Transcript 12/18/09 - John Quinn (TheOmnipotentQ)

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John Quinn (TheOmnipotentQ)
Brooklyn, NY

John gets a big cheer for living in Brooklyn, but he gets a mixture of cheers and boos when it's revealed that he's a big fan of the Boston Red Sox.

Question Topics:
* The Color Wheel
* Science Class
* The Last Supper
* Ohio
* Horticulture
* Pucker Up!
* Band Leaders
* At the Bookstore
* Logos
* Poetry
* Famous Daughters
* Insects
* Frozen Foods
* Household Pets
* You Might Say


$500 * You Might Say
A bedroom that is in "apple-pie order" is, by definition, very what?

A: Large B: Tidy
C: Smelly D: Filled with iPods

Answer

B: Tidy ( 10 )

$1,000 * Household Pets
In 2009, scientists claimed that what type of pet uses a sound called "solicitation purring" to get what they want from owners?

A: Cat B: Parakeet
C: Hamster D: Turtle

Answer

A: Cat ( 11 )

$2,000 * Frozen Foods
In a supermarket's frozen food section, what vegetable is often available in bags of "spears" or "florets"?

A: Spinach B: Mushrooms
C: Broccoli D: Onions

Answer

C: Broccoli ( 10 )

$3,000 * Insects
A dangerous type of what bug gets its name from the port town of Taranto, Italy?

A: Spider B: Centipede
C: Beetle D: Wasp

With 6 seconds left, John decides to Ask The Audience.

ATA: A: 97% B: 1% C: 1% D: 1%

Answer

A: Spider ( 5 )

-- Commercial Break --

John is not just a fan, he's the lieutenant governor of the New York branch of the Red Sox Nation. John is also a movie and television extra. John was recently an extra on the show "Damages," with Glenn Close, where he played a Ponzi scheme victim.

$5,000 * Famous Daughters
In 2009, NBC's "Today" show hired as a new correspondent Jenna Hager, the now-married daughter of whom?

A: Al Gore B: John McCain
C: Bill Clinton D: George W. Bush

Meredith: Watch the Today Show?

John: Uhhh, yes. Uhhh--

Meredith: Five seconds!

John: Uh,

Spoiler

B: John McCain

, final answer.

Answer

D: George W. Bush ( 3 )

John falls to $0.

[ulysses5019]

John Quinn (TheOmnipotentQ)
Brooklyn, NY

John gets a big cheer for living in Brooklyn, but he gets a mixture of cheers and boos when it's revealed that he's a big fan of the Boston Red Sox.

Question Topics:
* The Color Wheel
* Science Class
* The Last Supper
* Ohio
* Horticulture
* Pucker Up!
* Band Leaders
* At the Bookstore
* Logos
* Poetry
* Famous Daughters
* Insects
* Frozen Foods
* Household Pets
* You Might Say


$500 * You Might Say
A bedroom that is in "apple-pie order" is, by definition, very what?

A: Large B: Tidy
C: Smelly D: Filled with iPods

Answer

B: Tidy ( 10 )

$1,000 * Household Pets
In 2009, scientists claimed that what type of pet uses a sound called "solicitation purring" to get what they want from owners?

A: Cat B: Parakeet
C: Hamster D: Turtle

Answer

A: Cat ( 11 )

$2,000 * Frozen Foods
In a supermarket's frozen food section, what vegetable is often available in bags of "spears" or "florets"?

A: Spinach B: Mushrooms
C: Broccoli D: Onions

Answer

C: Broccoli ( 10 )

$3,000 * Insects
A dangerous type of what bug gets its name from the port town of Taranto, Italy?

A: Spider B: Centipede
C: Beetle D: Wasp

With 6 seconds left, John decides to Ask The Audience.

ATA: A: 97% B: 1% C: 1% D: 1%

Answer

A: Spider ( 5 )

-- Commercial Break --

John is not just a fan, he's the lieutenant governor of the New York branch of the Red Sox Nation. John is also a movie and television extra. John was recently an extra on the show "Damages," with Glenn Close, where he played a Ponzi scheme victim.

$5,000 * Famous Daughters
In 2009, NBC's "Today" show hired as a new correspondent Jenna Hager, the now-married daughter of whom?

A: Al Gore B: John McCain
C: Bill Clinton D: George W. Bush

Meredith: Watch the Today Show?

John: Uhhh, yes. Uhhh--

Meredith: Five seconds!

John: Uh,

Spoiler

B: John McCain

, final answer.

Answer

D: George W. Bush ( 3 )

John falls to $0.

Double ouch!! Too bad he had already used his ATA.

[MarleysGh0st]

John Quinn (TheOmnipotentQ)
Brooklyn, NY

John gets a big cheer for living in Brooklyn, but he gets a mixture of cheers and boos when it's revealed that he's a big fan of the Boston Red Sox.

A drive-by BB, but still a WE/WE.

