Transcript 10/29/09 Michael Cahill

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Michael Cahill
New York, NY
Unemployed civil engineer


Michael still has all of his lifelines.

Topic Tree:

Geniuses
Painters
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Who Am I?
Foreign Languages
TV Dramas
World Cities
Postmortem
States of the Union
(Famous Singers)
(Bravo)
(Breakfast Dishes)
(Children's Movies)
(Musical Instruments)
(Slang)

$10K Which of these U.S. states is the largest in area?
A. New Hampshire
B. New Jersey
C. New Mexico
D. New York

DD (24)

Michael’s first choice is correct.

Spoiler

C. New Mexico (24)

$12.5K In a standard autopsy, the internal organs are accessed by making an incision into the chest and abdomen in the shape of what letter?
A. I
B. C
C. K
D. Y

Spoiler

D. Y (25)

$15K Referring to a river that passes through it, “Athens on the Spree” is a common nickname for what European city?
A. Berlin
B. Prague
C. Copenhagen
D. Stockholm

ATA (24)

15% A. Berlin
39% B. Prague
32% C. Copenhagen
14% D. Stockholm

PAF (23)

Michael’s PAF team:

Michele from New York, NY
Eric from Washington, DC
Chris form New York, NY

PAF – Eric, Michael’s college friend

Michael: Athens on the Spree, nickname…

Eric: Repeat it.

Michael does and gives the choices.

Eric: That would be Berlin.

Michael: Berlin. So it’s on the Spree river?

Eric: Yes.

Michael: Thank you.

Spoiler

A. Berlin (21)

$25K The CW’s teenage drama series “Gossip Girl” is partly set at a fictional New York City prep school called what?
A. Barcliff Easton Academy
B. Constance Billard School
C. Chilton Academy
D. Woodley School

Michael asks to use the expert, Tom Delay.

ATE (21)

Tom: Oh my goodness. I watch so much teenage drama. “Gossip Girl.” I’m sorry Michael, I’ve never even heard of the show. Maybe I’m too old for that.
I’m sorry Michael. I just don’t know.

Michael: Hammer let me down. Oh, I can’t believe it.

Tom: I’m sorry.

Michael: Oh, it’s fine. I try my best here.

Michael makes D. Woodley School his final answer.

Michael leaves with $5K.

commercial break

Spoiler

B. Constance Billard School (20)

Answers:
$10K C. New Mexico
$12.5K D. Y
$15K A. Berlin
$25K B. Constance Billard School

[ten96lt]

$25K The CW’s teenage drama series “Gossip Girl” is partly set at a fictional New York City prep school called what?
A. Barcliff Easton Academy
B. Constance Billard School
C. Chilton Academy
D. Woodley School

Now I hope a twilight or some sort of teen drama question doesn't come up for me if i get called, because then I'm going to be steamed my PAF won't be there.

[Jeemie]

$12.5 K Cute, question writers! Very cute!

ATA on $25 K. Still have 3 LLs for the upper tier.

[silverscreenselect]

$10K Which of these U.S. states is the largest in area?
A. New Hampshire
B. New Jersey
C. New Mexico
D. New York

DD (24)

Michael’s first choice is correct.

Spoiler

C. New Mexico (24)

This is the same guy who rushed through his answers yesterday to save time on the clock.

He would have been better served learning some elementary geography rather than rushing his way into $5,000.

On a side note, you're going to see a bunch of ATE's flailing around on pop culture questions like the one that stumped Michael and Tom De Lay.

[Estonut]

$12.5 K Cute, question writers! Very cute!

Too bad the answers aren't lined up in the show the same way they are on the transcripts. I bet not many people even noticed that as the show aired...

[earendel]

Michael Cahill
New York, NY
Unemployed civil engineer

$10K Which of these U.S. states is the largest in area?
A. New Hampshire
B. New Jersey
C. New Mexico
D. New York

DD (24)

Michael’s first choice is correct.

