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Jerry Halstead
Seminole, FL
financial advisor

known for wearing Hawaiian shirts and shorts year-round
Meredith admires Jerry's million-dollar gams

Topic Tree (pre-randomized):

10.Same Name
9. Fishing for Words
8. Rise to Fame
7. Last Man Standing
6. At the Movies
5. Salad Dressing
4. Historic Homes
3. Patient in Chief
2. Fashion Lingo
1. Bargain Shopping

Topic Tree: (randomized)

3. Patient in Chief
10. Same Name
6. At the Movies
2. Fashion Lingo
8. Rise to Fame
4. Historic Homes
1. Bargain Shopping
5. Salad Dressing
7. Last Man Standing
9. Fishing for Words

Question 1 - Level 9 - Fishing for Words

Which of these nonsense-sounding words is also the name of a fish commonly used as bait?

A: Skedaddle B. Ballyhoo
c: Foofaraw D: Lollygag

Spoiler

"I know Ballyhoo is a fish..."

Jerry jumps the question.

Answer and value

B: Ballyhoo
Value: $5,000
Bank: $0

Question 2 - Level 7 Last Man Standing

Eugene Cernan's 1999 memoir was appropriately titled "The Last Man on" what?

A: The Titanic B: The Moon
C: Three Mile Island D: Alcatraz

Jerry asks the audience.

Spoiler

A: 8%
B: 52%
C: 6%
D: 34%

"As soon as I said 'Ask the audience' I remembered that Eugene Cernan is an astronaut..."

Answer and value

B: The Moon (Meredith: "The last Apollo astronaut to walk on the moon.")
Value: $100
Bank: $100

Question 3 - Level 5 - Salad Dressing

Half a cup of maynnaise and half a cup of ketchup are ingredients in Emiril Lagasse's "easy"
recipe for which of these salad dressings?

A: Ranch B: Italian
C: French D: Caesar

Answer and value

C: French
Value: $15,000
Bank: $15,100

Question 4 - Level 1 - Bargain Shopping

Excluding tax, what is the maximum number of items that can be purchased with $100 at a 99-cent store?

A: 99 B: 100
C: 101 D: 102

Spoiler

"I'm a financial advisor. I'd better get the math on this question right..."

Answer and value

C: 101
Value: $25,000
Bank: $40,100

Commercial Break

Jerry explains to Meredith that he's a Florida Gator, and the unusual clap he does after the
big money is revealed is the "Gator Chomp."

Question 5 - Level 4 - Historic Homes

What historic figure's London home is now a museum that exhibits his antiquity collection,
his library and, yes, his couch?

A: Isaac Newton B: Charlie Chaplin
C: Sigmund Freud D: Vladimir Lenin

Answer and value

C: Sigmund Freud
Value: $3,000
Bank: $43,100

Question 6 - Level 8 - Rise to Fame

The 1997 music video for the Rolling Stones song "Anybody Seen My Baby" features what then
little-known actress?

A: Gwyneth Paltrow B: Halle Berry
C: Angelina Jolie D: Cameron Diaz

Jerry jumps the question.

Answer and value

C: Angelina Jolie
Value: $2,000
Bank: $43,100

Question 7 - Level 2 - Fashion Lingo

Used to describe a moral person, the term straight-laced is believed to be derived from
women wearing what type of garment?

A: Bonnet B: Corset
C: Garter D: Choker

Spoiler

"A choker is around the neck and you don't lace that. A garter is around the leg. It's got to be either bonnet or corset..."

Answer and value

B: Corset
Value: $7,000
Bank: $50,100

The audience forgets what show they're watching, launching into a chant of "Jerry! Jerry!"

Question 8 - Level 6 - At the Movies

Most of the plot of the 2011 movie "Jumping the Broom" is concerned with events that lead up

to a what?

A: A: College Graduation B: Funeral
C: Wedding D: Thanksgiving dinner

Spoiler

"I know that jumping a broom in some cultures is a way to finalize a wedding..."

Answer and value

C: Wedding
Value: $500
Bank: $50,600

Commercial Break

Question 9- Level 10 - Same Name

Muhammad Ali's birth name, Cassius Clay, is also the name of a 19th-century American who
played a key role in doing what?

