Transcript 1/22/2016 - Joellen Welch (carryover contestant)

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Joellen Welch
Montclair, VA

Joellen is a Marine Corps civilian who loves a challenge. She's a risk-taker, something she learned from her father. She once challenged her family to a chili pepper eating contest and won; she used her winnings to buy ice cream for all the competitors. Joellen has $5,000 in her bank and all her lifelines remaining.

$7000: Now considered a word as well as a brand name, which of the following terms does the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary consider okay to play?
A - ChapStick
B - Coca-Cola
C - Xerox
D - Tylenol

Joellen's mother is an avid Scrabble player so she believes she knows this.

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Answer: C (Xerox)

$10,000: Named for a famous mathematician, what ancient device is sometimes still used to move liquids uphill?
A - Archimedes' screw
B - Pythagoras' bucket
C - Ptolemy's fulcrum
D - Euclid's spoon

Joellen uses her 50:50.

50:50 results

This leaves A and D.

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Answer: A (Archimedes' screw)

$20,000: Bugatti's test driver says that while it's possible, he's never exceeded 270 mph in the Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse because tests show it would cause what?
A - the engine to catch fire
B - the windshield to shatter
C - the tires to explode
D - the muffler to fly off

Joellen says that at 270 mph the friction would be intense.

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Answer: C (the tires to explode)

commercial break

$30,000: Based on 30 years of CDC data, babies in the US are most commonly born in what month, which happens to also be the birth month of Barack Obama?
A - February
B - May
C - August
D - December

Joellen says she read this when she was studying for the show but she can't remember it. She has it narrowed down to two and both are there. She opts to ask the audience.

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Ask the Audience results:
A - 14%
B - 28%
C - 46%
D - 12%

That's not the one she would have picked but she's going to trust the audience.

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Answer: C (August)

$50,000: In 1983, Guion Bluford became the first African-American to do what?
A - run for president
B - direct a Best Picture nominee
C - fly in outer space
D - manage a World Series champion

Joellen calls her +1, her friend Tara. Tara says she wishes Joellen had called her down for a question she knew. Neither of them have any idea; Tara thinks it might be

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B

. Joellen is leaning toward

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C

but she doesn't know either. Joellen says the smart thing to do is walk away, and that's what she does.

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Answer: C (fly in outer space)

commercial break

[jarnon]

$50,000: In 1983, Guion Bluford became the first African-American to do what?
A - run for president
B - direct a Best Picture nominee
C - fly in outer space
D - manage a World Series champion

Joellen calls her +1, her friend Tara. Tara says she wishes Joellen had called her down for a question she knew. Neither of them have any idea; Tara thinks it might be

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B

. Joellen is leaning toward

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C

but she doesn't know either. Joellen says the smart thing to do is walk away, and that's what she does.

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Answer: C (fly in outer space)

Easy for me. Guion is a graduate of Overbrook High in West Philadelphia, as are Will Smith and Wilt Chamberlain.

[earendel]

Joellen Welch
Montclair, VA

Joellen is a Marine Corps civilian who loves a challenge. She's a risk-taker, something she learned from her father. She once challenged her family to a chili pepper eating contest and won; she used her winnings to buy ice cream for all the competitors. Joellen has $5,000 in her bank and all her lifelines remaining.

Nihil obstat®. I knew the answer to the $50K question before the answers came up.

[christie1111]

This is a friend of a friend.

[ghostjmf]

20K: if engine fire, the engineers would have gone back to drawing board. Or at least introduced a cutoff mech.

So only tires really makes sense.

30K: gotta be a warm month because kids tend to be conceived in cold months. 50/50 & hope only 1 warm left.

50K: gotta be space because, sadly, the others would have gotten enough press for me to pick up on them.

I met an AA female astronaut, dunno if she was 1st, via a work colleague. Only to get to say "hi" & think "wow"

Just looked her up. She was 3rd, it appears..

[K.P.]

$50,000: In 1983, Guion Bluford became the first African-American to do what?
A - run for president
B - direct a Best Picture nominee
C - fly in outer space
D - manage a World Series champion

I was able to pick out A as being Shirley Chisholm in 1968, and would have guessed C, but not gone for it without help.

Remarkably, the first African American to direct a Best Picture nominee was Lee Daniels for Precious just six years ago.

[SportsFan68]

Let's pretend I have all lifelines remaining.

$30,000: Based on 30 years of CDC data, babies in the US are most commonly born in what month, which happens to also be the birth month of Barack Obama?
A - February
B - May
C - August
D - December

Joellen says she read this when she was studying for the show but she can't remember it. She has it narrowed down to two and both are there. She opts to ask the audience.

Spoiler

Ask the Audience results:
A - 14%
B - 28%
C - 46%
D - 12%

That's not the one she would have picked but she's going to trust the audience.

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Answer: C (August)

The only reason I know this is because I get a couple "Wish President Obama a Happy Birthday!" E-mails from national Dems. Oh, and while you're at it, include a donation . . .

$50,000: In 1983, Guion Bluford became the first African-American to do what?
A - run for president
B - direct a Best Picture nominee
C - fly in outer space
D - manage a World Series champion

Joellen calls her +1, her friend Tara. Tara says she wishes Joellen had called her down for a question she knew. Neither of them have any idea; Tara thinks it might be

Spoiler

B

. Joellen is leaning toward

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C

but she doesn't know either. Joellen says the smart thing to do is walk away, and that's what she does.

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Answer: C (fly in outer space)

OK, it's not A or D. The other two, I dunno. Plus One.

[Estonut]

$50,000: In 1983, Guion Bluford became the first African-American to do what?
A - run for president
B - direct a Best Picture nominee
C - fly in outer space
D - manage a World Series champion

I was able to pick out A as being Shirley Chisholm in 1968, and would have guessed C, but not gone for it without help.

Remarkably, the first African American to direct a Best Picture nominee was Lee Daniels for Precious just six years ago.

Spoiler

Chisholm was elected to Congress in 1968. She didn't run for President until 1972.

[jarnon]

$50,000: In 1983, Guion Bluford became the first African-American to do what?
A - run for president
B - direct a Best Picture nominee
C - fly in outer space
D - manage a World Series champion

Joellen calls her +1, her friend Tara. Tara says she wishes Joellen had called her down for a question she knew. Neither of them have any idea; Tara thinks it might be

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B

. Joellen is leaning toward

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C

but she doesn't know either. Joellen says the smart thing to do is walk away, and that's what she does.

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Answer: C (fly in outer space)

Speaking of pioneering blacks in space, here's a show I want to watch during Black History Month:

Oprah: Where Are They Now? (Feb. 6, OWN) Star Trek vixen Nichelle Nichols opens up about life on the Enterprise, Martin Luther King Jr.'s invaluable career advice and how she's managed to live long and prosper.

[K.P.]

$50,000: In 1983, Guion Bluford became the first African-American to do what?
A - run for president
B - direct a Best Picture nominee
C - fly in outer space
D - manage a World Series champion

I was able to pick out A as being Shirley Chisholm in 1968, and would have guessed C, but not gone for it without help.

Remarkably, the first African American to direct a Best Picture nominee was Lee Daniels for Precious just six years ago.

Spoiler

Chisholm was elected to Congress in 1968. She didn't run for President until 1972.

Good catch.