Transcript 01/20/09 Kristin Patton (TexasMommy)

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Kristin Patton TexasMommy
Garland, TX

Kristin had two disc replaced in her neck. She would like to win enough to pay off her medical bills.
While recovering from the operation, Kristin got hooked on “Millionaire.”

Kristin still has all of her lifelines.

Meredith introduces today’s ATE, A.J. Jacobs, NPR correspondent and best selling author of “The Know-It-All.”
Jacob spent a year of his life reading “Encyclopedia Britannica.” 33,000 pages.

Topic Tree:
The Circle of Life
Place of Honor
Oscar Night
Strong Constitution
Where Ya From?
Shave and a Haircut
Mach Speed
What is It?
Under the Weather
Testing...Testing
(Iron Man)
(Advertising Jingles)
(Divas)
(Got Mulch?)
(Tough Times)

$2K To avoid the embarrassment of testing positive for drugs, people are often told to refrain from eating what seeds prior to a drug test?
A. Sesame
B. Caraway
C. Poppy
D. Sunflower

Spoiler

C. Poppy (21)

$4K In 2008, news stories asked the punning question “Kim Jong, ill?” about the rumored poor health of what country’s leader?
A. North Korea
B. China
C. Turkmenistan
D. Sudan

Spoiler

A. North Korea (19)

$8K What is a hassock?
A. Mediterranean fish
B. Priest’s robe
C. Padded stool
D. Turkish tribesman

ATA ( 18 )

3% A. Mediterranean fish
18% B. Priest’s robe
75% C. Padded stool
4% D. Turkish tribesman

Kristin goes with the audience.
Meredith asks Kristin if she thought it was padded stool.
Kristin: No.
audience laughs
Meredith: What were you thinking?
Kristin: At least I’m honest.
Meredith: Well I have to ask you what you were thinking.
Kristin: I thought it was a fish.
Meredith: A fish? It’s a padded stool.

Spoiler

C. Padded stool (12)

$16K Used to refer to the speed of an object relative to the speed of sound, the term “Mach” derives from the name of a famous what?
A. Chemist
B. Physicist
C. Zoologist
D. Botanist

DD (9)

Kristin’s first choice is correct.

Spoiler

B. Physicist (9)

commercial break

$25K The classic story of “Sweeney Todd” features a villainous barber who sets up shop above a store that sells what?
A. Blood pudding
B. Fish heads
C. Sweetbreads
D. Meat pies

ATE (16)

A.J. doesn’t think this was in the encyclopedia, but he did see the movie. He thinks the correct answer is meat pies.

Spoiler

D. Meat pies (12)

$50K What world city’s residents refer to themselves as “Cariocas”?
A. Mexico City
B. Rio de Janeiro
C. Havana
D. Buenos Aires

PAF (27)

Kristin’s PAF team:

Roger from Garland, TX – a friend
Eli from Garland, TX – a pal
Bob from Los Angeles, CA – a friend AKA Bob78164 of the bored

PAF – Roger

Roger says it is Rio de Janeiro, 100%.

Spoiler

B. Rio de Janeiro (22)

commercial break

$100K Containing roughly 350,000 words and about 800 amendments, what U.S. state’s constitution is thought to be the world’s longest?
A. Alabama
B. California
C. Texas
D. New Hampshire

Kristin decides to leave with $50K.

Spoiler

A. Alabama ( 20 )

Answers:
$2K C. Poppy
$4K A. North Korea
$8K C. Padded stool
$16K B. Physicist
$25K D. Meat pies
$50K B. Rio de Janeiro
$100K A. Alabama

[Snaxx]

Congrats on the big win!

It looks like A.J. was better today than what I saw yesterday, or at least our BB was confident enough to go with his answer in a big spot.

[Millionaire Fan]

Enjoy your $50,000. My father also congratulates you.

