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Ryan Trimble
Wendell, NC

Has a low-level version of Tourette's Syndrome. Not the kind that makes him yell out things but the kind that makes him twitch.
He said it might get worse as he gets more nervous but asked everyone to hang with him.
(They did not mention his occupation yet)


Topic Tree: (Randomized shown only)
Food Names
Word Origins
Stage Props
Animal Oddities
Settling In
Behind Bars
Wonder Woman
Units of Measure
Three Cheers
International Etiquette



Question 1 - International Etiquette
Etiquette books note that because they are featured prominently in the flag, in Brazil it is considered offensive to wear what two colors together in the workplace?
A. Red and Blue B. Green and Yellow
C. Orange and Green D. Purple and White

Spoiler

Ryan said he does not know the exact colors but thinks he knows. He said he would do this thing where he uses a lifeline right away and asked if Mere minded. Mere said OK

Spoiler

A-5% B-83% C-9% D-3%
"You guys are beautiful and wonderful"

Answer and value

B. Green and Yellow
Value: $15K!
Bank: $15K - Ryan jumps up and down and points back to someone in the audience.

Question 2 - Three Cheers
What NFL team's cheerleading squad is appropriately named the Gold Rush?
A. Pittsburgh Steelers B. San Francisco 49ers
C. New York Jets D. San Diego Chargers

Spoiler

Ryan said he knows nothing about sports except that he could explain how Quidditch works... but! There was gold in 1849...

Answer and value

B. San Francisco 49ers
Value: $3000
Bank: $18000

Question 3 - Units of Measure
Named in honor of Galileo, the gal is a unit of measurement commonly used to quantify the force of what?
A. Electricity B. Magnetism
C. Gravity D. Light

Spoiler

Ryan said he doesn't remember what Galileo did except for "something science-y"

Answer and value

B. Magnetism (Ryan said he would have guessed gravity)
Value: $25K jumped
Bank: $18K

Commercial break

Formerly-Club-Millionaire question
Which of these classic novels takes its title from a line in the Old Testament book Ecclesiastes?
A. From Here to Eternity B. As I Lay Dying
C. Tender Is the Night D. The Sun Also Rises

Former Club Millionaire answer

D. The Sun Also Rises

Question 4 - Wonder Woman
Oddly, what brand was responsible for bringing the Wonderbra to the U.S. in 1994?
A. Mrs. Fields B. Betty Crocker
C. Sara Lee D. Marie Callender

Spoiler

Ryan said he read this once and was surprised since it was a food company. He said either B or C but really leaning C. Not sure why
Ryan came up with the Nobody Doesn't Like Sara Lee jingle and added "or bras" to the end.

Answer and value

C. Sara Lee
Value: $2000
Bank: $20K

Ryan returns with $20,000 and one lifeline remaining.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Question 3 - Units of Measure
Named in honor of Galileo, the gal is a unit of measurement commonly used to quantify the force of what?
A. Electricity B. Magnetism
C. Gravity D. Light

Spoiler

Ryan said he doesn't remember what Galileo did except for "something science-y"

Answer and value

B. Magnetism (Ryan said he would have guessed gravity)
Value: $25K jumped
Bank: $18K

I am certainly no expert on this and won't claim to be, but according to Encyclopedia Britannica, a gal is a "unit of acceleration, named in honour of the Italian physicist and astronomer Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) and used especially in measurements of gravity. One gal equals a change in rate of motion of one centimetre (0.3937 inch) per second per second."

Is the answer given incorrect, is there a potential for multiple answers, or am I just not knowing something I should to understand the correct answer?

