beach, California
city

Newport, Delaware
town

Newport, Indiana
town

Newport, Kentucky
city

Newport, Maine
town

Newport, Michigan
town

Newport, Minnesota
city

Newport, Nebraska
village

Newport, New Hampshire
town

Newport, New York
village

Newport, North Carolina
town

Newport, Ohio
CDP

Newport, Oregon
city

Newport, Pennsylvania
borough

Newport, Rhode Island
city

Newport, South Carolina
CDP

Newport, Tennessee
city

Newport, Vermont
city

Newport, Washington
city

text: Auburn (19)[edit]

text:
Place
Type

Auburn, Alabama
city

Auburn, California
city

Auburn, Georgia
city

Auburn, Illinois
city

Auburn, Indiana
city

Auburn, Iowa
city

Auburn, Kansas
city

Auburn, Kentucky
city

Auburn, Maine
city

Auburn, Massachusetts
city

Auburn, Michigan
city

Auburn, Nebraska
city

Auburn, New Hampshire
town

Auburn, New York
city

Auburn, Ohio
township

Auburn, Pennsylvania
borough

Auburn, Washington
city

Auburn, West Virginia
town

Auburn, Wyoming
CDP

text: Centerville (20)[edit]

text:
Place
Type

Centerville, Delaware
unincorporated

Centerville, Georgia
city

Centerville, Illinois
city

Centerville, Indiana
town

Centerville, Iowa
city

Centerville, Kentucky
village

Centerville, Massachusetts
village

Centerville, Minnesota
city

Centerville, Missouri
city

Centerville, North Carolina
town

Centerville, Gallia County, Ohio
village

Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio
city

Centerville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania
borough

Centerville, Washington County, Pennsylvania
borough

Centerville, South Carolina
CDP

Centerville, South Dakota
city

Centerville, Tennessee
town

Centerville, Texas
city

Centerville, Utah
city

Centerville, Virginia
town

Centerville, Washington
CDP

text: There are 4 Centerville, Wisconsin locations.

text: Clayton (20)[edit]

text:
Place
Type

Clayton, Alabama
town

Clayton, California
city

Clayton, Delaware
town

Clayton, Georgia
city

Clayton, Idaho
city

Clayton, Illinois
village

Clayton, Indiana
town

Clayton, Iowa
city

Clayton, Kansas
city

Clayton, Louisiana
town

Clayton, Michigan
village

Clayton, Missouri
city

Clayton, New Jersey
borough

Clayton, New Mexico
town

Clayton, New York
village

Clayton, North Carolina
town

Clayton, Ohio
city

Clayton, Oklahoma
town

Clayton, Washington
CDP

Clayton, Wisconsin
village

text: Dayton (20)[edit]

text:
Place
Type

Dayton, Alabama
town

Dayton, Idaho
city

Dayton, Indiana
town

Dayton, Iowa
city

Dayton, Kentucky
city

Dayton, Maine
town

Dayton, Minnesota
city

Dayton, Missouri
village

Dayton, Montana
CDP

Dayton, Nevada
CDP

Dayton, New Jersey
CDP

Dayton, New York
town

Dayton, Ohio
city

Dayton, Oregon
city

Dayton, Pennsylvania
borough

Dayton, Tennessee
city

Dayton, Texas
city

Dayton, Virginia
town

Dayton, Washington
city

Dayton, Wisconsin (disambiguation)
two towns

Dayton, Wyoming
town

text: Lexington (19)[edit]

text:
Place
Type

Lexington, Alabama
town

Lexington, Georgia
city

Lexington, Illinois
city

Lexington, Kentucky
city

Lexington, Massachusetts
town

Lexington, Michigan
village

Lexington, Minnesota
city

Lexington, Mississippi
city

Lexington, Missouri
city

Lexington, Nebraska
city

Lexington, New York
town

Lexington, North Carolina
city

Lexington, Ohio
village

Lexington, Oklahoma
city

Lexington, Oregon
town

Lexington, South Carolina
town

Lexington, Tennessee
city

Lexington, Texas
town

Lexington, Virginia
city

text: Milford (20)[edit]

text:
Place
Type

Milford, Connecticut
city

Milford, Delaware
city

Milford, Illinois
village

Milford, Kosciusko County, Indiana
town

Milford, Iowa
city

Milford, Kansas
city

Milford, Kentucky
village

Milford, Maine
town

Milford, Massachusetts
town

Milford, Michigan
village

Milford, Missouri
village

Milford, Nebraska
city

Milford, New Hampshire
town

Milford, New Jersey
borough

Milford, New York
village

Milford, Ohio
city

Milford, Pennsylvania
borough

Milford, Texas
town

Milford, Utah
city

New Milford, Connecticut
town

text: Mount Vernon (19)[edit]

text:
Place
Type

Mount Vernon, Alabama
town

Mount Vernon, Arkansas
city

Mount Vernon, California
town

Mount Vernon, Georgia
city

Mount Vernon, Illinois
city

Mount Vernon, Indiana
city

Mount Vernon, Iowa
city

Mount Vernon, Kentucky
city

Mount Vernon, Maine
town

Mount Vernon, Maryland
CDP

Mount Vernon, Missouri
city

Mount Vernon, New Hampshire
town

Mount Vernon, New York
city

Mount Vernon, Ohio
city

Mount Vernon, Oregon
city

Mount Vernon, South Dakota
city

Mount Vernon, Tennessee
village

Mount Vernon, Texas
town

Mount Vernon, Virginia
CDP

Mount Vernon, Washington
city

text: Oakland (19)[edit]

text:
Place
Type

Oakland, California
city

Oakland, Florida
city

Oakland, Illinois
city

Oakland, Iowa
city

Oakland, Kentucky
city

Oakland, Maine
town

Oakland, Maryland
town

Oakland Township, Michigan (Oakland County)
township

Oakland, Mississippi
town

Oakland, Missouri
city

Oakland, Nebraska
city

Oakland, New Jersey
borough

Oakland, New York
town

Oakland, Ohio
village

Oakland, Oklahoma
town

Oakland, Oregon
city

Oakland, Pennsylvania
borough

Oakland, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania
CDP

Oakland, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania
borough

Oakland, South Carolina
CDP

Oakland, Tennessee
town

text: Winchester (19)[edit]

text:
Place
Type

Winchester, Arkansas
city

Winchester, California
CDP

Winchester, Connecticut
town

Winchester, Idaho
city

Winchester, Illinois
city

Winchester, Indiana
city

Winchester, Iowa
city

Winchester, Kansas
city

Winchester, Kentucky
city

Winchester, Massachusetts
town

Winchester, Missouri
city

Winchester, Nevada
town

Winchester, New Hampshire
town

Winchester, New Jersey
town

Winchester, Ohio
village

Winchester, Oklahoma
town

Winchester, Tennessee
city

Winchester, Texas
town

Winchester, Virginia
city

Winchester, Wyoming
CDP

text: Cleveland (18)[edit]

text:
Place
Type

Cleveland, Alabama
town

Cleveland, Florida
CDP

Cleveland, Georgia
city

Cleveland, Illinois
village

Cleveland, Minnesota
city

Cleveland, Mississippi
city

Cleveland, Missouri
city

Cleveland, New York
village

Cleveland, North Carolina
town

Cleveland, North Dakota
city

Cleveland, Ohio
city

Cleveland, Oklahoma
city

Cleveland, Tennessee
city

Cleveland, Texas
city

Cleveland, Utah
town

Cleveland, Virginia
town

Cleveland, West Virginia
town

Cleveland, Wisconsin
village

text: Hudson (18)[edit]

text:
Place
Type

Hudson, Colorado
town

Hudson, Florida
CDP

Hudson, Illinois
village

Hudson, Indiana
town

Hudson, Iowa
city

Hudson, Kansas
city

Hudson, Kentucky
village

Hudson, Maine
town

Hudson, Massachusetts
town

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document_title: Scary Movie

question_text: who was the killer in scary movie 1

question_tokens: who was the killer in scary movie 1

root

text: Scary Movie

text: Plot[edit]

text: An 18-year-old girl named Drew Decker (Carmen Electra) receives a threatening phone call while home alone one night. Drew is chased outside by Ghostface, who stabs her in the breast, removing one of her silicone breast implants. She is hit by a vehicle driven by her father, who was distracted by oral sex by his spouse, and is then subsequently murdered by Ghostface.

