Transcript 11/02/2012 - Stephen Mislich (check2012)

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Stephen Mislich (BB handle check2012)
Altamont, IL
college senior majoring in math and computer science

Stephen hopes one day to work for NASA. He's also a big chess player and that led him to how he prepared for the show. Stephen explains that before a test in school or a "Millionaire" audition he tries to drink a lot of orange juice and eat dark chocolate because he's heard that they help get the brain start going and the mind active. It worked for the audition and he had a lot before coming out on stage. Meredith asks if he'll be there for the whole game or if he'll have to leave. Stephen replies, "We'll see."

Topic Tree: (randomized)
Sightseeing
Scandalous Shows
Spaced Out
Guerilla Geography
Nice Haul
she's Back
Serving Our Troops
Cover-Ups
Hygiene History
High School High

Stephen gets the "Crystal Ball" lifeline to go along with the other three.

Question #1 (High School High)
While both students at Long Beach Polytechnic High, Cameron Diaz knew what rapper as being "very tall and skinny" with "lots of ponytails"?
A - Snoop Dogg
B - Jay-Z
C - Busta Rhymes
D - Ice-T

Stephen says that if they had a lot of ponytails they must have a lot of hair and he knows

Spoiler

Snoop Dogg

has ponytails - he thinks. He says that

Spoiler

Ice-T is bald, as is Jay-Z

.

Spoiler

Answer: A (Snoop Dogg)
Value: $7,000
Bank: $7,000

Question #2 (Hygiene History)
Because the softened, frayed ends of the miswak twig resemble bristles, the ancient chewing stick is said to be the forerunner of what?
A - comb
B - potscrubber
C - toothbrush
D - back scratcher

"

Spoiler

Toothbrushes have bristles"

Stephen states, then asks, rhetorically, "

Spoiler

does a comb have bristles"

, then adds he doesn't want to overthink this question and have bad things happen.

Spoiler

Answer: C (toothbrush)
Value: $100
Bank: $7,100

Question #3 (Cover-Ups)
In the 19th century, a replica of Michaelangelo's David was displayed in London with a detachable what to protect sensitive viewers?
A - helmet
B - pair of sandals
C - fig leaf
D - crown of thorns

"It has to be

Spoiler

fig leaf"

, Stephen says.

Spoiler

Answer: C (fig leaf)
Value: $5,000
Bank: $12,100

Stephen says he's doing a lot better than he thought he would, or at least it's starting out a lot better.

Question #4 (Serving Our Troops)
During World War I, women from which of these organizations went overseas to cook food for homesick soldiers, who called them Doughnut Girls?
A - Rotary Club
B - Salvation Army
C - 4-H
D - YWCA

Stephen doesn't know. He wonders if the audience would know something like this. Nothing against them but he decides to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Salvation Army)
Value: $3,000
Bank: $12,100 (unchanged)

Question #5 (She's Back)
Though conducted online rather than on her show, Oprah recently launched a "2.0" version of her club for fans that enjoy what?
A - dieting
B - reading
C - meditating
D - shopping

"It's

Spoiler

Oprah's book club"

, Steve says.

Spoiler

Answer: B (reading)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $13,100

commercial break

Meredith says Stephen seems shocked to be here. He replies that he can't explain what he's thinking. He grew up watching the show and now that he's here it's wonderful.

Question #6 (Nice Haul)
Popular with people looking to cash in on loose change, the green coin-converting vending machines at grocery stores go by what name?
A - Moneydump
B - Coinstar
C - Cashbox
D - Changeman

Stephen has seen a few of these on his own.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Coinstar)
Value: $500
Bank: $13,600

Question #7 (Guerilla Geography)
"This is the history of a failure" begins Che Guevara's book "The African Dream," a firsthand account of his attempted 1965 uprising where?
A - Ghana
B - Kenya
C - Congo
D - Senegal

Stephen is afraid he doesn't know this one. He wants to save the audience. He can't associate the date 1965 with any of the countries. Meredith reminds him about the "Crystal Ball" and Stephen says even if he knew the dollar amount he wouldn't have enough confidence to go with any answer to he jumps the question.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Congo)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $13,600 (unchanged)

Question #8 (Spaced Out)
As a test of their patience and accuracy under pressure, Japan has aspiring astronaut candidates make one thousand what?
A - California rolls
B - origami cranes
C - wooden boxes
D - wool scarves

Spoiler

Answer: B (origami cranes)
Value: $15,000
Bank: $28,600

Question #9 (Scandalous Shows)
In 2012, a new Showtime series about "non-monogamous, committed relationships that involve more than two people" debuted under what title?
A - Endogamy
B - Polyamory
C - Hypergamy
D - Monoamory

Stephen doesn't hesitate to give his answer, and it's the correct one.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Polyamory)
Value: $25,000
Bank: $53,600

commercial break

Millionaire question of the day:
In 1905, Albert Einstein published his famous paper on the special theory of relativity while working as a what?
A - bail bondsman
B - building inspector
C - tax auditor
D - patent clerk
Answer:

Spoiler

D (patent clerk)

During the break Stephen said "it's time for a nap."

