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Jacqui Gillis
Chicago, IL
19-year-old student at Bemidji State University, MN

Jacqui was a student at Purdue last year, but it cost her $25,000 in loans. When she tried to get the loans for this year, she didn't qualify, so she switched out to Minnesota, where it's a lot cheaper. This money would help her get rid of those other loans and get back to Purdue.

Jacqui's parents, Ron and Sharon, are in the audience

Question Topics:
* Thomas Edison
* The First Time
* Burn After Reading
* Measuring Up
* Central America
* Financial Gurus
* Got Milk?
* Where Am I?
* Simply Marvelous
* Your Teens
* Members Only
* Afternoon Tea
* The Horror!
* Kid Lit
* Sounds Delicious


$100 * Sounds Delicious
"Good Eats" and "Ace of Cakes" are both shows on what cable TV network?

A: History Channel B: Food Network
C: Animal Planet D: I'll Diet Tomorrow TV

Answer

B: Food Network ( 6 )

$200 * Kid Lit
Which of these children's book characters is often depicted wearing a tutu?

A: Angelina Ballerina B: Harriet the Spy
C: Encyclopedia Brown D: Curious George

Answer

A: Angelina Ballerina ( 5 )

$300 * The Horror!
"What evil drives" was part of a tagline for what aptly named '70s horror film?

A: Frogs B: The Car
C: Alien D: Moon of the Wolf

Answer

B: The Car ( 7 )

$500 * Afternoon Tea
A tea cozy is commonly made out of what material?

A: Glass B: Wood
C: Cloth D: Metal

With 5 seconds left, Jacqui decides to Ask The Audience.

ATA: A: 4% B: 6% C: 83% D: 7%

Answer

C: Cloth ( 4 )

$1,000 * Members Only
Which of the following is the name for a chain of membership-only warehouse stores?

A: Terry's Club B: Brian's Club
C: Rick's Club D: Sam's Club

Answer

D: Sam's Club ( 8 )

$2,000 * Your Teens
How many numbers between ten and twenty have names that end with the suffix "-teen"?

A: 3 B: 5
C: 7 D: 9

Jacqui counts them on her fingers, twice.

Answer

C: 7 ( 14 )

$4,000 * Simply Marvelous
Perhaps feeling underappreciated by the media, what athlete legally added the word "Marvelous" to his name in 1982?

A: Marvin Hagler B: Mario Lemieux
C: Merlin Olsen D: Michael Jordan

With 17 seconds left, Jacqui decides to Phone A Friend.
Jacqui's PAF team are Diane, Chicago, IL; Bruno, Lockport, IL; and Jillian, Chicago, IL.
Jacqui calls her aunt, Diane.

Diane: He added "Marvelous" to his name in 1982?

Jacqui: Yes. Marvin Hagler, Mario Lemieux, Merlin Olsen or Michael Jordan?

Diane: You had Hagler, Olsen--

Jacqui: Hagler, Olsen, Lemieux or Jordan. Eight seconds!

Diane: Eight seconds.

Jacqui: He added "Marvelous" to his name.

Diane: Marvelous? Hagler! I know it. It's Hagler.

That's not what Jacqui thought it was, but she answers Marvin Hagler.

Meredith: Ohhhh! What did you think it was?

Jacqui: Merlin Olsen.

Answer

A: Marvin Hagler ( 10 )

-- Commercial Break --

Getting on Millionaire is dream come true for Jacqui. Jacqui says she's a trivia geek, which is a little embarrassing, because she retains the randomest, stupidest stuff that you'd never need to know.

Meredith: Well, that all right. That makes you the perfect contestant for Millionaire!

Jacqui's dad, Ron, says his wife, Shannon, has the brains, but he's still the geek.

$8,000 * Where Am I?
The state whose name comes first alphabetically is located where in the U.S.?

A: Northeast B: Deep South
C: Midwest D: Pacific Northwest

Answer

B: Deep South ( 6 )

$16,000 * Got Milk?
Why does milk appear white?

A: It contains opsin B: It contains myosin
C: It contains casein D: It contains serglycin

With 16 seconds left, Jacqui decides to Ask The Expert.

Joel: Wow! These words are all crazy! No. Here, let's start with the basic truth of I don't know any of these words or anything. A and D, they just seem too crazy, no?

Meredith: Now, I think, you're crazy.

Joel: That C word sounds familiar and the B word sounds vaguely familiar. The C word seems really familiar but maybe that's the trick! Maybe I've seen that word because it's in, like, cola or something. Can we just--can we get a different question? Is that an option?

Jacqui: That'd be a good idea!

Meredith: No, but you know what, Joel, you gave it the college try here. Jacqui, Joel really doesn't--he's trying to be truthful, here, he doesn't know. It's just, he said, it's crazy! The words are crazy.

