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Stel Plakas
Flushing, NY

Stel comes from a big Greek family and is hoping to win a paycheck to match. He claims to have "north of" 85 relatives including uncles, aunts and cousins. Stel's +1 is his fraternity brother Kyle. He didn't invite any of his relatives because some of them are over in Greece.

Question #1: Full of welcoming residents fromn Reykjavik to Reydarfjördur, what country did the World Economic Forum rank as the #1 friendliest to foreign visitors?
A - Iceland
B - Ireland
C - South Korea
D - South Africa

Stel just had a friend go there for a bachelor party.

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Answer: A (Iceland)
Value: $15,000
Bank: $15,000

Question #2: Some Biblical scholars point out that wood was scarce near Nazareth when disputing translations that describe Jesus as a what?
A - blacksmith
B - farmer
C - physician
D - carpenter

Stel feels that he's heard that Jesus was a

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carpenter

.

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Answer: C (carpenter)
Value: $25,000
Bank: $40,000

Question #3: Which of these movies features a now-iconic suit discovered by the costume designer while shopping off the rack with the star in Brooklyn?
A - The Godfather
B - Saturday Night Fever
C - Dr. No
D - Forrest Gump

Stel hits the high points of the question and eliminates

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Forrest Gump

. He knows that

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Saturday Night Fever was filmed in Brooklyn with John Travolta in that white suit

.

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Answer: B (Saturday Night Fever)
Value: $5,000
Bank: $45,000

Question #4: If you were yellin' to Janet Yellen on the streets of our nation's capital, which of these statements would you most likely be shouting?
A - "I love the Federal Reserve!"
B - "Have fun on the Supreme Court!"
C - "You're my favorite Senator!"
D - "Curate that Smithsonian, girl!"

Stel knows he's heard the name before but he doesn't know it. He's going to use a lifeline but he's not sure which one. He finally decides to jump the question.

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Answer: A ("I love the Federal Reserve!")
Value: $3,000 (jumped)
Bank: $45,000 (unchanged)

commercial break

Stel is known for his nickname, "Boogie", because ever since he went to Greece the first time he got attached to Greek dancing. He gives Terry a brief demonstration.

Question #5: Winning a bike and a meeting with the president, in 1925 Frank Neuhauser won the first U.S. national spelling bee by spelling what botanical word?
A - serrafine
B - factotum
C - asana
D - gladiolus

Stel immediately goes for his ask the audience lifeline.

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Ask the Audience results:
A - 21%
B - 10%
C - 5%
D - 64%

Stel thinks that's a pretty good response and he knows that

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gladiolus is a flower

.

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Answer: D (gladiolus)
Value: $100
Bank: $45,100

Question #6: Having thwarted numerous attempts on his life, who reportedly said, "If surviving assassination attempts were an Olympic event, I would win the gold medal"?
A - Fidel Castro
B - Vladimir Lenin
C - Mao Zedong
D - George H.W. Bush

Stel doesn't remember

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any assassination attempts against Bush, and a few against Castro

. Rather than using his +1 he goes for it.

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Answer: A (Fidel Castro)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $46,100

Question #7: Entering the world in 1831, James Garfield is believed to be the last U.S. president who was born in a what?
A - castle
B - teepee
C - log cabin
D - strip mall

Stel takes the time to think about it. He says

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there weren't many castles around and strip malls weren't all too popular back then

.

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Answer: C (log cabin)
Value: $7,000
Bank: $53,100

commercial break

Question #8: If the serving size for a glass of wine is 5 ounces, about how many glasses can be poured from a standard 750 mL bottle?
A - 3
B - 5
C - 7
D - 9

Stel thinks that

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a liter is about a quart, so he has to figure out how many ounces are in a quart. He says there are 8 ounces in a cup and 16 in a pint, so 32 in a quart. He does some quick math and mumbles "5"

. He isn't sure so he brings down his +1. Kyle explains what he's thinking.

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A half-liter water bottle is 16.9 ounces, so 750 would be about 25 ounces. Kyle thinks the answer is "5"

. Stel says this is why he brought Kyle up and if he's confident, then Stel is confident.

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Answer: B (5)
Value: $500
Bank: $53,600

Question #9: You're most likely to hear announcers discuss the terms "the River" and "the Flop" while watching coverage of which of these events?
A - US Air Guitar Championship
B - National Poetry Slam
C - Piedmont Bird Calling Contest
D - World Series of Poker

Stel went to college in Philadelphia and spent a few weekends in Atlantic City.

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Answer: D (World Series of Poker)
Value: $10,000
Bank: $63,600

commercial break

Question #10: In certain parts of the world, what vegetable is also known as a a "courgette"?
A - zucchini
B - radish
C - eggplant
D - beet

Stel says nothing is sticking out at him. "Courgette" sounds like the French word for "heart". Terry lays out the options to Stel. Stel says he's not confident enough to guess so he's going to walk away.

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Answer: A (zucchini)
Value: $2,000 (by process of elimination)
Bank: $31,800 (half the bank)

Stel would have guessed "B".