Question #10 (Sightseeing)
Tourists are directed to lie flat on their backs and hold two vertical poles for support before getting to kiss what foreign attraction?
A - Lenin's Tomb
B - Big Ben
C - Blarney Stone
D - Stonehenge

Spoiler

"You kiss the Blarney Stone, Meredith"

, Stephen says confidently.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Blarney Stone)
Value: $10,000
Bank: $63,600

Stephen asks if he could have a glass of orange juice and Meredith says yes. A staffer brings him a glass with a straw and he starts sucking it down. Meredith says she does the same thing but hers has vodka in it.

CLASSIC MILLIONAIRE

$100K - A man of many talents, actor Charlie Sheen was issued a patent in 2001 for a handheld apparatus that dispenses what?
A - condoms
B - Chapstick
C - cologne
D - breath mints

Stephen decides to ask the audience.

ATA results

A - 52%
B - 9%
C - 5%
D - 34%

Meredith says she doesn't know if the audience had any orange juice before the show. Stephen goes with the audience.

Spoiler

B (Chapstick)

Stephen leaves with $25,000.

THE END OF GAME "NOISE"

[MarleysGh0st]

$100K - A man of many talents, actor Charlie Sheen was issued a patent in 2001 for a handheld apparatus that dispenses what?
A - condoms
B - Chapstick
C - cologne
D - breath mints

Stephen decides to ask the audience.

ATA results

A - 52%
B - 9%
C - 5%
D - 34%

Meredith says she doesn't know if the audience had any orange juice before the show. Stephen goes with the audience.

Spoiler

B (Chapstick)

Stephen leaves with $25,000.

Another WWOQ, waiting in ambush for anyone who manages to reach "Classic Millionaire". Why would anyone know this?

According to this article in the Toronto Sun, Charlie mentioned the patent on TV.

Debuting the blueprints for the prototype on U.S. late night show Jimmy Kimmel Live on Thursday (19Jul12), Sheen said, "I just wanted to make something better than I used every day.

"I actually took this to Chapstick and they said, 'Look, if you can make this for seven cents, we'll buy them - but I couldn't get it down to below seven-and-a-quarter and so they passed."

But Sheen hasn't tossed the prototype he patented away: "I bring it out at parties."

Wow! One late-night passing reference to a patent that was a commercial failure.

The US Patent Office has a "news" page about this patent, with a link to download the entire patent application, if you like. Incidentally, I wonder how many of the technical details were worked out by Charlie and how many by his "clever pal," Mr. Thomason?

http://www.uspto.gov/news/Charlie_Sheen_Patent.jsp

[earendel]

Stephen Mislich (BB handle check2012)
Altamont, IL
college senior majoring in math and computer science

Stephen hopes one day to work for NASA. He's also a big chess player and that led him to how he prepared for the show. Stephen explains that before a test in school or a "Millionaire" audition he tries to drink a lot of orange juice and eat dark chocolate because he's heard that they help get the brain start going and the mind active. It worked for the audition and he had a lot before coming out on stage. Meredith asks if he'll be there for the whole game or if he'll have to leave. Stephen replies, "We'll see."

You might be better off, check, working for SpaceX or one of the private firms.

Question #1 (High School High)
While both students at Long Beach Polytechnic High, Cameron Diaz knew what rapper as being "very tall and skinny" with "lots of ponytails"?
A - Snoop Dogg
B - Jay-Z
C - Busta Rhymes
D - Ice-T

Stephen says that if they had a lot of ponytails they must have a lot of hair and he knows

Spoiler

Snoop Dogg

has ponytails - he thinks. He says that

Spoiler

Ice-T is bald, as is Jay-Z

.

Spoiler

Answer: A (Snoop Dogg)
Value: $7,000
Bank: $7,000

I don't think any of the four are bald, but I'm pretty sure that Snoop is known for those ponytail things on his head.

