WWTBAM Bored

Richard Angehr
Schenectady, NY
Social worker

Richard is a father and a grandfather. He wants to take the family to Ireland and hopes that Millionaire will pick up the tab. He feels more confident today and thinks the "luck of the Irish" is with him. He has his ATA and one JTQ lifeline remaining.

Topic Tree: (randomized)
- CD Covers
- Pay Up
- Canadian Rights
- Dangerous Business
- Cartoons
- Translate It
- Street Food
- Madame Secretary
- Secret Lives
- Fads & Fashions

Question #6 (Cartoons)
The cartoon "The Mighty B!" stars Bessie Higgenbottom, a 9 3/4-year-old overachiever voiced by whom?
A - Amy Poehler
B - Sarah Silverman
C - Wanda Sykes
D - Amy Sedaris

Richard isn't real familiar with this one and hopes the audience is. Maybe there are some parents in the audience.

ATA results

A - 27%
B - 40%
C - 24%
D - 9%

"Not a great breakdown," Richard says. Meredith reminds him about his lifeline and he smilingly retorts that he was thinking about that. After a bit more deliberation he decides to jump the question

Spoiler

Answer: A (Amy Poehler)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $35,100 (no change)

Question #7 (Dangerous Business)
"Ghost" hunters often wade through Florida's Fakahatchee swamps in search of rare varieties of what flower?
A - orchid
B - lily
C - rose
D - buttercup

Richard doesn't understand why a ghost hunter would need a flower. "So at this point I'm going to walk away," Richard says.

Spoiler

Answer: A (orchid)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $17,550 (final winnings)

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #6 (Cartoons)
The cartoon "The Mighty B!" stars Bessie Higgenbottom, a 9 3/4-year-old overachiever voiced by whom?
A - Amy Poehler
B - Sarah Silverman
C - Wanda Sykes
D - Amy Sedaris

Richard isn't real familiar with this one and hopes the audience is. Maybe there are some parents in the audience.

ATA results

A - 27%
B - 40%
C - 24%
D - 9%

"Not a great breakdown," Richard says. Meredith reminds him about his lifeline and he smilingly retorts that he was thinking about that. After a bit more deliberation he decides to jump the question

Spoiler

Answer: A (Amy Poehler)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $35,100 (no change)

Wikipedia says this is on Nickelodion. Is it popular among kids, today? I've never heard of it.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Question #7 (Dangerous Business)
"Ghost" hunters often wade through Florida's Fakahatchee swamps in search of rare varieties of what flower?
A - orchid
B - lily
C - rose
D - buttercup

Richard doesn't understand why a ghost hunter would need a flower. "So at this point I'm going to walk away," Richard says.

Spoiler

Answer: A (orchid)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $17,550 (final winnings)

Dang. Richard didn't realize that the question writers had switched to crossword-style clues (or a Jeopardy! clue with "ghost" has to appear in the response). I presume this is the ghost they had in mind:

Spoiler

MarleysGh0st wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #6 (Cartoons)
The cartoon "The Mighty B!" stars Bessie Higgenbottom, a 9 3/4-year-old overachiever voiced by whom?
A - Amy Poehler
B - Sarah Silverman
C - Wanda Sykes
D - Amy Sedaris

Richard isn't real familiar with this one and hopes the audience is. Maybe there are some parents in the audience.

ATA results

A - 27%
B - 40%
C - 24%
D - 9%

"Not a great breakdown," Richard says. Meredith reminds him about his lifeline and he smilingly retorts that he was thinking about that. After a bit more deliberation he decides to jump the question

Spoiler

Answer: A (Amy Poehler)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $35,100 (no change)

Wikipedia says this is on Nickelodion. Is it popular among kids, today? I've never heard of it.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Question #7 (Dangerous Business)
"Ghost" hunters often wade through Florida's Fakahatchee swamps in search of rare varieties of what flower?
A - orchid
B - lily
C - rose
D - buttercup

Richard doesn't understand why a ghost hunter would need a flower. "So at this point I'm going to walk away," Richard says.

Spoiler

Answer: A (orchid)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $17,550 (final winnings)

Dang. Richard didn't realize that the question writers had switched to crossword-style clues (or a Jeopardy! clue with "ghost" has to appear in the response). I presume this is the ghost they had in mind:

Spoiler

Apparently Richard didn't see the film Adaptation or read "The Orchid Thief" that it was based upon.

An article about Richard's appearance was kind of harsh.

http://www.timesunion.com/local/article ... 983803.php

A Schenectady man who stretched his 15 minutes of fame across two days saw his run at $1 million come to an abrupt and costly end.

Richard Angehr of Schenectady, the manager for an outpatient mental health program at Ellis Hospital, was ousted less than five minutes into Friday's episode of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" without attempting to answer either of his questions, costing him half of his winnings from his first day on the show.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Richard Angehr
Schenectady, NY
Social worker

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #6 (Cartoons)
The cartoon "The Mighty B!" stars Bessie Higgenbottom, a 9 3/4-year-old overachiever voiced by whom?
A - Amy Poehler
B - Sarah Silverman
C - Wanda Sykes
D - Amy Sedaris

Richard isn't real familiar with this one and hopes the audience is. Maybe there are some parents in the audience.

ATA results

A - 27%
B - 40%
C - 24%
D - 9%

"Not a great breakdown," Richard says. Meredith reminds him about his lifeline and he smilingly retorts that he was thinking about that. After a bit more deliberation he decides to jump the question

Spoiler

Answer: A (Amy Poehler)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $35,100 (no change)

Never heard of this, so I'd ATA also. There's no strong 2nd spike, so I'll go with the audience.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #7 (Dangerous Business)
"Ghost" hunters often wade through Florida's Fakahatchee swamps in search of rare varieties of what flower?
A - orchid
B - lily
C - rose
D - buttercup

Richard doesn't understand why a ghost hunter would need a flower. "So at this point I'm going to walk away," Richard says.

Spoiler

Answer: A (orchid)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $17,550 (final winnings)

I think perhaps Richard didn't notice the quotation marks based on his remarks. Had he seen that he might have realized that there's a species of orchid known as the "ghost orchid". A shame, and I don't think $17,550 will get his whole family to Ireland.