[Estonut]

TexasMommy, have you found someone who will come through with a recording for you? I verified that today's episode (on KCAL in Los Angeles) was the one that aired elsewhere yesterday. They are supposed to air today's episode tomorrow. Once that airs, do you want me to burn them to DVR, or have you already made arrangements with someone else?

[madamemeisha]

Yay! Congratulations, TexasMommy! I haven't been able to see it yet, but I hope it gets posted soon. Great job!

[TheConfessor]

Congratulations on your win. I'd have been tempted to guess Texas on the last question, since I've always heard much criticism about what a large and unwieldy document it has become.

[littlebeast13]

Holy crap! I literally knew only 1 of those 7 questions.....

Congrats TexasMommy! It's a shame WWTBAm had to schedule you on the worst possible day for anyone to be able to see your show, but I'm sure they'll pay you just the same.....

lb13

[peacock2121]

Congratulations!

Hoping you are/were able to have your viewing party.

Enjoy your prize money.

[earendel]

Kristin Patton TexasMommy
Garland, TX

Kristin had two disc replaced in her neck. She would like to win enough to pay off her medical bills.
While recovering from the operation, Kristin got hooked on “Millionaire.”

Kristin still has all of her lifelines.

Meredith introduces today’s ATE, A.J. Jacobs, NPR correspondent and best selling author of “The Know-It-All.”
Jacob spent a year of his life reading “Encyclopedia Britannica.” 33,000 pages.

Sorry that most of us didn't get to watch this, but we have great hopes.

$8K What is a hassock?
A. Mediterranean fish
B. Priest’s robe
C. Padded stool
D. Turkish tribesman

ATA ( 18 )

3% A. Mediterranean fish
18% B. Priest’s robe
75% C. Padded stool
4% D. Turkish tribesman

Kristin goes with the audience.
Meredith asks Kristin if she thought it was padded stool.
Kristin: No.
audience laughs
Meredith: What were you thinking?
Kristin: At least I’m honest.
Meredith: Well I have to ask you what you were thinking.
Kristin: I thought it was a fish.
Meredith: A fish? It’s a padded stool.

Spoiler

C. Padded stool (12)

Interesting set of distractors. Mediterranean fish - haddock; priest's robe - cassock; Turkish tribesman - Cossak (or maybe "Ottoman").

$16K Used to refer to the speed of an object relative to the speed of sound, the term “Mach” derives from the name of a famous what?
A. Chemist
B. Physicist
C. Zoologist
D. Botanist

DD (9)

Kristin’s first choice is correct.

Spoiler

B. Physicist (9)

It's possible that Mach might have been a chemist but acoustics is a branch of physics so it's more logical to go that direction.

$25K The classic story of “Sweeney Todd” features a villainous barber who sets up shop above a store that sells what?
A. Blood pudding
B. Fish heads
C. Sweetbreads
D. Meat pies

ATE (16)

A.J. doesn’t think this was in the encyclopedia, but he did see the movie. He thinks the correct answer is meat pies.

Spoiler

D. Meat pies (12)

The only reason I know this is because my son and daughter-in-law watched the movie on cable and I happened to catch a part of it.

$50K What world city’s residents refer to themselves as “Cariocas”?
A. Mexico City
B. Rio de Janeiro
C. Havana
D. Buenos Aires

PAF (27)

Kristin’s PAF team:

Roger from Garland, TX – a friend
Eli from Garland, TX – a pal
Bob from Los Angeles, CA – a friend AKA Bob78164 of the bored

PAF – Roger

Roger says it is Rio de Janeiro, 100%.

Spoiler

B. Rio de Janeiro (22)

I would have had no idea and would have gone with the PAF also - someone who could Google it. TexasMommy, if I may ask, why did you choose Roger rather than Bob?

$100K Containing roughly 350,000 words and about 800 amendments, what U.S. state’s constitution is thought to be the world’s longest?
A. Alabama
B. California
C. Texas
D. New Hampshire

Kristin decides to leave with $50K.