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text: The following day, Cindy Campbell (Anna Faris) meets up with her boyfriend Bobby (Jon Abrahams) and her friends, Brenda (Regina Hall), Ray (Shawn Wayans), Greg (Lochlyn Munro) and Buffy (Shannon Elizabeth). Various news teams, including hack reporter Gail Hailstorm (Cheri Oteri), converge on the school in the wake of Drew's murder. Gail hooks up with Buffy's intellectually disabled brother Special Officer Doofy (Dave Sheridan), hoping to milk the facts out of him.

text: While Cindy is in class, she receives a note reading: "I Know What You Did Last Halloween!" She then realizes that Drew was murdered exactly one year after she and her friends accidentally killed a man during a wild car ride. At a beauty pageant that evening, Greg is killed by Ghostface in plain view, with the audience mistaking Buffy's screams and pleas for help as being part of her act. When Buffy realizes she's won the pageant, she almost immediately forgets about Greg's death and celebrates her victory.

text: After Cindy goes home alone, she is attacked by Ghostface. Cindy locks herself in her room and contacts the police, while Ghostface disappears. Bobby arrives momentarily after hearing the incident, but a knife, a pair of black gloves and a telephone fall out of his pocket, leading Cindy to believe that he was the killer. Bobby is arrested and taken to the police station. Afterwards, Cindy heads to Buffy and Doofy's place, to spend the night with them. When there, she receives a call from Ghostface, mocking her.

text: The next morning, Bobby is released. Meanwhile, Buffy, high on the success of her victory at the pageant, ignores Cindy's warnings about the killer and is beheaded by Ghostface with a cleaver, though her severed head still remains alive. Ghostface, visibly annoyed, dumps Buffy's head into a Lost and Found bin. That night, Ray and Brenda go to a showing of Shakespeare In Love, where Ray is stabbed in the ear through a bathroom stall. Ghostface then goes after Brenda. Unfortunately, angry movie patrons, fed up with Brenda's rude behavior during the movie, kill her before Ghostface can.

text: Meanwhile, Cindy throws a house party, hoping for safety in numbers. During the party, Bobby and Cindy go upstairs and have sex, no longer making Cindy a virgin. Suddenly, Ghostface appears and apparently stabs Bobby, before disappearing quickly. Cindy gets a gun from a drawer near the entrance, Bobby follows and she tends to his wounds. Brenda's stoner brother Shorty (Marlon Wayans) comes up from the basement and informs them that all of the partygoers have fled the house. Bobby takes the gun and shoots Shorty, revealing that his wound was an elaborate ruse. Ray arrives on the scene, alive.

text: Bobby and Ray confront Cindy in the kitchen and announce their plan that they are going to kill her and her father (Rick Ducommun), despite the fact that they are not actually the killers and that they are copycatting a real killer who already exists. They also plan to make themselves look like heroes by giving each other stab wounds to indicate they fought back. However, the plan backfires when Ray stabs Bobby repeatedly, angry because his favorite show, The Wayans Bros., has been cancelled. Ghostface abruptly arrives and stabs Ray. He and Cindy then fight each other, but Cindy successfully subdues him by employing moves copied from The Matrix and kicks him through a window. However, Ghostface vanishes before the police arrive.

text: At the police station, Cindy and the sheriff (Kurt Fuller) realize that Doofy, the only person who knew about the car accident, was actually faking his disability and is the true killer. Unfortunately, Doofy has already escaped with Gail Hailstorm. Upon finding his discarded disguise in the street, Cindy begins screaming, but is soon hit by a car.

text: In a post-credits scene, Shorty appears and breaks the fourth wall by giving tips on how to survive this sort of "situation". They appear to be on how to survive in a horror movie, but turn out to be tips on how to successfully enact a "snatch 'n' run".

text: Cast[edit]

text:
Anna Faris as Cindy Campbell, an 18-year-old girl who is the series main protagonist. She is a parody of the dull white girl who saves the day.
Dave Sheridan as Doofy Gilmore/Ghostface, Buffy’s older brother with special needs.
Jon Abrahams as Bobby Loomis, Cindy’s boyfriend. A parody of the slacker boyfriend who ends up being bad.
Marlon Wayans as Shorty Meeks, Brenda’s stoner twin brother. He is a parody of the loveable stoner.
Regina Hall as Brenda Meeks, Cindy’s best friend. She is a parody of the token black girl.
Shawn Wayans as Ray Wilkins, Brenda’s attractive, bisexual boyfriend. He is a parody of the hot gay dude.
Shannon Elizabeth as Buffy Gilmore, Cindy and Brenda’s friend. She is a parody of the popular cheerleader.
Lochlyn Munro as Greg Phillipe, Buffy’s angry boyfriend. He is a parody of the mean, yet hot jock.
Cheri Oteri as Gail Hailstorm, she is a parody of Gale Weathers.
Kurt Fuller as Sheriff Burke and Doofy's boss
Carmen Electra as Drew Decker
Rick Ducommun as Neil Campbell
Jayne Trcka as Miss Mann
Kelly Coffield Park as Teacher
David L. Lander as Principal 'Squiggy' Squiggman
Andrea Nemeth as Heather
Marissa Jaret Winokur as Jill, the Garage Victim
Keenen Ivory Wayans as Slave
Robert Jacks (uncredited) as Rowdy
James Van Der Beek (uncredited) as Dawson Leery
Anthony McKay as not Drew's boyfriend

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text: Pre-production[edit]

text: The screenplay was developed by Shawn Wayans and Marlon Wayans with Buddy Johnson and Phil Beauman, writers for the sitcom The Wayans Bros.. At the same time, Miramax was developing a spoof of Scream scripted by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer. Due to a WGA decision, all six writers were credited, despite Friedberg and Seltzer not actually working on the filmed script.

text: Basis and humor[edit]

text: Much of the humor of Scary Movie relies upon specific references to other contemporary films. Roger Ebert remarked in his review that "to get your money's worth, you need to be familiar with the various teenage horror franchises."[3] The two films on which the script is most heavily based are Scream (1996) and I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997), utilizing the general narrative arcs of both films, and featuring comedic recreations of key scenes.[4] The backstory in which the teenagers were responsible for killing a man is entirely based on I Know What You Did Last Summer including the teens' accidental murder of an innocent man on a car ride and the murder scene at the beauty pageant.[3] Major references to Scream include the character Ghostface and the murder of Drew Decker in the opening scene (a reference to Drew Barrymore, who played a similar character in Scream).

text: Additionally, the characters of Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer are heavily mirrored in the film.[4] Cindy Campbell is a play on the character of Sidney Prescott (portrayed by Neve Campbell) in Scream, as is Gail Hailstorm's character, which resembles that of Gale Weathers, and Doofy Gilmore, of Deputy Dewey Riley. Buffy Gilmore is a play on the character of Helen Shivers in I Know What You Did Last Summer, portrayed by Sarah Michelle Gellar, and her name is a reference to Gellar's role as Buffy Summers in the hit TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Greg Phillipe is referential to Ryan Phillipe, who plays Gellar's boyfriend in I Know What You Did Last Summer; likewise, Bobby Prinze is in reference to Freddie Prinze Jr., who also starred opposite Jennifer Love Hewitt in the film. Cindy makes direct reference to this, saying that "Jennifer Love Huge-tits" would most likely be chosen to play her in a film.[5]

text: Many scenes and jokes parody or reference other films outside the horror film genre. The fight between Cindy and the killer heavily mimics The Matrix, particularly its use of bullet time.[3] The final scene, in which Doofy stops feigning his disability and drives away with Gail, is a takeoff of the final scene of The Usual Suspects.[6] When asked about her favorite horror movie, Drew answers "Kazaam" due to Shaquille O'Neal's acting.[3] Cindy becomes aggressive and roars "Say my name!" during sex with Bobby, similar to the sex scene between Michelle and Jim in American Pie.[6] A trailer for a fictitious sequel to Amistad titled Amistad II with elements of Titanic also appears in the movie theater scene.[7]

text: The film also makes other pop culture references beyond the scope of film, including a brief reference to Dawson's Creek[8] and a parody of the Whassup? ad campaign by Budweiser.[8]

text: Main films parodied[edit]

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I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)[4]
Scream (1996)[4]
Scream 2 (1997)[4]
Scream 3 (2000)
The Sixth Sense (1999)[4]
The Blair Witch Project (1999)[4]
The Shining [4]
The Usual Suspects (1995)

text: Release[edit]

text: Scary Movie opened theatrically in the United States on July 7, 2000 on 2,912 screens,[9] and debuted at number one at the box office, earning $42,346,669 its opening weekend.[9] The film ultimately grossed $157,019,771 domestically, and earned another $121,000,000 in foreign markets, making it a massive commercial success.[9]

text: Critical reception[edit]

text: Scary Movie received mixed reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 53% based on 113 reviews with an average rating of 5.5/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Critics say Scary Movie overloads on crudity and grossness to get its laughs."[10] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 48 out of 100 based on 32 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[11] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B–" on an A+ to F scale.[12]

text: Joe Leydon of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a positive review, remarking that the film was "unbounded by taste, inhibition or political correctness" and that "the outer limits of R-rated respectability are stretched, if not shredded" by the movie.[6] By contrast, Roger Ebert did not find the film as innovative, saying that the film lacked "the shocking impact of Airplane!, which had the advantage of breaking new ground."[3] However, Ebert did give the film 3 stars out of 4, saying it "delivers the goods", calling the film a "raucous, satirical attack on slasher movies."

text: Bob Longino of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution felt that the film's crude humor detracted from the film, saying that Scary Movie "dives so deep into tasteless humor that it's a wonder it landed an R rating instead of an NC-17."[13] Other reviewers, such as A.O. Scott of The New York Times, argued that the jokes were "annoying less for their vulgarity than for their tiredness."[7] Scott remarked in his review, "Couch-bound pot smokers, prison sex, mannish female gym teachers, those Whassssup Budweiser commercials -- hasn't it all been done to death?".[7]

text: Soundtrack[edit]

text:
Scary Movie

Soundtrack album by Various artists

Released
July 4, 2000

Recorded
1999-2000

Genre
Hip hop, Alternative rock

Length
55:15

Label
TVT

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text:
Professional ratings

Review scores

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Rating

AllMusic
[14]

text: The soundtrack to Scary Movie was released on July 4, 2000 through TVT Records and consists of a blend of hip hop and rock music.

