Transcript 05/10/2013 Kathie Lee Gifford/Hoda Kotb

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To wrap up the special Children's Miracle Network Hospitals week the audience is wearing custom-made red T-shirts. BAM is donating $10,000 for each contestant who reaches Round 2; thus far they have donated $30,000. Today two special contestants hope to add a lot more - Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb. They "booze it up" on the 4th hour of "Today" - each day is a separate emphasis. Meredith asks if they have had anything to drink today and Kathie Lee says "it's none of your business." Hoda reminds Meredith of the times that she boozed it up with them. The Children's Miracle Network was started by John Schneider and Marie Osmond. Hoda says it's a first-class operation. They are guaranteed $10,000 for appearing.

Topic Tree: (unrandomized)
10 - What Language
9 - Twinkie Defense
8 - Alternate Versions
7 - Check Please
6 - Hue S.A.
5 - Women Are From Venus
4 - Civic Duties
3 - Ladies Like
2 - You Lush
1 - Love Hate

Topic Tree: (randomized)
4 - Civic Duties
6 - Hue S.A.
10 - What Language
7 - Check Please
9 - Twinkie Defense
2 - You Lush
1 - Love Hate
8 - Alternate Versions
5 - Women Are From Venus
3 - Ladies Like

Question #1 (Ladies Like - Level 3)
As famously sung by Marilyn Monroe, which of these is said to be a girl's best friend?
A - shoes
B - phone
C - diamonds
D - Spanx

Kathie Lee says she already knows this and says

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"diamonds"

. Meredith tells her to wait.

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Answer: C (diamonds)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $1,000

Question #2 (Women Are From Venus - Level 5)
Jeff Foxworthy once quipped "women don't really want to hear a man's opinion; they want to hear their own opinion in a" what?
A - festive lilt
B - foreign accent
C - gentler tone
D - deeper voice

Kathie Lee and Hoda read the question in unison and give their final answer that way as well.

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Answer: D (deeper voice)
Value: $100
Bank: $1,000

Question #3 (Alternate Versions - Level 8)
Likely to upsed the original work's purist fans, "Mr. Darcy Takes a Wife" is an imagined sequel to what classic novel?
A - Pride and Prejudice
B - Wuthering Heights
C - Jane Eyre
D - Great Expectations

Hoda says she's quite sure that the answer is

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Pride and Prejudice

.

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Answer: A (Pride and Prejudice)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $3,100

Question #4 (Love Hate - Level 1)
Two friends who can't stop fighting are sometimes compared to what?
A - cops and robbers
B - an old married couple
C - meat and potatoes
D - Kathie Lee & Hoda

They laugh at the last answer and start analyzing the question. They reject

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A and C

but Kathie Lee says "two friends" and wonders how it might relate. Hoda says she thinks it's

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B

and Kathie Lee concurs.

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Answer: B (an old married couple)
Value: $15,000
Bank: $18,100

commercial break

Coming out of commercial a clip of Meredith serving as the "producer of the day" for Hoda and Kathie Lee's "Today" segment. They discuss the clip, Meredith saying that Hoda and Kathie Lee don't listen and Hoda saying Meredith kept holding up cards saying "Talk more about me."

Question #5 (You Lush - Level 2)
Someone who has had a little too mkuch to drink is commonly referred to as half in the what?
A - alley
B - stall
C - bag
D - wagon

Hoda and Kathie Lee agree before the answers are shown that it's

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bag

.

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Answer: C (bag)
Value: $25,000
Bank: $43,100

Question #6 (Twinkie Defense - Level 9)
From the day a Twinkie hits the shelf, it will stay edible for how long?
A - three and a half weeks
B - three and a half months
C - three and a half years
D - three and a half centuries

Kathie Lee says she knows how long the Twinkie has been around - 83 years - because it came out the same year that her mother and her husband were born. Hoda thinks it's

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C

but Kathie Lee thinks it's

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D

. Hoda says it can't be

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centuries

. Kathie Lee disagrees and argues vehemently for her answer. Hoda says

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it's only been around 83 years so how would we know

. Kathie Lee asks if Meredith will tell them the answer so they don't go crazy. Meredith says she will after they decide on their final answer. Since they can't agree, they decide to jump the question.

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Answer: A (three and a half weeks)
Value: $7,000
Bank: $43,100 (unchanged)

Question #7 (Check Please - Level 7)
Claiming tourists from Quebec don't tip, some waiters in Burlington, VT now add an 18% gratuity to the bills of anyone speaking what language?
A - Hebrew
B - German
C - French
D - Spanish

Kathie Lee asks "Is this true?"

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Answer: C (French)
Value: $10,000
Bank: $53,100

commercial break

Coming out of commercial Meredith gives another plug for the charity and mentions its Web site, http://www.cmn.org.

Question #8 (What Language - Level 10)
What profane-sounding phrase appears on a popular T-shirt worn by fans of the TV show "Battlestar Galactica"?
A - Shikt Happens
B - Pisked Off
C - What the Frak
D - Son of a Hork

Neither of them have seen the show. Kathie Lee wonders if the audience would know and says, "I wonder if anyone in the audience is a big fan," garnering some applause. Kathie Lee says "We're not allowed to ask," and Meredith confirms this. They decide to ask the audience.

ATA results

A - 22%
B - 6%
C - 57%
D - 15%

They go with the audience's answer.

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Answer: C (What the Frak)
Value: $3,000
Bank: $56,100

Question #9 (Hue S.A. - Level 6)
Blending the three colors of the U.S. flag creates a shade of what?
A - lime green
B - deep orange
C - light purple
D - bright yellow

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Answer: C (light purple)
Value: $500
Bank: $56,600

Question #10 (Civic Duties - Level 4)
With lines like "let's not watch fireworks, let's make 'em instead," a rap video promoted Singapore's "National Night," which focuses on what?
A - DIY projects
B - procreation
C - fishing
D - export diversification

Kathie Lee jokes, "You know how much I like rap music."

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Answer: B (procreation)
Value: $5,000
Bank: $61,600

commercial break

Kathie Lee says it's all about the children, not their egos. Hoda retorts "It's a little bit about ego."

CLASSIC MILLIONAIRE

$100K - A type of tug-of-war, the Bavarian sport "fingerhakeln" involves two competitors trying to pull each other across a table, usually using which finger?
A - ring
B - thumb
C - pinky
D - middle

They decide to jump the question. Kathie Lee would have said

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pinky

while Hoda would have said

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thumb

.

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D (middle)

$250K - What was the first Disney film to supplement its hand drawn animation with computer animation?
A - The Sword in the Stone
B - The Aristocats
C - The Fox and the Hound
D - The Black Cauldron

Kathie Lee says that she worked for Disney for a few years and she thinks the answer is

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The Aristocats

but she doesn't want to risk the money. Hoda asks how sure Kathie Lee is and she replies, "Not at all." They can't risk it so they decide to walk away with their bank of $61,600.

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D (The Black Cauldron)

THE END OF GAME "NOISE"


Millionaire question of the day:
Which of these iconic structures was originally built to have blimps dock on top of it?
A - Statue of Liberty
B - Empire State Building
C - Washington Monument
D - Taj Mahal
Answer:

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B (Empire State Building)