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Morgan Saxby
Richmond, VA
5th Grade Teacher

Morgan's students knew he was going to be on the show and they've been helping him study. They've given him pages of notes about bugs, Rihanna, soccer--everything! If Morgan wins a lot of money, he wants to take the kids on a trip, one to New York, actually.

Morgan's wife, Heather, is in the audience.

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

Topic Tree (Randomized)
?: Don't Be a Square
?: It's No Seattle
?: Cosmic Couple
?: Small Writing
?: State Fair
?: All Backed Up
?: Santa Spotted
?: Prayer Music
?: Famous Names
?: Kitchen Tricks


Question #1 - Level ?: Kitchen Tricks
Food Network's Jamie Oliver suggests turning your toaster on its side so you can make which of the following?

A: Peanut butter & jelly B: Grilled cheese
C: Fluffernutter D: Sloppy joe

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Grilled cheese
Question Value: $2,000
Bank: $2,000

Question #2 - Level ?: Famous Names
French diplomat Jean Nicot is remembered for lending his last name to a substance commonly found in what product?

A: Chocolate bars B: Beer
C: Cigarettes D: Soda

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Cigarettes
Question Value: $5,000
Bank: $7,000

Question #3 - Level ?: Prayer Music
Which of these "prayerful" songs was a Top Ten hit the earliest?

A: Livin' on a Prayer B: Like a Prayer
C: I Say a Little Prayer D: Save a Prayer

There are two Morgan is going between [he doesn't mention which ones] but he asks the audience.

ATA

A: 8% B: 6% C: 78% D: 8%

That was one of the ones he was thinking of!

Answer/Value/Bank

C: I Say a Little Prayer
Question Value: $1,000
Bank: $8,000

Question #4 - Level ?: Santa Spotted
In Norman Rockwell's painting, "The Day After Christmas," what is Santa doing?

A: Taking a nap B: Feeding the reindeer
C: Opening presents D: Eating Christmas dinner

Answer/Value/Bank

A: Taking a nap
Question Value: $10,000
Bank: $18,000

Question #5 - Level ?: All Backed Up
Which one of these physical maladies is also a word used to describe lots of traffic?

A: Indigestion B: Constipation
C: Dehydration D: Congestion

Answer/Value/Bank

D: Congestion
Question Value: $15,000
Bank: $33,000

-- Commercial Break --


Question #6 - Level ?: State Fair
Which of these is an actual event at the Iowa State Fair?

A: Hog Makeover Contest B: Hay Eating Contest
C: Decorated Diaper Contest D: Cow Patty Skeet Shooting

Morgan thinks he's heard of a

Spoiler

Hog Makeover Contest, but Cow Patty Skeet Shooting sounds reasonable.

He jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Decorated Diaper Contest
Question Value: $100
Bank: $33,000

Question #7 - Level ?: Small Writing
In one of his published letters, what author admitted, "I am in fact a Hobbit (in all but size)"?

A: H.P. Lovecraft B: J.R.R. Tolkien
C: C.S. Lewis D: H.G. Wells

Answer/Value/Bank

B: J.R.R. Tolkien
Question Value: $500
Bank: $33,500

Question #8 - Level ?: Cosmic Couple
In 2011, two asteroids named after what on-screen pair passed each other approximately 200 million miles from Earth?

A: Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet B: Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams
C: Richard Gere and Julia Roberts D: Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan

Morgan says he has a bad habit at home of answering questions he's not sure of. He jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

D: Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan
Question Value: $3,000
Bank: $33,500

Question #9 - Level ?: It's No Seattle
What large world city has over 11 million residents and is nicknamed "Cidade da Garoa," or the "City of Drizzle"?

A: Kinshasha B: Bogotå
C: São Paulo D: Lima

Morgan says that the clue here is

Spoiler

that that's Portuguese and they only speak that in one of these cities.

Answer/Value/Bank

C: São Paulo
Question Value: $7,000
Bank: $40,500

-- Commercial Break --


We know this next question is worth $25,000.


Question #10 - Level ?: Don't Be a Square
Meaning "square of squared square," what number is the zenzizenzizenzic of the number 2?

A: 4 B: 16
C: 256 D: 65,526

In 6th grade, Morgan's kids are going to learn about exponents, so he thinks they're ready for this. He works it out:

Spoiler

2 squared is 4, 4 squared is 16, 16 squared is 256.

Answer/Value/Bank

C: 256
Question Value: $25,000
Bank: $65,500

Morgan: If I can give a message to my students at A.M. Davis Elementary, "That's why you study math, guys!"

It is time to play Classic Millionaire!


$100,000
While Aaron Burr famously shot Alexander Hamilton in a duel in Weehawken, NJ in 1804, who was shot in a dual on the same spot in 1801?

A: Burr's brother B: Hamilton's father
C: Hamilton's son D: Burr's uncle

Morgan remembers something about this and feels it was

Spoiler

somebody's son,

but he doesn't know. He walks away with $65,500.

Answer

C: Hamilton's son

-- The End of Game "Noise" --

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #10 - Level ?: Don't Be a Square
Meaning "square of squared square," what number is the zenzizenzizenzic of the number 2?

A: 4 B: 16
C: 256 D: 65,526

In 6th grade, Morgan's kids are going to learn about exponents, so he thinks they're ready for this. He works it out:

Spoiler

2 squared is 4, 4 squared is 16, 16 squared is 256.

