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Merritt Green
Seattle, WA

Merritt postponed a vacation to Italy in order to be on Millionaire. It would be amazing to go with a lot of euros in her pocket.

Topic Tree: (unrandomized)
- Nesting
- Finished Off
- Broadway
- Fishy Politics
- Celebrity Ink
- Genius Ads
- Founding Dates
- Crunchy Words
- Classic Kid TV
- Pros and Cons

Topic Tree: (randomized)
- Celebrity Ink
- Classic Kid TV
- Fishy Politics
- Crunchy Words
- Genius Ads
- Pros and Cons
- Nesting
- Finished Off
- Founding Dates
- Broadway

Question #1 (Broadway)
What was the first Disney movie musical to be adapted into a Broadway musical.
A - The Lion King
B - Mary Poppins
C - Beauty and the Beast
D - The Little Mermaid

Merritt is not entirely sure - she doesn't have kids and she's admittedly not up on her Disney. She decides to ask the audience.

ATA results

A - 30%
B - 27%
C - 39%
D - 4%

Merritt says she's pretty sure that

Spoiler

The Little Mermaid

has never been a Broadway musical. She knows that

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Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King

are, and she doesn't know about

Spoiler

Mary Poppins

. She decides to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Beauty and the Beast)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $0

Question #2 (Founding Dates)
The NAACP was founded on February 12, 1909, the 100th anniversary of what person's birthday?
A - Abraham Lincoln
B - Frederick Douglass
C - Harriet Tubman
D - George Washington

Merritt is pretty confident about this because she's sure of the day he died.

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Answer: B (Abraham Lincoln)
Value: $15,000
Bank: $15,000

Question #3 (Finished Off)
In 2007, what author's son completed an unfinished work by his father called "The Children of Hurin"?
A - Hunter S. Thompson
B - Vladimir Nabokov
C - Roald Dahl
D - J.R.R. Tolkien

One answer jumped out at Merritt at the beginning but now she's not sure. Meredith asks her what she's thinking and she says

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"Roald Dahl because he wrote children's books."

She's not confident and she doesn't want to risk it so she jumps the question.

Spoiler

Answer: D (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $15,000 (no change)

commercial break

Question #4 (Nesting)
What kind of animals live in nests known as dreys?
A - squirrels
B - eagles
C - turtles
D - badgers

Merritt has an inkling; she feels that she would have heard of dreys if they were associated with

Spoiler

squirrels

. It's a hard decision but she's going to walk.

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Answer: A (squirrels)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $7,500 (final total)

Question #1 (Broadway)
What was the first Disney movie musical to be adapted into a Broadway musical.
A - The Lion King
B - Mary Poppins
C - Beauty and the Beast
D - The Little Mermaid

Merritt is not entirely sure - she doesn't have kids and she's admittedly not up on her Disney. She decides to ask the audience.

ATA results

A - 30%
B - 27%
C - 39%
D - 4%

Ack! I thought NY audiences knew everything about Broadway!

I wouldn't have asked them, though. I would have said Beauty and the Beast because I know it was ahead of Lion King, and I never heard of Little Mermaid or Mary Poppins on Broadway.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Merritt Green
Seattle, WA

Merritt postponed a vacation to Italy in order to be on Millionaire. It would be amazing to go with a lot of euros in her pocket.

Depends upon how long you intend to postpone your trip, Merritt.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #1 (Broadway)
What was the first Disney movie musical to be adapted into a Broadway musical.
A - The Lion King
B - Mary Poppins
C - Beauty and the Beast
D - The Little Mermaid

Merritt is not entirely sure - she doesn't have kids and she's admittedly not up on her Disney. She decides to ask the audience.

ATA results

A - 30%
B - 27%
C - 39%
D - 4%

Merritt says she's pretty sure that

Spoiler

The Little Mermaid

has never been a Broadway musical. She knows that

Spoiler

Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King

are, and she doesn't know about

Spoiler

Mary Poppins

. She decides to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Beauty and the Beast)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $0

I don't know which movie came first but I knew that B&B was the first Disney Broadway musical.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #3 (Finished Off)
In 2007, what author's son completed an unfinished work by his father called "The Children of Hurin"?
A - Hunter S. Thompson
B - Vladimir Nabokov
C - Roald Dahl
D - J.R.R. Tolkien

One answer jumped out at Merritt at the beginning but now she's not sure. Meredith asks her what she's thinking and she says

Spoiler

"Roald Dahl because he wrote children's books."

