Transcript 12/12/2014 Eric Berger

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Eric Berger
Houston, TX

No pregame chitchat.

Question #1: Because it gives them hives, a child with the rare condition of aquagenic urticaria is literally allergic to what?
A - doing homework
B - taking a bath
C - making the bed
D - cleaning their room

Eric says this is a tough one to start out with but he knows that

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"aqua" refers to water

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Answer: B (taking a bath)
Value: $15,000
Bank: $15,000

Question #2: Thanks to a 2014 update of the Scrabble Players Dictionary, you can now use the nasty-looking rack "C-I-L-H-L-A-X" to play a 7-letter word defined how?
A - popular social networking site
B - type of yoga
C - to calm down
D - one who texts

Eric knows this one.

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Answer: C (to calm down)
Value: $5,000
Bank: $20,000

commercial break

Question #3: At what southern tourist spot can you check out airplanes named "Lisa Marie" and "Hound Dog II"?
A - Colonial Williamsburg
B - Dollywood
C - Coca-Cola Museum
D - Graceland

Eric knows that

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Lisa Marie was Elvis' daughter and he had a song named "Hound Dog"

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Answer: D (Graceland)
Value: $100
Bank: $20,100

Question #4: Eugene Goostman reportedly passed the Turing Test in 2014 after 33% of people mistakenly believed it was a human being. What is Eugene Goostman?
A - a chimpanzee
B - an animatronic mannequin
C - a computer program
D - a holographic doorman

Eric has it between two answers but he doesn't feel comfortable and he jumps the question.

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Answer: C (a computer program)
Value: $7,000 (jumped)
Bank: $20,100 (unchanged)

Question #5: Alluding to a pastime that changed his life, what is the subtitle of music mogul Russell Simmons' 2014 book, "Success Through Stillness"?
A - Napping in Small Doses
B - Meditation Made Simple
C - Adventures in Nude Modeling
D - The Life of a Modern Mime

Eric can't see Russell Simmons as a

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nude model or a mime

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Answer: B (Meditation Made Simple)
Value: $10,000
Bank: $30,100

commercial break

Eric is known for having to rent a lot of tuxes because he's had 21 friends get married.

Question #6: According to the religion's teachings, the Book of Mormon was translated from golden tablets found in whata state's town of Manchester?
A - Missouri
B - Indiana
C - New York
D - Nevada

Eric went to school with some Mormon friends. He thinks he knows but he wants to ask the audience for reassurance.

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Ask the Audience results:
A - 28%
B - 26%
C - 28%
D - 18%

Eric was leaning toward

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Missouri or New York

. He then runs through the Mormon travels West. He calls upon his +1, his girlfriend Alicia, because he doesn't want to walk away with a lifeline on the table. She thought the same thing Eric did. She says the audience may have said

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New York because everybody knows Manchester, NY. Eric asks, "Is there one?" Alicia replies, "Isn't there?"

They saw the play "The Book of Mormon". Eric asks Alicia what he should do and she says, "Whatever your gut says." He says that if it was

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New York the "east coast audience" would have voted it higher

. He rules out

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Nevada

and then says, It's go big or go home" and he hasn't embarrassed himself by going out on the first question.

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He goes with A as his final answer

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Answer: C (New York)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $1,000 (consolation prize)

commercial break

MILLIONAIRE "QUESTION OF THE DAY": Made from the plant found in its name, which of the following is a popular and surprisingly soft household item?
A - Cactus socks
B - Oak towels
C - Cedar underwear
D - Bamboo sheets

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Answer: D (Bamboo sheets)

commercial break

[SportsFan68]

So far, so good.

[jarnon]

Question #4: Eugene Goostman reportedly passed the Turing Test in 2014 after 33% of people mistakenly believed it was a human being. What is Eugene Goostman?
A - a chimpanzee
B - an animatronic mannequin
C - a computer program
D - a holographic doorman

Eric has it between two answers but he doesn't feel comfortable and he jumps the question.

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Answer: C (a computer program)
Value: $7,000 (jumped)
Bank: $20,100 (unchanged)

This question would be easier now, with the publicity for the movie The Imitation Game.

[MarleysGh0st]

Question #6: According to the religion's teachings, the Book of Mormon was translated from golden tablets found in what state's town of Manchester?
A - Missouri
B - Indiana
C - New York
D - Nevada

Eric went to school with some Mormon friends. He thinks he knows but he wants to ask the audience for reassurance.

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Ask the Audience results:
A - 28%
B - 26%
C - 28%
D - 18%

Eric was leaning toward

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Missouri or New York

. He then runs through the Mormon travels West. He calls upon his +1, his girlfriend Alicia, because he doesn't want to walk away with a lifeline on the table. She thought the same thing Eric did. She says the audience may have said

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New York because everybody knows Manchester, NY. Eric asks, "Is there one?" Alicia replies, "Isn't there?"

They saw the play "The Book of Mormon". Eric asks Alicia what he should do and she says, "Whatever your gut says." He says that if it was

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New York the "east coast audience" would have voted it higher

. He rules out

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Nevada

and then says, It's go big or go home" and he hasn't embarrassed himself by going out on the first question.

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He goes with A as his final answer

.

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Answer: C (New York)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $1,000 (consolation prize)

The town of Manchester was something of a nasty detail to add. Its population (according to Wikipedia) is just over 9,000 people. I live in the Finger Lakes and I've done the tourist thing and visited Hill Cumorah, and I wouldn't even have been able to identify the town it was in. (The neighboring town of Palmyra is more famously identified with the beginning of Mormonism.) As for the NYC-Connecticut audience being able recognize the town, as Eric speculated--no way!

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Eric Berger
Houston, TX

No pregame chitchat.

Question #5: Alluding to a pastime that changed his life, what is the subtitle of music mogul Russell Simmons' 2014 book, "Success Through Stillness"?
A - Napping in Small Doses
B - Meditation Made Simple
C - Adventures in Nude Modeling
D - The Life of a Modern Mime

Eric can't see Russell Simmons as a

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nude model or a mime

.

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Answer: B (Meditation Made Simple)
Value: $10,000
Bank: $30,100

Maybe danielh41 should write a book with "C" for the title.

Nihil obstat®.