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Debbie Muldoon
Lynn, MA
Unemployed

Today’s ATE is actor Robert Wuhl.

Topic Tree:

Napoleon
Theatre
Famous Firsts
World Geography
Who Am I?
The Body Human
MTV
Capital Cities
Documentaries
Style Cats
Wordplay
Restaurant Chains
Governors
What a Treat!
Home Sweet Home

$500 Which of these home furnishings is meant to be walked on repeatedly?
A. Vase
B. Carpet
C. Bookshelf
D. Martha Stewart’s feelings

Spoiler

B. Carpet (6)

$1K A parent who tells a child not to fill up on “sweets” is asking that child not to eat too much what?
A. Pasta
B. Soup
C. Candy
D. Fish

Spoiler

C. Candy (9)

$2K Which of these former state governors once received an honorary award from the International Wrestling Institute?
A. Jeb Bush
B. Mario Cuomo
C. Gray Davis
D. Jesse Ventura

Spoiler

D. Jesse Ventura (4)

$3K What restaurant chain boasts that, in an average year, its patron eat 3.8 billion of its corn and flour tortillas?
A. Dairy Queen
B. IHOP
C. Taco Bell
D. Red Lobster

Spoiler

C. Taco Bell (6)

$5K Which of these U.S. mountains has a name that, if pronounced differently, becomes a comparative adjective?
A. Rainier
B. Hood
C. Whitney
D. Shasta

Spoiler

A. Rainier (6)

$7.5K Sported by celebrities like Billy Ray Cyrus, a “soul patch” is a style of what?
A. Necktie
B. Tattoo
C. Earring
D. Beard

Spoiler

D. Beard (23)

$10K The 2009 documentary “Crude” centers on a major lawsuit against what company?
A. AT&T
B. MetLife
C. Chevron
D. Intel

Spoiler

C. Chevron ( 18 )

$12.5K In 2009, what capital city stripped the titles of honorary mayor and adopted son from Francisco Franco thirty-three years after his death?
A. Madrid
B. Vienna
C. Berlin
D. Rome

ATA (20)

79% A. Madrid
4% B. Vienna
3% C. Berlin
14% D. Rome

Spoiler

A. Madrid (15)

commercial break

Debbie has been unemployed for a year. While out of work, Debbie went back to school to get her teaching degree. She had to drop out because she couldn’t pay for her classes. She hopes to win enough so she can go back for the final four classes she needs for a teaching degree.

$15K What rapper left the 2009 MTV Movie Awards in a huff after a scantily-clad Sacha Baron Cohen was lowered into his lap?
A. Eminem
B. 50 Cent
C. Jay-Z
D. Kayne West

Spoiler

A. Eminem ( 18 )

$25K Which of these parts of the body plays a significant role in the integumentary system?
A. Liver
B. Pancreas
C. Skin
D. Lungs

DD (10)

Debbie’s first choice, pancreas, is incorrect.

Debbie’s second choice is correct.

Spoiler

C. Skin (2)

$50K Who is Shigeru Miyamoto?
A. Video game designer
B. Prime Minister of Japan
C. Hip-hop producer
D. CEO of Toyota

ATE (35)

Richard says he is 100% positive that he doesn’t have a clue.

Spoiler

A. Video game designer (25)

commercial break

Debbie’s goal for the show was to make it to $50K. It has been a really tough year and $50K would really do her some good.

$100K Made famous in the 1970s by a Jacques Cousteau expedition, the Great Blue Hole is a vast underwater sinkhole off the coast of what country?
A. Madagascar
B. Belize
C. Peru
D. New Zealand

Debbie: I can’t be sure.

Meredith: Do you have a guess?

Debbie: I do. I do have a guess.

Meredith: What are you leaning towards?

Debbie: I’m leaning towards “A,” Madagascar. What the hell? “A,” Madagascar, final answer.

Debbie leaves with $25K.

Spoiler

B. Belize (20)

horn

Answers:
$500 B. Carpet
$1K C. Candy
$2K D. Jesse Ventura
$3K C. Taco Bell
$5K A. Rainier
$7.5K D. Beard
$10K C. Chevron
$12.5K A. Madrid
$15K A. Eminem
$25K C. Skin
$50K A. Video game designer
$100K B. Belize

A dream stack for me.

ATA at $15K- I'd be at the $250K with 2 LLs left.

Learned all about the Great Blue Hole on my cruise this past July. Also learned that the reef system off the coast of Belize is the second-largest in the world after the Great Barrier Reef.

Famous Firsts, Theatre, and Napoleon- wonder if I could navigate those with 2 LLs.

ATA on the rapper Q-I thought it might be Kanye, since he made headlines at the VMA's.

