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With guest host Dave Price

Amy Kurz
Westlake, OH
Volunteer worker at a school

$100 A body shop is a business that provides “tune-ups” and other repairs for what?
A. Cars
B. Laptop computers
C. Cooking utensils
D. Spouses

$200 In homage to the city that inspired it, what Las Vegas casino features replicas of the Brooklyn Bridge and the Empire State Building?
A. MGM Grand
B. Palms
C. New York-New York
D. Monte Carlo

$300 An old adage advising people not to make trouble says to “let” what “lie”?
A. Singing birds
B. Milking cows
C. Grazing goats
D. Sleeping dogs

$500 In the term “indie rock,” which refers to music not produced by major record labels, the term “indie” is short for what?
A. Industrial
B. Individual
C. Indirect
D. Independent

$1K Introduced by Dole, the “5 A Day Friends” attempt to get kids to eat five or more servings per day of what?
A. Dairy
B. Meat and eggs
C. Fruits and vegetables
D. Bread

$2K What is the correct spelling of the word that refers to Middle Ages in Europe?
A. Medeival
B. Medieval
C. Midieval
D. Mideival

$4K “What’s Eating Gilbert Grissom?” is an episode title of what hit TV show?
A. The Closer
B. Shark
C. CSI
D. Lost

ATA
8% A. The Closer
11% B. Shark
80% C. CSI
1% D. Lost

commercial break

Back in the ‘60s, Amy’s mother was on “Password”. She played with Anthony Perkins and won $400.
The only proof they have that she was on the show is a Polaroid picture they took of the TV while she was on screen.

$8K The “syndrome” wherein captives sympathize with their captors is named after a famous hostage crisis that occurred where?
A. Berlin
B. Dublin
C. Moscow
D. Stockholm

$16K What writer captured the essence of Transcendentalist thinking with an 1841 essay that advised, “Trust thyself”?
A. Nathaniel Hawthorne
B. Ralph Waldo Emerson
C. Henry David Thoreau
D. Walt Whitman

PAF – Dan, a teacher at the school where Amy volunteers

Dan gives an answer before Amy finishes reading the first choice.

$25K What is the last name of the founder of the popular Web-based online community “craigslist”?
A. Newmark
B. Hathaway
C. Laughton
D. Bertrand

50/50 leaves A. Newmark and B. Hathaway.

Amy doesn’t know, but decides to take a chance.

commercial break

$50K The Gulf of Tonkin is an arm of what larger body of water?
A. Bay of Bengal
B. Sea of Japan
C. South China Sea
D. Gulf of Thailand

Amy thinks it’s between the Sea of Japan and the South China Sea.
Amy makes B. Sea of Japan her final answer and leaves with $25K.

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Answers:
$100 A. Cars
$200 C. New York-New York
$300 D. Sleeping dogs
$500 D. Independent
$1K C. Fruits and vegetables
$2K B. Medieval
$4K C. CSI
$8K D. Stockholm
$16K B. Ralph Waldo Emerson
$25K A. Newmark
$50K C. South China Sea

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: $100 A body shop is a business that provides “tune-ups” and other repairs for what?
A. Cars
B. Laptop computers
C. Cooking utensils
D. Spouses

I've never heard of a body shop repairing anything on an engine.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:With guest host Dave Price

Oh, joy...

$16K: Crap. I was afraid that both Emerson and Thoreau would show up as choices. PAF.

Other than that, I'm going for $100K with three lifelines available.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:With guest host Dave Price

My impression of Dave Price was that he makes a good substitute host, and might be able to "grow into" the full-time spot some day should Meredith decide to depart.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Amy Kurz
Westlake, OH
Volunteer worker at a school

A charter school, to be precise.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$2K What is the correct spelling of the word that refers to Middle Ages in Europe?
A. Medeival
B. Medieval
C. Midieval
D. Mideival

A spelling question for only $2K?

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$4K “What’s Eating Gilbert Grissom?” is an episode title of what hit TV show?
A. The Closer
B. Shark
C. CSI
D. Lost

ATA
8% A. The Closer
11% B. Shark
80% C. CSI
1% D. Lost

Gil Grissom is the head of the Las Vegas Crime Lab. I guess Amy doesn't watch this show.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Back in the ‘60s, Amy’s mother was on “Password”. She played with Anthony Perkins and won $400.
The only proof they have that she was on the show is a Polaroid picture they took of the TV while she was on screen.

It's a shame they can't rerun some of those shows on GSN (or maybe they do and Amy doesn't know about it).

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$16K What writer captured the essence of Transcendentalist thinking with an 1841 essay that advised, “Trust thyself”?
A. Nathaniel Hawthorne
B. Ralph Waldo Emerson
C. Henry David Thoreau
D. Walt Whitman

PAF – Dan, a teacher at the school where Amy volunteers

Dan gives an answer before Amy finishes reading the first choice.

