Transcript 10/4/2013 - Katie O'Brien

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Katie O'Brien
New York City, NY
aspiring Broadway actress

Topic Tree (unrandomized):
10 - Lasting Impressions
9 - Gimme a Break
8 - Best of the Best
7 - Major Milestone
6 - Bigwigs
5 - Keep Hydrated
4 - Not Much to Say
3 - Bling Beverage
2 - Airline Assistants
1 - Make it Official

Topic Tree (randomized):
4 - Not Much to Say
8 - Best of the Best
3 - Bling Beverage
10 - Lasting Impressions
2 - Airline Assistants
9 - Gimme a Break
7 - Major Milestone
5 - Keep Hydrated DOUBLE MONEY
6 - Bigwigs
1 - Make it Official

Question #1 (Make it Official - Level 1):
Appropriately, what now-defunct club once issued "Last Month's Newsletter"?
A - Procrastinators Club of America
B - The Breakfast Club
C - People Watching Club
D - Ultimate Frisbee Club

Katie says that "Last Month's Newsletter" would be good for

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The Procrastinators Club of America, which she tends to do

.

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Answer: A (Procrastinators Club of America)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $2,000

Question #2 (Bigwigs - Level 6):
Since it caused hair loss, an outbreak of what disease was partly responsible for the popularity of wigs among 17th-century European men?
A - smallpox
B - black plague
C - typhoid fever
D - syphilis

Katie toys with all the answers then says, "Oh, my goodness." She doesn't know if she's familiar enough with the symptoms of these diseases so she decides to jump the question.

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Answer: D (syphilis)
Value: $3,000
Bank: $2,000 (unchanged)

Question #3 (Keep Hydrated - Level 5): DOUBLE MONEY
Made up of about 98% water, which sea sweller will begin evaporating and mostly disappear after washing up on the beach?
A - manta ray
B - sea urchin
C - jellyfish
D - coral

"Oh, my goodness," Katie says again. She rhetorically asks,

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"Jellyfish - they're see-through but are they made of water?"

Then she says

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"If you touch coral it dies" and "I've touched a sea urchin and it's not water

. She doesn't think it's

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manta ray

either.

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Answer: C (jellyfish)
Value: $10,000 (doubled to $20,000)
Bank: $22,000

"This is unfathomable!" Katie exclaims.

Question #4 (Major Milestone - Level 7):
In 2013, the Guardian newspaper cleverly commemorated which novel after it sold its 3,141,593rd copy of the U.K. edition?
A - Bel Canto
B - Atonement
C - The Corrections
D - Life of Pi

Katie is so grateful that she knows

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pi is 3.1415 (she couldn't tell what the other figures were)

.

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Answer: D (Life of Pi)
Value: $500
Bank: $22,500

commercial break

Question #5 (Gimme a Break - Level 9):
What 1959 Disney flick was such a box office flop that it led to layoffs and what some call a 30-year hiatus from the fairy tale genre?
A - Fantasia
B - Sleeping Beauty
C - Pinocchio
D - Cinderella

Katie wants to think through the years. She says that

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Fantasia and Pinocchio were earlier than that, and Sleeping Beauty was after Cinderella.

She says there weren't many princesses until the 90s, when Little Mermaid came out.

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Answer: B (Sleeping Beauty)
Value: $7,000
Bank: $29,500

Question #6 (Airline Assistants - Level 2):
With personnel trainedin areas such as puppetry and face painting, Etihad Airways boasts a staff of 300 specialists nicknamed what?
A - flying bartenders
B - flying nannies
C - flying dermatologists
D - flying dog walkers

Katie says she still has lifelines but she wants to think carefully about this.

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Answer: B (flying nannies)
Value: $25,000
Bank: $54,500

Katie can't believe it.

Question #7 (Lasting Impressions - Level 10):
Similar to the one on Harry Potter's forehead, people who survive lightning strikes are often left with scars in the shape of a bolt, also known as a what?
A - Barchan crescent
B - cruciform curve
C - Von Koch surface
D - Lichtenberg figure

Katie isn't familiar with the first half of the answers. She's going to jump the question.

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Answer: D (Lichtenberg figure)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $54,500 (unchanged)

commercial break

Question #8 (Bling Beverage - Level 3):
To celebrate the tenth anniversary of their Pumpkin Spice Latte, what company recently released a $150 mug decorated with Swarovski crystals?
A - Dunkin' Donuts
B - Tim Hortons
C - Starbucks
D - McDonald's

Katie doesn't drink them - in fact she's never had coffee in her life. But she knows the answer.

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Answer: C (Starbucks)
Value: $5,000
Bank: $59,500

Question #9 (Best of the Best - Level 8):
For those who survive the boos, each year the overall winner of the Apollo Theater's Amateur Nights is awarded what title?
A - High-Flying Star
B - Super Top Dog
C - Big Daddy Pro
D - Number-One Talent

Katie says, "We're in Harlem and the Apollo Theater is quite close," so she's going to ask the audience.

Ask the Audience results

A - 16%
B - 32%
C - 14%
D - 38%

Katie's expression indicates she doesn't like the results. She asks Cedric how much money she'd have if she walked away. He tells her. She just doesn't know it so she's going to "very, very gratefully and very, very happily" walk away.

