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The episode begins with a replay of Sam Murray's correct million dollar answer last week. Meredith points out the big winners that we'll see throughout the week, and then emphasize that Jehan, on Friday, will be the only player who actually control her own destiny, i.e. she can guarantee herself a million dollars if she gets her question right.

Colleen O'Brien Etskovitz
New York, NY
Unemployed

Banter? Who has time for banter?

Question Topics:
Prophets
Justice
Famous Firsts
On Animals
Veeps
Sports History
U.S. Rivers
Big Business
Geography
London Calling
Sesame Street
Elections
License Plates
Mountains
Fitness

$3000 - Elections
What U.S. president was elected in the same year the United States celebrated its bicentennial?
A: Jimmy Carter B: Lyndon Johnson
C: Richard Nixon D: Ronald Reagan

Spoiler

A: Jimmy Carter (9)

$5,000 - Sesame Street
Meredith: You have kids, so this might be an easy one for you. Colleen: It was my favorite show as a kid, so I hope so!
Most Sesame Street fans would agree, Snuffleupagus closely resembles what animal?
A: Saint Bernard B: Saber-toothed tiger
C: Wooly mammoth D: Hippopotamus

Spoiler

C: Wolly mammoth (9)

Colleen has earned the Ask The Expert lifeline. Today's expert is Ken Jennings.

$7,500 - London Calling
A frequent visitor to London hospitals in her lifetime, who received the Freedom of the City of London award in 1908?
A: Susan B. Anthony B: Harriet Tubman
C: Florence Nightingale D: Louisa May Alcott

Spoiler

C: Florence Nightingale (21)

Colleen utters an "oh, no..." upon noticing the next category.

$10,000 - Geography
By definition, a caldera is a large depression found in the center of what geographical feature?
A: Glacier B: Reef
C: Waterfall D: Volcano

Spoiler

D: Volcano (22)

$12,500 - Big Business
On the 2009 Fortune Global 500 list of the world's largest corporations, 6 of the top 7 slots are filled by companies in what sector?
A: Oil B: Automotive
C: Software D: Banking

With 19 seconds left, Colleen decides to Ask the Audience.

ATA results

ATA: A: 48% B: 1% C: 34% D: 17%

With 9 seconds remaining, Colleen decides to Ask the Expert.

ATE discussion

Ken has never seen the list. His educated guess has him leaning toward oil or banking, "I think it's probably oil, but I have my doubts. Sorry!"

Colleen decides to answer

Spoiler

A

.

Spoiler

A: oil (5)

-- Commercial Break --

Banter? Who has time for banter?

$15,000 - U.S. Rivers
Kansas, a near rectangular state, has a clipped northeast corner shaped by what river?
A: Mississippi River B: Tennessee River
C: Missouri River D: Arkansas River

With 20 seconds remaining, Colleen decides to Phone a Friend, her friend David.

PAF discussion

Colleen reads the question and choices, verbatim, in 12 seconds. Her friend asks her to repeat which corner of the state she's talking about, and with a few seconds remaining he narrows it down to the Missouri or the Mississippi.

With 9 seconds remaining, Colleen decides to Double Dip. (although it seemed like Meredith's reminder that she had that lifeline helped convince her to use it...)

DD action

Her first answer is A: Mississippi River.
Her second answer is C: Missouri River

Spoiler

C: Missouri River (6)

$25,000 - Sports History
After completing a desperate pass in a 1975 game, what quarterback coined the phrase "Hail Mary" to describe it?
A: Fran Tarkenton B: Joe Namath
C: Johnny Unitas D: Roger Staubach

Colleen could've used her friend Dave for this question... She has no idea and decides to walk with $15,000.

Spoiler

D: Roger Staubach ( )

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Colleen O'Brien Etskovitz
New York, NY
Unemployed

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$15,000 - U.S. Rivers
Kansas, a near rectangular state, has a clipped northeast corner shaped by what river?
A: Mississippi River B: Tennessee River
C: Missouri River D: Arkansas River

With 20 seconds remaining, Colleen decides to Phone a Friend, her friend David.

PAF discussion

Colleen reads the question and choices, verbatim, in 12 seconds. Her friend asks her to repeat which corner of the state she's talking about, and with a few seconds remaining he narrows it down to the Missouri or the Mississippi.

