Transcript 12/10/2010 - Jaimie Boyd

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Jaimie Boyd
Phoenix, AZ
Substitute teacher

Jaimie has an 18-month old at home who keeps her busy. Her dad, Kevin, is in the relationship seat.

Topic Tree: (unrandomized)
- The Oscars
- Opera
- Walden Pond
- Not Friendly
- Fads & Fashions
- Mouthy Comedian
- Kitchen Gadget
- Old Neighborhoods
- U.S. Retailers
- Colorful Sweets

Topic Tree: (randomized)
- Fads & Fashions
- Not Friendly
- Old Neighborhoods
- Walden Pond
- U.S. Retailers
- Kitchen Gadget
- Opera
- Colorful Sweets
- Mouthy Comedian
- The Oscars

Question #1 (The Oscars)
Each time Billy Crystal has hosted the Oscars, he has carried what item in his pocket as a good-luck charm?
A - toothbrush
B - Q-tip
C - Band-Aid
D - razor

Jaimie immediately says that she will have to ask the audience.

ATA results

A - 34%
B - 29%
C - 34%
D - 3%

Jaimie doesn't get good numbers from the audience so she uses her first Jump the Question lifeline.

Spoiler

Answer: A (toothbrush)
Value: $7,000
Bank: $0

Question #2 (Mouthy Comedian)
Comedian Jerry Lewis made headlines in 2010 when he claimed he would smack who in the mouth if he saw her?
A - Lindsay Lohan
B - Paris Hilton
C - Lady Gaga
D - Heidi Montag

Jaimie sadly says that she's going to have to Jump the Question.

Spoiler

Answer: A (Lindsay Lohan)
Value: $100
Bank: $0

Question #3 (Colorful Sweets)
Which of these candies typically comes in only two colors, pink and white?
A - Good & Plenty
B - Dots
C - Pez
D - Smarties

Spoiler

Answer: A (Good & Plenty)
Value: $10,000
Bank: $10,000

Question #4 (Opera)
The modern opera "Doctor Atomic," which debuted in 2005, features which of these historic figures in a prominent role?
A - Niels Bohr
B - Nikola Tesla
C - Alfred Nobel
D - J. Robert Oppenheimer

Jaimie knows who all these people are, so she's going to have to make

Spoiler

D

her final answer

Spoiler

Answer: D (J. Robert Oppenheimer)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $12,000

commercial break

Her mom back in Phoenix watching Jaimie's daughter Lizzie. She's a fan of the show; she gets excited when she hears the music. Meredith says she'll be excited when Jaimie wins the million. "Everyone will," Jaimie replies.

Question #5 (Kitchen Gadget)
The ubiquitous kitchen gadget widely referred to as the George Foreman grill is officially known as the "Lean Mean" what?
A - Health Boosting Grilling Machine
B - Fat Reducing Grilling Machine
C - Calorie Blasting Grilling Machine
D - Gut Zapping Grilling Machine

Jaimie knows the "grilling machine" part. Meredith recaps Jaimie's options. She came here to play, so she makes

Spoiler

B

her final answer.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Fat Reducing Grilling Machine)
Value: $25,000
Bank: $37,000

Question #6 (U.S. Retailers)
What U.S. retailer is rumored to ask its workers to recite a pledge that ends "so help me Sam"?
A - Target
B - Gap
C - Wal-Mart
D - Kmart

Jaimie's pretty certain about her answer.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Wal-Mart)
Value: $15,000
Bank: $52,000

Meredith says that Jaimie used all her lifelines on two questions; she says that she can tell the truth now and she thought it was looking pretty grim for Jaimie.

