Transcript 11/10/14 Erin LaVoie

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Erin LaVoie
Spokane, WA

Erin holds the Guinness World Record for the most Christmas trees chopped in two minutes.
She chopped down 27 trees in two minutes.

Erin’s +1 is her friend, Stacy Crawford.

Millionaire: Guinness World Records Edition Week

Question 1 – If an ER doctor says you just have a contusion, you probably don’t need to worry, since all you’ve got is what?
A. A toothache
B. A bruise
C. A hangnail
D. Gas

Spoiler

B. A bruise
$15K
Bank - $15K

Question 2 – Try this tricky math question that stumps many Ivy Leaguers: A bat and ball cast $1.10. The bat costs $1 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?
A. $.30
B. $.20
C. $.15
D. $.05


+1
After a little deliberation, Erin decides to JTQ.

JTQ

Spoiler

D. $.05
$5K
Bank - $15K

Question 3 – What is the official website of accomplished sports figure Danica Patrick?
A. danicagolfing.com
B. danicaboxing.com
C. danicaracing.com
D. danicaskiing.com

Spoiler

C. danicaracing.com
$1K
Bank - $16K

commercial break

Question 4 –Named for its founder, which of these car brands sounds far less glamorous when you learn that it’s derived from the Latin word for “blacksmith”?
A. Lamborghini
B. FIAT
C. Ferrari
D. Maserati


ATA

ATA results

13% A. Lamborghini
13% B. FIAT
40% C. Ferrari
34% D. Maserati

Spoiler

C. Ferrari
$2K
Bank - $18K

Question 5 – Known for experiencing tremors along its Great Glen Fault, in 2014, which part of the UK shook things up when it held a vote offering independence?
A. England
B. Wales
C. Scotland
D. Northern Ireland

Erin decides to walk

Spoiler

C. Scotland
Erin leaves with $9K.

commercial break

[jarnon]

Erin holds the Guinness World Record for the most Christmas trees chopped in two minutes.
She chopped down 27 trees in two minutes.

They should have shown a clip of Erin chopping trees. Watch this:



YouTube has a bunch of videos of Erin's lumberjill skills, which are much more impressive than her game show talents.

Question 2 – Try this tricky math question that stumps many Ivy Leaguers: A bat and ball cast $1.10. The bat costs $1 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?
A. $.30
B. $.20
C. $.15
D. $.05


+1
After a little deliberation, Erin decides to JTQ.

JTQ

Spoiler

D. $.05
$5K
Bank - $15K

If I couldn't solve this, I'd send back my math Ph.D. diploma. Still, I was disappointed that both Erin and Stacy had no clue, and couldn't even test the four answers to find the right one.

[MarleysGh0st]

YouTube has a bunch of videos of Erin's lumberjill skills, which are much more impressive than her game show talents..

Thanks for that video, jarnon! That was a rate of just over 4 seconds per tree, which sounded impossible to me. I noticed that they had peeled the bark off of those trees in advance (and whittled them down to a standard thickness?) which made it possible to slice through most of them with one stroke. Impressive, yes, but I wonder if she ever had to pass the written test.

Question 2 – Try this tricky math question that stumps many Ivy Leaguers: A bat and ball cast $1.10. The bat costs $1 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?
A. $.30
B. $.20
C. $.15
D. $.05


+1
After a little deliberation, Erin decides to JTQ.

JTQ

Spoiler

D. $.05
$5K
Bank - $15K

If I couldn't solve this, I'd send back my math Ph.D. diploma. Still, I was disappointed that both Erin and Stacy had no clue, and couldn't even test the four answers to find the right one.

I think I've heard this question before. First of all, the Ivy Leaguers wouldn't have been warned that this was a "tricky math question"; they'd be given a bunch of questions of which this was just one more (that they'd generally get wrong). Secondly, if you're going to ask this question in multiple choice format, why would you leave out the wrong answer that most people fall for? Even with that warning--it's a trap!--Erin immediately wanted to answer $.10 just like everyone else. Erin was so shocked that that choice wasn't there that she had no idea how to proceed to reason out the question, even with her friend's help. After the answer was revealed, all she could say was "why?"

This question earns a new category: the Quadruple Eye Roll!

