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LJ Miller
Jamaica, NY
Personal Trainer

LJ is the Friday carryover contestant from the 12/04/09 episode guest hosted by Regis.

LJ still has his ATE and DD.

Today’s ATE is the anchor of “Good Morning, America: Weekend Edition,” Bill Weir.[/I]

Topic Tree:

Around the House
Big Winner
State Flags
Prescription Drugs
Mythology
Astronomers
Men of the House
Breakout Roles
Behavioral Studies
Idioms
Candy
(The King)
(Brand Names)
(Words & Phrases)
(Wedding Traditions)

$5K The classic A&W root beer-flavored candy is traditionally shaped like what object?
A. Barrel
B. Cauldron
C. Saucer
D. Spoon

ATE (2)

Bill tells LJ that they can feel good about this one.

Bill: It’s shaped like a root beer barrel. Right? That makes the most sense. I have enjoyed many a root beer candy.

LJ: You’re 100% sure?

Bill: I’m 1,000% sure, man.

Spoiler

A. Barrel (2)

commercial break

$7.5K Which of these animal-inspired expressions is synonymous with the word “capsize”?
A. Talk turkey
B. Pigeonhole
C. Pig out
D. Turn turtle

Spoiler

D. Turn turtle (22)

$10K According to the Nielsen Company, in the fall of 2008 the average American teenager did what 2,272 times per month?
A. Talked on the phone
B. Sent or received text messages
C. Played video games
D. Ate junk food or drank soda

LJ: Since it’s the Nielsen Company, that has to do with television, so I would say “C,” final answer.

LJ leaves with $5K.

Spoiler

B. Sent or received text messages (16)

Answers:
$5K A. Barrel
$7.5K D. Turn turtle
$10K B. Sent or received text messages

I guess LJ hasn't seen Oprah lately. She's been promoting the No Phone Zone and telling stories about people (a lot of them teenagers) that have gotten killed or hurt because of texting while driving.

This was a toughy. My first inclination was teenagers = texing, but I would have probably double dipped between that and video games cuz of the Nielsen reference... but even that's still iffy since video games aren't broadcast on TV, just viewed thru the monitor. Has anyone ever heard of Nielson related to anything besides TV?

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: LJ Miller
Jamaica, NY
Personal Trainer

LJ is the Friday carryover contestant from the 12/04/09 episode guest hosted by Regis.

It's about time they brought him back.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$5K The classic A&W root beer-flavored candy is traditionally shaped like what object?
A. Barrel
B. Cauldron
C. Saucer
D. Spoon

ATE (2)

Bill tells LJ that they can feel good about this one.

Bill: It’s shaped like a root beer barrel. Right? That makes the most sense. I have enjoyed many a root beer candy.

LJ: You’re 100% sure?

Bill: I’m 1,000% sure, man.

Spoiler

A. Barrel (2)

So he's used two lifelines on the first tier - this doesn't sound like it's going to end well.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$10K According to the Nielsen Company, in the fall of 2008 the average American teenager did what 2,272 times per month?
A. Talked on the phone
B. Sent or received text messages
C. Played video games
D. Ate junk food or drank soda

LJ: Since it’s the Nielsen Company, that has to do with television, so I would say “C,” final answer.

LJ leaves with $5K.

Spoiler

B. Sent or received text messages (16)

The Nielsen Co. does more than just TV ratings, but that's what they are most famous for. I guess "video games" was the closest thing to "watching TV".

Eliminating the PAF does save a lot of money.

themainintheseersuckersuit, I just responded to your comment in a new message on the Bored with the subject "A 'Wow' statement".

Thanks for the insight--seriously.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: LJ Miller
Jamaica, NY
Personal Trainer

LJ is the Friday carryover contestant from the 12/04/09 episode guest hosted by Regis.

Finally! I guess I frustrated TPTB enough over the last 6 months that they caved in and brought him back instead of giving him the Barbara Mayhall Hunter treatment.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$10K According to the Nielsen Company, in the fall of 2008 the average American teenager did what 2,272 times per month?
A. Talked on the phone
B. Sent or received text messages
C. Played video games
D. Ate junk food or drank soda

LJ: Since it’s the Nielsen Company, that has to do with television, so I would say “C,” final answer.

LJ leaves with $5K.

Spoiler

B. Sent or received text messages (16)

What is probably really depressing here is that L.J. had to wait over 6 months to watch himself crash on the $10K question.

Nihil obstat®

Pastor Fireball wrote:What is probably really depressing here is that L.J. had to wait over 6 months to watch himself crash on the $10K question.

Well, he knew how it turned out, but he had to deal with an extra six months of fending off questions from friends and family.

secondchance wrote:This was a toughy. My first inclination was teenagers = texing, but I would have probably double dipped between that and video games cuz of the Nielsen reference... but even that's still iffy since video games aren't broadcast on TV, just viewed thru the monitor. Has anyone ever heard of Nielson related to anything besides TV?

Nielsen does a lot of marketing research in a wide variety of areas. They apecialize in media and especially the TV ratings, but they are a very broad based media research company.

Number of times the average teenager send or receive texts in a month - 2,772
Number of times SSS and Mrs. SSS send or receive texts in a month = 0*

*- Does not include the occasional text the phone company sends me to try to get me to spend more money with them.

silverscreenselect wrote:

secondchance wrote:This was a toughy. My first inclination was teenagers = texing, but I would have probably double dipped between that and video games cuz of the Nielsen reference... but even that's still iffy since video games aren't broadcast on TV, just viewed thru the monitor. Has anyone ever heard of Nielson related to anything besides TV?

Nielsen does a lot of marketing research in a wide variety of areas. They apecialize in media and especially the TV ratings, but they are a very broad based media research company.

Number of times the average teenager send or receive texts in a month - 2,772
Number of times SSS and Mrs. SSS send or receive texts in a month = 0*

*- Does not include the occasional text the phone company sends me to try to get me to spend more money with them.

Pastor and Mrs. Fireball send and receive 0 texts in a month as well, not counting those from the phone company.

My mother, on the other hand, is a texting junkie.