Transcript 10/9/2015 - Mike Cole

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Mike Cole
Cheshire, CT

Mike is notoriously frugal but if he wins the million he's going to throw his financial spreadsheet to the winds. Mike is 6' 7" tall. He can help old ladies get things off grocery shelves but he has problems getting into cars, flying on airplanes and buying clothes. Mike likes to say he's "money conscious". If his wife comes in and says she has bad news he knows she's made a purchase she didn't run by him. His sister Pamela is his +1.

$500: Which of the following is NOT one of the three objects that athletes fight with in the Olympic sport of fencing?
A - foil
B - epee
C - saber
D - chain link fence

Spoiler

Answer: D (chain link fence)

Mike is a big sports fan.

$1000: In the early 20th century, new laws restricted the length of what ladies' accessory, which for suffragettes and other women sometimes doubled as weapons?
A - gloves
B - watches
C - hatpins
D - sunglasses

MIke says only one of them seems like it could double as a weapon.

Spoiler

Answer: C (hatpins)

$2000: Also called "emotional incontinence," Pseudobulbar affect is a disorder marked by sudden uncontrollable outbursts of what?
A - yawning or sneezing
B - crying or laughing
C - squatting or hopping
D - growing or shrinking

Mike can rule out two of the answers based on the word "emotional" in the question.

Spoiler

Answer: B (crying or laughing)

$3000: Derived from the abbreviation "U.P," "Yoopers" are folks from the upper peninsula region of what state?
A - Michigan
B - Virginia
C - Oregon
D - California

Mike loves geography.

Spoiler

Answer: A (Michigan)

$5000: On the iconic cover of his album "Born in the U.S.A.," what does Bruce Springsteen have tucked into the back pocket of his jeans?
A - his passport
B - a Bible
C - a U.S. map
D - a red baseball cap

Mike is a big fan of the Boss and can remember the cover vividly.

Spoiler

Answer: D (a red baseball cap)

commercial break

Mike was an average guy until he grew 7" in his senior year and 2" more in college. It wasn't painful for him but his parents had to buy him a lot of clothes.

$7000: "El Pais," the name of Spain's leading daily newspaper, translates to English as what?
A - The Country
B - The World
C - The News
D - The Truth

Spoiler

Answer: A (The Country)

Mike says he knew he shouldn't have taken French in high school. He didn't want to do it but he's going to use a lifeline, his +1.

+1 help

Pam says she knows exactly what it is. Absolute and final. If she's wrong Mike says this will put a damper on plans to spend Thanksgiving together

.

$10,000: In 1986, 27-year old Ron Reagan became the only child of a sitting U.S. president to do what?
A - attend an Ivy League university
B - host Saturday Night Live
C - win a Grammy
D - become a U.S. ambassador

Mike says he's going to have to do some thinking. He's sure that many children of presidents

Spoiler

attended Ivy League universities, and 27 is a bit young to become an ambassador. He doesn't think Ron was a singer

. He decides to use his 50:50 and save the audience for later.

50:50 results

The 50:50 leaves B and C.

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Mike decides that he has $5000 and that's good. He asks the audience.

Spoiler

Ask the Audience results:
A - 0%
B - 67%
C - 33%
D - 0%

Mike is sure there are some New Yorkers in the crowd. He trusts the audience.

Spoiler

Answer: B (host Saturday Night Live)

commercial break

$20,000: Having appeared in the 2000 film "Love and Basketball," actress Gabrielle Union later married what NBA player?
A - Dwayne Wade
B - Kevin Durant
C - Kobe Bryant
D - Lebron James

Mike says that this is his wheelhouse.

Spoiler

Answer: A (Dwayne Wade)

$30,000: Who is Almu'tasimu Billahi Muhibbuddin Tuanku Alhaj Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Badlishah?
A - a best-selling British novelist
B - the king of Malaysia
C - the world's richest man
D - the CEO of Emirates Airlines
Mike thinks it's a Middle Eastern name and that makes him think

Spoiler

the world's richest man or the CEO of the airline

. He makes

Spoiler

D

his final answer.

Spoiler

Answer: B (the king of Malaysia)

commercial break


MILLIONAIRE "QUESTION OF THE DAY": According to the Mayo Clinic, you can estimate how tall your son will be by doubling his height at what age?
A - two
B - five
C - eight
D - eleven

Spoiler

Answer: A (two)

[jarnon]

$7000: "El Pais," the name of Spain's leading daily newspaper, translates to English as what?
A - The Country
B - The World
C - The News
D - The Truth

Spoiler

Answer: A (The Country)

Mike says he knew he shouldn't have taken French in high school. He didn't want to do it but he's going to use a lifeline, his +1.

+1 help

Pam says she knows exactly what it is. Absolute and final. If she's wrong Mike says this will put a damper on plans to spend Thanksgiving together.

Actually, the French words for "country" and "world" are very similar to the Spanish ones.

$10,000: In 1986, 27-year old Ron Reagan became the only child of a sitting U.S. president to do what?
A - attend an Ivy League university
B - host Saturday Night Live
C - win a Grammy
D - become a U.S. ambassador

Mike says he's going to have to do some thinking. He's sure that many children of presidents

Spoiler

attended Ivy League universities, and 27 is a bit young to become an ambassador. He doesn't think Ron was a singer

. He decides to use his 50:50 and save the audience for later.

