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Brandon Brooks
Chicago, IL

Brandon was ecstatic when he won $100 playing bar trivia last week. Now he has $51,100. He was laid off from his job a month ago but now he's not worried because he's on Millionaire. Meredith says he's a great player. Brandon learned to ride a bike just recently. He has his ATA and one JTQ lifeline remaining.

Topic Tree: (randomized)
Clam It
Say What?
Aches & Pains
It's a Miracle

Question #7 (It's a Miracle)
Even though the Bible describes the water Jesus walked on as a sea, technically speaking, it was a what?
A - river
B - ocean
C - lake
D - gulf

Brandon thinks there are three possible answers so he decides to ask the audience.

ATA results

A - 31%
B - 16%
C - 42%
D - 11%

Those were the two Brandon was considering. He decides to go with the audience's answer and Meredith does the fakeout.

Spoiler

Answer: C (lake)
Value: $3,000
Bank: $54,100

Question #8 (Aches & Pains)
A lumbar support pillow is commonly used by someone looking for relief in what body part?
A - feet
B - back
C - calves
D - head

Spoiler

Answer: B (back)
Value: $5,000
Bank: $59,100

Question #9 (Say What?)
Tongue twisters for any sports announcer, Alex Bogomolov Jr. and Alexandr Dolgopolov were athletes in what 2012 event?
A - Stanley Cup final
B - Tour de France
C - Wimbledon
D - Super Bowl

Meredith says, "Don't make me say those again." Brandon says that on every question so far he's had an "intuition" - he knew the answer but used two lifelines. He has a really good feeling about this question also. He's thinking it's

Spoiler

Stanley Cup

. He decides to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Wimbledon)
Value: $7,000
Bank: $59,100 (no change)

commercial break

Brandon says he is going to get to round 2.

Question #10 (Clam It)
The saying "I'm as happy as a clam" made more sense in its original form, when it included which of these phrases?
A - in a pail
B - behind a dam
C - riding the waves
D - at high tide

Brandon says it's

Spoiler

B

.

Spoiler

Answer: D (at high tide)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $1,000 (consolation prize)

Brandon was a poster on alt.tv.game-shows on Usenet and still posts from time to time on Invision Game Show Forum. He won $70K in cash and prizes, including a car, when he won the 2002 Hollywood Squares College tournament.

Question #7 (It's a Miracle)
Even though the Bible describes the water Jesus walked on as a sea, technically speaking, it was a what?
A - river
B - ocean
C - lake
D - gulf

Brandon thinks there are three possible answers so he decides to ask the audience.

ATA results

A - 31%
B - 16%
C - 42%
D - 11%

Those were the two Brandon was considering. He decides to go with the audience's answer and Meredith does the fakeout.

Spoiler

Answer: C (lake)
Value: $3,000
Bank: $54,100

ATA

Question #10 (Clam It)
The saying "I'm as happy as a clam" made more sense in its original form, when it included which of these phrases?
A - in a pail
B - behind a dam
C - riding the waves
D - at high tide

Brandon says it's

Spoiler

B

.

Spoiler

Answer: D (at high tide)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $1,000 (consolation prize)

I remember learning this about a million years ago, but where? Nevermind, I'm 100% confident. High tide, because the blowholes don't pinpoint where they are.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Brandon Brooks
Chicago, IL

Brandon was ecstatic when he won $100 playing bar trivia last week. Now he has $51,100. He was laid off from his job a month ago but now he's not worried because he's on Millionaire. Meredith says he's a great player. Brandon learned to ride a bike just recently. He has his ATA and one JTQ lifeline remaining.

Topic Tree: (randomized)
Clam It
Say What?
Aches & Pains
It's a Miracle

Question #7 (It's a Miracle)
Even though the Bible describes the water Jesus walked on as a sea, technically speaking, it was a what?
A - river
B - ocean
C - lake
D - gulf

Brandon thinks there are three possible answers so he decides to ask the audience.

ATA results

A - 31%
B - 16%
C - 42%
D - 11%

Those were the two Brandon was considering. He decides to go with the audience's answer and Meredith does the fakeout.

Spoiler

Answer: C (lake)
Value: $3,000
Bank: $54,100

I want to say that

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the Sea of Galilee

is also known as

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Lake Tiriasis

. --Bob

Bob78164 wrote:I want to say that

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the Sea of Galilee

is also known as

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Lake Tiriasis

.

But you won't, because that's not true?

The Sea of Galilee is also called Lake Tiberias. In Hebrew, it's Yam Kinneret, the harp-shaped sea.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Brandon Brooks
Chicago, IL

Brandon was ecstatic when he won $100 playing bar trivia last week. Now he has $51,100. He was laid off from his job a month ago but now he's not worried because he's on Millionaire. Meredith says he's a great player. Brandon learned to ride a bike just recently. He has his ATA and one JTQ lifeline remaining.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #7 (It's a Miracle)
Even though the Bible describes the water Jesus walked on as a sea, technically speaking, it was a what?
A - river
B - ocean
C - lake
D - gulf

Brandon thinks there are three possible answers so he decides to ask the audience.

ATA results

A - 31%
B - 16%
C - 42%
D - 11%

Those were the two Brandon was considering. He decides to go with the audience's answer and Meredith does the fakeout.

Spoiler

Answer: C (lake)
Value: $3,000
Bank: $54,100

I can't say I'm surprised at both Brandon's need for a lifeline and the audience's lackluster responses.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #9 (Say What?)
Tongue twisters for any sports announcer, Alex Bogomolov Jr. and Alexandr Dolgopolov were athletes in what 2012 event?
A - Stanley Cup final
B - Tour de France
C - Wimbledon
D - Super Bowl

Meredith says, "Don't make me say those again." Brandon says that on every question so far he's had an "intuition" - he knew the answer but used two lifelines. He has a really good feeling about this question also. He's thinking it's

Spoiler

Stanley Cup

. He decides to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Wimbledon)
Value: $7,000
Bank: $59,100 (no change)

"Stanley Cup" is a wicked distractor.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Brandon says he is going to get to round 2.

No, he isn't.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #10 (Clam It)
The saying "I'm as happy as a clam" made more sense in its original form, when it included which of these phrases?
A - in a pail
B - behind a dam
C - riding the waves
D - at high tide

Brandon says it's

Spoiler

B

.

Spoiler

Answer: D (at high tide)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $1,000 (consolation prize)

I suppose he chose B because it rhymed. But, as Meredith pointed out afterward, the reason why "at high tide" was the right answer was because it's hard to dig for clams then.

I didn't realize why Brandon chose what he did on the last question until later... I hadn't even considered the rhyme. Which made that sort of a distractor, but what the hell was he doing diving headfirst into a $50,000 wild-ass guess?

Estonut wrote:

Bob78164 wrote:I want to say that

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the Sea of Galilee

is also known as

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Lake Tiriasis

.

But you won't, because that's not true?

The point (for me) of participating in these threads is to do so without doing research. So if, as in this case, my memory is off, my error is on display for the world (or our little corner of it) to see. --Bob

hss501 wrote:I didn't realize why Brandon chose what he did on the last question until later... I hadn't even considered the rhyme. Which made that sort of a distractor, but what the hell was he doing diving headfirst into a $50,000 wild-ass guess?

He risked a bit less than $30,000 to gain (a) a bit more than $30,000, and (b) the opportunity to see the $100,000 question. It's a pretty reasonable gamble if you think you have a clue. Of course, I do wish he'd taken a little more time to consider all of the possible answers, but it seemed like he was pretty locked into his choice. --Bob