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David Gomez
Charlotte, NC

One of his sons wants Legos if he wins, the other wants to buy the house next door.

David has 2 jump the question lifelines remaining. His bank is $12,100.

Topic Tree: (Randomized)
8 From A to Z
5 Urban Music
2 Common Cause
9 Ancient Website
6 Celebrated Writers
10 Ship Shape
$7,000 (1 Native Breed)
$3,000 (4 Late Night Reading)
$2,000 (7 On Target)
$100 (3 Fast Food Beginnings)

Question 5 - Level 10 - Ship Shape

Carved from a British ship of the same name, what desk has been used by nearly every U.S. president since 1880?

A: The Resolute B: The Vigilant
C: The Renown D: The Vanguard

Spoiler

He thanks his wife's love of Nicolas Cage movies for giving him this answer.

Answer and value

A: Resolute
Value: $10,000
Bank: $22,100

Question 6 - Level 6 - Celebrated Writers

What author's birthday is celebrated annually on September 13th, with 2011 festivities calling for fans to send friends virtual peaches?

A: Roald Dahl B: C.S. Lewis
C: Beatrix Potter D: Lewis Carroll

10 years of bookselling has familiarized him with

Spoiler

James and the Giant Peach.

Answer and value

A: Roald Dahl
Value: $1,000
Bank: $23,100

Question 7 - Level 9 - Ancient Website

What tech company proudly notes that its name is a reference to an ancient gourd that was used to "hold precious things"?

A: Bing B: Dell
C: Hulu D: Twitter

Spoiler

He has an idea it's Dell. He doesn't want to jump big money, but he doesn't want to leave with $1,000 either.

He jumps the question.

Answer and value

C: Hulu
Value: $15,000
Bank: $23,100

Question 8 - Level 2 - Common Cause

Appropriately, Earth Day was first celebrated in the U.S. the same year what federal agency was created?

A: IRS B: FBI
C: EPA D: CIA

Answer and value

C: EPA
Value: $500
Bank: $23,600

Question 9- Level 5 - Urban Music

What popular music genre was also known as the "Seattle Sound"?

A: Emo B: Grunge
C: Crunk D: New Wave

The category led him to believe that this would be a hip-hip question. He's pleased it wasn't.

Answer and value

B: Grunge
Value: $5,000
Bank: $28,600

Commercial Break

Question 10 - Level 8 - From A to Z

The only way to straddle the border of two countries that start with "A" and "Z" is to put one foot in Zambia and the other foot where?

A: Azerbijan B: Albania
C: Angola D: Armenia

Spoiler

He knows Zambia is in Africa, and he eliminates the other three as not on the African continent.

Answer and value

C: Angola
Value: $25,000
Bank: $53,600

CLASSIC MILLIONAIRE!

Question 11 - $100K

What religious phrase dates back to 1896 when it was the subtitle of a book by Kansas minister Charles M. Sheldon?

A: The end is near B: The man upstairs
C: What would Jesus do? D: Sinners, repent

His 10 years of bookselling are not helping him out on this question.

He jumps the question.

Answer

C: What would Jesus do? (The show does not mention the title, "In His Steps.")

Commercial Break.

Question 12 - $250K

In 1961, curators at New York's MoMA discovered that for 47 days they had displayed what Henri Matisse work upside-down?

A: La Blouse Roumaine B: Le Mur Rose
C: Le Bateau D: La Danse

Spoiler

He discounts D because a "dance" wouldn't be easily turned upside down. A and B are a "blouse" and a "rose". They seem probable. He doesn't know what "Le Bateau" is.

He came with nothing. He'll leave with at least $25,000. He makes

Spoiler

B

his final answer.

David leaves with $25,000.

Answer

C: Le Bateau (Transcriber's note: it means "The Sailboat", and depicts a boat reflected in water.)

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 12 - $250K

In 1961, curators at New York's MoMA discovered that for 47 days they had displayed what Henri Matisse work upside-down?

A: La Blouse Roumaine B: Le Mur Rose
C: Le Bateau D: La Danse

Spoiler

He discounts D because a "dance" wouldn't be easily turned upside down. A and B are a "blouse" and a "rose". They seem probable. He doesn't know what "Le Bateau" is.

He came with nothing. He'll leave with at least $25,000. He makes

Spoiler

B

his final answer.

David leaves with $25,000.

Answer

C: Le Bateau (Transcriber's note: it means "The Sailboat", and depicts a boat reflected in water.)

Knowing a little more French wouldn't have helped David. "Le Mur Rose" means "The Pink Wall," making it the most likely picture to be hung upside down.