Question #7 (Walden Pond)
The U.S. entered what war during the time Henry David Thoreau lived by himself at Walden Pond?
A - War of 1812
B - Mexican War
C - U.S. Civil War
D - Spanish-American War

Meredith asks Jaimie what subjects she teaches. Jaimie replies that she just got certified and her best subjects are biology and history so she knows something about these wars. She's thinking

Spoiler

the War of 1812

. She's not sure why but that was the answer that popped into her head when she saw the question, before the answers were revealed. She has two voices in her head - one is saying "go for it, you'll never have this chance again" while the other is saying, "you have a lot of money right now if you walk." She decides to listen to the second voice and walk away.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Mexican War)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $26,000 (final winnings)

commercial break

[ulysses5019]

What U.S. retailer is rumored to ask its workers to recite a pledge that ends "so help me Sam"?
A - Target
B - Gap
C - Wal-Mart
D - Kmart

Even the graveyard shift?

[earendel]

Jaimie Boyd
Phoenix, AZ
Substitute teacher

My youngest son has done some substitute teaching - it's not an easy job.

Question #1 (The Oscars)
Each time Billy Crystal has hosted the Oscars, he has carried what item in his pocket as a good-luck charm?
A - toothbrush
B - Q-tip
C - Band-Aid
D - razor

Jaimie immediately says that she will have to ask the audience.

ATA results

A - 34%
B - 29%
C - 34%
D - 3%

Jaimie doesn't get good numbers from the audience so she uses her first Jump the Question lifeline.

Spoiler

Answer: A (toothbrush)
Value: $7,000
Bank: $0

So her first question is the toughest in the unrandomized stack. I would have done the same thing - ATA and then JTQ because the answers weren't strongly differentiated.

Question #4 (Opera)
The modern opera "Doctor Atomic," which debuted in 2005, features which of these historic figures in a prominent role?
A - Niels Bohr
B - Nikola Tesla
C - Alfred Nobel
D - J. Robert Oppenheimer

Jaimie knows who all these people are, so she's going to have to make

Spoiler

D

her final answer

Spoiler

Answer: D (J. Robert Oppenheimer)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $12,000

Bohr is a wicked distractor.

Question #5 (Kitchen Gadget)
The ubiquitous kitchen gadget widely referred to as the George Foreman grill is officially known as the "Lean Mean" what?
A - Health Boosting Grilling Machine
B - Fat Reducing Grilling Machine
C - Calorie Blasting Grilling Machine
D - Gut Zapping Grilling Machine

Jaimie knows the "grilling machine" part. Meredith recaps Jaimie's options. She came here to play, so she makes

Spoiler

B

her final answer.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Fat Reducing Grilling Machine)
Value: $25,000
Bank: $37,000

elwing loves hers.

Question #6 (U.S. Retailers)
What U.S. retailer is rumored to ask its workers to recite a pledge that ends "so help me Sam"?
A - Target
B - Gap
C - Wal-Mart
D - Kmart

Jaimie's pretty certain about her answer.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Wal-Mart)
Value: $15,000
Bank: $52,000

So, lb, is it true?

Question #7 (Walden Pond)
The U.S. entered what war during the time Henry David Thoreau lived by himself at Walden Pond?
A - War of 1812
B - Mexican War
C - U.S. Civil War
D - Spanish-American War

Meredith asks Jaimie what subjects she teaches. Jaimie replies that she just got certified and her best subjects are biology and history so she knows something about these wars. She's thinking

Spoiler

the War of 1812

. She's not sure why but that was the answer that popped into her head when she saw the question, before the answers were revealed. She has two voices in her head - one is saying "go for it, you'll never have this chance again" while the other is saying, "you have a lot of money right now if you walk." She decides to listen to the second voice and walk away.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Mexican War)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $26,000 (final winnings)

Good thing she listened to her second voice.

[themanwho]

What U.S. retailer is rumored to ask its workers to recite a pledge that ends "so help me Sam"?
A - Target
B - Gap
C - Wal-Mart
D - Kmart

Even the graveyard shift?

I worked the graveyard shift at Wal-Mart in 2000. No such pledge was ever recited.

The morning cheer, on the other hand...

-M