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Answer: B (Super Top Dog)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $29,750 (half the bank)

END OF SHOW "NOISE"


MILLIONAIRE "QUESTION OF THE DAY":
Released in 2012, the Zombush and Baracula were toys featured in a limited edition collection with what name?
A - Presidential Motor Vehicles
B - Presidential Monsters
C - Presidential Pets
D - Presidential Siblings

Question of the Day answer

B (Presidential monsters)

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Question #5 (Gimme a Break - Level 9):
What 1959 Disney flick was such a box office flop that it led to layoffs and what some call a 30-year hiatus from the fairy tale genre?
A - Fantasia
B - Sleeping Beauty
C - Pinocchio
D - Cinderella

Katie wants to think through the years. She says that

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Fantasia and Pinocchio were earlier than that, and Sleeping Beauty was after Cinderella.

She says there weren't many princesses until the 90s, when Little Mermaid came out.

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Answer: B (Sleeping Beauty)
Value: $7,000
Bank: $29,500

I agree with her timeline reasoning and would have been comfortable pulling the trigger on this one. I can add another timing detail -- Walt Disney directed that Eleanor Audley be cast as Maleficent because she was such a perfect villainness in Cinderella. But good grief, I loved it when it came out and still love it, especially Meriwether.

Question #7 (Lasting Impressions - Level 10):
Similar to the one on Harry Potter's forehead, people who survive lightning strikes are often left with scars in the shape of a bolt, also known as a what?
A - Barchan crescent
B - cruciform curve
C - Von Koch surface
D - Lichtenberg figure

Katie isn't familiar with the first half of the answers. She's going to jump the question.

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Answer: D (Lichtenberg figure)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $54,500 (unchanged)

Lightning! D, final answer. These figure prominently in Sweet Home Alabama.

Question #9 (Best of the Best - Level :
For those who survive the boos, each year the overall winner of the Apollo Theater's Amateur Nights is awarded what title?
A - High-Flying Star
B - Super Top Dog
C - Big Daddy Pro
D - Number-One Talent

Katie says, "We're in Harlem and the Apollo Theater is quite close," so she's going to ask the audience.

Ask the Audience results

A - 16%
B - 32%
C - 14%
D - 38%

Katie's expression indicates she doesn't like the results. She asks Cedric how much money she'd have if she walked away. He tells her. She just doesn't know it so she's going to "very, very gratefully and very, very happily" walk away.

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Answer: B (Super Top Dog)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $29,750 (half the bank)

ATA, and I'm not thrilled with the results either. JTQ

[jarnon]

Katie O'Brien
New York City, NY
aspiring Broadway actress

That makes her a WE/WE®, the first one of the season, I think.

Katie played the game very smartly, including walking away and avoiding an audience dursting.

[MarleysGh0st]

Katie O'Brien
New York City, NY
aspiring Broadway actress

That makes her a WE/WE®, the first one of the season, I think.

But we've had What Elses and a lot of Where Elses.

Have we had a MAWG?

[thejeopardyfan]

JTQ question 4. I lost on question 5.

[earendel]

Katie O'Brien
New York City, NY
aspiring Broadway actress

A WE/WE® - is she the first of the season?

Question #2 (Bigwigs - Level 6):
Since it caused hair loss, an outbreak of what disease was partly responsible for the popularity of wigs among 17th-century European men?
A - smallpox
B - black plague
C - typhoid fever
D - syphilis

Katie toys with all the answers then says, "Oh, my goodness." She doesn't know if she's familiar enough with the symptoms of these diseases so she decides to jump the question.

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Answer: D (syphilis)
Value: $3,000
Bank: $2,000 (unchanged)

I'll also JTQ on this one.

Question #5 (Gimme a Break - Level 9):
What 1959 Disney flick was such a box office flop that it led to layoffs and what some call a 30-year hiatus from the fairy tale genre?
A - Fantasia
B - Sleeping Beauty
C - Pinocchio
D - Cinderella

Katie wants to think through the years. She says that

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Fantasia and Pinocchio were earlier than that, and Sleeping Beauty was after Cinderella.

She says there weren't many princesses until the 90s, when Little Mermaid came out.

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Answer: B (Sleeping Beauty)
Value: $7,000
Bank: $29,500

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Question #9 (Best of the Best - Level :
For those who survive the boos, each year the overall winner of the Apollo Theater's Amateur Nights is awarded what title?
A - High-Flying Star
B - Super Top Dog
C - Big Daddy Pro
D - Number-One Talent

Katie says, "We're in Harlem and the Apollo Theater is quite close," so she's going to ask the audience.

Ask the Audience results

A - 16%
B - 32%
C - 14%
D - 38%

Katie's expression indicates she doesn't like the results. She asks Cedric how much money she'd have if she walked away. He tells her. She just doesn't know it so she's going to "very, very gratefully and very, very happily" walk away.

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Answer: B (Super Top Dog)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $29,750 (half the bank)

I'd ATA also and then use my 2nd JTQ, unless I could convince myself of the "2nd high response" was genuine.