Transcript 10/26/2011 Chris Zehnder (carryover contestant)

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Chris Zehnder
Shamong, NJ

Chris starts on question 5 with $40,000 in his bank. He has 1 jump the question and his ask the audience lifelines remaining. Unrandomized Topic Tree remains unrevealed.

Topic Tree: (Randomized)

?: Lead Through Adversity
?: Literary Dads
?: Medical Procedures
?: Party Pooper
?: Local Attractions
?: Self Portraits
?: $25,000 (Sensational Shirt)
?: $10,000 (Solve the Puzzle)
?: Jumped ($15,000, Eat Your Words)
?: $5,000 (Hive Mind)

Question 5 - Level ?: Self Portraits


What musician painted his self portrait for the cover of his 1970 album "Self Portrait"?

A: Ringo Starr B: Rod Stewart
C: James Taylor D: Bob Dylan

Chris asks the audience

Spoiler

A: 17%
B: 9%
C: 14%
D: 60%

Chris goes with the audience.

Answer and value

D: Bob Dylan
Value: $3,000
Bank: $$43,000

Question 6 - Level ?: Local Attractions


Action junkies should check out the Spud Town Knockdown, a roller derby competition held in what U.S. state capital?

A: Boise B: Little Rock
C: Des Moines D: Nashville

Spoiler

Chris sees a potato reference there...

Answer and value

A: Boise
Value: $7,000
Bank: $$50,000

Question 7 - Level ?: Party Pooper


Though you wouldn't want to mention it at a holiday party, what plant name is thought to derive from the term "dung-on-a-twig"?

A: Poinsettia B: Conifer
C: Holly D: Mistletoe

His instinct says

Spoiler

D

. But he changes his mind and jumps the question.

Answer and value

D: Mistletoe
Value: $1,000
Bank: $50,000

Question 8 - Level ?: Medical Procedures


Patients who are claustrophobic are most likely to avoid which of these medical procedures?

A: Ultrasound B: MRI
C: X-ray D: Biopsy

Answer and value

B: MRI
Value: $100
Bank: $50,100

Commercial break.

Question 9- Level ?: Literary Dads


What is the occupation of Atticus Finch, patriarch of the family featured in the classic novel "To Kill a Mockingbird?

A: Shopkeeper B: Doctor
C: Lawyer D: Farmer

He's read the book and seen the movie a couple of times. He loves questions like this.

Answer and value

C: Lawyer (He also knows Gregory Peck played him in the movie.)
Value: $500
Bank: $50,600

Question 10 - Level ?: Lead Through Adversity


Which of these world leaders suffered from depression, and famously refered to it as his "black dog"?

A: Charles de Gaulle B: Vladimir Lenin
C: Winston Churchill D: Mahatma Gandhi

He had

Spoiler

Winston Churchill

in mind before the answers came up. He wants to get his entire bank, so he's gonna gamble.

Spoiler

C

, final answer.

Answer and value

C: Winston Churchill
Value: $2,000
Bank: $52,600

CLASSIC MILLIONAIRE

Question 11 - $100K

So hot it's surrounded by cooling pipes, one of the world's most power supercomputers is being built with what serene name?

A: Blue Waters B: Calm Night
C: Bright Sky D: Evening Primrose

Spoiler

He's leaning toward Calm Night.

It pains him to walk but he's going to have to.

Answer

A: Blue Waters

Chris wins $52,600.

Commercial Break

[MarleysGh0st]

If Chris had more courage to go with his hunches, he'd have won some serious money!

[Estonut]

If Chris had more courage to go with his hunches, he'd have won some serious money!

But if he'd gone with his last one, he would have left with $25K.

[peacock2121]

If Chris had more courage to go with his hunches, he'd have won some serious money!

But if he'd gone with his last one, he would have left with $25K.

You gotta love nit pickers.

[earendel]

Chris Zehnder
Shamong, NJ

Question 7 - Level ?: Party Pooper

Though you wouldn't want to mention it at a holiday party, what plant name is thought to derive from the term "dung-on-a-twig"?

A: Poinsettia B: Conifer
C: Holly D: Mistletoe

His instinct says

Spoiler

D

. But he changes his mind and jumps the question.

Answer and value

D: Mistletoe
Value: $1,000
Bank: $50,000

It's not A because they're named for a U.S. diplomat. It's not C because "conifer" isn't a plant, it's a category. From the comfort of my recliner I guessed correctly; at the Hot Podium I'd have gone with D but with a certain amount of trepidation.

Question 11 - $100K

So hot it's surrounded by cooling pipes, one of the world's most power supercomputers is being built with what serene name?

A: Blue Waters B: Calm Night
C: Bright Sky D: Evening Primrose

Spoiler

He's leaning toward Calm Night.

It pains him to walk but he's going to have to.

Answer

A: Blue Waters

The association with "Deep Blue" was a good one but I was leaning toward "Bright Sky" thinking that it might have something to do with astronomy. At the Hot Podium I'd have used a JTQ.

