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Ray Reyes
Tampa, FL
Newspaper Reporter

Categories (Introduced at the $7,500 question)

Genetics
Famous Paintings
Crime Fighters
In the Dictionary
The Yankees
Famous Names
Competitions
Obituaries
Tech Time
Government
Sports Films
Word Origins
In the News
At the Bookstore
Show Tunes

$500 (Show Tunes)- In “The Sound of Music” song “Do Re Mi”, what note corresponds to “a drink with jam and bread”?

A- Re B- La
C- Ti D- Scotch and So-Da

With 5 seconds left, Ray asks the audience (transcriber’s note- before we all lambaste him, I don’t blame him for this. This question is actually somewhat tricky for a $500 question. With the title being listed, and under the influence of TDC, I can see his mind easily getting trapped into considering only the three notes of the title, Do, Re, and Mi)

ATA Results:

Spoiler

A- 7%, B- 4%, C- 85%, D- 4%

Spoiler

C- Ti (4)

$1,000 (At the Bookstore)- “Everything but the Squeal” is a travel book about a writer’s journey through Spain feasting on every part of what animal?

A- Sheep B- Cow
C- Pig D- Duck

Spoiler

C- Pig (9)

$2,000 (In the News)- In a troubling 2009 quote, Edward Whitacre explained “I don’t know anything about cars” after being appointed chairman of what company?

A- Microsoft B- General Motors
C- Citigroup D- AIG

Spoiler

B- General Motors (7)

$3,000 (Word Origins)- Which of these words is derived from two Greek roots meaning “self” and “write”?

A- Autograph B- Photograph
C- Polygraph D- Telegraph

Spoiler

A- Autograph (9)

$5,000 (Sports Films)- Which of these athletes appears as himself in the 2009 documentary “Facing Ali”?

A- Jimmy Connors B- Julius Erving
C- Joe Namath D- George Foreman

Spoiler

D- George Foreman (8)

Commercial Break

Sneak Peak Time- it’s not THAT over-valued. Geez, guys!

$10,000- What classic Disney movie offers the musical advice “Whistle while you work”?

A- Fantasia B- Cinderella
C- Mary Poppins D- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Ray admits he froze up on question one, and would have picked Re (lending support to my hypothesis that his mind locked on the three notes of the title). Meredith reminds everyone that if a contestant’s mind locks up, he should choose a lifeline.

Ray is writing a story about his experience on Millionaire. Ray was glad he got through the first question, else his story would have been very short (“except for the part about the wonderful host,” Meredith chimes in).

Ray has earned the Access Ken’s Mind lifeline.

$7,500 (Government)- After it was created, the Department of Foreign Affairs changed its name to the Department of what?

A- State B- Justice
C- Commerce D- Labor

Spoiler

A- State (12)

HORN.

Ray will return for Monday’s show.

Tournament of Ten Leaderboard

1. Jehan Shamsid-Dean $250,000 - 2:09
2. Keilani Goggins $100,000 - 1:53
3. Jeff Birt $100,000 - 1:53
4. Matt Schultz $100,000 - 2:26
5. Tim Janus $100,000 - 2:44
6. Ralph Cambeis $50,000 - 1:13
7. Robin Schwartz $50,000 - 1:40
8. Tony Westmoreland $50,000 - 2:08
9. Alex Ortiz $50,000 - 2:19
10. Fred Roberts $50,000 - 2:27

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$3,000 (Word Origins)- Which of these words is derived from two Greek roots meaning “self” and “write”?

A- Autograph B- Photograph
C- Polygraph D- Telegraph

Spoiler

A- Autograph (9)

This is the sixth question this week where knowledge of Greek or Latin would help.

Once again I'm convinced the writers frequently custom-make a question for particular contestants- Rey Reyes... one of the answer choices is "re." Ironically, he didn't even pick that up, as when discussing it later with Mere he pronounced it "ree."

Ray Reyes? Don't even need a screencap because I remember the name. He stood next to me in the line for the video interviews. Nice guy, for sure, but geez, with this guy, Steph Osorio, and FloridaGirl, was I the only dud in that line??

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Ray Reyes
Tampa, FL
Newspaper Reporter

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$500 (Show Tunes)- In “The Sound of Music” song “Do Re Mi”, what note corresponds to “a drink with jam and bread”?

A- Re B- La
C- Ti D- Scotch and So-Da

With 5 seconds left, Ray asks the audience (transcriber’s note- before we all lambaste him, I don’t blame him for this. This question is actually somewhat tricky for a $500 question. With the title being listed, and under the influence of TDC, I can see his mind easily getting trapped into considering only the three notes of the title, Do, Re, and Mi)

ATA Results:

Spoiler

A- 7%, B- 4%, C- 85%, D- 4%

Wow, it has been a long time since anybody has used a lifeline on the very first question. And what was up with 4% of the audience picking the joke answer? I think that 4% had one too many scotch and so-das before the taping.

Nihil obstat®

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Ray Reyes
Tampa, FL
Newspaper Reporter

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$500 (Show Tunes)- In “The Sound of Music” song “Do Re Mi”, what note corresponds to “a drink with jam and bread”?

A- Re B- La
C- Ti D- Scotch and So-Da

With 5 seconds left, Ray asks the audience (transcriber’s note- before we all lambaste him, I don’t blame him for this. This question is actually somewhat tricky for a $500 question. With the title being listed, and under the influence of TDC, I can see his mind easily getting trapped into considering only the three notes of the title, Do, Re, and Mi)

ATA Results:

Spoiler

A- 7%, B- 4%, C- 85%, D- 4%

Spoiler

C- Ti (4)

<Cue the ominous organ music> Uh, oh, this doesn't bode well.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Ray admits he froze up on question one, and would have picked Re (lending support to my hypothesis that his mind locked on the three notes of the title). Meredith reminds everyone that if a contestant’s mind locks up, he should choose a lifeline.

Ray is writing a story about his experience on Millionaire. Ray was glad he got through the first question, else his story would have been very short (“except for the part about the wonderful host,” Meredith chimes in).

Either he was fixated on the title or he had a bout of Hotseatitis. Plus I detected an accent in his voice, so it's possible he wasn't familiar with either the song or the play/movie.

Nihil obstat®.