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Susan Taylor
Essington, PA
restaurant worker

Susan works the night shift at a diner. Her +1 is her best friend since they were 11 years old, Jeri.

$500: In a classic 1966 song, John Denver laments that he's leaving how?
A - "on a jet plane"
B - "with a jet pack"
C - "on a jet ski"
D - "in a VW Jetta"

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Answer: A ("on a jet plane")

$1000: Appropriately celebrated on October 4th, Ten-Four Day is an unofficial holiday honoring who?
A - short-order cooks
B - ham radio operators
C - arsonists
D - Bavarian princes

[NOTE: I reviewed the DVR twice and Chris mispronounced "Bavarian" as "barbarian".]

Susan's never heard of it and although she hates to use a lifeline this early, she wants to stay in the game, so she asks the audience.

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Ask the Audience results:
A - 4%
B - 92%
C - 1%
D - 3%

Susan trusts the audience.

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Answer: B (ham radio operators)

$2000: What sarcastic term coined in reference to the JFK assassination investigation contains the name of a popular kitchen appliance?
A - Sunbeam Toaster Conspiracy
B - Magic Bullet Theory
C - Mr. Coffee Hypothesis
D - Kenmore Diswasher Supposition

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Answer: B (Magic Bullet Theory)

$3000: As he did in 2011 and 2014, when Novak Djokovic won Wimbledon in 2015, he literally tasted victory by eating some of the court's what?
A - clay
B - wood
C - grass
D - asphalt

Susan uses a process of elimination.

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Answer: C (grass)

$5000: Essentially dyeing your skin from within, MyTan Bronze Tanning Pills provide a "healthy glow" without the sun, thanks to high doses of what?
A - riboflavin
B - beta-carotene
C - folic acid
D - iron

Susan says the answer popped into her head before the choices appeared on the screen.

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Answer: B (beta-carotene)

commercial break

$7000: What TV personality also dispenses advice as an author in her books "Don't Pee on My Leg and Tell Me It's Raining" and "Beauty Fades, Dumb is Forever"?
A - Suze Orman
B - Rachael Ray
C - Rachel Maddow
D - Judge Judy

Susan says that based on the personalities of the people, it sounds like something

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Judge Judy

would say. But she's not sure so she uses her 50:50.

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"50:50 results": C and D

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Answer: D (Judge Judy)

$10,000: Which of these is prominently featured in the logo of the American Cetacean Society?
A - a whale tail
B - an eagle talon
C - a monkey paw
D - a T. Rex tooth

Susan says that

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"cetacean" has something to do with whales or some other creature in the ocean, but she might be confusing it with something else

. She goes with her gut.

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Answer: A (a whale tail)

$20,000: In the game of pool, the number 1 ball is typically colored solid what?
A - yellow
B - green
C - red
D - orange

Susan says she totally knows this.

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Answer: A (yellow)

$30,000: If Vladimir Putin asks for poutine, he wants what country's specialty of french fries covered in gravy and cheese curds?
A - Morocco
B - Canada
C - Haiti
D - Belgium

Susan says she's not fond of this even though her customers tell her she should try it. She doesn't think the ingredients go together at all. She says that 80% of the customers who like it are from up north.

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Answer: B (Canada)

commercial break

$50,000: When "Star Wars" was released in 1977, what was the first sentence in the famous "opening crawl"?
A - The galaxy is in peril.
B - It is a period of civil war.
C - A darkness is encroaching.
D - An evil empire spreads.

Susan is a big Star Wars fan and she says she should know it. In a bar, if she was asked, she could answer. She calls down Jeri, her +1. Jeri jokes, "You're going to make me say on national television that I don't know Star Wars?" Jeri says

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she feels like "galaxy" was a part of it, but also "civil war". She doesn't think that the crawl would start out negative, so she rules out C and D. Jeri's best guess is A, but she's only 10% sure

. Susan asks if she should go for it and Jeri replies, "We're in Vegas." But Susan decides to walk away.

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Answer: B (It is a period of civil war.)

