Transcript 09/15/2009 Stephanie Millien

[BBTranscriptTeam]

New contestant Stephanie Millien is introduced.

Commercial break

Stephanie Millien
Baldwin, NY

Mere says she has the perfect name for the show
mother of two young boys, Justin (8 yrs) and Max (6 mos) says hi to them, and that Justin just wants to see his mom on TV



Topic Tree
Famous Paintings
Magazines
Composers
Foreign Phrases
Shakespeare
Museums
Nursery Rhymes
In the News
U.S. Coins
Medicine
SNL
Honorees
Famous Names
Crime
Transportation


$500 (Transportation):
The Chrysler Freeway and the Ford Freeway are major highways in what U.S. city?
A. Phoenix B. Detroit
C. Seattle D. Bailout Bay

Spoiler

B. Detroit (:10)

$1000 (Crime):
"Click fraud" is a persistent problem affecting companies that advertise in what form of media?
A. Internet B. Magazines
C. Television D. Radio

Spoiler

A. Internet (:11)

$2000 (Famous Names):
When Eloise Bowles' newspaper column for housewives went national in 1961, what letter did she add to her first name?
A. H B. M
C. P D. V

Wow, I am not sure I think I'll have to ATA

ATA (:05)

Spoiler

A-88% B-7 C-3 D-2
Stephanie- That is the only one that really makes sense
Mere reminds 5 seconds on clock

Spoiler

A. H (:04)

$3000 (Honorees):
Located in Atlanta, the King Center honors what famous American?
A. B.B. King B. Stephen King
C. Martin Luther King, Jr. D. Billie Jean King

Spoiler

C. Martin Luther King, Jr. (:09)

$5000 (SNL):
In a classic "SNL" sketch, how do the Czechoslovakian "guys" portrayed by Steve Martin and Dan Aykroyd describe themselves?
A. Sad and Lonely B. Rich and Famous
C. Big and Loud D. Wild and Crazy

Spoiler

D. Wild and Crazy (:07)

$7500 (Medicine):
A medical organization with over 50,000 members, ACOG stands for "The American College of Obstetricians and" what?
A. Gastroenterologists B. Geriatricians
C. Gynecologists D. Gerontologists

Spoiler

C. Gynecologists (:21)

Commercial break

$10K (U.S. Coins):
A Zia Pueblo sun symbol is featured on the back of the commemorative quarter for what U.S. state?
A. New Mexico B. Colorado
C. Wyoming D. Utah

Spoiler

A. New Mexico (:24)

$12.5K (In the News):
As thousands took to the street donning the opposition's campaign color, the 2009 Iranian election protests were given what moniker?
A. Blue Revolution B. Orange Revolution
C. Green Revolution D. Yellow Revolution

"I have no idea, I'm gonna have to ask the expert if we can do that" (:21)

Mere says she needs Ali's help and Ali yells "I'm gonna try!"

ATE

Stephanie- Come on do it for George (Stephanopolous)
Ali- Good God he's gonna kill me, um you know what stands out for some reason, always go with my first instinct, for some reason it's orange.
Stephanie- Is that because I'm wearing orange?
Ali- Yeah
Stephanie- Yeahhh
Mere- That's where you got it
Ali- orange or yellow
I wish I could call him
Mere says unfortunately we can't do that

PAF (:19)

cousin Sendy from Harlem NY, friend Shirley from Roosevelt NY, friend Gerard (Jerry) from Baldwin NY

Gerard (Jerry) PAF

PAF

Jerry says "I'm about 80% sure it is Green Revolution"
Stephanie says she was kinda leaning that way too

Spoiler

C. Green Revolution (:17)

$15K (Nursery Rhymes):
According to a well-known nursery rhyme, "Wednesday's child is full of" what?
A. Wonder B. Woe
C. Whimsy D. Wisdom

Spoiler

She says she was so trying for her son Max to not be born on this day he was born on Tuesday
B. Woe (:19)

Commercial break

Spoiler question for tomorrow

Spoiler

Listed as $100K
Like Barack Obama, which of these men was elected President while he was a sitting U.S. senator?
A. Harry Truman B. Warren Harding
C. Andrew Johnson D. Benjamin Harrison

Mere says that last one was a perfect one for a mom
Her first son Justin they named for his grandfather
Then they had fun naming her second son, Maximus Alexander Millien, so it would be Max A. Millien


$25K (Museums):
In 2009, curators at the National Museum of American History discovered a minuscule, secret engraving hidden on what artifact?
A. Roosevelt's wheelchair B. Franklin's eyeglasses
C. Edison's light bulb D. Lincoln's pocket watch

Spoiler

"Let's see, minuscule..."
Mere- "10 seconds"
"I have to go with Lincoln's pocket watch final answer" (:)


Mere asked if it was a total guess
Stephanie says her reasoning was: wheelchair's too big, eyeglasses are too transformerish, and who would write on a lightbulb.

