Transcript 09/29/11 - Chad Mosher (chad1m)

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Double Your Money Week

Chad Mosher
Flint, MI

Meredith says Chad is a quiz bowl coach and a substitute special ed teacher and he's also a huge lover of game shows.

Chad: Big game show fan! Ever since I was three days old, my mother told me that I used to laugh and cry with the sound effects on Wheel of Fortune, so--

Meredith: Really!

Chad: I know!

Meredith: It's in you! It's in your blood.

Chad: The bankrupt noise goes and I'd start crying! I don't know!

Meredith: But your favorite game show has to be--

Chad: Who Wants To Be A Millionaire!


Topic Tree (Unrandomized)
10: Quantify Your Love
9: Male Call
8: It's a Bird, It's a Plane
7: Stately Speech
6: Songs of the '60s
5: Literary Legality
4: Children's Games
3: Latin for Swedes
2: Home Fixings
1: Modern Science

Topic Tree (Randomized)
10: Quantify Your Love
6: Songs of the '60s
1: Modern Science
8: It's a Bird, It's a Plane
7: Stately Speech
4: Children's Games
5: Literary Legality (DOUBLE MONEY)
3: Latin for Swedes
9: Male Call
2: Home Fixings


Question #1 - Level 2: Home Fixings
Which of these words can be used to describe both a deceitful trick and an ornamental pillow covering?

A: Sham B: Hoax
C: Fraud D: Ruse

Chad: I have an idea, but it's not strong enough! I mean-- I hear sham and I think "Sham Wow." I mean-- But you wouldn't put that on a pillow! I gotta ask the audience, Meredith, I'm not completely sure.

ATA

A: 95% B: 1% C: 1% D: 3%

Answer/Value/Bank

A: Sham
Question Value: $10,000
Bank: $10,000

Question #2 - Level 9: Male Call
Though its editorial staff currently includes women, what magazine publishes its letters to the editor by having them all addressed to "Sir"?

A: Esquire B: National Geographic
C: The Economist D: Popular Mechanics

Chad: Again, I don't know. I mean, I think Esquire might make sense. I mean--National Geographic, Popular Mechanics--The Economist is another one I'm thinking of. I mean, I don't think of any traditional female economists. I'm gonna have to jump! I'm going to jump the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

C: The Economist
Question Value: $1,000
Bank: $10,000

Question #3 - Level 3: Latin for Swedes
Fittingly, the name of the car company Volvo translates from Latin as what?

A: I fly B: I roll
C: I jump D: I slide

Chad: Well, I don't think cars fly or jump or slide. I'm gonna go with B: I roll, final answer.

Answer/Value/Bank

B: I roll
Question Value: $15,000
Bank: $25,000

-- Commercial Break --


Meredith asks Chad what he thinks about adding the Double Your Money rule to the game.

Chad: For me, I think it's pretty darn good!


Question #4 - Level 5: Literary Legality (DOUBLE MONEY)
In the dystopian society of "Fahrenheit 451," which of these businesses would be burned to the ground?

A: Raymour & Flanigan B:Abercrombie & Fitch
C: Smith & Wollensky D: Barnes & Noble

Chad: Well, I'm pretty sure that Fahrenheit 451 was all about

Spoiler

book burning,

so the only logical choice here, I believe, would be

Spoiler

D: Barnes & Noble,

final answer.

Answer/Value/Bank

D: Barnes & Noble
Question Value: $25,000 doubled to $50,000
Bank: $75,000

Chad runs over to high-five two guys in the companion seats, who are not identified.


Question #5 - Level 4: Children's Games
Which of these children's games is also known as "Monkey in the Middle"?

A: Hide-and-Seek B: Keep Away
C: Hopscotch D: Red Rover

Chad very quickly runs through what each game is about.

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Keep Away
Question Value: $3,000
Bank: $78,000

-- Commercial Break --


They replay the clip of Chad winning $50,000 on the Double Your Money question.

Chad: Well, how often can you win fifty grand in twenty seconds?

Meredith now identifies Chad's two buds in the audience as A.J. and Ryan.


Question #6 - Level 7: Stately Speech
Maine is linguistically unique because it is the only U.S. state with what?

A: One syllable B: The letter N
C: Three vowels D: Five letters

Chad quickly eliminates the other choices by naming other states that match those answers, then he runs through the entire list of states, alphabetically.

Chad: The only one that makes sense is

Spoiler

one syllable

, final answer!

Meredith: What I can't figure out is how you didn't know "sham" in the beginning and you know this stuff!

Answer/Value/Bank

A: One syllable
Question Value: $7,000
Bank: $85,000

-- The End of Game "Noise" --


Chad will return on tomorrow's show!

[MarleysGh0st]

Here's a YouTube video!

[15QuestionsAway]

Here's a YouTube video!

That was mine - I pulled it and replaced it with another one. Needed to edit out some things.

The revised one's below in the spoiler tags:

Chad's in here!

[heelsrule1988]

The second question was complete garbage... who wouldn't have said Esquire? What an evil trap. Good thing you jumped it, Chad.