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Ryan Trimble
Wendell, NC

Has a low-level version of Tourette's Syndrome. Not the kind that makes him yell out things but the kind that makes him twitch.
He said it might get worse as he gets more nervous but asked everyone to hang with him.
(They did not mention his occupation yet)

Earlier today, I linked to an article that explained that he's a college student, studying Film Studies and French.

http://wwtbambored.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=38848

Although my earlier "What Else" comment goes down as another jab at the casting decisions by TPTB, this time I'll give them credit for not rejecting Ryan because of his Tourette's. From the general lack of handicapped contestants seen on the show, I've often thought that TPTB want to avoid anything that might make for "unpleasant" TV. That didn't stop them, this time. (Of course, Ryan exhibits lots of energy and excitement, with or without the head twitches.)

chad1m wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Question 3 - Units of Measure
Named in honor of Galileo, the gal is a unit of measurement commonly used to quantify the force of what?
A. Electricity B. Magnetism
C. Gravity D. Light

Spoiler

Ryan said he doesn't remember what Galileo did except for "something science-y"

Answer and value

B. Magnetism (Ryan said he would have guessed gravity)
Value: $25K jumped
Bank: $18K

I am certainly no expert on this and won't claim to be, but according to Encyclopedia Britannica, a gal is a "unit of acceleration, named in honour of the Italian physicist and astronomer Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) and used especially in measurements of gravity. One gal equals a change in rate of motion of one centimetre (0.3937 inch) per second per second."

Is the answer given incorrect, is there a potential for multiple answers, or am I just not knowing something I should to understand the correct answer?

Wikipedia agrees with EB.

The gal is named after Galileo Galilei, a physicist who made the first measurements of the Earth’s gravity.

The transcript is correct: Magnetism was the answer they gave on the show, but they appear to be in error.

MarleysGh0st wrote:

chad1m wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Question 3 - Units of Measure
Named in honor of Galileo, the gal is a unit of measurement commonly used to quantify the force of what?
A. Electricity B. Magnetism
C. Gravity D. Light

Spoiler

Ryan said he doesn't remember what Galileo did except for "something science-y"

Answer and value

B. Magnetism (Ryan said he would have guessed gravity)
Value: $25K jumped
Bank: $18K

I am certainly no expert on this and won't claim to be, but according to Encyclopedia Britannica, a gal is a "unit of acceleration, named in honour of the Italian physicist and astronomer Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) and used especially in measurements of gravity. One gal equals a change in rate of motion of one centimetre (0.3937 inch) per second per second."

Is the answer given incorrect, is there a potential for multiple answers, or am I just not knowing something I should to understand the correct answer?

Wikipedia agrees with EB.

The gal is named after Galileo Galilei, a physicist who made the first measurements of the Earth’s gravity.

The transcript is correct: Magnetism was the answer they gave on the show, but they appear to be in error.

This is inexcusable! Heads should roll! How did they let this happen? Was no one paying attention, either at the taping, or in the post production editing, or among any of the audience or contestants who saw the show? My initial thought was that the contestant should get his lifeline back, but that's not true, since the wrong answer did not affect his willingness to answer the question. I wonder if they will announce a correction on tomorrow's show. I'll be shocked if they do.

What's the deal with the show's Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/millionairetv ? Doesn't anyone ever use it to post a new comment about issues like this? Is that even allowed? Or is there some other channel for providing serious feedback?

TheConfessor wrote:What's the deal with the show's Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/millionairetv ? Doesn't anyone ever use it to post a new comment about issues like this? Is that even allowed? Or is there some other channel for providing serious feedback?

If you click "Everyone (most recent)," you can see that a couple of people already have. Feel free to pile on, sometimes the show page does respond.

chad1m wrote:

TheConfessor wrote:What's the deal with the show's Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/millionairetv ? Doesn't anyone ever use it to post a new comment about issues like this? Is that even allowed? Or is there some other channel for providing serious feedback?

If you click "Everyone (most recent)," you can see that a couple of people already have. Feel free to pile on, sometimes the show page does respond.

Thanks, Chad. I'm surprised they don't get swamped with new posts, since they have over 200K fans. I just tweeted the show to add my voice to those who are calling it to their attention.

Upon further review, the "gal" is a unit of acceleration, not gravity or magnetic force. So at least in theory, it could be used to measure either magnetic or gravitational force, since F=ma. But to the extent that the gal is ever used, it is used to measure variations in gravity, not magnetism.

