Transcript 10/5/2012 - Fran Samper (carryover contestant)

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Fran Samper
Swedesboro, NJ

Fran is only one question away from Round 2 and that question is worth $25,000. She has no lifelines remaining. Fran says yesterday's game went so fast that she hasn't had time to process it yet.

Topic Tree: (randomized)
Big Numbers
TV Chef
Chain Reaction
The Zodiac
Words of Advice
Oh, Grow Up
Hand ABCs
Science Experiments
Two-State Solution
Slip of the Tongue

Question #10 (Big Numbers)
Coined by a child in the 1940s, the mathematical term "googol" refers to a number with a value equal to what?
A - 1 to the 10th power
B - 10 to the 10th power
C - 10 to the 100th power
D - 1 to the 1,000th power

Fran mutters that

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1 to the 10th power is 1 and 10 to the 10th power is 10 followed by 10 zeroes

. She eliminates

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the two "one to the" answers and tries to calculate what 10 to the 10th power is

. She decides to go with her gut and go with

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C

.

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Answer: C (10 to the 100th power)
Value: $25,000
Bank: $63,600

CLASSIC MILLIONAIRE

$100K - In what state will you find Toad Suck, selected by a 2012 online poll as the "most unfortunate" town name in the country?
A - Arkansas
B - Kentucky
C - Oregon
D - Oklahoma

Fran laughs and repeats the name several times. If she had to hazard a guess she would say

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A because it has a ring to it

. Meredith quips that they are losing viewers in Arkansas and Fran replies that "it's a Jersey thing". She appreciates being on the show but she's going to walk away.

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A (Arkansas)

Fran walks away with her $63,600.
commercial break

[jarnon]

Question #10 (Big Numbers)
Coined by a child in the 1940s, the mathematical term "googol" refers to a number with a value equal to what?
A - 1 to the 10th power
B - 10 to the 10th power
C - 10 to the 100th power
D - 1 to the 1,000th power

Fran mutters that

Spoiler

1 to the 10th power is 1 and 10 to the 10th power is 10 followed by 10 zeroes

. She eliminates

Spoiler

the two "one to the" answers and tries to calculate what 10 to the 10th power is

. She decides to go with her gut and go with

Spoiler

C

.

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Answer: C (10 to the 100th power)
Value: $25,000
Bank: $63,600

Good reasoning. 10 to the 10th power is ten billion. 10 to the 100th power is the only one that would need a name to be coined for it.

[earendel]

Fran Samper
Swedesboro, NJ

Fran is only one question away from Round 2 and that question is worth $25,000. She has no lifelines remaining. Fran says yesterday's game went so fast that she hasn't had time to process it yet.

Question #10 (Big Numbers)
Coined by a child in the 1940s, the mathematical term "googol" refers to a number with a value equal to what?
A - 1 to the 10th power
B - 10 to the 10th power
C - 10 to the 100th power
D - 1 to the 1,000th power

Fran mutters that

Spoiler

1 to the 10th power is 1 and 10 to the 10th power is 10 followed by 10 zeroes

. She eliminates

Spoiler

the two "one to the" answers and tries to calculate what 10 to the 10th power is

. She decides to go with her gut and go with

Spoiler

C

.

Spoiler

Answer: C (10 to the 100th power)
Value: $25,000
Bank: $63,600

Good for her in recognizing that 1 to any power is just one.

$100K - In what state will you find Toad Suck, selected by a 2012 online poll as the "most unfortunate" town name in the country?
A - Arkansas
B - Kentucky
C - Oregon
D - Oklahoma

Fran laughs and repeats the name several times. If she had to hazard a guess she would say

Spoiler

A because it has a ring to it

. Meredith quips that they are losing viewers in Arkansas and Fran replies that "it's a Jersey thing". She appreciates being on the show but she's going to walk away.

Spoiler

A (Arkansas)

Fran walks away with her $63,600.

I can't blame her for not going for it. I knew this one because of the Toad Suck Lock and Dam on the Arkansas River.

[Bob78164]

10 to the 100th power is the only one that would need a name to be coined for it.

What's wrong with "ten duotrijintillion"? --Bob

[TheConfessor]

Her math skills were much better than those displayed on today's episode (Monday, 10/8). Spoiler alert: watch for a

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classic purebred llama.

[SportsFan68]

Down one JTQ and the ATA.

$100K - In what state will you find Toad Suck, selected by a 2012 online poll as the "most unfortunate" town name in the country?
A - Arkansas
B - Kentucky
C - Oregon
D - Oklahoma

Fran laughs and repeats the name several times. If she had to hazard a guess she would say

Spoiler

A because it has a ring to it

. Meredith quips that they are losing viewers in Arkansas and Fran replies that "it's a Jersey thing". She appreciates being on the show but she's going to walk away.

Spoiler

A (Arkansas)

Fran walks away with her $63,600.
commercial break

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