Transcript 11/24/2009 Mikey Smith

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Mikey Smith
Houston, TX
Literacy coach
Met her husband when she was teaching his son


Topic Tree
Big Brains
U.S. Presidents
North Korea
Animal Hybrids
Restaurant Chains
Shakespeare
The Navy
Woodstock
Oceania
Definition, Please
Recent TV
In the News
Famous Quotations
Transportation
You Might Say

$500 (You Might Say):
A person who is feeling nauseous will often say, "I feel sick to my" what?
A. Kidney B. Stomach
C. Pancreas D. Intake of Reality TV

Spoiler

B. Stomach (:06)

$1000 (Transportation):
Tarmac delays are a common problem affecting people who travel by what mode of transportation?
A. Airplane B. Ferry
C. Subway D. Cruise ship

Spoiler

A. Airplane (:10)

$2000 (Famous Quotations):
In a famous Teddy Roosevelt quote, what piece of advice precedes "...and carry a big stick"?
A. Keep alert B. Travel light
C. Speak softly D. Work hard

Spoiler

C. Speak softly (:06)

$3000 (In the News):
A 2009 article claimed, "Women are from Venus and men are from Planet Freon" in reference to couples who argue about the use of what appliance?
A. Washing machine B. Air conditioner
C. Stove D. Television

Spoiler

B. Air conditioner (:06)

$5000 (Recent TV):
Which of the following is a new comedy on AB starring Courtney Cox and not a show that airs on the Animal Planet network?
A. Orangutan Island B. Puppy Bowl
C. Whale Wars D. Cougar Town

Spoiler

D. Cougar Town (:07)

$7500 (Definition, Please):
By definition, "verdigris" is the pale green coating that forms on which of these metals when it is exposed to acetic acid?
A. Aluminum B. Tin
C. Copper D. Lead

Spoiler

C. Copper (:23)

Commercial break

Mere said she mispronounced the contestant's first name it is not "Mickey" (as in Mickey Mouse) it is Mikey (as in Mikey likes it).

$10K (Oceania):
The geographical region known as Oceania contains a large number of islands located in what body of water?
A. Pacific Ocean B. Caribbean Sea
C. Mediterranean Sea D. Atlantic Ocean

Mikey says she does not know this one and wants to ATE. Mere says Mikey knows when she does not know.

ATE :23

ATE

Mere: I hope your geography is good Paula Poundstone b/c this is worth $10,000 to Mikey. I'm gonna feed you the question now...
Paula: You know what? You're lucky I'm available I just ran through the house marking the Line of Death on all my globes (laughter). You might want to GPS that as well, what I'm thinking. My geography is not good but I'll try.
Mere: You're stuck with this question we're gonna feed it to you now.
Paula: I was so hoping it would be "where are you?" (laughter, long pause). I can't tell you how lost I got coming to my room this afternoon (laughter). I really, I don't know. I don't think it's in the Pacific because I think would have bumped into it while driving to Santa Barbara last night. Um, I don't_ think it's, I don't know. If I were gonna take a wild guess, cause I wanna give you the width and breadth of my expertise I would say that it's, um, not one of the Great Lakes, and it is, uh, that Caribbean Sea. Guess.
Mere: I think she was telling you, she doesn't know.
Mikey: I got the message.

ATA at :22

ATA

A-56% B-23% C-11% D-10%

Spoiler

A. Pacific Ocean (:16)

They also cut to Paula woo-hooing that the contestant got it

$12.5K (Woodstock):
At the 1969 Woodstock festival, what musician famously hit activist Abbie Hoffman with a guitar to get him offstage?
A. Joan Baez B. Arlo Guthrie
C. Janis Joplin D. Pete Townshend

PAF at :20 "Harrison" - shown as Robert, Houston TX
Other choices were John from Houston TX and Salli from Portland ME

PAF

to "Harrison" she asked At Woodstock, who hit Abbie Hoffman with a guitar? Repeated it and started to say she did not think it was Joan Baez
He says he does not think he could help her with that one, sorry

DD at :16

DD and answer

First guess B was wrong.

Second guess was D

D. Pete Townshend (:14)

Commercial break

Spoiler for tomorrow

$12.5K
At birth, Hillary Clinton was given what middle name?
A. Louise B. Diane
C. Marie D. Elizabeth

$15K (The Navy):
What do the letters "PT" stand for in the World War II Navy vessels known as "PT boats"?
A. Pontoon Tug B. Patrol Torpedo
C. Platoon Transport D. Petrol Tanker

Spoiler

Mikey guessed C and left with $5000


B. Patrol Torpedo (:12)

Missed- left with $5000

End of show, no carryover

[earendel]

Mikey Smith
Houston, TX
Literacy coach
Met her husband when she was teaching his son

$5000 (Recent TV):
Which of the following is a new comedy on AB starring Courtney Cox and not a show that airs on the Animal Planet network?
A. Orangutan Island B. Puppy Bowl
C. Whale Wars D. Cougar Town

Spoiler

D. Cougar Town (:07)

Mikey said that there was an advertising sign for the show on the bus stop (but didn't specify whether the stop was at home or in NYC).

$7500 (Definition, Please):
By definition, "verdigris" is the pale green coating that forms on which of these metals when it is exposed to acetic acid?
A. Aluminum B. Tin
C. Copper D. Lead

Spoiler

C. Copper (:23)

I thought verdigris was just "copper rust" - that is, it is the normal "aging" of the metal.

