Transcript 12/7/2012 - Dan DeLisio

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Dan DeLisio
Pittsburgh, PA
attorney

Meredith doesn't engage Dan in any pregame chitchat.

Topic Tree: (randomized)
Special Cases
Pack Up the Minivan
Short Stacks
Everyone's a Critic
More Meat
Rocky Mountain Rules
On the Block
Joke Time
Dopplegangers
Serious Play

Question #1 (Serious Play)
The Landlord's Game, a precursor to which classic board game, was originally designed to teach people the destructive consequences of private land ownership?
A - Clue
B - Sorry!
C - Trivial Pursuit
D - Monopoly

Spoiler

Answer: D (Monopoly)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $2,000

Question #2 (Dopplegangers)
Noting their physical similarities, what TV personality recently likened herself to Martha Stewart, Glenn Close and Lesley Stahl?
A - Katie Couric
B - Joy Behar
C - Diane Sawyer
D - Hoda Kotb

Dan doesn't know but he thinks the audience looks really good so he's going to ask them.

ATA results

A - 9%
B - 11%
C - 71%
D - 9%

Dan can see the resemblance.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Diane Sawyer)
Value: $100
Bank: $2,100

Question #3 (Joke Time)
"Why the long face" is the punch line to a familiar joke about what animal walking into a bar?
A - dog
B - horse
C - cow
D - pig

Dan chuckles as Meredith reads the question.

Spoiler

Answer: B (horse)
Value: $5,000
Bank: $7,100

Question #4 (On the Block)
A green beret, a Golden Globe Award and a cowboy hat were among the top items at a 2011 auction of what screen legend's property?
A - Henry Fonda
B - John Wayne
C - Rbert Mitchum
D - Burt Lancaster

Dan was a fan growing up and he played all these roles memorably (except perhaps for the green beret).

Spoiler

Answer: B (John Wayne)
Value: $500
Bank: $7,600

Question #5 (Rocky Mountain Rules)
Perhaps seeking a "Rocky Mountain High," 2012 voters in Colorado approved Amendment 64, legalizing the recreational use of what?
A - stilts
B - trampolines
C - marijuana
D - pogo sticks

Dan thinks John Denver would approve.

Spoiler

Answer: C (marijuana)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $8,600

Question #6 (More Meat)
Based on the notion that if a caveman didn't eat it, you shouldn't either, Loren Cordain's 2002 book is titled "The" what "Diet"?
A - The Paleo Diet
B - The Ceno Diet
C - The Meso Diet
D - The Neo Diet

Dan thinks it was named for a particular anthropological era.

Spoiler

Answer: A (The Paleo Diet)
Value: $15,000
Bank: $23,600

Question #7 (Everyone's a Critic)
What book was famously dismissed by one critic in 1966 with the comment, "This isn't writing, it's research"?
A - In Cold Blood
B - Portnoy's Complaint
C - Slaughterhouse-Five
D - To Kill a Mockingbird

Dan ruminates that

Spoiler

Vonnegut lived Slaughterhouse-Five - Dan believes he was being bombed. "To Kill a Mockingbird" is one of Dan's favorite movies although...and

Spoiler

"In Cold Blood" was about real life events

. Dan thinks it's between

Spoiler

A and D

.

Spoiler

Answer: A (In Cold Blood)
Value: $3,000
Bank: $26,600

commercial break

Again there's no chitchat.

Question #8 (Short Stacks)
The shortest in history, which president stood only 5'4" high and weighed 100 pounds, roughly the same size as Miley Cyrus?
A - James Madison
B - Thomas Jefferson
C - Martin Van Buren
D - John Adams

Dan jokes that they (the president and Miley Cyrus) had different talents. Dan then says that this president was

Spoiler

diminuitive in stature but an awesome writer

.

Spoiler

Answer: A (James Madison)
Value: $25,000
Bank: $51,600

Question #9 (Pack Up the Minivan)
What Washington State Park advertises fun family activities like hiking and treasure hunts, despite its depressing name?
A - Fort Sadness
B - Disenchantment Reserve
C - Ingratitude Coast Trail
D - Cape Disappointment

Dan has "zero feel" for this so he's jumping the question. He had an inkling that it might be

Spoiler

Fort Sadness

.