Answer/Value/Bank

C: 256
Question Value: $25,000
Bank: $65,500

Morgan: If I can give a message to my students at A.M. Davis Elementary, "That's why you study math, guys!"

Awesome! Calm, cool mathematical calculations and a great follow-up comment!

I wonder if $65,500 will be enough to pay for that class trip to NYC?

Morgan Saxby won three games of J! and $68,401 on 4/8, 4/9, and 4/12/2010, losing his fourth game on 4/13/2010. Save a Prayer, as in the 1985 Duran Duran song or the 1990 Breathe(UK group better known for the 1988 hits Hands to Heaven and How Can I Fall) song, failed to miss the Billboard top 10, as both songs peaked in the teens.

I go ahead and cheer for a contestant's performance and zach gives me a reason to sigh.

<sigh>

familiar name, 3-day J! champ from Virginia... same guy?

1. easy.2. easy.3.I was torn between C and D-I couldn't remember when "Save a Prayer" came out. ATA.4.easy.5. easy6. WWOQ!!  Who knows this?  I don't, so I use JTQ 1 here.  Michigan doesn't even have a state fair anymore-they didn't have enough money in the state budget to fund it, and people didn't attend, so they stopped having it a few years back.7.easy.8.Another WWOQ.  I use JTQ 2 here.9.easy.10.Ugh-math. I walk away.

$100K-No idea. I wouldn't see this one, because I'd be gone after the math Q.

Kazoo65 wrote:10.Ugh-math. I walk away.

I think Morgan's message was for you, too, Kazoo.

zach answers my question before I even manage to finally type it. Sigh. At least posting at 9:09 gets to remind me of a Beatle song.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #8 - Level ?: Cosmic Couple
In 2011, two asteroids named after what on-screen pair passed each other approximately 200 million miles from Earth?

A: Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet B: Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams
C: Richard Gere and Julia Roberts D: Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan

Morgan says he has a bad habit at home of answering questions he's not sure of. He jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

D: Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan
Question Value: $3,000
Bank: $33,500

Morgan thought an asteroid could have been named after Tom Hanks because he starred in the movie Apollo 13. This article from space.com says he was right. But he wasn't confident enough to pull the trigger, especially since he didn't remember Meg Ryan being in Apollo 13. (She wasn't; the asteroid's discoverer was a fan of hers.)

Ironically, the day after that sweet Valentine's question about a heavenly rendezvous, the Earth was threatened by a meteor and an asteroid.

Question #3 - Level ?: Prayer Music
Which of these "prayerful" songs was a Top Ten hit the earliest?

A: Livin' on a Prayer B: Like a Prayer
C: I Say a Little Prayer D: Save a Prayer

There are two Morgan is going between [he doesn't mention which ones] but he asks the audience.

ATA

A: 8% B: 6% C: 78% D: 8%

That was one of the ones he was thinking of!

Answer/Value/Bank

C: I Say a Little Prayer
Question Value: $1,000
Bank: $8,000

Let's pretend I did the same and got the same happy result.

Question #6 - Level ?: State Fair
Which of these is an actual event at the Iowa State Fair?

A: Hog Makeover Contest B: Hay Eating Contest
C: Decorated Diaper Contest D: Cow Patty Skeet Shooting

Morgan thinks he's heard of a

Spoiler

Hog Makeover Contest, but Cow Patty Skeet Shooting sounds reasonable.

He jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Decorated Diaper Contest
Question Value: $100
Bank: $33,000

All it would do is annoy the hog . . .

Question #8 - Level ?: Cosmic Couple
In 2011, two asteroids named after what on-screen pair passed each other approximately 200 million miles from Earth?

A: Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet B: Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams
C: Richard Gere and Julia Roberts D: Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan

Morgan says he has a bad habit at home of answering questions he's not sure of. He jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

D: Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan
Question Value: $3,000
Bank: $33,500

JTQ 1

Question #9 - Level ?: It's No Seattle
What large world city has over 11 million residents and is nicknamed "Cidade da Garoa," or the "City of Drizzle"?

A: Kinshasha B: Bogotå
C: São Paulo D: Lima

Morgan says that the clue here is

Spoiler

that that's Portuguese and they only speak that in one of these cities.

Answer/Value/Bank

C: São Paulo
Question Value: $7,000
Bank: $40,500

Pretty sharp, Morgan. JTQ 2

$100,000
While Aaron Burr famously shot Alexander Hamilton in a duel in Weehawken, NJ in 1804, who was shot in a duel on the same spot in 1801?

A: Burr's brother B: Hamilton's father
C: Hamilton's son D: Burr's uncle

Morgan remembers something about this and feels it was

Spoiler

somebody's son,

but he doesn't know. He walks away with $65,500.

Answer

C: Hamilton's son

Sayonara.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #6 - Level ?: State Fair
Which of these is an actual event at the Iowa State Fair?

A: Hog Makeover Contest B: Hay Eating Contest
C: Decorated Diaper Contest D: Cow Patty Skeet Shooting

Morgan thinks he's heard of a

Spoiler

Hog Makeover Contest, but Cow Patty Skeet Shooting sounds reasonable.

He jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Decorated Diaper Contest
Question Value: $100
Bank: $33,000

It's a few years old, but here's a video of the contest:



IMHO, they're way beyond "decorated diapers," they're costumes.