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David Goldman
New York, NY
Retired middle school teacher

David taught middle school in the Bronx for 37 years, his wife Marilyn is in the audience and she is about to retire.



Topic Tree:

Coining a Phrase
Quite Inventive
Social Security
The Doctor's Office
In the Kitchen
School's In
Kid Lit
Double Billing
Heartthrobs
The Horror!
Please Don't Touch
Prize Winners
Kissing Ditties
Now Hear This!
Starbucks


$100 (Starbucks):
In 2008, Starbucks stores nationwide closed their doors for three hours to re-educate workers on how to do what?
A. Make espresso B. Grill hamburgers
C. Bake pretzels D. Speed up the line!

Spoiler

A. Make espresso (:06)

$200 (Now Hear This!):
"Please return your seat backs and tray tables to their upright and locked positions" is a request typically heard where?
A. In a movie theater B. At the beach
C. In a restaurant D. On an airplane

Spoiler

D. On an airplane (:09)

$300 (Kissing Ditties):
What type of plant is mentioned in the second line of the holiday ditty "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"?
A. Mistletoe B. Poppy
C. Bramble D. Shamrock

Spoiler

A. Mistletoe (:07)

$500 (Prize Winners):
Since 1912, what snack food has advertised "A Prize in Every Box"?
A. Twinkies B. Cracker Jacks
C. MoonPies D. M&Ms

Spoiler

B. Cracker Jacks (:10)

$1000 (Please Don't Touch):
A toxic resin called urushiol is responsible for the characteristic rashes and itchiness caused by which of these plants?
A. Clover B. Dandelions
C. Crab grass D. Poison Ivy

Spoiler

D. Poison Ivy [:08]

$2000 (The Horror!):
Which of these 2008 movies is a horror film?
A. College B. Mirrors
C. Hancock D. Traitor

ATA at :22

ATA

A-4% B-85% C-9% D-2%

Spoiler

B. Mirrors (:20)

$4000 (Heartthrobs):
A perennial heartthrob, what pop star was recently quoted as saying, "I don't want to be Mr. Sexy Back forever"?
A. Usher B. John Mayer
C. Justin Timberlake D. Kanye West

Expert called at :19

ATE

Mere: Hey Joel know much about music?
Joel: Yeah, I feel good about this one
Mere: David's going for $4000 I'm gonna feed you the question now
Joel: Ok, I have some ideas. David are you leaning towards something?
David: No, Not particularly
Joel: I think J.T. is the guy who broght sexy back, so I.. I'm often wrong when I think I'm right but I feel pretty good about C
David: C, Justin Timberlake?
Joel: Yeah I think he had a song called, uh, where he talks about bringing sexy back
David: OK thank you
Mere: Alright thank you Joel (to David) Joel thinks it's Justin Timberlake, 19 seconds on the clock, let's start it again now

Spoiler

C. Justin Timberlake (:14)

Commercial Break

Mere says David is also the man who brought sexy back to Millionaire

$8000 (Double Billing):
What U.S. president graces the front of the rarely seen two-dollar bill?
A. John Adams B. Thomas Jefferson
C. James Madison D. James Monroe

Spoiler

B. Thomas Jefferson (:19)

$16K (Kid Lit):
Which of these classic kids' books has a title character of the species Mus Musculus?
A. Olivia B. Babar
C. Horton Hears a Who D. Stuart Little

PAF at :22

Choices shown briefly
Steve - Boynton Beach, FL
Michael - North Merrick, NY
Lloyd - New York, NY

choice nephew Michael

PAF

Michael asks to read it again and says "David I can't guess on this one, Dave, I don't have it for you buddy"

Spoiler

D. Stuart Little (David walks at :09 and says I have no idea at all I wouldn't know where to begin)

David walks with $8000

No carryover

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:David Goldman
New York, NY
Retired middle school teacher

A WE®, but a retired teacher.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Coining a Phrase
Quite Inventive
Social Security
The Doctor's Office
In the Kitchen
School's In
Kid Lit
Double Billing
Heartthrobs
The Horror!
Please Don't Touch
Prize Winners
Kissing Ditties
Now Hear This!
Starbucks

Another great stack.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$16K (Kid Lit):
Which of these classic kids' books has a title character of the species Mus Musculus?
A. Olivia B. Babar
C. Horton Hears a Who D. Stuart Little

It should be pretty easy to eliminate two of these answers. Since both Babar and Horton are elephants, one can't be correct without the other being correct. So they both have to be wrong. I knew this one immediately because a past $250,000 PTBAM question asked what animal's name in Latin is the derivation of the word "muscle".