$7.5K-familiar Q-I think they recycled this from a few years back, because I remember them asking where you find a "soul patch."

$50K-double dip between A and D. I know who the PM of Japan is.

$100K-OK, I hafta ask the Expert since I don't have PaF anymore. The Expert probably won't help much-so I walk with $50K.

Wasn't sure on Franco and didn't know integumentary, but I was pretty impressed with myself when I thought "didn't he have something to do with Nintendo?" before the $50k choices popped up. Too bad an errant inkling took away some cash, but $25,000 is good money.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Francisco Franco thirty-three years after his death?
A. Madrid

This just in - he's still dead.

vettech wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Francisco Franco thirty-three years after his death?
A. Madrid

This just in - he's still dead.

Damn. I wasted a Christmas card.

Shame. I thought we had our first post-PAF third tier win there.

The last time that happened - two $50K winners on January 6th and 8th (both with the help of PAF).



Brief summary of all post-PAF games up to today:

Walks (winning $15K or less) - 12.
Freebie Losses (missed $50K question, but still won $25K) - 4.

Losses, Second Tier (winnings reduced to $5K, not counting $25K question) - 9.
Safe Haven Losses (missed $25K question, winnings reduced to $5K) - 4.
Losses, Third Tier (winnings reduced to $25K) - 1.
Llamas (first round losses, contestant left with nothing) - 2

Number of times the Expert caused a contestant to lose (resulting in winnings being reduced to $5K) - 8.
Meredith: Oh, our Experts are the best, they're really good, etc.

In contrast, I think the audience was perfect all month long, but they're being asked more early questions nowadays.



I still think it was a mistake to ditch PAF and not offer something to replace it.

Sometimes, it sucks when the fans were right all along.

I knew integumentary but for the STRANGEST reason.

I have a VERY well-worn copy of The Ring Lardner Reader. It has short stories and articles written for various magazines.

In one magazine article, Lardner parodied Cole Porter's lyrics to "Night and Day."

He honed in on the line, "Night and day, under the hide of me, there's an oh such hungry yearning burning inside of me."

Lardner had lots of fun coming up with alternatives.

"Night and day under my dermis, dear, There's a spot just as hot as coffee kept in a thermos, dear."

"Night and day under my cuticle There's a love all for you so true it never would do to kill."

AND, my favorite, which is probably why it stayed with me....

“Night and day under my tegument/ There’s a voice telling me, I’m he, the good little egg you meant.”

So, I know from Shinola about science/medicine/anatomy but I know my Lardner.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:
$100K Made famous in the 1970s by a Jacques Cousteau expedition, the Great Blue Hole is a vast underwater sinkhole off the coast of what country?
A. Madagascar
B. Belize
C. Peru
D. New Zealand

B. Belize (20)

The Great Blue Hole is where they dump the virility enhancers that don't work. It gets its name from the leftover dye from the pills after they dissolve.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Debbie Muldoon
Lynn, MA
Unemployed

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$12.5K In 2009, what capital city stripped the titles of honorary mayor and adopted son from Francisco Franco thirty-three years after his death?
A. Madrid
B. Vienna
C. Berlin
D. Rome

ATA (20)

79% A. Madrid
4% B. Vienna
3% C. Berlin
14% D. Rome

Spoiler

A. Madrid (15)

And in other news, Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$50K Who is Shigeru Miyamoto?
A. Video game designer
B. Prime Minister of Japan
C. Hip-hop producer
D. CEO of Toyota

ATE (35)

Richard says he is 100% positive that he doesn’t have a clue.

Spoiler

A. Video game designer (25)

I would have been gone here, with all lifelines still available. I knew that Japan just elected a new prime minister and I would have gone for "B" as my final answer without hesitation. Turns out the prime minister's name is Yukio Hatoyama.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$100K Made famous in the 1970s by a Jacques Cousteau expedition, the Great Blue Hole is a vast underwater sinkhole off the coast of what country?
A. Madagascar
B. Belize
C. Peru
D. New Zealand

Debbie: I can’t be sure.

Meredith: Do you have a guess?

Debbie: I do. I do have a guess.

Meredith: What are you leaning towards?

Debbie: I’m leaning towards “A,” Madagascar. What the hell? “A,” Madagascar, final answer.

Debbie leaves with $25K.

Spoiler

B. Belize (20)

Give her credit for guts, at least. But this is another of those WWOQs that I thought would be eliminated when the PAF was eliminated. It's one of those Google PAF questions. FWIW when we were in Belize we didn't hear this mentioned.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$50K Who is Shigeru Miyamoto?
A. Video game designer
B. Prime Minister of Japan
C. Hip-hop producer
D. CEO of Toyota

ATE (35)

Richard (Robert) says he is 100% positive that he doesn’t have a clue.