$5,000 * Famous Daughters
In 2009, NBC's "Today" show hired as a new correspondent Jenna Hager, the now-married daughter of whom?

A: Al Gore B: John McCain
C: Bill Clinton D: George W. Bush

Meredith: Watch the Today Show?

John: Uhhh, yes. Uhhh--

Meredith: Five seconds!

John: Uh,

Spoiler

B: John McCain

, final answer.

Answer

D: George W. Bush ( 3 )

John falls to $0.

I'm sorry for your double brain farts in the first tier, John. I'm wondering what you think of Meredith's little attempt at bantering during the deliberation. Did it distract you in any way?

Hey, Meredith! Thanks to The Damned Clock, there is no time, I repeat, no time for bantering during the questions, particularly in the first tier. I know this question was about your other show and you just couldn't resist, but you might have cost John, big time!

[NellyLunatic1980]

John Quinn (TheOmnipotentQ)
Brooklyn, NY

...

John is also a movie and television extra. John was recently an extra on the show "Damages," with Glenn Close, where he played a Ponzi scheme victim.

A drive-by BB who may have hit the trifecta: Where Else®, What Else®, and possible MAWG®.

$5,000 * Famous Daughters
In 2009, NBC's "Today" show hired as a new correspondent Jenna Hager, the now-married daughter of whom?

A: Al Gore B: John McCain
C: Bill Clinton D: George W. Bush

Meredith: Watch the Today Show?

John: Uhhh, yes. Uhhh--

Meredith: Five seconds!

John: Uh,

Spoiler

B: John McCain

, final answer.

Answer

D: George W. Bush ( 3 )

John falls to $0.

TDC® strikes again.

Nihil obstat®

[clem21]

John Quinn (TheOmnipotentQ)
Brooklyn, NY

John gets a big cheer for living in Brooklyn, but he gets a mixture of cheers and boos when it's revealed that he's a big fan of the Boston Red Sox.

A drive-by BB, but still a WE/WE.

$5,000 * Famous Daughters
In 2009, NBC's "Today" show hired as a new correspondent Jenna Hager, the now-married daughter of whom?

A: Al Gore B: John McCain
C: Bill Clinton D: George W. Bush

Meredith: Watch the Today Show?

John: Uhhh, yes. Uhhh--

Meredith: Five seconds!

John: Uh,

Spoiler

B: John McCain

, final answer.

Answer

D: George W. Bush ( 3 )

John falls to $0.

I'm sorry for your double brain farts in the first tier, John. I'm wondering what you think of Meredith's little attempt at bantering during the deliberation. Did it distract you in any way?

Hey, Meredith! Thanks to The Damned Clock, there is no time, I repeat, no time for bantering during the questions, particularly in the first tier. I know this question was about your other show and you just couldn't resist, but you might have cost John, big time!

Good thing he was drive-by because it allows me to remain the Bored's one and only WE/WE.

[rgcviper]

[Sigh ...] Just not good.

I'd be really curious to see the MDQ with the category of "The color wheel" ...

Another thought: Any plans to bring back the zero-dollar winners for a new edition of "Llama-rama"?

[MarleysGh0st]

Another thought: Any plans to bring back the zero-dollar winners for a new edition of "Llama-rama"?

TPTB never tell us their plans in advance, but my guess is that another Llamarama won't happen. They had that in the first season, probably after deciding that their first tier questions were too difficult, resulting in too many $0 winners. A rare case of guilty conscience, as it were. This season, they've already thrown a sop to the less successful contestants by tweaking the payouts for the lower value questions.

TPTB are surely busy this winter, thinking up new gimmicks to try next season, instead of recycling old ones. Probably involving more celebrities.

[tanstaafl2]

John Quinn (TheOmnipotentQ)
Brooklyn, NY
$3,000 * Insects
A dangerous type of what bug gets its name from the port town of Taranto, Italy?

A: Spider B: Centipede
C: Beetle D: Wasp

With 6 seconds left, John decides to Ask The Audience.

ATA: A: 97% B: 1% C: 1% D: 1%

Answer

A: Spider ( 5 )

Not a particularly strong outing. I suppose TDC can get some credit but it seemed to me that the ATA was wasted at 3K. If 97% of the audience knows this then the cast member has to take some of the blame for burning the lifeline here and thus not having it for the 5K Q.

It was a rather disingenous category title given that 2 of the 4 options, including the correct answer, weren't insects. Not that it likely had any impact on the outcome.

[TheConfessor]

Has no one mentioned the error on the $3K question? The subject was supposed to be "Insects." The tarantula is not an insect.

[tanstaafl2]

Has no one mentioned the error on the $3K question? The subject was supposed to be "Insects." The tarantula is not an insect.

Yes, I believe someone mentioned it in passing...

[TheConfessor]

Has no one mentioned the error on the $3K question? The subject was supposed to be "Insects." The tarantula is not an insect.

Yes, I believe someone mentioned it in passing...

I must have missed that. Would you care to be more specific? I just searched the Bored for any mentions of spider, insect, and tarantula with respect to this question, but came up empty.