END OF SHOW "NOISE"



MILLIONAIRE "QUESTION OF THE DAY": Though it's actually Paris' oldest of its kind, Pont Neuf is an iconic structure whose name means "New" what?
A - bridge
B - museum
C - castle
D - fountain

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Answer: A (bridge)

2K: Never heard of appliance, & I was "alive at the time", but have heard of theory.

7: The "pee" saying is old Jewish saying (which I learned not at home but from movie "Hester Street") & Judge J is said to have Jewish heritage. 2nd saying just sounds more like JJ. Who I can't stand. She told some interviewer she judges white people in her court on their blush reflex. Didn't say what she uses for darker-skinned people. Go w/ JJ.

20K: ATA

50K: like B, but use 50/50 & +1

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Susan Taylor
Essington, PA
restaurant worker

Susan works the night shift at a diner. Her +1 is her best friend since they were 11 years old, Jeri.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$2000: What sarcastic term coined in reference to the JFK assassination investigation contains the name of a popular kitchen appliance?
A - Sunbeam Toaster Conspiracy
B - Magic Bullet Theory
C - Mr. Coffee Hypothesis
D - Kenmore Diswasher Supposition

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Answer: B (Magic Bullet Theory)

I know the answer but what kitchen appliance is called "Magic" or "Bullet"?

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$50,000: When "Star Wars" was released in 1977, what was the first sentence in the famous "opening crawl"?
A - The galaxy is in peril.
B - It is a period of civil war.
C - A darkness is encroaching.
D - An evil empire spreads.

Susan is a big Star Wars fan and she says she should know it. In a bar, if she was asked, she could answer. She calls down Jeri, her +1. Jeri jokes, "You're going to make me say on national television that I don't know Star Wars?" Jeri says

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she feels like "galaxy" was a part of it, but also "civil war". She doesn't think that the crawl would start out negative, so she rules out C and D. Jeri's best guess is A, but she's only 10% sure

. Susan asks if she should go for it and Jeri replies, "We're in Vegas." But Susan decides to walk away.

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Answer: B (It is a period of civil war.)

Too bad Susan wasn't in a bar.

Nihil obstat®.

earendel wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Susan Taylor
Essington, PA
restaurant worker

Susan works the night shift at a diner. Her +1 is her best friend since they were 11 years old, Jeri.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$2000: What sarcastic term coined in reference to the JFK assassination investigation contains the name of a popular kitchen appliance?
A - Sunbeam Toaster Conspiracy
B - Magic Bullet Theory
C - Mr. Coffee Hypothesis
D - Kenmore Diswasher Supposition

Spoiler

Answer: B (Magic Bullet Theory)

I know the answer but what kitchen appliance is called "Magic" or "Bullet"?

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$50,000: When "Star Wars" was released in 1977, what was the first sentence in the famous "opening crawl"?
A - The galaxy is in peril.
B - It is a period of civil war.
C - A darkness is encroaching.
D - An evil empire spreads.

Susan is a big Star Wars fan and she says she should know it. In a bar, if she was asked, she could answer. She calls down Jeri, her +1. Jeri jokes, "You're going to make me say on national television that I don't know Star Wars?" Jeri says

Spoiler

she feels like "galaxy" was a part of it, but also "civil war". She doesn't think that the crawl would start out negative, so she rules out C and D. Jeri's best guess is A, but she's only 10% sure

. Susan asks if she should go for it and Jeri replies, "We're in Vegas." But Susan decides to walk away.

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Answer: B (It is a period of civil war.)

Too bad Susan wasn't in a bar.

Nihil obstat®.

Neither magic nor bullet.

It's Magic Bullet. I think it's a blender or juicer.

triviawayne wrote:

earendel wrote:I know the answer but what kitchen appliance is called "Magic" or "Bullet"?

Neither magic nor bullet.

It's Magic Bullet. I think it's a blender or juicer.

It's kind of a single-serving mixer/blender. The jar is a small mug. They are available at most department stores. I got one from Costco years ago.

