Transcript 5/26/2011 - Michael McKinney

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Michael McKinney
Crystal City, MO
insurance broker

Topic tree (randomized)
Numbers indicate prerandomized level
6 – Movie Music
9 – Buck Up
8 – Good Name
5 – Romantic Acts
3 – Plate Mottos
1 – Secret Numbers
7 – Trendy Drinks
4 – Fashionable Circles
2 – Donations Welcome
10 – The Supreme Court

Question 1 (10 – The Supreme Court)
Which of these men had the longest tenure of any US Supreme Court Justice?
a. Hugo Black
b. William Brennan
c. Oliver Wendell Holmes
d. William O. Douglas

Jump the question 1 used

value/answer/bank

d. William O. Douglas
value: ($2,000)
bank: $0

Question 2 (2 – Donations Welcome)
In addition to financial gifts, the charity Locks of Love encourages donations in the form of what?
a. Hair
b. Sneakers
c. Computers
d. Cars

value/answer/bank

a. Hair
value: $3,000
bank: $3,000

Question 3 (4 – Fashionable Circles)
To create circular patterns, what office supplies are commonly used when making a tie-dye shirt?
a. Paper clips
b. Erasers
c. Rubber bands
d. Staples

value/answer/bank

c. Rubber bands
value: $100
bank: $3,100

Question 4 (7 – Trendy Drinks)
A clear alcoholic beverage popular in the '90s, Zima was named after the Russian word for what?
a. Mirror
b. Winter
c. River
d. Snow

Ask the audience used

ATA results

a:22% b:26% c:24% d:28%

Jump the question 2 used

value/answer/bank

b. Winter
value: ($15,000)
bank: $3,100

Question 5 (1 – Secret Numbers)
A standard PIN for an ATM is how many digits long, as it was the most its inventor's wife could remember?
a. Four
b. Five
c. Six
d. Seven

value/answer/bank

a. Four
value: $1,000
bank: $4,100

Question 6 (3 – Plate Mottos)
The phrase "Great Faces. Great Places." appears on license plates issued by what US state?
a. West Virginia
b. South Dakota
c. New Mexico
d. Louisiana

answer and result

b. South Dakota

Michael decides to walk away and leaves with $2,050.

[TheConfessor]

Sheesh! A guy gets his one chance in a lifetime to win a million dollars and he's not even willing to risk the loss of $1050 to keep playing the game? The expected value of a random guess was a lot more than the $1050 that was at risk. Too bad he took a contestant slot away from someone who might have appreciated the opportunity.

I wonder if his extreme risk aversion has anything to do with his career choice to become an insurance broker.

[earendel]

Michael McKinney
Crystal City, MO
insurance broker

Question 6 (3 – Plate Mottos)
The phrase "Great Faces. Great Places." appears on license plates issued by what US state?
a. West Virginia
b. South Dakota
c. New Mexico
d. Louisiana

answer and result

b. South Dakota

Michael decides to walk away and leaves with $2,050.

It's a shame he couldn't associate "faces" with Mt. Rushmore - or perhaps he didn't know where Mt. Rushmore was.

[vettech]

Sheesh! A guy gets his one chance in a lifetime to win a million dollars and he's not even willing to risk the loss of $1050 to keep playing the game?

You must have heard me screaming at the TV!!

[plasticene]

Michael McKinney
Crystal City, MO
insurance broker

Question 6 (3 – Plate Mottos)
The phrase "Great Faces. Great Places." appears on license plates issued by what US state?
a. West Virginia
b. South Dakota
c. New Mexico
d. Louisiana

answer and result

b. South Dakota

Michael decides to walk away and leaves with $2,050.

It's a shame he couldn't associate "faces" with Mt. Rushmore - or perhaps he didn't know where Mt. Rushmore was.

No, he actually mentioned Mt. Rushmore and South Dakota. He might not have been certain Mt. Rushmore was in South Dakota, but he knew it might be, and that it wasn't in any of the other states suggested. Ridiculous!

