Transcript 9/14/2012 - Valerie Pinckney-Williams

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Valerie Pinckney-Williams
New York City, NY
Executive assistant

By night Valerie is a big fan of trivia shows, so Meredith thinks she will do well on Millionaire?

Topic Tree: (randomized)
The King's Speech
Second Thoughts
Me and My Grammys
The Tube
World Travelers
Magic Words
Test of Time
Traveling Man
Facebook Posts
Also Known AS

Question #1 (Also Known As)
What common physical occurrence is also referred to by the slang term "frigid face"?
A - brain freeze
B - charley horse
C - goose bumps
D - hiccups

Valerie honstly has no idea so she jumps the question.

Spoiler

Answer: A (brain freeze)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $0

Question #2 (Facebook Posts)
Just one day after his company had its initial public offering, Mark Zuckerberg posted on Facebook what other big news?
A - he got married
B - he bought a house
C - he adopted a puppy
D - he climbed Mt. Everest

Spoiler

Answer: A (he got married)
Value: $15,000
Bank: $15,000

Question #3 (Traveling Man)
Which of these historic figures lends his name to a popular series of travel guidebooks?
A - Abraham Lincoln
B - King Tut
C - Marco Polo
D - Sigmund Freud

Valerie knows

Spoiler

"when in doubt pick C"

but she has strong doubts so she decides to ask the audience.

ATA results

A - 1%
B - 2%
C - 92%
D - 5%

That's what she thought but she wasn't sure. She decides to trust the audience.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Marco Polo)
Value: $5,000
Bank: $20,000

Question #4 (Test of Time)
As any high school junior knows, the current testing time of an SAT exam is how long?
A - 2 hours and 15 minutes
B - 3 hours
C - 3 hours and 45 minutes
D - 4 hours and 30 minutes

This is a little too far for Valerie so she jumps the question.

Spoiler

Answer: C (3 hours and 45 minutes)
Value: $25,000
Bank: $20,000 (no change)

Question #5 (Magic Words)
Which of the following is a technique used by magicians to secretly manipulate objects?
A - swindling eyes
B - slight of hand
C - deceitful foot
D - ruse of mind

Spoiler

Answer: B (sleight of hand)
Value: $10,000
Bank: $30,000

Valerie wants to give a hug to her husband because every time she adds to her bank she says to herself "That's more money for our vacation." She and her husband will be celebrating their 10th anniversary and she says they're going to "return to the scene of the crime. We're going to Miami."

Question #6 (World Travelers)
In China, people who study or work in the West before coming back to China are known as "hai gui," which means what?
A - humpback whales
B - Pacific loons
C - sea turtles
D - Medusa jellyfish

Valerie has no idea so she's going to walk.

Spoiler

Answer: C (sea turtles)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $15,000

Millionaire question of the day:
What fruit, briefly known as melonette, was renamed in 1959 because of high taxes on melon imports?
A - kumquat
B - lime
C - kiwi
D - pomegranate
Answer:

Spoiler

C (kiwi)

[SportsFan68]

Question #4 (Test of Time)
As any high school junior knows, the current testing time of an SAT exam is how long?
A - 2 hours and 15 minutes
B - 3 hours
C - 3 hours and 45 minutes
D - 4 hours and 30 minutes

This is a little too far for Valerie so she jumps the question.

Spoiler

Answer: C (3 hours and 45 minutes)
Value: $25,000
Bank: $20,000 (no change)

I can't remember, and I'm not asking the audience because it never looks like it's full of high school juniors, or juniors and seniors for that matter. Or college students, who might remember this obscure fact. Anyway, JTQ.

Question #6 (World Travelers)
In China, people who study or work in the West before coming back to China are known as "hai gui," which means what?
A - humpback whales
B - Pacific loons
C - sea turtles
D - Medusa jellyfish

Valerie has no idea so she's going to walk.

Spoiler

Answer: C (sea turtles)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $15,000

How would you get this if you didn't know it? JTQ

I'm doomed -- already used both JTQs, and they were on the two highest value Qs.

[hanzz]

Question #6 (World Travelers)
In China, people who study or work in the West before coming back to China are known as "hai gui," which means what?
A - humpback whales
B - Pacific loons
C - sea turtles
D - Medusa jellyfish

Valerie has no idea so she's going to walk.

Spoiler

Answer: C (sea turtles)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $15,000

How would you get this if you didn't know it? JTQ

I'm doomed -- already used both JTQs, and they were on the two highest value Qs.

My guess is that sea turtles are the most famous of that bunch for leaving an area for leaving their place of birth for a long time only to come back later to lay eggs and continue the cycle? I'd say borderline WWOQ.

Valerie was a fellow carryover from tape day 1 with me, and the only one of us four carryovers that didn't get to play before lunch. Looks like the fates smiled on her by having her air before me! Lovely, huh-larious lady, glad to see she got herself a nice little payday for her and her also very nice husband.