Spoiler

A. Alabama ( 20 )

I'd be using lifelines here - might as well give the expert a shot, but be prepared to Double Dip. I might have gone down with the ship, though, because my DD answers would have bee B and C.

All in all a great run, TexasMommy. Please regale us with the behind-the-scenes stuff that we love to hear about.

[christie1111]

Congratulations on your win!

Sorry that the days events messed up the scheduling of the party.

But be proud of how you did and enjoy the money!

[NellyLunatic1980]

$8K What is a hassock?
A. Mediterranean fish
B. Priest’s robe
C. Padded stool
D. Turkish tribesman

ATA ( 18 )

3% A. Mediterranean fish
18% B. Priest’s robe
75% C. Padded stool
4% D. Turkish tribesman

Kristin goes with the audience.
Meredith asks Kristin if she thought it was padded stool.
Kristin: No.
audience laughs
Meredith: What were you thinking?
Kristin: At least I’m honest.
Meredith: Well I have to ask you what you were thinking.
Kristin: I thought it was a fish.
Meredith: A fish? It’s a padded stool.

I think the writers deliberately threw in fish as a choice to see if somebody under the pressure of TDC might confuse hassock and haddock.

$100K: Let's ask AJ first. Since Alabama is at the beginning of the alphabet, if this fact is in the Encyclopaedia Britannica, then he should nail it. If he doesn't know, then I'll PAF.

Excellent job, Kristin!

[MarleysGh0st]

$50K What world city’s residents refer to themselves as “Cariocas”?
A. Mexico City
B. Rio de Janeiro
C. Havana
D. Buenos Aires

PAF (27)

Kristin’s PAF team:

Roger from Garland, TX – a friend
Eli from Garland, TX – a pal
Bob from Los Angeles, CA – a friend AKA Bob78164 of the bored

PAF – Roger

Roger says it is Rio de Janeiro, 100%.

Spoiler

B. Rio de Janeiro (22)

Dang! Not only were we cheated out of seeing TexasMommy, but we were deprived of seeing one of only two times Bob was allowed to be on a PAF team this season!

$100K Containing roughly 350,000 words and about 800 amendments, what U.S. state’s constitution is thought to be the world’s longest?
A. Alabama
B. California
C. Texas
D. New Hampshire

Yikes! WWOQ! My hunch would have been California, because of all the amendments that frequently make the political campaign news. When has the Alabama constitution ever been in the news (outside of Alabama)?



Congratulations, TexasMommy!

[tlynn78]

Congrats, TexasMommy! Enjoy your haul!

t.

[tanstaafl2]

Kristin Patton TexasMommy
Garland, TX
$8K What is a hassock?
A. Mediterranean fish
B. Priest’s robe
C. Padded stool
D. Turkish tribesman

ATA ( 18 )

3% A. Mediterranean fish
18% B. Priest’s robe
75% C. Padded stool
4% D. Turkish tribesman

Kristin goes with the audience.
Meredith asks Kristin if she thought it was padded stool.
Kristin: No.
audience laughs
Meredith: What were you thinking?
Kristin: At least I’m honest.
Meredith: Well I have to ask you what you were thinking.
Kristin: I thought it was a fish.
Meredith: A fish? It’s a padded stool.

Spoiler

C. Padded stool (12)

This would have cost me a lifeline (or two) for sure. While I was familiar with a hassock as a padded stool I also thought it could be a priest's robes. Turns out I was confusing it with a cassock.

As opposed to a Cossack I suppose. Of course I think of Cossacks as Eastern European/Ukranian/Russian but not Turkish.

[Winnamill]

Congratulations on your great showing! You were a bright spot in an otherwise ho-hum week. I'm just disappointed to not actually see the second half of your show. I had the TV on all afternoon with the volume down just to see if it showed late in CA, but no such luck. My college roommate/PAF also taped for you in NC, but no luck on her end either. I hope you were able to get a copy, and I'll hope to see it in repeats in the summer.

Enjoy your winnings and all the fun that goes with it!

Karen (Winnamill)