text:
"Too Cool for School"- 2:27 (Fountains of Wayne)
"The Inevitable Return of the Great White Dope"- 3:53 (Bloodhound Gang)
"Stay"- 3:56 (Radford)
"The Only Way to Be"- 3:20 (Save Ferris)
"My Bad"- 3:22 (Oleander)
"Punk Song #2"- 2:46 (Silverchair)
"Everybody Wants You"- 4:11 (Unband)
"Superfly"- 2:55 (Bender)
"I Wanna Be Sedated"- 2:31 (The Ramones)
"Scary Movies (Sequel)"- 3:56 (Bad Meets Evil)
"All bout U"- 4:34 (Tupac Shakur, Top Dogg, Yaki Kadafi, Hussein Fatal, Nate Dogg & Dru Down)
"I Want Cha"- 4:37 (Black Eyed Peas)
"What What"- 5:03 (Public Enemy)
"Feel Me"- 3:49 (Rah Digga, Rampage & Rock)
"I'm the Killer"- 3:57 (Lifelong & Incident)

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document_title: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (UK game show)

question_text: who wants to be a millionaire uk lifelines

text: History[edit]

text: Creation[edit]

text: The creation of the game show was led by David Briggs, assisted by Mike Whitehill and Steven Knight, who had helped him before with creating a number of promotional games for Chris Tarrant's morning show on Capital FM radio. The basic premise for the show was a twist on the conventional game-show genre of the time, with a focus towards the setup used in radio quizzes, in that the programme would have one contestant taking on the game and answering questions, but with the ability to pull out at any time, to have certain points in the quiz where, once passed, they could have a set prize given to them if they should give a wrong answer, and be provided with special forms of assistance during their game. During the design phase, the show was given the working title of "Cash Mountain", before Briggs decided upon using the name of the song written by Cole Porter for the 1956 film High Society, as the show's finalised title.[3] After presenting their idea to ITV, the broadcaster gave the green-light for production to begin on a series.

text: The set designed for Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? was conceived by British production designer Andy Walmsley, who focused the design towards making contestants feel uncomfortable, creating an atmosphere of tension similar to movie thriller.[4] The design was in stark contrast to the design of sets made for more typical game shows, which are designed to make contestants feel more at ease.[3] Walmsley's design feature a central stage made primarily with Plexiglas, with a huge dish underneath covered in mirror paper,[4][3] onto which two slightly-modified, 3 foot (0.91 m)-high Pietranera Arco All chairs were chosen for use by both the contestant and the host, each having an LG computer monitor directly facing each that would be used to display questions and other pertinent information. The rest of the set featured seating spaced out around the main stage in a circle, with breaks in them to allow movement of people on and off the set. The lighting rig used for the set was designed so as to allow only the lights to switch from illuminating the entire set, to focusing on the host and contestant on the main stage when a game was underway, but to include special lighting effects when the contestant reached higher cash prize amounts. His overall conception would eventually prove to be a success, becoming one of the most reproduced scenic designs in television history.[4]

text: The music provided for the show was composed by father-and-son duo Keith and Matthew Strachan. The Strachans' composition for the game show helped with Briggs' tense game design, by providing the necessary drama and tension. Unlike other game show musical scores, the music provided for Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? was designed to be played throughout the entire episode of the show. The Strachans main theme for the game show was inspired from the "Mars" movement of Gustav Holst's The Planets. For the main game of the show, the pair designed the music to feature three variations, with the second and third compositions focused on emphasising the increased tension of the game - as a contestant made progress to higher cash amounts, the pitch of the music was increased by a semitone for each subsequent question.[5] On Game Show Network's Gameshow Hall of Fame special, the narrator described the Strachan tracks as "mimicking the sound of a beating heart", and stated that as the contestant works their way up the money ladder, the music is "perfectly in tune with their ever-increasing pulse".[3]

text: Original series[edit]

text: With the show created, ITV assigned Chris Tarrant as its host, and set its premiere to 4 September 1998. The programme was assigned a timeslot of one hour, to provide room for three commercial breaks, with episodes produced by production company Celador. Originally, the show was broadcast on successive evenings for around ten days, before the network modified its broadcast schedule to air it within a primetime slot on Saturday evenings, with occasional broadcasts on Tuesday evenings. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? proved a ratings hit, pulling in average viewing figures of up to 19 million during its broadcast in 1999, though such figures often occurred when the programme was allocated to a half-hour timeslot; by 2003, the viewing figures declined to an average of around 8 million viewers.[6] Over the course of his time presenting the game show, Tarrant developed a number of notable catchphrases, including "Is that your final answer?", "But we don't want to give you that" and "All Vote Now!" with the latter often used to emphasise his wish to see contestants continue on and win more money and audience allowed to vote the answers in the lifeline used.

text: Since its launch, several individuals made claims over the origins of the format or elements of it, with each accusing Celador of breaching their copyrights. In three cases, the matters could not be proven by the claimants - in 2002, Mike Bull, a Southampton-based journalist, was given an out-of-court settlement when he claimed the authorship of lifelines was his work, though with a confidentiality clause attached; in 2003, Sydney resident John J. Leonard made claims in that the show's format was based on one he had made of a similar nature, but without the concept of lifelines;[7][8] in 2004, Alan Melville was given an out-of-court settlement after he claimed that the opening phrase "Who wants to be a millionaire?" had been taken from document he sent to Granada Television, concerning his idea for a game show based on the lottery.

text: One of most significant claims Celador received against them was from John Bachini. In 2002, he started legal proceedings against the production company, ITV, and five individuals who had claimed they had created Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, stating that the idea from the show was taken from several elements he had created - a board game format he conceived in 1981; a two-page TV format, known as Millionaire, made in 1990; and the telephone mechanics for a TV concept he created in 1990, BT Lottery. In his claim, Bachini stated that he submitted documents for his TV concepts to Paul Smith, from a sister company of Celador's, in March 1995 and again in January 1996, and to Claudia Rosencrantz of ITV, also in January 1996, accusing both of using roughly 90% of the format for Millionaire in the pilot for the game show, including the use of twenty questions, lifelines and safety nets, although the lifelines were conceived under different names - Bachini claimed that he never coined the phrase "phone-a-friend" that Briggs designed in his format. In response to this claim, Celdaor made a counter-claim that the franchise originated from the basic format idea conceived by Briggs. The defendants in the claim took Bachini to a summary hearing, but lost their right to have his claim dismissed. Although Bachini won the right to go to trial, he was unable to after the hearing due to serious illness. Celador eventually settled the matter with him out-of-court.[9]

text: In March 2006, Celador began procedures to sell the format of the show and all UK episodes, as part of their first step towards the sale of their formats divisions. The purchase of both assets was made by Dutch company 2waytraffic,[10] which were then passed on to Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2008 when it acquired 2waytraffic.[11] As the original series progress, variations of the format were created, and screened as special episodes, including celebrity editions, games featuring couples as contestants, and episodes themed around special events such as Mother's Day.

text: From April 2011, only celebrity contestants appeared on the show, in special live editions that coincided with holidays, events and other notable moments, such as the end of a school term. However, in 2012, three special episodes, entitled "The People Play", were broadcast for three consecutive nights between 9 and 11 July. They featured standard contestants, with viewers at home allowed to play along.[12] The special was used three more times in 2013, once on 7 May, and twice more on 21 May, before the special's format was discontinued.

text: On 22 October 2013, Tarrant announced that after fifteen years of hosting the programme, he would be leaving Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, which consequently led ITV to axe the programme once his contract was finished; no more specials would be filmed after this announcement, leaving only those made before it to be aired as the final episodes.[13][14] After a few more celebrity editions of the game show, Tarrant hosted his final episode, a clip show entitled "Chris' Final Answer", aired on 11 February 2014.[15]

text: Revival[edit]

text: In 2018, ITV revived the show for a new series, as part of its 20th anniversary commemorations of the programme. On 23 February, the broadcast put out a casting call for contestants who would appear on the game show.[16] On 9 March, Jeremy Clarkson was confirmed as the new host of the show.[17] On 13 April, the trailer for the revival premiered on ITV and confirmed that the show would return in May for a week long run,[18] with it later confirmed on 25 April, that the show would begin airing from 5 May and finish 11 May. The revival received mostly positive reviews from critics and fans, leading to ITV renewing the show for another series with Clarkson returning as host. It will air for ten episodes in early 2019 [19].

text: Top prize winners[edit]

text: Over the course of the programme's broadcast history, it has had to date five winners who managed to successfully receive its top prize of £1 million. They include:

text:
Judith Cynthia Aline Keppel,[20] a cash-strapped garden designer at the time. On 20 November 2000, she became the first contestant to win the top prize, and is to date the only woman to have received it in the British original. Following her success, Keppel later went onto become part of team of quiz experts for the BBC game show, Eggheads.
David Edwards, a former physics teacher of Cheadle High School and Denstone College in Staffordshire. On 21 April 2001, he became the first man to win the top prize. Following his success, Edwards went on to compete in both series of Are You an Egghead?, in 2008 and 2009 respectively, but failed to win either series and secure a place as a panellist on Eggheads.
Robert Kempe Brydges,[21] an Oxford-educated banker from Holland Park, London.[22] On 29 September 2001, he became the third person to win the show's top prize.[23][24][25][26]
Pat Gibson, a multiple world champion Irish quiz player. On 24 April 2004, he became the fourth person to win the top prize, and is the only person in the show's history to reach the final question with two lifelines still intact.
Ingram Wilcox, a British quiz enthusiast. On 23 September 2006, he became the fifth person to win the top prize, and is to date, the most recent person to answer the show's final question.

