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Glorie Austern
Secaucus, NJ
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Glorie watches the show every day and she feels comfortable standing at the "blackjack table". She does pretty well at home.

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Foreign Prizes
Long Distance Dedication
Computer Games
Weekly Meetings
Trendsetters
Food War [DOUBLE MONEY QUESTION]
U Know It
One fish, two fish
Branching Out
Unique Calendar

Question #1 (Unique Calendar)
Because its calendar begins on the birthday of Kim Il-sung, what year is it in North Korea?
A - 50
B - 100
C - 150
D - 200

Glorie thinks for a moment and then says she's going to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: B (100)
Value: $7,000
Bank: $0 (no change)

Meredith erroneous states that Kim Il-sung's son is the current ruler.

Question #2 (Branching Out)
Delighting fans of their iconic school supplies, who recently released a line of adult apparel featuring their trademark dolphins and rainbow palette?
A - Ed Hardy
B - Lisa Frank
C - Cathy Guisewite
D - Paul Frank

Glorie knows that

Spoiler

Ed Hardy

doesn't do that but she has no idea about the other three. Sadly she's going to have to "pass" on this question.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Lisa Frank)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $0 (no change)

Question #3 (One fish, two fish)
Known in Papua New Guinea as "the ball-cutter" due to its inclination to bite swimmers' testacles, what variety of fish was found in an Illinois lake in 2012?
A - pacu
B - wolfish
C - electic eel
D - neon tetra

Glorie restates the crucial elements of the question and then says that she can eliminate

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electric eel

because it wouldn't be called that. She mulls over the question and apologizes for repeating herself. Most wives could be "ball cutters" Glorie jokes. She decides to ask the audience.

ATA results

A - 55%
B - 34%
C - 3%
D - 8%

Meredith says the audience could be filled with men who have suffered this. Glorie likes the number and she agrees with the audience.

Spoiler

Answer: A (pacu)
Value: $15,000
Bank: $15,000

commercial break

Millionaire question of the day:
Before hitting it big, what star was paid $200 to be an extra in Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl" music video?
A - Ke$ha
B - Lady Gaga
C - Nicki Minaj
D - Taylor Swift
Answer:

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A (Ke$ha)

Glorie's mom and dad, Muriel and Neil, are in the relationship seat rooting her on.

Question #4 (U Know It)
Before there was YouTube, a u-tube was a device commonly used by which of these professionals?
A - gardener
B - barber
C - chemist
D - locksmith

Glorie says it wouldn't be

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a barber or a locksmith

. If she guesses wrong she walks away with nothing (actually $1,000). She can't afford to guess so she is walking away. Before making that her final answer she says she thinks it might be

Spoiler

chemist

.

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Answer: C (chemist)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $7,500 (half the bank)

THE END OF GAME "NOISE"

So...through absolutely NO EFFORT OF HER OWN, she wins herself $7,500. Unclassic Millionaire, indeed.

Yeah, but she's real honest with herself about how she does at home!

Question #2 (Branching Out)
Delighting fans of their iconic school supplies, who recently released a line of adult apparel featuring their trademark dolphins and rainbow palette?
A - Ed Hardy
B - Lisa Frank
C - Cathy Guisewite
D - Paul Frank

Glorie knows that

Spoiler

Ed Hardy

doesn't do that but she has no idea about the other three. Sadly she's going to have to "pass" on this question.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Lisa Frank)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $0 (no change)

ATA

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Glorie Austern
Secaucus, NJ
calligrapher

Glorie watches the show every day and she feels comfortable standing at the "blackjack table". She does pretty well at home.

Almost everyone does well (or says they do) at home.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #1 (Unique Calendar)
Because its calendar begins on the birthday of Kim Il-sung, what year is it in North Korea?
A - 50
B - 100
C - 150
D - 200

Glorie thinks for a moment and then says she's going to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: B (100)
Value: $7,000
Bank: $0 (no change)

I'd JTQ also because I couldn't decide between 100 and 150.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #2 (Branching Out)
Delighting fans of their iconic school supplies, who recently released a line of adult apparel featuring their trademark dolphins and rainbow palette?
A - Ed Hardy
B - Lisa Frank
C - Cathy Guisewite
D - Paul Frank

Glorie knows that

Spoiler

Ed Hardy

doesn't do that but she has no idea about the other three. Sadly she's going to have to "pass" on this question.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Lisa Frank)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $0 (no change)

I'd use ATA here. I've never heard of any of the four.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #4 (U Know It)
Before there was YouTube, a u-tube was a device commonly used by which of these professionals?
A - gardener
B - barber
C - chemist
D - locksmith

Glorie says it wouldn't be

Spoiler

a barber or a locksmith

. If she guesses wrong she walks away with nothing (actually $1,000). She can't afford to guess so she is walking away. Before making that her final answer she says she thinks it might be

Spoiler

chemist

.

Spoiler

Answer: C (chemist)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $7,500 (half the bank)

I remember u-tubes from my high school chemistry days.