Transcript 5/2/2014 - Michael Alcorn

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Michael Alcorn
Dallas, TX
"professional student"

Michael is very amped to be on the show. Cedric likes that attitude. Michael has been in school for 8 years and maybe something he learned will pay off.

Topic Tree (randomized):
Count On It
Abigail Adams
Ke$ha
Candid Camera
I've Had It
Cosmic Sighting
The Help
Soviets in Space
Fruit Crash
??????

Question #1 (??????):
A middle child who often felt "put in the shade," psychologist Alfred Adler popularized what concept?
A - placebo effect
B - conditioned reflex
C - inferiority complex
D - groupthink

Michael is an oldest child and figures that his siblings look up to him so they probably have

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an inferiority complex

. Cedric jokes that he got a call from Michael's younger brother, who said

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"not at all"

.

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Answer: C (inferiority complex)
Value: $15,000
Bank: $15,000

Question #2 (Fruit Crash):
In 2013, a cheeky Los Angeles Times headline read, "Big rig carrying fruit crashes on 210 Freeway, creates" what?
A - jelly
B - preserves
C - spread
D - jam

Michael can see the LA Times trying to be cheeky in this manner.

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Answer: D (jam)
Value: $7,000
Bank: $22,000

Question #3 (Soviets in Space):
Less than a year before Apollo 11 landed humans on the moon, the Soviet Zond 5 spaceship circled the moon carrying a pair of what animals?
A - tortoises
B - dogs
C - cats
D - snakes

Michael knows that

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dogs

were some of the first animals in space so that's his final answer.

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Answer: A (tortoises)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $1,000 (consolation prize)

MILLIONAIRE "QUESTION OF THE DAY":
Notorious B.I.G.'s classic "Big Poppa" is one of many hip-hop songs that ask you to do what with your hands?
A - place them in your lap
B - throw them in the air
C - stick them in your ears
D - shape them like a heart

Question of the Day answer

B (throw them in the air)

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Question #3 (Soviets in Space):
Less than a year before Apollo 11 landed humans on the moon, the Soviet Zond 5 spaceship circled the moon carrying a pair of what animals?
A - tortoises
B - dogs
C - cats
D - snakes

Michael knows that

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dogs

were some of the first animals in space so that's his final answer.

Spoiler

Answer: A (tortoises)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $1,000 (consolation prize)

I dunno. JTQ.

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Michael Alcorn
Dallas, TX
"professional student"

Michael is very amped to be on the show. Cedric likes that attitude. Michael has been in school for 8 years and maybe something he learned will pay off.

If not now, Michael, maybe in the future, when you have a real job.

Question #3 (Soviets in Space):
Less than a year before Apollo 11 landed humans on the moon, the Soviet Zond 5 spaceship circled the moon carrying a pair of what animals?
A - tortoises
B - dogs
C - cats
D - snakes

Michael knows that

Spoiler

dogs

were some of the first animals in space so that's his final answer.

Spoiler

Answer: A (tortoises)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $1,000 (consolation prize)

The Russians sent dogs into space early in their program, but I don't know if they were still doing it in 1968-1969. I'll JTQ.