Spoiler

I wouldn't have thought of a boat reflected in water.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 7 - Level 9 - Ancient Website

What tech company proudly notes that its name is a reference to an ancient gourd that was used to "hold precious things"?

A: Bing B: Dell
C: Hulu D: Twitter

Spoiler

He has an idea it's Dell. He doesn't want to jump big money, but he doesn't want to leave with $1,000 either.

He jumps the question.

Answer and value

C: Hulu
Value: $15,000
Bank: $23,100

A doubly nasty WWOQ, since everyone's first hunch about "hulu" is that it's a hoop, not a gourd!

According to Wikipedia, it's Chinese:

The name Hulu comes from two Mandarin Chinese words, hulu (simplified Chinese: 葫芦; traditional Chinese: 葫蘆; pinyin: húlú; Wade–Giles: hu-lu) "calabash, bottle gourd" and hulu (simplified Chinese: 互录; traditional Chinese: 互錄; pinyin: hùlù; Wade–Giles: hu-lu) "interactive recording". The company blog explains:

In Mandarin, Hulu has two interesting meanings, each highly relevant to our mission. The primary meaning interested us because it is used in an ancient Chinese proverb that describes the Hulu as the holder of precious things. It literally translates to "gourd," and in ancient times, the Hulu was hollowed out and used to hold precious things. The secondary meaning is "interactive recording." We saw both definitions as appropriate bookends and highly relevant to the mission of Hulu.[8]

MarleysGh0st wrote:A doubly nasty WWOQ, since everyone's first hunch about "hulu" is that it's a hoop, not a gourd!

Maybe everyone who's never heard of a Hula Hoop...

D'oh!

jarnon wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 12 - $250K

In 1961, curators at New York's MoMA discovered that for 47 days they had displayed what Henri Matisse work upside-down?

A: La Blouse Roumaine B: Le Mur Rose
C: Le Bateau D: La Danse

Spoiler

He discounts D because a "dance" wouldn't be easily turned upside down. A and B are a "blouse" and a "rose". They seem probable. He doesn't know what "Le Bateau" is.

He came with nothing. He'll leave with at least $25,000. He makes

Spoiler

B

his final answer.

David leaves with $25,000.

Answer

C: Le Bateau (Transcriber's note: it means "The Sailboat", and depicts a boat reflected in water.)

Knowing a little more French wouldn't have helped David. "Le Mur Rose" means "The Pink Wall," making it the most likely picture to be hung upside down.

Spoiler

I wouldn't have thought of a boat reflected in water.

Here's an image of the painting:

The Matisse painting

--Bob

Bob78164 wrote:

jarnon wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 12 - $250K

In 1961, curators at New York's MoMA discovered that for 47 days they had displayed what Henri Matisse work upside-down?

A: La Blouse Roumaine B: Le Mur Rose
C: Le Bateau D: La Danse

Spoiler

He discounts D because a "dance" wouldn't be easily turned upside down. A and B are a "blouse" and a "rose". They seem probable. He doesn't know what "Le Bateau" is.

He came with nothing. He'll leave with at least $25,000. He makes

Spoiler

B

his final answer.

David leaves with $25,000.

Answer

C: Le Bateau (Transcriber's note: it means "The Sailboat", and depicts a boat reflected in water.)

Knowing a little more French wouldn't have helped David. "Le Mur Rose" means "The Pink Wall," making it the most likely picture to be hung upside down.

Spoiler

I wouldn't have thought of a boat reflected in water.

Here's an image of the painting:

The Matisse painting

--Bob

So, is that the correct way to display it? I think it might look better sideways.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Bateau

...but you know how wiki is notorious for mistakes...

ulysses5019 wrote:

Bob78164 wrote:

jarnon wrote:Knowing a little more French wouldn't have helped David. "Le Mur Rose" means "The Pink Wall," making it the most likely picture to be hung upside down.

Spoiler

I wouldn't have thought of a boat reflected in water.

Here's an image of the painting:

The Matisse painting

--Bob

So, is that the correct way to display it? I think it might look better sideways.

I think it might look better on the fridge of a parent of a first grader. Then it wouldn't matter which way you turned the damned thing.

David may have made it to the upper tier, but his appearance rated only one line at the end of this TV/Radio column.

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/1 ... r-new.html

David Gomez, a litigation support manager in Charlotte, won $25,000 on Wednesday's "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire."

Would a litigation support manager be a lawyer or a legal aide?

MarleysGh0st wrote:David may have made it to the upper tier, but his appearance rated only one line at the end of this TV/Radio column.

