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WWTBAM Transcript 2/17/09

Amy Heller
New York, NY
Founded the W Girls NYC for underprivileged women and children
Said she would donate much of her winnings since they have no budget.

Guest host Cat Deeley

Double-dip is her remaining lifeline

Topic Tree:

Two By Two
Famous Pets
Doubleheaders
That’s the Question
(The Big Four-Oh)
(Celestial Bodies)
(Dorky Dads)
(Sweet!)
(Splish Splash)
(Mani-Pedi)
(Guest Stars)
(Journalism School)
(Foreign Cars)
(Video Games)
(Around the House)


$100K (That’s the Question):
Named for the British intellectual Alan Turing, a "Turing Test" attempts to answer what question?
A. Is there extraterrestrial life? B. Is there life after death?
C. When did the universe begin? D. Can computers think?


Double-Dip (:31)

Spoiler

First answer was correct

D. Can computers think? (:31)

$250K (Doubleheaders):
Yankees great Lou Gehrig delivered his historic "Luckiest Man" speech between games of a doubleheader against what team?
A. Detroit Tigers B. Washington Senators
C. Philadelphia Athletics D. St. Louis Browns

Spoiler

B. Washington Senators (She said she had no idea and walked at :26)

Amy walked with $100K.


Commercial Break

A gimme at $100K.

A NAFC on the $250K. I can only assume you would know this cold if you've watched "Pride of the Yankees". Equally NAFC how you would Google this within the time constraints. I wouldn't expect the Expert to know, either. I'd probably end up walking, too.

gsabc wrote:A gimme at $100K.

A NAFC on the $250K. I can only assume you would know this cold if you've watched "Pride of the Yankees". Equally NAFC how you would Google this within the time constraints. I wouldn't expect the Expert to know, either. I'd probably end up walking, too.

Gehrig luckiest double header brings it right up.

I've watched Pride of the Yankees but I didn't remember the answer. --Bob

$100K was easy.

$250K looks like a good Google question for the Phone-A-Friend.

So I'm going for $500K with DD and Expert left.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$250K (Doubleheaders):
Yankees great Lou Gehrig delivered his historic "Luckiest Man" speech between games of a doubleheader against what team?
A. Detroit Tigers B. Washington Senators
C. Philadelphia Athletics D. St. Louis Browns

Spoiler

B. Washington Senators (She said she had no idea and walked at :26)

It's not easy to get me on a high level question about MLB, but I did not know this one, and my guess would have been wrong. I know the exact date this happened, but not who they were playing....

lb13

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:WWTBAM Transcript 2/17/09

Amy Heller
New York, NY
Founded the W Girls NYC for underprivileged women and children
Said she would donate much of her winnings since they have no budget.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$100K (That’s the Question):
Named for the British intellectual Alan Turing, a "Turing Test" attempts to answer what question?
A. Is there extraterrestrial life? B. Is there life after death?
C. When did the universe begin? D. Can computers think?

Double-Dip (:31)

Spoiler

First answer was correct

D. Can computers think? (:31)

A question right in my wheelhouse.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$250K (Doubleheaders):
Yankees great Lou Gehrig delivered his historic "Luckiest Man" speech between games of a doubleheader against what team?
A. Detroit Tigers B. Washington Senators
C. Philadelphia Athletics D. St. Louis Browns

Spoiler

B. Washington Senators (She said she had no idea and walked at :26)

Since I still have lifelines left, it's time to use one. I have PAF and DD remaining. I'm pretty sure it was either Detroit or Washington, so I'll use DD and make those my final answers.

So I'd be going for $500K with my PAF remaining.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Amy Heller
New York, NY
Founded the W Girls NYC for underprivileged women and children
Said she would donate much of her winnings since they have no budget.

Here's a follow-up article.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... lenews_wsj

In September 2009, she won $100,000 as a contestant on the television show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire." This year, she is taking $10,000 of her winnings and donating them to WGIRLS to create Operation Granting Lasting Memories, or Glam, an initiative to outfit more than 2,000 low-income teenagers with prom gowns.