Transcript 10/09/2009 - Jehan Shamsid-Deen

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Jehan Shamsid-Deen
Concord, NC

I had a good feeling about this contestant, so I grabbed a screenshot.

Question Topics:
Obituaries
The Medal of Honor
Classic Literature
Weights & Measures
What Is It?
The Internet
At the Bookstore
Same Name
Video Games
Words & Phrases
Drugs
The Oscars
On the Menu
Animals
Areas of Study


$500 - Areas of Study
By definition, which of the following would a "UFOlogist" be most interested in studying?
A: Flying saucers B: Human behavior
C: Postage stamps D: Larry King

Spoiler

A: Flying saucers (8)

$1000 - Animals
Long legs and large, symmetrical humps are two things judges look for at an annual Middle East "beauty pageant" for what animals?
A: Pigs B: Elephants
C: Sheep D: Camels

Spoiler

D: Camels (11)

$2000 - On the Menu
In 1943, a Chicago restaurant claims to have invented the "deep dish" version of what popular food?
A: Hamburger B: Pizza
C: Fried chicken D: Meatloaf

Spoiler

B: Pizza (12)

$3000 - The Oscars
In its credits, what Academy Award winner for Best Picture lists a dog named "Butkus Stallone"?
A: Rocky B: Rain Man
C: The Sound of Music D: Forrest Gump

With 9 seconds left, Jehan decides to Ask the Audience.

ATA results

ATA: A: 93% B: 4% C: 1% D: 3%

Jehan decides to answer

Spoiler

A: Rocky

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Spoiler

A: Rocky (7)

Jehan can be heard saying "...I wasn't going to take the chance..."


-- Commercial Break --

Jehan is playing for revenge, for "nerd vindication" - she was a nerd growing up, she admits.


$5,000 - Drugs
In 2009, and FDA advisory panel recommended a ban on Percocet and Vicodin, two best-selling prescription what?
A: Antibiotics B: Sleep aids
C: Painkillers D: Decongestants

Spoiler

C: Painkillers (9)

Jehan has earned the Ask The Expert lifeline. Today's expert is Rene Syler.

$7,500 - Words & Phrases
A think, flaky pastry used for desserts in its native cuisine, phyllo means "leaf" in what language?
A: French B: Greek
C: Italian D: Japanese

Spoiler

B: Greek (25)

$10,000 - Video Games
What football icon lends his name to one of the top-selling video game franchises of all time, with over seventy million copies sold?
A: John Madden B: Joe Montana
C: Joe Namath D: Vince Lombardi

Spoiler

A: John Madden (23)

Jehan has obviously known the past few questions with ease, and is smiling and chuckling. "I want to be a nerd!" says Meredith.
"You can join us anytime," is Jehan's response.

$12,500 - Same Name
A U.S. president and an actress from the TV series "The Golden Girls" share what surname?
A: Getty B: Van Buren
C: Arthur D: Harding

Spoiler

C: Arthur (22)

$15,000 - At the Bookstore
What reality TV star topped the bestseller lists in 2009 with "L.A. Candy," her young-adult novel about a girl on a reality show?
A: Kate Gosselin B: Brooke Hogan
C: Kim Kardashian D: Lauren Conrad

Spoiler

D: Lauren Conrad (23)

-- Commercial Break --

Jehan grew up in a rough neighborhood, worked hard and studied hard, and understands the value of education. As an adult she is the program officer for a nonprofit organization, and she also started a scholarship ("The Dream Scholarship") to help students at her old high school afford schoolbooks. With this money she wants to create more scholarships.

$25,000 - The Internet
YouTube sensation Tay Zonday is better known by which of these nicknames?
A: "Evolution of Dance" guy B: "Chocolate Rain" guy
C: "Numa Numa" guy D: "Leave Britney Alone!" guy

Jehan is chuckling even before Meredith starts reading the answers.

Spoiler

B: "Chocolate Rain" guy (20)

$50,000 - What is it?
What is a dugong?
A: Manatee-like sea mammal B: Cleaver-like Asian knife
C: Spear-like African weapon D: Kiwi-like tropical fruit

Jehan once again smiles and looks like she knows this even before seeing the choices.

