Transcript 06/18/09 - Patrice Jenson

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Patrice Jenson
Chandler, AZ
Accountant

Patrice is a cancer survivor, in remission for seven years.

Question Topics:
* Man's Best Friend
* The Supremes
* Card Players
* Classical Music
* Atonement
* M*A*S*H
* Very Unusual
* Marley & Me
* Pretty Shifty
* Broadway Theatres
* TV Titles
* Cold, Cold Heart
* Unleaded Fuel
* Football Terms
* Sheep-ish

$100 * Sheep-ish
What is the first line of the nursery rhyme that features the well-known query "Have you any wool"?

A: Quack, quack, black sheep B: Baa, baa, black sheep
C: Oink, oink, black sheep D: Waddup, black sheep

Answer

B: Baa, baa, black sheep ( 5 )

$200 * Football Terms
The city of Houston is home to an NFL team with what apt nickname?

A: The Minnesotans B: The Virginians
C: The Texans D: The New Yorkers

Answer

C: The Texans ( 9 )

$300 * Unleaded Fuel
At a diner, a person ordering "decaf" is most likely ordering what type of beverage?

A: Beer B: Coffee
C: Wine D: Water

Answer

B: Coffee ( 10 )

$500 * Cold, Cold Heart
The DC Comics character Killer Frost has powers similar to those of which of these other comic book characters?

A: Mr. Freeze B: Metamorpho
C: Poison Ivy D: Hawkman

Answer

A: Mr. Freeze ( 8 )

$1,000 * TV Titles
Which of these TV show titles does not refer to the number of main characters on the show?

A: Two and a Half Men B: Party of Five
C: Eight is Enough D: 30 Rock

Answer

D: 30 Rock ( 8 )

-- Commercial Break --

Patrice is married and has a son. With the money she's hoping they can go on a nice trip.

Patrice has now earned his Ask The Expert lifeline, with today's expert, $500,000 winner Ogi Ogas.

$2,000 * Broadway Theatres
Which of these Broadway theatres is named for an actor whose brother assassinated a U.S. president?

A: Belasco Theatre B: Booth Theatre
C: Cort Theatre D: Hilton Theatre

Answer

B: Booth Theatre ( 23 )

$4,000 * Pretty Shifty
On a standard QWERTY keyboard, which of these symbols can be typed without pressing the "shift" key?

A: Comma B: Colon
C: Ampersand D: Question mark

Answer

A: Comma ( 12 )

$8,000 * Marley & Me
In John Grogan's best-selling memoir "Marley & Me," Marley is what breed of dog?

A: English springer spaniel B: Irish setter
C: Bullmastiff D: Labrador retriever

With 21 seconds left, Patrice decides to Ask The Audience.

ATA: A: 27% B: 19% C: 11% D: 43%

Answer

D: Labrador retriever ( 8 )

-- Commercial Break --

$16,000 * Very Unusual
Exhibited by some snakes and lizards, parthenogenesis is the unusual ability to do what?

A: Regenerate body parts B: Birth live young
C: See in total darkness D: Reproduce asexually

With 9 seconds left, Patrice decides to Phone A Friend.

Patrice's PAF team (who are not introduced by Meredith) are Joseph, Chandler, AZ; Patrick, Minneapolis, MN; and Robin, Chandler, AZ. Patrice decides to call her son, Joseph. She begins by saying and spelling "parthenogenesis".

Joseph: Asexual reproduction.

Patrice: Thank you, Joe!

Joseph: You are quite welcome, Mom.

Answer

D: Reproduce asexually ( 4 )

$25,000 * M*A*S*H
On the classic TV series "M*A*S*H," what cast member wore real dog tags from his own military service in Korea?

A: McLean Stevenson B: Harry Morgan
C: Jamie Farr D: Alan Alda

With 18 seconds left, Patrice decides to Double Dip.

Patrice's first guess is

Spoiler

A: McLean Stevenson

.
Patrice's first guess is

Spoiler

B: Harry Morgan

.

Patrice drops to $1,000.

Answer

C: Jamie Farr ( 7 )

-- The Horn --

[TheConfessor]

$16,000 * Very Unusual
Exhibited by some snakes and lizards, parthenogenesis is the unusual ability to do what?

A: Regenerate body parts B: Birth live young
C: See in total darkness D: Reproduce asexually

With 9 seconds left, Patrice decides to Phone A Friend.

Patrice's PAF team (who are not introduced by Meredith) are Joseph, Chandler, AZ; Patrick, Minneapolis, MN; and Robin, Chandler, AZ. Patrice decides to call her son, Joseph. She begins by saying and spelling "parthenogenesis".

Joseph: Asexual reproduction.

Patrice: Thank you, Joe!

So does this mean Jesus Christ was produced by parthenogenesis?

[gsabc]

$25,000 * M*A*S*H
On the classic TV series "M*A*S*H," what cast member wore real dog tags from his own military service in Korea?

