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Sharon King
Bartlesville, OK

Sharon is a Club Millionaire sweepstakes winner. She always wanted to audition for the show, but it would have cost a lot of money to travel to New York for that. Now, she's here on Millionaire's dime.

Topic Tree (Unrandomized)
10: Book Shredders
9: Early Math
8: Alternate Uses
7: Product Un-placement
6: Everest Upgrade
5: Uncle Sam
4: Holy Chess
3: "F" is for Food
2: Cool Countries
1: Testing Testing

Topic Tree (Randomized)
8: Alternate Uses
5: Uncle Sam
2: Cool Countries
9: Early Math
6: Everest Upgrade
10: Book Shredders
1: Testing Testing
4: Holy Chess
7: Product Un-placement
3: "F" is for Food


Question #1 - Level 3: "F" is for Food
As a vegetarian alternative, an FLT is a BLT in which the "F" stands for what?

A: Folgna B: Frisket
C: Facon D: Furger

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Facon
Question Value: $100
Bank: $100

Question #2 - Level 7: Product Un-placement
In an unusual marketing strategy, Abercrombie & Fitch offered to pay the cast of what reality show to stop wearing its clothes?
A: Deadliest Catch B: Ice Road Truckers
C: The Jersey Shore D: Teen Mom

Sharon asks the audience.

ATA

A: 1% B: 1% C: 93% D: 5%

Answer/Value/Bank

C: The Jersey Shore
Question Value: $2,000
Bank: $2,100

Question #3 - Level 4: Holy Chess
If the religiously named "bishop" piece in chess were replaced with its Islamic equivalent, what would it be called?

A: Imam B: Rabbi
C: Monk D: Deacon

Answer/Value/Bank

A: Imam
Question Value: $3,000
Bank: $5,100

Question #4 - Level 1: Testing Testing
Sold to expectant parents, the Pink or Blue test uses DNA markers to determine what attribute of a fetus?

A: Its hair color B: Its gender
C: Its eye color D: Its height

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Its gender
Question Value: $7,000
Bank: $12,100

Question #5 - Level 10: Book Shredders
With members like Stephen King and Amy Tan, what rock band of famous authors often performs at charity events?

A: Galley Proof Band B: Travelling Quillburys
C: The Stringers D: Rock Bottom Remainders

Sharon is leaning towards

Spoiler

Rock Bottom Remainders,

but she jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

D: Rock Bottom Remainders
Question Value: $10,000
Bank: $12,100

Question #6 - Level 6: Everest Upgrade
In 2010, man's conquest of nature continued as what modern amenity was added to Mount Everest's southern base camp?

A: High speed internet B: Permanent flush toilets
C: Starbucks D: Movie theater

Sharon believes it is

Spoiler

High speed internet.

She makes that her final answer.

Answer/Value/Bank

A: High speed internet
Question Value: $1,000
Bank: $13,100

-- Commercial Break --


Sharon's husband, Michael, and her nephew, Ryan, are in the audience. Sharon and Michael
have been married for 36 years. They were married three months after they met.


Question #7 - Level 9: Early Math
The Greek mathematician Eratosthenes famously used the length of shadows in two Egyptian cities and some geometry to calculate what?

A: Length of a year B: Earth's circumference
C: Distance to the Moon D: Speed of light

Sharon jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Earth's circumference
Question Value: $15,000
Bank: $13,100

Question #8 - Level 2: Cool Countries
Which of these European nations is not considered a Nordic country?

A: Belgium B: Iceland
C: Denmark D: Finland

Answer/Value/Bank

A: Belgium
Question Value: $500
Bank: $13,600

Question #9 - Level 5: Uncle Sam
Though he was originally depicted as clean-shaven, Uncle Sam was given a beard, making him look more like whom?

A: Charles Lindbergh B: Mark Twain
C: Thomas Edison D: Abraham Lincoln

Answer/Value/Bank

D: Abraham Lincoln
Question Value: $5,000
Bank: $18,600

This last question is worth $25,000.

Question #10 - Level 8: Alternate Uses
In colonial America, what household item was often given in place of an engagement ring?

A: Button B: Key
C: Candle D: Thimble

Sharon notes that

Spoiler

a thimble is placed on the finger,

but she is afraid to take the risk. She walks with $9,300.

Answer

D: Thimble

-- Commercial Break --

Sharon's appearance got mentioned in this column.

http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/article ... TLIN131148

Note: The first photograph is of Sharon. I don't think the second one is.

Incidentally, Time Warner must have updated my DVR software. Now the trick of pausing and then hitting the fast forward button once to clear the pause banner doesn't work any more and the damn banner just stays there, hiding the lower part of the screen with the answers.

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1. easy. What is "facon" made of? I've never heard of it.

2. easy. I remember hearing about this last summer.

3. easy.

4. easy.

5. Hmmm, do I ATA or JTQ? I think I start with the audience, and depending on the result, JTQ 1.

6. JTQ

7. Bye bye. I walk.

8. If I'm still around, this is easy.

9. easy.

Question #1 - Level 3: "F" is for Food
As a vegetarian alternative, an FLT is a BLT in which the "F" stands for what?