$50K (Shakespeare):
A tattoo on the back of starlet Megan Fox that reads "We will all laugh at gilded butterflies" was inspired by what Shakespeare play?
A. Othello B. Romeo and Juliet
C. King Lear D. Hamlet

Spoiler

Wow, the one I thought was not on here, free guess right?
Othello's kinda dark. King Lear's kinda dark. Think I am gonna do the Double dip (:26)
First guess B was wrong
She then verbally goes back and forth between C and D and says her instinct was D. She guessed D and left with $25,000
C. King Lear (:16)

Stephanie left with $25,000

Tournament of 10 Leaderboard

1. Alan Carver, $25,000 0:30
2. Stephanie Millien, $25,000 1:40
3. Will Capp, $25,000, 2:39
4. Karen Geddeis, * $15,000, 1:23
5. Melissa Brown, * $15,000, 1:34
6. London Pfahler, * $12,500, 1:14
7. Xann Wilson, $10,000, 0:40
8. Mark Mindlin, $7500, 0:56
9. Russell Carmon, * $5,000, 0:41
10. Kazia MacLeod, * $5,000, 0:42

* Shown for T10 purposes only, won different amount

[Jeemie]

Her somewhat reasonable use of logic on the $25,000 question is the reason I'm giving her a pass of using two lifelines on a lower-level question (albeit not SO easy) the answer of which she was leaning towards.

Although Ali is a complete waste of space. As I wrote in my spoiler thread, she obviously has learned ZIP about his world. Unbelievable that she did not know this.

Although she got the colors for the Burmese (Saffron) and Ukrainian (Orange) Revolutions as her two choices (originally thought the Ukraine was the Saffron Revolution, but the two Russian state revolutions were Orange and Rose (Georgia)).

Worthless!

[Millionaire Fan]

This contestant was in the ROF on the first episode of prime time BAM back on Aug 9th.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-mk6g5-9IQ

[jarnon]

I remember her name from this post:
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=20260
Somehow, it stuck in my mind.

[chad1m]

I can understand her using a lifeline on the Heloise question. I paused the DVR for a couple of seconds while watching because I had a "Huh?" reaction, too, but it finally clicked. With the pressure of the clock, I totally get it.

(Also, it's nice to see that the first five questions continue have a slightly higher difficulty level with the higher money. They're still not exactly Jeopardy! Triple Stumpers, but they've clearly been elevated a tad bit.)

[hanzz]

If TPTB insist on keeping TDC, then the time limit for the first 5 questions now has got to go up to 20 seconds or more.

[ten96lt]

On the 50K question I would have pulled a "Charles Ingram" because King Lear is the only play of the 4 I haven't read and I didn't recognize that line in the other three so since I haven't heard of it and never read that play I would have had it.

I am glad though to see I'm not the only one to notice that the questions did get harder somewhat. Especially on the first 5. They aren't necessarily difficult, but they do make me stop a second to reread the question which with TDC makes it difficult.

[Jeemie]

If TPTB insist on keeping TDC, then the time limit for the first 5 questions now has got to go up to 20 seconds or more.

I agree that while the first five are not exactly stumpers (they're still fairly easy), they probably are hard enough now that an extra 5 seconds on the clock would be nice.

As Stephanie herself said, on the Heloise question, even if you didn't know it, "H" is the only answer than made sense of the four choices.

But try figuring that out with TDC ticking away.

[Jeemie]

On the 50K question I would have pulled a "Charles Ingram" because King Lear is the only play of the 4 I haven't read and I didn't recognize that line in the other three so since I haven't heard of it and never read that play I would have had it.

That is EXACTLY how I got it- I've never read King Lear, but have read the other three.

The phrase didn't ring a bell, so I figured it had to be the one play of the four I hadn't read.

I intuited the $25K in the exact manner she did. I must have missed the story of the inscription on Lincoln's watch when it came out.

[earendel]

Stephanie Millien
Baldwin, NY

Mere says she has the perfect name for the show
mother of two young boys, Justin (8 yrs) and Max (6 mos) says hi to them, and that Justin just wants to see his mom on TV

Is Baldwin in WE® territory?

$12.5K (In the News):
As thousands took to the street donning the opposition's campaign color, the 2009 Iranian election protests were given what moniker?
A. Blue Revolution B. Orange Revolution
C. Green Revolution D. Yellow Revolution

"I have no idea, I'm gonna have to ask the expert if we can do that" (:21)

Mere says she needs Ali's help and Ali yells "I'm gonna try!"

