Transcript 11/04/09 Sarah Larsen (carryover)

[BBTranscriptTeam]

Sarah Larsen
Green Bay, WI
Student and Classically Trained Musician

Sarah is just 22 and about to go for $10,000. Meredith says that's a lot of money and in anybody's book but Sarah is just 22 and as she says a "pipsqueak."

Sarah still has her Double Dip, Ask the Audience and Phone-A-Friend.

Question Topics:
*Honest Abe
*Down Under
*History of Law
*Gunpowder
*The Wild West
*World Leaders
*European Regions
*Awards
*Religions
*(Famous Offspring)
*(Historic Quotes)
*(New Words)
*(Fruit)
*(Sleep)
*(Common Expressions)

$10,000 *Religions
Derived from a Sanskrit word meaning "dot," a "bindi" is a ornamental red dot traditionally worn on the forehead by women of what religion?

A: Hinduism B:Islam
C:Buddhism D:Judaism

answer

Sarah has a friend who is Hari Krishna and she has gone to temple a couple of times, so she knows it is
A: Hinduism (18)

$12,500 *Awards
Re-established in 1963 by JFK, the highest civilian honor in the United States is the Presidential Medal of what?

A: Peace B: Achievement
C: Justice D: Freedom

At 23 seconds Sarah decides to Ask the Audience.

ATA Results

A-14%, B-26%, C-2%, D- 58%

answer

D: Freedom (20)

$15,000 *European Regions
Which of these cities is located in the European region known as the Rhineland?

A: Brussels B: Bonn
C: Prague D: Copenhagen

At 19 seconds, Sarah decides to PAF.

Sarah's PAF Team:

Mike- Appleton, WI
Kevin- West Hartford, CT
Mary- De Pere, WI

Sarah calls her Mom, Mary.

Mary is a former news anchor in Green Bay.

Mary says Bonn with about 10 seconds remaining.

answer

B: Bonn (17)

$25,000 *World Leaders
Cho Oyu is one of the world's what?
A: Longest rivers B: Deepest lakes
C: Highest mountains D: Largest deserts

At 6 seconds, Sarah uses her Double Dip

Sarah's first guess is

Spoiler

B: Deepest lakes

Sarah's second guess is

Spoiler

As time expires, Sarah gives her choice of C: Highest mountains

answer

C: Highest mountains (0)

Sarah is now out of lifelines.

Commercial Break

$50,000 *Wild West
Before he became a legendary Wild West gunslinger, John "Doc" Holliday earned his nickname as what type of doctor?

A: Optometrist B: Podiatrist
C: Dentist D: Veterinarian

Sarah doesn't think a podiatrist was very important and is leaning towards optometrist or veterinarian.

At 5 seconds, Sarah guesses

Spoiler

A: Optometrist

and leaves with $25,000.

Spoiler

C: Dentist

[Bob78164]

I tried to repost this under the TranscriptTeam handle, but apparently the password has changed since the last time I did this. --Bob

[Phil Ken Sebbin]

I tried to repost this under the TranscriptTeam handle, but apparently the password has changed since the last time I did this. --Bob

Thanks for trying, Bob.

I don't know it so DoItNeatly said just to post it and someone would move it.

Man, that transcribing is tough and much respect to everyone who does it on the regular. I need to learn how to type.

[doitneatly]

I tried to repost this under the TranscriptTeam handle, but apparently the password has changed since the last time I did this. --Bob

Same here.
Whoever changed the password, they did it sometime after last wednesday when I did the 10/28 transcriptions.

[jarnon]

$10,000 *Religions
Derived from a Sanskrit word meaning "dot," a "bindi" is a ornamental red dot traditionally worn on the forehead by women of what religion?

A: Hinduism B:Islam
C:Buddhism D:Judaism

answer

Sarah has a friend who is Hari Krishna and she has gone to temple a couple of times, so she knows it is
A: Hinduism (18)

Super Millionaire Transcript 5/17/04
Wayne Forester (bazodee)
Smyrna, Georgia

$10,000
Common among Hindu women, a bindi is an ornamental red dot worn where on the body?
A: Back of the neck B: Small of the back
C: Between the eyebrows D: Back of the hand

[littlebeast13]

I tried to repost this under the TranscriptTeam handle, but apparently the password has changed since the last time I did this. --Bob

Thanks for trying, Bob.

I don't know it so DoItNeatly said just to post it and someone would move it.

Man, that transcribing is tough and much respect to everyone who does it on the regular. I need to learn how to type.