You're really racking up the money so far, though... hope you keep it up tomorrow!

[ulysses5019]

Congratulations so far! It's a sham about that first question though.

[SportsFan68]

That was delightful, Chad! I'm so glad it worked out for me to watch it.

Retroactive good luck for tomorrow!

[MarleysGh0st]

Here's a YouTube video!

That was mine - I pulled it and replaced it with another one. Needed to edit out some things.

Well, darn. Here I thought it was cool to find your video so quickly that it still had "0 views."

[Jeemie]

The second question was complete garbage... who wouldn't have said Esquire?

Spoiler

People who read The Economist?

[MarleysGh0st]

Chad: Big game show fan! Ever since I was three days old, my mother told me that I used to laugh and cry with the sound effects on Wheel of Fortune, so--

Three days old, Chad? You little prodigy, you!

Question #1 - Level 2: Home Fixings
Which of these words can be used to describe both a deceitful trick and an ornamental pillow covering?

A: Sham B: Hoax
C: Fraud D: Ruse

Chad: I have an idea, but it's not strong enough! I mean-- I hear sham and I think "Sham Wow." I mean-- But you wouldn't put that on a pillow! I gotta ask the audience, Meredith, I'm not completely sure.

ATA

A: 95% B: 1% C: 1% D: 3%

Answer/Value/Bank

A: Sham
Question Value: $10,000
Bank: $10,000

Okay, I suppose if you've never heard the phrase before, "pillow sham" sounds just as illogical as "pillow ruse".

Question #2 - Level 9: Male Call
Though its editorial staff currently includes women, what magazine publishes its letters to the editor by having them all addressed to "Sir"?

A: Esquire B: National Geographic
C: The Economist D: Popular Mechanics

Chad: Again, I don't know. I mean, I think Esquire might make sense. I mean--National Geographic, Popular Mechanics--The Economist is another one I'm thinking of. I mean, I don't think of any traditional female economists. I'm gonna have to jump! I'm going to jump the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

C: The Economist
Question Value: $1,000
Bank: $10,000

When I'm busy transcribing, I'm pretty focused on getting that job done, so I'm not fully concentrating on how I'd reason out questions. Before the choices were revealed, I did think that the answer would be something stuffy and old-fashioned like the London Times--but that's a newspaper, not a magazine, so that can't be it. After the choices were revealed, I didn't stop to consider the choices and think about The Economist being the only British magazine on the list. Instead, I was sidetracked by that wicked, wicked distractor: Esquire. When one of the choices means "gentleman," how could that not be the right answer?

Since watching the show, I've been thinking some more about this. Are there any American newspapers and magazines that even bother with including salutations in their letters to the editor any more? I've glanced at the ones I have here and they start right with the body of the letter. Why waste space with "Sir" or "To whom it may concern" or "Hey, you ignorant juicebags!"

Question #6 - Level 7: Stately Speech
Maine is linguistically unique because it is the only U.S. state with what?

A: One syllable B: The letter N
C: Three vowels D: Five letters

Chad quickly eliminates the other choices by naming other states that match those answers, then he runs through the entire list of states, alphabetically.

Chad: The only one that makes sense is

Spoiler

one syllable

, final answer!

Meredith: What I can't figure out is how you didn't know "sham" in the beginning and you know this stuff!

Answer/Value/Bank

A: One syllable
Question Value: $7,000
Bank: $85,000

Now this was absolutely fantastic! I was most impressed with your choice to run through the list alphabetically. I'm afraid I'd overlook one, so I'd tend to envision a map and go through it geographically, region by region. Bravo, sir!

[Jeemie]

I was most impressed with your choice to run through the list alphabetically. I'm afraid I'd overlook one, so I'd tend to envision a map and go through it geographically, region by region. Bravo, sir!

http://wwtbambored.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=36448

Now, to be fair, he knew the answer, so this didn't really matter- I suspect he was hamming it up a little with the knowledge of the states.

But see, Marley!

You can make nerdy fun and enjoyable TV!

[drew scheeler]

Excellent job thus far, Chad! I can't wait to see how it plays out tomorrow!

[MarleysGh0st]

Now, to be fair, he knew the answer, so this didn't really matter- I suspect he was hamming it up a little with the knowledge of the states.

And as you pointed out in another thread, he may have missed one or two. In any event, I wasn't about to try transcribing that verbatim. That's what YouTube is for!

But see, Marley!

You can make nerdy fun and enjoyable TV!

I know that and you know that. But as a general principle, the APs don't believe it.

[Jeemie]

I know that and you know that. But as a general principle, the APs don't believe it.

They obviously believed that with Chad.

From his threads about how he got on, that's all he had to go with as his "hook".

Nice, friendly, happy, nerdy dude from Michigan.

[MarleysGh0st]

Nice, friendly, happy, nerdy dude from Michigan.

I don't want to hijack Chad's transcript thread with an audition policy debate, today.

[Jeemie]

Nice, friendly, happy, nerdy dude from Michigan.

I don't want to hijack Chad's transcript thread with an audition policy debate, today.

