Transcript 03/01/2013 Gwen Hilonowitz

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Gwen Hilonowitz
Brooklyn, NY

Gwen has sat in the audience 50 times hoping to get on the show. At her last audition she tried a new tactic; she hypnotized the producer (Liz). Gwen holds out a beaded object she calls a "lucky charm". She says that she waved this in front of her interviewer, asked Liz to watch it very carefully, be relaxed and repeat after Gwen, "You want me on the show. You want me on the show." Meredith feigns being hypnotized and repeats the phrase. If she gets to a tough spot she might try hypnotizing Meredith. "Is it legal?" Gwen asks. "Probably not," Meredith replies.

Topic Tree: (randomized)
Hue S.A.
Blessed Bites
Cover Art
Categorizing Celebs
Common Tropes
Pay Up
Game Time
North of the Border
Striking Oil
Doll Face

Question #1 (Doll Face)
Featuring Maleficent and Mother Gothel in the set, Disney introduced a designer doll collection by what name in 2012?
A - Heroines
B - Villains
C - Pets
D - Sidekicks

Gwen says that

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"Maleficent" sounds like something very evil

.

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Answer: B (Villains)
Value: $10,000
Bank: $10,000

Question #2 (Striking Oil)
Researchers believe that oil drilling dates as far back as the 3rd century when bamboo piping was used to extract gas from the ground in what country?
A - Turkey
B - Finland
C - China
D - France

Gwen knows that

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bamboo has something to do with pandas and pandas come from China

.

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Answer: C (China)
Value: $25,000
Bank: $35,000

Question #3 (North of the Border)
A bloodless conflict over the Canadian border in Maine, the Aroostook War in the 1830s was also referred to as what?
A - Pork and Beans War
B - Meat and Potatoes War
C - Peas and Carrots War
D - Oil and Water War

Gwen says "you'd think I would know this since I minored in history in college." She doesn't and decides to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: A (Pork and Beans War)
Value: $500
Bank: $35,000 (unchanged)

Question #4 (Game Time)
Causing controversy in the 1970s, the game show "Three's a Crowd" tested to see who knew a male contestant better, his wife or his what?
A - doctor
B - boss
C - priest
D - secretary

Gwen says that most men

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have women for secretaries

.

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Answer: D (secretary)
Value: $7,000
Bank: $42,000

Question #5 (Pay Up)
Coca-Cola reportedly once considered using vending machines that automatically raised prices when what was detected?
A - personal wealth
B - hot weather
C - spicy food
D - extreme drought

Gwen says that if she were at home she'd guess, but that's not real money so it doesn't matter. Meredith asks if she's leaning toward an answer and Gwen says she is, but doesn't want to say it because if she decides to ask the audience it might influence them. Gwen's had some experience watching from the audience. She liked being asked when she was in the audience so she's going to ask now.

ATA results

A - 3%
B - 2%
C - 90%
D - 5%

That's not what Gwen was thinking (she was leaning toward

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spicy food

). The audience response is a pretty high number. Meredith says that if Gwen had been in the audience

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she'd have been in the 2%

. Gwen agrees, but then says, "unless I said eeney, meeney, miney, moe, which I tell people not to do." She goes with the audience.

Spoiler

Answer: B (hot weather)
Value: $3,000
Bank: $45,000

commercial break

After sitting in the audience so many times Gwen has learned that she and Meredith have something in common. She doesn't know if it's true but she's heard that Meredith likes to drink (Gwen mimics lifting a glass to her lips). She thought the glasses might contain something other than water. "Like gin?" Meredith asks. "No, that would never be," Meredith adds, giving a sly wink to the camera. Meredith does say that she likes an alcoholic beverage now and then and offers to bring out a "bottle of bubbly" if Gwen wins the million.

Question #6 (Common Tropes)
Because the book's victim is slain by his servant, for which of the following novels is it most appropriate to say "The butler did it"?
A - The Brothers Karamazov
B - Madame Bovary
C - A Farewell to Arms
D - The Age of Innocence

Gwen really doesn't know. She hasn't read any of the books, although she probably will have to do so now. She uses her final lifeline and jumps the question.

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Answer: A (The Brothers Karamazov)
Value: $100
Bank: $45,000

Question #7 (Categorizing Celebs)
Which of these celebrity names is an example of a monomym?
A - Shakira
B - Tina Fey
C - Neil Patrick Harris
D - James Van Der Beek

Gwen is pretty sure that

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"mono" has something to do with "one"

.

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Answer: A (Shakira)
Value: $5,000
Bank: $50,000

commercial break

Gwen's sister Carol is in the relationship seat.

Question #8 (Cover Art)
Wince 2003, some posters of The Beatles' "Abbey Road" album cover printed in the U.S. have had what detail airbrushed out?
A - British flag
B - license plate
C - cigarette
D - male onlooker

Gwen isn't really sure. She loves The Beatles but she doesn't think she doesn't have that album. She knows that it features the four walking across a street. She wants to say

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"cigarette"

but she's not sure. Meredith asks if Gwen had made any plans after being in the audience 50 times. "To make some money, and to meet you," Gwen answers. She knows that there are people waiting to play, but Meredith says not to worry about them, this is her time. Gwen says that her problem is that sometimes she thinks too much about other people. If this were home she'd just say it, but she's going to walk.