I can perform a little admin magic..... no need to repost anything at all.....

lb13

[MarleysGh0st]

Here are two short articles about Sarah's run.

http://www.wbay.com/Global/story.asp?S=11445833

http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/art ... 1207/GPG01

Larsen, a violinist who is finishing a double major in music history and violin performance at the Hartt School of Music in New Haven, Conn., has yet to see the episodes.

"I've been so busy with classes and stuff ... so I haven't watched any of it yet," she said.

No viewing party with her college friends?

[earendel]

Sarah Larsen
Green Bay, WI
Student and Classically Trained Musician

Ah, so she's a WE®.

Sarah is just 22 and about to go for $10,000. Meredith says that's a lot of money and in anybody's book but Sarah is just 22 and as she says a "pipsqueak."

I always thought "pipsqueak" was related to physique, not age or income.

$15,000 *European Regions
Which of these cities is located in the European region known as the Rhineland?

A: Brussels B: Bonn
C: Prague D: Copenhagen

At 19 seconds, Sarah decides to PAF.

Sarah's PAF Team:

Mike- Appleton, WI
Kevin- West Hartford, CT
Mary- De Pere, WI

Sarah calls her Mom, Mary.

Mary is a former news anchor in Green Bay.

Mary says Bonn with about 10 seconds remaining.

answer

B: Bonn (17)

It's a pretty straightforward geography question - which of the cities is in Germany.

$25,000 *World Leaders
Cho Oyu is one of the world's what?
A: Longest rivers B: Deepest lakes
C: Highest mountains D: Largest deserts
At 6 seconds, Sarah uses her Double Dip

Sarah's first guess is

Spoiler

B: Deepest lakes

Sarah's second guess is

Spoiler

As time expires, Sarah gives her choice of C: Highest mountains

answer

C: Highest mountains (0)

I'd have been gone. My thought was either "desert" or "lake" and probably would have gone with DD and been surprised to leave with only $5K.

$50,000 *Wild West
Before he became a legendary Wild West gunslinger, John "Doc" Holliday earned his nickname as what type of doctor?

A: Optometrist B: Podiatrist
C: Dentist D: Veterinarian

Sarah doesn't think a podiatrist was very important and is leaning towards optometrist or veterinarian.

At 5 seconds, Sarah guesses

Spoiler

A: Optometrist

and leaves with $25,000.

Spoiler

C: Dentist

Thanks to ST:TOS I knew this one. There's an episode entitled "Spectre of the Gun" in which the stalwarts from the Enterprise re-enact the gunfight at the OK Corral. There's a scene in which Bones goes to the local dentist's office to get some ingredients for Scotty to make a sleep grenade; Doc Holliday is there.

[MarleysGh0st]

$25,000 *World Leaders
Cho Oyu is one of the world's what?
A: Longest rivers B: Deepest lakes
C: Highest mountains D: Largest deserts

Does anyone know when this episode was taped? I was wondering what might have made people familiar with Cho Oyu -- the sixth highest mountain in the world -- without having to memorize the list of tallest mountains.

Clifton Maloney, the husband of NYC congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, died on September 25, a day after climbing this mountain. If this episode was taped after that day, the question writers must have picked up this question from that story.

[earendel]

$25,000 *World Leaders
Cho Oyu is one of the world's what?
A: Longest rivers B: Deepest lakes
C: Highest mountains D: Largest deserts

Does anyone know when this episode was taped? I was wondering what might have made people familiar with Cho Oyu -- the sixth highest mountain in the world -- without having to memorize the list of tallest mountains.

Clifton Maloney, the husband of NYC congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, died on September 25, a day after climbing this mountain. If this episode was taped after that day, the question writers must have picked up this question from that story.

If I were one who wagered, I'd bet that the episode was taped afterward - the NYC connection makes it an almost irresistible subject for a question.

[rgcviper]

$25,000 *World Leaders
Cho Oyu is one of the world's what?
A: Longest rivers B: Deepest lakes
C: Highest mountains D: Largest deserts

I didn't think it was D, since the Sahara and the Gobi are the two main deserts I know. I didn't think it was A, since the Nile and the Amazon are the two main rivers I know. B also seemed unlikely since I don't know of many lakes. However, I can't say that I'd have gone for it in the Hot Seat.

