Transcript 02/07/08 - Akiyomi Fields & Simone McMurry

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Wedding Week

Akiyomi Fields & Simone McMurry
Staten Island, NY

[Transcriber's note: Akiyomi and Simone's last names are not displayed on screen. Meredith never mentions their last names and never holds up a Capital One check with the names on it.]


Meredith: From Staten Island! You've come a long way!

Simone: All the way across the water.


$100
To entertain at their wedding reception, couples usually choose either a live band or a what?

A: Disc jockey B: Magician
C: Stand-up comedian D: Embarrassing distant relative


$200
True to their names, fruit bats are known to enjoy snacking on which of these foods?

A: Onions B: Chocolate
C: Bananas D: Cheese


$300
In humans, the heart is about the same size as the what?

A: Head B: Fist
C: Nose D: Foot

Akiyomi is a medical student.


$500
Which of these terms of endearment are repeated throughout the Motown classic "I Can't Help Myself"?

A: Honey lamb, sweet pea B: Sugar lips, cupcake
C: Sugar pie, honey bunch D: Sweetie pie, cookie


$1,000
Because of its appearance, one of the waterfalls at Niagara Falls has what "matrimonial" name?

A: Cummerbund Falls B: Bouquet Falls
C:Flower Girl Falls D: Bridal Veil Falls


-- Commercial Break --


It's been a struggle for Akiyomi and Simone, because he's a student and he doesn't have an income, so he relies on Simone.

Brides.com is giving Akiyomi and Simone a custom designed Sylvia Weinstock wedding cake.


$2,000
Which of these TV series is named for the address at which it usually takes place?

A: 24 B: 30 Rock
C: Zoey 101 D: The 4400

Akiyomi: Well, 24 is based off of the 24 hours that it takes--that the show occupies. I have no idea what--

Simone: Zoey 101, I believe, is a children's show, on Nickelodian or something. I'm pretty sure that's not it.

Akiyomi: Do you want to ask the audience?

Simone: I think we should.

ATA: A: 1% B: 90% C: 2% D: 7%


$4,000
The Turks and Caicos Islands are a British colony located where?

A: Caribbean B: French Polynesia
C: Mediterranean Sea D: Mexican Riviera

Simone is pretty sure that it's the Caribbean.


$8,000
Both "gam" and "pod" are terms used to describe a group of what animals?

A: Giraffes B: Whales
C: Ostriches D: Bats

PAF: Akiomi and Simone callone of Simone's college professors, Richard Dubin. They say Meredith should call him "Dubin".

Dubin: Ah, you know, I have no idea. Can you run those by me one more time, real quick?

Simone: Giraffes, whales, ostriches and bats.

Dubin: I'm stumped.

Simone: Five seconds.

Dubin: I'm stumped. I'd say pods, but it's a guess.

Simone: What?

Dubin: I'd say pods, but it--

Akiyomi is looking at these animals and think whales and bats would have the most variety, different types.

50/50 leaves B & C.


-- Commercial Break --


$16,000
Julie Andrews is featured in seven movies by what acclaimed director, who also happens to be her husband?

A: Norman Jewison B: Adrian Lyne
C: Sydney Pollack D: Blake Edwards

Akiyomi and Simone walk with $8,000 and their wedding cake.



Answers:
$100: A: Disc jockey
$200: C: Bananas
$300: B: Fist
$500: C: Sugar pie, honey bunch
$1,000: D: Bridal Veil Falls
$2,000: B: 30 Rock
$4,000: A: Caribbean
$8,000: B: Whales
$16,000: D: Blake Edwards



Edit: Thanks to 15QuestionsAway for supplying the missing surnames!

[jarnon]

They are Simone McMurry of Staten Island and Akiyomi Fields of Brooklyn (WE®).

[jarnon]

$2,000
Which of these TV series is named for the address at which it usually takes place?

A: 24 B: 30 Rock
C: Zoey 101 D: The 4400

30 Rockefeller Plaza is where Meredith works at her day job. You'd think New Yorkers, even from Staten Island, would have heard of it.

[NellyLunatic1980]

Akiyomi & Simone
Staten Island, NY

WE®

[Transcriber's note: Akiyomi and Simone's last names are not displayed on screen. Meredith never mentions their last names and never holds up a Capital One check with the names on it.]

I don't know why Meredith felt the need not to give their surnames. But thank you, jarnon, for finding them for us.

$2,000
Which of these TV series is named for the address at which it usually takes place?

A: 24 B: 30 Rock
C: Zoey 101 D: The 4400

ATA: A: 1% B: 90% C: 2% D: 7%

*sigh*... two New Yorkers have never heard of 30 Rockefeller Plaza?

$4K: I would've been gone on this question. I said the Mediterranean.

[earendel]

Wedding Week

Akiyomi & Simone
Staten Island, NY

[Transcriber's note: Akiyomi and Simone's last names are not displayed on screen. Meredith never mentions their last names and never holds up a Capital One check with the names on it.]


Meredith: From Staten Island! You've come a long way!

Simone: All the way across the water.

Such sacrifices people are willing to make for a free wedding.

<Sigh> A disastrous PAF call but they were saved by a lucky break on the 50/50. For me, it was a nihil obstat® stack.

[MarleysGh0st]

They are Simone McMurry of Staten Island and Akiyomi Fields of Brooklyn (WE®).

And thank you, too, jarnon. (I read 15QA's thread before seeing your post.)

Was there an official press release or something with their names in it?

[MarleysGh0st]

Ah. Here--in the middle of a long column mostly talking about The Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Gauntlet 3-- is a blurb that mentions Akiyomi and Simone by their full names.

http://www.silive.com/entertainment/tvf ... ned_7.html



BTW, is anyone else curious how Akiyomi got his first name? It certainly sounds Japanese to me.

[MarleysGh0st]

Akiyomi and Simone got a longer post-airing article today:

http://www.silive.com/entertainment/tvf ... ned_8.html

After watching the first couple win $16,000, engaged Staten Islanders Akiyomi Fields and Simone McMurry (Akiyomi is technically from Brooklyn) got their chance in the hot seat on a special "Wedding Week" edition of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire."

Nice geographic distinction there, Staten Island Live, but you're all still Where Else!

[tanstaafl2]

Well now, that was a fairly weak effort.

Seemed like a pretty easy set of Q's to this point. I guess they don't watch much TV.

Good for them.

Except in this case...

[ghostjmf]

well, thank y'all for posting this one. I'm pretty sure their last Q is the one Romney resigned during. What can I say, it was "break into the show-worthy" in Massachusetts.

So far so good for me