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BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 10 – Food Units
Named for the chemist who created them, Scoville units measure the “piquancy” of what food?
A. Chili peppers
B. Soft cheese
C. Mushrooms
D. Lemons

Spoiler

A. Chili peppers
$500
Bank - $58,600

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$250K
After the actor’s death, Tony Curtis’s official blog reported that which of these was not a “favorite item” buried with him?

Tony's wife Jill wrote:Those of you who knew Tony well, will remember his fondness for white shorts and white sweaters and his ever present Stetson- this was all he ever wanted to wear. Of course, he loved to dress up for the evening and when he did, we always called him “The Armani Cowboy”. For Tony it really was “Armani or your Life”. But, if he could get away with it, and Tony could get away with almost anything- white shorts it was. Tony is even now wearing his favorite outfit- he is being laid to rest in his white shorts, his very favorite white sweater that had to be mended more times that can be counted, his Armani scarf around his neck and with his well worn Stetson under his arm.

He is also being laid to rest with his traveling bag, packed full with what he would always refer to as, “his goods”. In his bag we have placed:

Meaningful Photos and letters

A model of his car, the 25th Anniversary Edition Trans Am with what Tony called, “the screaming chicken” on it’s hood.

His favorite pair of driving gloves, Tony always wore driving gloves, even when he had stopped driving. After his illness in 2006, he was no longer able to, and was extremely fond of telling anyone who would listen that “Jillie won’t let me drive”. He was always, right up to the end, plotting ways to get his driver’s license back and convince me that he was still able to drive. But, more than once in the years before, I had arrived at the scene of a minor fender bender involving Tony, only to find him charming the people and signing their damaged hood or bumper.

As a child who grew up in poverty during the Depression, Tony always felt secure with money in his “kip” as he always called it. Of course, being old school, Tony didn’t call money ”money”, he called it Dough. So Tony, you have some dough in your kip, just in case you might need it.

We have included, a copy of his favorite poem Mr. Cory and a copy of Anthony Adverse, the book that he read while in the Navy and which later became part of his new Hollywood name,
Some of his Navy medals, Tony was a proud sailor and a World War Two Veteran.

His late son Nicholas’ baby shoes that Tony always brought with him wherever he traveled,
A patch from Hungary, Tony loved to speak Hungarian and was extremely proud of his heritage.

Tony loved to collect gold coins, so we added some of those.

His two favorite watches,

A yarmulke from the Dohany Synagogue in Budapest which he had helped to restore in his father’s name,

A bag of interesting colored stones that he had collected during his travels, which included stones from his friend Dodi Fayed’s grave,

A DVD of his film clips,

His “IB” which is actually his iPhone- We don’t know why he called it his “IB”, but he did and after a while so did we. Tony loved to “work” on his IB.

A few items from his Father’s Tailor shop,

A pair of sunglasses and a pair of reading glasses,

Seven packets of Splenda- Tony loved to sweeten everything with Splenda- no less than seven packets. Tony had a huge sweet tooth.

A Percocet,

A pair of sleeping eye blinders, which he always wore to sleep or to nap,

A picture and a recent poem he wrote to his little dog, Bronx,

The ashes from his dog, Jack, who was found abandoned in the desert a few years ago and who fell in love with Tony instantly and faithfully followed him everywhere. When Jack passed on, Tony kept his ashes. Now Jack is following Tony again.

We also included some of his favorite paint brushes and some paint and a sketch pad and a pen. Tony loved to draw on anything at anytime. Many of his friends would leave the dinner table with a napkin or even part of the table cloth that Tony had drawn on. He loved to do that.

An accomplished Fencer, he is also being laid to rest with one of his favorite Fencing sabers at his side.

Estonut wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$250K
After the actor’s death, Tony Curtis’s official blog reported that which of these was not a “favorite item” buried with him?

I suspected this was a lamely-worded question, as there were undoubtedtly countless non-favorite items not buried with him, but I doubted that the blog mentioned any of them.

Tony's wife Jill wrote:Those of you who knew Tony well, will remember his fondness for white shorts and white sweaters and his ever present Stetson- this was all he ever wanted to wear. Of course, he loved to dress up for the evening and when he did, we always called him “The Armani Cowboy”. For Tony it really was “Armani or your Life”. But, if he could get away with it, and Tony could get away with almost anything- white shorts it was. Tony is even now wearing his favorite outfit- he is being laid to rest in his white shorts, his very favorite white sweater that had to be mended more times that can be counted, his Armani scarf around his neck and with his well worn Stetson under his arm.