A: Founding the Republican Party B. Creating the Jehovah's Witnesses
C: Negotiating the Louisiana Purchase D: Defending the Alamo

Spoiler

"I know it's not defending the Alamo, because I was born in Texas. I'd better know that. Now Clay was more the Missouri Compromise which would lead me to think it's founding the Republican Party. Negotiating the Louisiana Purchase was too early, that was 1803. I don't
know about creating the Jehovah's Witnesses."

Meredith: "A little earlier you said that you came here to play."

"Yep. Don't overdo it"

"I didn't say it. You said it."

"That's true"

"Do you still fell like you're playing?"

"you know, I do..."

Answer and value

A: Founding the Republican Party
Value: $10,000
Bank: $60,600

Question 10 - Level 3 - Patient in Chief

When he had his gall bladder removed in 1965, what did Lyndon Johnson do in order to show
reporters his surgical scar?

A: Roll up his sleeve B: Lower his pants
C: Lift his shirt D: Take off his hat

Spoiler

Like I said, I was born in Texas. I better know LBJ. And unfortunately I'm old enough to remember when this happened...

Answer and value

C: Lift his shirt
Value: $1,000
Bank: $61,100

Commercial break

He'll use the money to help pay for his son's honeymoon next year, and to travel to
Southeast Asia.

CLASSIC MILLIONAIRE

Question 11 - $100K

What deceased film star was dug up and held for ransom in 1978?

A: Lon Chaney B: Rudolph Valentino
C: Charlie Chaplin D: Douglas Fairbanks

Spoiler

I think Lon Chaney was a little too obscure. I don't think it was Douglas Fairbanks. I'm not sure Charlie Chaplin had died by then. I'm leaning toward Rudolf Valentino, but I'm not
sure.

Meredith: "As your own financial advisor, how would you advise yourself?"

"I'm a little more conservative with my financial advice."

Answer

Jerry Guesses B: Rudolph Valentino

C: Charlie Chaplin

Jerry drops to $25,000.

Transcriber's note: This question (or a similar one) has appeared in the WWTBAM Facebook game.

Jerry was a lot of fun to do the transcript for. Sorry about the occasionally weird formatting. I typed this up in Notepad and then copied it over. I'm going to have to try out some other text editors. (I'm also going to have to time it so I'm not trying to submit during the morning board down-time.)

According to my notes, that $100,000 question appeared in Facebook Millionaire as:

What movie icon's body was buried under six feet of concrete after it was stolen and recovered in 1978?

Spoiler

A: Alfred Hitchcock B: Charlie Chaplin
C: James Dean D: John Wayne

-M

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Jerry Halstead
Seminole, FL
financial advisor

known for wearing Hawaiian shirts and shorts year-round
Meredith admires Jerry's million-dollar gams

Let me say up front that I liked Jerry. He seemed like a nice guy and I can understand why he got on the show.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 1 - Level 9 - Fishing for Words

Which of these nonsense-sounding words is also the name of a fish commonly used as bait?

A: Skedaddle B. Ballyhoo
c: Foofaraw D: Lollygag

Spoiler

"I know Ballyhoo is a fish..."

Jerry jumps the question.

Answer and value

B: Ballyhoo
Value: $5,000
Bank: $0

I thought he might go for it, given his statement. As for me, I would have used my first JTQ.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 6 - Level 8 - Rise to Fame

The 1997 music video for the Rolling Stones song "Anybody Seen My Baby" features what then
little-known actress?

A: Gwyneth Paltrow B: Halle Berry
C: Angelina Jolie D: Cameron Diaz

Jerry jumps the question.

Answer and value

C: Angelina Jolie
Value: $2,000
Bank: $43,100

I'd probably have used ATA for this one and if the audience response wasn't good I'd JTQ.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 9- Level 10 - Same Name

Muhammad Ali's birth name, Cassius Clay, is also the name of a 19th-century American who
played a key role in doing what?

A: Founding the Republican Party B. Creating the Jehovah's Witnesses
C: Negotiating the Louisiana Purchase D: Defending the Alamo

Spoiler

"I know it's not defending the Alamo, because I was born in Texas. I'd better know that. Now Clay was more the Missouri Compromise which would lead me to think it's founding the Republican Party. Negotiating the Louisiana Purchase was too early, that was 1803. I don't
know about creating the Jehovah's Witnesses."

Meredith: "A little earlier you said that you came here to play."