Nihil obstat®

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:
$16K (Kid Lit):
Which of these classic kids' books has a title character of the species Mus Musculus?
A. Olivia B. Babar
C. Horton Hears a Who D. Stuart Little

PAF at :22

Choices shown briefly
Steve - Boynton Beach, FL
Michael - North Merrick, NY
Lloyd - New York, NY

choice nephew Michael

PAF

Michael asks to read it again and says "David I can't guess on this one, Dave, I don't have it for you buddy"

Spoiler

D. Stuart Little (David walks at :09 and says I have no idea at all I wouldn't know where to begin)

David walks with $8000

No carryover

My first thought, before the choices were revealed, was to confuse Mus musculus with Musca domestica. After not recognizing any house flies among the choices, it took a couple more seconds to remember this was a mouse, instead.

It surprised me that he didn't asked his PaF what Mus Musculus is.

That's what I woulda done if I didn't know.

peacock2121 wrote:It surprised me that he didn't asked his PaF what Mus Musculus is.

That's what I woulda done if I didn't know.

That's the key part of the question, along with knowing what each of those characters are. The damned clock doesn't leave the contestant the leisure to reformulate the question as they once could, though.

Boy, he caught a terrible stack. From the transcript description, I would guess he was around 60-ish at least. He gets two recent pop culture questions and a kiddie lit question. My sympathies for him, especially since his retirement account probably got hammered last year.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:David Goldman
New York, NY
Retired middle school teacher

He's a WE® of course, but he's a teacher (or rather was one) so I root for him.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$100 (Starbucks):
In 2008, Starbucks stores nationwide closed their doors for three hours to re-educate workers on how to do what?
A. Make espresso B. Grill hamburgers
C. Bake pretzels D. Speed up the line!

Spoiler

A. Make espresso (:06)

OK, although this is an obvious easy question, I wonder why this was necessary. Don't the Starbucks baristas get that training early, so why would they have to shut down nationwide for three hours?

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$4000 (Heartthrobs):
A perennial heartthrob, what pop star was recently quoted as saying, "I don't want to be Mr. Sexy Back forever"?
A. Usher B. John Mayer
C. Justin Timberlake D. Kanye West

Expert called at :19

ATE

Mere: Hey Joel know much about music?
Joel: Yeah, I feel good about this one
Mere: David's going for $4000 I'm gonna feed you the question now
Joel: Ok, I have some ideas. David are you leaning towards something?
David: No, Not particularly
Joel: I think J.T. is the guy who broght sexy back, so I.. I'm often wrong when I think I'm right but I feel pretty good about C
David: C, Justin Timberlake?
Joel: Yeah I think he had a song called, uh, where he talks about bringing sexy back
David: OK thank you
Mere: Alright thank you Joel (to David) Joel thinks it's Justin Timberlake, 19 seconds on the clock, let's start it again now

Spoiler

C. Justin Timberlake (:14)

Finally the expert comes through!

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$16K (Kid Lit):
Which of these classic kids' books has a title character of the species Mus Musculus?
A. Olivia B. Babar
C. Horton Hears a Who D. Stuart Little

PAF at :22

Choices shown briefly
Steve - Boynton Beach, FL
Michael - North Merrick, NY
Lloyd - New York, NY

choice nephew Michael

PAF

Michael asks to read it again and says "David I can't guess on this one, Dave, I don't have it for you buddy"

Spoiler

D. Stuart Little (David walks at :09 and says I have no idea at all I wouldn't know where to begin)

It's a shame David didn't know that both Horton and Babar were elephants. Since they both can't be the right answer, then he could have used the Double Dip and chosen the other two as his answers and gone further in the game.

NellyLunatic1980 wrote: It should be pretty easy to eliminate two of these answers. Since both Babar and Horton are elephants, one can't be correct without the other being correct. So they both have to be wrong. I knew this one immediately because a past $250,000 PTBAM question asked what animal's name in Latin is the derivation of the word "muscle".

Nihil obstat®

Maybe he thought a Who could be a Mus Musculus.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$16K (Kid Lit):
Which of these classic kids' books has a title character of the species Mus Musculus?
A. Olivia B. Babar
C. Horton Hears a Who D. Stuart Little

NellyLunatic1980 wrote:It should be pretty easy to eliminate two of these answers. Since both Babar and Horton are elephants, one can't be correct without the other being correct. So they both have to be wrong.

earendel wrote:It's a shame David didn't know that both Horton and Babar were elephants. Since they both can't be the right answer, then he could have used the Double Dip and chosen the other two as his answers and gone further in the game.

Wrong. The question was about species. If one happened to be an Asian elephant while the other were African, then they'd be of 2 different species, one of which could well have been the correct answer.

gsabc wrote:Boy, he caught a terrible stack. From the transcript description, I would guess he was around 60-ish at least. He gets two recent pop culture questions and a kiddie lit question. My sympathies for him, especially since his retirement account probably got hammered last year.

Nasty indeed. I had the same difficulty as I have never heard of the movie even though I try to stay semi current, care nothing for current pop music (kinda knew it but wasn't really sure so probably have to burn a lifeline) and typically do poorly with the kiddie lit Q's.