I think it is problematic to claim that the gal is "commonly used" at all. I managed to get a couple of engineering degrees and to do mechanical design and analysis work for several years, and I had never heard of that unit. And we learned about lots of different units. I think my favorites were the slug and the kip.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slug_(mass)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kip_(unit)

Thank you, Chad and Ed. I knew I had forgotten a lot of HS and College Physics, but I was hoping I wasn't THAT bad!!!

(and of course, I was too lazy to look it up myself, operating under the assumption that the show has people that are actually paid to look this shit up.)

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Ryan Trimble
Wendell, NC

Has a low-level version of Tourette's Syndrome. Not the kind that makes him yell out things but the kind that makes him twitch.
He said it might get worse as he gets more nervous but asked everyone to hang with him.
(They did not mention his occupation yet)

I'm glad Ryan explained his condition because it was easier to deal with his twitching.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 3 - Units of Measure
Named in honor of Galileo, the gal is a unit of measurement commonly used to quantify the force of what?
A. Electricity B. Magnetism
C. Gravity D. Light

Spoiler

Ryan said he doesn't remember what Galileo did except for "something science-y"

Answer and value

B. Magnetism (Ryan said he would have guessed gravity)
Value: $25K jumped
Bank: $18K

This is most certainly wrong and I think he should get his lifeline back because of it. The gal is associated with gravity (since Galileo did some studies in this area) not magnetism.

Question 3 - Units of Measure
Named in honor of Galileo, the gal is a unit of measurement commonly used to quantify the force of what?
A. Electricity B. Magnetism
C. Gravity D. Light

Spoiler

Ryan said he doesn't remember what Galileo did except for "something science-y"

Answer and value

B. Magnetism (Ryan said he would have guessed gravity)
Value: $25K jumped
Bank: $18K

JTQ.

Question 4 - Wonder Woman
Oddly, what brand was responsible for bringing the Wonderbra to the U.S. in 1994?
A. Mrs. Fields B. Betty Crocker
C. Sara Lee D. Marie Callender

Spoiler

Ryan said he read this once and was surprised since it was a food company. He said either B or C but really leaning C. Not sure why
Ryan came up with the Nobody Doesn't Like Sara Lee jingle and added "or bras" to the end.

Answer and value

C. Sara Lee
Value: $2000
Bank: $20K

JTQ 2

earendel wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 3 - Units of Measure
Named in honor of Galileo, the gal is a unit of measurement commonly used to quantify the force of what?
A. Electricity B. Magnetism
C. Gravity D. Light

Spoiler

Ryan said he doesn't remember what Galileo did except for "something science-y"

Answer and value

B. Magnetism (Ryan said he would have guessed gravity)
Value: $25K jumped
Bank: $18K

This is most certainly wrong and I think he should get his lifeline back because of it. The gal is associated with gravity (since Galileo did some studies in this area) not magnetism.

Why should he get his lifeline back? He never attempted to answer the question. The correct answer was available for him to choose. The show's incorrect answer would have become an issue only if he had actually answered the question.

TheConfessor wrote:

earendel wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 3 - Units of Measure
Named in honor of Galileo, the gal is a unit of measurement commonly used to quantify the force of what?
A. Electricity B. Magnetism
C. Gravity D. Light

Spoiler

Ryan said he doesn't remember what Galileo did except for "something science-y"

Answer and value

B. Magnetism (Ryan said he would have guessed gravity)
Value: $25K jumped
Bank: $18K

This is most certainly wrong and I think he should get his lifeline back because of it. The gal is associated with gravity (since Galileo did some studies in this area) not magnetism.

Why should he get his lifeline back? He never attempted to answer the question. The correct answer was available for him to choose. The show's incorrect answer would have become an issue only if he had actually answered the question.

Perhaps you're right - he admitted he knew little or nothing about science so his JTQ would have been used no matter what. It's not like there were multiple right answers or no right answer.