Transcript 11/06/14 - Noel Jett (carryover)

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Millionaire Whiz Kids

Noel Jett
Fort Worth, TX

Noel has had her IQ tested. It indicated that she's smarter than 99.9% of the population. Noel took a college class from her Plus One when she was 10. She enrolled in college when she was 13 and now she's a senior at Texas A&M.

Noel is doing research regarding the relative length of people's ring finger and pointer finger. If your ring finger is longer, you're more likely to be male and good at masculine tasks. If your pointer finger is longer, it's the other way around. They're trying to see which one displays confidence better.

Noel has $43,100 in her bank, with three lifelines left: the ATA, JTQ and (special for the Whiz Kids) the Cut The Question.

Question #6
Using a nickname for her native home, Iggy Azalea could correctly be called "Oz-some," because she was born where?

A: Austria B: Australia
C: Azerbaijan D: Mozambique

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Australia
Question Value: $5,000
Bank: $48,100

Question #7
According to Merriam Webster, what word is defined as both "a mortal Gorgon who is slain when decapitated by Perseus" and a "jellyfish"?

A: Athena B: Medusa
C: Dionysus D: Apollo

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Medusa
Question Value: $500
Bank: $48,600

Question #8
In some eerie foreshadowing, in 1835, John Wilkes Booth's father wrote to what president, threatening to "cut your throat while you are sleeping"?

A: Andrew Jackson B: James Monroe
C: Franklin Pierce D: James K. Polk

Noel doesn't know enough about this time period, so she cuts the question. She thinks the answer is probably

Spoiler

Andrew Jackson.

Answer

A: Andrew Jackson

Noel: That was just a blind guess, so--


Substitute Question #8
Painted on the domed ceiling of the U.S. Capitol Rotunda, the fresco "Apotheosis of Washington" depicts our first president going where?

A: To war B: To heaven
C: To the White House D: To school

Noel doesn't this, either. She jumps the question. When asked which one she thinks, she replies

Spoiler

war?

Answer/Value/Bank

B: To heaven
Question Value: $10,000
Bank: $48,600

-- Commercial Break --


Question #9
With a little bit of science in every bite, what frozen items are sold with a susceptor, or "crisping sleeve," that radiates heat onto food?

A: Eggo waffles B: Eskimo Pies
C: Hot Pockets D: Banana smoothies

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Hot Pockets
Question Value: $3,000
Bank: $51,600

Question #10
Which of these US cities is closer to the capitals of two foreign nations than it is to its own state's capital?
A: Portland, ME B: Anchorage, AK
C: San Diego, CA D: Miami, FL

Noel says

Spoiler

Florida is very close to Cuba and Mexico and Florida is very long, so she goes with D, final answer.

Answer/Value/Bank

D: Miami, FL
Question Value: $7,000
Bank: $58,600

Terry says Noel is right, while mentioning

Spoiler

(without emphasizing her error during deliberations) that Miami is closer to Nassau, Bahamas and Havana, Cuba that it is to Tallahassee.

It's time to play Classic Millionaire.

$100,000
A phenomenon in which photons affect each other's movement, what adjective did Einstein famously use to describe "actions at a distance"?

A: Luscious B: Spooky
C: Cantankerous D: Befuddling

Noel:

Spoiler

Befuddling is a big, Einsteiny word, but I don't think he was befuddled by these sorts of things, maybe. Ummm. No, maybe he was. Oh, yeah, that makes sense. I'm gonna say D: Befuddling, final answer.

Answer

B: Spooky

Noel leaves with $25,000.


-- Commercial Break --

[SportsFan68]

I was really looking forward to this one -- she was awesome her first day. I hoped she would win the million. Oh well.

$100,000
A phenomenon in which photons affect each other's movement, what adjective did Einstein famously use to describe "actions at a distance"?

A: Luscious B: Spooky
C: Cantankerous D: Befuddling

Noel:

Spoiler

Befuddling is a big, Einsteiny word, but I don't think he was befuddled by these sorts of things, maybe. Ummm. No, maybe he was. Oh, yeah, that makes sense. I'm gonna say D: Befuddling, final answer.

Answer

B: Spooky

Noel leaves with $25,000.

JTQ

[ghostjmf]

Q8: I thought it would be Jackson too, but with not enough surety. JTQ

sub Q8: I'm blanking on "apotheosis", but think it has to do with heaven. Pretty sure I've seen picture & its not the other choices.

Q9: I did not know this. I thought you put them in the microwave. Silly me. I'd have guessed it anyway, as other choices make no sense. Well, eggo, maybe. But I'd guess right.

$100,000: I was pretty sure of right answer. But pretty is not completely, & I'd ask down my braniac +1. I sure wish she'd have saved hers.

[earendel]

Millionaire Whiz Kids

Noel Jett
Fort Worth, TX

Noel has had her IQ tested. It indicated that she's smarter than 99.9% of the population. Noel took a college class from her Plus One when she was 10. She enrolled in college when she was 13 and now she's a senior at Texas A&M.

Noel is doing research regarding the relative length of people's ring finger and pointer finger. If your ring finger is longer, you're more likely to be male and good at masculine tasks. If your pointer finger is longer, it's the other way around. They're trying to see which one displays confidence better.

Noel has $43,100 in her bank, with three lifelines left: the ATA, JTQ and (special for the Whiz Kids) the Cut The Question.

They've made this point several times during the week - the Whiz Kids are smarter than 99.9% of the population. So why would TPTB give them an "ask the audience" lifeline?

FTR, my pointer finger is longer than my ring finger.

Question #8
In some eerie foreshadowing, in 1835, John Wilkes Booth's father wrote to what president, threatening to "cut your throat while you are sleeping"?

A: Andrew Jackson B: James Monroe
C: Franklin Pierce D: James K. Polk

Noel doesn't know enough about this time period, so she cuts the question. She thinks the answer is probably

Spoiler

Andrew Jackson.

Answer

A: Andrew Jackson

I think I'd have done the same.

Substitute Question #8
Painted on the domed ceiling of the U.S. Capitol Rotunda, the fresco "Apotheosis of Washington" depicts our first president going where?

A: To war B: To heaven
C: To the White House D: To school

Noel doesn't this, either. She jumps the question. When asked which one she thinks, she replies

Spoiler

war?

Answer/Value/Bank

B: To heaven
Question Value: $10,000
Bank: $48,600

Portraying a heroic figure in an apotheosis was apparently popular in the day - there's a painting of the apotheosis of Napoleon.

$100,000
A phenomenon in which photons affect each other's movement, what adjective did Einstein famously use to describe "actions at a distance"?

A: Luscious B: Spooky
C: Cantankerous D: Befuddling

Noel:

Spoiler

Befuddling is a big, Einsteiny word, but I don't think he was befuddled by these sorts of things, maybe. Ummm. No, maybe he was. Oh, yeah, that makes sense. I'm gonna say D: Befuddling, final answer.

Answer

B: Spooky

"Spooky action at a distance" is a famous Einstein quote. I figured Noel would know it.

[MarleysGh0st]

They've made this point several times during the week - the Whiz Kids are smarter than 99.9% of the population. So why would TPTB give them an "ask the audience" lifeline?

They wanted the kids to do well (by current show standards) and they suspected the kids would need this extra help? At least, the results seem to support that hypothesis. Even with the fourth lifeline, and with a set of (generally) WWOQ-free stacks, none of them got past the $100K question. Even with a high IQ, there are still books and movies and assorted cultural references and game show strategies they aren't familiar with.