Transcript 01/19/2009 Michael Geller

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Michael Geller
Marlboro, NJ
Electrical construction equipment salesman

Mere says she really likes his striped shirt.

He says he works out of his car, bad habits he's talking on the phone, he has papers, he is drinking (coffee and water he means!)
He puts 30K miles a year into his car, and when he's done there is "nothing left but a hubcap"
So he needs a better car. Nice but not too nice because then his clients would think he is made of money.
His wife of 26 years and his two kids are in the audience


Topic Tree:

It Takes a Village
Air Supply
Veto Power
Honchos
In the Hopper
Leading Men
Facial Features
Now You're Cookin'
The "B" Word
States of the Union
Nursery Rhymes
Face It
Charlie Chaplin
Pie
Inherit the Wind


$100 (Inherit the Wind):
On a "wind farm", wind turns the propellers of large turbines to produce what?
A. Cars B. Paper
C. Electricity D. Hair gel

Spoiler

C. Electricity (:09)

$200 (Pie):
Which of these pies reportedly got its name because its sweetness made it attractive to pesky insects?
A. Mincemeat pie B. Shoofly pie
C. Shepherd's pie D. Chicken pot pie

Spoiler

B. Shoofly pie [:08]

$300 (Charlie Chaplin):
Which of these Charlie Chaplin movies was intended to make fun of Adolf Hitler?
A. Modern Times B. The Great Dictator
C. City Lights D. The Gold Rush

Spoiler

B. The Great Dictator (:07)

$500 (Face It):
By definition, a person whose mouth is "agape" has a mouth that is what?
A. Smiling B. Frowning
C. Wide open D. Tight-lipped

Spoiler

C. Wide open [:08]

$1000 (Nursery Rhymes):
In the popular nursery rhyme "One, Two, Buckle My Shoe," what activity follows "Seven, Eight"?
A. Kiss your mate B. Open the gate
C. Clean your plate D. Lay them straight

ATA (:09)

ATA

A-3% B-44% C-5% D-48%

Double Dip (:07)

Spoiler

First answer, B, was wrong. Second was correct D. Lay them straight (:06)

$2000 (States of the Union):
Which of these U.S. states has the most vowels in its name?
A. Louisiana B. Alabama
C. Massachusetts D. Indiana

Expert (:16)

ATE

AJ says "I think I know unless it's some sort of trick question... Louisiana... I feel pretty good about it. It has six while the others seem to have four" (With the clock off) Michael says he agrees.

Spoiler

A. Louisiana (:14)

Commercial break

$4000 (The "B" Word):
In 2008, what female rock group asked Sarah "Barracuda" Palin to stop promoting her candidacy using their hit song "Barracuda"?
A. The Go-Go's B. The Indigo Girls
C. Heart D. The Bangles

Michael loves rock n' roll

Spoiler

C. Heart (:21)

$8000 (Now You're Cookin'):
Convection ovens heat food more evenly and cook more quickly than standard ovens due to what feature?
A. Rotating trays B. Bright lights
C. Electromagnetic radiation D. Circulating air

Spoiler

D. Circulating air (:17)

$16K (Facial Features):
Familiar to social networkers everywhere, what color is the distinctive logo of the web site Facebook?
A. Yellow and white B. Blue and white
C. Red and white D. Green and white


PAF (:23)
choices:
Drew, Bernards Township NJ
Matthew, Scotch Plains NJ
Rich, Asbury NJ

PAF

Drew asks for repeat of choices, says Blue and White, (asked how sure) then says 100%

Spoiler

B. Blue and white (:20)

$25K (Leading Men):
The man who wrote the classic autobiographical work "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" is also the subject of what acclaimed film?
A. Gandhi D. Lawrence of Arabia
C. Patton D. Malcolm X

Spoiler

Michael says he thinks he knows it but is not sure enough. He decides to walk with $16K. He would have said Gandhi

D. Lawrence of Arabia (:07)

Michael walked with $16K.

