Transcript 1/21/2011 - Steve Hallock (carryover contestant)

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Steve Hallock
Los Angeles, CA

Steve has a baby boy on the way so he needs to score big on Millionaire. He's eager to play. Meredith asks if he's ready for the new baby; he replies that he thinks so but there's no way to be certain. The best advice he's received is to get lots of sleep now.

Topic Tree: (randomized)
- Work Attire
- Pre-Stardom
- Set Lists
- Cause & Effect
- The Periodic Table
- War Memorials
- 3D Movies
- Native Display
- Vintage Toys
- Sporty Norwegian

Question #4 (3D Movies)
Which of these movies released in 2010 was not presented in 3D?
A - Iron Man 2
B - Alice in Wonderland
C - The Last Airbender
D - Toy Story 3

Steve has seen all of these movies so he knows the answer.

Spoiler

Answer: A (Iron Man 2)
Value: $3,000
Bank: $ 15,000

Question #5 (War Memorials)
The Marine Corps War Memorial outside D.C. depicts six soldiers raising a flag, a famous image from what battle?
A - Pearl Harbor
B - Guadalcanal
C - Normandy
D - Iwo Jima

Steve is pretty sure on this one. He doesn't know why he knows it.

Spoiler

Answer: D (Iwo Jima)
Value: $100
Bank: $15,100

Question #6 (The Periodic Table)
Which of these letters does not appear in the chemical symbol for any element on the periodic table?
A - V
B - J
C - D
D - Y

Steve starts running through the elements - he knows H is for hydrogen and O is for oxygen, then he mentions Na and Cl, and comments that he's not getting to any of these letters in the ones that are jumping to mind. He's going to have to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: B (J)
Value: $500
Bank: $15,100 (no change)

Question #7 (Cause & Effect)
The idea that tiny actions can lead to big, unexpected effects far away is popularly called what?
A - The Chamelion Effect
B - The Tortoise Effect
C - The Albatross Effect
D - The Butterfly Effect

Steve knows this one because he saw the movie of the same name.

Spoiler

Answer: D (The Butterfly Effect)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $16,100

Question #8 (Set Lists)
What singer's concerts often include the song "Hot Patootie", which he sang as Eddie in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show"?
A - Meat Loaf
B - Elton John
C - Iggy Pop
D - Billy Joel

Steve mulls the answers and says that he has it down to

Spoiler

A and C

. He's going to gamble but isn't sure which direction he's going to go.

Spoiler

Answer: A (Meat Loaf)
Value: $25,000
Bank: $41,100

Question #9 (Pre-Stardom)
Before becoming a movie star, Shia LaBeouf won an Emmy for his work on what Disney TV show?
A - Lizzie McGuire
B - Phil of the Future
C - That's So Raven
D - Even Stevens

Steve reasons that it would have to have been 10 years ago or so. His guts say

Spoiler

Lizzie McGuire

but he doesn't want to risk it so he's going to walk.

Spoiler

Answer: D (Even Stevens)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $20,550 (total winnings)

commercial break

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Question 4 I had seen options B & D in 3D in the theatres, so I knew that it wasn't either one of them. I've never seen A or C, so now would've been a good time for Double Dip if it was still around. I'd have to use Ask The Audience, they'd probably know this one...

Question 5 I kind of thought about Iwo Jima, but I would not have been too sure. I would've jumped. Question 6 I didn't know either. I know the symbols for the top of the chart (H, He, etc) but I couldn't figure that one out for the life of me! Jump again!

7-9 I knew no problem. No lifelines left for me, so it'd all be luck of the draw that Question 10 is something I know.

[MarleysGh0st]

Question #6 (The Periodic Table)
Which of these letters does not appear in the chemical symbol for any element on the periodic table?
A - V
B - J
C - D
D - Y

Steve starts running through the elements - he knows H is for hydrogen and O is for oxygen, then he mentions Na and Cl, and comments that he's not getting to any of these letters in the ones that are jumping to mind. He's going to have to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: B (J)
Value: $500
Bank: $15,100 (no change)

This was question #10, unrandomized, but it legitimately could be a $1 million question. You've got to go pretty far down the table to find some of these:

V (Vanadium)
Y (Yttrium) and Yb (Ytterbium)
Pd (Palladium), Cd (Cadmium), Dy (Dysprosium), Ds (Darmstadtium)

Lots of really familiar elements on that list!

[earendel]

Steve Hallock
Los Angeles, CA

Question #6 (The Periodic Table)
Which of these letters does not appear in the chemical symbol for any element on the periodic table?
A - V
B - J
C - D
D - Y

Steve starts running through the elements - he knows H is for hydrogen and O is for oxygen, then he mentions Na and Cl, and comments that he's not getting to any of these letters in the ones that are jumping to mind. He's going to have to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: B (J)
Value: $500
Bank: $15,100 (no change)

V for vanadium, and D & Y are eliminated because Dy is the symbol for dysprosium.

Question #9 (Pre-Stardom)
Before becoming a movie star, Shia LaBeouf won an Emmy for his work on what Disney TV show?
A - Lizzie McGuire
B - Phil of the Future
C - That's So Raven
D - Even Stevens

Steve reasons that it would have to have been 10 years ago or so. His guts say

Spoiler

Lizzie McGuire

but he doesn't want to risk it so he's going to walk.

Spoiler

Answer: D (Even Stevens)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $20,550 (total winnings)

It bothers me that I actually knew this one.

All in all he did pretty well considering that he burned two lifelines early. Still, if you need them, you need them.