text: Format[edit]

text: Auditioning[edit]

text: Members of the public wishing to apply for the game show are provided with four options to choose form - calling/texting a premium-rate number; submitting an application via the show's ITV website, using a system of £1 "credits"; taking part in a casting audition, held at various locations around the UK. Once an application is made, production staff select an episode's contestants through a combination of random selection, and a potential contestant's ability to answer a set of test questions based on general knowledge.[citation needed]

text: Game Rules[edit]

text: Once a contestant has auditioned for a part on the programme and filming takes place, they undertake a preliminary round entitled "Fastest Finger First" - the group of contestants seeking a chance to take on the main game of the show, must answer a single question correctly, but do so faster than their opponents. Initially, the round required contestants to provide the correct answer to a question, but from the second series onwards, they are tasked with putting four answers in the correct order stated within the question (i.e. earliest to latest). The contestant who answers a question correctly and in the fastest time, moves on towards playing the main game; in the event that no-one answers the question correctly, a new question is given, while if two or more contestants give the correct answer in the same amount of time, they undergo a tiebreaker question to determine who takes on the main game. This round is primarily used to determine the new contestant for the main game, and can often be used more than once in an episode.

text: After completing the preliminary round, the contestant now begins taking on the main game, tackling a series of increasingly difficult question, which offering increasingly high sums of money, up to the top prize of £1 million. The questions they undertake are randomly chosen from list of generated questions based on general knowledge, with each consisting of four answers to choose from. While undertaking questions, the contestant is allowed to use a set of lifelines to provide them assistance with a question at any time, and two safety nets - if a contestant gets a question wrong, but had reached a designated cash value during their game, they left with that amount as their prize. Unlike other game shows, if a contestant is unsure about a question they are facing, they are allowed to leave the game at that point with the cash amount they had managed to win by that stage. While the initial questions are generally easy, the subsequent ones after it require the contestant to confirm that their answer/decision is final by the host, at which point it is locked in and cannot be reversed. As a rule, the host is not shown the correct answer, until a contestant has given their answer. If an episode is reaching the end of its allotted, an audio cue is triggered to highlight this; contestants still playing the main game are left to wait until filming for the next episode begins to continue, though this is not the case for special editions of the show, such as celebrity episodes.

text: Over the course of the show's history on British television, the format of the programme was altered in a number of aspects, mainly towards the setup of questions and the payout structure used in the game show, along with minor tweaks and changes in other aspects:

text: Between 1998 and 2007, the format focused on contestants answering 15 questions, with two safety nets placed at £1,000 and £32,000 respectively, and the use of three standard lifelines. The payout structure during these years was focused as follows:

text: Between 2007 and 2014, the number of questions was reduced to 12. This alteration led to the second safety net being assigned to a new cash value, £50,000, and the payout structure being changed as a result:

text: For the revived series in 2018, the format returned to that used between 1998–2007, including the payout structure, but with one noticeable difference. Apart from the use of a brand new, fourth lifeline, the series included a new rule in which upon reaching £1,000, the contestant would be asked before each subsequent question if they would like to set the cash prize for that question as their second safety net, with it offered up to £500,000.

text: Lifelines[edit]

text: During a contestant's game, they may make use of a set of lifelines to provide assistance on a question. Throughout the course of the show's history, these lifelines involve the following:

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50/50: Two random incorrect answers are eliminated, leaving the correct answer and one incorrect answer, thus granting the contestant a 50/50 chance of answering a question correctly.
Phone a Friend: The contestant calls one of their friends, and has 30 seconds to read the question and the possible answers to them. The friend uses the leftover time to offer an answer. Since 2018, a member of the production team accompanies the friend to prevent cheating.
Ask the Audience: Audience members use keypads to vote on what they believe to be the correct answer to the question. The percentage of each option selected by the audience is displayed to the contestant after this vote.
Switch (2002–03, 2010–14): The computer replaces one question with another of the same monetary value. Any lifelines already used on the original question are not reinstated. From 2010 to 2014, this lifeline was earned after the contestant answered seven questions correctly.
Ask the Host (2018-): The host offers an answer to the question. The host has no contact with outside sources and there is no time limit. On this question, the answer is revealed to the contestant and host simultaneously.[28]

text: Series overview[edit]

text:
Series
Start date
End date
Episodes

1
4 September 1998
25 December 1998
11

2
1 January 1999
13 January 1999
13

3
5 March 1999
16 March 1999
12

4
3 September 1999
14 September 1999
13

5
5 November 1999
26 December 1999
18

6
16 January 2000
22 January 2000
7

7
26 March 2000
1 May 2000
13

8
7 September 2000
6 January 2001
55

9
8 January 2001
26 April 2001
45

10
4 September 2001
29 December 2001
43

11
5 January 2002
9 April 2002
55

12
31 August 2002
28 December 2002
19

13
4 January 2003
31 May 2003
21

14
30 August 2003
27 December 2003
21

15
3 January 2004
5 June 2004
23

16
18 September 2004
25 December 2004
16

17
1 January 2005
11 June 2005
24

18
17 September 2005
31 December 2005
11

19
7 January 2006
8 July 2006
27

20
9 September 2006
6 January 2007
13

21
10 March 2007
28 July 2007
17

22
18 August 2007
30 October 2007
11

23
1 January 2008
3 June 2008
19

24
16 August 2008
31 January 2009
18

25
13 June 2009
20 December 2009
20

26
13 April 2010
8 June 2010
8

27
3 August 2010
23 December 2010
11

28
2 April 2011
19 December 2011
6

29
3 January 2012
20 December 2012
11

30
1 January 2013
11 February 2014
11

31
5 May 2018
11 May 2018
7

32
2019
2019
10

text: Text game (2004–2007)[edit]

text: On 23 October 2004 the show included a new feature called the "Walkaway Text Game". The competition was offered to viewers at home to play the text game where they had to answer the question, if a contestant decided to walk home with the cash prize they have got, by choosing the letters 'A, B, C or D' within 30 seconds to a specific mobile number. The viewer who answered the question won £1,000 by having their entries selected randomly.

text: On 9 September 2006, there were some changes. The competition stayed the same but this time, they played it before some commercial breaks.  A question to which the contestant had given their final answer, but the correct answer had not yet been revealed, was offered as a competition to viewers. Entry was via SMS text message at a cost of £1 per entry, and the competition ran through the commercial break, after which the answer was revealed and the game continued. One viewer who answered the question correctly won £1,000. The text game ended on 28 July 2007.[29][30]

text: Controversies[edit]

text: Incorrect answer to question accepted[edit]

text: In March 1999, the Daily Mirror published a report that accused the show of allowing a contestant, Tony Kennedy, to win a question by giving an incorrect answer. During Kennedy's game, when he had reached the £64,000 question, he was asked "Theoretically, what is the minimum number of strokes with which a tennis player can win a set?", and given four possible answers - twelve, twenty four, thirty six, and forty eight. Kennedy calculated that a player would need four shots to win a game, with six games in a set, giving an answer of twenty four, but the newspaper reported that this was incorrect, stating that a tennis player could win a game without playing a shot - if their opponent double-faulted on every serve, and the player aced each of their own serves, it would allow them to win with just 12 strokes. Based on their findings, the production staff acknowledged the mistake and apologised for it, but allowed Kennedy to keep the prize money he won by the end of his game.[31]

text: Schedule rigging allegation[edit]

text: When Judith Keppel's victory as the first UK jackpot winner on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? was announced by ITV on the day of that the corresponding episode was to be broadcast, several allegations were made that Celador had rigged the show to spoil the BBC's expected high ratings for the finale of One Foot in the Grave.[32] Richard Wilson, the lead star on the sitcom, was quoted in particular for saying that the broadcaster had "planned" the win, adding "it seems a bit unfair to take the audience away from Victor's last moments on earth."[33] David Renwick, writer of the sitcom, voiced annoyance that the episode would draw away interest from the sitcom's finale, believing that a leaked press release on ITV's announcement had been "naked opportunism", and it "would have been more honorable to let the show go out in the normal way", pointing out that it "killed off any element of tension or surprise in their own programme", but that "television is all about ratings".[32] Richard Webber's account, in his 2006 book, cites "unnamed BBC sources" as those who "questioned the authenticity of Keppel's victory".[32] The allegations in turn led to eleven viewers making complaints against the quiz show, of a similar nature, to the Independent Television Commission (ITC).[34]

text: In response, ITV expressed distress to the allegations, claiming that it "undermined viewers' faith in the programme." Leslie Hill, the chairman of ITV, wrote to Sir Christopher Bland, the chairman of the Board of Governors of the BBC, to complain about the issue. The corporation apologised, saying that any suggestion of 'rigging' "did not represent the official view of the BBC",[35] while the ITC's investigation cleared the programme of any wrongdoing.[34][36][37]

text: Ambiguous question[edit]

text: On 11 February 2006, celebrity couple Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen and his wife Jackie took on the game show to raise money for their chosen charity - The Shooting Star Children's Hospice. Having reached the final question of the quiz, they were asked "Translated from the Latin, what is the motto of the United States?", to which the Bowens answered with "In God, We Trust", only to learn that the question's correct answer was "One Out of Many" - the English translation for the Latin E pluribus unum.[38] However, Celador later admitted that the question had been ambiguous and not fair to the pair - although E pluribus unum is considered the de facto motto of the United States, it was never legally declared as such; In God, We Trust is the official motto of the country since 1956, although it is not translated from any form of Latin. Following this revelation, the production company invited the Bowens back to tackle a new question, with their original winnings reinstated; the couple chose not to risk the new question, and left with £500,000 for their charity.[38]

text: Ingram cheating scandal[edit]

text: In September 2001, British Army Major Charles Ingram became a contestant on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, joined by his wife Diana, and a close friend and college lecturer, Tecwen Whittock. After the first day of filming, the group devised a scheme that would allow Ingram to win the £1 million cash prize when he returned for the second day of recording, on 10 September - for each question he faced, the correct answer would be signalled to Ingram by a cough made by Whittock;[39] Ingram would differentiate the way he received this to avoid making the scheme too obvious, such as reading aloud all four answers, or dismissing an answer and then choosing it again later.[39] Although the scheme proved successful, by the time he had reached the final questions, production staff off-stage had become suspicious over the amount of background noise being made by Whittock's coughing,[40] while noting that Ingram seemed to show no specialist knowledge of any subjects he faced with each question.

