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Cunard reneged on quiz prize, cruise passenger charges.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
Date: 20040702
Author:Dupont, Dale K.
Byline: Dale K. Dupont
MIAMI _ Onboard the Queen Mary 2 in February, Owen Schwam was doing great answering questions on ``Who Wants to be A Cunard Zillionaire.''
The last one was multiple-choice: How many novels did Anthony Trollope write _ 43, 45, 47 or 49? Schwam guessed 47.
The emcee said he was wrong about the 19th-century British author, so no big payoff. Turns out he was right, Schwam claimed in a federal court suit seeking a million-dollar prize.
When the retired general building contractor from Boca Raton, Fla., returned to his cabin, he had a message ...
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