Transcript 12/16/2010 - John Serenita

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John Serenita
Casa Grande, AZ
Substitute teacher

John is a 20-year veteran. He wants to travel the country in a new RV.

Topic Tree: (unrandomized)
- Novels
- Who Am I?
- Code of Conduct
- All Atwitter
- Architectural Terms
- Burned Out Stars
- Crunchy Words
- Seasonal Wraps
- Bunny Style
- Movie Trivia

Topic Tree: (randomized)
- Who Am I?
- Burned Out Stars
- All Atwitter
- Bunny Style
- Movie Time
- Crunchy Words
- Seasonal Wraps
- Novels
- Architectural Terms
- Code of Conduct

Question #1 (Code of Conduct)
The Ordnung is a code of rules and behavior observed by members of what religious group?
A - Buddhists
B - Muslims
C - Mormons
D - Amish
JTQ #1

Spoiler

D - Amish
Value: $25,000
Bank: $0

John is glad he didn't guess, and, "hey, the million is still in play."

Question #2 (Architectural Terms)
A panopticon, a structure in which all interior parts are visible from a single point, was conceived as an ideal form of a what?
A - luxury hotel
B - bus station
C - courthouse
D - prison

John seems to be torn between

Spoiler

luxury hotel and bus station

. He hates to do it but he's going to jump this question also.

Spoiler

Answer: D (prison)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $0

Question #3 (Novels)
Which of these classic novels does not feature a first-person narrator?
A - The Catcher in the Rye
B - Animal Farm
C - The Great Gatsby
D - To Kill a Mockingbird

John doesn't know his literature very well but he thinks the audience does, so he's going to ask them.

ATA results

A - 10%
B - 54%
C - 15%
D - 21%

John trusts the audience.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Animal Farm)
Value: $500
Bank: $500

That's more than John came here with.

Question #4 (Seasonal Wraps)
At the end of a season, what reality series often airs a wrap-up episode subtitled "After the Final Rose"?
A - The Bachelor
B - Dancing with the Stars
C - The Amazing Race
D - Survivor

As Meredith reads the question John exclaims, "Yes!"

Spoiler

Answer: A (The Bachelor)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $1,500

Question #5 (Crunchy Words)
What breakfast cereal shares its name with a suffix that is often attached to a noun to make it feminine
A - Chex
B - Trix
C - Kix
D - Crispix

Spoiler

Answer: B (Trix)
Value: $3,000
Bank: $4,500

John says the questions are getting easier.

Question #6 (Movie Time)
What would be the title of a classic 1952 western if it was "affected" by Daylight Savings Time?
A - High 8AM
B - High 1PM
C - High 5PM
D - High 9PM

Spoiler

Answer: B (High 1PM)
Value: $10,000
Bank: $14,500

As Meredith announces the category John says it's his favorite.

commercial break

Meredith says that John has a positive outlook on life. He came on the show to be a winner. John interjects, "I was a winner already because so few people get out here."

Question #7 (Bunny Style)
The famous logo of Playboy Magazine depicts the stylized head of a rabbit wearing what?
A - top hat
B - earring
C - glasses
D - bow tie

John says he never reads this. But he doesn't hesitate in making

Spoiler

D

his final answer.

Spoiler

Answer: D (bow tie)
Value: $15,000
Bank: $29,500

Meredith exclaims, "Lucky guess!" then jokes, "Of course you never read it."

John's mom Charlene is in the relationship seat.

Question #8 (All Atwitter)
In April 2009, a CNN newsfeed was edged by what celebrity in a race to be the first with one million followers on Twitter?
A - Ashton Kutcher
B - Shaquille O'Neal
C - Britney Spears
D - Ellen DeGeneres

John says his wife would shoot him if he got this one wrong. Meredith asks if she's in the audience. John replies that she isn't. John thinks it is

Spoiler

A

and goes for it.

Answer and value

A - Ashton Kutcher (after Mere fakeout)
Value: $100
Bank: 29600

Question 9 - Burned Out Stars
The 2010 movie "I'm Still Here" followed what wacky actor as he grew a bushy beard and "retired" from his Hollywood career?
A. James Franco B. Johnny Depp
C. John Malkovich D. Joaquin Phoenix

Spoiler

John says it is a tough decision though he is 75% sure that it is D. He goes for it.

Answer and value

D. Joaquin Phoenix
Value: $7000
Bank: 36600

Commercial break

Question 10 - Who am I?
Who was He Pingping?
A. World's first human clone B. World's fattest baby
C. World's shortest man D. World's longest-ruling dictator

Spoiler

John thinks he can eliminate A and D but is not sure. Walked.

Answer and value

C. World's shortest man - John was "heading in the right direction"
Value: not shown
Bank: walk- $18,300

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Bumping this up.

[earendel]

John Serenita
Casa Grande, AZ
Substitute teacher

John is a 20-year veteran. He wants to travel the country in a new RV.

Gas prices being what they are he'd better plan on winning the million.

Question #1 (Code of Conduct)
The Ordnung is a code of rules and behavior observed by members of what religious group?
A - Buddhists
B - Muslims
C - Mormons
D - Amish
JTQ #1

Spoiler

D - Amish
Value: $25,000
Bank: $0

John is glad he didn't guess, and, "hey, the million is still in play."

