Transcript 9/7/2012 - Courtney Bennis

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Courtney Bennis
Virginia Beach, VA
Graduate student

The last time Courtney was on TV she got a call from a famous New Yorker who wanted her to date his son. She was on Teen Jeopardy! and after her episode aired Donald Trump called. He flew her to New York and put her up in his hotel and told her he wanted her to be on "The Apprentice" and also date his youngest son. She wasn't old enough to be on the show and she didn't date the son either because at the time she thought she would be on the show and it would be a conflict of interest. It became "this whole big thing". Meredith says that if she had dated the son and fell in love and married him, she'd be a Mrs. Trump and she wouldn't need to be on Millionaire.

Topic Tree: (unrandomized)
10 - U.S. Symbols
9 - Rumbling Words
8 - Career Changes
7 - Population Predictions
6 - Rapping Roosevelt
5 - Weather Patterns
4 - Early Work
3 - Tiny Towns
2 - Unintended Impacts
1 - Computer Games

Topic Tree: (randomized)
1 - Computer Games
9 - Rumbling Words
7 - Population Predictions
3 - Tiny Towns
4 - Early Work
8 - Career Changes
6 - Rapping Roosevelt
5 - Weather Patterns
10 - U.S. Symbols
2 - Unintended Impacts

Question #1 (Unintended Impacts - Level 2)
Soon after its 1995 launch, what site's success became a little too apparent when when founder Gary Kremen's girlfriend left him for a man she met on it?
A - Craigslist
B - Linkedin
C - MySpace
D - Match.com

Courtney says she's heard that you should never meet up with someone you meet on

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Craigslist

. She believes the answer is

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D

.

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Answer: D (Match.com)
Value: $15,000
Bank: $15,000

Question #2 (U.S. Symbols - Level 10)
In 1885, what company designed the version of the Great Seal of the United States that is still used on the $1 bill?
A - Wells Fargo
B - Remington
C - DuPont
D - Tiffany & Co.

Courtney says she doesn't use much paper money any more so she doesn't get to look at it very often. She wants to say it's

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Tiffany

but she doesn't have any reason for saying that. She thinks that

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Wells Fargo

was around then but she's not sure about

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Remington

. She thinks she's probably going to have to jump the question.

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Answer: D (Tiffany & Co.)
Value: $25,000
Bank: $15,000 (no change)

Courtney says that when she guesses at home she's always right.

Question #3 (Weather Patterns - Level 5)
Often occuring at the very end of the year, El Nino is a weather event whose name is a reference to what historic figure?
A - Julius Caesar
B - Christopher Columbus
C - Jesus Christ
D - Marco Polo

Courtney speaks Spanish, sort of, and she knows that "el nino" means "little boy child". The only one that that could refer to is

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Jesus Christ

.

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Answer: C (Jesus Christ)
Value: $5,000
Bank: $20,000

Question #4 (Rapping Roosevelt - Level 6)
What all-star hip-hop group that counts DMX and Eve as its members shares its name, but not its spelling, with Teddy Roosevelt's volunteer cavalry?
A - Buffa-low Soldiers
B - Ruff Riders
C - Youngs Scoutz
D - The Fightin' Furst

Courtney knows this one, which makes her very happy.

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Answer: B (Ruff Riders)
Value: $3,000
Bank: $23,000

commercial break

Today is Courtney's first day of grad school. She told her professors that she would be on the show so she's not playing hooky. Her dream job is something in the television industry. She knows that Meredith does well on Millionaire but some day, if she should decide she doesn't want to do it any more. Meredith asks if her middle name is Eve. She can't fill Meredith's shoes because she doesn't wear the same size.

Question #5 (Career Changes - Level 8)
After his stint as "Jeopardy!" champion, IBM's Watson computer is being trained to work as a what?
A - baseball scout
B - air traffic controller
C - doctor's assistant
D - book editor

Since Courtney was on Teen Jeopardy! it would be embarrassing to get this wrong. She remembers watching the shows. But she decides to ask the audience.

ATA results

A - 8%
B - 31%
C - 34%
D - 27%

Courtney gives the audience a dirty look. She discards

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baseball scout and air traffic controller

but isn't positive so she decides to jump the question.

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Answer: C (doctor's assistant)
Value: $10,000
Bank: $23,000 (no change)

Question #6 (Early Work - Level 4)
Later changing the protagonist's name from Bella to Anastasia, the novel "Fifty Shades of Grey" began as fan fiction for what book series?
A - Twilight
B - The Hunger Games
C - The Chronicles of Narnia
D - The Lord of the Rings

Courtney loves fan fiction. She hasn't read

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Twilight

but she knows that's the answer.