Spoiler

A: Manatee-like sea mammal (32)

$100,000 - Weights & Measures
Hospital MRI machines are calibrated by their magnetic flux density, which is measured in units named for what scientist?
A: Paul Dirac B: Niels Bohr
C: Nikola Tesla D: Max Planck

With 28 seconds remaining, Jehan decides to Phone a Friend, her friend Edward.

PAF discussion

Jehan reads the question in 6 seconds, and then says "I think it's Nikola Tesla, but I'm not sure about Paul Dirac...so could you look up - excuse me, could you check Nikola Tesla or Paul Dirac" [there is audience laughter at her slip up, and she is also laughing a bit] Her friend asks for the spellings, and there is no time for any answer to be given before time runs out.

Jehan says "I'm gonna guess" and answers

Spoiler

C: Nikola Tesla

Spoiler

C: Nikola Tesla (18)

[Transcriptionist note: as the camera pulls away for the commercial break, Jehan dispenses with the girly "lean-forward handclasp" and gives Meredith a fist-bump instead. ]

-- Commercial Break --

Jehan would also like to use some of this money to start a Rock-Paper-Scissors tournament. She sees the game as a good means of replacing bullying with peaceful conflict resolution, a tournament would be a good way to give a little incentive for popularizing the game. Meredith: "Well no one's gonna bully you, baby!

$250,000 - Classic Literature
Which of these classic novels was written after the author's brother bet him he couldn't write a better-selling novel than "Treasure Island"?
A: The Black Corsair B: King Solomon's Mines
C: The Scarlet Pimpernel D: Journey to the Center of the Earth


With 36 seconds remaining, Jehan decides to Ask the Expert.

ATE discussion

Rene immediately professes to be nervous. After reading the question, Rene shakes her head ("nothing is popping out at me") and asks what Jehan thinks. Jehan says she is considering ]B or D. Rene says she has no idea and apologizes.

With 34 seconds remaining, Jehan decides to Double Dip.

DD results

Her first answer is D: Journey to the Center of the Earth. This is incorrect, and the clock resumes. After rereading the question aloud, Jehan's second answer is B: King Solomon's Mines.

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Spoiler

B: King Solomon's Mines (21)

HORN

Jehan will return tomorrow to go for $500,000.

Meredith points out that if Jehan stops now, she will be the highest winner of the season so far, and will occupy the #1 position in the ToT standings.

ToT standings:
Tournament of Ten Leader Board
1. Keilani Goggins $100K - 1:53
2. Jeff Birt $100K - 1:53
3. Matt Schultz $100K - 2:28
4. Tim Janus $100K - 2:44
5. Ralph Cambeis $50K - 1:13
6. Robin Schwartz $50K - 1:40
7. Alex Ortiz $50K - 2:19
8. Fred Roberts $50K - 2:27
9. Benny Shum $50K - 2:29
10. Alan Carver $25K - 0:30

Answers:
$500: A: Flying Saucers
$1K: D: Camels
$2K: B: Pizza
$3K: A: Rocky
$5K: C: Painkillers
$7.5K: B: Greek
$10K: A: John Madden
$12.5K: C: Arthur
$15K: D: Lauren Conrad
$25K: B: "Chocolate Rain" guy
$50K: A: Manatee-like sea mammal
$100K: C: Nikola Tesla
$250K: B: King Solomon's Mines

[doitneatly]

Jehan Shamsid-Deen

Answers:
$500: A: Flying Saucers
$1K: D: Camels
$2K: B: Pizza
$3K: A: Rocky
$5K: C: Painkillers
$7.5K: B: Greek
$10K: A: John Madden
$12.5K: C: Arthur
$15K: D: Lauren Conrad
$25K: B: "Chocolate Rain" guy
$50K: A: Manatee-like sea mammal
$100K: C: Nikola Tesla
$250K: B: King Solomon's Mines

I'm normally not one to take part in the armchair quarterbacking, but I thought she was a lot of fun to watch. It's a shame she had to "burn" two lifelines, and very impressive that she had the guts to follow her instincts so high in the stack.

I would've had to use at least the ATA for $15k, then I would've cruised along to $100k where my gPAF would probably be able to help me out. At $250k I would've definitely had to walk.

