Transcript 4/8/2011 - Drew Shade (carryover contestant)

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Drew Shade
Pasadena, CA
Financial advisor

Drew has a 4-month old daughter, Riley, at home. He got off to a rough start yesterday, using two lifelines on consecutive questions but he rallied and now he's only 4 questions away round 2, and he has $33,500 in his bank. Unfortunately he doesn't have any lifelines remaining.

Topic Tree: (randomized)
6: Toy Animals
3: Permanent Record
1: Food Phrases
7: Baby Count
8: Multi-talented
5: World Championship
10: Mother Tongues
9: Battle Stars
4: Sandy Spots
2: Women's Group

Question #7 (Baby Count - Level 7)
Demographers state that each adult woman in the U.S. must have how many babies on average to maintain a stable population?
A - 0.5
B - 1.2
C - 2.1
D - 3.4
Drew's instict before he saw the answers was

Spoiler

somewhere in the 2s, so 2.1 looks attractive

. But he's just not sure, he doesn't feel confident enough. He doesn't want to go back to Riley with a little amount when he could have had so much more - that wouldn't earn him "Dad of the Year". He decides to walk.

Spoiler

Answer: C (2.1)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $16,750

[Edited to fix errors]

[TheConfessor]

He got off to a rough start yesterday, using two lifelines on consecutive questions but he rallied and now he's only 4 questions away from the million, and he has $33,500 in his bank.

If he answered six questions yesterday, he's eight questions away from the million.

[Bob78164]

He got off to a rough start yesterday, using two lifelines on consecutive questions but he rallied and now he's only 4 questions away from the million, and he has $33,500 in his bank.

If he answered six questions yesterday, he's eight questions away from the million.

She said "four questions away from Round 2." --Bob

[MarleysGh0st]

Question #7 (Baby Count - Level x)
Demographers state that each adult woman in the U.S. must have how many babies on average to maintain a stable population?
A - 0.5
B - 1.2
C - 2.1
D - 3.4
Drew's instict before he saw the answers was

Spoiler

somewhere in the 2s, so 2.1 looks attractive

. But he's just not sure, he doesn't feel confident enough. He doesn't want to go back to Riley with a little amount when he could have had so much more - that wouldn't earn him "Dad of the Year". He decides to walk.

Spoiler

Answer: C (2.1)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $16,750

According to Thursday's transcript, this question was level 7. And really, Drew, if you had the hunch that the answer was "somewhere in the 2s," you couldn't reason it out any further to convince yourself why that answer would be correct, when the question writers were kind enough to spread out the choices out like this?

[earendel]

Drew Shade
Pasadena, CA
Financial advisor

Drew has a 4-month old daughter, Riley, at home. He got off to a rough start yesterday, using two lifelines on consecutive questions but he rallied and now he's only 4 questions away from the million, and he has $33,500 in his bank. Unfortunately he doesn't have any lifelines remaining.

Question #7 (Baby Count - Level x)
Demographers state that each adult woman in the U.S. must have how many babies on average to maintain a stable population?
A - 0.5
B - 1.2
C - 2.1
D - 3.4
Drew's instict before he saw the answers was

Spoiler

somewhere in the 2s, so 2.1 looks attractive

. But he's just not sure, he doesn't feel confident enough. He doesn't want to go back to Riley with a little amount when he could have had so much more - that wouldn't earn him "Dad of the Year". He decides to walk.

Spoiler

Answer: C (2.1)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $16,750

He should have gone with his instinct.