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Pat Magee-Burford
Plainfield, IL
Substitute teacher

Pat loves kids and also loves technology. She's a Twitter person and she loves Facebook.

Meredith says that when Pat leaves here, she'll be tweeting about winning $1 million.

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

Topic Tree (Randomized)
?: Press Pricing
?: Friendly Scientists
?: America's Got Talent
?: Handyman of the Seas
?: Coming to America
?: She Got Game
?: Types of Wisdom
?: Local Lingo
?: Google Search
?: Early Identifiers


Question #1 - Level ?: Early Identifiers
Before changing it to black, what group of rollicking miscreants identified themselves with a red flag known by the French name Jolie Rouge?

A: Cowboys B: Pirates
C: Gangsters D: Bikers

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Pirates
Question Value: $10,000
Bank: $10,000

Question #2 - Level ?: Google Search
Because "every 33 months" isn't nerdy enough, 1.16699016 x 10-8 hertz appears at the top of a computer screen when Googling what phrase?

A: Time immemorial B: Forever and a day
C: Once in a blue moon D: The meaning of life

Pat asks the audience.

ATA

A: 11% B: 7% C: 79% D: 3%

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Once in a blue moon
Question Value: $25,000
Bank: $35,000

Pat goes over to hug her daughters Osa and Fanya, in the audience, then thanks the audience for being marvelous.


Question #3 - Level ?: Local Lingo
Having drawn comparisons to "Iron Lady" Margaret Thatcher, what current world leader has earned the nickname "Iron Frau" in the press?

A: Dilma Rousseff B: Angela Merkel
C: Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir D: Julia Gillard

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Angela Merkel
Question Value: $500
Bank: $35,500

Question #4 - Level ?: Types of Wisdom
Someone with a lot of common sense is often referred to as being what?

A: Backyard brilliant B: Sidewalk slick
C: Back alley brainy D: Street smart

Answer/Value/Bank

D: Street smart
Question Value: $7,000
Bank: $42,500

Question #5 - Level ?: She Got Game
The tallest player in WNBA history, 7' 2' Margo Dydek is als the league's all-time leader in what?

A: Assists B: Minutes played
C: Blocked shots D: Personal fouls

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Blocked shots
Question Value: $3,000
Bank: $45,500

-- Commercial Break --


Pat likes to give back. She raised her daughters on her own (with a lot of help from others) and they've always volunteered, working with soup kitchens, March of Dimes, Catholic Charities and Head Start.


Question #6 - Level ?: Coming to America
Known as the "Ellis Island of the West," Angel Island processed thousands of immigrants into the country before they entered what city?

A: San Diego B: Seattle
C: San Francisco D: Portland

Pat's guess is

Spoiler

San Francisco

, but she's not comfortable with that. She jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

C: San Francisco
Question Value: $100
Bank: $45,500

Question #7 - Level ?: Handyman of the Seas
The now extinct Helicoprion or whorl-tooth shark had a tooth-studded lower jaw that resembled what dangerous modern tool?

A: Circular saw B: Nail gun
C: Blowtorch D: Jackhammer

Answer/Value/Bank

A: Circular saw
Question Value: $5,000
Bank: $50,500

Question #8 - Level ?: America's Got Talent
Adding to its stellar cast, Shirley MacLaine was brought on as Lady Grantham's mother in the third season of what wildly popular period drama?

A: Boardwalk Empire B: Mad Men
C: Downton Abbey D: Hatfields & McCoys

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Downton Abbey
Question Value: $1,000
Bank: $51,500

-- Commercial Break --


Question #9 - Level ?: Friendly Scientists
What scientist paid to have Isaac Newton's most famous work, the "Principia Mathematica," published?

A: Gregor Mendel B: Edmond Halley
C: Louis Pasteur D: Johannes Kepler

Pat is between

Spoiler

Mendel and Kepler, because she really doesn't know who Mr. Kepler is.

She jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Edmond Halley
Question Value: $2,000
Bank: $51,500

Question #10 - Level ?: Press Pricing
In 1846, the Associated Press was formed by several newspapers hoping to share the cost of gathering news during what growing, distant war?

A: Russian Civil War B: Mexican-American War
C: Taiping Rebellion D: Dungan Revolt

Pat says

Spoiler

our Civil War was later and the Mexican-American War was early 1900's, late 1800's.

She walks away with $25,750.

Answer

B: Mexican-American War

-- The End of Game "Noise" --

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Pat Magee-Burford
Plainfield, IL
Substitute teacher

Pat loves kids and also loves technology. She's a Twitter person and she loves Facebook.

Meredith says that when Pat leaves here, she'll be tweeting about winning $1 million.

And then TPTB would be tweeting about Pat forfeiting her $1 million for violating their confidentiality clause.

As if anyone's ever going to win the top prize on this show, any more...

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #2 - Level ?: Google Search
Because "every 33 months" isn't nerdy enough, 1.16699016 x 10-8 hertz appears at the top of a computer screen when Googling what phrase?

A: Time immemorial B: Forever and a day
C: Once in a blue moon D: The meaning of life

Technical note for those reading the transcripts who didn't see the episode: The big screen used on the show isn't nerdy enough to display superscripts, but Meredith read the question correctly, as "10 to the -8". She must have needed a special briefing on that before the episode taped.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Pat Magee-Burford
Plainfield, IL
Substitute teacher

Pat loves kids and also loves technology. She's a Twitter person and she loves Facebook.

Meredith says that when Pat leaves here, she'll be tweeting about winning $1 million.

Isn't that a violation of the rules?

ETA: Marley beat me to it.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #9 - Level ?: Friendly Scientists
What scientist paid to have Isaac Newton's most famous work, the "Principia Mathematica," published?

A: Gregor Mendel B: Edmond Halley
C: Louis Pasteur D: Johannes Kepler

Pat is between

Spoiler

Mendel and Kepler, because she really doesn't know who Mr. Kepler is.

She jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Edmond Halley
Question Value: $2,000
Bank: $51,500

Mendel is too late, as is Pasteur. Kepler is 17th century, and so is Halley. The audience isn't going to know this one so I'll JTQ.

Question #2 - Level ?: Google Search
Because "every 33 months" isn't nerdy enough, 1.16699016 x 10-8 hertz appears at the top of a computer screen when Googling what phrase?

A: Time immemorial B: Forever and a day
C: Once in a blue moon D: The meaning of life

Pat asks the audience.

ATA

A: 11% B: 7% C: 79% D: 3%

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Once in a blue moon
Question Value: $25,000
Bank: $35,000

I used to think "once in a blue moon" was like every three decades or so because that's roughly the context Mom put it in. Then I googled it a few years after she died -- holy cow! Oh well.

Question #5 - Level ?: She Got Game
The tallest player in WNBA history, 7' 2' Margo Dydek is als the league's all-time leader in what?

A: Assists B: Minutes played
C: Blocked shots D: Personal fouls

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Blocked shots
Question Value: $3,000
Bank: $45,500

I don't know, and I'm sure the audience wouldn't know either. JTQ

Question #9 - Level ?: Friendly Scientists
What scientist paid to have Isaac Newton's most famous work, the "Principia Mathematica," published?

A: Gregor Mendel B: Edmond Halley
C: Louis Pasteur D: Johannes Kepler

Pat is between

Spoiler

Mendel and Kepler, because she really doesn't know who Mr. Kepler is.

She jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Edmond Halley
Question Value: $2,000
Bank: $51,500

No idea. JTQ 2