[MarleysGh0st]

Question 5 – Known for experiencing tremors along its Great Glen Fault, in 2014, which part of the UK shook things up when it held a vote offering independence?
A. England
B. Wales
C. Scotland
D. Northern Ireland

Erin decides to walk

Spoiler

C. Scotland
Erin leaves with $9K.

Erin said she wasn't good a geography. While "Glen" might have been a geographic hint, this was a straightforward current events question.

[TheConfessor]

Question 5 – Known for experiencing tremors along its Great Glen Fault, in 2014, which part of the UK shook things up when it held a vote offering independence?
A. England
B. Wales
C. Scotland
D. Northern Ireland

Erin decides to walk

Spoiler

C. Scotland
Erin leaves with $9K.

Erin said she wasn't good a geography. While "Glen" might have been a geographic hint, this was a straightforward current events question.

The election in Scotland took place September 18th. Had this episode been taped already, or were the writers anticipating it and phrasing it in the past tense?

[earendel]

Erin LaVoie
Spokane, WA

Erin holds the Guinness World Record for the most Christmas trees chopped in two minutes.
She chopped down 27 trees in two minutes.

Erin’s +1 is her friend, Stacy Crawford.

Question 2 – Try this tricky math question that stumps many Ivy Leaguers: A bat and ball cast $1.10. The bat costs $1 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?
A. $.30
B. $.20
C. $.15
D. $.05

+1
After a little deliberation, Erin decides to JTQ.

JTQ

Spoiler

D. $.05
$5K
Bank - $15K

Terry explained it afterward but said that it's easy when someone is telling you in your ear.

Question 4 –Named for its founder, which of these car brands sounds far less glamorous when you learn that it’s derived from the Latin word for “blacksmith”?
A. Lamborghini
B. FIAT
C. Ferrari
D. Maserati

ATA

ATA results

13% A. Lamborghini
13% B. FIAT
40% C. Ferrari
34% D. Maserati

Spoiler

C. Ferrari
$2K
Bank - $18K

The Latin word for iron is "ferrum", from which the symbol Fe comes. FIAT is an acronym so the only answer it could be is Ferrari.

Question 5 – Known for experiencing tremors along its Great Glen Fault, in 2014, which part of the UK shook things up when it held a vote offering independence?
A. England
B. Wales
C. Scotland
D. Northern Ireland

Erin decides to walk

Spoiler

C. Scotland
Erin leaves with $9K.

Erin made a comment about never having visited any of these. It's a matter of knowledge of current events.

[SportsFan68]

Question 1 – If an ER doctor says you just have a contusion, you probably don’t need to worry, since all you’ve got is what?
A. A toothache
B. A bruise
C. A hangnail
D. Gas

Spoiler

B. A bruise
$15K
Bank - $15K

I liked her and was rooting for her, but how she handled this question (lots of extra chatter) made me flinch. Surely a lumberjack competition winner is familiar with bruises and contusions. OTOH, what about a bruise would make you go to the ER? OTOH, if it only looks like a bruise but may be a break or a sprain, you would go to the ER to have it checked out and welcome the news that it was only a contusion. OTOH, the other three would certainly not find you at the ER.

Question 2 – Try this tricky math question that stumps many Ivy Leaguers: A bat and ball cast $1.10. The bat costs $1 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?
A. $.30
B. $.20
C. $.15
D. $.05


+1
After a little deliberation, Erin decides to JTQ.

JTQ

Spoiler

D. $.05
$5K
Bank - $15K

This was painful to watch. From the comfort of my Stratolounger (kidding . . .), I went at it backward. I started with .30 and added a dollar, then .20 and added a dollar, then .15 and added a dollar, but then it was obvious it was gonna be .05.

[jarnon]

OTOH, the other three would certainly not find you at the ER.

I know people with severe chest pain from gas that they mistook for a heart attack, and a woman with a tooth infection that spread to her bloodstream. Never heard of a life-threatening hangnail, though.

[SportsFan68]

OTOH, the other three would certainly not find you at the ER.

I know people with severe chest pain from gas that they mistook for a heart attack, and a woman with a tooth infection that spread to her bloodstream. Never heard of a life-threatening hangnail, though.

Aargh! What I don't know about medical maladies! Thanks, Jarnon.