Transcript 10/22/12 Alfonso Coswano (1Q contestant)

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Transcript 10/22/12 Alfonso Coswano (1Q contestant)

#1 Post by BBTranscriptTeam » Tue Oct 23, 2012 5:14 am

Alfonso Coswano
Brooklyn, NY
Librarian and writing tutor


Before its lyrics were changed to a horror theme, the Michael Jackson song “Thriller” was originally titled what?
A. Starlight
B. Rainbow
C. Daybreak
D. Sunshine
Spoiler
A. Starlight
Alfonso wins $1K and 20 free plays on the Millionaire Facebook game.
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Re: Transcript 10/22/12 Alfonso Coswano

#2 Post by etaoin22 » Tue Oct 23, 2012 6:11 am

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Alfonso Coswano
Brooklyn, NY
Librarian and writing tutor


Before its lyrics were changed to a horror theme, the Michael Jackson song “Thriller” was originally titled what?
A. Starlight
B. Rainbow
C. Daybreak
D. Sunshine
Spoiler
A. Starlight
Alfonso wins $1K and 20 free plays on the Millionaire Facebook game.
I didn't know this but it accounts for the peculiar feel of the chorus with "Thriller" as the title

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Re: Transcript 10/22/12 Alfonso Coswano

#3 Post by earendel » Tue Oct 23, 2012 6:15 am

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Alfonso Coswano
Brooklyn, NY
Librarian and writing tutor
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Before its lyrics were changed to a horror theme, the Michael Jackson song “Thriller” was originally titled what?
A. Starlight
B. Rainbow
C. Daybreak
D. Sunshine
Spoiler
A. Starlight
Alfonso wins $1K and 20 free plays on the Millionaire Facebook game.
This would have been Todd's $250K question. Had it occurred in the regular stack I'd have had a lifeline (JTQ) to use and would have used it here. It's probably easy enough to tease out the right answer, given the video was shot at night, making "Starlight" the most reasonable answer, but I don't think I'd have had the guts to go for it on that alone.
"Elen sila lumenn omentielvo...A star shines on the hour of our meeting."

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Re: Transcript 10/22/12 Alfonso Coswano

#4 Post by MarleysGh0st » Tue Oct 23, 2012 6:31 am

You know, Alfonso, they tell you to hold the microphone right up to your mouth so that we can hear you. Talking with your hands and waving that microphone all over the place doesn't work so well in this situation.

Nice guess, though.

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#5 Post by hss501 » Tue Oct 23, 2012 8:29 am

I tried singing each in place of "Thriller," and
Spoiler
Starlight
was the only one that sounded good. (Actually, as I am a terrible singer, none sounded good, but you get what I mean.) So under fire, had I had $100k in the bank, I would have walked and then kicked myself for a good, long time about this.

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