Spoiler

Answer: D (Cape Disappointment)
Value: $10,000
Bank: $51,600 (unchanged)

Question #10 (Special Cases)
Referred to as a "haven for dummies," a unique Kentucky museum is the unofficial resting place for the retired tools of what type of performer?
A - clown
B - juggler
C - trapeze artist
D - ventriloquist

Dan says it would be his house if he missed this one.

Spoiler

Answer: D (ventriloquist)
Value: $7,000
Bank: $58,600

commercial break

CLASSIC MILLIONAIRE

Dan used to watch Millionaire with his dad. With the money he'd like to do some special things for a disabled cousin who lost his sight a few years ago and he wouldn't mind living a little closer to work. He has some charitable causes he'd like to give money to also.

$100K - Residents of Singapore who love American comfort food can get their fill at local 7-Elevens that dispense what from vending machines?
A - spaghetti and meatballs
B - mashed potatoes and gravy
C - chuck roast chili
D - three cheese macaroni

Dan tries to reason through it, saying that

Spoiler

spaghetti and meatballs are available in a can and mashed potatoes and gravy wouldn't be so great

. He toys with all of the answers, then says he doesn't have a feel for an answer so he's going to jump the question.

Spoiler

B (mashed potatoes and gravy)

$250K - The famous portrait of a pointing Uncle Sam was originally a magazine cover with the title, "What Are You Doing For" what?
A - Solidarity
B - Preparedness
C - Righteousness
D - Civility

Dan says he thinks it was intended to

Spoiler

get people behind the war effort and war is as uncivil as it gets. It might be the righteousness of the cause, or solidarity of the people

. He comes back to

Spoiler

the war effort and thinks it's either solidarity or preparedness

. His mentor, Judge Sirica (?) would say "No guts, no glory" so he decides to go for it.

Spoiler

B (preparedness)

$500K - Eagle-eyed viewers of "Gone with the Wind" will notice all but which of the following anachronisms in the film?
A - radio tower
B - electric streetlight
C - electric lamp
D - telephone booth

Dan says it's a great movie. He says that all of these would be anachronistic in a Civil War movie. He doesn't recall

Spoiler

a telephone booth

. Because of where he is in the game he's going to have to walk away.

Spoiler

D (telephone booth)

THE END OF GAME "NOISE"

Millionaire question of the day:
The New York Times introduced color to its front page in 1997 with a photo of which of the following?
A - California wildfires
B - president on Air Force One
C - NASA probe on Mars
D - MLB playoffs
Answer:

Spoiler

D (MLB playoffs)

THE END OF GAME "NOISE"

[rgcviper]

Finally back to the Bored after a LONG while. Will attempt to visit more regularly. Anyways ...

Very impressive game by Dan. Well-played, and he ended up winning more than I've seen for a long time.

However, after seeing that he would have been right on the $500K question, it sure seems like the show is trying to keep as much of its money to itself as it can. [Sigh] Of course, I've come to expect this from syndication, but still.

Nicely done, Dan. Cheers.

[MarleysGh0st]

Question #5 (Rocky Mountain Rules)
Perhaps seeking a "Rocky Mountain High," 2012 voters in Colorado approved Amendment 64, legalizing the recreational use of what?
A - stilts
B - trampolines
C - marijuana
D - pogo sticks

Dan thinks John Denver would approve.

Spoiler

Answer: C (marijuana)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $8,600

So, this episode clearly was taped after election day and was aired out of order.

I suppose that's a sign that there aren't any more big winners to be seen for the rest of the season.

[hss501]

Based on the number of questions they jammed into today's episode, my guess it it was the final episode taped this season and they had no choice but to finish Dan up.

[SportsFan68]

Question #7 (Everyone's a Critic)
What book was famously dismissed by one critic in 1966 with the comment, "This isn't writing, it's research"?
A - In Cold Blood
B - Portnoy's Complaint
C - Slaughterhouse-Five
D - To Kill a Mockingbird

Dan ruminates that

Spoiler

Vonnegut lived Slaughterhouse-Five - Dan believes he was being bombed. "To Kill a Mockingbird" is one of Dan's favorite movies although...and

Spoiler

"In Cold Blood" was about real life events

. Dan thinks it's between

Spoiler

A and D

.