Yes- sorry.

I'm done now.

Good job Chad.

Although I do have to get on you a little for not going with your gut on Q1.

But it was Q1, and no one wants to flame on the first question...so I'll cut you a LITTLE slack...

[chad1m]

Thanks for the comments so far folks!

Okay, I suppose if you've never heard the phrase before, "pillow sham" sounds just as illogical as "pillow ruse".

But it was Q1, and no one wants to flame on the first question...so I'll cut you a LITTLE slack...

Well, being as vague as possible to not to incite spoilers, there was something cut (whether it will air in the future or will never see the light of day, I don't know) between Robin's game and my game where... let's just say a person's full potential was not reached similarly to what Jeemie said. (This was easily figured out by seeing this person leave the green room and being called to play five minutes later and was confirmed by my friends later.) Knowing this and not being entirely able to eliminate "ruse," I didn't want to follow in those footsteps and chose to play it safely.

http://wwtbambored.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=36448
Now, to be fair, he knew the answer, so this didn't really matter- I suspect he was hamming it up a little with the knowledge of the states.

I noticed that afterward. I was just double checking one more time to make sure there wasn't any other monosyllabic state. I figured if I have the time and the knowledge at my arsenal, I might as well use it.

Nice, friendly, happy, nerdy dude from Michigan.

I might start putting this on my business card..

[ulysses5019]

The second question was complete garbage... who wouldn't have said Esquire?

Spoiler

People who read The Economist?

Yeah, I buy it to look at the pictures...or at least the pie charts and the Laffer curves.

[MarleysGh0st]

http://wwtbambored.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=36448
Now, to be fair, he knew the answer, so this didn't really matter- I suspect he was hamming it up a little with the knowledge of the states.

I noticed that afterward. I was just double checking one more time to make sure there wasn't any other monosyllabic state. I figured if I have the time and the knowledge at my arsenal, I might as well use it.

Oh, yeah, even if you already proved the answer by the process of elimination and if the one-syllable trivia sounded familiar to you (as it did to me), I'd still want to double-check that against the full list. Regardless of whether it appeared to be showing off!

And it did balance off that 95% ATA thing!

[MarleysGh0st]

Okay, so I went to The Economist's web site to look at their Letters section. One letter, in particular, caught my eye.

http://www.economist.com/node/21530932

SIR – Do you read the letters that you print?

This letter goes on to talk about healthcare, but that's not my point for including the quote. I just thought it was a good example of where The Economist's policy was to begin all letters with "SIR," but the writer was actually thinking "Ignorant Juicebag."

[ten96lt]

Even though I told you on FB, very good job man! Sorry I haven't been on here as much, been busy with class. I had to watch on youtube today, but since tomorrow is my early day I'll be able to catch the conclusion on TV. Good Luck!

[vtown7]

It is hard for me to communicate in words how wonderful it was to watch the show with friends this evening (although I'd rather be in Flint right now!). What you saw was about 95% that happened at the show - very little was cut out. As I mentioned before it was a thrill to be there in person for this most extraordinary ride... which will see its conclusion tomorrow.

On a personal note I have to say that Meredith Vieira is one of the most, if not the most personable tv presenters that I ever have had the chance to meet. Although we were not the focus of the show as Chad was the contestant, I felt like I was treated just like anyone else that she has previously met - with such class, grace and dignity. When we got to do the "end chat" with Meredith I was over the moon. She was so kind to talk to. What an absolute thrill. Meredith is the kind of person you would just like to sit and have tea with.

I am not sure if anyone knows, but is there somewhere I can send fan mail to Meredith? I would really like to send her a thank you note. She made my day at the show extra special.

I also look forward to revealing more once Friday's show is done, and will be happy to answer any questions you might have from the companion point of view.

Cheers
A very delighted Ryan

[goongas]

Good job Chad! If it makes you feel any better, I didn't know sham either. I thought of sham wow like you.

The Economist is my favorite magazine. It covers important American and world news topics in great detail, and the articles are easy to understand. It isn't just about economics.

[ulysses5019]

Good job Chad! If it makes you feel any better, I didn't know sham either. I thought of sham wow like you.

The Economist is my favorite magazine. It covers important American and world news topics in great detail, and the articles are easy to understand. It isn't just about economics.

But what about those centerfolds?

[azac]

It's been awhile since I've been here (AGAIN), but I just turned on BAM tonight & saw Chad. I didn't realize he was on this bored, but then again, how many years ago was it that I was "on bored"?

Chad, did you audition in LV in the morning? I'm pretty sure I saw you there, when you (of course) passed & I did not. I can't wait to see the rest of your appearance tomorrow!!

[ulysses5019]

It's been awhile since I've been here (AGAIN), but I just turned on BAM tonight & saw Chad. I didn't realize he was on this bored, but then again, how many years ago was it that I was "on bored"?

Chad, did you audition in LV in the morning? I'm pretty sure I saw you there, when you (of course) passed & I did not. I can't wait to see the rest of your appearance tomorrow!!

Hi azac. Chad is from Michigan and he auditioned in Chicago.