Transcript 02/19/2010 Judy Nisson (carryover segment)

[BBTranscriptTeam]

Judy Nisson
Saranac Lake, NY
Hot dog vendor

In opening Mere said "Some might say that Judy...would

Spoiler

relish

the chance to win enough money" for her business.

One lifeline remains, Double Dip. Judy's husband is in the audience.

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$15K (Explorers):
Though experts now doubt both men's stories, the explorers Robert Peary and Frederick Cook each claimed to be the first to do what?
A. Climb Mt. Everest B. Sail solo around the world
C. Find the source of the Nile D. Reach the North Pole

Spoiler

D. Reach the North Pole [:18]

$25K (Agatha Christie):
What Agatha Christie work is said to be the longest-running play in the world, with over 23,000 performances in London since 1852?
A. Arsenic and Old Lace B. The Mousetrap
C. The Importance of Being Earnest D. The Unexpected Guest

Spoiler

B. The Mousetrap (:22)

$50K (The Wild West):
Named for the cards held by "Wild Bill" Hickok when he was killed, what poker hand is commonly known as a "Dead Man's hand"?
A. Two aces and two eights B. Four tens and a Jack
C. Three threes D. A straight flush

Judy says since it is a free guess she will use the double-dip (:25)

DD and answer

Judy's first guess is D.

She thinks about her second guess and goes with C.


A. Two aces and two eights (:05)

Judy leaves with $25,000.

Commercial break

[ulysses5019]

In opening Mere said "Some might say that Judy...would

Spoiler

relish

the chance to win enough money" for her business.

I wonder how much frogman is paying Meredith to take over TBPOTD chores.

[ten96lt]

Judy Nisson

$50K (The Wild West):
Named for the cards held by "Wild Bill" Hickok when he was killed, what poker hand is commonly known as a "Dead Man's hand"?
A. Two aces and two eights B. Four tens and a Jack
C. Three threes D. A straight flush

Judy says since it is a free guess she will use the double-dip (:25)

DD and answer

Judy's first guess is D.

She thinks about her second guess and goes with C.


A. Two aces and two eights (:05)

Judy leaves with $25,000.

Commercial break

Ughhh the poker player in me was screaming "Why wasn't I in the hot seat when this question came up?"

[Estonut]

Judy Nisson

$50K (The Wild West):
Named for the cards held by "Wild Bill" Hickok when he was killed, what poker hand is commonly known as a "Dead Man's hand"?
A. Two aces and two eights B. Four tens and a Jack
C. Three threes D. A straight flush

Judy says since it is a free guess she will use the double-dip (:25)

DD and answer

Judy's first guess is D.

She thinks about her second guess and goes with C.


A. Two aces and two eights (:05)

Judy leaves with $25,000.

Commercial break

Ughhh the poker player in me was screaming "Why wasn't I in the hot seat when this question came up?"

Ughhh, you ate a poker player whole? And all he cared about was the TV???

[Thousandaire]

Judy Nisson

$50K (The Wild West):
Named for the cards held by "Wild Bill" Hickok when he was killed, what poker hand is commonly known as a "Dead Man's hand"?
A. Two aces and two eights B. Four tens and a Jack
C. Three threes D. A straight flush

Judy says since it is a free guess she will use the double-dip (:25)

DD and answer

Judy's first guess is D.

She thinks about her second guess and goes with C.


A. Two aces and two eights (:05)

Judy leaves with $25,000.

Commercial break

Ughhh the poker player in me was screaming "Why wasn't I in the hot seat when this question came up?"

I thought it was a full house of aces and eights. But I would have risked it.

[NellyLunatic1980]

$50K (The Wild West):
Named for the cards held by "Wild Bill" Hickok when he was killed, what poker hand is commonly known as a "Dead Man's hand"?
A. Two aces and two eights B. Four tens and a Jack
C. Three threes D. A straight flush

Judy says since it is a free guess she will use the double-dip (:25)

DD and answer

Judy's first guess is D.

She thinks about her second guess and goes with C.


A. Two aces and two eights (:05)

Judy leaves with $25,000.