Spoiler

A. Video game designer (25)

Uly made the following comment in the transcript thread for Matt Rodrigues, but it's more relevant here.

ulysses5019 wrote:Wuhl has done a program on the History Channel called "Assume the Position". Here is an excerpt from wiki:

"In 2006, he starred on HBO in a one-man-show, Assume the Position with Mr. Wuhl, where he taught a history class to show how history is created and propagated in a similar fashion to pop culture. A second chapter entitled Assume the Position 201 with Mr. Wuhl aired on HBO in July 2007. Wuhl is currently developing a stage adaptation of "Assume the Position" at Ars Nova in New York City."

So, Meredith begins the ATE chat by asking Robert what he's an expert in. And, somehow, having filmed this comedy show where he plays a history teacher made Robert a history expert.

MarleysGh0st wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$50K Who is Shigeru Miyamoto?
A. Video game designer
B. Prime Minister of Japan
C. Hip-hop producer
D. CEO of Toyota

ATE (35)

Richard (Robert) says he is 100% positive that he doesn’t have a clue.

Spoiler

A. Video game designer (25)

Uly made the following comment in the transcript thread for Matt Rodrigues, but it's more relevant here.

ulysses5019 wrote:Wuhl has done a program on the History Channel called "Assume the Position". Here is an excerpt from wiki:

"In 2006, he starred on HBO in a one-man-show, Assume the Position with Mr. Wuhl, where he taught a history class to show how history is created and propagated in a similar fashion to pop culture. A second chapter entitled Assume the Position 201 with Mr. Wuhl aired on HBO in July 2007. Wuhl is currently developing a stage adaptation of "Assume the Position" at Ars Nova in New York City."

So, Meredith begins the ATE chat by asking Robert what he's an expert in. And, somehow, having filmed this comedy show where he plays a history teacher made Robert a history expert.

No, he's a history expert who made a funny film about it.

Bob Juch wrote:

MarleysGh0st wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$50K Who is Shigeru Miyamoto?
A. Video game designer
B. Prime Minister of Japan
C. Hip-hop producer
D. CEO of Toyota

ATE (35)

Richard (Robert) says he is 100% positive that he doesn’t have a clue.

Spoiler

A. Video game designer (25)

Uly made the following comment in the transcript thread for Matt Rodrigues, but it's more relevant here.

ulysses5019 wrote:Wuhl has done a program on the History Channel called "Assume the Position". Here is an excerpt from wiki:

"In 2006, he starred on HBO in a one-man-show, Assume the Position with Mr. Wuhl, where he taught a history class to show how history is created and propagated in a similar fashion to pop culture. A second chapter entitled Assume the Position 201 with Mr. Wuhl aired on HBO in July 2007. Wuhl is currently developing a stage adaptation of "Assume the Position" at Ars Nova in New York City."

So, Meredith begins the ATE chat by asking Robert what he's an expert in. And, somehow, having filmed this comedy show where he plays a history teacher made Robert a history expert.

No, he's a history expert who made a funny film about it.

Where in his biography do you get that he's a real history expert?

The Great Blue Hole is kind of an evil question, but knowledge of either geography or oceanography might have helped rule some things out. An underwater sinkhole is most likely to happen in a) regions that are seismically active; and b) regions that have a high percentage of sedimentary rock near the surface. I would like to think I would've been able to guess Belize, but Peru is a nasty distractor, given the much larger number of miles that can be considered "coastline" for that country.

OK, we got to see someone hit the bigger time on this one, albeit briefly.

5K: As long as I can figure out what "comparative adjective" is in 16 seconds.

25K: Knew it knew it knew it. When you know it, you know it. The contestant looked like she felt the wrong word had come out of her mouth, but it was the right word for the answer.

50K: Well, I was pretty sure he wasn't prime minister, even though I can't name who is. The name is mixing me up with Minimoto for some reason (I just googled it, its a bike company), & Miyamata, the chemical factory that tried to hide mercury poisoning they caused many years ago.

ATA in case they know

ATE in case they know

Then, probably, double dip

100K: I know the Blue Hole of Castalia Ohio. Hey! That one, being on land, is far more dramatic, in my opinion, than any underwater sinkhole. I am thinking South America here for whatever reason, but I probably wouldn't have my double dip left to use.

And I would even more probably be way too scared to use it.

I guess I have to admire people who "go for it", but I wish she'd been right.