This is one of those "equivalence" things that they talk about on the J! board. "19th century Transcendentalist essayst = Emerson"

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$25K What is the last name of the founder of the popular Web-based online community “craigslist”?
A. Newmark
B. Hathaway
C. Laughton
D. Bertrand

50/50 leaves A. Newmark and B. Hathaway.

Amy doesn’t know, but decides to take a chance.

No clue for me, so time to ATA and hope they know it.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$50K The Gulf of Tonkin is an arm of what larger body of water?
A. Bay of Bengal
B. Sea of Japan
C. South China Sea
D. Gulf of Thailand

Amy thinks it’s between the Sea of Japan and the South China Sea.
Amy makes B. Sea of Japan her final answer and leaves with $25K.

She was on the right track when she said it had something to do with Vietnam. The problem was that she didn't know the geography well enough for that clue to help her.

Dave did the "fake out" (hesitating before revealing the answer) on the previous question and on this one.

Oh, and on the subject of geo-nitwits, last night's Final J! category was "U.S. Geography" and it was a triple stumper.

earendel wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:With guest host Dave Price

My impression of Dave Price was that he makes a good substitute host, and might be able to "grow into" the full-time spot some day should Meredith decide to depart.

Any one of the Play It! hosts could take over Meredith's spot without needing to grow into anything. Instead, they're probably stuck guiding the Disney jungle cruises or some such nonsense.

earendel wrote:Oh, and on the subject of geo-nitwits, last night's Final J! category was "U.S. Geography" and it was a triple stumper.

And there was an ironic twist to that.

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The player entering FJ as the leader was in third place after the commercial break, when the judges ruled that she had left off the "s" on her answer of "Red Button(s)". But by betting small--while the second place contestant risked it all--she managed to grab a victory out of that triple stumper. If she'd gone into that as the leader, she likely would have bet big and lost.

MarleysGh0st wrote:

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The player entering FJ as the leader was in third place after the commercial break, when the judges ruled that she had left off the "s" on her answer of "Red Button(s)". But by betting small--while the second place contestant risked it all--she managed to grab a victory out of that triple stumper. If she'd gone into that as the leader, she likely would have bet big and lost.

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I thought they might penalize her for "bachelor button" (again leaving off the "s" but Google does turn up hits for it, though "bachelor's is preferred.

Another irony was that although the question specified the mountain was NOT in Alaska, Colorado or California, two of the three contestants gave an answer that was on one of those states.

earendel wrote:

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Another irony was that although the question specified the mountain was NOT in Alaska, Colorado or California, two of the three contestants gave an answer that was on one of those states.

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Yeah.

Has a debate about Mauna Kea started on the J! board yet? If you measure that from the ocean floor, it's significantly higher than those other mountains, isn't it?

MarleysGh0st wrote:
Any one of the Play It! hosts could take over Meredith's spot without needing to grow into anything. Instead, they're probably stuck guiding the Disney jungle cruises or some such nonsense.

One of the hosts, Ken, was working as a cowboy at Disneyland in front of the Golden Horseshoe.

MarleysGh0st wrote:

earendel wrote:

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Another irony was that although the question specified the mountain was NOT in Alaska, Colorado or California, two of the three contestants gave an answer that was on one of those states.

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Yeah.

Has a debate about Mauna Kea started on the J! board yet? If you measure that from the ocean floor, it's significantly higher than those other mountains, isn't it?

Yes, the debate has started. And as I posted over there:

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When I was in grade school I learned that Mt. Rainier was the tallest mountain in the U.S. - but that was back when there were only 48 states. When Alaska was added, the qualifier "lower 48" was added.

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:

MarleysGh0st wrote:
Any one of the Play It! hosts could take over Meredith's spot without needing to grow into anything. Instead, they're probably stuck guiding the Disney jungle cruises or some such nonsense.

One of the hosts, Ken, was working as a cowboy at Disneyland in front of the Golden Horseshoe.

<sigh> How have the mighty fallen. Ken was one of the hosts that I got to see when I went to PlayIt! and I thought he was very good at it.

earendel wrote:

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When I was in grade school I learned that Mt. Rainier was the tallest mountain in the U.S. - but that was back when there were only 48 states. When Alaska was added, the qualifier "lower 48" was added.

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Wasn't that Mt. Whitney?

earendel wrote:

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:

MarleysGh0st wrote:
Any one of the Play It! hosts could take over Meredith's spot without needing to grow into anything. Instead, they're probably stuck guiding the Disney jungle cruises or some such nonsense.

One of the hosts, Ken, was working as a cowboy at Disneyland in front of the Golden Horseshoe.

<sigh> How have the mighty fallen. Ken was one of the hosts that I got to see when I went to PlayIt! and I thought he was very good at it.

He was very classy. He was the host when I saw the $1,000,000 question. He came into the trailer afterwards and told me that he was sorry that I didn't win.

The host, Kelly, wrote a musical called Fellowship! It was very good, so good in fact, that we saw it three times.

earendel wrote:
Oh, and on the subject of geo-nitwits, last night's Final J! category was "U.S. Geography" and it was a triple stumper.