Commercial break

[Snaxx]

$1K - Narrow avoidance of another Monday/Tuesday's Child audience Dursting. This time they were barely right. Double-Dip serves its purpose; perhaps the Monday's Child llama might have gone that way had DD been in the place of what was then a pre-chosen 50/50.

$2K - Strictly a time question, I think they would have placed it in the $200-300 range w/o a timer.

A.J. starting to annoy me, can we replace him with AJ?

[NellyLunatic1980]

It Takes a Village
Air Supply
Veto Power
Honchos
In the Hopper
Leading Men
Facial Features
Now You're Cookin'
The "B" Word
States of the Union
Nursery Rhymes
Face It
Charlie Chaplin
Pie
Inherit the Wind

Another good stack, it looks like.

$1K: Yikes! I haven't recited this nursery rhyme in years. I can't remember within 15 seconds if it's "open the gate" or "lay them straight". Burn the ATA, which gives me enough time to go through the rhyme and realize that "five six, pick up sticks, seven eight, lay them straight" makes more sense.

$2000 (States of the Union):
Which of these U.S. states has the most vowels in its name?
A. Louisiana B. Alabama
C. Massachusetts D. Indiana

Expert (:16)

ATE

AJ says "I think I know unless it's some sort of trick question... Louisiana... I feel pretty good about it. It has six while the others seem to have four" (With the clock off) Michael says he agrees.

No excuse to blow a lifeline on this question. Certainly, it should take less than 30 seconds to count vowels... shouldn't it?

$25K: Never heard of this book. Phone a friend.

[earendel]

Michael Geller
Marlboro, NJ
Electrical construction equipment salesman

Mere says she really likes his striped shirt.

Back in the day plaid shirts were verboten, which is why the whole "blue shirted MAWG" stereotype developed.

$1000 (Nursery Rhymes):
In the popular nursery rhyme "One, Two, Buckle My Shoe," what activity follows "Seven, Eight"?
A. Kiss your mate B. Open the gate
C. Clean your plate D. Lay them straight

ATA (:09)

ATA

A-3% B-44% C-5% D-48%

Double Dip (:07)

Spoiler

First answer, B, was wrong. Second was correct D. Lay them straight (:06)

If you know the preceding line - "Five, six, pick up sticks" - the answer follows naturally.

$2000 (States of the Union):
Which of these U.S. states has the most vowels in its name?
A. Louisiana B. Alabama
C. Massachusetts D. Indiana

Expert (:16)

ATE

AJ says "I think I know unless it's some sort of trick question... Louisiana... I feel pretty good about it. It has six while the others seem to have four" (With the clock off) Michael says he agrees.

Spoiler

A. Louisiana (:14)

Chalk this lifeline use up to TDC® - the contestant as much as admitted that in his post-call comments.

$8000 (Now You're Cookin'):
Convection ovens heat food more evenly and cook more quickly than standard ovens due to what feature?
A. Rotating trays B. Bright lights
C. Electromagnetic radiation D. Circulating air

Spoiler

D. Circulating air (:17)

Too bad Connie the cookie lady didn't get this one.

$16K (Facial Features):
Familiar to social networkers everywhere, what color is the distinctive logo of the web site Facebook?
A. Yellow and white B. Blue and white
C. Red and white D. Green and white


PAF (:23)
choices:
Drew, Bernards Township NJ
Matthew, Scotch Plains NJ
Rich, Asbury NJ

PAF

Drew asks for repeat of choices, says Blue and White, (asked how sure) then says 100%

Spoiler

B. Blue and white (:20)

Do you suppose he looked it up?

$25K (Leading Men):
The man who wrote the classic autobiographical work "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" is also the subject of what acclaimed film?
A. Gandhi D. Lawrence of Arabia
C. Patton D. Malcolm X

Spoiler

Michael says he thinks he knows it but is not sure enough. He decides to walk with $16K. He would have said Gandhi

D. Lawrence of Arabia (:07)

A pretty tough question - almost a WWOQ. Without lifelines I can't blame Michael for walking away.

