Transcript 9/9/2011 - Jerry Linch

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Jimmy Linch
Springfield, MA

Jimmy's feeling "crazy good." He's not just ready to play, he's ready to win a million.

Topic Tree: (unrandomized)
10 - Garden Variety
9 - Creature Comforts
8 - Spy Games
7 - Internationally Known
6 - Political Hall
5 - Fake Plastic Trees
4 - Not That Guy
3 - Natural Differences
2 - New Word Play
1 - Totally Sick


Topic Tree: (randomized)
9 - Creature Comforts
1 - Totally Sick
10 - Garden Variety
6 - Political Hall
5 - Fake Plastic Trees
7 - Internationally Known
4 - Not That Guy
3 - Natural Differences
8 - Spy Games
2 - New Word Play

Question #1 (New Word Play - Level 2)
In 2011 the words "thang," "grrl" and "blingy" became usable words in the British version of what board game?
A - Trivial Pursuit
B - Balderdash
C - Taboo
D - Scrabble

Spoiler

Answer: D (Scrabble)
Value: $2000
Bank: $2000

Question #2 (Spy Games - Level 8)
What singer and actress was awarded France's highest military honor for her heroic efforts as a spy during World War II?
A - Josephine Baker
B - Dinah Shore
C - Billie Holiday
D - Doris Day

Jerry doesn't feel comfortable answering the question so he's going to jump it.

Spoiler

Answer: A (Josephine Baker)
Value: $25,000
Bank: $2000 (no change)

Meredith asks if that was what Jerry was thinking. He said it made sense but he didn't know what Dinah Shore did during the war.

Question #3 (Natural Differences - Level 3)
Concluding that "no one design was ever repeated," W.A. Bentley is famous for having taken photographs of over 5,000 what?
A - seashells
B - tree leaves
C - snowflakes
D - bird feathers

Spoiler

Answer: C (snowflakes)
Value: $3000
Bank: $5000

Question #4 (Not That Guy - Level 4)
Indianapolis lawyer Mark S. Zuckerberg says he gets about a dozen calls per day complaining about what website?
A - YouTube
B - Facebook
C - Google
D - Twitter

Spoiler

Answer: B (Facebook)
Value: $15,000
Bank: $20,000

commercial break

Question #5 (Internationally Known - Level 7)
Burma's Than Shwe, Sudan's Omar al-Bashir and China's Hu Jintao all made a 2010 list of the world's what?
A - best soccer players
B - most generous philanthropists
C - most read authors
D - worst dictators

Jerry is going to have to jump this question.

Spoiler

Answer: D (worst dictators)
Value: $5000
Bank: $20,000

Question #6 (Fake Plastic Trees - Level 5)
Monopalms are built to look like 50-foot palm trees, but they're actually what in disguise?
A - weather vanes
B - cell phone towers
C - radar guns
D - satellite dishes

Kevin thinks he knows what this is, but then grins and says, "I'm going to ask the audience."

ATA results

A - 10%
B - 74%
C - 6%
D - 10%

"Where is my intestinal fortitude?" Jerry asks as he goes with their answer.

Spoiler

Answer: B (cell phone towers)
Value: $7000
Bank: $27,000

commercial break

Club Millionaire question asked during this break.

Jerry says it's so much easier to play when he's lying on his couch.

Question #7 (Political Hall - Level 6)
Which of the following halls is synonymous with the corrupt political group that ran New York City in the late 19th century?
A - Carnegie Hall
B - Webster Hall
C - Avery Fisher Hall
D - Tammany Hall

Jerry actually thinks he knows this one.

Spoiler

Answer: D (Tammany)
Value: $10,000
Bank: $37,000

Question #8 (Garden Variety - Level 10)
In 2011, the International Herb Association gave its "Herb of the Year" award to Armoracia rusticana, better known as what?
A - oregano
B - garlic
C - horseradish
D - dill

Jerry has no earthly idea. Not even an educated guess. He used his lifelines much too early. It's been a "crazy awesome" time but he's going to walk away.

Spoiler

Answer: C (horseradish)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $18,500 (half the bank)

THE END OF GAME "NOISE"

[jarnon]

I thought the contestant's name was Jimmy.

