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Eric Pierce
Los Angeles, CA

Eric has high hopes of becoming an Olympic luger. They have a fantasy camp in Lake Placid, NY; that's what he's here to win some money for.

Topic Tree (Unrandomized)
10: Possessed Art
9: Outdoor Tables
8: Name Change
7: Fore
6: Big Dog
5: High School Drama
4: Playing the Numbers
3: All About You
2: Unamusement Park
1: Straw Poll

Topic Tree (Randomized)
10: Possessed Art
1: Straw Poll
7: Fore
3: All About You
9: Outdoor Tables
5: High School Drama
8: Name Change
4: Playing the Numbers
6: Big Dog
2: Unamusement Park


Question #1 - Level 2: Unamusement Park
Planning to open in 2017, what French theme park will include attractions such as the Battle of Waterloo and the guillotining of Louis XVI?

A: Ghengis Khan World B: Stalin Safari
C: Napoleonland D: Mussolini Water Park

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Napoleonland
Question Value: $10,000
Bank: $10,000

Question #2 - Level 6: Big Dog
If you lived 12,000 years ago, it may have been possible to keep a now-extinct "dire wolf" as a pet, much like characters in what TV series?

A: Walking Dead B: Game of Thrones
C: Homeland D: Justified

This is one of those times Eric wishes he watched more television, but he figures it out by the process of elimination.

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Game of Thrones
Question Value: $25,000
Bank: $35,000

Eric's parents, Maxine and Eric, are rooting for him in the audience.


Question #3 - Level 4: Playing the Numbers
Set to lauch in 2014, Wyoming's state lottery hopes to draw in customers from which neighboring state that outlaws all forms of gambling?

A: Iowa B: Wisconsin
C: Arizona D: Utah

Answer/Value/Bank

D: Utah
Question Value: $500
Bank: $35,500

Question #4 - Level 8: Name Change
What would the group Gladys Knight & the Pips be called if renamed to include the item on which "pips" are prominently featured?

A: Gladys Knight & the Dominoes B:Gladys Knight & the Pants
C: Gladys Knight & the Shuttlecocks D: Gladys Knight & the Teapots

If there's one thing that Eric is more than a fantasy luger, it's

Spoiler

a gamer, and pips are the things found on dice and dominoes.

Answer/Value/Bank

A: Gladys Knight & the Dominoes
Question Value: $7,000
Bank: $42,500

-- Commercial Break --


Question #5 - Level 5: High School Drama
In an interview that resurfaces in 2013, the CEO of what clothing company boldly admitted they don't sell XL sizes because they go after "cool kids"?

A: Abercrombie & Fitch B: Gap
C: Armani Exchange D: Old Navy

Answer/Value/Bank

A: Abercrombie & Fitch
Question Value: $3,000
Bank: $45,500

Question #6 - Level 9: Outdoor Tables
Caution should be used when asking to dine "al fresco" in Italy, where the phrase is slang for a what?

A: Prison B: Hospital
C: Gymnasium D: Nursing home

Eric is thinking

Spoiler

prison,

but he jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

A: Prison
Question Value: $100
Bank: $45,500

Question #7 - Level 3: All About You
"You probably think this song is about you" would be an appropriate thing to say to someone with which of these disorders?

A: Obsessive-compulsive B: Attention-deficit
C: Narcissistic personality D: Bipolar

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Narcissistic personality
Question Value: $5,000
Bank: $50,500

Question #8 - Level 7: Fore
Totally nude and holding aloft a high black ball, 77 year-old golfer Gary Player was photographed for what publication's "Body Issue"?

A: Vanity Fair B: Cosmopolitan
C: Esquire D: ESPN the Magazine

Answer/Value/Bank

D: ESPN the Magazine
Question Value: $1,000
Bank: $51,500

-- Commercial Break --


Question #9 - Level 1: Straw Poll
A plastic flexible straw often comes attached to which of these beverage containers?

A: Beer can B: Wine bottle
C: Juice box D: Champagne bottle

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Juice box
Question Value: $2,000
Bank: $53,500

Question #10 - Level 10: Possessed Art
What artist reportedly gave a sculpture of Jesus to a friar for performing an exorcism on him in the 1940s?

