Transcript 12/09/11 - Sarah Wolek

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Sarah Wolek
Arlington Heights, IL
Chemist

Sarah has a thirteen year old son, Jonathan. Jonathan was the first to get the news that Sarah had been selected as a contestant, when he listened to the message on the answering machine. He called Sarah to pass on the news and she could barely understand him, he was so excited. Jonathan's advice was for Sarah to suck on a peppermint while she's reading things, because that helps memory.

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

Topic Tree (Randomized)
?: Sylvester's Son
?: Medical Exam
?: Censor Your Kids
?: On a Stroll
?: Pretty Painful
?: Which Hat
?: Burger Time
?: Parallel Lines
?: Class Act
?: Ad Methods


Question #1 - Level ?: Ad Methods
The Advertising Hall of Fame acknowledges its inductee Arthur Nielsen is "best known for devising a method of measuring" what?

A: Radio listenership B: Newspaper readership
C: Television audiences D: Internet users

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Television audiences
Question Value: $5,000
Bank: $5,000

Question #2 - Level ?: Class Act
For the Fall 2011 semester, University of South Carolina students could take a class called "Lady Gaga and the Sociology of the" what?

A: Grief B: Fame
C: Poverty D: Sport

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Fame
Question Value: $10,000
Bank: $15,000

Question #3 - Level ?: Parallel Lines
Which of these significant parallels is associated with the historic Missouri Compromise?

A: 17th B: 36th
C: 38th D: 49th

Sarah: I was a history minor in college, but that's not serving me well, today.

Sarah jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

B: 36th
Question Value: $15,000
Bank: $15,000

Question #4 - Level ?: Burger Time
If the fast food chain Burger King was named after the German head of government, what would it be called?

A: Burger Prime Minister B: Burger Premier
C: Burger Emperor D: Burger Chancellor

Answer/Value/Bank

D: Burger Chancellor
Question Value: $3,000
Bank: $18,000

Question #5 - Level ?: Which Hat
Which of these hats is traditionally cone-shaped?

A: Beret B: Dunce cap
C: Top Hat D: Ball cap

Sarah: A lot of teachers in my family, so I can't miss this one!

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Dunce cap
Question Value: $100
Bank: $18,100

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


Sarah's mom, Darleen, and her sister, Melissa, are in the audience.


Question #6 - Level ?: On a Stroll
Though its name might sound decorative, severe pain might be inflicted by the "Fringed Ornamental" variety of what creature?

A: Rattlesnake B: Tree frog
C: Piranha D: Tarantula

Sarah: Well, the thing that jumps into mind isn't an option.

Sarah doesn't think a

Spoiler

piranha or a tarantula

would have anything that would be fringed. She hasn't heard of a

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snake

having anything fringed, either. She's leaning towards

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tree frog

and she makes that her final answer.

Answer

D: Tarantula

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


-- The End of Game "Noise" --

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Here's an article about Sarah's appearance.

http://www.dailyherald.com/article/2011 ... 712109916/

As far as game strategy, Wolek had opposing advice from her 13-year-old, Jonathan, who told her to be careful and use her lifelines well, and her husband, Rich, who told her to go for it and take risks.

“Anytime I can impress my 13-year-old son I try to jump on that,” she said. “It doesn’t happen very often anymore that I get to be the cool one.”

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Question #4 - Level ?: Burger Time
If the fast food chain Burger King was named after the German head of government, what would it be called?

A: Burger Prime Minister B: Burger Premier
C: Burger Emperor D: Burger Chancellor

Answer/Value/Bank

D: Burger Chancellor
Question Value: $3,000
Bank: $18,000

Continuing my rant about the topic names, what does this question have to do with burgers? If the question writers were trying to make a joke, they should at least have fit in something about Bürgermeisters.

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Question #3 - Level ?: Parallel Lines
Which of these significant parallels is associated with the historic Missouri Compromise?

A: 17th B: 36th
C: 38th D: 49th

Sarah: I was a history minor in college, but that's not serving me well, today.

Sarah jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

B: 36th
Question Value: $15,000
Bank: $15,000

Since I don't know it, I'll try to figure it out. It's gotta be 36th or 38th since the 37th parallel is Colorado's southern border. I would pull the trigger on this one and say 36th.

Question #6 - Level ?: On a Stroll
Though its name might sound decorative, severe pain might be inflicted by the "Fringed Ornamental" variety of what creature?

A: Rattlesnake B: Tree frog
C: Piranha D: Tarantula

Sarah: Well, the thing that jumps into mind isn't an option.

Sarah doesn't think a

Spoiler

piranha or a tarantula

would have anything that would be fringed. She hasn't heard of a

Spoiler

snake

having anything fringed, either. She's leaning towards

Spoiler

tree frog

and she makes that her final answer.

Answer

D: Tarantula

I was leaning toward tarantula. I'm sure there are no fringed rattlesnakes, although my only basis for that belief is that I've never seen a fringed snake anywhere. Same logic with a piranha -- I've never seen a fringed fish. Lizards, and by extension maybe frogs, have fringed varieties, but many tarantulas are very decorative, if you can ignore the deadly spider part. I dunno if I woulda pulled the trigger.