[Snaxx]

Another thought: Any plans to bring back the zero-dollar winners for a new edition of "Llama-rama"?

TPTB never tell us their plans in advance, but my guess is that another Llamarama won't happen. They had that in the first season, probably after deciding that their first tier questions were too difficult, resulting in too many $0 winners. A rare case of guilty conscience, as it were. This season, they've already thrown a sop to the less successful contestants by tweaking the payouts for the lower value questions.

They almost made the first question a $1000 safe level which would have meant all these llamas, except for the one who tanked the first question, would have left with a grand each. It looks like TPTB (though not Mere) decided they would like to see a few (say 10-15 a year) to go home with nothing. This gets some YouTube (play 'em off, Keyboard Cat!) attention for the show.

[MarleysGh0st]

Has no one mentioned the error on the $3K question? The subject was supposed to be "Insects." The tarantula is not an insect.

Yes, I believe someone mentioned it in passing...

I must have missed that. Would you care to be more specific? I just searched the Bored for any mentions of spider, insect, and tarantula with respect to this question, but came up empty.

Try looking at the post immediately before yours in this thread.

[tanstaafl2]

Has no one mentioned the error on the $3K question? The subject was supposed to be "Insects." The tarantula is not an insect.

Yes, I believe someone mentioned it in passing...

I must have missed that. Would you care to be more specific? I just searched the Bored for any mentions of spider, insect, and tarantula with respect to this question, but came up empty.

One post up from your original post:

It was a rather disingenous category title given that 2 of the 4 options, including the correct answer, weren't insects. Not that it likely had any impact on the outcome.

While the category title was indeed misleading at best I suppose it must be noted that the question itself used "bugs" rather than "insects".

I suppose one can call tarantulas (and centipedes) bugs. But as you note certainly not insects.

[Bob Juch]

Of course Tarantulas aren't particularly dangerous unless:

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5 ... eedfetcher

[Brit Canuck]

$5,000 * Famous Daughters
In 2009, NBC's "Today" show hired as a new correspondent Jenna Hager, the now-married daughter of whom?

A: Al Gore B: John McCain
C: Bill Clinton D: George W. Bush

Meredith: Watch the Today Show?

John: Uhhh, yes. Uhhh--

Meredith: Five seconds!

John: Uh,

Spoiler

B: John McCain

, final answer.

Answer

D: George W. Bush ( 3 )

John falls to $0.

Viera's new strategy - distract the contestant, save Disney some more money.
Hence, the fourth 'llama' in as many months, and the third of four straight losses that brings Millionaire's historic 'noughties' decade to a disappointing close.

Isn't it about time for Meredith to give away a million again (without the T-10 shortcut)?

Hey, Meredith! Thanks to The Damned Clock, there is no time, I repeat, no time for bantering during the questions, particularly in the first tier. I know this question was about your other show and you just couldn't resist, but you might have cost John, big time!

Might have??? Meredith is in danger of becoming as inept as Regis nearly was while on the clock on some of those primetime episodes from August.

Really sorry John got Meredized there.

(My new keyword for SydnieBAM, whenever she fakes out or distracts a contestant - Meredize.
'Who Wants to Be Meredized?')

Has no one mentioned the error on the $3K question? The subject was supposed to be "Insects." The tarantula is not an insect.

Funny, you'd think that a top-rated journalist (and 'Today Show' shameless-plugger) would have noticed that...

Another thought: Any plans to bring back the zero-dollar winners for a new edition of "Llama-rama"?

TPTB never tell us their plans in advance, but my guess is that another Llamarama won't happen. They had that in the first season, probably after deciding that their first tier questions were too difficult, resulting in too many $0 winners. A rare case of guilty conscience, as it were. This season, they've already thrown a sop to the less successful contestants by tweaking the payouts for the lower value questions.

I seem to recall one of the former 'llamas' leaving with $250K on his or her second stack of questions. If it saves them money, then no wonder TPTB haven't done a follow-up on that.

They almost made the first question a $1000 safe level which would have meant all these llamas, except for the one who tanked the first question, would have left with a grand each.

They did something similar in the UK - only two questions in the first tier there now.

It looks like TPTB (though not Mere) decided they would like to see a few (say 10-15 a year) to go home with nothing. This gets some YouTube (play 'em off, Keyboard Cat!) attention for the show.

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Funny how they don't mind 'Millionaire' clips popping up on YouTube, yet in the case of most of the rest of their shows/movies, Disney/ABC contemplates legal action.

Okay, enough scolding of the host and TPTB, let's have them make it up to us with some big winners in 2010.
But if Meredith ever retires as 'Millionaire' host, I'd love to see Keyboard Cat play *her* off for a change.

[Bob78164]

I seem to recall one of the former 'llamas' leaving with $250K on his or her second stack of questions. If it saves them money, then no wonder TPTB haven't done a follow-up on that.

Our very own lilyvonschtupp26. --Bob