MILLIONAIRE "QUESTION OF THE DAY": In 2011, NFL Hall-of-Famer and "Live!" co-host Michael Strahan showed his support by filming a PSA for NY Bill A8354-2011, better known as what?
A - The Fracking Regulations Act
B - The Clean Air NYC Act
C - The Marriage Equality Act
D - The Internet Neutrality Act

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Answer: C (The Marriage Equality Act)

END OF SHOW "NOISE"

Question #10: In certain parts of the world, what vegetable is also known as a a "courgette"?
A - zucchini
B - radish
C - eggplant
D - beet

Stel says nothing is sticking out at him. "Courgette" sounds like the French word for "heart". Terry lays out the options to Stel. Stel says he's not confident enough to guess so he's going to walk away.

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Answer: A (zucchini)
Value: $2,000 (by process of elimination)
Bank: $31,800 (half the bank)

JTQ

1. easy.

2. easy-I should know that, since I heard a lot about Jesus in Catholic school.

3. easy.

4. easy-I guess he doesn't watch the news too much. She's chairwoman of the Federal Reserve.

5. easy. The words are lot tougher, and more obscure, these days.

6. easy.

7.easy-since this show aired on President's Day, I was surprised to see a presidential question.

8.ugh. ATA or Plus One if they know math.

9. if I don't ATA on 8, I use it here.

10. JTQ. I think this is a WWOQ.






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In the Land of Snow this got preempted by a speech from the gov about how in a month his new commission will tell him that the T didn't do so well in the snow. Except for the last Q. They rejoined the "show in progress" for that.

Q5: Only flower up there.

Q6: Coulda been Mao, but Fidel, strangely enough, is more likely to have made a funny. Go with it.

Q8: Grit teeth & do the arithmetic. Glad those 2L vats of diet soda also say 64+ something oz.

Q9: No freaking idea. Never heard terms. JTQ.

Q10: Eggplant is aubergine. Pretty sure courgette is squash, but don't know why am sure. Get +1 up, who I hope is just sure.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Stel Plakas
Flushing, NY

Stel comes from a big Greek family and is hoping to win a paycheck to match. He claims to have "north of" 85 relatives including uncles, aunts and cousins. Stel's +1 is his fraternity brother Kyle. He didn't invite any of his relatives because some of them are over in Greece.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #2: Some Biblical scholars point out that wood was scarce near Nazareth when disputing translations that describe Jesus as a what?
A - blacksmith
B - farmer
C - physician
D - carpenter

Stel feels that he's heard that Jesus was a

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carpenter

.

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Answer: C (carpenter)
Value: $25,000
Bank: $40,000

Time to dust off my seminary learning. Only Mark identifies Jesus as a carpenter; Matthew says he's the son of a carpenter. The Greek word used is "tekton" (the "o" is an omega), which can mean any sort of artisan - potter, metalsmith, carpenter, etc. It can also mean "builder". The tradition that Jesus (and Joseph) was a carpenter comes from Dialogue with Trypho, an apologetic work written by Justin Martyr in the 2nd century. There's also a reference to Jesus miraculously causing a board to grow after Joseph cut it too short, found in the Infancy Gospel of Thomas.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Question #7: Entering the world in 1831, James Garfield is believed to be the last U.S. president who was born in a what?
A - castle
B - teepee
C - log cabin
D - strip mall

Stel takes the time to think about it. He says

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there weren't many castles around and strip malls weren't all too popular back then

.

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Answer: C (log cabin)
Value: $7,000
Bank: $53,100

This comes up often in trivia contests. And Martin Van Buren was the first president to be born in the U.S.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #8: If the serving size for a glass of wine is 5 ounces, about how many glasses can be poured from a standard 750 mL bottle?
A - 3
B - 5
C - 7
D - 9

Stel thinks that

Spoiler

a liter is about a quart, so he has to figure out how many ounces are in a quart. He says there are 8 ounces in a cup and 16 in a pint, so 32 in a quart. He does some quick math and mumbles "5"

. He isn't sure so he brings down his +1. Kyle explains what he's thinking.

Spoiler

A half-liter water bottle is 16.9 ounces, so 750 would be about 25 ounces. Kyle thinks the answer is "5"

. Stel says this is why he brought Kyle up and if he's confident, then Stel is confident.

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Answer: B (5)
Value: $500
Bank: $53,600

Nicely done, although he probably didn't need to use his +1 - he already had the answer. But I guess he needed the confidence boost more than the lifeline.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #10: In certain parts of the world, what vegetable is also known as a a "courgette"?
A - zucchini
B - radish
C - eggplant
D - beet

Stel says nothing is sticking out at him. "Courgette" sounds like the French word for "heart". Terry lays out the options to Stel. Stel says he's not confident enough to guess so he's going to walk away.

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Answer: A (zucchini)
Value: $2,000 (by process of elimination)
Bank: $31,800 (half the bank)

Stel would have guessed "B".

Well, too bad he couldn't save the +1 for this, although I suspect he still would have walked away. Since I have all my lifelines, I jump this question.