A: René Magritte B: Paul Gauguin
C: Salvador Dalí D: Jackson Pollock

Eric jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Salvador Dalí
Question Value: $15,000
Bank: $53,500

-- Commercial Break --


It's time to play Classic Millionaire!

$100,000
Having written what was once believed to be the encyclopedia of all human knowledge, who is considered the unofficial patron saint of the Internet?

A: Saint Isidore of Seville B: Saint Casimir of Poland
C: Saint Edward the Confessor D: Saint Alexis of Rome

Eric asks the audience.

ATA

A: 14% B: 16% C: 31% D: 39%

Eric purposely kept his mouth shut before asking. He was leaning towards

Spoiler

C

.
This is killing him, but Eric walks away with $53,500.

Answer

A: Saint Isidore of Seville

-- The End of Game "Noise" --

Question #3 - Level 4: Playing the Numbers
Set to launch in 2014, Wyoming's state lottery hopes to draw in customers from which neighboring state that outlaws all forms of gambling?

A: Iowa B: Wisconsin
C: Arizona D: Utah

Answer/Value/Bank

D: Utah
Question Value: $500
Bank: $35,500

It will, too. I think that's why NM finally joined Powerball -- all that gambling money going to CO and AZ.

Question #6 - Level 9: Outdoor Tables
Caution should be used when asking to dine "al fresco" in Italy, where the phrase is slang for a what?

A: Prison B: Hospital
C: Gymnasium D: Nursing home

Eric is thinking

Spoiler

prison,

but he jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

A: Prison
Question Value: $100
Bank: $45,500

JTQ

Question #10 - Level 10: Possessed Art
What artist reportedly gave a sculpture of Jesus to a friar for performing an exorcism on him in the 1940s?

A: René Magritte B: Paul Gauguin
C: Salvador Dalí D: Jackson Pollock

Eric jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Salvador Dalí
Question Value: $15,000
Bank: $53,500

JTQ 2

$100,000
Having written what was once believed to be the encyclopedia of all human knowledge, who is considered the unofficial patron saint of the Internet?

A: Saint Isidore of Seville B: Saint Casimir of Poland
C: Saint Edward the Confessor D: Saint Alexis of Rome

Eric asks the audience.

ATA

A: 14% B: 16% C: 31% D: 39%

Eric purposely kept his mouth shut before asking. He was leaning towards

Spoiler

C

.
This is killing him, but Eric walks away with $53,500.

Answer

A: Saint Isidore of Seville

ATA just because I have it, then leave. No way I'm trusting the audience on this one.

Well done, Eric!

JTQ questions 5 and 6, but my guesses were right. ATQ on the question before Classic Millionaire, then walk away when the contestant did.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Eric Pierce
Los Angeles, CA

Eric has high hopes of becoming an Olympic luger. They have a fantasy camp in Lake Placid, NY; that's what he's here to win some money for.

Funny coincidence - the line jumper on last night's MSQ said that he had done "ice lugeing in his underwear" for a radio show.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #6 - Level 9: Outdoor Tables
Caution should be used when asking to dine "al fresco" in Italy, where the phrase is slang for a what?

A: Prison B: Hospital
C: Gymnasium D: Nursing home

Eric is thinking

Spoiler

prison,

but he jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

A: Prison
Question Value: $100
Bank: $45,500

I was expecting "naked" as one of the answers. JTQ #1 for me.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$100,000
Having written what was once believed to be the encyclopedia of all human knowledge, who is considered the unofficial patron saint of the Internet?

A: Saint Isidore of Seville B: Saint Casimir of Poland
C: Saint Edward the Confessor D: Saint Alexis of Rome

Eric asks the audience.

ATA

A: 14% B: 16% C: 31% D: 39%

Eric purposely kept his mouth shut before asking. He was leaning towards

Spoiler

C

.
This is killing him, but Eric walks away with $53,500.

Answer

A: Saint Isidore of Seville

Shout out to one of our own!

So I'd be going for $250K with two lifelines.