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Christopher Keogh
Danbury, CT

Terry says they're going to get right into the game.

Question #1: Inspiring the Dodd-Frank bill's "Eddie Murphy Rule" about insider trading, what comedy did Business Insider call "the greatest Wall Street movie ever made"?
A - Brewster's Millions
B - The Money Pit
C - A Fistful of Dollars
D - Trading Places

Christopher recognizes one of the movies; he wishes he recognized them all. The one he recognizes

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had Eddie Murphy in it

.

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Answer: D (Trading Places)
Value: $25,000
Bank: $25,000

Question #2: When a notable stage actor passes away, what symbolic gesture do Broadway theaters make simultaneously, usually the next day?
A - they cancel performances
B - they dim the marquee lights
C - they offer free tickets
D - they play "Lullaby of Broadway"

Christopher feels confident about his answer.

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Answer: B (they dim the marquee lights)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $27,000

Question #3: A food-related pun involving another, better-known region, what's the name of Fairfield, IA's small but vibrant community of tech companies?
A - Chew England
B - Silicorn Valley
C - The Great Cakes
D - The Crust Belt

Christopher can eliminate

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A and C because of their geographical references

.

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Answer: B (Silicorn Valley)
Value: $10,000
Bank: $37,000

Question #4: As it has little effect on most newer cars, Edmunds.com recommends that you "save money and stop buying" what?
A - auto insurance
B - windshield wiper fluid
C - car washes
D - premium gas

Christopher had a discussion about this with his fiancé.

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Answer: D (premium gas)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $38,000

Question #5: All but which of the following TV shows are based on programs that first became hits in the United Kingdom?
A - Dancing with the Stars
B - The X Factor
C - The People's Court
D - Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Christopher doesn't know enough about the origins of any of these shows so he says he wants to jump the question but when Terry asks if that's his final decision he hesitates, then says

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"Sorry, People's Court feels like such an American TV show

. But then he does jump the question.

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Answer: C (The People's Court)
Value: $3,000 (jumped)
Bank: $38,000 (unchanged)

commercial break

Question #6: In August 2014, 13-year-old Mo'ne Davis made history when she became the first what to grace the cover of Sports Illustrated?
A - Little League baseball player
B - National Spelling Bee winner
C - LPGA player
D - female gymnast

Christopher immediately decides to ask the audience.

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Ask the Audience results:
A - 69%
B - 8%
C - 6%
D - 17%

Christopher says it makes sense but he's still not sure so he brings down his +1, his fianceé, Megan. She asks if he's torn between two. He says

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the National Spelling Bee is shown on ESPN which is why he thinks it might be that. He doesn't think it's a gymnast

. They decide go with the audience.

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Answer: A (Little League baseball player)
Value: $100
Bank: $38,100

commercial break

Question #7: In U.S. News & World Report's 2014 rankings of the Top 10 national universities, there were two colleges from each of which two states?
A - New Jersey & Ohio
B - Texas & Michigan
C - Massachusetts & California
D - Maryland & North Carolina

Christopher says that when he hears

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New Jersey he thinks Princeton, and he associates Massachusetts with Harvard. California has Stanford and there are a lot of other good schools there

. He's leaning toward walking away and he does so.

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Answer: C (Massachusetts & California)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $19,050

MILLIONAIRE "QUESTION OF THE DAY": After wiunning the title of "Miss Gwinnett County," GMA anchor Amy Robach went on to compete in which pageant?
A - Miss Maine
B - Miss Georgia
C - Miss New Mexico
D - Miss Hawaii

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Answer: B (Miss Georgia)

Q4: my car's manual says it must have it. But my car's not so new. Has to be D.

Q5: guess People's but JTQ.

Otherwise OK.

Question #1: Inspiring the Dodd-Frank bill's "Eddie Murphy Rule" about insider trading, what comedy did Business Insider call "the greatest Wall Street movie ever made"?
A - Brewster's Millions
B - The Money Pit
C - A Fistful of Dollars
D - Trading Places

Christopher recognizes one of the movies; he wishes he recognized them all. The one he recognizes

Spoiler

had Eddie Murphy in it

.

Spoiler

Answer: D (Trading Places)
Value: $25,000
Bank: $25,000

The question writers made this as easy as they possibly could. It's the only movie starring Eddie Murphy, the only one featuring Wall Street, all four popular movies . . . I'd be saying, "Thanks for the $25,000." I mean, "Thanks for the $12,500."

Question #5: All but which of the following TV shows are based on programs that first became hits in the United Kingdom?
A - Dancing with the Stars
B - The X Factor
C - The People's Court
D - Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Christopher doesn't know enough about the origins of any of these shows so he says he wants to jump the question but when Terry asks if that's his final decision he hesitates, then says

Spoiler

"Sorry, People's Court feels like such an American TV show

. But then he does jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: C (The People's Court)
Value: $3,000 (jumped)
Bank: $38,000 (unchanged)

Try ATA, then probably Plus One.