$50,000 *Wild West
Before he became a legendary Wild West gunslinger, John "Doc" Holliday earned his nickname as what type of doctor?
A: Optometrist B: Podiatrist
C: Dentist D: Veterinarian

For me, this question was a prime example of "the weirdo rule". According to this rule, one answer is so far out in left field that it has to be right. A, B, and D are all types of medical doctors, while C specifically works in the mouth. With a free guess, I'd definitely have gone with C here.

[Estonut]

$25,000 *World Leaders
Cho Oyu is one of the world's what?
A: Longest rivers B: Deepest lakes
C: Highest mountains D: Largest deserts

I didn't think it was D, since the Sahara and the Gobi are the two main deserts I know. I didn't think it was A, since the Nile and the Amazon are the two main rivers I know. B also seemed unlikely since I don't know of many lakes. However, I can't say that I'd have gone for it in the Hot Seat.

$50,000 *Wild West
Before he became a legendary Wild West gunslinger, John "Doc" Holliday earned his nickname as what type of doctor?
A: Optometrist B: Podiatrist
C: Dentist D: Veterinarian

For me, this question was a prime example of "the weirdo rule". According to this rule, one answer is so far out in left field that it has to be right. A, B, and D are all types of medical doctors, while C specifically works in the mouth. With a free guess, I'd definitely have gone with C here.

Both of these examples show the reasoning behind why the show has so many thousandaires and llamas...

[NellyLunatic1980]

$25,000 *World Leaders
Cho Oyu is one of the world's what?
A: Longest rivers B: Deepest lakes
C: Highest mountains D: Largest deserts

Never heard of this. PAF.

$50,000 *Wild West
Before he became a legendary Wild West gunslinger, John "Doc" Holliday earned his nickname as what type of doctor?

A: Optometrist B: Podiatrist
C: Dentist D: Veterinarian

Maybe it's just me, but this seemed like an undervalued question. This is a fairly common bit of trivia.

[Phil Ken Sebbin]

$25,000 *World Leaders
Cho Oyu is one of the world's what?
A: Longest rivers B: Deepest lakes
C: Highest mountains D: Largest deserts

Never heard of this. PAF.

$50,000 *Wild West
Before he became a legendary Wild West gunslinger, John "Doc" Holliday earned his nickname as what type of doctor?

A: Optometrist B: Podiatrist
C: Dentist D: Veterinarian

Maybe it's just me, but this seemed like an undervalued question. This is a fairly common bit of trivia.

Do you mean overvalued? I have seen this question multiple times but it may be just me.

[NellyLunatic1980]

$25,000 *World Leaders
Cho Oyu is one of the world's what?
A: Longest rivers B: Deepest lakes
C: Highest mountains D: Largest deserts

Never heard of this. PAF.

$50,000 *Wild West
Before he became a legendary Wild West gunslinger, John "Doc" Holliday earned his nickname as what type of doctor?

A: Optometrist B: Podiatrist
C: Dentist D: Veterinarian

Maybe it's just me, but this seemed like an undervalued question. This is a fairly common bit of trivia.

Do you mean overvalued? I have seen this question multiple times but it may be just me.

Yes, I meant overvalued. This was one of those moments where my fingers were going faster than my brain.

[ten96lt]

$50,000 *Wild West
Before he became a legendary Wild West gunslinger, John "Doc" Holliday earned his nickname as what type of doctor?

A: Optometrist B: Podiatrist
C: Dentist D: Veterinarian

Spoiler

C: Dentist

I got this right on a guess because of a rule I just created called the Nancy Christy Rule© Anytime there's a question with a high value and the choice is dentist, go with it.

[Bob78164]

At 5 seconds, Sarah guesses

Spoiler

A: Optometrist

and leaves with $25,000.

Spoiler

C: Dentist

Thanks to ST:TOS I knew this one. There's an episode entitled "Spectre of the Gun" in which the stalwarts from the Enterprise re-enact the gunfight at the OK Corral. There's a scene in which Bones goes to the local dentist's office to get some ingredients for Scotty to make a sleep grenade; Doc Holliday is there.

That is exactly how I knew this one also. --Bob

[Jeemie]

Thanks to ST:TOS I knew this one. There's an episode entitled "Spectre of the Gun" in which the stalwarts from the Enterprise re-enact the gunfight at the OK Corral. There's a scene in which Bones goes to the local dentist's office to get some ingredients for Scotty to make a sleep grenade; Doc Holliday is there.

That's how I knew it, too!!