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earendel wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$2000: What sarcastic term coined in reference to the JFK assassination investigation contains the name of a popular kitchen appliance?
A - Sunbeam Toaster Conspiracy
B - Magic Bullet Theory
C - Mr. Coffee Hypothesis
D - Kenmore Diswasher Supposition

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Answer: B (Magic Bullet Theory)

I know the answer but what kitchen appliance is called "Magic" or "Bullet"?

Get thee to a Mecca Housewares department!

I love seeing questions I only know because of my job... (Edit: OK, the Q was easy by shitty distractors, but still, you know what I mean)

lb13

$10,000: Which of these is prominently featured in the logo of the American Cetacean Society?
A - a whale tail
B - an eagle talon
C - a monkey paw
D - a T. Rex tooth

My daughter's ship's current mission or research survey is called PASCAL, for "Passive Acoustic Survey of Cetacean Abundance Levels."

The primary focus is on beaked whales, which are so deep diving and elusive that some species have never been seen alive. They often travel in small groups, staying underwater for an hour or more at a time.

The expedition on NOAA Ship Bell M. Shimada will employ a newly-developed system of about 20 drifting buoys that will quietly listen for whales hundreds of feet below the ocean surface. Researchers from NOAA Fisheries’ Southwest Fisheries Science Center will deploy the low-cost buoys up to 300 miles offshore as the ship traverses waters off California, Oregon and Washington.

Since they began the mission she has posted video of some of the whales they've spotted, specifically a Sperm Whale and a Blue Whale. She has yet to personally spot a Beaked Whale which is the primary purpose of their mission.

$1000: Appropriately celebrated on October 4th, Ten-Four Day is an unofficial holiday honoring who?
A - short-order cooks
B - ham radio operators
C - arsonists
D - Bavarian princes

[NOTE: I reviewed the DVR twice and Chris mispronounced "Bavarian" as "barbarian".]

Susan's never heard of it and although she hates to use a lifeline this early, she wants to stay in the game, so she asks the audience.

Spoiler

Ask the Audience results:
A - 4%
B - 92%
C - 1%
D - 3%

Susan trusts the audience.

Spoiler

Answer: B (ham radio operators)

I know that's the right answer, but ham radio operators don't use 10 code. as a ham friend of mine huffily informed me about 30 years ago.

He's moving the antenna and doesn't know whether he'll put it back up when he gets moved. Hope so -- in an emergency, IIRC, you don't need a cell tower, you have your own, and you don't even need electricity or a generator, just a battery.

$5000: Essentially dyeing your skin from within, MyTan Bronze Tanning Pills provide a "healthy glow" without the sun, thanks to high doses of what?
A - riboflavin
B - beta-carotene
C - folic acid
D - iron

Susan says the answer popped into her head before the choices appeared on the screen.

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Answer: B (beta-carotene)

I gave myself hypercarotenosis about a million years ago -- the carrots right out of the garden tasted so good to me that year, so I was eating four or five every day. The doctor at my annual checkup was alarmed enough to check it out with some of her colleagues, and she called me back sort of laughingly to put a name to it. Since then, if I get a yellowish tinge creeping into my palms, I just cut back on the garden-fresh carrots.

$50,000: When "Star Wars" was released in 1977, what was the first sentence in the famous "opening crawl"?
A - The galaxy is in peril.
B - It is a period of civil war.
C - A darkness is encroaching.
D - An evil empire spreads.

Susan is a big Star Wars fan and she says she should know it. In a bar, if she was asked, she could answer. She calls down Jeri, her +1. Jeri jokes, "You're going to make me say on national television that I don't know Star Wars?" Jeri says

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she feels like "galaxy" was a part of it, but also "civil war". She doesn't think that the crawl would start out negative, so she rules out C and D. Jeri's best guess is A, but she's only 10% sure

. Susan asks if she should go for it and Jeri replies, "We're in Vegas." But Susan decides to walk away.

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Answer: B (It is a period of civil war.)

This was just on this weekend on TNT. I didn't even try to follow Episodes I, II, and III -- JarJar is so annoying, I couldn't take it. But I really enjoyed IV, V, and VI.