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Answer: A (Twilight)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $25,000

Question #7 (Tiny Towns - Level 3)
What town in Wyoming got its name because it was about one week and three days travel between two Sioux camps?
A - Smoot
B - Three Forks
C - Farthing
D - Ten Sleep

Courtney says

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a week is seven days and you probably slept during that time, and adding three days

and she knows the answer.

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Answer: D (Ten Sleep)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $26,000

Question #8 (Population Predictions - Level 7)
A recent UN population study estimates what country will have 1.5 billion people in 2100, making it the world's most populated country?
A - Pakistan
B - Indonesia
C - Nigeria
D - India

Courtney says,

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"India already has a lot of people, probably around a billion."

She asks Meredith to spell out her options. She thinks that China is currently the most populous country.

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Answer: D (India)
Value: $100
Bank: $26,100

Question #9 (Rumbling Words - Level 9)
Which of the following is an accurate and fun way to describe a stomach rumble?
A - namble
B - pamble
C - damble
D - wamble

Courtney says this should be an easy question and she may be overthinking it or that she can't see the answer. As much as she doesn't want to have to do this she's going to walk away.

Spoiler

Answer: D (wamble)
Value: not revealed
Bank: $13,050 (half the bank)

commercial break

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Courtney Bennis
Virginia Beach, VA
Graduate student

The last time Courtney was on TV she got a call from a famous New Yorker who wanted her to date his son. She was on Teen Jeopardy! and after her episode aired Donald Trump called. He flew her to New York and put her up in his hotel and told her he wanted her to be on "The Apprentice" and also date his youngest son. She wasn't old enough to be on the show and she didn't date the son either because at the time she thought she would be on the show and it would be a conflict of interest. It became "this whole big thing". Meredith says that if she had dated the son and fell in love and married him, she'd be a Mrs. Trump and she wouldn't need to be on Millionaire.

According to the J! board she was on the 2004 teen tournament. And does anyone else think it a little creepy that Donald Trump was (a) watching the teen tournament and (b) trying to play matchmaker for his son? And doesn't he know about the age limit for his own show?

Question #2 (U.S. Symbols - Level 10)
In 1885, what company designed the version of the Great Seal of the United States that is still used on the $1 bill?
A - Wells Fargo
B - Remington
C - DuPont
D - Tiffany & Co.

Courtney says she doesn't use much paper money any more so she doesn't get to look at it very often. She wants to say it's

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Tiffany

but she doesn't have any reason for saying that. She thinks that

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Wells Fargo

was around then but she's not sure about

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Remington

. She thinks she's probably going to have to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: D (Tiffany & Co.)
Value: $25,000
Bank: $15,000 (no change)

I thought it might be DuPont since it's the odd one out of the four. But I'd JTQ.

Courtney says that when she guesses at home she's always right.

Yeah, because no one's keeping score.

Question #4 (Rapping Roosevelt - Level 6)
What all-star hip-hop group that counts DMX and Eve as its members shares its name, but not its spelling, with Teddy Roosevelt's volunteer cavalry?
A - Buffa-low Soldiers
B - Ruff Riders
C - Youngs Scoutz
D - The Fightin' Furst

Courtney knows this one, which makes her very happy.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Ruff Riders)
Value: $3,000
Bank: $23,000

Some of us knew this by approaching the question from the other end - namely what the name of the cavalry was.

Question #6 (Early Work - Level 4)
Later changing the protagonist's name from Bella to Anastasia, the novel "Fifty Shades of Grey" began as fan fiction for what book series?
A - Twilight
B - The Hunger Games
C - The Chronicles of Narnia
D - The Lord of the Rings

Courtney loves fan fiction. She hasn't read

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Twilight

but she knows that's the answer.

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Answer: A (Twilight)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $25,000

I'm embarrassed to say that I knew this one even without the "Bella" reference.

Question #9 (Rumbling Words - Level 9)
Which of the following is an accurate and fun way to describe a stomach rumble?
A - namble
B - pamble
C - damble
D - wamble

Courtney says this should be an easy question and she may be overthinking it or that she can't see the answer. As much as she doesn't want to have to do this she's going to walk away.

Spoiler

Answer: D (wamble)
Value: not revealed
Bank: $13,050 (half the bank)

Definitely a WWOQ. I'll JTQ. It's a shame Courtney couldn't get this one because the next question was the lowest question in the unrandomized stack and she might have made it to round 2.