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Sue Gausch
Phoenixville, PA

Sue hopes to be engaged, soon (right now, she's "pre-engaged"). She's like to parlay this appearance into a reality show called "Millionaire Bride," where they'd follow her around, planning her wedding and her honeymoon and all that fun stuff.

Meredith asks the computer to randomize the money and the questions. The unrandomized Topic Tree is not shown.

Topic Tree (Randomized)
?: Tasty Universe
?: What's My Floor?
?: Father of a Nation
?: Car Talk
?: Box Office Flops
?: Cry for Compliments
?: Photo Shoot
?: All About Chemistry
?: Bygone Occupations
?: Heavy Ink


Question #1 - Level ?: Heavy Ink
What pop star's numerous tattoos include a treble clef, a Rilke quote and a unicorn with a banner that reads "Born This Way"?

A: Lil' Kim B: Lady Gaga
C: Madonna D: Rihanna

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Lady Gaga
Question Value: $1,000
Bank: $1,000

Question #2 - Level ?: Bygone Occupations
Paid to knock on people's doors, a "knocker-up" was once a profession in England made obsolete by what?

A: Alarm clocks B: In vitro fertilization
C: Cloning D: Pregnancy pillows

Answer/Value/Bank

A: Alarm clocks
Question Value: $3,000
Bank: $4,000

Question #3 - Level ?: All About Chemistry
What scientist was awarded the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for "the discovery of the elements radium and polonium"?

A: Louis Pasteur B: Marie Curie
C: Albert Schweitzer D: Alexander Fleming

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Marie Curie
Question Value: $7,000
Bank: $11,000

-- Commercial Break --


Sue's boyfriend, Mark, is in the audience, as is Sue's mom, Ann.


Question #4 - Level ?: Photo Shoot
Oprah Winfrey, Bill Gates, and Jon Bon Jovi are among the 12 individuals posing in an 2012 Forbes magazine cover titled, "Titans of..." what?

A: Capitalism B: Tax reform
C: Philanthropy D: Fashion

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Philanthropy
Question Value: $15,000
Bank: $26,000

Question #5 - Level ?: Cry for Compliments
Originating in the 1920s but still used today, what animal action is slang for something stylish?

A: Camel's spit B: Hyena's laugh
C: Cat's meow D: Monkey's scratch

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Cat's meow
Question Value: $25,000
Bank: $51,000

Question #6 - Level ?: Box Office Flops
Called one of the biggest box office flops ever, the 2012 kids film "The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure" is about a birthday party for a what?

A: Banana B: Tricycle
C: Pillow D: Cactus

Sue is a big movie fan, but she didn't see this one. She jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Pillow
Question Value: $2,000
Bank: $51,000

Question #7 - Level ?: Car Talk
What automaker recent declared that the correct plural form of its famous hybrid car is "Prii"?

A: Nissan B: Mazda
C: Toyota D: Chevrolet

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Toyota
Question Value: $100
Bank: $51,100

-- Commercial Break --


Question #8 - Level ?: Father of a Nation
In 2011, who became his country's first leader to have a baby while in power since Napoleon III did it 155 years earlier?

A: Silvio Berlusconi B: David Cameron
C: Nicolas Sarkozy D: Dmitry Medvedev

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Nicolas Sarkozy
Question Value: $500
Bank: $51,600

Question #9 - Level ?: What's My Floor?
The Wynn hotel in Las Vegas has no elevator floors that begin with what number, as it's considered bad luck in many Asian cultures?

A: 3 B: 4
C: 5 D: 8

Sue asks the audience.

ATA

A: 32% B: 27% C: 15% D: 26%

The number Sue had in mind was

Spoiler

8

. She goes with that as her final answer.

Answer

B: 4

Meredith explains:

Spoiler

The number 4 sounds similar to "death" in Chinese and Japanese.

Sue leaves with "total winnings" of $1,000.


-- Commercial Break --

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #7 - Level ?: Car Talk
What automaker recent declared that the correct plural form of its famous hybrid car is "Prii"?

A: Nissan B: Mazda
C: Toyota D: Chevrolet

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Toyota
Question Value: $100
Bank: $51,100

An easy question. But whoever came up with "Prii," in an attempt to sound Latin, doesn't know that many Latin words ending in -us have plurals that don't end in -i. In Latin, prius is the neuter form of prior (foremost), and its plural is priora. I still prefer "Priuses."

Question #1 - Level ?: Heavy Ink
What pop star's numerous tattoos include a treble clef, a Rilke quote and a unicorn with a banner that reads "Born This Way"?

A: Lil' Kim B: Lady Gaga
C: Madonna D: Rihanna

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Lady Gaga
Question Value: $1,000
Bank: $1,000

ATA

Question #6 - Level ?: Box Office Flops
Called one of the biggest box office flops ever, the 2012 kids film "The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure" is about a birthday party for a what?

