Transcript 11/02/2012 - Bill Weed (carryover contestant)

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Bill Weed
Berkeley, IL

Every day at 4:00 Grandpa Bill sits down with his grandson Christian to watch "Millionaire". Christian convinced grandpa to try out to play for real and now Bill's on the show and doing very well. Bill has used his ATA and his "Crystal Ball", and has $57,600 in his bank. Bill has 12 grandchildren here and one in heaven and 5 great-grandchildren. They may not be all of his blood but they are all of his heart and he loves every one of them. Meredith gives Bill the opportunity to go and hug Christian.

Topic Tree: (randomized)
Alternate Titles
Famous Places
It's Complicated
Reporting Reunion
Hello, Dolly
Disney's Dancers
Sexy Science
Double Trouble
Fried Food
Births of a Nation

Question #7 (Reporting Reunion)
On June 10, 2012, journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein shared a byline in what newspaper for the first time in 36 years?
A - Chicago Tribune
B - New York Times
C - Washington Post
D - Miami Herald

Bill says

Spoiler

he knows they were probably in the Washington Post when they first wrote together

but he's not sure so he decides to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Washington Post)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $57,600 (unchanged)

Question #8 (It's Complicated)
Which of these phrases is not one of the options you can select on Facebook as your "relationship status"?
A - in a domestic partnership
B - in an open relationship
C - in a civil union
D - in a common-law marriage

Bill says "Whoops" as Meredith reads the question. He knows that

Spoiler

"you can say you're married" but he doesn't know if common-law marriage is considered part of that

. He isn't on Facebook very much. He's going to have to jump this question also.

Spoiler

Answer: D (in a common-law marriage)
Value: $3,000
Bank: $57,600 (unchanged)

Question #9 (Famous Places)
In 2012, Berlin residents disagreed over plans to build a new museum about what historic event at the site of the former "Checkpoint Charlie"?
A - Cold War
B - 1936 Summer Olympics
C - World War I
D - Industrial Revolution

Bill knows

Spoiler

Checkpoint Charlie was located at the Berlin Wall

, and doesn't think

Spoiler

it would have been part of the 1936 Olympics. It can't be part of the Industrial Revolution and he doesn't think it's World War I

. If Bill was at home he knows what he would answer right away but here he's not sure he wants to risk $28,000. He can't make up his mind so he decides to walk.

Spoiler

Answer: A (Cold War)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $28,800

commercial break

[jarnon]

Bill's big bank must have made him skittish. He skipped 2 questions about events he lived through.

[MarleysGh0st]

Bill's big bank must have made him skittish. He skipped 2 questions about events he lived through.

Overthinking the questions. He knew "Checkpoint Charlie" was associated with the Berlin Wall and the Cold War. But maybe, just maybe, this location in downtown Berlin was also where some other event related to those other choices took place, long before it became known as Checkpoint Charlie. Maybe, just maybe, Berliners were protesting a museum about that other event because they recognized that a museum about the Cold War would be more appropriate for the location. If you don't remember hearing about the protest (and who thinks that would make the news in any significant way, here in the states?) how can you be sure?

And if the question writers had chosen this question when Cold War was not the right answer, they've have jumped light years beyond wicked in their WWOQs.

[earendel]

Bill Weed
Berkeley, IL

Every day at 4:00 Grandpa Bill sits down with his grandson Christian to watch "Millionaire". Christian convinced grandpa to try out to play for real and now Bill's on the show and doing very well. Bill has used his ATA and his "Crystal Ball", and has $57,600 in his bank. Bill has 12 grandchildren here and one in heaven and 5 great-grandchildren. They may not be all of his blood but they are all of his heart and he loves every one of them. Meredith gives Bill the opportunity to go and hug Christian.

I wonder if Christian will get any of grandpa's winnings.

Question #7 (Reporting Reunion)
On June 10, 2012, journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein shared a byline in what newspaper for the first time in 36 years?
A - Chicago Tribune
B - New York Times
C - Washington Post
D - Miami Herald

Bill says

Spoiler

he knows they were probably in the Washington Post when they first wrote together

but he's not sure so he decides to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Washington Post)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $57,600 (unchanged)

Bill knew they wrote for the Post, but wasn't willing to make the deduction that they still did.

Question #8 (It's Complicated)
Which of these phrases is not one of the options you can select on Facebook as your "relationship status"?
A - in a domestic partnership
B - in an open relationship
C - in a civil union
D - in a common-law marriage

Bill says "Whoops" as Meredith reads the question. He knows that

Spoiler

"you can say you're married" but he doesn't know if common-law marriage is considered part of that

. He isn't on Facebook very much. He's going to have to jump this question also.

Spoiler

Answer: D (in a common-law marriage)
Value: $3,000
Bank: $57,600 (unchanged)

OK, I'm a desultory Facebook user and my relationship status hasn't changed. Given the four choices "D" seems like the right one (since "A" and "C" refer to same-sex relationships and Facebook wouldn't want to exclude those). Perhaps it's because common-law marriages aren't recognized everywhere. I have no idea why it wouldn't be a choice otherwise.

Question #9 (Famous Places)
In 2012, Berlin residents disagreed over plans to build a new museum about what historic event at the site of the former "Checkpoint Charlie"?
A - Cold War
B - 1936 Summer Olympics
C - World War I
D - Industrial Revolution

Bill knows

Spoiler

Checkpoint Charlie was located at the Berlin Wall

, and doesn't think

Spoiler

it would have been part of the 1936 Olympics. It can't be part of the Industrial Revolution and he doesn't think it's World War I

. If Bill was at home he knows what he would answer right away but here he's not sure he wants to risk $28,000. He can't make up his mind so he decides to walk.

Spoiler

Answer: A (Cold War)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $28,800

He made the right connection but surely he must have known that the Berlin Wall wasn't in place in 1936. He just couldn't pull the trigger. A shame because he might have made it to the next level.

[SportsFan68]

One JTQ and ATA remaining for me.

Question #8 (It's Complicated)
Which of these phrases is not one of the options you can select on Facebook as your "relationship status"?
A - in a domestic partnership
B - in an open relationship
C - in a civil union
D - in a common-law marriage

Bill says "Whoops" as Meredith reads the question. He knows that

Spoiler

"you can say you're married" but he doesn't know if common-law marriage is considered part of that

. He isn't on Facebook very much. He's going to have to jump this question also.

Spoiler

Answer: D (in a common-law marriage)
Value: $3,000
Bank: $57,600 (unchanged)

ATA and hope.

Still have the JTQ -- oh well.