50:50 results

The 50:50 leaves B and C.

.
Mike decides that he has $5000 and that's good. He asks the audience.

Spoiler

Ask the Audience results:
A - 0%
B - 67%
C - 33%
D - 0%

Mike is sure there are some New Yorkers in the crowd. He trusts the audience.

Spoiler

Answer: B (host Saturday Night Live)

Ron Reagan's SNL skit based on Back to the Future was a classic. The skit based on Risky Business, not so much.

$30,000: Who is Almu'tasimu Billahi Muhibbuddin Tuanku Alhaj Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Badlishah?
A - a best-selling British novelist
B - the king of Malaysia
C - the world's richest man
D - the CEO of Emirates Airlines
Mike thinks it's a Middle Eastern name and that makes him think

Spoiler

the world's richest man or the CEO of the airline

. He makes

Spoiler

D

his final answer.

Spoiler

Answer: B (the king of Malaysia)

I knew Malaysia has Sultans of individual states. I wasn't aware that the Sultans choose one of them to be the head of state of the whole country for a 5-year term.

[K.P.]

$20,000: Having appeared in the 2000 film "Love and Basketball," actress Gabrielle Union later married what NBA player?
A - Dwayne Wade
B - Kevin Durant
C - Kobe Bryant
D - Lebron James

Eagle eyed viewers will note that the question writers misspelled Dwyane Wade's first name here.

[SportsFan68]

$2000: Also called "emotional incontinence," Pseudobulbar affect is a disorder marked by sudden uncontrollable outbursts of what?
A - yawning or sneezing
B - crying or laughing
C - squatting or hopping
D - growing or shrinking

Mike can rule out two of the answers based on the word "emotional" in the question.

Spoiler

Answer: B (crying or laughing)

There have been lots of PSAs about this on our local station.

$7000: "El Pais," the name of Spain's leading daily newspaper, translates to English as what?
A - The Country
B - The World
C - The News
D - The Truth

Spoiler

Answer: A (The Country)

I should know this but don't. ATA.

$10,000: In 1986, 27-year old Ron Reagan became the only child of a sitting U.S. president to do what?
A - attend an Ivy League university
B - host Saturday Night Live
C - win a Grammy
D - become a U.S. ambassador

Mike says he's going to have to do some thinking. He's sure that many children of presidents

Spoiler

attended Ivy League universities, and 27 is a bit young to become an ambassador. He doesn't think Ron was a singer

. He decides to use his 50:50 and save the audience for later.

50:50 results

The 50:50 leaves B and C.

.
Mike decides that he has $5000 and that's good. He asks the audience.

Spoiler

Ask the Audience results:
A - 0%
B - 67%
C - 33%
D - 0%

Mike is sure there are some New Yorkers in the crowd. He trusts the audience.

Spoiler

Answer: B (host Saturday Night Live)

I'll do the same -- that is, use both lifelines remaining.

$20,000: Having appeared in the 2000 film "Love and Basketball," actress Gabrielle Union later married what NBA player?
A - Dwayne Wade
B - Kevin Durant
C - Kobe Bryant
D - Lebron James

Mike says that this is his wheelhouse.

Spoiler

Answer: A (Dwayne Wade)

Sayonara.

[earendel]

Mike Cole
Cheshire, CT

Mike is notoriously frugal but if he wins the million he's going to throw his financial spreadsheet to the winds. Mike is 6' 7" tall. He can help old ladies get things off grocery shelves but he has problems getting into cars, flying on airplanes and buying clothes. Mike likes to say he's "money conscious". If his wife comes in and says she has bad news he knows she's made a purchase she didn't run by him. His sister Pamela is his +1.

$5000: On the iconic cover of his album "Born in the U.S.A.," what does Bruce Springsteen have tucked into the back pocket of his jeans?
A - his passport
B - a Bible
C - a U.S. map
D - a red baseball cap

Mike is a big fan of the Boss and can remember the cover vividly.

Spoiler

Answer: D (a red baseball cap)

I'd have to ATA on this one.

$20,000: Having appeared in the 2000 film "Love and Basketball," actress Gabrielle Union later married what NBA player?
A - Dwayne Wade
B - Kevin Durant
C - Kobe Bryant
D - Lebron James

Mike says that this is his wheelhouse.

Spoiler

Answer: A (Dwayne Wade)

50:50 and hope.

$30,000: Who is Almu'tasimu Billahi Muhibbuddin Tuanku Alhaj Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Badlishah?
A - a best-selling British novelist
B - the king of Malaysia
C - the world's richest man
D - the CEO of Emirates Airlines
Mike thinks it's a Middle Eastern name and that makes him think

Spoiler

the world's richest man or the CEO of the airline

. He makes

Spoiler

D

his final answer.

Spoiler

Answer: B (the king of Malaysia)

I figured it was either B or D but since all I have left is my +1, I'll use it here.

[ghostjmf]

5K: I read or heard recently that cap in that pocket was some kind of signal of choice between gay men at the time. Assume Bruce did not know this. May have seen the look & was copying it, though.


7K: ATA

20K: Pretty sure its not C or D, since D has gotten mucho press after going back to Cleveland & this would have been covered, & C should be in jail for offenses never tried but at any rate his marriage would have made big press. ATA

30K: Pretty sure is not richest man; I have read this somewhere. Also pretty sure is not novelist. +1