With 13 seconds left, Jacqui decides to Double Dip.

Answer

Jacqui's first answer is C.

C: It contains casein ( 13 )

Jacqui says it reminded her of calcium, so she went for it.

-- Commercial Break --

Jacqui has $25,000 in college loans; she might be able to wipe that out debt and start clean.

$25,000 * Financial Gurus
Which of these books was written by 20th-century financial guru Andrew Carnegie and not 21st-century financial guru Suze Orman?

A: The Laws of Money B: The Courage to Be Rich
C: The Empire of Business D: The Road to Wealth

Jacqui doesn't know and doesn't want to risk it, so she walks away with $16,000.

Answer

C: The Empire of Business ( 3 )

-- The Horn --

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: * Thomas Edison
* The First Time
* Burn After Reading
* Measuring Up
* Central America
* Financial Gurus
* Got Milk?
* Where Am I?
* Simply Marvelous
* Your Teens
* Members Only
* Afternoon Tea
* The Horror!
* Kid Lit
* Sounds Delicious

First twelve look good...

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$1,000 * Members Only
Which of the following is the name for a chain of membership-only warehouse stores?

A: Terry's Club B: Brian's Club
C: Rick's Club D: Sam's Club

I wonder if Squiggly Club would've been an acceptable answer.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Getting on Millionaire is dream come true for Jacqui. Jacqui says she's a trivia geek, which is a little embarrassing, because she retains the randomest, stupidest stuff that you'd never need to know.

Meredith: Well, that all right. That makes you the perfect contestant for Millionaire!

I got two responses for this one:

1. No, actors from New York make the perfect contestants for "Millionaire".
2. <grumble>®

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$16,000 * Got Milk?
Why does milk appear white?

A: It contains opsin B: It contains myosin
C: It contains casein D: It contains serglycin

With 16 seconds left, Jacqui decides to Ask The Expert.

Joel: Wow! These words are all crazy! No. Here, let's start with the basic truth of I don't know any of these words or anything. A and D, they just seem too crazy, no?

Meredith: Now, I think, you're crazy.

Joel: That C word sounds familiar and the B word sounds vaguely familiar. The C word seems really familiar but maybe that's the trick! Maybe I've seen that word because it's in, like, cola or something. Can we just--can we get a different question? Is that an option?

Jacqui: That'd be a good idea!

Meredith: No, but you know what, Joel, you gave it the college try here. Jacqui, Joel really doesn't--he's trying to be truthful, here, he doesn't know. It's just, he said, it's crazy! The words are crazy.

Joel, you are officially more useless than a three-dollar bill.

$25K: I don't read Suze Orman, but I do know that "The Courage to Be Rich" is definitely one of her books. Ask the audience and see if anything comes up. If no answer gets a clear majority, then I'll ask the three-dollar "expert".

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Jacqui Gillis
Chicago, IL
19-year-old student at Bemidji State University, MN

Jacqui was a student at Purdue last year, but it cost her $25,000 in loans. When she tried to get the loans for this year, she didn't qualify, so she switched out to Minnesota, where it's a lot cheaper. This money would help her get rid of those other loans and get back to Purdue.

Should we call this a "blonde ambition"???

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$500 * Afternoon Tea
A tea cozy is commonly made out of what material?

A: Glass B: Wood
C: Cloth D: Metal

With 5 seconds left, Jacqui decides to Ask The Audience.

ATA: A: 4% B: 6% C: 83% D: 7%

Answer

C: Cloth ( 4 )

For a self-professed "trivia geek" she's not off to a very good start.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$4,000 * Simply Marvelous
Perhaps feeling underappreciated by the media, what athlete legally added the word "Marvelous" to his name in 1982?

A: Marvin Hagler B: Mario Lemieux
C: Merlin Olsen D: Michael Jordan

With 17 seconds left, Jacqui decides to Phone A Friend.
Jacqui's PAF team are Diane, Chicago, IL; Bruno, Lockport, IL; and Jillian, Chicago, IL.
Jacqui calls her aunt, Diane.

Diane: He added "Marvelous" to his name in 1982?

Jacqui: Yes. Marvin Hagler, Mario Lemieux, Merlin Olsen or Michael Jordan?

Diane: You had Hagler, Olsen--

Jacqui: Hagler, Olsen, Lemieux or Jordan. Eight seconds!

Diane: Eight seconds.

Jacqui: He added "Marvelous" to his name.

Diane: Marvelous? Hagler! I know it. It's Hagler.

That's not what Jacqui thought it was, but she answers Marvin Hagler.

Meredith: Ohhhh! What did you think it was?

Jacqui: Merlin Olsen.

Answer

A: Marvin Hagler ( 10 )

From the looks on their faces and the banter, both Jacqui and Meredith were pretty sure that Diane looked this up online.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Getting on Millionaire is dream come true for Jacqui. Jacqui says she's a trivia geek, which is a little embarrassing, because she retains the randomest, stupidest stuff that you'd never need to know.