[ulysses5019]

Thanks to ST:TOS I knew this one. There's an episode entitled "Spectre of the Gun" in which the stalwarts from the Enterprise re-enact the gunfight at the OK Corral. There's a scene in which Bones goes to the local dentist's office to get some ingredients for Scotty to make a sleep grenade; Doc Holliday is there.

That's how I knew it, too!!

I knew it because, well, I just knew it.

[Snaxx]

The college newspaper caught up to this contestant's performance a couple of weeks after the show. She'd make Marley feel old with that statement about liking the show since she was little, so it was a timely posting while Marley is enjoying WDW.

Earlier this month, some of you may have noticed a familiar face from our own University if you were watching Channel 6, Fox 61's "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire." Sarah Larsen, a 22-year-old violinist from the Hartt School appeared on the show, and left with $25,000.
...
Wisconsin-native Larsen loved the show since she was little, she explains how she got on: "My friend and I were sitting and watching the show last spring, and we're yelling answers at the TV, and he told me to try out, so I did."
...
In order to get on the show, participants must pass a 30 question exam in five minutes, nothing too easy. "I got a perfect score, I was so happy I got on the show! I went down for the interview, and they really liked my personality, and how they could talk to me about anything, and they told me I was on the show," says Larsen.

http://media.www.hartfordinformer.com/m ... 7272.shtml

[Southpaw Fanny]

$25,000 *World Leaders
Cho Oyu is one of the world's what?
A: Longest rivers B: Deepest lakes
C: Highest mountains D: Largest deserts

I didn't think it was D, since the Sahara and the Gobi are the two main deserts I know. I didn't think it was A, since the Nile and the Amazon are the two main rivers I know. B also seemed unlikely since I don't know of many lakes. However, I can't say that I'd have gone for it in the Hot Seat.

$50,000 *Wild West
Before he became a legendary Wild West gunslinger, John "Doc" Holliday earned his nickname as what type of doctor?
A: Optometrist B: Podiatrist
C: Dentist D: Veterinarian

For me, this question was a prime example of "the weirdo rule". According to this rule, one answer is so far out in left field that it has to be right. A, B, and D are all types of medical doctors, while C specifically works in the mouth. With a free guess, I'd definitely have gone with C here.

As opposed to optometrists working specifically on the eyes and podiatrists specifically on the feet? If you're going with a "weirdo rule" I would think the odd man out would be the one that doesn't work on humans.

Also, none of the four are medical doctors. If by "medical doctors", you mean doctors of medicine.

[Southpaw Fanny]

Thanks to ST:TOS I knew this one. There's an episode entitled "Spectre of the Gun" in which the stalwarts from the Enterprise re-enact the gunfight at the OK Corral. There's a scene in which Bones goes to the local dentist's office to get some ingredients for Scotty to make a sleep grenade; Doc Holliday is there.

That's how I knew it, too!!

Silly me, here I was wasting my youth reading history books about the Old West when I could have just watched Star Trek....

[MarleysGh0st]

The college newspaper caught up to this contestant's performance a couple of weeks after the show. She'd make Marley feel old with that statement about liking the show since she was little, so it was a timely posting while Marley is enjoying WDW.

I do try catching up with threads when I get back, you know!



As for that statement: <grumble>®

[billm016]

I'm sorry to be posting this 2 years after the fact, but I was at this taping, and there was something that I wanted to share that I never did get to share about it. Sorry if this is a 'common thing' that happened during the old tapings-- I just never had thought of this happening (so nieve haha).

During the taping, Sarah chose to use her phone a friend at the $15K question, as shown in the transcript. However, the first PAF option she chose was Mike, not her Mom. The phone rang 4 times and went to voicemail (which I had never thought could happen before, but again, I was nieve haha). The girl looked crestfallen and the producers came out and talked to her, basically saying that they'd reintroduce the phone a friends as though the clock had just stopped, and that she'd have to choose someone other than Mike (though pretend she had wanted to call them all along). So she chose her Mom... and her Mom came through for her! The audience was pretty stoked for her! I know that this is way old news haha-- I just wanted to put it on the transcript for the record

[SportsFan68]

Thanks to ST:TOS I knew this one. There's an episode entitled "Spectre of the Gun" in which the stalwarts from the Enterprise re-enact the gunfight at the OK Corral. There's a scene in which Bones goes to the local dentist's office to get some ingredients for Scotty to make a sleep grenade; Doc Holliday is there.

That's how I knew it, too!!

I knew it because, well, I just knew it.

I agree with Uly on this one. It seems I've always known Holliday was a dentist.

Thanks for the additional enlightenment, billm016.