Spoiler

Answer: A (In Cold Blood)
Value: $3,000
Bank: $26,600

If the question had been which critic said it, and one of the answers had been Rex Reed, I woulda been out on the street with $1,000 before you could say Stanley Kauffman.

$100K - Residents of Singapore who love American comfort food can get their fill at local 7-Elevens that dispense what from vending machines?
A - spaghetti and meatballs
B - mashed potatoes and gravy
C - chuck roast chili
D - three cheese macaroni

Dan tries to reason through it, saying that

Spoiler

spaghetti and meatballs are available in a can and mashed potatoes and gravy wouldn't be so great

. He toys with all of the answers, then says he doesn't have a feel for an answer so he's going to jump the question.

Spoiler

B (mashed potatoes and gravy)

JTQ 1

$250K - The famous portrait of a pointing Uncle Sam was originally a magazine cover with the title, "What Are You Doing For" what?
A - Solidarity
B - Preparedness
C - Righteousness
D - Civility

Dan says he thinks it was intended to

Spoiler

get people behind the war effort and war is as uncivil as it gets. It might be the righteousness of the cause, or solidarity of the people

. He comes back to

Spoiler

the war effort and thinks it's either solidarity or preparedness

. His mentor, Judge Sirica (?) would say "No guts, no glory" so he decides to go for it.

Spoiler

B (preparedness)

JTQ 2.

$500K - Eagle-eyed viewers of "Gone with the Wind" will notice all but which of the following anachronisms in the film?
A - radio tower
B - electric streetlight
C - electric lamp
D - telephone booth

Dan says it's a great movie. He says that all of these would be anachronistic in a Civil War movie. He doesn't recall

Spoiler

a telephone booth

. Because of where he is in the game he's going to have to walk away.

Spoiler

D (telephone booth)

I'm outta there.

[earendel]

Dan DeLisio
Pittsburgh, PA
attorney

Meredith doesn't engage Dan in any pregame chitchat.

Good.

Question #7 (Everyone's a Critic)
What book was famously dismissed by one critic in 1966 with the comment, "This isn't writing, it's research"?
A - In Cold Blood
B - Portnoy's Complaint
C - Slaughterhouse-Five
D - To Kill a Mockingbird

Dan ruminates that

Spoiler

Vonnegut lived Slaughterhouse-Five - Dan believes he was being bombed. "To Kill a Mockingbird" is one of Dan's favorite movies although...and

Spoiler

"In Cold Blood" was about real life events

. Dan thinks it's between

Spoiler

A and D

.

Spoiler

Answer: A (In Cold Blood)
Value: $3,000
Bank: $26,600

I read a story online yesterday that authorities are going to exhume the bodies of the killers and take DNA samples, hoping to match them to samples found at a murder scene in Florida that took place just before the two men were captured.

Question #9 (Pack Up the Minivan)
What Washington State Park advertises fun family activities like hiking and treasure hunts, despite its depressing name?
A - Fort Sadness
B - Disenchantment Reserve
C - Ingratitude Coast Trail
D - Cape Disappointment

Dan has "zero feel" for this so he's jumping the question. He had an inkling that it might be

Spoiler

Fort Sadness

.

Spoiler

Answer: D (Cape Disappointment)
Value: $10,000
Bank: $51,600 (unchanged)

I'd JTQ on this one.

$100K - Residents of Singapore who love American comfort food can get their fill at local 7-Elevens that dispense what from vending machines?
A - spaghetti and meatballs
B - mashed potatoes and gravy
C - chuck roast chili
D - three cheese macaroni

Dan tries to reason through it, saying that

Spoiler

spaghetti and meatballs are available in a can and mashed potatoes and gravy wouldn't be so great

. He toys with all of the answers, then says he doesn't have a feel for an answer so he's going to jump the question.

Spoiler

B (mashed potatoes and gravy)

No idea, so I'll use my 2nd JTQ.

$500K - Eagle-eyed viewers of "Gone with the Wind" will notice all but which of the following anachronisms in the film?
A - radio tower
B - electric streetlight
C - electric lamp
D - telephone booth

Dan says it's a great movie. He says that all of these would be anachronistic in a Civil War movie. He doesn't recall

Spoiler

a telephone booth

. Because of where he is in the game he's going to have to walk away.

Spoiler

D (telephone booth)

Might as well use my ATA and then walk away.