[billm016]

This guy rubbed me the wrong way. I feel like he was trying to be funny in the vein of Tom Spencer, but Jerry's personality just came across a bit weird to me. IDK.
Also, just wanna give a shout-out to the transcript team-- love that you guys put the original, pre-randomization levels next to the questions!

Didn't know anything about French spies, so I would've jumped... No idea about 'Tammany Hall' (I would've ATA) or the 'Herb of the Year' (jump!) (what the heck regarding the latter! That's a really odd, out there original $25K question)--

[earendel]

Jimmy Linch
Springfield, MA

Jimmy's feeling "crazy good." He's not just ready to play, he's ready to win a million.

I could see why TPTB chose him for the show; although his personality grated on me the audience seemed to love him.

Question #8 (Garden Variety - Level 10)
In 2011, the International Herb Association gave its "Herb of the Year" award to Armoracia rusticana, better known as what?
A - oregano
B - garlic
C - horseradish
D - dill

Jerry has no earthly idea. Not even an educated guess. He used his lifelines much too early. It's been a "crazy awesome" time but he's going to walk away.

Spoiler

Answer: C (horseradish)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $18,500 (half the bank)

I know it isn't garlic but aside from that I can't rule anything out so I JTQ.

[etaoin22]

somebody is channeling the 1961 Cincinnati Reds, pennant winners with pinch-hitter extra-ordinaire Jerry Lynch.
Maybe even better than John Blanchard.

[SportsFan68]

Question #1 (New Word Play - Level 2)
In 2011 the words "thang," "grrl" and "blingy" became usable words in the British version of what board game?
A - Trivial Pursuit
B - Balderdash
C - Taboo
D - Scrabble

Scrabble fans wouldn't have a problem with this one -- or today's contestant, either.

Question #4 (Not That Guy - Level 4)
Indianapolis lawyer Mark S. Zuckerberg says he gets about a dozen calls per day complaining about what website?
A - YouTube
B - Facebook
C - Google
D - Twitter

How about E, all of them. I had no idea. Actually, you get this one if you know who Zuckerberg is.

Question #6 (Fake Plastic Trees - Level 5)
Monopalms are built to look like 50-foot palm trees, but they're actually what in disguise?
A - weather vanes
B - cell phone towers
C - radar guns
D - satellite dishes

That won't work around here.

Question #8 (Garden Variety - Level 10)
In 2011, the International Herb Association gave its "Herb of the Year" award to Armoracia rusticana, better known as what?
A - oregano
B - garlic
C - horseradish
D - dill

I would have skipped this one if I had any JTQs available, but I would have gotten it wrong if I'd guessed. With garlic, you use the bulb, and with horseradish, you use the root. I wouldn't call either an herb. Oh well.

[Jeemie]

Jump the spy question- everything else I had no trouble with.

[MarleysGh0st]

Question #8 (Garden Variety - Level 10)
In 2011, the International Herb Association gave its "Herb of the Year" award to Armoracia rusticana, better known as what?
A - oregano
B - garlic
C - horseradish
D - dill

I would have skipped this one if I had any JTQs available, but I would have gotten it wrong if I'd guessed. With garlic, you use the bulb, and with horseradish, you use the root. I wouldn't call either an herb. Oh well.

My hunch was oregano. I was eliminating horseradish for the same reason. Imagine my surprise to learn that the definition doesn't restrict itself to the leafy parts of the plant.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/herb

1: a seed-producing annual, biennial, or perennial that does not develop persistent woody tissue but dies down at the end of a growing season

2: a plant or plant part valued for its medicinal, savory, or aromatic qualities

[Jeemie]

I've known rusticana was horseradish for years.

Can't remember when I learned it- may go back to when I was a kid, and my next-door neighbor used to hold contests, quizzing us about various different plant species.

I hardly remember anything she taught me, however.

[Kazoo65]

1. easy.
2. easy for me. I read somewhere that Baker spent a lot of time in Paris during this period to escape racism in the U.S.A.
3. easy
4. easy
5. The only name I recognized was Hu Jintao, the president of China. This fact made it easy for me.
6. I don't know so I either ATA or JTQ.
7. very easy.
8. JTQ. I have zero idea.

[BobMarleysGh0st]

I had an entirely different answer in mind for Question 8.

[MarleysGh0st]

I had an entirely different answer in mind for Question 8.

Well, yes, Merriam-Webster's had that listed as the slang definition.