text: After the second day of recording ended, the production staff ordered an immediate investigation on the grounds that cheating had occurred, suspending the broadcast of both episodes that had been filmed. Ingram was subsequently informed that he was being investigated for cheating and would not receive his winnings. While reviewing the recording, production staff began to see a pattern between Whittock's coughing, and Ingram's unusual behaviour when he answered questions;[41][42] at one point, they noticed Ingram gave an answer when Diana had coughed after he read it aloud. By this point, Celador was convinced that cheating had occurred, and the matter was handed over to police. Both the Ingrams and Whittock were charged with "procuring the execution of a valuable security by deception", and taken to Southwark Crown Court in 2003.

text: During the four-week long trial, the Prosecution provided evidence towards the charges, which included a recording of Ingram's second day on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, pager telephone records for a previous scheme the group intended to use,[43] before deeming it too complicated - a system of four pagers intended to be hidden on Ingram's body, in which a pager's vibrations signalled the correct answer - and testimony from one of the production staff and a "Fastest Finger" contestant attending the recording, Larry Whitehurst.[40][44] Although the Defence provided evidence claiming Whittock's coughing was a result of dust allergies and a hay fever he was suffering from, and Whittock himself testified against the accusations,[40][45] the Prosecution refuted these claims with their evidence, including footage that showed Whittock stopped coughing when he became a contestant after Ingram.[43] On 7 April 2003, the group were found guilty, with all three given suspended prison sentences and fines, with the Ingrams later ordered to pay legal costs within two months of the trial's conclusion.[40] On 24 July 2003, the British Army ordered Charles Ingram to resign his commission as a Major, in the wake of the trial.[46]

text: In the aftermath of the trial, the scandal became the subject of a documentary entitled Millionaire: A Major Fraud, presented by Martin Bashir and broadcast on 21 April 2003, with a follow-up two weeks later entitled Millionaire: The Final Answer.[47] The documentary featured excerpts from the recording that had been enhanced for the Ingrams' trial, footage of the actions made by Ingram's wife in the audience, and interviews with production staff and some of the contestants who had been present during the recording. None of the defendants in the case took part, with Ingram later describing Major Fraud and a subsequent programme of the matter, shown on ITV2, as "one of the greatest TV editing con tricks in history". Chess grandmaster James Plaskett later wrote an essay arguing in favour of the group's innocence;[48] journalists Bob Woffinden, and Jon Ronson,[49] each wrote a piece influenced by this essay, with Woffinden collaborating with Plaskett on a book entitled Bad Show: The Quiz, The Cough, The Millionaire Major, published in 2015, arguing that Ingram's appearance on the show coinciding with Whittock's was "chance".[50] A play based upon the events of the scandal was written by James Graham, entitled Quiz, and was performed from 3 November 2017 to 9 December 2017,[51] before being performed in the West End from 31 March 2018 to 16 June 2018.[52]

text: Phone-a-Friend[edit]

text: The Phone-a-Friend lifeline provided multiple instances of controversy during the show's run. A 2002 edition of the Daily Mail reported that many contestants had selected strangers who were "contacts among the quizzing fraternity"[53] to act as their Phone-a-Friends. Specifically, game show champion Daphne Fowler was approached by a man she had not previously met and asked if she would be his lifeline in exchange for £200. Fowler refused, adding: "I thought a fair price would be a quarter of whatever the man won, so if I helped him get from £32,000 to £64,000 I would expect to get £16,000."[54] The man was later revealed by ITV sources not to have made it onto the programme.[54]

text: In March 2007 various UK newspapers reported that an organised syndicate had been getting quiz enthusiasts onto the show in return for a percentage of their winnings. The person behind the syndicate was Keith Burgess from Northern Ireland. Burgess admitted to helping around 200 contestants to appear on the show since 1999; he estimates those contestants to have won around £5,000,000. The show producers are believed to have been aware of this operation, with Burgess stating: "The show knows about me and these types of syndicates, but they cover it up to keep the show going."[55][56] An earlier version of a Phone a Friend syndicate was reported in the Northampton Chronicle and Echo during 2003.[57] Paul Smith, the Managing Director of Celador Productions, stated: "We are aware of Paddy Spooner and what people similar to him are doing, and we have made a priority of changing our question procedure. We are confident we have now made it impossible for anyone to manipulate the system."[57] Since then, the options of people that can be called have a picture of themselves shown on-air.


document_title: List of best Major League Baseball season win-loss records

question_text: who has the best record in major league baseball

text: Season records[edit]

text: The following teams finished the season with a .700 winning percentage or higher.

text: Since the season was expanded to 162 games in 1961, only two teams have managed a winning percentage greater than .700 (which requires 114 wins). These two are the 1998 New York Yankees and the 2001 Seattle Mariners.

text:
NL = National League
AL = American League
AA = American Association

text:
Season
Franchise
League
Wins
Losses
Pct.
Finish

1906
Chicago Cubs
NL
116
36
.763
Lost 1906 World Series

1902
Pittsburg Pirates
NL
103
36
.741
National League Champions

1886
Chicago White Stockings
NL
90
34
.726
Lost 1886 World Series

1909
Pittsburg Pirates
NL
110
42
.724
Won 1909 World Series

1954
Cleveland Indians
AL
111
43
.721
Lost 1954 World Series

2001
Seattle Mariners
AL
116
46
.716
Lost 2001 ALCS

1927
New York Yankees
AL
110
44
.714
Won 1927 World Series

1886
Detroit Wolverines
NL
87
36
.707
2nd place in National League

1897
Boston Beaneaters
NL
93
39
.705
Lost 1897 Temple Cup

1907
Chicago Cubs
NL
107
45
.704
Won 1907 World Series

1931
Philadelphia Athletics
AL
107
45
.704
Lost 1931 World Series

1998
New York Yankees
AL
114
48
.704
Won 1998 World Series

1887
St. Louis Browns
AA
95
40
.704
Lost 1887 World Series

1939
New York Yankees
AL
106
45
.702
Won 1939 World Series

text: Other teams[edit]

text: Prior to 1886, teams played .700 ball or better over shorter schedules, where there is much less of the "evening out" effect of a lengthier season.

text: For example, the Chicago White Stockings won the National League's first pennant in 1876 with a 52-14 record (.788), and won the 1880 NL pennant with a 67-17 record (.798), which stands as the overall percentage record between the National or the American League. The White Stockings' 1880 record would project to a record of 129-33 under the modern schedule of 162 games, while Pythagorean expectation based on the White Stockings' results (538 runs scored, 317 runs allowed) and a 162-game schedule would translate to a record of 120-42.

text: The all-time best single season record belongs to the Cincinnati Red Stockings, who posted baseball's only perfect record at 67-0 (57-0 against National Association of Base Ball Players clubs) in 1869. Their record would stretch to 81-0 across the 1870 season before losing 8-7 in eleven innings to the Brooklyn Atlantics in Brooklyn on June 14.[1][2]

text: While this record is considered by many to be pre-MLB, the MLB (professional baseball's current official organization) has officially recognized this year as the beginning of professional baseball.[3]

text: The second-best record belongs to the 1875 Boston Red Stockings of the National Association, who finished with a record of 71-8 (.899), but the status of the National Association as a major league has long been disputed. The Red Stockings record would project to 146-16 under the modern schedule of 162 games, while Pythagorean expectation based on the Red Stockings results (831 runs scored, 343 runs allowed) and the modern 162-game schedule would translate to a record of 138-24.

text: The National Association folded at the end of 1875, and the Red Stockings, who had won the last four pennants, joined the National League for 1876, being renamed the Red Caps. The team went 39-31 for a fourth-place finish in 1876 before winning the 1877 and 1878 pennants with records of 42-18 and 41-19.

text: The third-best record belongs to the St. Louis Maroons of the 1884 Union Association, who finished with a record of 94-19 (.832), but the Union Association was quite lopsided in talent distribution (team owner Henry Lucas was also league president, an obvious conflict-of-interest situation which is now banned, and bought all the best available players for his franchise), generally disorganized (six teams played close to full schedules, another four teams folded and one relocated during the course of the season), and poorly scheduled. The Maroons' record would project to 135-27 under the modern schedule of 162 games, while Pythagorean expectation based on the Maroons' results (887 runs scored, 429 runs allowed) and a 162-game schedule would translate to a record of 131-31, but these results are of questionable merit.

