Transcript 04/13/09 Max Benstein (Maxximus)

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Max Bernstein (Maxximus)
Hoboken, NJ
Genetic research technician

Max is out of lifelines.

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$250K What artist coined the word “mobile” to describe a type of moving sculpture that first became popular in the 1930s?
A. Marcel Duchamp
B. Pablo Picasso
C. René Magritte
D. Henri Matisse

Max decides to leave with $100K.

Spoiler

A. Marcel Duchamp (17)

Answers:
$250K A. Marcel Duchamp

[NellyLunatic1980]

I would've lost $75,000 on this question. Even before the choices came up, I thought it was Picasso.

[TheConfessor]

I would've lost $75,000 on this question. Even before the choices came up, I thought it was Picasso.

I was surprised that Calder wasn't one of the choices, since he invented mobiles. It certainly would have been a very nasty distractor.

[earendel]

Max Bernstein
Hoboken, NJ
Genetic research technician

$250K What artist coined the word “mobile” to describe a type of moving sculpture that first became popular in the 1930s?
A. Marcel Duchamp
B. Pablo Picasso
C. René Magritte
D. Henri Matisse

Max decides to leave with $100K.

Spoiler

A. Marcel Duchamp (17)

I was expecting Calder. I still have the DD, so the question is whether to use it or not. I'm pretty sure it's going to be one of the "lesser" artists on the list - Duchamp or Magritte, so if I were courageous enough to DD, those would be my choices, and I'd end up going for $500K with no lifelines. But in reality I'd probably chicken out and walk away just as Max did.

[gsabc]

Staring at the choices, I would have said Duchamp if forced to do so. No idea why. Must be another of those facts hiding in the dark and nearly inaccessible reaches of my memory. Without lifelines, I'd have walked, too. Nice run, though. Wish we could see these high-level questions more often.

[rgcviper]

TheConfessor said:
"I was surprised that Calder wasn't one of the choices, since he invented mobiles. It certainly would have been a very nasty distractor."

I knew it wasn't Matisse; I knew it wasn't Magritte. I thought of Calder before the choices came up, too. I would've guessed Duchamp, but there's no way I'd have bet a quarter million dollars.

Congratulations, Max. A solid game and a nice payday.

[vettech]

Thus begins my WWTBAM debut - sort of. My husband and I were in the audience for 3 "days" starting with this show.

Oddly enough, we started watching today and neither of us remembered this particular contestant (probably because he was gone so quickly). The hubby quickly guessed A (I had no idea other than it wasn't B). So we're watching along, Meredith reveals the answer. I said "Hey, how'd you know that?" He shrugged. Then Meredith stands up and of all things, I remember her OUTFIT!

"Wait a minute...hey, there we are!"
"Huh?"
"This is the show we saw."
"Really? Oh yeah, there we are. I don't remember this guy. Did you just hit me on TV?"
"I remember now. You guessed it right then, too, and I asked you how you knew it!!"

Those who don't remember history are doomed to repeat it...