Un-frickin'-believeable. This is the easiest $50,000 question I've seen in the past 2 years and the only person in America who didn't know what constitutes a dead man's hand was the one in the HS to answer that question.

Nihil obstat®

[Bob Juch]

Judy Nisson

$50K (The Wild West):
Named for the cards held by "Wild Bill" Hickok when he was killed, what poker hand is commonly known as a "Dead Man's hand"?
A. Two aces and two eights B. Four tens and a Jack
C. Three threes D. A straight flush

Judy says since it is a free guess she will use the double-dip (:25)

DD and answer

Judy's first guess is D.

She thinks about her second guess and goes with C.


A. Two aces and two eights (:05)

Judy leaves with $25,000.

Commercial break

Ughhh the poker player in me was screaming "Why wasn't I in the hot seat when this question came up?"

OK, smartie, what was the 5th card?

[Odyssey]

$50K (The Wild West):
Named for the cards held by "Wild Bill" Hickok when he was killed, what poker hand is commonly known as a "Dead Man's hand"?
A. Two aces and two eights B. Four tens and a Jack
C. Three threes D. A straight flush

Judy says since it is a free guess she will use the double-dip (:25)

DD and answer

Judy's first guess is D.

She thinks about her second guess and goes with C.


A. Two aces and two eights (:05)

Judy leaves with $25,000.

Un-frickin'-believeable. This is the easiest $50,000 question I've seen in the past 2 years and the only person in America who didn't know what constitutes a dead man's hand was the one in the HS to answer that question.

Nihil obstat®

Oh no, I can assure you there is at least another one. I don't play poker and didn't have a clue. I however, thought it was amazing that there was anyone who didn't know the heirloom tomatoes question from the other week...I couldn't imagine anyone who hasn't eaten a Cherokee Purple!

[themanwho]

OK, smartie, what was the 5th card?

Nobody's quite sure, even the folks in Deadwood.

-M

[MarleysGh0st]

OK, smartie, what was the 5th card?

Nobody's quite sure, even the folks in Deadwood.

-M

It does sound like one of those details more suited to fiction than to fact that, after Hickok had been shot to death in front of all those witnesses, somebody bothered to look at his poker hand.

Would it have won the pot?

[ten96lt]

Judy Nisson

$50K (The Wild West):
Named for the cards held by "Wild Bill" Hickok when he was killed, what poker hand is commonly known as a "Dead Man's hand"?
A. Two aces and two eights B. Four tens and a Jack
C. Three threes D. A straight flush

Judy says since it is a free guess she will use the double-dip (:25)

DD and answer

Judy's first guess is D.

She thinks about her second guess and goes with C.


A. Two aces and two eights (:05)

Judy leaves with $25,000.

Commercial break

Ughhh the poker player in me was screaming "Why wasn't I in the hot seat when this question came up?"

I thought it was a full house of aces and eights. But I would have risked it.

I used to think that too until I was corrected at a charity poker event. Having small talk when someone won a pot with A's full of 8's and I said dead man's hand and someone said technically its two pair. I think the guy said the kicker was a 10 but it was awhile ago. Even with the prior assumption I still would have gone for it since the other distractors wouldn't have led me away.

Edit: Here's a link for someone explaining what the kicker could have been but it's not for sure known. http://pilarski.casinocitytimes.com/art ... -buck-9672

[ten96lt]

Judy Nisson

$50K (The Wild West):
Named for the cards held by "Wild Bill" Hickok when he was killed, what poker hand is commonly known as a "Dead Man's hand"?
A. Two aces and two eights B. Four tens and a Jack
C. Three threes D. A straight flush

Judy says since it is a free guess she will use the double-dip (:25)

DD and answer

Judy's first guess is D.

She thinks about her second guess and goes with C.


A. Two aces and two eights (:05)

Judy leaves with $25,000.

Commercial break

Ughhh the poker player in me was screaming "Why wasn't I in the hot seat when this question came up?"

Ughhh, you ate a poker player whole? And all he cared about was the TV???

Duh! That's why Im as big as i am now.

[tanstaafl2]

Ughhh the poker player in me was screaming "Why wasn't I in the hot seat when this question came up?"

I thought it was a full house of aces and eights. But I would have risked it.