[MarleysGh0st]

Michael is Millionaire Fan's dad.

And for some reason, he looked very familiar to me. I wonder if he's been another regular at auditions, over the years?

[Millionaire Fan]

My father did his best. I didn't know the answer to the $1000 question. I started to have a heart attack when he used double-dip. Also on the $2000 question he was expecting to see Mississippi as one of the answers. When it was wasn't one of the choices he started to panic and he desperately needed to stop the clock. He was able to figure it out while he had the clock stopped. I immediately new the answer to the $16,000 question because I have my own Facebook account. His phone-a-friend looked it up on the computer and was able to give a 100% answer. My father should've known the answer to the $25,000 question because "Lawrence Of Arabia" is one of his favorite movies. If there wasn't a clock he probably could've figured out the answer. All in all he did a great job and I'm happy for him. I'm definitely glad he didn't guess on his $25,000 question and he made the right decision to stop the game. Hopefully you'll see me in the hotseat next season. As soon as auditions start up again I'll be there.

[earendel]

My father did his best. I didn't know the answer to the $1000 question. I started to have a heart attack when he used double-dip. Also on the $2000 question he was expecting to see Mississippi as one of the answers. When it was wasn't one of the choices he started to panic and he desperately needed to stop the clock. He was able to figure it out while he had the clock stopped. I immediately new the answer to the $16,000 question because I have my own Facebook account. His phone-a-friend looked it up on the computer and was able to give a 100% answer. My father should've known the answer to the $25,000 question because "Lawrence Of Arabia" is one of his favorite movies. If there wasn't a clock he probably could've figured out the answer. All in all he did a great job and I'm happy for him. I'm definitely glad he didn't guess on his $25,000 question and he made the right decision to stop the game. Hopefully you'll see me in the hotseat next season. As soon as auditions start up again I'll be there.

Thanks for the insights. I figured that your dad stopped the clock in order to give himself time to think. It's a shame he had to use a lifeline to do this - one of the unfortunate byproducts of TDC®.

[Millionaire Fan]

My father did his best. I didn't know the answer to the $1000 question. I started to have a heart attack when he used double-dip. Also on the $2000 question he was expecting to see Mississippi as one of the answers. When it was wasn't one of the choices he started to panic and he desperately needed to stop the clock. He was able to figure it out while he had the clock stopped. I immediately new the answer to the $16,000 question because I have my own Facebook account. His phone-a-friend looked it up on the computer and was able to give a 100% answer. My father should've known the answer to the $25,000 question because "Lawrence Of Arabia" is one of his favorite movies. If there wasn't a clock he probably could've figured out the answer. All in all he did a great job and I'm happy for him. I'm definitely glad he didn't guess on his $25,000 question and he made the right decision to stop the game. Hopefully you'll see me in the hotseat next season. As soon as auditions start up again I'll be there.

Thanks for the insights. I figured that your dad stopped the clock in order to give himself time to think. It's a shame he had to use a lifeline to do this - one of the unfortunate byproducts of TDC®.

If he hadn't of gotten a nursery rhyme question he would have made it to the $1K level with all of his lifelines intact. He could've ATA on the $2K question, PAF on the $16K question, ATE on the $25K question and he could've double-dipped on the $50K question and could've won more money. He wants to tryout for Jeopardy next.

[earendel]

My father did his best. I didn't know the answer to the $1000 question. I started to have a heart attack when he used double-dip. Also on the $2000 question he was expecting to see Mississippi as one of the answers. When it was wasn't one of the choices he started to panic and he desperately needed to stop the clock. He was able to figure it out while he had the clock stopped. I immediately new the answer to the $16,000 question because I have my own Facebook account. His phone-a-friend looked it up on the computer and was able to give a 100% answer. My father should've known the answer to the $25,000 question because "Lawrence Of Arabia" is one of his favorite movies. If there wasn't a clock he probably could've figured out the answer. All in all he did a great job and I'm happy for him. I'm definitely glad he didn't guess on his $25,000 question and he made the right decision to stop the game. Hopefully you'll see me in the hotseat next season. As soon as auditions start up again I'll be there.