[SportsFan68]

Question #6 (World Travelers)
In China, people who study or work in the West before coming back to China are known as "hai gui," which means what?
A - humpback whales
B - Pacific loons
C - sea turtles
D - Medusa jellyfish

Valerie has no idea so she's going to walk.

Spoiler

Answer: C (sea turtles)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $15,000

How would you get this if you didn't know it? JTQ

I'm doomed -- already used both JTQs, and they were on the two highest value Qs.

My guess is that sea turtles are the most famous of that bunch for leaving an area for leaving their place of birth for a long time only to come back later to lay eggs and continue the cycle? I'd say borderline WWOQ.

Valerie was a fellow carryover from tape day 1 with me, and the only one of us four carryovers that didn't get to play before lunch. Looks like the fates smiled on her by having her air before me! Lovely, huh-larious lady, glad to see she got herself a nice little payday for her and her also very nice husband.

That's right -- all I had to do was think of Finding Nemo and Crush.

[earendel]

Valerie Pinckney-Williams
New York City, NY
Executive assistant

By night Valerie is a big fan of trivia shows, so Meredith thinks she will do well on Millionaire.

Uh, oh, cue the ominous organ music...

Question #1 (Also Known As)
What common physical occurrence is also referred to by the slang term "frigid face"?
A - brain freeze
B - charley horse
C - goose bumps
D - hiccups

Valerie honstly has no idea so she jumps the question.

Spoiler

Answer: A (brain freeze)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $0

No idea?? Couldn't she see "frigid" and equate that with "freeze"? I guess Valerie had a brain freeze.

Question #3 (Traveling Man)
Which of these historic figures lends his name to a popular series of travel guidebooks?
A - Abraham Lincoln
B - King Tut
C - Marco Polo
D - Sigmund Freud

Valerie knows

Spoiler

"when in doubt pick C"

but she has strong doubts so she decides to ask the audience.

ATA results

A - 1%
B - 2%
C - 92%
D - 5%

That's what she thought but she wasn't sure. She decides to trust the audience.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Marco Polo)
Value: $5,000
Bank: $20,000

Which one of the four was noted for traveling? I can hear the organ music getting louder.

Question #4 (Test of Time)
As any high school junior knows, the current testing time of an SAT exam is how long?
A - 2 hours and 15 minutes
B - 3 hours
C - 3 hours and 45 minutes
D - 4 hours and 30 minutes

This is a little too far for Valerie so she jumps the question.

Spoiler

Answer: C (3 hours and 45 minutes)
Value: $25,000
Bank: $20,000 (no change)

Did this change? I thought I remembered the test taking 4 hours when I took it back in the day. I'd be using a JTQ on this one.

[MarleysGh0st]

Question #4 (Test of Time)
As any high school junior knows, the current testing time of an SAT exam is how long?
A - 2 hours and 15 minutes
B - 3 hours
C - 3 hours and 45 minutes
D - 4 hours and 30 minutes

This is a little too far for Valerie so she jumps the question.

Spoiler

Answer: C (3 hours and 45 minutes)
Value: $25,000
Bank: $20,000 (no change)

Did this change? I thought I remembered the test taking 4 hours when I took it back in the day. I'd be using a JTQ on this one.

I don't recall how long it took BITD, but the test definitely has changed since then. Now there's an essay making up a third part of the test (and inflating a perfect score up to 2400).

[earendel]

Question #4 (Test of Time)
As any high school junior knows, the current testing time of an SAT exam is how long?
A - 2 hours and 15 minutes
B - 3 hours
C - 3 hours and 45 minutes
D - 4 hours and 30 minutes

This is a little too far for Valerie so she jumps the question.

Spoiler

Answer: C (3 hours and 45 minutes)
Value: $25,000
Bank: $20,000 (no change)

Did this change? I thought I remembered the test taking 4 hours when I took it back in the day. I'd be using a JTQ on this one.

I don't recall how long it took BITD, but the test definitely has changed since then. Now there's an essay making up a third part of the test (and inflating a perfect score up to 2400).

I had heard that, and so it would seem that they would give students more time. I guess I'm misremembering how long I was given to take it.

[MarleysGh0st]

I guess I'm misremembering how long I was given to take it.

Wikipedia's entry on the SAT includes a section on the history of the test. This paragraph should cover the relevant time period for us old-timers.

1946 test and associated changes

Paragraph reading was eliminated from the verbal portion of the SAT in 1946, and replaced with reading comprehension, and "double definition" questions were replaced with sentence completions. Between 1946 and 1957 students were given 90 to 100 minutes to complete 107 to 170 verbal questions. Starting in 1958 time limits became more stable, and for 17 years, until 1975, students had 75 minutes to answer 90 questions. In 1959 questions on data sufficiency were introduced to the mathematics section, and then replaced with quantitative comparisons in 1974. In 1974 both verbal and math sections were reduced from 75 minutes to 60 minutes each, with changes in test composition compensating for the decreased time.

Sounds like the four hours it took you was a "walking ten miles back and forth to school, uphill, both ways" type of thing.