Question #4 (Serving Our Troops)
During World War I, women from which of these organizations went overseas to cook food for homesick soldiers, who called them Doughnut Girls?
A - Rotary Club
B - Salvation Army
C - 4-H
D - YWCA

Stephen doesn't know. He wonders if the audience would know something like this. Nothing against them but he decides to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Salvation Army)
Value: $3,000
Bank: $12,100 (unchanged)

I was expecting "USO". It could have been either "B" or "D" - I'll JTQ because I can't choose between them.

Question #7 (Guerilla Geography)
"This is the history of a failure" begins Che Guevara's book "The African Dream," a firsthand account of his attempted 1965 uprising where?
A - Ghana
B - Kenya
C - Congo
D - Senegal

Stephen is afraid he doesn't know this one. He wants to save the audience. He can't associate the date 1965 with any of the countries. Meredith reminds him about the "Crystal Ball" and Stephen says even if he knew the dollar amount he wouldn't have enough confidence to go with any answer to he jumps the question.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Congo)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $13,600 (unchanged)

I thought it might have been Angola, considering that there was a Cuban presence there during the 60s. But since that wasn't a choice, the answer had to be Congo.

$100K - A man of many talents, actor Charlie Sheen was issued a patent in 2001 for a handheld apparatus that dispenses what?
A - condoms
B - Chapstick
C - cologne
D - breath mints

Stephen decides to ask the audience.

ATA results

A - 52%
B - 9%
C - 5%
D - 34%

Meredith says she doesn't know if the audience had any orange juice before the show. Stephen goes with the audience.

Spoiler

B (Chapstick)

Stephen leaves with $25,000.

Gutsy move, check. Sorry it didn't work out. And unfortunately the "second strong answer" rule on ATA wouldn't have helped, either. You played well.

THE END OF GAME "NOISE"[/quote]

[SportsFan68]

YAY CHECK!!!

[SportsFan68]

Question #1 (High School High)
While both students at Long Beach Polytechnic High, Cameron Diaz knew what rapper as being "very tall and skinny" with "lots of ponytails"?
A - Snoop Dogg
B - Jay-Z
C - Busta Rhymes
D - Ice-T

Stephen says that if they had a lot of ponytails they must have a lot of hair and he knows

Spoiler

Snoop Dogg

has ponytails - he thinks. He says that

Spoiler

Ice-T is bald, as is Jay-Z

.

Spoiler

Answer: A (Snoop Dogg)
Value: $7,000
Bank: $7,000

ATA and hope.

Question #7 (Guerilla Geography)
"This is the history of a failure" begins Che Guevara's book "The African Dream," a firsthand account of his attempted 1965 uprising where?
A - Ghana
B - Kenya
C - Congo
D - Senegal

Stephen is afraid he doesn't know this one. He wants to save the audience. He can't associate the date 1965 with any of the countries. Meredith reminds him about the "Crystal Ball" and Stephen says even if he knew the dollar amount he wouldn't have enough confidence to go with any answer to he jumps the question.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Congo)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $13,600 (unchanged)

JTQ

Question #8 (Spaced Out)
As a test of their patience and accuracy under pressure, Japan has aspiring astronaut candidates make one thousand what?
A - California rolls
B - origami cranes
C - wooden boxes
D - wool scarves

Spoiler

Answer: B (origami cranes)
Value: $15,000
Bank: $28,600

If you finish the 1,000, you're granted a wish by a crane! It's supposed to be good luck too.

CLASSIC MILLIONAIRE

$100K - A man of many talents, actor Charlie Sheen was issued a patent in 2001 for a handheld apparatus that dispenses what?
A - condoms
B - Chapstick
C - cologne
D - breath mints

Stephen decides to ask the audience.

ATA results

A - 52%
B - 9%
C - 5%
D - 34%

Meredith says she doesn't know if the audience had any orange juice before the show. Stephen goes with the audience.

Spoiler

B (Chapstick)

Stephen leaves with $25,000.

JTQ

THE END OF GAME "NOISE"[/quote]

[littlebeast13]

$100K - A man of many talents, actor Charlie Sheen was issued a patent in 2001 for a handheld apparatus that dispenses what?
A - condoms
B - Chapstick
C - cologne
D - breath mints

Stephen decides to ask the audience.

ATA results

A - 52%
B - 9%
C - 5%
D - 34%

Meredith says she doesn't know if the audience had any orange juice before the show. Stephen goes with the audience.