A: Folgna B: Frisket
C: Facon D: Furger

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Facon
Question Value: $100
Bank: $100

Gotta be facon -- whatever that is.

Question #2 - Level 7: Product Un-placement
In an unusual marketing strategy, Abercrombie & Fitch offered to pay the cast of what reality show to stop wearing its clothes?
A: Deadliest Catch B: Ice Road Truckers
C: The Jersey Shore D: Teen Mom

Sharon asks the audience.

ATA

A: 1% B: 1% C: 93% D: 5%

Answer/Value/Bank

C: The Jersey Shore
Question Value: $2,000
Bank: $2,100

ATA.

Question #6 - Level 6: Everest Upgrade
In 2010, man's conquest of nature continued as what modern amenity was added to Mount Everest's southern base camp?

A: High speed internet B: Permanent flush toilets
C: Starbucks D: Movie theater

Sharon believes it is

Spoiler

High speed internet.

She makes that her final answer.

Answer/Value/Bank

A: High speed internet
Question Value: $1,000
Bank: $13,100

JTQ.

Question #8 - Level 2: Cool Countries
Which of these European nations is not considered a Nordic country?

A: Belgium B: Iceland
C: Denmark D: Finland

Answer/Value/Bank

A: Belgium
Question Value: $500
Bank: $13,600

Yay! A geography Q I knew!

Question #10 - Level 8: Alternate Uses
In colonial America, what household item was often given in place of an engagement ring?

A: Button B: Key
C: Candle D: Thimble

Sharon notes that

Spoiler

a thimble is placed on the finger,

but she is afraid to take the risk. She walks with $9,300.

Answer

D: Thimble

I dunno how I knew this one, which makes me nervous. I probably would have second-guessed myself and JTQed it.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #3 - Level 4: Holy Chess
If the religiously named "bishop" piece in chess were replaced with its Islamic equivalent, what would it be called?

A: Imam B: Rabbi
C: Monk D: Deacon

Answer/Value/Bank

A: Imam
Question Value: $3,000
Bank: $5,100

I was hoping this would really be a question about chess, instead of that just being irrelevant fluff.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #6 - Level 6: Everest Upgrade
In 2010, man's conquest of nature continued as what modern amenity was added to Mount Everest's southern base camp?

A: High speed internet B: Permanent flush toilets
C: Starbucks D: Movie theater

Sharon believes it is

Spoiler

High speed internet.

She makes that her final answer.

Answer/Value/Bank

A: High speed internet
Question Value: $1,000
Bank: $13,100

Flush toilets were a distractor for me. From what I've read, base camp can get crowded during climbing season and the sanitary conditions get pretty disgusting. I suppose it would take more infrastructure to support that toilet, like a septic system to drain into, than it would to get WiFi hooked up to a satellite uplink. And lots of climbing teams do like to blog about their adventures, these days.

Here's a report about Sharon's appearance.

http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/article ... TLIN983051

And someone has a classic quote in the online comments:

I didn't even know this show was still around.

Sharon is a Club Millionaire sweepstakes winner. She always wanted to audition for the show, but it would have cost a lot of money to travel to New York for that. Now, she's here on Millionaire's dime.

I wonder if she applied for a job as well?

Here's another short article about Sharon's appearance. This one makes no mention of her sweepstakes win.

http://www.examiner-enterprise.com/sect ... 80%99.html

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Sharon King
Bartlesville, OK

Sharon is a Club Millionaire sweepstakes winner. She always wanted to audition for the show, but it would have cost a lot of money to travel to New York for that. Now, she's here on Millionaire's dime.

I'm glad that Sharon got the opportunity but I worry about how she'll do because the test, for better or worse, screens out those that may not do well on the show. It's no great predictor (we've seen passers who turned out to be duds on the show) but it's something.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #2 - Level 7: Product Un-placement
In an unusual marketing strategy, Abercrombie & Fitch offered to pay the cast of what reality show to stop wearing its clothes?
A: Deadliest Catch B: Ice Road Truckers
C: The Jersey Shore D: Teen Mom

Sharon asks the audience.

ATA

A: 1% B: 1% C: 93% D: 5%

Answer/Value/Bank

C: The Jersey Shore
Question Value: $2,000
Bank: $2,100

Not sure where I learned this, but I precalled the answer.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #5 - Level 10: Book Shredders
With members like Stephen King and Amy Tan, what rock band of famous authors often performs at charity events?

A: Galley Proof Band B: Travelling Quillburys
C: The Stringers D: Rock Bottom Remainders

Sharon is leaning towards

Spoiler

Rock Bottom Remainders,

but she jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

D: Rock Bottom Remainders
Question Value: $10,000
Bank: $12,100

No idea. I don't think the audience will, either, so I'll JTQ.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #10 - Level 8: Alternate Uses
In colonial America, what household item was often given in place of an engagement ring?

A: Button B: Key
C: Candle D: Thimble

Sharon notes that

Spoiler

a thimble is placed on the finger,

but she is afraid to take the risk. She walks with $9,300.

Answer

D: Thimble

She did well and it's a shame she didn't take the risk.