text: The Union Association folded at the end of 1884, and the Maroons joined the National League for 1885. Playing against stiffer competition, they went 36-72 in 1885, and 43-79 in 1886, finishing in last and sixth in both seasons. In 1887, the Maroons relocated to Indianapolis and became the Indianapolis Hoosiers, playing three more seasons below .500 before folding.


document_title: Old School (film)

question_text: what was the dean's name in animal house

question_tokens: what was the dean 's name in animal house

text: Old School (film)

text: Plot[edit]

text: Attorney Mitch Martin (Luke Wilson) breaks up with his girlfriend (Juliette Lewis) when he accidentally discovers that she takes part in orgies. Mitch encounters his high school crush, Nicole (Ellen Pompeo), at the wedding of his friend Frank (Will Ferrell) and makes an awkward impression. Later, he finds a house located near the campus of the fictional Harrison University in Upstate New York.

text: Mitch's other friend Bernard (Vince Vaughn) throws a party at Mitch's house, dubbed Mitch-A-Palooza, which is a huge success. Frank gets drunk at the party and is seen streaking by his wife, putting a strain on their new marriage. The trio run into an old acquaintance whom they used to ridicule at school: Gordon Pritchard (Jeremy Piven), who is now the college dean. He informs them that they must vacate because Mitch's house has been designated exclusively for campus housing. Bernard proposes starting a fraternity that is open to anyone to meet the dean's criteria of campus housing. The new fraternity carries out several hazing events throughout campus, attracting the attention of the dean and other members of the faculty.

text: Nicole brings her boyfriend Mark to the party for one of Bernard's children and Mitch walks in on him in the bathroom while he was hooking up with a girl from the catering firm. While initially discreet, Mitch is forced to recount the entire incident to Nicole when Mark tries to lie that the girl was with Mitch instead of himself. The oldest fraternity member, Blue, has a heart attack, collapses, and dies during a "KY lube wrestling" match with two good-looking college girls at his birthday celebration. At Blue's funeral, Frank's wife says she wants a divorce, forcing Frank to live with Mitch.

text: Plotting revenge against the group, Dean Pritchard tries to get the student council president, Megan Huang, to revoke the fraternity's charter. Megan, who met her boyfriend at one of their parties, initially remains loyal to the fraternity until the dean bribes her with promises to help her get into Columbia Law School. By video, he claims that the group is violating university policies, subjecting the students in the non-sanctioned fraternity to expulsion. Mitch finds out that the group has the right to bypass the dean's ruling if all of their members complete activities that include academic tests, public debates and athletics to prove their legitimacy.

text: Frank is able to defeat James Carville in a debate over the government's role in biotechnology. Next, the fraternity successfully navigates its way through a difficult academic exam largely due to the assistance of two of Mitch's co-workers, who help the guys cheat. In the school spirit evaluation, the fraternity loses points when Frank unsuccessfully attempts to jump through a ring of fire while dressed as the school mascot. Badly burned and humiliated, Frank rallies to give a strong performance in the floor exercise routine of the gymnastics competition. Bernard manages to complete the rings routine, leaving only the vault exercise remaining. Pritchard chooses Weensie, an obese member of the fraternity, to perform the vault. Amazingly, Weensie executes a perfect landing, allowing the fraternity to pass gymnastics.

text: The men are able to complete all of the activities successfully with an 84% average. However, Pritchard tells them that their average has dropped to a failing 58% after accounting for the absence of the deceased member Blue. While the students are in despair, Megan arrives with tape recorded evidence of the dean's bribery. After a chase, Frank obtains the tape and uses it to get the dean fired. The fraternity's charter is reinstated and the fraternity moves into Dean Pritchard's old house.

text: Nicole visits Mitch, intent on moving their relationship forward. Despite Bernard and Mitch withdrawing from the fraternity, Frank maintains his ties as leader. In the closing credits, Mark's car falls on top of Pritchard and explodes, killing both, and Frank hooks up with Mitch's ex-girlfriend.

text: Cast[edit]

text:
Luke Wilson as Mitch "The Godfather" Martin
Will Ferrell as Frank "The Tank" Ricard
Vince Vaughn as Bernard "Beanie" Campbell
Jeremy Piven as Dean Gordon "Cheese" Pritchard
Ellen Pompeo as Nicole
Juliette Lewis as Heidi
Leah Remini as Lara Campbell
Perrey Reeves as Marissa Jones
Craig Kilborn as Mark
Patrick Fischler as Michael
Sara Tanaka as Megan Huang
Simon Helberg as Jerry
Seann William Scott as Peppers
Elisha Cuthbert as Darcie Goldberg
Patrick J. Adams as Patch
Patrick Cranshaw as Joseph "Blue" Pulasky
Rick Gonzalez as Spanish
Jerod Mixon as Weensie
Matt Walsh as Walsh
Artie Lange as Booker
Rob Corddry as Warren
Todd Phillips as Gang Bang Member
Bryan Callen as Avi, the Waiter
Harve Presnell as Mr. Springbrook
Snoop Dogg as Himself
James Carville as Himself
Warren G as Himself
Terry O'Quinn as Goldberg
Andy Dick as Oral Sex Instructor
Bishop Don "Magic" Juan as Himself
Abdul Goznobi as Abdul
Ashley Jones as Caterer
Arthur Taxier as Professor
Kristina Hughes as Topless Girl

text: Production[edit]

text: This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (September 2008)

text: The film was filmed in and around La Crescenta, California. Filming locations included Palisades High School, UCLA, USC and Harvard University.[1] The film is considered a forerunner to the Frat Pack since three of its stars are core members of that group.[citation needed][original research?]

text: Release[edit]

text: Critical reception[edit]

text: The film received mixed to positive reviews. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported that 60% of critics gave the film a positive review based on a sample of 160 reviews, with an average score of 5.6/10; the consensus stated "While not consistently funny, the movie does have its moments."[2] At the website Metacritic, which utilizes a normalized rating system, the film earned a rating of 54/100 based on 32 reviews by mainstream critics.[3]

text: Box office[edit]

text: The film grossed $17,453,216 in 2,689 theaters in its first opening weekend at the U.S. Box office, opening at #2 behind Daredevil which was on its second week at the top spot. Old School has had gross receipts of $75,585,093 in the U.S. and Canada and $11,470,256 in international markets for a total of $87,055,349 worldwide.[4]

text: Awards[edit]

text:
In 2003, Artios Awards nominated Old School for best casting for feature film.
In 2003, The MTV Movie Award Nominated Old School for Best Comedic Performance (for Will Ferrell, losing to Jack Black for School of Rock) and Best On-Screen Team.
In 2004, Taurus Award nominated Old School for Best Fire Stunt.
in 2012, Spike Guys' Choice Awards Guy Movie Hall of Fame: Old School

text: Soundtrack[edit]

text: This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (August 2009)

text: At the Mitch-a-palooza party, Snoop Dogg and Kokane perform "Paper'd Up", sampling Eric B & Rakim's track "Paid in Full".[5][6] The soundtrack also included "Fun Night" by Andrew W.K., "Dust in the Wind" by Kansas, "Hungry Like the Wolf", "Farmer in the Dell", "Gonna Make You Sweat", "Louie Louie", "Chariots of Fire", "Good Lovin' Gone Bad", "Master of Puppets" by Metallica, "Playground in My Mind" by Clint Holmes and "The Sound of Silence" by Simon & Garfunkel. The main song in this movie is "Here I Go Again" by Whitesnake, which is played when Will Ferrell's character is fixing his car and in the closing credits. Also, The Dan Band sings one of the famous songs of Bonnie Tyler, "Total Eclipse of the Heart" (with some interesting improvisational departures as to the cover's lyrics), and Styx's "Lady". During the introductory sequence Ryan Adams' "To Be Young (Is to Be Sad, Is to Be High)", co-written with David Rawlings, can be heard most memorably during the metal detector scene.

text: Sequel[edit]

text: In 2006, a sequel, titled Old School Dos, was written by Scot Armstrong but was turned down by original stars, Will Ferrell and Vince Vaughn. The story concerned the aging fraternity going to Spring Break. While promoting Semi-Pro in 2008, Ferrell had this to say about the defunct project: “I read [the script]. Some super funny set pieces, but I don’t know. I think Vince [Vaughn] had the same reaction. We’re just kind of doing the same thing again. It was like us going to Spring Break, but we’ve got to find this guy who’s the head of a fraternity. Once again, funny things but it’s just us once again back in a fraternity setting. It just felt like it was repeating. But watch, I’m over-thinking it.”[7]


document_title: List of NHL players with 100-point seasons

question_text: who was the only nhl player to score 100 points during the 2010-11 regular season

text: Season achievements[edit]

text: The first NHL season in which a player scored 100 points was the 1968–69 season: on March 2, 1969, Phil Esposito scored his hundredth point of the season. Esposito finished the season with 126 points, and two other players achieved 100 points that season: Bobby Hull, who finished with 107 points, and Gordie Howe, who finished with 103 points. (All three scored goals to reach the milestone.) The first (of only five) defencemen to reach the 100-point mark in the NHL was Bobby Orr, in the 1969–70 season.