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Answer: C (cigarette)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $25,000 (half her bank)

THE END OF GAME "NOISE"


Millionaire question of the day:
While it seems like everyone these days acts like a prima donna, the phrase originally referred to what type of performer?
A - acrobat
B - opera singer
C - ballerina
D - violinist
Answer:

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B (opera singer)

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Question #1 (Doll Face)
Featuring Maleficent and Mother Gothel in the set, Disney introduced a designer doll collection by what name in 2012?
A - Heroines
B - Villains
C - Pets
D - Sidekicks

Gwen says that

Spoiler

"Maleficent" sounds like something very evil

.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Villains)
Value: $10,000
Bank: $10,000

Disney did a special a while back about the women villains. They started out with Mad Madame Mim and worked their way up to Maleficent. I'm not familiar with Mother Gothel, except I google imaged her, and I think she looks like Megara in Hercules. Personally, I think the Wicked Stepmother in Cinderella is the worst of all.

Question #6 (Common Tropes)
Because the book's victim is slain by his servant, for which of the following novels is it most appropriate to say "The butler did it"?
A - The Brothers Karamazov
B - Madame Bovary
C - A Farewell to Arms
D - The Age of Innocence

Gwen really doesn't know. She hasn't read any of the books, although she probably will have to do so now. She uses her final lifeline and jumps the question.

Spoiler

Answer: A (The Brothers Karamazov)
Value: $100
Bank: $45,000

I should read this one of these years. JTQ

[earendel]

Gwen Hilonowitz
Brooklyn, NY

Gwen has sat in the audience 50 times hoping to get on the show. At her last audition she tried a new tactic; she hypnotized the producer (Liz). Gwen holds out a beaded object she calls a "lucky charm". She says that she waved this in front of her interviewer, asked Liz to watch it very carefully, be relaxed and repeat after Gwen, "You want me on the show. You want me on the show." Meredith feigns being hypnotized and repeats the phrase. If she gets to a tough spot she might try hypnotizing Meredith. "Is it legal?" Gwen asks. "Probably not," Meredith replies.

Cute story however contrived it might have been.

Question #3 (North of the Border)
A bloodless conflict over the Canadian border in Maine, the Aroostook War in the 1830s was also referred to as what?
A - Pork and Beans War
B - Meat and Potatoes War
C - Peas and Carrots War
D - Oil and Water War

Gwen says "you'd think I would know this since I minored in history in college." She doesn't and decides to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: A (Pork and Beans War)
Value: $500
Bank: $35,000 (unchanged)

I'll JTQ. I looked but couldn't find why it was called that (my Google-fu is weak, however).

Question #6 (Common Tropes)
Because the book's victim is slain by his servant, for which of the following novels is it most appropriate to say "The butler did it"?
A - The Brothers Karamazov
B - Madame Bovary
C - A Farewell to Arms
D - The Age of Innocence

Gwen really doesn't know. She hasn't read any of the books, although she probably will have to do so now. She uses her final lifeline and jumps the question.

Spoiler

Answer: A (The Brothers Karamazov)
Value: $100
Bank: $45,000

I'd have to JTQ also. Of the four the only one I've read completely is Madame Bovary.

Question #8 (Cover Art)
Since 2003, some posters of The Beatles' "Abbey Road" album cover printed in the U.S. have had what detail airbrushed out?
A - British flag
B - license plate
C - cigarette
D - male onlooker

Gwen isn't really sure. She loves The Beatles but she doesn't think she doesn't have that album. She knows that it features the four walking across a street. She wants to say

Spoiler

"cigarette"

but she's not sure. Meredith asks if Gwen had made any plans after being in the audience 50 times. "To make some money, and to meet you," Gwen answers. She knows that there are people waiting to play, but Meredith says not to worry about them, this is her time. Gwen says that her problem is that sometimes she thinks too much about other people. If this were home she'd just say it, but she's going to walk.

Spoiler

Answer: C (cigarette)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $25,000 (half her bank)

It makes sense given the political correctness of the U.S. But it could have been the license tag on the VW Beetle that's on the cover also.

All in all I thought Gwen was a delight to watch. I'm guessing the reason it took her 50 visits to get on the show was not her personality. She probably had difficulty passing the test.

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Question #3 (North of the Border)
A bloodless conflict over the Canadian border in Maine, the Aroostook War in the 1830s was also referred to as what?
A - Pork and Beans War
B - Meat and Potatoes War
C - Peas and Carrots War
D - Oil and Water War

Gwen says "you'd think I would know this since I minored in history in college." She doesn't and decides to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: A (Pork and Beans War)
Value: $500
Bank: $35,000 (unchanged)

I'll JTQ. I looked but couldn't find why it was called that (my Google-fu is weak, however).

It's my understanding that since most of the dispute took place in the lumbering community, and lumberjacks subsisted mainly on....you guessed it... This isn't something I would've recalled off the top of my head but when I saw it I remembered reading it.

If you know that Aroostook County is famous for growing potatoes, B is a wicked distractor.