[heelsrule1988]

Heck YES! We get a rare treat with a deep run, and to make it even better... she's from NC! I thoroughly enjoyed watching this. Here's hoping that on Monday, we won't see an immediate bailout and an end to the fun.

[Jeemie]

ATA at $25K, PAF at $250K.

And all you who pooh-poohed the celebrity segment on the recent PT-BAM...the $15K was a gift from that segment if you were paying attention to it (Lauren Conrad was one of the celebrities).

[heelsrule1988]

That's exactly why I knew it, and is probably what made them ask that question.

[Snaxx]

This contestant proved that it is still possible to win a huge amount of money w/o the PAF or whoever the expert turns out to be.

[mellytu74]

I really enjoyed watching this contestant.

Ditto on Lauren Conrad.

[gsabc]

A walk at $100K for me with the DD on the table, assuming the ATE came through on the viral video thing. No clue at $250K, and unwilling to risk the $75K on a pure 50/50 shot. Probably would have gotten it wrong, too. Was looking at the pirates link to Treasure Island, and my likely choices were A and C. ATA was used on the reality show story.

I note that "Viral Video" has been the topic for the $1MM on some stacks. Yipes.

[NellyLunatic1980]

$25K: Well, we can certainly eliminate D because the "Leave Britney Alone!" guy is Merry Man Chris Crocker. ATA.

$50K: I can narrow it down to A and D. Double Dip.

$100,000 - Weights & Measures
Hospital MRI machines are calibrated by their magnetic flux density, which is measured in units named for what scientist?
A: Paul Dirac B: Niels Bohr
C: Nikola Tesla D: Max Planck

With 28 seconds remaining, Jehan decides to Phone a Friend, her friend Edward.

PAF discussion

Jehan reads the question in 6 seconds, and then says "I think it's Nikola Tesla, but I'm not sure about Paul Dirac...so could you look up - excuse me, could you check Nikola Tesla or Paul Dirac" [there is audience laughter at her slip up, and she is also laughing a bit]

I think this may have been the death knell for the PAF lifeline.

$250K: I've heard of this particular piece of trivia, but I couldn't remember what novel was written on the bet. I have no idea when any of the four novels were written with respect to "Treasure Island", so I couldn't eliminate any that were written before it. Seems like a perfect PAF question.

So this leaves me with the Expert lifeline on the $500,000 question for Monday. Here's hoping that this week's Expert will be somebody like Ken Jennings or Ogi Ogas. Somebody who may know a lot about the Medal of Honor.

Jehan will return tomorrow to go for $500,000.

Meredith points out that if Jehan stops now, she will be the highest winner of the season so far, and will occupy the #1 position in the ToT standings.

The bad news is that guillotine would be knocked down to #9.

[zachhoran1]

Cyberial cigar to Jehan for becoming the biggest money winner of the season so far, assuming she doesn't get a question wrong on today's episode(not seen in most of the country as of now). Well done my dear(lights Jehan's portofino)

[MarleysGh0st]

Jehan's appearance got two sentences at the bottom of this column about local news reporters.

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/413/story/993495.html

[earendel]

Jehan Shamsid-Deen
Concord, NC

I had a good feeling about this contestant, so I grabbed a screenshot.

Nice shot. Since I was off on Friday I was able to watch her, and I liked what I saw. She was a "nerd" and not ashamed to say so.

$3000 - The Oscars
In its credits, what Academy Award winner for Best Picture lists a dog named "Butkus Stallone"?
A: Rocky B: Rain Man
C: The Sound of Music D: Forrest Gump

With 9 seconds left, Jehan decides to Ask the Audience.

ATA results

ATA: A: 93% B: 4% C: 1% D: 3%

Jehan decides to answer

Spoiler

A: Rocky

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Spoiler

A: Rocky (7)

Jehan can be heard saying "...I wasn't going to take the chance..."

That's a shame - I guess she did make the connection with Sylvester Stallone.

Jehan is playing for revenge, for "nerd vindication" - she was a nerd growing up, she admits.

I have a hard time picturing her that way.

$15,000 - At the Bookstore
What reality TV star topped the bestseller lists in 2009 with "L.A. Candy," her young-adult novel about a girl on a reality show?
A: Kate Gosselin B: Brooke Hogan
C: Kim Kardashian D: Lauren Conrad

Spoiler

D: Lauren Conrad (23)

I have no idea. I hope the audience does. And who is Lauren Conrad, anyway?