Thanks for the insights. I figured that your dad stopped the clock in order to give himself time to think. It's a shame he had to use a lifeline to do this - one of the unfortunate byproducts of TDC®.

If he hadn't of gotten a nursery rhyme question he would have made it to the $1K level with all of his lifelines intact. He could've ATA on the $2K question, PAF on the $16K question, ATE on the $25K question and he could've double-dipped on the $50K question and could've won more money. He wants to tryout for Jeopardy next.

There's an online test being offered next week - Tuesday (for the Eastern time zone), Wednesday (for the Central time zone) and Thursday (for the Mountain/Pacific time zones).

[Millionaire Fan]

Thanks for the insights. I figured that your dad stopped the clock in order to give himself time to think. It's a shame he had to use a lifeline to do this - one of the unfortunate byproducts of TDC®.

If he hadn't of gotten a nursery rhyme question he would have made it to the $1K level with all of his lifelines intact. He could've ATA on the $2K question, PAF on the $16K question, ATE on the $25K question and he could've double-dipped on the $50K question and could've won more money. He wants to tryout for Jeopardy next.

There's an online test being offered next week - Tuesday (for the Eastern time zone), Wednesday (for the Central time zone) and Thursday (for the Mountain/Pacific time zones).

He won't be able to take the online test because he'll be away on vacation for a week in Florida.

[Estonut]

If he hadn't of gotten a nursery rhyme question he would have made it to the $1K level with all of his lifelines intact. He could've ATA on the $2K question, PAF on the $16K question, ATE on the $25K question and he could've double-dipped on the $50K question and could've won more money. He wants to tryout for Jeopardy next.

There's an online test being offered next week - Tuesday (for the Eastern time zone), Wednesday (for the Central time zone) and Thursday (for the Mountain/Pacific time zones).

He won't be able to take the online test because he'll be away on vacation for a week in Florida.

I think they have computers in Florida now.

[Millionaire Fan]

There's an online test being offered next week - Tuesday (for the Eastern time zone), Wednesday (for the Central time zone) and Thursday (for the Mountain/Pacific time zones).

He won't be able to take the online test because he'll be away on vacation for a week in Florida.

I think they have computers in Florida now.

He's Staying at my grandmother's house for the week and she doesn't own a computer.

[Estonut]

He won't be able to take the online test because he'll be away on vacation for a week in Florida.

I think they have computers in Florida now.

He's Staying at my grandmother's house for the week and she doesn't own a computer.

Maybe he'd like to check out the local library on Tuesday!

[earendel]

I think they have computers in Florida now.

He's Staying at my grandmother's house for the week and she doesn't own a computer.

Maybe he'd like to check out the local library on Tuesday!

Assuming it's open at 8PM. Plus it may be too late to sign up for the test.

[MarleysGh0st]

Assuming it's open at 8PM. Plus it may be too late to sign up for the test.

Registration is still open right up until the start of the test, I believe.

[Millionaire Fan]

Assuming it's open at 8PM. Plus it may be too late to sign up for the test.

Registration is still open right up until the start of the test, I believe.

Eventually my father will audition for Jeopardy. I think he might have to wait until the 2010/2011 season of Jeopardy to audition. I don't think you can be on another gameshow for a whole year.

[earendel]

Assuming it's open at 8PM. Plus it may be too late to sign up for the test.

Registration is still open right up until the start of the test, I believe.

Eventually my father will audition for Jeopardy. I think he might have to wait until the 2010/2011 season of Jeopardy to audition. I don't think you can be on another gameshow for a whole year.

True, but there's no reason why he couldn't take the test. There's no assurance that after passing he would get an invitation to a tryout, and even if he did he would be in the J! contestant pool for 18 months, giving plenty of time for his eligibility to return.