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DOUBLE MONEY WEEK

Chaan Thomas
Chicago, IL
middle school teacher

If he wins a lot of money Chaan (Cedric pronounced it "Shawn") would like to get away, especially from kids (even though he likes them, he adds). He wants to ride cross-country on a motorcycle. He's never ridden one so he'd have to have lessons. Cedric notes that in Illinois helmets aren't required so Chaan's dreads would be flying in the breeze.

Topic Tree (unrandomized):
10 - Something's Fishy
9 - Teachers and Students
8 - I Dabble
7 - Metallic Music
6 - Drink Up
5 - Time Off
4 - Whose-its and Whats-its
3 - Fashionably Paradoxical
2 - Don't Get Picked Last
1 - In All Fairness

Topic Tree (randomized):
7 - Metallic Music
8 - I Dabble
6 - Drink Up
3 - Fashionably Paradoxical
1 - In All Fairness
10 - Something's Fishy
2 - Don't Get Picked Last
5 - Time Off DOUBLE MONEY
9 - Teachers and Students
4 - Whose-its and Whats-its

Question #1 (Whose-its and Whats-its - Level 4):
Your grandmother's Hummel dolls and ceramic figurines would best be described as what?
A - mollycoddles
B - tchotchkes
C - quibbles
D - flibbertygibbits (Cedric had a really difficult time with this word) [NOTE: due to weather warnings scrolling across the bottom of the screen the answers were not visible during this show]

Chaan was hoping to see "knicknacks" up there. Cedric said that he could have pronounced that. Chaan decides to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: B (tchotchkes)
Value: $100 (jumped)
Bank: $0

Question #2 (Teachers and Students - Level 9):
Which of these leading men was once the high school drama teacher of "The Office" star Ellie Kemper?
A - Bradley Cooper
B - Edward Norton
C - Jon Hamm
D - David Duchovney

"This is two in a row that I'm not sure of," Chaan says. He's also not sure if this would be a good audience question. He has to be smart and jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Jon Hamm)
Value: $2,000 (jumped)
Bank: $0

Question #3 (Time Off - Level 5): DOUBLE MONEY
When the U.S. government shut down in November of 1995, what funny business went down during all that free time?
A - anthrax scare
B - Chappaquiddick incident
C - Benghazi attack
D - Monica Lewinski affair

Chaan associates

Spoiler

the anthrax scare with post-9/11. The Monica Lewinski affair was during the Clinton administration. He says "no" to Benghazi

.

Spoiler

Answer: D (Monica Lewinski affair)
Value: $10,000 (doubled to $20,000)
Bank: $20,000

Question #4 (Don't Get Picked Last - Level 2):
A clever novelty T-shirt for which playground sport has the slogan "America's twist on stoning"?
A - kickball
B - four square
C - tag
D - dodgeball

Chaan says that

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stoning is an ancient torture where people threw rocks, so "America's twist" would be throwing balls

.

Spoiler

Answer: D (dodgeball)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $21,000

Question #5 (Something's Fishy - Level 10):
According to legend, Catholic settlers in 18th century America ate what animal on Fridays because its scaly tail was similar to a fish?
A - marmot
B - woodchuck
C - wolverine
D - beaver

Chaan says it's not necessarily true that they ate it, just that the animal had a scaly tail. He goes with

Spoiler

D

.

Spoiler

Answer: D (beaver)
Value: $5,000
Bank: $26,000

commercial break

Question #6 (In All Fairness - Level 1):
In 1928, which of these features of American currency became standardized to help those who could not read English?
A - plastic ribbon
B - large portraits
C - green ink
D - watermarks

Chaan says that

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watermarks wouldn't be good for someone who couldn't read English and green ink wouldn't either

. He then notes that

Spoiler

large portraits would be useful for associating dollar values with the pictures

.

Spoiler

Answer: B (large portraits)
Value: $15,000
Bank: $41,000

Question #7 (Fashionably Paradoxical - Level 3):
On their website, Louis Vuitton sells a $3,850 handbag in what paradoxically named style?
A - Satchel
B - clutch
C - messenger
D - hobo

Chaan says that by definition a paradox is something that you don't expect to be true but actually is. He's going to go with that definition.

Spoiler

Answer: D (hobo)
Value: $7,000
Bank: $48,000

Chaan says he wishes now that he'd thought more about tchotchkes.

Question #8 (Drink Up - Level 6):
Referencing the region where it originated, Coors Light advertises with what slogan?
A - Frozen as the Tundra
B - Chillier than the Smokies
C - Frigid like the Tetons
D - Cold as the Rockies

Chaan doesn't drink but he knows the answer.

Spoiler

Answer: D (Cold as the Rockies)
Value: $500
Bank: $48,500

commercial break

Chaan hasn't told anyone that he was going to be on the show. He hopes his kids will be proud of him when they see the show. Chaan says he'd also like to take some of the money and pay off some bills.