[MarleysGh0st]

Chris Zehnder
Shamong, NJ

Question 7 - Level ?: Party Pooper

Though you wouldn't want to mention it at a holiday party, what plant name is thought to derive from the term "dung-on-a-twig"?

A: Poinsettia B: Conifer
C: Holly D: Mistletoe

His instinct says

Spoiler

D

. But he changes his mind and jumps the question.

Answer and value

D: Mistletoe
Value: $1,000
Bank: $50,000

It's not A because they're named for a U.S. diplomat. It's not C because "conifer" isn't a plant, it's a category. From the comfort of my recliner I guessed correctly; at the Hot Podium I'd have gone with D but with a certain amount of trepidation.

If you remember that mistletoe is a parasite that grows on tree branches, it's logical. And in trying to guess what the Old English or Anglo-Saxon origin for the word was, I remembered that in German, "mist" means "manure."

[ulysses5019]

Chris Zehnder
Shamong, NJ

Question 7 - Level ?: Party Pooper

Though you wouldn't want to mention it at a holiday party, what plant name is thought to derive from the term "dung-on-a-twig"?

A: Poinsettia B: Conifer
C: Holly D: Mistletoe

His instinct says

Spoiler

D

. But he changes his mind and jumps the question.

Answer and value

D: Mistletoe
Value: $1,000
Bank: $50,000

It's not A because they're named for a U.S. diplomat. It's not C because "conifer" isn't a plant, it's a category. From the comfort of my recliner I guessed correctly; at the Hot Podium I'd have gone with D but with a certain amount of trepidation.

If you remember that mistletoe is a parasite that grows on tree branches, it's logical. And in trying to guess what the Old English or Anglo-Saxon origin for the word was, I remembered that in German, "mist" means "manure."

Smile when you say that mister.

[earendel]

Chris Zehnder
Shamong, NJ

Question 7 - Level ?: Party Pooper

Though you wouldn't want to mention it at a holiday party, what plant name is thought to derive from the term "dung-on-a-twig"?

A: Poinsettia B: Conifer
C: Holly D: Mistletoe

His instinct says

Spoiler

D

. But he changes his mind and jumps the question.

Answer and value

D: Mistletoe
Value: $1,000
Bank: $50,000

It's not A because they're named for a U.S. diplomat. It's not C because "conifer" isn't a plant, it's a category. From the comfort of my recliner I guessed correctly; at the Hot Podium I'd have gone with D but with a certain amount of trepidation.

If you remember that mistletoe is a parasite that grows on tree branches, it's logical. And in trying to guess what the Old English or Anglo-Saxon origin for the word was, I remembered that in German, "mist" means "manure."

I grew up in Oklahoma and back then the state "flower" was mistletoe, so I learned a lot about it. Plus in the 1st and 2nd editions of Dungeons and Dragons druid characters had to harvest mistletoe for spell components. I should have remembered the German connection.

[elwoodblues]

I grew up in Oklahoma and back then the state "flower" was mistletoe, so I learned a lot about it. Plus in the 1st and 2nd editions of Dungeons and Dragons druid characters had to harvest mistletoe for spell components. I should have remembered the German connection.

That is probably the only time Dungeons and Dragons players ever get to use mistletoe.

[earendel]

I grew up in Oklahoma and back then the state "flower" was mistletoe, so I learned a lot about it. Plus in the 1st and 2nd editions of Dungeons and Dragons druid characters had to harvest mistletoe for spell components. I should have remembered the German connection.

That is probably the only time Dungeons and Dragons players ever get to use mistletoe.

Hey! I'll have you know that in my group there are four married couples.

[Estonut]

If Chris had more courage to go with his hunches, he'd have won some serious money!

But if he'd gone with his last one, he would have left with $25K.

You gotta love nit pickers.

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
~Inigo Montoya

My pointing out to you that it's one word, not two, is nitpicking.

My pointing out the error in Marley's assertion is not nitpicking.

nit·pick
verb (used without object)
1.to be excessively concerned with or critical of inconsequential details.

verb (used with object)
2.to criticize by focusing on inconsequential details.

[Bob78164]

Chris Zehnder
Shamong, NJ

Question 7 - Level ?: Party Pooper

Though you wouldn't want to mention it at a holiday party, what plant name is thought to derive from the term "dung-on-a-twig"?

A: Poinsettia B: Conifer
C: Holly D: Mistletoe

His instinct says

Spoiler

D

. But he changes his mind and jumps the question.

Answer and value

D: Mistletoe
Value: $1,000
Bank: $50,000

It's not A because they're named for a U.S. diplomat. It's not C because "conifer" isn't a plant, it's a category. From the comfort of my recliner I guessed correctly; at the Hot Podium I'd have gone with D but with a certain amount of trepidation.

If you remember that mistletoe is a parasite that grows on tree branches, it's logical. And in trying to guess what the Old English or Anglo-Saxon origin for the word was, I remembered that in German, "mist" means "manure."

To remember that, you have to have known it in the first place.

I got it by eliminating the other three choices as ear did, but that's always less comfortable than positive knowledge. --Bob