Question #7: In U.S. News & World Report's 2014 rankings of the Top 10 national universities, there were two colleges from each of which two states?
A - New Jersey & Ohio
B - Texas & Michigan
C - Massachusetts & California
D - Maryland & North Carolina

Christopher says that when he hears

Spoiler

New Jersey he thinks Princeton, and he associates Massachusetts with Harvard. California has Stanford and there are a lot of other good schools there

. He's leaning toward walking away and he does so.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Massachusetts & California)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $19,050

Ugh. Princeton and Rutgers, Ohio State and BG
UT and Texas Tech, Michigan State and Michigan
Harvard and MIT, UCLA and Stanford
U of M and Johns Hopkins, UNC and Duke

I dunno what I'd do. Probably JTQ, even though Massachusetts and CA seem the obvious answer looking at the little chart. In the hot seat, no chart.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Christopher Keogh
Danbury, CT

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #5: All but which of the following TV shows are based on programs that first became hits in the United Kingdom?
A - Dancing with the Stars
B - The X Factor
C - The People's Court
D - Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Christopher doesn't know enough about the origins of any of these shows so he says he wants to jump the question but when Terry asks if that's his final decision he hesitates, then says

Spoiler

"Sorry, People's Court feels like such an American TV show

. But then he does jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: C (The People's Court)
Value: $3,000 (jumped)
Bank: $38,000 (unchanged)

Dancing with the Stars is called "Strictly Ballroom" in England. I've seen the English version of Whose Line and recalled that The X Factor was another Simon Cowell import.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #6: In August 2014, 13-year-old Mo'ne Davis made history when she became the first what to grace the cover of Sports Illustrated?
A - Little League baseball player
B - National Spelling Bee winner
C - LPGA player
D - female gymnast

Christopher immediately decides to ask the audience.

Spoiler

Ask the Audience results:
A - 69%
B - 8%
C - 6%
D - 17%

Christopher says it makes sense but he's still not sure so he brings down his +1, his fianceé, Megan. She asks if he's torn between two. He says

Spoiler

the National Spelling Bee is shown on ESPN which is why he thinks it might be that. He doesn't think it's a gymnast

. They decide go with the audience.

Spoiler

Answer: A (Little League baseball player)
Value: $100
Bank: $38,100

OK, I suppose it's possible he's never heard of Mo'ne Davis (heck, even I, an admitted sports moron, knew who she was) but to disregard the 69% of the audience before using his +1 seems wrong somehow.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #7: In U.S. News & World Report's 2014 rankings of the Top 10 national universities, there were two colleges from each of which two states?
A - New Jersey & Ohio
B - Texas & Michigan
C - Massachusetts & California
D - Maryland & North Carolina

Christopher says that when he hears

Spoiler

New Jersey he thinks Princeton, and he associates Massachusetts with Harvard. California has Stanford and there are a lot of other good schools there

. He's leaning toward walking away and he does so.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Massachusetts & California)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $19,050

I wonder if his +1 would have been able to help him with this.

SportsFan68 wrote:

Question #7: In U.S. News & World Report's 2014 rankings of the Top 10 national universities, there were two colleges from each of which two states?
A - New Jersey & Ohio
B - Texas & Michigan
C - Massachusetts & California
D - Maryland & North Carolina

Christopher says that when he hears

Spoiler

New Jersey he thinks Princeton, and he associates Massachusetts with Harvard. California has Stanford and there are a lot of other good schools there

. He's leaning toward walking away and he does so.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Massachusetts & California)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $19,050

Ugh. Princeton and Rutgers, Ohio State and BG
UT and Texas Tech, Michigan State and Michigan
Harvard and MIT, UCLA and Stanford
U of M and Johns Hopkins, UNC and Duke

Not UCLA. My undergraduate alma mater, unless I'm badly mistaken. --Bob

Bob78164 wrote:

SportsFan68 wrote:

Question #7: In U.S. News & World Report's 2014 rankings of the Top 10 national universities, there were two colleges from each of which two states?
A - New Jersey & Ohio
B - Texas & Michigan
C - Massachusetts & California
D - Maryland & North Carolina

Christopher says that when he hears

Spoiler

New Jersey he thinks Princeton, and he associates Massachusetts with Harvard. California has Stanford and there are a lot of other good schools there

. He's leaning toward walking away and he does so.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Massachusetts & California)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $19,050

Ugh. Princeton and Rutgers, Ohio State and BG
UT and Texas Tech, Michigan State and Michigan
Harvard and MIT, UCLA and Stanford
U of M and Johns Hopkins, UNC and Duke

Not UCLA. My undergraduate alma mater, unless I'm badly mistaken. --Bob

That's always possible, of course.

I picked UCLA because my rocket scientist cousin graduated there. Her father graduated from Stanford. I think her (also rocket scientist) husband graduated from MIT, but I could very easily be mistaken about that.

Hey, I just googled my cuz and her husband! They pop up here: http://www.science.gov/topicpages/o/orb ... light.html These are representative sample records from Science.gov related to your search topic. For comprehensive and current results, perform a real-time search at Science.gov.