Spoiler

C. New Mexico (24)

I wonder why he resorted to the DD on this one. He seemed pretty sure of his first answer.

$12.5K In a standard autopsy, the internal organs are accessed by making an incision into the chest and abdomen in the shape of what letter?
A. I
B. C
C. K
D. Y

Spoiler

D. Y (25)

He thanked "crime shows" for knowing this. Did anyone else notice (before the transcript) that the four choices spelled the word "icky"?

$15K Referring to a river that passes through it, “Athens on the Spree” is a common nickname for what European city?
A. Berlin
B. Prague
C. Copenhagen
D. Stockholm

ATA (24)

15% A. Berlin
39% B. Prague
32% C. Copenhagen
14% D. Stockholm

PAF (23)

Michael’s PAF team:

Michele from New York, NY
Eric from Washington, DC
Chris form New York, NY

PAF – Eric, Michael’s college friend

Michael: Athens on the Spree, nickname…

Eric: Repeat it.

Michael does and gives the choices.

Eric: That would be Berlin.

Michael: Berlin. So it’s on the Spree river?

Eric: Yes.

Michael: Thank you.

Spoiler

A. Berlin (21)

I'd wager that Eric was either looking at a map or using Google (or both). I'm not surprised the audience didn't know this one.

$25K The CW’s teenage drama series “Gossip Girl” is partly set at a fictional New York City prep school called what?
A. Barcliff Easton Academy
B. Constance Billard School
C. Chilton Academy
D. Woodley School

Michael asks to use the expert, Tom Delay.

ATE (21)

Tom: Oh my goodness. I watch so much teenage drama. “Gossip Girl.” I’m sorry Michael, I’ve never even heard of the show. Maybe I’m too old for that.
I’m sorry Michael. I just don’t know.

Michael: Hammer let me down. Oh, I can’t believe it.

Tom: I’m sorry.

Michael: Oh, it’s fine. I try my best here.

Michael makes D. Woodley School his final answer.

Michael leaves with $5K.

commercial break

Spoiler

B. Constance Billard School (20)

I have no idea, so it's lifeline time. Let's hope ATA will come through; if not, it's PAF time.

[frogman042]

$12.5 K Cute, question writers! Very cute!

Maybe the question writers got a job moonlighting for writting repsonses for the governer of California.

[Jeemie]

$12.5 K Cute, question writers! Very cute!

Maybe the question writers got a job moonlighting for writting repsonses for the governer of California.

Well, except that on the show, it would have appeared like this:

A) I B) C
C) K D) Y

[ghostjmf]

10K: Think this is pretty hard, considering the size of both NM & NY. Double dip myself.

12.5: If it was me yelling out the answers before the choices are shown (I realize the contestant can see them before Meredith reads them, or we see them; I think that is true anyway) I'd have yelled out "T". Which wasn't a choice. "Y" is closest.

15K: No idea. PAF my sister, who lived for 30 years in Munich. Hey, at least I knew it wasn't a river in Munich!

25K: No idea. ATA.

Boy, did this guy get a hard buncha questions. At crucial points.

I give him his "fortitude award" for going for it, even though it didn't work.

[NellyLunatic1980]

$10K Which of these U.S. states is the largest in area?
A. New Hampshire
B. New Jersey
C. New Mexico
D. New York

Well, it's obviously not A or B. I would've Double Dipped, with my first answer being D and my second answer being C.

$15K Referring to a river that passes through it, “Athens on the Spree” is a common nickname for what European city?
A. Berlin
B. Prague
C. Copenhagen
D. Stockholm

Never heard of the Spree. PAF.

$25K The CW’s teenage drama series “Gossip Girl” is partly set at a fictional New York City prep school called what?
A. Barcliff Easton Academy
B. Constance Billard School
C. Chilton Academy
D. Woodley School

I don't watch this show. ATA and hope that they have, because I know damn well that Tom DeLay doesn't.