text: Since 1968–69, there have only been seven seasons without a 100-point player. No player achieved 100 points during the lockout years of 1994–95, 2004–05 (which was cancelled outright), and 2012–13. In addition, no player achieved 100 points in the full seasons of 1999–2000, 2001–02, 2003–04, and 2014–15.

text: The 100-point player became a rarity in the nine seasons from 1996–97 to 2003–04. Only eight unique players, on eleven different occasions, playing for only five different teams, reached the century mark.

text: The 1992–93 NHL season had the most 100-point players, with 21. The second most was the 1984–85 NHL season, with 16.

text: Player achievements[edit]

text: The player with the most 100-point seasons is Wayne Gretzky, with 15 (four of which were 200-point seasons). Mario Lemieux is second, with 10 seasons of 100 points. Gretzky also holds the record of 13 consecutive 100-point seasons. The defenceman with the most 100-point seasons, and the most consecutive, is Bobby Orr, with six.

text: Three players could have made the list on assists alone: Orr, Gretzky (11 times), and Lemieux have had more than 100 assists in a single season.

text: On six occasions a player has been traded during a 100-point season: Jean Ratelle, Bernie Nicholls, John Cullen, Teemu Selanne, Wayne Gretzky, and Joe Thornton. Thornton is also the only player to be traded in the same year as he won the Art Ross Trophy (led the NHL in scoring).

text: Excluding the six split-team situations above, and excluding franchises that have simply changed cities, 16 different players have achieved complete 100-point-or-more seasons with two different teams. The first was Marcel Dionne in 1974–75 with the Detroit Red Wings and then 1976–77 season with the Los Angeles Kings. No player has done this with three different teams, unless the split-team situations are counted, in which case Gretzky would be considered the only player to accomplish this.

text: Only five defencemen have scored at least 100 points in a season. They are Bobby Orr (six times), Denis Potvin, Paul Coffey (five times), Al MacInnis, and Brian Leetch.

text: The youngest player to achieve a 100-point season is Sidney Crosby, at 18 years, 253 days old. He scored his 100th NHL point on April 17, 2006, the Pittsburgh Penguins' 81st game of the 2005–06 season, his rookie season. The oldest player to achieve a 100-point season is Gordie Howe, at 40 years, 364 days. He scored his hundredth point of the 1968–69 season on March 30, 1969 — only four weeks after Phil Esposito became the first ever player to score 100 points, and the day before his 41st birthday — while playing for the Detroit Red Wings.

text: Wayne Gretzky is the only player to surpass the 200-point mark, doing so with the Edmonton Oilers four times.

text: Team achievements[edit]

text: Excluding the six split-team players above, the Pittsburgh Penguins have had the most incidents of a player achieving 100 points during the franchise's history, with 33. Excluding the same six players, the Pittsburgh Penguins also had the greatest number of unique players achieve 100 points, with 12. The Boston Bruins have had nine different players achieve 100 points while with the team.

text: The Boston Bruins were the first team to have four players achieve 100 points in the same season, 1970–71. This has been matched by only two other teams, the Edmonton Oilers (three times) and the Pittsburgh Penguins.

text: The Pittsburgh Penguins have had at least one 100-point player in 22 different seasons.[1] The Los Angeles Kings and the Colorado Avalanche (formerly the Quebec Nordiques) have both achieved this feat in 14 different seasons. The Edmonton Oilers had at least one 100-point player in eleven consecutive seasons, from 1979–80 to 1989–90.

text: The Los Angeles Kings are the only team to have two players achieve 150+ points in the same year, with Wayne Gretzky (168 points) and Bernie Nicholls (150 points) achieving this in 1988–89. The Pittsburgh Penguins almost matched this feat in 1995–96, when Mario Lemieux scored 161 points and Jaromir Jagr amassed 149.

text: Three franchises have had 100 point players before and after the entire team moved: the Hartford Whalers/Carolina Hurricanes, the Atlanta Flames/Calgary Flames, and the Quebec Nordiques/Colorado Avalanche. Three franchises have had 100-point players in their original city, but not their new city: Minnesota North Stars (now Dallas Stars), Winnipeg Jets (now Arizona Coyotes) and Atlanta Thrashers (now Winnipeg Jets).

text: Five franchises currently playing in the NHL have never had a player achieve 100 points: New Jersey Devils (started as Kansas City Scouts in 1974–75), Florida Panthers (started 1993–94), Nashville Predators (1998–99), and the two newest teams, Columbus Blue Jackets and Minnesota Wild (2000–01).

text: Players and their 100-point seasons[edit]

text:
Player
Team
Season
GP
G
A
Pts.

Daniel Alfredsson
Ottawa Senators
2005–06
77
43
60
103

Glenn Anderson
Edmonton Oilers
1981–82
80
38
67
105

1982–83
72
48
56
104

1985–86
72
54
48
102

Nicklas Backstrom
Washington Capitals
2009–10
82
33
68
101

Bill Barber
Philadelphia Flyers
1975–76
80
50
62
112

Mike Bossy
New York Islanders
1978–79
80
69
57
126

1980–81
79
68
51
119

1981–82
80
64
83
147

1982–83
79
60
58
118

1983–84
79
51
67
118

1984–85
76
58
59
117

1985–86
80
61
62
123

Neal Broten
Minnesota North Stars
1985–86
80
29
76
105

Rob Brown
Pittsburgh Penguins
1988–89
68
49
66
115

Johnny Bucyk
Boston Bruins
1970–71
78
51
65
116

Mike Bullard
Calgary Flames
1987–88
79
48
55
103

Pavel Bure
Vancouver Canucks
1992–93
83
60
50
110

1993–94
76
60
47
107

Jimmy Carson
Los Angeles Kings
1987–88
80
55
52
107

Edmonton Oilers
1988–89
80
49
51
100

Guy Chouinard
Atlanta Flames
1978–79
80
50
57
107

Dino Ciccarelli
Minnesota North Stars
1981–82
76
55
51
106

1986–87
80
52
51
103

Bobby Clarke
Philadelphia Flyers
1972–73
78
37
67
104

1974–75
80
27
89
116

1975–76
76
30
89
119

Paul Coffey (D)
Edmonton Oilers
1983–84
80
40
86
126

1984–85
80
37
84
121

1985–86
79
48
90
138

Pittsburgh Penguins
1988–89
75
30
83
113

1989–90
80
29
74
103

Sidney Crosby
Pittsburgh Penguins
2005–06
81
39
63
102

2006–07
79
36
84
120

2008–09
77
33
70
103

2009–10
81
51
58
109

2013–14
80
36
68
104

John Cullen
Pittsburgh Penguins/Hartford Whalers
1990–91
78
39
71
110

Marcel Dionne
Detroit Red Wings
1974–75
80
47
74
121

Los Angeles Kings
1976–77
80
53
69
122

1978–79
80
59
71
130

1979–80
80
53
84
137

1980–81
80
58
77
135

1981–82
78
50
67
117

1982–83
80
56
51
107

1984–85
80
46
80
126

Phil Esposito
Boston Bruins
1968–69
74
49
77
126

1970–71
78
76
76
152

1971–72
76
66
67
133

1972–73
78
55
75
130

1973–74
78
68
77
145

1974–75
79
61
66
127

Bernie Federko
St. Louis Blues
1980–81
78
31
73
104

1983–84
79
41
66
107

1984–85
76
30
73
103

1985–86
80
34
68
102

Sergei Fedorov
Detroit Red Wings
1993–94
82
56
64
120

1995–96
78
39
68
107

Theoren Fleury
Calgary Flames
1990–91
79
51
53
104

1992–93
83
34
66
100

Peter Forsberg
Colorado Avalanche
1995–96
82
30
86
116

2002–03
75
29
77
106

Ron Francis
Hartford Whalers
1989–90
80
32
69
101

Pittsburgh Penguins
1992–93
84
24
76
100

1995–96
77
27
92
119

Mike Gartner
Washington Capitals
1984–85
80
50
52
102

Doug Gilmour
St. Louis Blues
1986–87
80
42
63
105

Toronto Maple Leafs
1992–93
83
32
95
127

1993–94
83
27
84
111

Michel Goulet
Quebec Nordiques
1982–83
80
57
48
105

1983–84
75
56
65
121

1985–86
75
53
51
104

1987–88
80
48
58
106

Wayne Gretzky
Edmonton Oilers
1979–80
79
51
86
137

1980–81
80
55
109
164

1981–82
80
92
120
212

1982–83
80
71
125
196

1983–84
74
87
118
205

1984–85
80
73
135
208

1985–86
80
52
163
215

1986–87
79
62
121
183

1987–88
64
40
109
149

Los Angeles Kings
1988–89
78
54
114
168

1989–90
73
40
102
142

1990–91
78
41
122
163

1991–92
74
31
90
121

1993–94
81
38
92
130

Los Angeles Kings/St. Louis Blues
1995–96
80
23
79
102

Vic Hadfield
New York Rangers
1971–72
78
50
56
106

Dale Hawerchuk
Winnipeg Jets
1981–82
80
45
58
103

1983–84
80
37
65
102

1984–85
80
53
77
130

1985–86
80
46
59
105

1986–87
80
47
53
100

1987–88
80
44
77
121

Dany Heatley
Ottawa Senators
2005–06
82
50
53
103

2006–07
82
50
55
105

Ken Hodge
Boston Bruins
1970–71
78
43
62
105

1973–74
76
50
55
105

Marian Hossa
Atlanta Thrashers
2006–07
82
43
57
100

Gordie Howe
Detroit Red Wings
1968–69
76
44
59
103

Bobby Hull
Chicago Black Hawks
1968–69
74
58
49
107

Brett Hull
St. Louis Blues
1989–90
80
72
41
113

1990–91
78
86
45
131

1991–92
73
70
39
109

1992–93
80
54
47
101

Jaromir Jagr
Pittsburgh Penguins
1995–96
82
62
87
149

1997–98
77
35
67
102

1998–99
81
44
83
127

2000–01
81
52
69
121

New York Rangers
2005–06
82
54
69
123

Craig Janney
St. Louis Blues
1992–93
84
24
82
106

Joe Juneau
Boston Bruins
1992–93
84
32
70
102

Patrick Kane
Chicago Blackhawks
2015–16
82
46
60
106

Paul Kariya
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
1995–96
82
50
58
108

