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Shawna Edwards
Flint, MI
Waitress

Meredith takes a moment to comment on Shawna’s embrace of Kara as she left the Hot Seat, giving Shawna a chance to talk about how all the contestants pull for one another. Nice little glimpse of life in the green room.

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$500 (Places to Go)- At which of these places would a person most likely have his body covered in a seaweed wrap?

A- Church B- Spa
C- Library D- Lobstercrombie & Fish

Spoiler

B- Spa (8)

$1,000 (Telephones)- On a standard telephone keypad, the symbol that resembles a number sign is commonly called a what?

A- Pound sign B- Minute sign
C- Foot sign D- Degree sign

Spoiler

A- Pound sign (9)

$2,000 (Beer)- Fittingly, which of these brewing companies makes a beer called “Hocus Pocus”?

A- Sierra Nevada B- Magic Hat
C- Full Sail D- Ahrn City Birr

Spoiler

B- Magic Hat (9)

$3,000 (College)- A college undergraduate who participates in an ROTC program graduates with what?

A- Doctorate B- Clergy rank
C- Military commission D- Law degree

Spoiler

C- Military commission (9)

$5,000 (TV Terminology)- Author Michael Pollan uses the term “dump and stir” to describe TV programming covering what subject?

A- Sprots B- Politics
C- Fashion D- Cooking

Spoiler

D- Cooking (9)

Commercial Break

Shawna’s coworkers from her restaurant are with her. They started calling her “Shawndog Millionaire” when she got the call, and are sporting T-shirts with that moniker. Shawna has a t-shirt for Meredith to wear as well.

Shawna has the Ask the Jennings lifeline.

$7,500 (Definitions, Please)- By definition, plants that are heliotropic do what?

A- Grow only near the equator B- React to the movement of the Sun
C- Bloom several times per year D- Release spores to reproduce

Shawna answers A and becomes the second contestant today to leave with $5,000 and a full complement of lifelines.

Spoiler

B- React to the movement of the Sun

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IIRC, this also is a question that was used in an prime time Millionaire episode.

Here's an article about Shawna's appearance, including a photo that managed to catch all of Shawna's friends in the background, wearing their custom "Shawndog Millionaire" T-shirts!

http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.s ... ins_5.html

She looked very upset at the end. Must have focused on the "centric" instead of the "helio". Felt bad for her.

gsabc wrote:She looked very upset at the end. Must have focused on the "centric" instead of the "helio". Felt bad for her.

"Centric"? I assume you mean "tropic".

I don't always feel that sorry for people who blow it at the lower levels, but I felt bad for her. She seemed just crushed, and as a waitress coming from Flint, MI, I'm sure winning a lot more money would have made a HUGE difference for her. Plus, all her supporters were there for her. I'm just hoping she had not told them she would pay for their trips.

Winnamill wrote:I don't always feel that sorry for people who blow it at the lower levels, but I felt bad for her. She seemed just crushed, and as a waitress coming from Flint, MI, I'm sure winning a lot more money would have made a HUGE difference for her. Plus, all her supporters were there for her. I'm just hoping she had not told them she would pay for their trips.

Hmmm. Yeah. TPTB raised the first safehaven from $1K to $5K to make sure contestants could cover the expenses of their trip, but it might not cover the expenses for seven!

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Shawna Edwards
Flint, MI
Waitress

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$7,500 (Definitions, Please)- By definition, plants that are heliotropic do what?

A- Grow only near the equator B- React to the movement of the Sun
C- Bloom several times per year D- Release spores to reproduce

Shawna answers A and becomes the second contestant today to leave with $5,000 and a full complement of lifelines.

Spoiler

B- React to the movement of the Sun

Well, we're certainly breezing through that contestant pool, aren't we?!

Nihil obstat®

OK, this is one my VCR magically did not record, either because its broken but only when I'm not there, or my kitty cat turns it off, or something.

So I didn't get to see Shawna & how sympathetic she is.

And I knew the answer to this one.

But why leave lifelines?

If you're sure but you're wrong, that's one reason. But if you're not sure, & have lifelines, please use them.

ghostjmf wrote:OK, this is one my VCR magically did not record, either because its broken but only when I'm not there, or my kitty cat turns it off, or something.

So I didn't get to see Shawna & how sympathetic she is.

And I knew the answer to this one.

But why leave lifelines?

If you're sure but you're wrong, that's one reason. But if you're not sure, & have lifelines, please use them.

She probably thought she was sure. As has already been mentioned, she probably latched onto the "tropic" part of the word as meaning "near the equator".

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Shawna Edwards
Flint, MI
Waitress

Meredith takes a moment to comment on Shawna’s embrace of Kara as she left the Hot Seat, giving Shawna a chance to talk about how all the contestants pull for one another. Nice little glimpse of life in the green room.

FWIW even in the cutthroat days of the Ring of Fire, we all pulled for the contestant in the HS to do well - but to do it quickly.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$7,500 (Definitions, Please)- By definition, plants that are heliotropic do what?

A- Grow only near the equator B- React to the movement of the Sun
C- Bloom several times per year D- Release spores to reproduce

Shawna answers A and becomes the second contestant today to leave with $5,000 and a full complement of lifelines.

Spoiler

B- React to the movement of the Sun

I don't think Shawna had a clue as to the right answer, unless "tropic" suggested "the Tropics", and that led her to the wrong answer. I wonder what the audience would have done with this one. As for me, nihil obstat®. Three contestants, three leaving with $5K each. Not a good end to the week. But there's one contestant still to come.

IIRC, I don't think anyone used AT, Ken Jennings, the entire episode. And there where at least 3 contestants that had the opportunity. Bizarre episode.