He is also being laid to rest with his traveling bag, packed full with what he would always refer to as, “his goods”. In his bag we have placed:

Meaningful Photos and letters

A model of his car, the 25th Anniversary Edition Trans Am with what Tony called, “the screaming chicken” on it’s hood.

His favorite pair of driving gloves, Tony always wore driving gloves, even when he had stopped driving. After his illness in 2006, he was no longer able to, and was extremely fond of telling anyone who would listen that “Jillie won’t let me drive”. He was always, right up to the end, plotting ways to get his driver’s license back and convince me that he was still able to drive. But, more than once in the years before, I had arrived at the scene of a minor fender bender involving Tony, only to find him charming the people and signing their damaged hood or bumper.

As a child who grew up in poverty during the Depression, Tony always felt secure with money in his “kip” as he always called it. Of course, being old school, Tony didn’t call money ”money”, he called it Dough. So Tony, you have some dough in your kip, just in case you might need it.

We have included, a copy of his favorite poem Mr. Cory and a copy of Anthony Adverse, the book that he read while in the Navy and which later became part of his new Hollywood name,
Some of his Navy medals, Tony was a proud sailor and a World War Two Veteran.

His late son Nicholas’ baby shoes that Tony always brought with him wherever he traveled,
A patch from Hungary, Tony loved to speak Hungarian and was extremely proud of his heritage.

Tony loved to collect gold coins, so we added some of those.

His two favorite watches,

A yarmulke from the Dohany Synagogue in Budapest which he had helped to restore in his father’s name,

A bag of interesting colored stones that he had collected during his travels, which included stones from his friend Dodi Fayed’s grave,

A DVD of his film clips,

His “IB” which is actually his iPhone- We don’t know why he called it his “IB”, but he did and after a while so did we. Tony loved to “work” on his IB.

A few items from his Father’s Tailor shop,

A pair of sunglasses and a pair of reading glasses,

Seven packets of Splenda- Tony loved to sweeten everything with Splenda- no less than seven packets. Tony had a huge sweet tooth.

A Percocet,

A pair of sleeping eye blinders, which he always wore to sleep or to nap,

A picture and a recent poem he wrote to his little dog, Bronx,

The ashes from his dog, Jack, who was found abandoned in the desert a few years ago and who fell in love with Tony instantly and faithfully followed him everywhere. When Jack passed on, Tony kept his ashes. Now Jack is following Tony again.

We also included some of his favorite paint brushes and some paint and a sketch pad and a pen. Tony loved to draw on anything at anytime. Many of his friends would leave the dinner table with a napkin or even part of the table cloth that Tony had drawn on. He loved to do that.

An accomplished Fencer, he is also being laid to rest with one of his favorite Fencing sabers at his side.

As I suspected, Milk Duds were not mentioned as not being buried with him...

http://tonycurtisonline.blogspot.com/

Jeemie wrote:How is it a terrible question?

Three of the choices were mentioned in his blog as having been buried with him...one was not.

TheConfessor wrote:

Jeemie wrote:How is it a terrible question?

Three of the choices were mentioned in his blog as having been buried with him...one was not.

Contrary to what was stated in the question, the blog never reported whether any Milk Duds were buried with Tony Curtis.

Jeemie wrote:

TheConfessor wrote:

Jeemie wrote:How is it a terrible question?

Three of the choices were mentioned in his blog as having been buried with him...one was not.

Contrary to what was stated in the question, the blog never reported whether any Milk Duds were buried with Tony Curtis.

Um...that's why it is is the correct answer to the question...because the other three WERE mentioned as having been buried with him?

I understand what you're trying to say now regarding the wording, but it seems Supermawg was able to figure out that they were asking "three of these choices were reported in the blog as having been buried with him, and one was not".

And Supermawg was the one that was there under the pressure of the bright lights.

