WWTBAM Bored

Max Nussenbaum
Newton, MA
College Student

Max wrote a rap song about his love for Millionaire for his video audition. He sings some for Meredith, a capella, after she says she can't "drop a beat" for him.

Question Topics:
* Nostradamus
* U.S. Presidents
* Brand Names
* Famous Firsts
* Mythology
* Finance
* Subtitles
* Movie Characters
* Museums
* In the News
* (Acronyms)
* (Stadiums)
* (Words & Phrases)
* (Around the House)
* (Famous Speeches)

$7,500 * In the News
Race relations were a hot topic after a 2009 incident between Cambridge police and Henry Louis Gates, Jr., currently a professor where?

A: Duke University B: Harvard University
C: Yale University D: Stanford University

Answer

B: Harvard University ( 23 )

$10,000 * Museums
What country is home to the Marikina City Shoe Museum, which displays hundreds of pairs belonging to former First Lady Imelda Marcos?

A: The Philippines B: Bolivia
C: Dominican Republic D: Spain

With 25 seconds left, Max decides to Phone A Friend.

Max's PAF team are Dick, Newton Highlands, MA; Laurie, New York, NY; and Mark, New York, NY.

Max calls his friend's dad, Dick.

Dick: A.

Max: Spain, you're sure?

Dick: The Philippines, definitely.

Max: No. What is it?

Dick: It is the Philippines.

Max: The Philippines. How sure are you?

Dick: I'm positive. Imelda Marcos.

Max: Rock on, Dick!

Answer

A: The Philippines ( 17 )

$12,500 * Movie Characters
Who is Travis Bickle?

A: Brad Pitt in "Fight Club" B: Robert De Niro in "Taxi Driver"
C: Jack Nicholson in "Easy Rider" D: Charles Bronson in "Death Wish"

Answer

B: Robert De Niro in "Taxi Driver" ( 18 )

-- Commercial Break --

Millionaire isn't just about the money for Max. He says he would use the money primarily to impress girls. But really, what would he do with the money? Pay for college, give his parents a vacation, and get a present for his sister, Kate, who is in the audience with his parents.

$15,000 * Subtitles
What is the one-word title of the 2009 book whose subtitle is "A History of the Propitious Esculent"?

A: Nitrogen B: Penicillin
C: Potato D: Gold

With 20 seconds left, Max decides to Ask The Expert. Today's expert is Rene Sylar.

Rene: Oh, man! Do you have any idea?

Max: I mean-I feel like--I don't think it's n--see I feel like it would be something that's kind of funny. Like, Potato. Because that would be a clever title of a book, "Potato: A History of blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

Rene: Right.

Max: But I don't know! You don't know what propitious or esculent means?

Rene: Wow! Well, if I did, I wouldn't be sitting here in my sun room.

Max: Yeah.

Rene: I just have no idea, I am so sorry!

Max: No, it's all right. You did your best. Thanks, anyway.

Max thinks about it for a while, then with 3 seconds left, saying "My mom is going to kill me!" he uses his Double Dip.

Max's first answer is

Spoiler

C: Potato

.

Answer

C: Potato ( 3 )

-- Commercial Break --

During the break, Max told Meredith, "That was such a mistake to do that!"

$25,000 * Finance
Added permanently in 1907, what company's stock has been a part of the Dow Jones Industrial Average index the longest?

A: General Electric B: American Express
C: Procter & Gamble D: Johnson & Johnson

Max thinks he knows this, but he's not sure. He thinks it's either Johnson & Johnson or GE. He wants to say Johnson & Johnson, but he's not going to push his luck. He's walking with $15,000.

Answer

A: General Electric ( 0 )

Holy shit! The $15,000 was a WWOQ.

Or is this book more popular than I know?

Anyhow, if you know esculent means "edible", then you can get this.

But DAMN!!!

Jeemie wrote:Holy shit! The $15,000 was a WWOQ.

Or is this book more popular than I know?

Anyhow, if you know esculent means "edible", then you can get this.

But DAMN!!!

That's just it. It wasn't really a book question. It was a vocabulary question.

silvercamaro wrote:

Jeemie wrote:Holy shit! The $15,000 was a WWOQ.

Or is this book more popular than I know?

Anyhow, if you know esculent means "edible", then you can get this.

But DAMN!!!

That's just it. It wasn't really a book question. It was a vocabulary question.

It's a stupid book subtitle anyway...by someone who thought he was being clever.

This guy was the man... it's a shame he left so early. I would have loved to have seen him in the Tournament of Trash.

I must have heard of that 15K answer, I wonder where.

Spoiler

Five Guys???

Jeemie wrote:Holy shit! The $15,000 was a WWOQ!

The Confessor's rule applies: if potato is one of the answers, go for it.

jarnon wrote:

Jeemie wrote:Holy shit! The $15,000 was a WWOQ!

The Confessor's rule applies: if potato is one of the answers, go for it.

What a glowing recommendation.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Max Nussenbaum
Newton, MA
College Student

Max wrote a rap song about his love for Millionaire for his video audition. He sings some for Meredith, a capella

<grumble>®!

$12.5K: I don't know this one, but I'm sure the audience does.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$15,000 * Subtitles
What is the one-word title of the 2009 book whose subtitle is "A History of the Propitious Esculent"?

A: Nitrogen B: Penicillin
C: Potato D: Gold

I've never heard of this book, but I would've played Ed's rule and picked potato.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:With 20 seconds left, Max decides to Ask The Expert. Today's expert is Rene Sylar.

The expert on madamemeisha's show. Not a totally reliable expert, as I recall.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$25,000 * Finance
Added permanently in 1907, what company's stock has been a part of the Dow Jones Industrial Average index the longest?