With 9 seconds remaining, Colleen decides to Double Dip. (although it seemed like Meredith's reminder that she had that lifeline helped convince her to use it...)

DD action

Her first answer is A: Mississippi River.
Her second answer is C: Missouri River

Spoiler

C: Missouri River (6)

We already know that Colleen dreads geography, and now we know why.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$25,000 - Sports History
After completing a desperate pass in a 1975 game, what quarterback coined the phrase "Hail Mary" to describe it?
A: Fran Tarkenton B: Joe Namath
C: Johnny Unitas D: Roger Staubach

Colleen could've used her friend Dave for this question... She has no idea and decides to walk with $15,000.

Spoiler

D: Roger Staubach ( )

OK, I don't know this one. My instinct would have been to go with Tarkenton, but not with enough confidence to answer without a lifeline. This doesn't look like a good ATA, so let's use PAF.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$25,000 - Sports History
After completing a desperate pass in a 1975 game, what quarterback coined the phrase "Hail Mary" to describe it?
A: Fran Tarkenton B: Joe Namath
C: Johnny Unitas D: Roger Staubach

Colleen could've used her friend Dave for this question... She has no idea and decides to walk with $15,000.

Spoiler

D: Roger Staubach ( )

I would never had chosen an answer here without lifelines. Had I been forced to guess, though, I would have been right. I would also have had no idea how I had reasoned this out correctly. Is he more devout than the others? Were his active playing days in the right era? Have I actually heard this piece of trivia before? Dunno. He just seemed the most likely of the choices to have come up with the phrase.

gsabc wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$25,000 - Sports History
After completing a desperate pass in a 1975 game, what quarterback coined the phrase "Hail Mary" to describe it?
A: Fran Tarkenton B: Joe Namath
C: Johnny Unitas D: Roger Staubach

Colleen could've used her friend Dave for this question... She has no idea and decides to walk with $15,000.

Spoiler

D: Roger Staubach ( )

I would never had chosen an answer here without lifelines. Had I been forced to guess, though, I would have been right. I would also have had no idea how I had reasoned this out correctly. Is he more devout than the others? Were his active playing days in the right era? Have I actually heard this piece of trivia before? Dunno. He just seemed the most likely of the choices to have come up with the phrase.

Here was my reasoning: Johnny U was retired by then. Joe Namath was past his prime and maybe retired (it turned out he played with the Jets until 1976). It would have been late in Fran Tarkenton's career but not possible to rule him out. I was pretty sure it had to be one of Roger's comebacks.

If I have the right game, Tarkenton would have been the opposing QB in the same game (a playoff game that Staubach threw a late TD pass to Drew Pearson to beat the Vikings). So he would be the toughest distractor they could come up with.

When this question came up, I think I heard a shoe go through a TV somewhere in the Dakotas...

A hint for all of you who might be wondering why you knew or had an inkling on this one...

jacorbett70 wrote:

gsabc wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$25,000 - Sports History
After completing a desperate pass in a 1975 game, what quarterback coined the phrase "Hail Mary" to describe it?
A: Fran Tarkenton B: Joe Namath
C: Johnny Unitas D: Roger Staubach

Colleen could've used her friend Dave for this question... She has no idea and decides to walk with $15,000.

Spoiler

D: Roger Staubach ( )

I would never had chosen an answer here without lifelines. Had I been forced to guess, though, I would have been right. I would also have had no idea how I had reasoned this out correctly. Is he more devout than the others? Were his active playing days in the right era? Have I actually heard this piece of trivia before? Dunno. He just seemed the most likely of the choices to have come up with the phrase.

Here was my reasoning: Johnny U was retired by then. Joe Namath was past his prime and maybe retired (it turned out he played with the Jets until 1976). It would have been late in Fran Tarkenton's career but not possible to rule him out. I was pretty sure it had to be one of Roger's comebacks.

If I have the right game, Tarkenton would have been the opposing QB in the same game (a playoff game that Staubach threw a late TD pass to Drew Pearson to beat the Vikings). So he would be the toughest distractor they could come up with.

Hail Mary my ass. It was and always will be offensive pass interference. Period. I have proof, just ask Fishie. Two saying it makes it so.

Jeemie wrote:When this question came up, I think I heard a shoe go through a TV somewhere in the Dakotas...

A hint for all of you who might be wondering why you knew or had an inkling on this one...

Actually no shoe. Just a fucking no fucking way.

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