Transcript 01/28/08 Jack Rotondi
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Transcript 01/28/08 Jack Rotondi
Jack Rotondi
Staten Island, NY
Optometrist
Jack helps to correct the vision of people in third world nations.
On his last mission, his group did 23,000 eye exams in ten days.
$100 On a telephone, the letters “GHI” are on the “4” button, the letters “JKL” are on the “5” button and what letters are on the “6” button?
A. ABC
B. MNO
C. XYZ
D. U R SO HOT
$200 In the nursery rhyme “Little Bunny Foo Foo,” the little bunny travels through the forest by doing what?
A. Slitherin’
B. Crawlin’
C. Hoppin’
D. Swimmin’
$300 What “Vacation” movie features Chevy Chase stating, “Hey, look kids, there’s Big Ben and there’s Parliament”?
A. Vacation
B. Vegas Vacation
C. Christmas Vacation
D. European Vacation
$500 Appropriately, “raisin” is the French word for what?
A. Banana
B. Orange
C. Grape
D. Apple
$1K Which of these adjectives best describes a person said to be “navel-gazing?
A. Self-absorbed
B. Belligerent
C. Cowardly
D. Superficial
ATA
43% A. Self-absorbed
5% B. Belligerent
16% C. Cowardly
36% D. Superficial
$2K The band R.E.M. takes its name from an acronym used by scientists to classify a certain stage of what?
A. Human evolution
B. The life cycle of a star
C. Rock formation
D. The sleep cycle
$4K Which of these relatives of First Daughter Jenna Bush are named “Barbara”?
A. Her sister and mother
B. Her sister and grandmother
C. Her mother and grandmother
D. Her aunt and grandmother
$8K Historian Edward Gibbon is best known for his six-volume account of the “Decline and Fall” of what empire?
A. Roman
B. British
C. Chinese
D. Persian
$16K In track and field, the “6 meter club” is a distinguished group of competitors in what event?
A. Shot put
B. Pole vault
C. Hammer throw
D. Steeplechase
50/50 leaves A. Shot put and B. Pole vault
PAF – Cousin Peter
Peter says he is 50% sure it’s pole vault as time expires.
Meredith says “We’ll you’re 50% sure it’s pole vault.”
commercial break
Jack was on his honeymoon cruise when he got the call from Millionaire. He and his wife cut their trip short by four days so he could be on the show. Jack estimates that the ship is probably still cruising around Venice.
$25K A vexillologist would take particular interest in which of these holidays?
A. Presidents’ Day
B. Arbor Day
C. Groundhog Day
D. Flag Day
Jack says that this has been a great experience, and that he is going to take his most valuable lifeline home with him, his wife.
Jack leaves with $16K.
Answers:
$100 B. MNO
$200 C. Hoppin’
$300 D. European Vacation
$500 C. Grape
$1K A. Self-absorbed
$2K D. The sleep cycle
$4K B. Her sister and grandmother
$8K A. Roman
$16K B. Pole vault
$25K D. Flag Day
Staten Island, NY
Optometrist
Jack helps to correct the vision of people in third world nations.
On his last mission, his group did 23,000 eye exams in ten days.
$100 On a telephone, the letters “GHI” are on the “4” button, the letters “JKL” are on the “5” button and what letters are on the “6” button?
A. ABC
B. MNO
C. XYZ
D. U R SO HOT
$200 In the nursery rhyme “Little Bunny Foo Foo,” the little bunny travels through the forest by doing what?
A. Slitherin’
B. Crawlin’
C. Hoppin’
D. Swimmin’
$300 What “Vacation” movie features Chevy Chase stating, “Hey, look kids, there’s Big Ben and there’s Parliament”?
A. Vacation
B. Vegas Vacation
C. Christmas Vacation
D. European Vacation
$500 Appropriately, “raisin” is the French word for what?
A. Banana
B. Orange
C. Grape
D. Apple
$1K Which of these adjectives best describes a person said to be “navel-gazing?
A. Self-absorbed
B. Belligerent
C. Cowardly
D. Superficial
ATA
43% A. Self-absorbed
5% B. Belligerent
16% C. Cowardly
36% D. Superficial
$2K The band R.E.M. takes its name from an acronym used by scientists to classify a certain stage of what?
A. Human evolution
B. The life cycle of a star
C. Rock formation
D. The sleep cycle
$4K Which of these relatives of First Daughter Jenna Bush are named “Barbara”?
A. Her sister and mother
B. Her sister and grandmother
C. Her mother and grandmother
D. Her aunt and grandmother
$8K Historian Edward Gibbon is best known for his six-volume account of the “Decline and Fall” of what empire?
A. Roman
B. British
C. Chinese
D. Persian
$16K In track and field, the “6 meter club” is a distinguished group of competitors in what event?
A. Shot put
B. Pole vault
C. Hammer throw
D. Steeplechase
50/50 leaves A. Shot put and B. Pole vault
PAF – Cousin Peter
Peter says he is 50% sure it’s pole vault as time expires.
Meredith says “We’ll you’re 50% sure it’s pole vault.”
commercial break
Jack was on his honeymoon cruise when he got the call from Millionaire. He and his wife cut their trip short by four days so he could be on the show. Jack estimates that the ship is probably still cruising around Venice.
$25K A vexillologist would take particular interest in which of these holidays?