1998–99
82
39
62
101

Jari Kurri
Edmonton Oilers
1982–83
80
45
59
104

1983–84
64
52
61
113

1984–85
73
71
64
135

1985–86
78
68
63
131

1986–87
79
54
54
108

1988–89
76
44
58
102

Pat LaFontaine
New York Islanders
1989–90
74
54
51
105

Buffalo Sabres
1992–93
84
53
95
148

Guy Lafleur
Montreal Canadiens
1974–75
70
53
66
119

1975–76
80
56
69
125

1976–77
80
56
80
136

1977–78
78
60
72
132

1978–79
80
52
77
129

1979–80
74
50
75
125

Steve Larmer
Chicago Blackhawks
1990–91
80
44
57
101

Pierre Larouche
Pittsburgh Penguins
1975–76
76
53
58
111

Vincent Lecavalier
Tampa Bay Lightning
2006–07
82
52
56
108

Brian Leetch (D)
New York Rangers
1991–92
80
22
80
102

Mario Lemieux
Pittsburgh Penguins
1984–85
73
43
57
100

1985–86
79
48
93
141

1986–87
63
54
53
107

1987–88
77
70
98
168

1988–89
76
85
114
199

1989–90
59
45
78
123

1991–92
64
44
87
131

1992–93
60
69
91
160

1995–96
70
69
92
161

1996–97
76
50
72
122

Eric Lindros
Philadelphia Flyers
1995–96
73
47
68
115

Hakan Loob
Calgary Flames
1987–88
80
50
56
106

Al MacInnis (D)
Calgary Flames
1990–91
78
28
75
103

Paul MacLean
Winnipeg Jets
1984–85
79
41
60
101

Rick MacLeish
Philadelphia Flyers
1972–73
78
50
50
100

Bob MacMillan
Atlanta Flames
1978–79
79
37
71
108

Peter Mahovlich
Montreal Canadiens
1974–75
80
35
82
117

1975–76
80
34
71
105

Evgeni Malkin
Pittsburgh Penguins
2007–08
82
47
59
106

2008–09
82
35
78
113

2011–12
75
50
59
109

Dennis Maruk
Washington Capitals
1981–82
80
60
76
136

Connor McDavid
Edmonton Oilers
2016–17
82
30
70
100

Mark Messier
Edmonton Oilers
1982–83
77
48
58
106

1983–84
73
37
64
101

1986–87
77
37
70
107

1987–88
77
37
74
111

1989–90
79
45
84
129

New York Rangers
1991–92
79
35
72
107

Rick Middleton
Boston Bruins
1980–81
80
44
59
103

1983–84
80
47
58
105

Alexander Mogilny
Buffalo Sabres
1992–93
77
76
51
127

Vancouver Canucks
1995–96
79
55
52
107

Joe Mullen
Calgary Flames
1988–89
79
51
59
110

Markus Naslund
Vancouver Canucks
2002–03
82
48
56
104

Mats Naslund
Montreal Canadiens
1985–86
80
43
67
110

Bernie Nicholls
Los Angeles Kings
1984–85
80
46
54
100

1988–89
79
70
80
150

Los Angeles Kings/New York Rangers
1989–90
79
39
73
112

Kent Nilsson
Calgary Flames
1980–81
80
49
82
131

1982–83
80
48
56
104

Adam Oates
St. Louis Blues
1989–90
80
23
79
102

1990–91
61
25
90
115

Boston Bruins
1992–93
84
45
97
142

1993–94
77
32
80
112

John Ogrodnick
Detroit Red Wings
1984–85
79
55
50
105

Bobby Orr (D)
Boston Bruins
1969–70
76
33
87
120

1970–71
78
37
102
139

1971–72
76
37
80
117

1972–73
63
29
72
101

1973–74
74
32
90
122

1974–75
80
46
89
135

Alexander Ovechkin
Washington Capitals
2005–06
81
52
54
106

2007–08
82
65
47
112

2008–09
79
56
54
110

2009–10
72
50
59
109

Barry Pederson
Boston Bruins
1982–83
77
46
61
107

1983–84
80
39
77
116

Gilbert Perreault
Buffalo Sabres
1975–76
80
44
69
113

1979–80
80
40
66
106

Denis Potvin (D)
New York Islanders
1978–79
73
31
70
101

Jean Pronovost
Pittsburgh Penguins
1975–76
80
52
52
104

Jean Ratelle
New York Rangers
1971–72
63
46
63
109

New York Rangers/Boston Bruins
1975–76
80
36
69
105

Mark Recchi
Pittsburgh Penguins
1990–91
78
40
73
113

Philadelphia Flyers
1992–93
84
53
70
123

1993–94
84
40
67
107

Jacques Richard
Quebec Nordiques
1980–81
78
52
51
103

Rene Robert
Buffalo Sabres
1974–75
74
40
60
100

Luc Robitaille
Los Angeles Kings
1987–88
80
53
58
111

1989–90
80
52
49
101

1991–92
80
44
63
107

1992–93
84
63
62
125

Jeremy Roenick
Chicago Blackhawks
1991–92
80
53
50
103

1992–93
84
50
57
107

1993–94
84
46
61
107

Mike Rogers
Hartford Whalers
1979–80
80
44
61
105

1980–81
80
40
65
105

New York Rangers
1981–82
80
38
65
103

Joe Sakic
Quebec Nordiques
1989–90
80
39
63
102

1990–91
80
48
61
109

1992–93
78
48
57
105

Colorado Avalanche
1995–96
82
51
69
120

2000–01
82
54
64
118

2006–07
82
36
64
100

Denis Savard
Chicago Blackhawks
1981–82
80
32
87
119

1982–83
78
35
86
121

1984–85
79
38
67
105

1985–86
80
47
69
116

1987–88
80
44
87
131

Daniel Sedin
Vancouver Canucks
2010–11
82
41
63
104

Henrik Sedin
Vancouver Canucks
2009–10
82
29
83
112

Teemu Selanne
Winnipeg Jets
1992–93
84
76
56
132

Winnipeg Jets/Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
1995–96
79
40
68
108

Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
1996–97
78
51
58
109

1998–99
75
47
60
107

Brendan Shanahan
St. Louis Blues
1993–94
81
52
50
102

Steve Shutt
Montreal Canadiens
1976–77
80
60
45
105

Charlie Simmer
Los Angeles Kings
1979–80
64
56
45
101

1980–81
65
56
49
105

Darryl Sittler
Toronto Maple Leafs
1975–76
79
41
59
100

1977–78
80
45
72
117

Bobby Smith
Minnesota North Stars
1981–82
80
43
71
114

Martin St. Louis
Tampa Bay Lightning
2006–07
82
43
59
102

Eric Staal
Carolina Hurricanes
2005–06
82
45
55
100

Peter Stastny
Quebec Nordiques
1980–81
77
39
70
109

1981–82
80
46
93
139

1982–83
75
47
77
124

1983–84
80
46
73
119

1984–85
75
32
68
100

1985–86
76
41
81
122

1987–88
76
46
65
111

Kevin Stevens
Pittsburgh Penguins
1991–92
80
54
69
123

1992–93
72
55
56
111

Blaine Stoughton
Hartford Whalers
1979–80
80
56
44
100

Mats Sundin
Quebec Nordiques
1992–93
80
47
67
114

Brent Sutter
New York Islanders
1984–85
72
42
60
102

Dave Taylor
Los Angeles Kings
1980–81
72
47
65
112

1981–82
78
39
67
106

Joe Thornton
Boston Bruins
2002–03
77
36
65
101

Boston Bruins/San Jose Sharks
2005–06
81
29
96
125

San Jose Sharks
2006–07
82
22
92
114

Rick Tocchet
Pittsburgh Penguins
1992–93
80
48
61
109

John Tonelli
New York Islanders
1984–85
80
42
58
100

Bryan Trottier
New York Islanders
1977–78
77
46
77
123

1978–79
76
47
87
134

1979–80
78
42
62
104

1980–81
73
31
72
103

1981–82
80
50
79
129

1983–84
68
40
71
111

Pierre Turgeon
Buffalo Sabres
1989–90
80
40
66
106

New York Islanders
1992–93
83
58
74
132

Doug Weight
Edmonton Oilers
1995–96
82
25
79
104

Steve Yzerman
Detroit Red Wings
1987–88
64
50
52
102

1988–89
80
65
90
155

1989–90
79
62
65
127

1990–91
80
51
57
108

1991–92
79
45
58
103

1992–93
84
58
79
137