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/1 ... r-new.html

David Gomez, a litigation support manager in Charlotte, won $25,000 on Wednesday's "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire."

Would a litigation support manager be a lawyer or a legal aide?

Typically that would be a non-lawyer who provides support for the legal team -- keeping paper organized, that sort of thing -- in a company that has a fair amount of litigation. For instance, he may work for an insurance company. --Bob

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:David Gomez
Charlotte, NC

One of his sons wants Legos if he wins, the other wants to buy the house next door.

So combine the two - buy enough Legos to build a house for the other son and his friend.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 7 - Level 9 - Ancient Website

What tech company proudly notes that its name is a reference to an ancient gourd that was used to "hold precious things"?

A: Bing B: Dell
C: Hulu D: Twitter

Spoiler

He has an idea it's Dell. He doesn't want to jump big money, but he doesn't want to leave with $1,000 either.

He jumps the question.

Answer and value

C: Hulu
Value: $15,000
Bank: $23,100

It's not Dell (a valley), nor Twitter (bird sound), nor Bing (either a cherry or an onomatopoeia). That leaves Hulu, so I'll go with that answer.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 10 - Level 8 - From A to Z

The only way to straddle the border of two countries that start with "A" and "Z" is to put one foot in Zambia and the other foot where?

A: Azerbijan B: Albania
C: Angola D: Armenia

Spoiler

He knows Zambia is in Africa, and he eliminates the other three as not on the African continent.

Answer and value

C: Angola
Value: $25,000
Bank: $53,600

Good reasoning on David's part. There have been quite a few contestants make it to the 2nd round lately.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 11 - $100K

What religious phrase dates back to 1896 when it was the subtitle of a book by Kansas minister Charles M. Sheldon?

A: The end is near B: The man upstairs
C: What would Jesus do? D: Sinners, repent

His 10 years of bookselling are not helping him out on this question.

He jumps the question.

Answer

C: What would Jesus do? (The show does not mention the title, "In His Steps.")

He obviously doesn't work in Christian bookselling.

Commercial Break.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 12 - $250K

In 1961, curators at New York's MoMA discovered that for 47 days they had displayed what Henri Matisse work upside-down?

A: La Blouse Roumaine B: Le Mur Rose
C: Le Bateau D: La Danse

Spoiler

He discounts D because a "dance" wouldn't be easily turned upside down. A and B are a "blouse" and a "rose". They seem probable. He doesn't know what "Le Bateau" is.

He came with nothing. He'll leave with at least $25,000. He makes

Spoiler

B

his final answer.

David leaves with $25,000.

Answer

C: Le Bateau (Transcriber's note: it means "The Sailboat", and depicts a boat reflected in water.)

My reasoning would have been the same regarding A or D. Since I still have it, I'll ATA first (MoMA is in NYC after all and might as well burn a lifeline that probably isn't worth much at this level) then JTQ if the distribution isn't strong enough.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Question 12 - $250K

In 1961, curators at New York's MoMA discovered that for 47 days they had displayed what Henri Matisse work upside-down?

A: La Blouse Roumaine B: Le Mur Rose
C: Le Bateau D: La Danse

Spoiler

He discounts D because a "dance" wouldn't be easily turned upside down. A and B are a "blouse" and a "rose". They seem probable. He doesn't know what "Le Bateau" is.

He came with nothing. He'll leave with at least $25,000. He makes

Spoiler

B

his final answer.

David leaves with $25,000.

Answer

C: Le Bateau (Transcriber's note: it means "The Sailboat", and depicts a boat reflected in water.)

I wanted to mention that this fact came up the time I played the O'Brien's pub quiz (in 2007, when I was in CA to tape Merv Griffin's Crosswords.) At that time they asked for the name of the artist. I think this fact also appears in the original "Book of Lists," under the heading 20 Wonderful Boners.

earendel wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 11 - $100K

What religious phrase dates back to 1896 when it was the subtitle of a book by Kansas minister Charles M. Sheldon?

A: The end is near B: The man upstairs
C: What would Jesus do? D: Sinners, repent

His 10 years of bookselling are not helping him out on this question.

He jumps the question.

Answer

C: What would Jesus do? (The show does not mention the title, "In His Steps.")

He obviously doesn't work in Christian bookselling.

Is that 1896 book by Rev. Sheldon still a big seller, then?

MarleysGh0st wrote:

earendel wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 11 - $100K

What religious phrase dates back to 1896 when it was the subtitle of a book by Kansas minister Charles M. Sheldon?

A: The end is near B: The man upstairs
C: What would Jesus do? D: Sinners, repent

His 10 years of bookselling are not helping him out on this question.

