Transcript 03/02/09 Shireen Dickson

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Shireen Dickson
Brooklyn, NY
Educational director with dance

Former cheerleader for the Washington Bullets

Topic Tree:

It’s Been Decades!
The High Court
That Old Chestnut
In the Navy
The Oscars
Best Sellers
This is a Test
Beverly Hills
Cover Me
Folk Songs
First Aid
Monster Mash
Four of a Kind
Anti-Frizz
Critical Mass

$100 What celestial object contains about 99.9% of the mass in our solar system?
A. Venus
B. The Sun
C. Halley’s comet
D. Trump’s head

Spoiler

B. The Sun (7)

$200 Beauty products that claim to have “anti-frizz” properties are intended to be used on what part of the body?
A. Teeth
B. Fingernails
C. Skin
D. Hair

Spoiler

D. Hair (9)

$300 Analogous to NCAA basketball’s “Final Four,” the “Frozen Four” is a series of playoff games in what college sport?
A. Football
B. Lacrosse
C. Swimming
D. Ice hockey

Spoiler

D. Ice hockey (9)

$500 In monster folklore, which of these “colorful” terms refers to a useful defense against werewolves?
A. Green thumb
B. Red herring
C. Silver bullet
D. Blue blood

Spoiler

C. Silver bullet (7)

$1K The medical acronym “RICE” ·· for “rest, ice, compression, elevation” ·· refers to a common treatment for what condition?
A. Muscle pulls and sprains
B. Frostbite
C. Seasickness
D. Acne

Spoiler

A. Muscle pulls and sprains (7)

Meredith introduces today’s ATE, astrophysicist and director at the Hayden Planetarium, Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson.

$2K In the classic folk song “On Top of Old Smoky,” what is “Old Smoky”?
A. Train engine
B. Grain silo
C. Horse
D. Mountain

ATA (21)

7% A. Train engine
1% B. Grain silo
3% C. Horse
89% D. Mountain

Spoiler

D. Mountain (15)

commercial break

$4K What renowned scientist’s lab books were once kept in lead-lined boxes because they were radioactive?
A. Louis Pasteur
B. Isaac Newton
C. Marie Curie
D. Linus Pauling

ATE (21)

Neil says he would have to go with Marie Curie, she’s actually madam radioactivity.

Spoiler

C. Marie Curie (19)

$8K Which of these movies was released the earliest?
A. Beverly Hills Chihuahua
B. Slums of Beverly Hills
C. Beverly Hills Cop
D. Down and Out in Beverly Hills

Spoiler

C. Beverly Hills Cop (16)

$16K In computer lingo, which of these Greek letter names refers to software that is still in the testing phase?
A. Theta
B. Beta
C. Delta
D. Gamma

Spoiler

B. Beta (23)

commercial break

$25K Khaled Hosseini’s back-to-back bestsellers “The Kite Runner” and “A Thousand Splendid Suns” are set primarily in what country?
A. Afghanistan
B. Iraq
C. Egypt
D. India

PAF (12)

Shireen’s PAF team:

Oliver from Los Angeles, CA – cousin
Jerry from Brooklyn, NY – a friend

PAF – Jerry

Jerry believes the answer is Iraq. He is 60% sure.

DD (9)

Shireen goes with Jerry for her first choice, which is incorrect.

Her second choice is correct.

Spoiler

A. Afghanistan (6)

horn

Shireen will return tomorrow.

Answers:
$100 B. The Sun
$200 D. Hair
$300 D. Ice hockey
$500 C. Silver bullet
$1K A. Muscle pulls and sprains
$2K D. Mountain
$4K C. Marie Curie
$8K C. Beverly Hills Cop
$16K B. Beta
$25K A. Afghanistan

[earendel]

Shireen Dickson
Brooklyn, NY
Educational director with dance

Former cheerleader for the Washington Bullets

Another WE®, and she does work with children's education. I don't normally comment on contestants' wardrobes but her outfit was very nice. Turns out she made it herself with fabric from India.

Meredith introduces today’s ATE, astrophysicist and director at the Hayden Planetarium, Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson.

He appears a lot on J! in video clues.

$2K In the classic folk song “On Top of Old Smoky,” what is “Old Smoky”?
A. Train engine
B. Grain silo
C. Horse
D. Mountain

ATA (21)

7% A. Train engine
1% B. Grain silo
3% C. Horse
89% D. Mountain

Spoiler

D. Mountain (15)

Shireen said she knew the answer but "wanted to get the audience involved". Nice gesture, Shireen, but a waste of a lifeline may come back to haunt you later.

$8K Which of these movies was released the earliest?
A. Beverly Hills Chihuahua
B. Slums of Beverly Hills
C. Beverly Hills Cop
D. Down and Out in Beverly Hills

Spoiler

C. Beverly Hills Cop (16)

I guessed the right answer but in the Hot Seat I probably would have gone with ATA.

$25K Khaled Hosseini’s back-to-back bestsellers “The Kite Runner” and “A Thousand Splendid Suns” are set primarily in what country?
A. Afghanistan
B. Iraq
C. Egypt
D. India

PAF (12)

Shireen’s PAF team:

Oliver from Los Angeles, CA – cousin
Jerry from Brooklyn, NY – a friend

PAF – Jerry

Jerry believes the answer is Iraq. He is 60% sure.

DD (9)

Shireen goes with Jerry for her first choice, which is incorrect.

Her second choice is correct.

Spoiler

A. Afghanistan (6)

I've read both of these books. I think this might have been a good one for ATA if Shireen hadn't used it already.

[MarleysGh0st]

Shireen Dickson
Brooklyn, NY
Educational director with dance

Former cheerleader for the Washington Bullets

Which qualifies her as a full WE/WE.


I thought Shireen was finished on the Khaled Hosseini question.

After her earlier lifeline usage, I was thinking of a change to the show title:
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire OR Who Wants To Be Sure

[NellyLunatic1980]

Shireen Dickson
Brooklyn, NY

Former cheerleader for the Washington Bullets

WE/WE®

It’s Been Decades!
The High Court
That Old Chestnut
In the Navy
The Oscars
Best Sellers
This is a Test
Beverly Hills
Cover Me
Folk Songs
First Aid
Monster Mash
Four of a Kind
Anti-Frizz
Critical Mass

Looks like a good stack.

Nihil obstat®

[owenziligation]

After her earlier lifeline usage, I was thinking of a change to the show title:
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire OR Who Wants To Be Sure

Or "Who Wants to Waste Lifelines and leave with a 'huge' amount of money".

[tanstaafl2]

Another rare set of Q's were there were no problems up to 25K. Must be sweeps...

A bit of hesitation at 8K as I was not totally familiar with Slums of Beverly Hills but BHC was such a long time ago I thought it was likely correct. In the hot seat perhaps I would not have been as sure thanks to TDC.

[Jeemie]

I would have ATA'd the movie question- BHC and D&OIBH came out within two years of each other, and while I leaned towards BHC, I would have not been able to choose in the Hot Seat.

I knew the other two were much later.

No problems with the rest.

[Kazoo65]

Nihil obstat* for me.

Is it my imagination or are the questions easier this week?

[Estonut]

Shireen Dickson
Brooklyn, NY

Former cheerleader for the Washington Bullets

Looks like a good stack.

You pig!