Question #9 (I Dabble - Level 8):
What world leader is credited with penning four novels, including an allegorical romance called "Zabibah and the King".
A - Hosni Mubarak
B - Saddam Hussein
C - Moammar Qadaffi
D - Yasir Arafat

Chaan focuses on "allegorical romance" and then says that Mubarak is associated with Libya, Hussein with Iraq (then goes back and corrects himself when he sees Qadaffi's name). He has no idea so he decides to ask the audience even though he doesn't seem to have much faith in them.

Ask the Audience results

A - 24%
B - 25%
C - 23%
D - 28%

That's what Chaan expected. He decides to walk away.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Saddam Hussein)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $24,250 (half the bank)

commercial break

MILLIONAIRE "QUESTION OF THE DAY":
Which of these Dr. Seuss characters is said to have a heart "two sizes too small"?
A - Yertle the Turtle
B - Cat in the Hat
C - The Grinch
D - The Lorax

Question of the Day answer

C (The Grinch)

Question #1 (Whose-its and Whats-its - Level 4):
Your grandmother's Hummel dolls and ceramic figurines would best be described as what?
A - mollycoddles
B - tchotchkes
C - quibbles
D - flibbertygibbits (Cedric had a really difficult time with this word) [NOTE: due to weather warnings scrolling across the bottom of the screen the answers were not visible during this show]

Chaan was hoping to see "knicknacks" up there. Cedric said that he could have pronounced that. Chaan decides to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: B (tchotchkes)
Value: $100 (jumped)
Bank: $0

I never heard of tchotchkes until I started going on-line because it seems to be a back-East term, and while I would have had no problem saying "B, final answer," I'm still not sure I would call Hummel figurines "tchotchkes" considering that their resale value can be thousands of dollars.

Question #2 (Teachers and Students - Level 9):
Which of these leading men was once the high school drama teacher of "The Office" star Ellie Kemper?
A - Bradley Cooper
B - Edward Norton
C - Jon Hamm
D - David Duchovney

"This is two in a row that I'm not sure of," Chaan says. He's also not sure if this would be a good audience question. He has to be smart and jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Jon Hamm)
Value: $2,000 (jumped)
Bank: $0

JTQ

Question #9 (I Dabble - Level :
What world leader is credited with penning four novels, including an allegorical romance called "Zabibah and the King".
A - Hosni Mubarak
B - Saddam Hussein
C - Moammar Qadaffi
D - Yasir Arafat

Chaan focuses on "allegorical romance" and then says that Mubarak is associated with Libya, Hussein with Iraq (then goes back and corrects himself when he sees Qadaffi's name). He has no idea so he decides to ask the audience even though he doesn't seem to have much faith in them.

Ask the Audience results

A - 24%
B - 25%
C - 23%
D - 28%

That's what Chaan expected. He decides to walk away.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Saddam Hussein)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $24,250 (half the bank)

JTQ 2

JTQ questions 2 and 5, ATA question 9.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:DOUBLE MONEY WEEK

Chaan Thomas
Chicago, IL
middle school teacher

If he wins a lot of money Chaan (Cedric pronounced it "Shawn") would like to get away, especially from kids (even though he likes them, he adds). He wants to ride cross-country on a motorcycle. He's never ridden one so he'd have to have lessons. Cedric notes that in Illinois helmets aren't required so Chaan's dreads would be flying in the breeze.

And if Chaan has a wreck, his brains might be doing likewise. I really don't get why bike riders don't wear helmets.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #2 (Teachers and Students - Level 9):
Which of these leading men was once the high school drama teacher of "The Office" star Ellie Kemper?
A - Bradley Cooper
B - Edward Norton
C - Jon Hamm
D - David Duchovney

"This is two in a row that I'm not sure of," Chaan says. He's also not sure if this would be a good audience question. He has to be smart and jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Jon Hamm)
Value: $2,000 (jumped)
Bank: $0

I'd JTQ also.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #9 (I Dabble - Level 8):
What world leader is credited with penning four novels, including an allegorical romance called "Zabibah and the King".
A - Hosni Mubarak
B - Saddam Hussein
C - Moammar Qadaffi
D - Yasir Arafat

Chaan focuses on "allegorical romance" and then says that Mubarak is associated with Libya, Hussein with Iraq (then goes back and corrects himself when he sees Qadaffi's name). He has no idea so he decides to ask the audience even though he doesn't seem to have much faith in them.

Ask the Audience results

A - 24%
B - 25%
C - 23%
D - 28%

That's what Chaan expected. He decides to walk away.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Saddam Hussein)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $24,250 (half the bank)

I'd JTQ without bothering to ATA. Chaan was doing well and I agree with his assessment that he should have given more thought to the 1st question.