"Yep. Don't overdo it"

"I didn't say it. You said it."

"That's true"

"Do you still fell like you're playing?"

"you know, I do..."

Answer and value

A: Founding the Republican Party
Value: $10,000
Bank: $60,600

Jerry used some very good reasoning on this, recognizing that the Louisiana Purchase was too early. Good for him in going for it.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 11 - $100K

What deceased film star was dug up and held for ransom in 1978?

A: Lon Chaney B: Rudolph Valentino
C: Charlie Chaplin D: Douglas Fairbanks

Spoiler

I think Lon Chaney was a little too obscure. I don't think it was Douglas Fairbanks. I'm not sure Charlie Chaplin had died by then. I'm leaning toward Rudolf Valentino, but I'm not
sure.

Meredith: "As your own financial advisor, how would you advise yourself?"

"I'm a little more conservative with my financial advice."

Answer

Jerry Guesses B: Rudolph Valentino

C: Charlie Chaplin

Jerry drops to $25,000.

Transcriber's note: This question (or a similar one) has appeared in the WWTBAM Facebook game.

Too bad - but again good for him for being willing to gamble on it. If I still had a lifeline available I'd use it here - from the comfort and safety of my recliner I guessed correctly but at the Hot Podium it would have been different.

earendel wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 9- Level 10 - Same Name

Muhammad Ali's birth name, Cassius Clay, is also the name of a 19th-century American who
played a key role in doing what?

A: Founding the Republican Party B. Creating the Jehovah's Witnesses
C: Negotiating the Louisiana Purchase D: Defending the Alamo

Spoiler

"I know it's not defending the Alamo, because I was born in Texas. I'd better know that. Now Clay was more the Missouri Compromise which would lead me to think it's founding the Republican Party. Negotiating the Louisiana Purchase was too early, that was 1803. I don't
know about creating the Jehovah's Witnesses."

Meredith: "A little earlier you said that you came here to play."

"Yep. Don't overdo it"

"I didn't say it. You said it."

"That's true"

"Do you still fell like you're playing?"

"you know, I do..."

Answer and value

A: Founding the Republican Party
Value: $10,000
Bank: $60,600

Jerry used some very good reasoning on this, recognizing that the Louisiana Purchase was too early. Good for him in going for it.

I don't understand why the Louisiana Purchase would be too early? 1803 occurred in the 19th century!

I didn't know the answer, but I had a vague idea that his name had appeared in a WWTBAM question before. But now I believe that I was recollecting the question about picking out the real person's name from a list of made-up names, for which the correct answer was Cassius Coolidge (the "dogs playing poker" artist).

MarleysGh0st wrote:

earendel wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 9- Level 10 - Same Name

Muhammad Ali's birth name, Cassius Clay, is also the name of a 19th-century American who
played a key role in doing what?

A: Founding the Republican Party B. Creating the Jehovah's Witnesses
C: Negotiating the Louisiana Purchase D: Defending the Alamo

Spoiler

"I know it's not defending the Alamo, because I was born in Texas. I'd better know that. Now Clay was more the Missouri Compromise which would lead me to think it's founding the Republican Party. Negotiating the Louisiana Purchase was too early, that was 1803. I don't
know about creating the Jehovah's Witnesses."

Meredith: "A little earlier you said that you came here to play."

"Yep. Don't overdo it"

"I didn't say it. You said it."

"That's true"

"Do you still fell like you're playing?"

"you know, I do..."

Answer and value

A: Founding the Republican Party
Value: $10,000
Bank: $60,600

Jerry used some very good reasoning on this, recognizing that the Louisiana Purchase was too early. Good for him in going for it.

I don't understand why the Louisiana Purchase would be too early? 1803 occurred in the 19th century!

Because he thought that Cassius Clay was the son of Henry Clay (actually, they were cousins). --Bob

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 4 - Level 1 - Bargain Shopping

Excluding tax, what is the maximum number of items that can be purchased with $100 at a 99-cent store?

A: 99 B: 100
C: 101 D: 102

Spoiler

"I'm a financial advisor. I'd better get the math on this question right..."

Answer and value

C: 101
Value: $25,000
Bank: $40,100

Bad question. Of the four responses, the best one is 102, but that is far below the maximum. They have lots of stuff at 2 for $.99 or even 4 for $.99. I guess the question writer has never been in a 99-cent store.