A: McLean Stevenson B: Harry Morgan
C: Jamie Farr D: Alan Alda

With 18 seconds left, Patrice decides to Double Dip.

Patrice's first guess is

Spoiler

A: McLean Stevenson

.
Patrice's first guess is

Spoiler

B: Harry Morgan

.

Patrice drops to $1,000.

Wow, nasty question, an "either you know it or you don't" type. They seem to be going back to classic trivia-style questions a lot for $25K. FWIW, I did know it, but then TV trivia from the '80's on back is a strong point.

[Millionaire Fan]

Man these two contestants just made me sick. Why use double-dip when you could've used Ask The Expert. I'm sure Ogi would've known the answers for both $25,000 questions. Also it pays to watch a lot of TV becuase I knew the answer to Patrice's question before the answers came up. I nearly lost my voice yelling at the TV screen.

[Bob Juch]

$25,000 * M*A*S*H
On the classic TV series "M*A*S*H," what cast member wore real dog tags from his own military service in Korea?

A: McLean Stevenson B: Harry Morgan
C: Jamie Farr D: Alan Alda

With 18 seconds left, Patrice decides to Double Dip.

Patrice's first guess is

Spoiler

A: McLean Stevenson

.
Patrice's first guess is

Spoiler

B: Harry Morgan

.

Patrice drops to $1,000.

Wow, nasty question, an "either you know it or you don't" type. They seem to be going back to classic trivia-style questions a lot for $25K. FWIW, I did know it, but then TV trivia from the '80's on back is a strong point.

I knew this from a M*A*S*H trivia book I read back in the 80s.

She picked the two oldest, which is exactly what the question writer wanted.

[NellyLunatic1980]

$8,000 * Marley & Me
In John Grogan's best-selling memoir "Marley & Me," Marley is what breed of dog?

A: English springer spaniel B: Irish setter
C: Bullmastiff D: Labrador retriever

E: Ghost dog

Isn't this the second "Marley & Me" question this week?

$16K: The "-genesis" obviously narrows it down to either A or D. I'll Double Dip on those two.

$25K: I can narrow it down to C and D. Let's ask the audience first and see if they have it. Ask Ogi afterward if they don't know it.

[earendel]

Patrice Jenson
Chandler, AZ
Accountant

Patrice is a cancer survivor, in remission for seven years.

$16,000 * Very Unusual
Exhibited by some snakes and lizards, parthenogenesis is the unusual ability to do what?

A: Regenerate body parts B: Birth live young
C: See in total darkness D: Reproduce asexually

With 9 seconds left, Patrice decides to Phone A Friend.

Patrice's PAF team (who are not introduced by Meredith) are Joseph, Chandler, AZ; Patrick, Minneapolis, MN; and Robin, Chandler, AZ. Patrice decides to call her son, Joseph. She begins by saying and spelling "parthenogenesis".

Joseph: Asexual reproduction.

Patrice: Thank you, Joe!

Joseph: You are quite welcome, Mom.

Answer

D: Reproduce asexually ( 4 )

Anyone else think that Joe Googled this?

$25,000 * M*A*S*H
On the classic TV series "M*A*S*H," what cast member wore real dog tags from his own military service in Korea?

A: McLean Stevenson B: Harry Morgan
C: Jamie Farr D: Alan Alda

With 18 seconds left, Patrice decides to Double Dip.

Patrice's first guess is

Spoiler

A: McLean Stevenson

.
Patrice's first guess is

Spoiler

B: Harry Morgan

.

Patrice drops to $1,000.

Answer

C: Jamie Farr ( 7 )

I'm not sure where I learned this (possibly one of the anniversary specials) but I precalled the answer.

Nihil obstat®. Patrice is the third contestant to "go for the gusto" even though it ended up being a disaster.

-- The Horn --[/quote]

[earendel]

$16,000 * Very Unusual
Exhibited by some snakes and lizards, parthenogenesis is the unusual ability to do what?

A: Regenerate body parts B: Birth live young
C: See in total darkness D: Reproduce asexually

With 9 seconds left, Patrice decides to Phone A Friend.

Patrice's PAF team (who are not introduced by Meredith) are Joseph, Chandler, AZ; Patrick, Minneapolis, MN; and Robin, Chandler, AZ. Patrice decides to call her son, Joseph. She begins by saying and spelling "parthenogenesis".

Joseph: Asexual reproduction.

Patrice: Thank you, Joe!

So does this mean Jesus Christ was produced by parthenogenesis?

Parthenogenesis doesn't actually mean "reproduce asexually" - otherwise bacteria, amoebae and other such biological organisms would be included. It actually means that a female is able to become pregnant without the assistance of a male - an egg begins dividing without sperm.

Yes, I'm avoiding the theological question.

[MarleysGh0st]

$16,000 * Very Unusual
Exhibited by some snakes and lizards, parthenogenesis is the unusual ability to do what?

A: Regenerate body parts B: Birth live young
C: See in total darkness D: Reproduce asexually

With 9 seconds left, Patrice decides to Phone A Friend.