I think anyone with a modicum of sense would understand that the blog would not be reporting on items NOT buried with Tony Curtis, but only those that WERE.

wintergreen48 wrote:Actually, the way the question is worded, I think that a person with a modicum of sense would understand that the blog WOULD be reporting on items not buried with Tony Curtis. The way I read that question, there would have been a line in the blog saying something like 'His beloved Milk Duds were not buried with him,' or 'Contrary to rumors, he was not buried with Milk Duds.'

supermawg wrote:It is true that the question should have read "which of these items is not listed in his blog as a favorite item that was buried with him". I answered it based on that assumption. I was happy to be able to narrow it down to two, and was lucky to be able to do that accurately. I had decided before the game that I would guess at a two interval question, but not at one. Because I skipped the $100,000, I was prepared to take a 1 in 4 guess, I was happy for 50/50, just guessed wrong.
In hindsight, as always, it seems unlikely that a man of his age would be a Milk Dud fan.
Thanks for all of the support.

Jeemie wrote:I still don't understand the rules.

Since you skipped the $100K, was your choice either guessing right and getting a shot at $250K (so the EV of the question was ~ 81K if you couldn't narrow the choices down) or walking and taking $25K? (or ~$29K, half your bank)?

MarleysGh0st wrote:

Jeemie wrote:I still don't understand the rules.

Since you skipped the $100K, was your choice either guessing right and getting a shot at $250K (so the EV of the question was ~ 81K if you couldn't narrow the choices down) or walking and taking $25K? (or ~$29K, half your bank)?

If you miss a question in "Classic Millionaire," you drop to $25K, regardless of how much you'd earned in you bank. They've eliminated the "free guess" along with the 15th question. If you walk away at that stage of the game, then you can keep you entire bank.

Paul risked $33,600 of his bank for that chance at $250,000 plus the opportunity to see the next question.

Jeemie wrote: I still don't understand the rules.

Since you skipped the $100K, was your choice either guessing right and getting a shot at $250K (so the EV of the question was ~ 81K if you couldn't narrow the choices down) or walking and taking $25K? (or ~$29K, half your bank)?

I know I could look it up, but I'm assuming you guys have the answer at your fingertips. Sorry for being lazy!!!

megaaddict wrote:Your EV number is essentially correct (the total of the four possible outcomes - $250,000 + $25,000 x 3 -- divided by 4) but would be more accurate if it took into account the not insignificant probability that the contestant knows the answer to the $500K question.

supermawg wrote:It is true that the question should have read "which of these items is not listed in his blog as a favorite item that was buried with him". I answered it based on that assumption. I was happy to be able to narrow it down to two, and was lucky to be able to do that accurately. I had decided before the game that I would guess at a two interval question, but not at one. Because I skipped the $100,000, I was prepared to take a 1 in 4 guess, I was happy for 50/50, just guessed wrong.
In hindsight, as always, it seems unlikely that a man of his age would be a Milk Dud fan.
Thanks for all of the support.

Jeemie wrote:OK- I got it.

It was still a good risk to take (EV of $81,250 > $58,600).

HOWEVER...

...if he had GOTTEN the $100K instead of skipping it, then walking would have netted him $100K, correct? That rule is still the same in the Classic Millionaire segment, correct?

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Paul Ryan (supermawg)
Willowbrook, IL
Cardiologist

Paul has a JTQ left and $58,100 in his bank.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$100K
Though it is pronounced differently, a type of fabric woven from twisted yarns shares its name with what popular TV host surname?
A. Colbert
B. Leno
C. Kimmel
D. Fallon

JTQ 2

Spoiler

B. Leno

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$250K
After the actor’s death, Tony Curtis’s official blog reported that which of these was not a “favorite item” buried with him?
A. A model Trans-Am
B. An iPhone
C. A Stetson hat
D. A box of Milk Duds

Paul says it worth taking a guess at this point.
He goes over each choice trying to reason out if Tony Curtis would like it or not.
Paul makes

Spoiler

a model Trans-Am

his final answer.

Spoiler

D. A box of Milk Duds

Paul leaves with $25K

themanwho wrote:I cant imagine there was much left to give away, what with nearly everything he owned ending up in the casket.

themanwho wrote:On a related note, apparently Tony Curtis left his 5 children out of his will:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film ... -will.html

I cant imagine there was much left to give away, what with nearly everything he owned ending up in the casket.

-M

themanwho wrote:On a related note, apparently Tony Curtis left his 5 children out of his will:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film ... -will.html

I cant imagine there was much left to give away, what with nearly everything he owned ending up in the casket.

-M