Jehan grew up in a rough neighborhood, worked hard and studied hard, and understands the value of education. As an adult she is the program officer for a nonprofit organization, and she also started a scholarship ("The Dream Scholarship") to help students at her old high school afford schoolbooks. With this money she wants to create more scholarships.

Good for her. I'm really hoping she'll do well.

$25,000 - The Internet
YouTube sensation Tay Zonday is better known by which of these nicknames?
A: "Evolution of Dance" guy B: "Chocolate Rain" guy
C: "Numa Numa" guy D: "Leave Britney Alone!" guy

Jehan is chuckling even before Meredith starts reading the answers.

Spoiler

B: "Chocolate Rain" guy (20)

I don't get out on the Web much. I've never heard of Tay Zonday and the only one of the nicknames I've heard of is the "Leave Britney Alone" guy. It's time for another lifeline - let's use the (yes) Google PAF.

$100,000 - Weights & Measures
Hospital MRI machines are calibrated by their magnetic flux density, which is measured in units named for what scientist?
A: Paul Dirac B: Niels Bohr
C: Nikola Tesla D: Max Planck

With 28 seconds remaining, Jehan decides to Phone a Friend, her friend Edward.

PAF discussion

Jehan reads the question in 6 seconds, and then says "I think it's Nikola Tesla, but I'm not sure about Paul Dirac...so could you look up - excuse me, could you check Nikola Tesla or Paul Dirac" [there is audience laughter at her slip up, and she is also laughing a bit] Her friend asks for the spellings, and there is no time for any answer to be given before time runs out.

Jehan says "I'm gonna guess" and answers

Spoiler

C: Nikola Tesla

Spoiler

C: Nikola Tesla (18)

Maybe this is the "triggering event" for the disappearance of the PAF. I've got this one, though. So far Jehan and I are even on lifeline usage.

$250,000 - Classic Literature
Which of these classic novels was written after the author's brother bet him he couldn't write a better-selling novel than "Treasure Island"?
A: The Black Corsair B: King Solomon's Mines
C: The Scarlet Pimpernel D: Journey to the Center of the Earth

With 36 seconds remaining, Jehan decides to Ask the Expert.

ATE discussion

Rene immediately professes to be nervous. After reading the question, Rene shakes her head ("nothing is popping out at me") and asks what Jehan thinks. Jehan says she is considering ]B or D. Rene says she has no idea and apologizes.

With 34 seconds remaining, Jehan decides to Double Dip.

DD results

Her first answer is D: Journey to the Center of the Earth. This is incorrect, and the clock resumes. After rereading the question aloud, Jehan's second answer is B: King Solomon's Mines.

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Spoiler

B: King Solomon's Mines (21)

I have no idea, and I don't think DD will help, nor will ATE, but rather than just walk away, I'll go with the ATE and hope for the best. If I don't feel positive, it's time to walk away. I'm glad Jehan didn't, and even more glad that she got it right. I can hardly wait for Monday's show.

[ghostjmf]

3K: When the contestant couldn't figure out that Stallone's dog was in Stallone's movie, I didn't have much hope for her. Boy, was I wrong.

15K: No idea. I would if it was a free guess have guessed Kardashian, as the Kardashian family was all over the issue of Star or whatever someone left as a freebie for me. Media sluts all, apparently. ATA

25K: No idea on this one either. PAF, since the lifeline still exists. Contestant is acing every pop-cult Q except "Rocky".

100k: I was 99% sure it had to be Tesla because fluctuating magnetic fields were "his thing". That's a physics term. And I would have burned double dip anyway, because I am a wimp.

250K: No idea. Would ATE but unless they were 100% sure, & maybe not even then, go home.

The contestant's cool play style & savvy made this must-see TV, the 1st for BAM in a long time.

[Phil Ken Sebbin]

I am stunned by the number of people who don't know who Tay Zonday is so I am posting "Chocolate Rain" which has almost 50 million hits and probably as many parodies. The song is supposed to be serious about the difficulties of being a black American but it comes across looking pretty silly.

[NellyLunatic1980]

And who is Lauren Conrad, anyway?

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