A: Banana B: Tricycle
C: Pillow D: Cactus

Sue is a big movie fan, but she didn't see this one. She jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Pillow
Question Value: $2,000
Bank: $51,000

I can see why! I used up my ATA, have to JTQ.

Question #8 - Level ?: Father of a Nation
In 2011, who became his country's first leader to have a baby while in power since Napoleon III did it 155 years earlier?

A: Silvio Berlusconi B: David Cameron
C: Nicolas Sarkozy D: Dmitry Medvedev

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Nicolas Sarkozy
Question Value: $500
Bank: $51,600

JTQ 2. Uh oh...

Question #9 - Level ?: What's My Floor?
The Wynn hotel in Las Vegas has no elevator floors that begin with what number, as it's considered bad luck in many Asian cultures?

A: 3 B: 4
C: 5 D: 8

Sue asks the audience.

ATA

A: 32% B: 27% C: 15% D: 26%

The number Sue had in mind was

Spoiler

8

. She goes with that as her final answer.

Answer

B: 4

Meredith explains:

Spoiler

The number 4 sounds similar to "death" in Chinese and Japanese.

Sayonara, walk away, final answer. I would never have guessed four. OK, I would never have guessed any of them.

SportsFan68 wrote:

Question #8 - Level ?: Father of a Nation
In 2011, who became his country's first leader to have a baby while in power since Napoleon III did it 155 years earlier?

A: Silvio Berlusconi B: David Cameron
C: Nicolas Sarkozy D: Dmitry Medvedev

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Nicolas Sarkozy
Question Value: $500
Bank: $51,600

JTQ 2. Uh oh...

You know that when you eliminate the fluff, the question wasn't really about babies, right? Reading the question closely, they're saying it's the same country that was ruled by Napoleon III. So do you know which country that was and who its current leader is? Can you eliminate any of the other choices?

The 2008 Olympics began on 8/8/08 because the Chinese consider 8 to be lucky

Marley says:

You know that when you eliminate the fluff, the question wasn't really about babies, right? Reading the question closely, they're saying it's the same country that was ruled by Napoleon III. So do you know which country that was and who its current leader is? Can you eliminate any of the other choices?

That's probably the most logical way to read the Q, but not the only way; you could read it as saying "Napoleon fathered a baby while ruling Napoleon's country, now who recently fathered a baby while ruling their country". Which I'd guess is what the question-writers meant; I don't think this was trick Q in the way you imply, in other words.


Of course, the Q actually says "had a baby", & unless I've got my biology facts wrong, none of the people named have actually created & expelled one from within their body.


(also, Sarkozy is not currently ruling anything, & I don't think was at the time of filming either, but you knew that.)

ghostjmf wrote:Marley says:

You know that when you eliminate the fluff, the question wasn't really about babies, right? Reading the question closely, they're saying it's the same country that was ruled by Napoleon III. So do you know which country that was and who its current leader is? Can you eliminate any of the other choices?

That's probably the most logical way to read the Q, but not the only way; you could read it as saying "Napoleon fathered a baby while ruling Napoleon's country, now who recently fathered a baby while ruling their country". Which I'd guess is what the question-writers meant; I don't think this was trick Q in the way you imply, in other words.


Of course, the Q actually says "had a baby", & unless I've got my biology facts wrong, none of the people named have actually created & expelled one from within their body.


(also, Sarkozy is not currently ruling anything, & I don't think was at the time of filming either, but you knew that.)

I think you're reading the question too broadly, if you don't think "his country" limits it down to the same one. Moreover, if your reading it as "any country" is correct, I'd be amazed if there weren't any world leaders who had a child while in power, since the 19th century.

You're right about the biological aspect of it, of course. And the question writers didn't even address the legitimate/illegitimate issue. If they're going to write page-long questions, these days, you'd think they could pin down all those technicalities.

In Great Britain, Tony Blair had a son while in office. And Queen Victoria had children, in the literal sense.

Here's an article about Sue's appearance.

http://phoenixville.patch.com/articles/ ... illionaire

Sue Gausch, a 1988 graduate of Phoenixville Area High School and current borough resident, did the area proud last week, as she won $1,000 as a contestant on Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, The Phoenix is reporting.

Well, that's what all contestants are guaranteed to win, but I'm glad they're proud...

The article that blurb links to is longer, and includes a full transcript of her questions.

Sue’s inspiration for trying out for “Millionaire” was her mother, who has been a huge fan of the show since the beginning. Her mother Anne watches “Millionaire” faithfully at lunchtime every day.

Uh huh. Anne's the fan, but Sue gets cast for the show...