[earendel]

Michael McKinney
Crystal City, MO
insurance broker

Question 6 (3 – Plate Mottos)
The phrase "Great Faces. Great Places." appears on license plates issued by what US state?
a. West Virginia
b. South Dakota
c. New Mexico
d. Louisiana

answer and result

b. South Dakota

Michael decides to walk away and leaves with $2,050.

It's a shame he couldn't associate "faces" with Mt. Rushmore - or perhaps he didn't know where Mt. Rushmore was.

No, he actually mentioned Mt. Rushmore and South Dakota. He might not have been certain Mt. Rushmore was in South Dakota, but he knew it might be, and that it wasn't in any of the other states suggested. Ridiculous!

I didn't actually get to watch the episode since my DVR was off (when the power went out overnight it switched off but normally when the power resumes it comes back on). So he knew Mt. Rushmore, and that it wasn't in any of the other states and he still couldn't go for it? What a waste of an opportunity!

[MarleysGh0st]

Sheesh! A guy gets his one chance in a lifetime to win a million dollars and he's not even willing to risk the loss of $1050 to keep playing the game? The expected value of a random guess was a lot more than the $1050 that was at risk. Too bad he took a contestant slot away from someone who might have appreciated the opportunity.

I wonder if his extreme risk aversion has anything to do with his career choice to become an insurance broker.

I missed yesterday's show, then I was late logging on today, so I'm glad you started the grumbling without me.

Sheesh!

[secondchance]

He knew Mt. Rushmore was in South Dakota. He said something like, "what comes to mind are the faces on Mt. Rushmore, and that's South Dakota..."

He just wasn't positive that Great Faces/Great Places was the slogan for SD, that maybe it could have been the slogan of one of the other 3...

But then, the whole audience loudly started groaning when he said he thought he'd have to walk away (knowing that he was on the right track with the SD comment)... and he STILL did it!

Poor guy must be awfully desperate for money to have not pulled the trigger on something with such an obvious clue to him- as opposed to even having to do it with a blind 1 out of 4 guess.

Very sad.

[CarShark]

Is there any wonder why we haven't had a millionaire in going on 9 full years now? How does any contestant coordinator worth their salt let someone who won't risk $1000 onto the Hot Spot? I thought Peirce not going for it was pretty bad, but this...

You can't win if you're afraid of losing.

[BackInTex]

Clearly affirmative action is action.


Note: I have no clue the racial makeup of the contestant. This comment is tongue in cheek and related to a previous thread where someone was highly offended by my tongue being in my cheek.

[MarleysGh0st]

Is there any wonder why we haven't had a millionaire in going on 9 full years now? How does any contestant coordinator worth their salt let someone who won't risk $1000 onto the Hot Spot? I thought Peirce not going for it was pretty bad, but this...

You can't win if you're afraid of losing.

That's true. But as for your question, I'm guessing you haven't gone to auditions much or read the many audition reports posted here, because good, confident game play is not what they're looking for. As long as the contestants have the requisite energy, perkiness, and entertaining anecdotes (and, yes, pass one 30-question written test, along with many other auditioners who are not cast) the APs are happy. If risking a little money is a very emotional decision for them, so much the better.

The last thing APs want to see is professional poker player behavior, where they can risk huge sums without the slightest facial twitch.

[TheConfessor]

Question 6 (3 – Plate Mottos)
The phrase "Great Faces. Great Places." appears on license plates issued by what US state?
a. West Virginia
b. South Dakota
c. New Mexico
d. Louisiana

This question was asked yesterday on Jeopardy.

[ten96lt]

One of those random facts that stayed in my head, I remembed when I was little (probably under 10). South Dakota's tourism board was running ads encouraging people to visit and at the end of those commercials I remembered they had a jingle with a group of people singing, "GREAT FACES..........GREAT PLACES..............SOUTH DAKOTAAAAAAAAAAA!"


EDIT: Just a quick google