$10K (Oceania):
The geographical region known as Oceania contains a large number of islands located in what body of water?
A. Pacific Ocean B. Caribbean Sea
C. Mediterranean Sea D. Atlantic Ocean

Mikey says she does not know this one and wants to ATE. Mere says Mikey knows when she does not know.

ATE :23

ATE

Mere: I hope your geography is good Paula Poundstone b/c this is worth $10,000 to Mikey. I'm gonna feed you the question now...
Paula: You know what? You're lucky I'm available I just ran through the house marking the Line of Death on all my globes (laughter). You might want to GPS that as well, what I'm thinking. My geography is not good but I'll try.
Mere: You're stuck with this question we're gonna feed it to you now.
Paula: I was so hoping it would be "where are you?" (laughter, long pause). I can't tell you how lost I got coming to my room this afternoon (laughter). I really, I don't know. I don't think it's in the Pacific because I think would have bumped into it while driving to Santa Barbara last night. Um, I don't_ think it's, I don't know. If I were gonna take a wild guess, cause I wanna give you the width and breadth of my expertise I would say that it's, um, not one of the Great Lakes, and it is, uh, that Caribbean Sea. Guess.
Mere: I think she was telling you, she doesn't know.
Mikey: I got the message.

Again I would have thought better of Paula. From her stints on "Wait, Wait..." I thought she was fairly knowledgeable.

They also cut to Paula woo-hooing that the contestant got it[/spoiler]

Was I imagining it or was Paula wearing a shirt with the letters MAWG on it? I couldn't tell whether it was part of a larger word (she was wearing a sweater over it), and the third letter might have been a U or a V.

$12.5K (Woodstock):
At the 1969 Woodstock festival, what musician famously hit activist Abbie Hoffman with a guitar to get him offstage?
A. Joan Baez B. Arlo Guthrie
C. Janis Joplin D. Pete Townshend

PAF at :20 "Harrison" - shown as Robert, Houston TX
Other choices were John from Houston TX and Salli from Portland ME

PAF

to "Harrison" she asked At Woodstock, who hit Abbie Hoffman with a guitar? Repeated it and started to say she did not think it was Joan Baez
He says he does not think he could help her with that one, sorry

DD at :16

DD and answer

First guess B was wrong.

Second guess was D

D. Pete Townshend (:14)

Very interesting reasoning on this - during the commercial break Mikey said that it wasn't a total guess - she figured that if a "chick" had hit a "dude" that she, even though she hadn't been born yet, would have heard about it.

$15K (The Navy):
What do the letters "PT" stand for in the World War II Navy vessels known as "PT boats"?
A. Pontoon Tug B. Patrol Torpedo
C. Platoon Transport D. Petrol Tanker

Spoiler

Mikey guessed C and left with $5000


B. Patrol Torpedo (:12)

What a shame. After showing guts in going for the Woodstock question I was hoping she'd get this one also.

Nihil obstat® for me.

[gsabc]

Mikey Smith
Houston, TX
Literacy coach
Met her husband when she was teaching his son
$15K (The Navy):
What do the letters "PT" stand for in the World War II Navy vessels known as "PT boats"?
A. Pontoon Tug B. Patrol Torpedo
C. Platoon Transport D. Petrol Tanker

Spoiler

Mikey guessed C and left with $5000

B. Patrol Torpedo (:12)

As someone from MA and also old enough to remember JFK, I figured this out because it has been burned into my brain that PT 109 was a patrol boat. I did not know it cold, though. IMO the question is a little undervalued for the younger set, i.e., anyone less than 40.

Too bad. Another teacher leaves too early.

[jarnon]

Mikey Smith
Houston, TX
Literacy coach
Met her husband when she was teaching his son
$15K (The Navy):
What do the letters "PT" stand for in the World War II Navy vessels known as "PT boats"?
A. Pontoon Tug B. Patrol Torpedo
C. Platoon Transport D. Petrol Tanker

Spoiler

Mikey guessed C and left with $5000

B. Patrol Torpedo (:12)

I'm old enough to remember the PT boats on the TV show McHale's Navy.

[NellyLunatic1980]

$12.5K (Woodstock):
At the 1969 Woodstock festival, what musician famously hit activist Abbie Hoffman with a guitar to get him offstage?
A. Joan Baez B. Arlo Guthrie
C. Janis Joplin D. Pete Townshend

No clue on this one. ATA.

$15K (The Navy):
What do the letters "PT" stand for in the World War II Navy vessels known as "PT boats"?
A. Pontoon Tug B. Patrol Torpedo
C. Platoon Transport D. Petrol Tanker

Double Dip on C first and B second.

[ghostjmf]

12.5K: I had never heard of this. I was alive at the time (though not at present at the concert), I saw the movie, I've read stuff about it in the intervening years. Never heard/read of this.

It sounds like the kind of thing Baez would do, but I'd have read/heard of it. I don't think Joplin cared about being the stage police, or was compos mentos enough much of the time to carry it out. I would however ATA rather than double dip, just in case the audience had heard of this.

15K: I should have remembered PT boats as in "PT109", because I knew Kennedy was not on a platoon transport but a small boat. I don't think I would have remembered. At home, I was going "duh". Well, at least I knew it wasn't A or D. Double dip, & kick myself when I remembered Kennedy's story.