Meredith: Well, that all right. That makes you the perfect contestant for Millionaire!

No, what makes her the "perfect contestant" is her looks and her age. BAM doesn't want real trivia geeks.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$16,000 * Got Milk?
Why does milk appear white?

A: It contains opsin B: It contains myosin
C: It contains casein D: It contains serglycin

With 16 seconds left, Jacqui decides to Ask The Expert.

Joel: Wow! These words are all crazy! No. Here, let's start with the basic truth of I don't know any of these words or anything. A and D, they just seem too crazy, no?

Meredith: Now, I think, you're crazy.

Joel: That C word sounds familiar and the B word sounds vaguely familiar. The C word seems really familiar but maybe that's the trick! Maybe I've seen that word because it's in, like, cola or something. Can we just--can we get a different question? Is that an option?

Jacqui: That'd be a good idea!

Meredith: No, but you know what, Joel, you gave it the college try here. Jacqui, Joel really doesn't--he's trying to be truthful, here, he doesn't know. It's just, he said, it's crazy! The words are crazy.

With 13 seconds left, Jacqui decides to Double Dip.

Answer

Jacqui's first answer is C.

C: It contains casein ( 13 )

Jacqui says it reminded her of calcium, so she went for it.

What amazed me was that it took Meredith so long to read the answers. I presume she wanted to make sure she pronounced the chemical names correctly, but it cut into Jacqui's time. There is no relationship between casein and calcium.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$25,000 * Financial Gurus
Which of these books was written by 20th-century financial guru Andrew Carnegie and not 21st-century financial guru Suze Orman?

A: The Laws of Money B: The Courage to Be Rich
C: The Empire of Business D: The Road to Wealth

Jacqui doesn't know and doesn't want to risk it, so she walks away with $16,000.

Answer

C: The Empire of Business ( 3 )

I'd have gone with C simply because "empire" sounds more like something from the late 19th/early 20th century time frame.

All in all a nihil obstat® from this trivia geek.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Joel: That C word sounds familiar and the B word sounds vaguely familiar. The C word seems really familiar but maybe that's the trick! Maybe I've seen that word because it's in, like, cola or something. Can we just--can we get a different question? Is that an option?

Jacqui: That'd be a good idea!

Hey, you've watched SyndieBAM before, haven't you, Joel? But here's the ironic thing: the Switch The Question lifeline, which used to be quite valuable at times like this when they ask a question that is just crazy, was tossed aside to give the contestants the opportunity to talk to "experts" like you!

Yeah, I know. That's just crazy!

OK up to $16K. I would PaF. Since I don't know any biochemists or dairy farmers (the two professions most likely to know this!) I ask my PaF to get a milk carton and see if any of those words are on it.

Double Dip on $25K. I know two it's not, B and D. Choose from the other two-A or C.

Assuming that they're not specifically trying to trick me on the $25K clue, this one is relatively easy to deduce even though I haven't heard of any of these books. Suze Orman's advice is generally oriented toward the individual and Carnegie was a tycoon. Three of the book titles seem to fit her baileywick and the other fits his.

On the other hand, that $16K clue seems quite undervalued. I had a vague feeling of recognition for the the correct response, but would never have pulled the trigger based on that alone.

Kazoo65 wrote:OK up to $16K. I would PaF. Since I don't know any biochemists or dairy farmers (the two professions most likely to know this!) I ask my PaF to get a milk carton and see if any of those words are on it.

Right. That's going to work within the 30 seconds.

slam wrote:

Kazoo65 wrote:OK up to $16K. I would PaF. Since I don't know any biochemists or dairy farmers (the two professions most likely to know this!) I ask my PaF to get a milk carton and see if any of those words are on it.

Right. That's going to work within the 30 seconds.

LOL

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$16,000 * Got Milk?
Why does milk appear white?

A: It contains opsin B: It contains myosin
C: It contains casein D: It contains serglycin

Watching TV last night, I saw the commercial from which I had gotten my vague knowledge of this. I was for DanActive probiotic dairy drink, with "L. Casei Immunitas."

Here's an article about Jacqui's appearance. It looks like a straightforward recap directly from an official press release.

http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/articles/ ... ction=News

Here's an article about Jacqui from the Purdue Exponent. I'm glad they remembered to cover this event, after the plug she gave them!

http://www.purdueexponent.org/index.php ... y_id=14214

After motivation from her mom, trivia buff Gillis headed from Chicago to Detroit to audition for "Who Wants to be a Millionaire." The interview process was intense.

"They packed us all into a room to take timed tests, and you can't talk to people next to you," she said.

Can you talk to the people next to you while taking tests at Purdue?