A. Presidents’ Day
B. Arbor Day
C. Groundhog Day
D. Flag Day
Jack says that this has been a great experience, and that he is going to take his most valuable lifeline home with him, his wife.
Jack leaves with $16K.
Answers:
$100 B. MNO
$200 C. Hoppin’
$300 D. European Vacation
$500 C. Grape
$1K A. Self-absorbed
$2K D. The sleep cycle
$4K B. Her sister and grandmother
$8K A. Roman
$16K B. Pole vault
$25K D. Flag Day
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Re: Transcript 01/28/08 Jack Rotondi
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Jack Rotondi
Staten Island, NY
Optometrist
$25K A vexillologist would take particular interest in which of these holidays?
A. Presidents’ Day
B. Arbor Day
C. Groundhog Day
D. Flag Day
Jack says that this has been a great experience, and that he is going to take his most valuable lifeline home with him, his wife.
Jack leaves with $16K.
Everybody say "AWWWW."
There was a similar question on PTBAM, was there not?
I just ordered chicken and an egg from Amazon. I'll let you know.
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Re: Transcript 01/28/08 Jack Rotondi
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Jack Rotondi
Staten Island, NY
WE®
$1K: This doesn't happen very often, but it happened on this stack. I would've llamaed here. I went with 36% of the audience on superficial.
And that is too bad cuz I would've gotten the rest of them correct.
I see that they're recycling questions again. Vexillologist was a $250,000 question on PTBAM.
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Re: Transcript 01/28/08 Jack Rotondi
He's a WE®. I think what he's done is commendable.BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Jack Rotondi
Staten Island, NY
Optometrist
Jack helps to correct the vision of people in third world nations.
On his last mission, his group did 23,000 eye exams in ten days.
I'm surprised that neither the contestant nor the audience really knew what this meant (although they did have the right answer).BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$1K Which of these adjectives best describes a person said to be “navel-gazing?
A. Self-absorbed
B. Belligerent
C. Cowardly
D. Superficial
ATA
43% A. Self-absorbed
5% B. Belligerent
16% C. Cowardly
36% D. Superficial
I laughed when the PAF said that he was 50% sure, and laughed even more at Meredith's comment. It shouldn't have been hard to figure out, if one knows that 6 meters is around 16 feet. The only one that "fits the distance" is the pole vault.BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$16K In track and field, the “6 meter club” is a distinguished group of competitors in what event?
A. Shot put
B. Pole vault
C. Hammer throw
D. Steeplechase
50/50 leaves A. Shot put and B. Pole vault
PAF – Cousin Peter
Peter says he is 50% sure it’s pole vault as time expires.
Meredith says “We’ll you’re 50% sure it’s pole vault.”
Couldn't they have just arranged for Jack to be on the show later rather than interrupt the cruise?BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Jack was on his honeymoon cruise when he got the call from Millionaire. He and his wife cut their trip short by four days so he could be on the show. Jack estimates that the ship is probably still cruising around Venice.
A touching sentiment.BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$25K A vexillologist would take particular interest in which of these holidays?
A. Presidents’ Day
B. Arbor Day
C. Groundhog Day
D. Flag Day
Jack says that this has been a great experience, and that he is going to take his most valuable lifeline home with him, his wife.
Jack leaves with $16K.
As for me, it was a nihil obstat® stack.
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Re: Transcript 01/28/08 Jack Rotondi
Which is also true if one knows that 6 meters is around 19.5 feet.earendel wrote:I laughed when the PAF said that he was 50% sure, and laughed even more at Meredith's comment. It shouldn't have been hard to figure out, if one knows that 6 meters is around 16 feet. The only one that "fits the distance" is the pole vault.BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$16K In track and field, the “6 meter club” is a distinguished group of competitors in what event?
A. Shot put
B. Pole vault
C. Hammer throw
D. Steeplechase
50/50 leaves A. Shot put and B. Pole vault
PAF – Cousin Peter
Peter says he is 50% sure it’s pole vault as time expires.
Meredith says “We’ll you’re 50% sure it’s pole vault.”
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According to Wikipedia, the world record for the shot put is 23.12 meters and the world record for the hammer is 86.74 meters!Kazoo65 wrote:I guessed right on the pole vault question. I figured that was the only choice where someone could throw/jump 6 meters or more.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_records_in_athletics
The steeplechase is a timed event, so that choice didn't make any sense for this question.
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Which is even more amazing when you think that those guys are throwing a cannonball that weighs about as much as a pro bowlers bowling ball, 16 pounds give or take (less for women and younger age groups). I doubt I could throw it 23 feet, much less 23 meters.MarleysGh0st wrote:According to Wikipedia, the world record for the shot put is 23.12 meters and the world record for the hammer is 86.74 meters!Kazoo65 wrote:I guessed right on the pole vault question. I figured that was the only choice where someone could throw/jump 6 meters or more.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_records_in_athletics
The steeplechase is a timed event, so that choice didn't make any sense for this question.
Besides, all that spinning would make me dizzy.
OK, dizzy-er.
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Jack's appearance gets mentioned in this column:
http://www.silive.com/entertainment/tvf ... sessi.html
http://www.silive.com/entertainment/tvf ... sessi.html
Ouch!If you blinked, you might have missed it.
Staten Island optometrist Jack Rotondi was in the hot seat yesterday on "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" for a total of 11 minutes (including commercials).
Ummmm, that's a sixteen thousandaire.Congratulations to Staten Island's newest thousand-aire.