$100K, I knew this from watching the Today show in late 2008. Matt Lauer went to Belize and did his report swimming/snorkeling in the Blue Hole, when Meredith went to Australia, Al to Greenland and Ann to Mt Kilimanjaro, when the Today show went to talk about global warming, I believe.

ghostjmf wrote: 100K: I know the Blue Hole of Castalia Ohio. Hey! That one, being on land, is far more dramatic, in my opinion, than any underwater sinkhole. I am thinking South America here for whatever reason, but I probably wouldn't have my double dip left to use.

It's not that blue anymore...

Debbie’s goal for the show was to make it to $50K. It has been a really tough year and $50K would really do her some good.

This seemed like the perfect lead-in to walking away with said amount. Instead, she throws half of it down the Great Blue Hole, never to be seen again.

megaaddict wrote:

Debbie’s goal for the show was to make it to $50K. It has been a really tough year and $50K would really do her some good.

This seemed like the perfect lead-in to walking away with said amount. Instead, she throws half of it down the Great Blue Hole, never to be seen again.

I applaud contestants who are willing to take the risk on a DD in the upper tier. Given that Debbie didn't have the DD left, I was surprised that she went with a hunch, right after telling us about this $50K goal. Maybe she was a lot more certain about her guess than it sounded.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$25K Which of these parts of the body plays a significant role in the integumentary system?
A. Liver
B. Pancreas
C. Skin
D. Lungs

Have I mentioned yet how much I love Greek and Latin questions? The Latin word "integere" means "to cover", so skin was the only answer that made sense.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$50K Who is Shigeru Miyamoto?
A. Video game designer
B. Prime Minister of Japan
C. Hip-hop producer
D. CEO of Toyota

I used to be a subscriber of Nintendo Power magazine many, many years ago. I've seen Miyamoto's name plastered all over those magazines, as well as in the credits in various Nintendo games.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$100K Made famous in the 1970s by a Jacques Cousteau expedition, the Great Blue Hole is a vast underwater sinkhole off the coast of what country?
A. Madagascar
B. Belize
C. Peru
D. New Zealand

I wonder if SSS heard anything about the Great Blue Hole while he and Mrs. SSS were cruising down there and buying virility enhancers. I know all the talk about Belize on this Bored made me read up on that country many months ago. Sure enough, I did stumble upon the Great Blue Hole while reading.

Nihil obstat® and going for $250K with all of my lifelines. Don't expect me to say that as often anymore.

Could see where the 7.5K Q could be tricky with the clock.

Not sure where I saw it but recently saw something about the Cohen/Eminem thing. Maybe a People magazine in the physical therapy waiting room.

No clue at 50K but if I get past that the 100K is a cinch between too many viewings of Cousteau - National Geographic specials. Not to mention having been to the blue hole in question off the coast of Belize among others including one in French Polnesia.

MarleysGh0st wrote:

megaaddict wrote:

Debbie’s goal for the show was to make it to $50K. It has been a really tough year and $50K would really do her some good.

This seemed like the perfect lead-in to walking away with said amount. Instead, she throws half of it down the Great Blue Hole, never to be seen again.

I applaud contestants who are willing to take the risk on a DD in the upper tier. Given that Debbie didn't have the DD left, I was surprised that she went with a hunch, right after telling us about this $50K goal. Maybe she was a lot more certain about her guess than it sounded.

Oh Debbie, Debbie, Debbie...

I think she was still on a major high from getting the last guess correct, and I'm pretty sure she would have happily walked with her 50k if Meredith hadn't encouraged her to verbalize her guess on this one.

I've nothing against "going for it," but I sure bet she wouldn't have if Mere hadn't stirred her up, or at least had also reminded her of the downside of doing so.

Here's an article about Debbie's appearance.

http://www.thedailyitemoflynn.com/artic ... news03.txt

Muldoon, who is not an avid game show watcher and has never been on television, appeared on Monday's episode of Millionaire, hosted by Meredith Viera.

"I was unemployed and my family had been telling me for years I should go on game shows. My niece said, 'Auntie you should try out for that,' so I put my name in and strangely they invited me for an audition," Muldoon said.

(Underlining is mine.) "Strangely", everyone who requests an audition slot gets one, until all the slots are filled.

Unlike many others who were selected to try out for Millionaire, Muldoon passed the test on her first try and also passed the interview portion of the audition. After a couple of weeks, she received a phone call saying she was in the contestant pool and soon after received a phone call inviting her to New York.

<sigh>

"There is more than one member of my family that said I could have walked with $50,000. My standard response is, 'No guts, no glory,'" she said. "It was a fantastic experience. I wish I had won more but I am very, very content with what I did win."

Hmmm. That doesn't really enlighten us about taking a guess after she reached her goal.