Since "ordnung" is German, Amish makes the most sense.

Question #2 (Architectural Terms)
A panopticon, a structure in which all interior parts are visible from a single point, was conceived as an ideal form of a what?
A - luxury hotel
B - bus station
C - courthouse
D - prison

John seems to be torn between

Spoiler

luxury hotel and bus station

. He hates to do it but he's going to jump this question also.

Spoiler

Answer: D (prison)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $0

My first thought was "prison" because you'd want to be able to see all interior parts. Plus there's all those old prison movies.

Question #3 (Novels)
Which of these classic novels does not feature a first-person narrator?
A - The Catcher in the Rye
B - Animal Farm
C - The Great Gatsby
D - To Kill a Mockingbird

John doesn't know his literature very well but he thinks the audience does, so he's going to ask them.

ATA results

A - 10%
B - 54%
C - 15%
D - 21%

John trusts the audience.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Animal Farm)
Value: $500
Bank: $500

That's more than John came here with.

Having read all four, the answer was clear.

Question #6 (Movie Time)
What would be the title of a classic 1952 western if it was "affected" by Daylight Savings Time?
A - High 8AM
B - High 1PM
C - High 5PM
D - High 9PM

Spoiler

Answer: B (High 1PM)
Value: $10,000
Bank: $14,500

As Meredith announces the category John says it's his favorite.

Well, it depends. "Affected" how - by "spring forward" or "fall back"? Given the choices, though, the answer is obvious.

Question #8 (All Atwitter)
In April 2009, a CNN newsfeed was edged by what celebrity in a race to be the first with one million followers on Twitter?
A - Ashton Kutcher
B - Shaquille O'Neal
C - Britney Spears
D - Ellen DeGeneres

John says his wife would shoot him if he got this one wrong. Meredith asks if she's in the audience. John replies that she isn't. John thinks it is

Spoiler

A

and goes for it.

Answer and value

A - Ashton Kutcher (after Mere fakeout)
Value: $100
Bank: 29600

I'd ATA on this one.

Question 9 - Burned Out Stars
The 2010 movie "I'm Still Here" followed what wacky actor as he grew a bushy beard and "retired" from his Hollywood career?
A. James Franco B. Johnny Depp
C. John Malkovich D. Joaquin Phoenix

Spoiler

John says it is a tough decision though he is 75% sure that it is D. He goes for it.

Answer and value

D. Joaquin Phoenix
Value: $7000
Bank: 36600

Time to use the first JTQ.

Question 10 - Who am I?
Who was He Pingping?
A. World's first human clone B. World's fattest baby
C. World's shortest man D. World's longest-ruling dictator

Spoiler

John thinks he can eliminate A and D but is not sure. Walked.

Answer and value

C. World's shortest man - John was "heading in the right direction"
Value: not shown
Bank: walk- $18,300

He was featured on an episode of TAR, I believe.

[MarleysGh0st]

Question 10 - Who am I?
Who was He Pingping?
A. World's first human clone B. World's fattest baby
C. World's shortest man D. World's longest-ruling dictator

Spoiler

John thinks he can eliminate A and D but is not sure. Walked.

Answer and value

C. World's shortest man - John was "heading in the right direction"
Value: not shown
Bank: walk- $18,300

He was featured on an episode of TAR, I believe.

Yeah, that's the only place I remember seeing or hearing about him.

[wintergreen48]

It is odd that he had trouble with each of the first three questions (and blew his lifelines on them), insofar as they are all things that I would expect a teacher to know off the top of his hand, or at least be able to figure out:

In the first one, 'ordnung' is obviously German, and the Amish are the only German group on the list, so that answer seems obvious and something a teacher could easily figure out.

In the second one, he seems to have excluded the correct answer and been torn between two others. But it would seem obvious that the one place where you would want to be be able to see everything is a prison. And as for one of the ones he was torn between, not only would it be physically impossible to build a luxury hotel where you could see everything from a single spot, but I rather suspect that the guests in a luxury hotel would be rather peeved if it were to occur. This would seem to be basic common sense, and I would like to think that teachers possess that.

In the third one, you are dealing with four very standard high school texts, with which any teacher should be familiar. The audience was not overwhelming in their support (a majority did pick the correct answer, but almost half of them picked the wrong answers), but I would think that teacher would know this.

On the other hand, the pop trivia kinds of things all seem to come easily to whom. Maybe that's what he teaches...

[kmk355]

FWIW, I believe he was a substitute teacher. I don't know what the rules are in his school system, but around here, anyone with a bachelor's can register as a sub. I don't know what his experience is like.

I remember he was extremely, extremely confident before going on, so maybe he was thrown off by needing to use his lifelines on his first three questions.

[themanwho]

Yeah, that's the only place I remember seeing or hearing about him.

He died earlier this year. I think I remember hearing about it on Bob and Tom or Fark.com or something similar.

-M

[tanstaafl2]

Yeah, that's the only place I remember seeing or hearing about him.

He died earlier this year. I think I remember hearing about it on Bob and Tom or Fark.com or something similar.

-M

I remembered thinking the way he was sucking down the cigarettes on AR that he might not last long. I guess he didn't.