I used to think that too until I was corrected at a charity poker event. Having small talk when someone won a pot with A's full of 8's and I said dead man's hand and someone said technically its two pair. I think the guy said the kicker was a 10 but it was awhile ago. Even with the prior assumption I still would have gone for it since the other distractors wouldn't have led me away.

Edit: Here's a link for someone explaining what the kicker could have been but it's not for sure known. http://pilarski.casinocitytimes.com/art ... -buck-9672

As Wiki notes traditionally it has been thought to be the black aces and eights and a red kicker, often the 5 or 9 of diamonds. But given that the shooting occurred during the draw for cards some have speculated, as also noted on Wiki, there was no fifth card as he had not yet received it after discarding his initial fifth card.

Dead Mans Hand

[Thousandaire]

As Wiki notes traditionally it has been thought to be the black aces and eights and a red kicker, often the 5 or 9 of diamonds. But given that the shooting occurred during the draw for cards some have speculated, as also noted on Wiki, there was no fifth card as he had not yet received it after discarding his initial fifth card.

Dead Mans Hand

Is this where the expression "drawing dead" comes from?

[Bob Juch]

As Wiki notes traditionally it has been thought to be the black aces and eights and a red kicker, often the 5 or 9 of diamonds. But given that the shooting occurred during the draw for cards some have speculated, as also noted on Wiki, there was no fifth card as he had not yet received it after discarding his initial fifth card.

Dead Mans Hand

Is this where the expression "drawing dead" comes from?

No, "drawing dead" is when you're beaten no matter what card(s) you draw. It's also the title of a script about a poker player I wrote three years ago.

[Thousandaire]

As Wiki notes traditionally it has been thought to be the black aces and eights and a red kicker, often the 5 or 9 of diamonds. But given that the shooting occurred during the draw for cards some have speculated, as also noted on Wiki, there was no fifth card as he had not yet received it after discarding his initial fifth card.

Dead Mans Hand

Is this where the expression "drawing dead" comes from?

No, "drawing dead" is when you're beaten no matter what card(s) you draw. It's also the title of a script about a poker player I wrote three years ago.

ldo

[christie1111]

25K (Agatha Christie):
What Agatha Christie work is said to be the longest-running play in the world, with over 23,000 performances in London since 1852?
A. Arsenic and Old Lace B. The Mousetrap
C. The Importance of Being Earnest D. The Unexpected Guest

Spoiler

B. The Mousetrap (:22)

Christie waving hand!!!!!!!

I know this one!!!!!!!

Since my Bored name comes from the cat I named after Agatha. And my first trip to London included going to a performance of this play.

[TheConfessor]

25K (Agatha Christie):
What Agatha Christie work is said to be the longest-running play in the world, with over 23,000 performances in London since 1852?
A. Arsenic and Old Lace B. The Mousetrap
C. The Importance of Being Earnest D. The Unexpected Guest

Agatha Christie lived before 1852? I assume this is a typo in the transcript, not on the show, right?

[NellyLunatic1980]

25K (Agatha Christie):
What Agatha Christie work is said to be the longest-running play in the world, with over 23,000 performances in London since 1852?
A. Arsenic and Old Lace B. The Mousetrap
C. The Importance of Being Earnest D. The Unexpected Guest

Agatha Christie lived before 1852? I assume this is a typo in the transcript, not on the show, right?

Yep, transcript typo. Should be 1952, of course.

[MarleysGh0st]

Here's an article about Judy's appearance.

http://adirondackdailyenterprise.com/pa ... l?nav=5008

Nisson, who left the hot seat with $25,000 in winnings, said she's watched Jeopardy her whole life and has tried to get on that show several times, with no success. About a year and a half ago, she started watching "Millionaire" and decided to audition for the syndicated version of the program, hosted by Meredith Vieira.

Well, that's almost a year and a half longer than some other contestants have watched the show.

Nisson, who lost her job when Upstate Biotechnology shut down several years ago and now runs a hot dog stand in the summer with her husband Jeff Wood, said she embellished her story a little to try and make it more interesting.

"I really wanted to get on the show," Nisson said. "So I laid on the whole sob story. They loved the fact, right from the beginning, that I was a hot dog vendor."