She's not confident and she doesn't want to risk it so she jumps the question.

Spoiler

Answer: D (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $15,000 (no change)

Wheelhouse!

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #4 (Nesting)
What kind of animals live in nests known as dreys?
A - squirrels
B - eagles
C - turtles
D - badgers

Merritt has an inkling; she feels that she would have heard of dreys if they were associated with

Spoiler

squirrels

. It's a hard decision but she's going to walk.

Spoiler

Answer: A (squirrels)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $7,500 (final total)

OK, if this is true why hasn't ES spoken about it? I would have had no idea, and I don't think the audience would, either, so let's JTQ.

earendel wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #3 (Finished Off)
In 2007, what author's son completed an unfinished work by his father called "The Children of Hurin"?
A - Hunter S. Thompson
B - Vladimir Nabokov
C - Roald Dahl
D - J.R.R. Tolkien

One answer jumped out at Merritt at the beginning but now she's not sure. Meredith asks her what she's thinking and she says

Spoiler

"Roald Dahl because he wrote children's books."

She's not confident and she doesn't want to risk it so she jumps the question.

Spoiler

Answer: D (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $15,000 (no change)

Wheelhouse!

Your favorite author also appeared on Thursday's Jeopardy! contestant test:

31. BRITISH AUTHORS
While a student at Oxford, this author began to create his language called "Elvish"

earendel wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #4 (Nesting)
What kind of animals live in nests known as dreys?
A - squirrels
B - eagles
C - turtles
D - badgers

Merritt has an inkling; she feels that she would have heard of dreys if they were associated with

Spoiler

squirrels

. It's a hard decision but she's going to walk.

Spoiler

Answer: A (squirrels)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $7,500 (final total)

OK, if this is true why hasn't ES spoken about it? I would have had no idea, and I don't think the audience would, either, so let's JTQ.

ES has been silent about his entire life story before he met Annie.

Maybe we can make up that story while we're making one up for Biskit.

SportsFan68 wrote:Question #1 (Broadway)
What was the first Disney movie musical to be adapted into a Broadway musical.
A - The Lion King
B - Mary Poppins
C - Beauty and the Beast
D - The Little Mermaid

Merritt is not entirely sure - she doesn't have kids and she's admittedly not up on her Disney. She decides to ask the audience.

ATA results

A - 30%
B - 27%
C - 39%
D - 4%

Ack! I thought NY audiences knew everything about Broadway!

I wouldn't have asked them, though. I would have said Beauty and the Beast because I know it was ahead of Lion King, and I never heard of Little Mermaid or Mary Poppins on Broadway.

Mary Poppins was a relatively recent attempt to cash in on a known entity opening on Broadway in 2006. Came through Atlanta last year on tour.

earendel wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #1 (Broadway)
What was the first Disney movie musical to be adapted into a Broadway musical.
A - The Lion King
B - Mary Poppins
C - Beauty and the Beast
D - The Little Mermaid

Merritt is not entirely sure - she doesn't have kids and she's admittedly not up on her Disney. She decides to ask the audience.

ATA results

A - 30%
B - 27%
C - 39%
D - 4%

Merritt says she's pretty sure that

Spoiler

The Little Mermaid

has never been a Broadway musical. She knows that

Spoiler

Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King

are, and she doesn't know about

Spoiler

Mary Poppins

. She decides to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Beauty and the Beast)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $0

I don't know which movie came first but I knew that B&B was the first Disney Broadway musical.

Um, Mary Poppins, by about 25 years...

Estonut wrote:

earendel wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #1 (Broadway)
What was the first Disney movie musical to be adapted into a Broadway musical.
A - The Lion King
B - Mary Poppins
C - Beauty and the Beast
D - The Little Mermaid

Merritt is not entirely sure - she doesn't have kids and she's admittedly not up on her Disney. She decides to ask the audience.

ATA results

A - 30%
B - 27%
C - 39%
D - 4%

Merritt says she's pretty sure that

Spoiler

The Little Mermaid

has never been a Broadway musical. She knows that

Spoiler

Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King

are, and she doesn't know about

Spoiler

Mary Poppins

. She decides to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Beauty and the Beast)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $0

I don't know which movie came first but I knew that B&B was the first Disney Broadway musical.

Um, Mary Poppins, by about 25 Sorry for not being more specific - I meant between B&B and TLM, which came first.