Spoiler

B (Chapstick)

Stephen leaves with $25,000.

I don't watch the show, so I can only go by what is said here in the transcripts, but I'm curious as to whether check's decision to go for this question was actually influenced by the ATA, or was just a calculated gamble. I actually read this transcript last night while waiting to see if anyone would show up in chat, and when I got to this question and saw the ATA (Yeah, I know, you got it so you might as well use it), I couldn't help to think to myself this has to be one of the awfulest questions ever thrown to the audience (even more so than the glowing potato). Anyone who is clueless is gonna vote for condom due to the subject of the question. Anyone who is going to seriously try to reason it out is going to vote for breath mint, which is the most sensible choice. I was not the least bit surprised to see both spike in the results.... and neither was trustworthy at all. Nothing short of a large spike for either Chapstick or Cologne would have swayed me on this one.

Even during my MBFFB® days of always reading the transcripts, I don't think I've ever come across a question more wickedly written to render the audience lifeline useless....

lb13

[minimetoo26]

$100K - A man of many talents, actor Charlie Sheen was issued a patent in 2001 for a handheld apparatus that dispenses what?
A - condoms
B - Chapstick
C - cologne
D - breath mints

Stephen decides to ask the audience.

ATA results

A - 52%
B - 9%
C - 5%
D - 34%

Meredith says she doesn't know if the audience had any orange juice before the show. Stephen goes with the audience.

Spoiler

B (Chapstick)

Stephen leaves with $25,000.

I don't watch the show, so I can only go by what is said here in the transcripts, but I'm curious as to whether check's decision to go for this question was actually influenced by the ATA, or was just a calculated gamble. I actually read this transcript last night while waiting to see if anyone would show up in chat, and when I got to this question and saw the ATA (Yeah, I know, you got it so you might as well use it), I couldn't help to think to myself this has to be one of the awfulest questions ever thrown to the audience (even more so than the glowing potato). Anyone who is clueless is gonna vote for condom due to the subject of the question. Anyone who is going to seriously try to reason it out is going to vote for breath mint, which is the most sensible choice. I was not the least bit surprised to see both spike in the results.... and neither was trustworthy at all. Nothing short of a large spike for either Chapstick or Cologne would have swayed me on this one.

Even during my MBFFB® days of always reading the transcripts, I don't think I've ever come across a question more wickedly written to render the audience lifeline useless....

lb13

I watch Jimmy Kimmel and I saw that episode and remember being disappointed that is was so boring compared to his previous visit when he was more manic and kissed Jimmy when he entered. I even remember one of my boys walking into the room while I was watching, only I forget which one. I completely forgot the Chapstick part, even though they had the patent application with the diagrams and all. I wouldn't have gotten it either.

[smilergrogan]

Doesn't Chapstick already come in a hand-held apparatus that dispenses it? Maybe Charlie uses it on herpes sores.

[minimetoo26]

Doesn't Chapstick already come in a hand-held apparatus that dispenses it? Maybe Charlie uses it on herpes sores.

Yes, but his is one-handed. And has a window. And goes to 11...

[littlebeast13]

Doesn't Chapstick already come in a hand-held apparatus that dispenses it? Maybe Charlie uses it on herpes sores.

Yes, but his is one-handed. And has a window. And goes to 11...

I know Charlie Sheen is registered here. He really should comment on this.....

lb13

[minimetoo26]

Doesn't Chapstick already come in a hand-held apparatus that dispenses it? Maybe Charlie uses it on herpes sores.

Yes, but his is one-handed. And has a window. And goes to 11...

I know Charlie Sheen is registered here. He really should comment on this.....

lb13

He'd have to put down the drink, the cigarette, or the hooker to type..

[littlebeast13]

Yes, but his is one-handed. And has a window. And goes to 11...

I know Charlie Sheen is registered here. He really should comment on this.....

lb13

He'd have to put down the drink, the cigarette, or the hooker to type..

I thought rock stars from Mars could multitask better than that.....

lb13

[minimetoo26]

I know Charlie Sheen is registered here. He really should comment on this.....

lb13

He'd have to put down the drink, the cigarette, or the hooker to type..

I thought rock stars from Mars could multitask better than that.....

lb13

Well, he could if they'd make him a one-handed Chapstick dispenser, dammit!!!!

[MarleysGh0st]

Here's an interview with Steve about his appearance.

http://papyrus.greenville.edu/2012/11/i ... al-answer/