ATE

Stephanie- Come on do it for George (Stephanopolous)
Ali- Good God he's gonna kill me, um you know what stands out for some reason, always go with my first instinct, for some reason it's orange.
Stephanie- Is that because I'm wearing orange?
Ali- Yeah
Stephanie- Yeahhh
Mere- That's where you got it
Ali- orange or yellow
I wish I could call him
Mere says unfortunately we can't do that

PAF (:19)

cousin Sendy from Harlem NY, friend Shirley from Roosevelt NY, friend Gerard (Jerry) from Baldwin NY

Gerard (Jerry) PAF

PAF

Jerry says "I'm about 80% sure it is Green Revolution"
Stephanie says she was kinda leaning that way too

Spoiler

C. Green Revolution (:17)

Questions 4, expert 0. And another contestant who doesn't seem to pay attention to current events.

Mere says that last one was a perfect one for a mom
Her first son Justin they named for his grandfather
Then they had fun naming her second son, Maximus Alexander Millien, so it would be Max A. Millien

Why would anyone saddle a child with the name "Maximus"? Just call him Max.

$50K (Shakespeare):
A tattoo on the back of starlet Megan Fox that reads "We will all laugh at gilded butterflies" was inspired by what Shakespeare play?
A. Othello B. Romeo and Juliet
C. King Lear D. Hamlet

Spoiler

Wow, the one I thought was not on here, free guess right?
Othello's kinda dark. King Lear's kinda dark. Think I am gonna do the Double dip (:26)
First guess B was wrong
She then verbally goes back and forth between C and D and says her instinct was D. She guessed D and left with $25,000
C. King Lear (:16)

No idea, so time to use a lifeline. This seems like a wonderful time to use a Google PAF.

[etaoin22]

I lose on the Shakespeare question. Hamlet is the only one I know well enough to pick up line by line quotes. I would have guessed a relatively comic context, of avoiding that which one genuinely is not, but as it turns out, may well refer at least in part to the certain destruction a heavy layer of gold would mean to a tiny butterfly.

[MarleysGh0st]

Is Baldwin in WE® territory?

Yep. Long Island, about six or seven miles past JFK airport.

[Thousandaire]

I guessed King Lear or Hamlet, since it sounds like something a crazy lady might say, or something someone might say about a crazy lady, and those plays feature crazy ladies.

Iranian revolution - I knew it wasn't orange but I thought it was yellow. Green is the color of Islam so that makes sense.

Heloise question threw me too.

Ali Wentworth is married to George Stephanopoulos? My respect for George just went down a few notches.

[doitneatly]

If TPTB insist on keeping TDC, then the time limit for the first 5 questions now has got to go up to 20 seconds or more.

I agree that while the first five are not exactly stumpers (they're still fairly easy), they probably are hard enough now that an extra 5 seconds on the clock would be nice.

As Stephanie herself said, on the Heloise question, even if you didn't know it, "H" is the only answer than made sense of the four choices.

But try figuring that out with TDC ticking away.

Agreed. I found myself initially thinking along the lines of "H. Eloise Bowles". Under the gun, I might not have switched to "Heloise" quickly enough and thus I may have bought time just like Stephanie did. (her willingness to make an educated guess for $25k makes me pretty sure that the ATA was just a clock stopping move)

Definitely a much better player than her predecessor!


[edited to fix my grammer]

[ulysses5019]

Agreed. I found myself initially thinking along the lines of "H. Eloise Bowles". Under the gun, I might not have switched to "Heloise" quickly enough and thus I may have bought time just like Stephanie did. (her willingness to make an educated guess for $25k makes me pretty sure that the ATA was just a clock stopping move)

Definitely a much better player than her predecessor!


[edited to fix my grammer]

Kelsey needed fixing?

[Estonut]

Agreed. I found myself initially thinking along the lines of "H. Eloise Bowles". Under the gun, I might not have switched to "Heloise" quickly enough and thus I may have bought time just like Stephanie did. (her willingness to make an educated guess for $25k makes me pretty sure that the ATA was just a clock stopping move)

Definitely a much better player than her predecessor!


[edited to fix my grammer]

Kelsey needed fixing?

I'd say he doesn't...

[Bob Juch]

Is Baldwin in WE® territory?

Yep. Long Island, about six or seven miles past JFK airport.

And named after one of my cousins.

[Bob Juch]

OK, this is strange:

I'm reading The Lost Symbol and came across a real Washington, DC phone number, 202-329-5746. I Googled it to see whose number it is, and found a blog that mentions it that's named "We will laugh at gilded butterflies"!!!

Sep 14, 2009 ... I also admit to calling the phone number 202-329-5746 out of curiosity. Brown must have put that there for some reason right? and I ...

[NellyLunatic1980]

Stephanie Millien
Baldwin, NY

WE®

$25K: No clue on this one. Best lifeline here would be PAF.

$50K: I had to read both "Othello" and "Romeo and Juliet" in high school, and I'm pretty sure that quotation does not appear in either. I'll Double Dip on the other two.