So, does anyone recall the question from Final J!? I guess I have the gist of it from some of the comments but wasn't sure about the "triple stumper" component.

tanstaafl2 wrote:

earendel wrote:
Oh, and on the subject of geo-nitwits, last night's Final J! category was "U.S. Geography" and it was a triple stumper.

So, does anyone recall the question from Final J!? I guess I have the gist of it from some of the comments but wasn't sure about the "triple stumper" component.

Paraphrasing:

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This is the only peak on the list of 50 tallest U.S. mountains that is not in Alaska, California or Colorado.

MarleysGh0st wrote:

tanstaafl2 wrote:

earendel wrote:
Oh, and on the subject of geo-nitwits, last night's Final J! category was "U.S. Geography" and it was a triple stumper.

So, does anyone recall the question from Final J!? I guess I have the gist of it from some of the comments but wasn't sure about the "triple stumper" component.

Paraphrasing:

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This is the only peak on the list of 50 tallest U.S. mountains that is not in Alaska, California or Colorado.

Thanks!

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If in fact it was phrased this way using "mountains" does that exclude volcanoes? Not that I think Mauna Kea necessarily should be counted as higher based on its submerged base.

More a question of whether "mountains" and "volcanoes" are generally classified separately or together when determining the highest peaks since they are formed in a separate fashion geologically speaking. Presumably they are classified together as Rainier is a volcano. At least in this case they were!

tanstaafl2 wrote:

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If in fact it was phrased this way using "mountains" does that exclude volcanoes? Not that I think Mauna Kea necessarily should be counted as higher based on its submerged base.

More a question of whether "mountains" and "volcanoes" are generally classified separately or together when determining the highest peaks since they are formed in a separate fashion geologically speaking. Presumably they are classified together as Rainier is a volcano. At least in this case they were!

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I'm not certain of the phrasing I gave. Debate on the J! board include disputes over the meaning of "tallest" vs. "highest".

But why would you separate volcanoes from mountains? Mountains are just an impressive pile of rocks; vulcanism is just one method to make that pile.

tanstaafl2 wrote:

earendel wrote:
Oh, and on the subject of geo-nitwits, last night's Final J! category was "U.S. Geography" and it was a triple stumper.

So, does anyone recall the question from Final J!? I guess I have the gist of it from some of the comments but wasn't sure about the "triple stumper" component.

No one got it right - one person put Pike's Peak, one person put McKinley and the third person put Mauna Kea.

MarleysGh0st wrote:

tanstaafl2 wrote:

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If in fact it was phrased this way using "mountains" does that exclude volcanoes? Not that I think Mauna Kea necessarily should be counted as higher based on its submerged base.

More a question of whether "mountains" and "volcanoes" are generally classified separately or together when determining the highest peaks since they are formed in a separate fashion geologically speaking. Presumably they are classified together as Rainier is a volcano. At least in this case they were!

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I'm not certain of the phrasing I gave. Debate on the J! board include disputes over the meaning of "tallest" vs. "highest".

But why would you separate volcanoes from mountains? Mountains are just an impressive pile of rocks; vulcanism is just one method to make that pile.

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True. But sometimes you see lists of highest/tallest volcanoes separately from mountains.

The "tallest vs highest" debate has been going on for a long time. I doubt it will be resolved anytime soon! I suppose if one wanted to specify height above sea level that would at least clarify the question. If you take the measurement from the mountains "base" many would say Everest doesn't even break 14K and that other peaks are taller. Of course estimation of the base is a bit variable as well.

earendel wrote:

tanstaafl2 wrote:

earendel wrote:
Oh, and on the subject of geo-nitwits, last night's Final J! category was "U.S. Geography" and it was a triple stumper.

So, does anyone recall the question from Final J!? I guess I have the gist of it from some of the comments but wasn't sure about the "triple stumper" component.

No one got it right - one person put Pike's Peak, one person put McKinley and the third person put Mauna Kea.

Well at least the person who put Mauna Kea was on the right track!

Here's an article about Amy's appearance.

http://www.westlifenews.com/2008/03-12/contestant.html

One slight disappointment for Kurz, in addition to not winning more money, was that regular host Meredith Vieira was off the day she was a contestant. Dave Price, the weather anchor and features reporter for the CBS News broadcast “The Early Show,” substituted.

The producers gave Kurz the option of being a contestant when Vieira would be there, but she stuck to her original date.

“I was going there to play the game,” Kurz told West Life. ”It was fun being there no matter who was the host.”

Interesting. I wonder if anyone turned down the chance to appear with David? And did they know this was the last taping day of the season?

Kurz had traveled to New York several weeks earlier for the sole purpose of auditioning for the show. After viewing “Millionaire” as an audience member, Kurz took a 30-question, 10-minute written test and interviewed to be a contestant. Producers called her just five days later to tell her she had been accepted.

Got The Call before the Post Card, huh?