He jumps the question.

Answer

C: What would Jesus do? (The show does not mention the title, "In His Steps.")

He obviously doesn't work in Christian bookselling.

Is that 1896 book by Rev. Sheldon still a big seller, then?

It's still in print, if that's what you mean. When the WWJD bracelet fad broke a few years ago, the book experienced a resurgence of popularity. An employee at a Christian bookstore would likely recognize the title.

MarleysGh0st wrote:

earendel wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 11 - $100K

What religious phrase dates back to 1896 when it was the subtitle of a book by Kansas minister Charles M. Sheldon?

A: The end is near B: The man upstairs
C: What would Jesus do? D: Sinners, repent

His 10 years of bookselling are not helping him out on this question.

He jumps the question.

Answer

C: What would Jesus do? (The show does not mention the title, "In His Steps.")

He obviously doesn't work in Christian bookselling.

Is that 1896 book by Rev. Sheldon still a big seller, then?

It comes and goes, but it's still sold - when the WWJD bracelet phenomenon hit a few years ago the book enjoyed a certain resurgence, but it's always been a steady seller on Christian bookstore shelves.

Here's an article about David's appearance. There are details in here that warrant a big WTF, starting with the headline:

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/1 ... naire.html

Charlotte resident was a 'Millionaire' twice

Huh?

In 2001, Gomez was a contestant on the television show "Who Wants to be a Millionaire." He won $750.

Since he wasn't one of the "big" winners, Gomez was allowed to try out again during subsequent auditions. This past spring, he and several hundred other hopefuls went to the Metrolina Expo Center to audition for the show. Gomez's name was put in the contestant pool and he eventually was called to ABC Studios in New York.

First of all, the money tree during primetime didn't have any way for winnings to add up to $750. Secondly, the rules are very clear that nobody who has appeared at the Hot Seat can appear on the show again (unless they're invited back for a special edition like Llamarama, or if they're celebrities).

Could that $750 refer to the travel expenses the show paid for his trip to the ROF? Anybody still have records of all the ROFers and Hot Seaters from primetime?

MarleysGh0st wrote:Here's an article about David's appearance. There are details in here that warrant a big WTF, starting with the headline:

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/1 ... naire.html

Charlotte resident was a 'Millionaire' twice

Huh?

In 2001, Gomez was a contestant on the television show "Who Wants to be a Millionaire." He won $750.

Since he wasn't one of the "big" winners, Gomez was allowed to try out again during subsequent auditions. This past spring, he and several hundred other hopefuls went to the Metrolina Expo Center to audition for the show. Gomez's name was put in the contestant pool and he eventually was called to ABC Studios in New York.

First of all, the money tree during primetime didn't have any way for winnings to add up to $750. Secondly, the rules are very clear that nobody who has appeared at the Hot Seat can appear on the show again (unless they're invited back for a special edition like Llamarama, or if they're celebrities).

Could that $750 refer to the travel expenses the show paid for his trip to the ROF? Anybody still have records of all the ROFers and Hot Seaters from primetime?

The travel expense idea sounds like the most likely scenario.

ulysses5019 wrote:

MarleysGh0st wrote:Here's an article about David's appearance. There are details in here that warrant a big WTF, starting with the headline:

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/1 ... naire.html

Charlotte resident was a 'Millionaire' twice

Huh?

In 2001, Gomez was a contestant on the television show "Who Wants to be a Millionaire." He won $750.

Since he wasn't one of the "big" winners, Gomez was allowed to try out again during subsequent auditions. This past spring, he and several hundred other hopefuls went to the Metrolina Expo Center to audition for the show. Gomez's name was put in the contestant pool and he eventually was called to ABC Studios in New York.

First of all, the money tree during primetime didn't have any way for winnings to add up to $750. Secondly, the rules are very clear that nobody who has appeared at the Hot Seat can appear on the show again (unless they're invited back for a special edition like Llamarama, or if they're celebrities).

Could that $750 refer to the travel expenses the show paid for his trip to the ROF? Anybody still have records of all the ROFers and Hot Seaters from primetime?

The travel expense idea sounds like the most likely scenario.

A check of the transcripts in the GC reveals a David Gomez as an RoF flameout from the April 20, 2001 show (which featured puppie's husband in the Hot Seat). He's listed as being from Miami, FL, though I guess in 10 years he could have moved....

$750 is not much for travel expenses, especially considering he likely got at least $150 in per diem money. I know my tax form I got from the show after my similar experience 3 months earlier was easily over a grand for the expenses on my behalf....

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