Patrice's PAF team (who are not introduced by Meredith) are Joseph, Chandler, AZ; Patrick, Minneapolis, MN; and Robin, Chandler, AZ. Patrice decides to call her son, Joseph. She begins by saying and spelling "parthenogenesis".

Joseph: Asexual reproduction.

Patrice: Thank you, Joe!

Joseph: You are quite welcome, Mom.

Answer

D: Reproduce asexually ( 4 )

Anyone else think that Joe Googled this?

Of course, he did! And Patrice did exactly what she needed to for an effective Google search: spell the word and the rest of the question doesn't matter!

[wintergreen48]

$16,000 * Very Unusual
Exhibited by some snakes and lizards, parthenogenesis is the unusual ability to do what?

A: Regenerate body parts B: Birth live young
C: See in total darkness D: Reproduce asexually

With 9 seconds left, Patrice decides to Phone A Friend.

Patrice's PAF team (who are not introduced by Meredith) are Joseph, Chandler, AZ; Patrick, Minneapolis, MN; and Robin, Chandler, AZ. Patrice decides to call her son, Joseph. She begins by saying and spelling "parthenogenesis".

Joseph: Asexual reproduction.

Patrice: Thank you, Joe!

So does this mean Jesus Christ was produced by parthenogenesis?

Kind of, yes: 'parathenogenesis' literally means 'virgin origin' or 'virgin beginning' (Greek 'parthenos' is 'virgin,' the Parthenon in Athens and in other cities was the temple of Athena, the virgin goddess, who was herself was the result of activity but she was not exactly 'born' as a result of any sexual activity, what happened was that Zeus boffed Metis, and then he heard about some prophecy that Metis would have a child who would become greater than the child's father, and to forestall this, Zeus swallowed Metis, but he later had a really nasty headache, and Tylenol hadn't yet been invented, so Hephaestus or someone chopped Zeus's head open with an axe, and out popped Athena). Now, where was I... oh, yes, parthenogenesis. As a practical matter, parthenogenesis does not really mean so much, 'reproduce asexually', so much as it means, the mom didn't put out.

[KillerTomato]

And last week's House rerun was last year's Christmas episode, where House tells a man that his cheating wife wasn't really cheating, but the first recorded case of parthenogenesis. He was lying, of course.

[MarleysGh0st]

And last week's House rerun was last year's Christmas episode, where House tells a man that his cheating wife wasn't really cheating, but the first recorded case of parthenogenesis. He was lying, of course.

But the Christmas episode aired after Patrice's episode taped.

[KillerTomato]

And last week's House rerun was last year's Christmas episode, where House tells a man that his cheating wife wasn't really cheating, but the first recorded case of parthenogenesis. He was lying, of course.

But the Christmas episode aired after Patrice's episode taped.

Quite true, but I happened to have just watched it last night (it re-aired Monday, I think), so I thought it was an interesting juxtaposition.

[SportsFan68]

$8,000 * Marley & Me
In John Grogan's best-selling memoir "Marley & Me," Marley is what breed of dog?

A: English springer spaniel B: Irish setter
C: Bullmastiff D: Labrador retriever

E: Ghost dog

Isn't this the second "Marley & Me" question this week?

$16K: The "-genesis" obviously narrows it down to either A or D. I'll Double Dip on those two.

$25K: I can narrow it down to C and D. Let's ask the audience first and see if they have it. Ask Ogi afterward if they don't know it.

Dangit! They're using up all the Marley and Me questions.

[basketball_junkie]

The M*A*S*H question had been asked before on Millionaire in an altered form. I knew the answer right away.

[Bob78164]

Man these two contestants just made me sick. Why use double-dip when you could've used Ask The Expert. I'm sure Ogi would've known the answers for both $25,000 questions. Also it pays to watch a lot of TV becuase I knew the answer to Patrice's question before the answers came up. I nearly lost my voice yelling at the TV screen.

I strongly suspect Ogi would not have known the answer to this one. He's been quite open about the fact that pop culture is a relative weakness of his. --Bob

[Bob78164]

$16,000 * Very Unusual
Exhibited by some snakes and lizards, parthenogenesis is the unusual ability to do what?

A: Regenerate body parts B: Birth live young
C: See in total darkness D: Reproduce asexually

With 9 seconds left, Patrice decides to Phone A Friend.

Patrice's PAF team (who are not introduced by Meredith) are Joseph, Chandler, AZ; Patrick, Minneapolis, MN; and Robin, Chandler, AZ. Patrice decides to call her son, Joseph. She begins by saying and spelling "parthenogenesis".

Joseph: Asexual reproduction.

Patrice: Thank you, Joe!

Joseph: You are quite welcome, Mom.

Answer

D: Reproduce asexually ( 4 )

Anyone else think that Joe Googled this?

I was in the audience for this show and the next one. When Meredith told Patrice she was right, she made typing motions with her fingers. I just watched the show, and they also showed Meredith doing this on screen. --Bob