Transcript 06/28/12 - Brita Johnson

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Brita Johnson
Deerwood, MN

Brita has been preparing for this show for twelve years. Her brother and she used to make Millionaire videotapes when she was little; he was Regis and she was one of the contestants. Meredith asks "who?" when Brita mentions Regis's name. She asks Brita if she played her after she became the host. Brita replies that they didn't do it any more, but she would have.

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

Topic Tree (Randomized)
?: Apt Intro
?: Army Life
?: Huge Symbolism
?: Old Cities
?: Mall Origins
?: Millionaire Movie
?: Plants and Animals
?: Rainy Thoughts
?: Battle Hymns
?: New Technology


Question #1 - Level ?: New Technology
When first introduced, "Wi-Fi" was called "The Standard for Wireless" what?

A: Fidelity B: Fiber optics
C: Fibrillation D: Figuration

Brita's gut is telling her one answer, but she asks the audience.

ATA

A: 38% B: 43% C: 2% D: 17%

Brita was feeling

Spoiler

Figuration.

She has to jump the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

A: Fidelity
Question Value: $7,000
Bank: $0

Question #2 - Level ?: Battle Hymns
Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" commemorates the defense of Moscow against a military attack led by whom?

A: King George III B: Frederick the Great
C: Napoleon Bonaparte D: Horatio Nelson

Brita says she's getting the hard questions right away. She's feeling

Spoiler

Bonaparte,

but she jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Napoleon Bonaparte
Question Value: $500
Bank: $0

Question #3 - Level ?: Rainy Thoughts
Whose poem, "The Rainy Day" features the oft-quoted line, "into each life some rain must fall"?

A: Robert Frost B: Walt Whitman
C: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow D: William Butler Yeats

Meredith reminds Brita that she has nothing to lose. Brita goes with

Spoiler

A: Robert Frost

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

Answer

C: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

-- Commercial Break --

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Brita has been preparing for this show for twelve years. Her brother and she used to make Millionaire videotapes when she was little; he was Regis and she was one of the contestants. Meredith asks "who?" when Brita mentions Regis's name. She asks Brita if she played her after she became the host. Brita replies that they didn't do it any more, but she would have.

Sounds like Brita's "preparation" ended ten years ago.

Question #2 - Level ?: Battle Hymns
Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" commemorates the defense of Moscow against a military attack led by whom?

A: King George III B: Frederick the Great
C: Napoleon Bonaparte D: Horatio Nelson

Brita says she's getting the hard questions right away. She's feeling

Spoiler

Bonaparte,

but she jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Napoleon Bonaparte
Question Value: $500
Bank: $0

Awww, the question writers could at least have thrown in Hitler's name as one of the distractors, for folks whose knowledge of history isn't all wrapped up in dates.

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Brita has been preparing for this show for twelve years. . . .

Aargh! Listen closely and you can hear a dirge tuning up in the distance . . .

Question #2 - Level ?: Battle Hymns
Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" commemorates the defense of Moscow against a military attack led by whom?

A: King George III B: Frederick the Great
C: Napoleon Bonaparte D: Horatio Nelson

Brita says she's getting the hard questions right away. She's feeling

Spoiler

Bonaparte,

but she jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Napoleon Bonaparte
Question Value: $500
Bank: $0

I didn't think this one was that hard based on the date if nothing else.

Question #3 - Level ?: Rainy Thoughts
Whose poem, "The Rainy Day" features the oft-quoted line, "into each life some rain must fall"?

A: Robert Frost B: Walt Whitman
C: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow D: William Butler Yeats

Meredith reminds Brita that she has nothing to lose. Brita goes with

Spoiler

A: Robert Frost

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

Answer

C: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Cue up that dirge . . .

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Brita Johnson
Deerwood, MN

Brita has been preparing for this show for twelve years. Her brother and she used to make Millionaire videotapes when she was little; he was Regis and she was one of the contestants. Meredith asks "who?" when Brita mentions Regis's name. She asks Brita if she played her after she became the host. Brita replies that they didn't do it any more, but she would have.

Cue the ominous organ music - a story like this is just a setup for a bad performance.

Question #1 - Level ?: New Technology
When first introduced, "Wi-Fi" was called "The Standard for Wireless" what?

A: Fidelity B: Fiber optics
C: Fibrillation D: Figuration

Brita's gut is telling her one answer, but she asks the audience.

ATA

A: 38% B: 43% C: 2% D: 17%

Brita was feeling

Spoiler

Figuration.

She has to jump the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

A: Fidelity
Question Value: $7,000
Bank: $0

Two lifelines on the first question - and the organ music swells.

Question #2 - Level ?: Battle Hymns
Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" commemorates the defense of Moscow against a military attack led by whom?

A: King George III B: Frederick the Great
C: Napoleon Bonaparte D: Horatio Nelson

Brita says she's getting the hard questions right away. She's feeling

Spoiler

Bonaparte,

but she jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Napoleon Bonaparte
Question Value: $500
Bank: $0

And there goes the last one, and no money to show for it.

Question #3 - Level ?: Rainy Thoughts
Whose poem, "The Rainy Day" features the oft-quoted line, "into each life some rain must fall"?

A: Robert Frost B: Walt Whitman
C: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow D: William Butler Yeats

Meredith reminds Brita that she has nothing to lose. Brita goes with

Spoiler

A: Robert Frost

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

Answer

C: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

And that's the ball game.