Transcript 12/08/11 - Steven Hemingway

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Steven Hemingway
West Roxbury, MA
Law student

Steven is in his last year of law school, so he has a lot of loans to pay off.

Meredith asks the computer to randomize the money and the questions. The unrandomized Topic Tree is not shown.

Topic Tree (Randomized)
?: Similar Words
?: Game Time
?: K-9 Calling
?: Youth Culture
?: Musical Words
?: That's My Song
?: Universal Truths
?: Shared Land
?: Movie Made Reality
?: Colossal Cave


Question #1 - Level ?: Colossal Cave
With nearly 400 miles explored, the world's longest known cave system is fittingly named after what large animal?

A: Mammoth B: Grizzly
C: Whale D: Tyrannosaurus

Steven doesn't know. Meredith interrupts him to suggest he take a moment to look at the question, but Steven has to ask the audience.

ATA

A: 82% B: 3% C: 8% D: 7%

Answer/Value/Bank

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

Question #2 - Level ?: Movie Made Reality
Similar to the film "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," the drug Metryrapone may be effective in doing what?

A: Reversing aging B: Curing amnesia
C: Increasing intelligence D: Erasing bad memories

Steve has seen the movie. Does he remember it? He narrows it down to

Spoiler

B or D,

but he's not confident of either one. He jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

D: Erasing bad memories
Question Value: $5,000
Bank: $10,000

-- Commercial Break, including another Club Millionaire question --


Question #3 - Level ?: Shared Land
Until 1841, what country maintained a commercial settlement in Sonoma County, California, called Fort Ross?

A: Germany B: Russia
C: Japan D: England

Steven: Fort Ross--

Spoiler

it's not Russian.

1841--before the gold rush. I feel pretty good about

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England.

He goes with that as his final answer.

Answer

B: Russia

Steve leaves with "total winnings" of $1,000.


-- The End of Game "Noise" --

[MarleysGh0st]

Here's an article about Steven's appearance.

http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbc ... /112090330

The show was recorded in New York about three months ago but Hemingway was sworn to secrecy by the producers until after the air date.

"They didn't even tell Grandma," Natalie Hemingway said.

Despite his early exit, the experience was largely positive for her grandson, she said. "He enjoyed the experience and so did his parents who traveled down with him. It was something different and I had everybody I know watching it."

Interesting reporting style, with no quotations from Steven but one from his grandma!

[Bob78164]

Question #3 - Level ?: Shared Land
Until 1841, what country maintained a commercial settlement in Sonoma County, California, called Fort Ross?

A: Germany B: Russia
C: Japan D: England

Steven: Fort Ross--

Spoiler

it's not Russian.

1841--before the gold rush. I feel pretty good about

Spoiler

England.

He goes with that as his final answer.

Answer

B: Russia

Steve leaves with "total winnings" of $1,000.

I guess he's never heard of

Spoiler

Russian Hill

in San Francisco. --Bob

[Bob Juch]

He passed the test?

[Snaxx]

He passed the test?

I didn't get enough to say that from those three questions, although Mammoth Cave must be common knowledge. Maybe the other two are more well-known than I think. I already miss the unrandomized stack.

[tanstaafl2]

Question #1 - Level ?: Colossal Cave
With nearly 400 miles explored, the world's longest known cave system is fittingly named after what large animal?

A: Mammoth B: Grizzly
C: Whale D: Tyrannosaurus

Steven doesn't know. Meredith interrupts him to suggest he take a moment to look at the question, but Steven has to ask the audience.

ATA

A: 82% B: 3% C: 8% D: 7%

Answer/Value/Bank

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

Seems a bit deceptive if not incorrect the way the Q is written. To the best of my knowledge Mammoth Cave is not named after the animal known as a Mammoth. Mammoth fossils were not found there as far as I know. The origin of the word appears to be Tartar/Russian for earth. I would guess the name was given for the secondary definition of something of great size which I suppose does come from its association with the Mammoth animal.

Still, it seems a bit round about. Not that it mattered in the end.