A: General Electric B: American Express
C: Procter & Gamble D: Johnson & Johnson

This was Seth Green's $500,000 question on Celebrity WWTBAM, as I recall.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$25,000 * Finance
Added permanently in 1907, what company's stock has been a part of the Dow Jones Industrial Average index the longest?

A: General Electric B: American Express
C: Procter & Gamble D: Johnson & Johnson

This was Seth Green's $500,000 question on Celebrity WWTBAM, as I recall.[/quote]


Good memory: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5hoC6mhgSc#t=6m40s

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Max Nussenbaum
Newton, MA
College Student

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$10,000 * Museums
What country is home to the Marikina City Shoe Museum, which displays hundreds of pairs belonging to former First Lady Imelda Marcos?

A: The Philippines B: Bolivia
C: Dominican Republic D: Spain

With 25 seconds left, Max decides to Phone A Friend.

Max's PAF team are Dick, Newton Highlands, MA; Laurie, New York, NY; and Mark, New York, NY.

Max calls his friend's dad, Dick.

Dick: A.

Max: Spain, you're sure?

Dick: The Philippines, definitely.

Max: No. What is it?

Dick: It is the Philippines.

Max: The Philippines. How sure are you?

Dick: I'm positive. Imelda Marcos.

Max: Rock on, Dick!

Answer

A: The Philippines ( 17 )

I guess Max heard "A" and thought Dick said "Spain". I guess Max is too young to remember Imelda.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$12,500 * Movie Characters
Who is Travis Bickle?

A: Brad Pitt in "Fight Club" B: Robert De Niro in "Taxi Driver"
C: Jack Nicholson in "Easy Rider" D: Charles Bronson in "Death Wish"

Answer

B: Robert De Niro in "Taxi Driver" ( 18 )

I have no idea, so it's time to ATA. They do fairly well with movie questions.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Millionaire isn't just about the money for Max. He says he would use the money primarily to impress girls. But really, what would he do with the money? Pay for college, give his parents a vacation, and get a present for his sister, Kate, who is in the audience with his parents.

Yeah, Max! Sounds like what I would have said 30 years ago.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$15,000 * Subtitles
What is the one-word title of the 2009 book whose subtitle is "A History of the Propitious Esculent"?

A: Nitrogen B: Penicillin
C: Potato D: Gold

With 20 seconds left, Max decides to Ask The Expert. Today's expert is Rene Sylar.

Rene: Oh, man! Do you have any idea?

Max: I mean-I feel like--I don't think it's n--see I feel like it would be something that's kind of funny. Like, Potato. Because that would be a clever title of a book, "Potato: A History of blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

Rene: Right.

Max: But I don't know! You don't know what propitious or esculent means?

Rene: Wow! Well, if I did, I wouldn't be sitting here in my sun room.

Max: Yeah.

Rene: I just have no idea, I am so sorry!

Max: No, it's all right. You did your best. Thanks, anyway.

Max thinks about it for a while, then with 3 seconds left, saying "My mom is going to kill me!" he uses his Double Dip.

Max's first answer is

Spoiler

C: Potato

.

Answer

C: Potato ( 3 )

Funny coincidence - a month ago I read an article on alternate history that discussed what would have happened if the potato hadn't grown well in Europe.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$25,000 * Finance
Added permanently in 1907, what company's stock has been a part of the Dow Jones Industrial Average index the longest?

A: General Electric B: American Express
C: Procter & Gamble D: Johnson & Johnson

Max thinks he knows this, but he's not sure. He thinks it's either Johnson & Johnson or GE. He wants to say Johnson & Johnson, but he's not going to push his luck. He's walking with $15,000.

Answer

A: General Electric ( 0 )

This I knew, so I'd be going for $50K with three lifelines still available.

Here's an article about Max's appearance. Nothing new here that we didn't already learn from his episodes.

The photo included with the article appears to have been taken when he was in the ROF this summer, rather than while he was in the Hot Seat.

http://newsletter.blogs.wesleyan.edu/20 ... llionaire/

Here's a longer article about Max's appearance.

http://wesleyanargus.com/2009/10/20/mak ... llionaire/

“I did hit on Meredith,” said Nussenbaum. “She responded very well. She seemed really nice.”

She's a cougar. Of course, she responded very well!

Nussenbaum, who watched Millionaire in high school with his girlfriend, always joked about auditioning when he turned eighteen. It was not until his sophomore year of college, however, that Nussenbaum actually followed through.

Slacked off for a whole year, eh?

While $15,000 is far more money than he’s ever had before, Nussembaum knows it will dry up quickly as soon as he’s out of college. He is saving most of it, although he has already spent some.

“I’ve already spent almost $400 on alcohol,” said Nussenbaum. “Because when I first got it, remember, I was in New York that night with all of my close friends from home, and they had all come in from the various places they go to school and it was like, okay, now we’re going out to go crazy.”

After partying with a bunch of college friends in NYC, $400 sounds like a cheap bill!

She's a cougar. Of course, she responded very well!

She's an old horny woman, what can ya say?

MarleysGh0st wrote:Here's a longer article about Max's appearance.

http://wesleyanargus.com/2009/10/20/mak ... llionaire/

What a surprise. The author of the article doesn't know the difference between PTBAM (FF round) and SyndiBAM (everyone plays):

Nussembaum was invited to participate in the 10th anniversary special of Millionaire. He traveled all the way from his hometown in Massachusetts to the studio in New York City, but never made it past the preliminary Fastest Finger round.

Thinking his millionaire dreams over, Nussenbaum returned home. However, on the third day of classes this semester, he received a call from Millionaire and a second chance to play.
...
This time Nussenbaum fared better, earning a chance in the hot seat.