Transcript 12/23/2011 - Josh Baer (carryover contestant)

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Broadway Week

Josh Baer
Gastonia, NC
Music pastor

Josh has already banked $15,600 and won tickets for one row of the audience. Josh is feeling great. His family plays a lot of trivia and he practiced a lot before coming on the show. "They're all easy if you know the answers," Josh says. His wife Christie, sister Andrea and mom and dad Danny and Debbie are in the relationship seats. His three children couldn't be with them - one of them is named Meredith. He has another daughter named Madison and a son named Jackson. Jackson suggested that his dad bring a cheat sheet, which is why his father is wearing a tie - to hide the answers. Josh has his ATA and one JTQ lifeline remaining.

Topic Tree: (randomized)
Cruise Line
News Scoop
Golden Lady
Product Placement
In Translaion
Hope for the Holidays

Question #5 (Hope for the Holidays)
Every year, LEGOLAND California exhibits what holiday icon created from over 245,000 green toy bricks?
A - Easter bunny
B - Halloween pumpkin
C - Thanksgiving turkey
D - Christmas tree

Spoiler

"Christmas trees are green, generally,"

Josh says.

Spoiler

Answer: D (Christmas tree)
Value: $7,000
Bank: $22,600

Question #6 (In Translation)
Targeting Spanish speakers, what famous add slogan was translated to "Toma leche" in 2006?
A - Just do it!
B - Like a rock
C - Got milk?
D - I'm lovin' it

Josh believes that

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leche is "milk".

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Answer: C ("Got milk?")
Value: $2,000
Bank: $24,600

Question #7 (Product Placement)
Which of the following consumer brands was never featured in any of Andy Warhol's known artwork?
A - Kellogg's Corn Flakes
B - Brillo pads
C - Del Monte peaches
D - Hostess Twinkies

Josh tries to think if any of these are more recent. He can see it so many ways, so he decides to use his last jump the question lifeline.

Spoiler

Answer: D (Hostess Twinkies)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $24,600 (unchanged)

Question #8 (Golden Lady
In the First Spouse series of gold coins issued by the U.S. Mint, who has a coin that depicts her bringing flowers to Union soldiers?
A - Martha Washington
B - Abigail Adams
C - Dolley Madison
D - Mary Todd Lincoln

Spoiler

Answer: D (Mary Todd Lincoln)
Value: $10,000
Bank: $34,600

Question #9 (News Scoop)
At the right place at the right time, Tom Brokaw was the only U.S. TV anchor who reported live on the scene the night of what historic event?
A - Exxon Valdez oil spill
B - Tiananmen Square protest
C - Fall of the Berlin Wall
D - Nelson Mandela freed

Josh tries to think of which of these would have been unplanned. He knows that

Spoiler

the fall of the Berlin Wall

happened at night.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Fall of the Berlin Wall)
Value: $3,000
Bank: $37,600

commercial break

Question #10 (Cruise Line)
Winston Churchill praised a U.S. warship named what in WWII by marveling at its ability to "sting twice"?
A - USS Wasp
B - USS Fox
C - USS Dolphin
D - USS Seahorse

Josh says that

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"wasp" is the only one that stings at all.

Spoiler

Answer: A (USS Wasp)
Value: $5,000
Bank: $42,600

CLASSIC MILLIONAIRE

$100K - What Beatles hit started out as a campaign song for Timothy Leary, who was running for California governor against Ronald Reagan?
A - Here Comes the Sun
B - Come Together
C - Let it Be
D - Get Back

Josh doesn't know this right off the top of his head. He's familiar with both men. All the answer make sense so he decides to ask the audience.

ATA results

A - 18%
B - 71%
C - 4%
D - 7%

Josh says that's a big number. Josh has great respect for the audience but this is a higher-level question. All the answers still make sense to him. There are a lot of ways it could work. Josh decides that he might go with the audience's answer. Josh didn't give a lot of thought about what he'd do if he got this far. It's a total shot in the dark and a complete gamble, but Josh doesn't advocate gambling - except in this situation. He finally decides to go for it.

Spoiler

B (Come Together)

After the answer is revealed a reaction shot of Josh's famiily is shown.
commercial break

Some of the audience members during the break asked Josh to take them to lunch. Josh told a lot of people that he was going to be on the show. With the money he wants to take his wife on a honeymoon trip because 13 years ago they had a modest honeymoon. Meredith notes that Josh has no lifelines so he's on his own, but then adds that as a pastor she thinks someone has Josh's back.

$250K - In 1973, 16 counties in what state formed "Forgottonia," a republic that flirted with secession on the grounds of neglect?
A - Illinois
B - Washington
C - North Carolina
D - Louisiana

Josh is from North Carolina and has never heard of this so he can rule it out. The natural choice seems to be

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Washington, because it's on the west coast and probably doesn't get a lot of attention.

But that seems too easy. His gut is telling him it is

Spoiler

Washington - he thought it would be that or Alaska. But Illinois makes sense because Chicago is on the north side and the rest of the state could feel neglected. Louisiana has New Orleans but the capital is more centralized. Now Illinois is making more sense.
North Carolina doesn't make any sense to him. Chicago is where everything happens in Illinois.

Josh would be risking $75,000 to gain $150,000 and as much as he would like to go for it he decides to walk away with the $100,000.

Spoiler

A (Illinois)

commercial break

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Question #7 (Product Placement)
Which of the following consumer brands was never featured in any of Andy Warhol's known artwork?
A - Kellogg's Corn Flakes
B - Brillo pads
C - Del Monte peaches
D - Hostess Twinkies

Josh tries to think if any of these are more recent. He can see it so many ways, so he decides to use his last jump the question lifeline.

Spoiler

Answer: D (Hostess Twinkies)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $24,600 (unchanged)

I'll assume that I'm down to my second JTQ also and use it.

Question #8 (Golden Lady
In the First Spouse series of gold coins issued by the U.S. Mint, who has a coin that depicts her bringing flowers to Union soldiers?
A - Martha Washington
B - Abigail Adams
C - Dolley Madison
D - Mary Todd Lincoln

Spoiler

Answer: D (Mary Todd Lincoln)
Value: $10,000
Bank: $34,600

Easier than it looks. Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison . . .

Question #9 (News Scoop)
At the right place at the right time, Tom Brokaw was the only U.S. TV anchor who reported live on the scene the night of what historic event?
A - Exxon Valdez oil spill
B - Tiananmen Square protest
C - Fall of the Berlin Wall
D - Nelson Mandela freed

Josh tries to think of which of these would have been unplanned. He knows that

Spoiler

the fall of the Berlin Wall

happened at night.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Fall of the Berlin Wall)
Value: $3,000
Bank: $37,600

commercial break

Let's see if this succumbs to process of elimination. Exxon Valdez -- no way is Tom Brokaw present at that scene with a microphone and a camera. Same with Tianamen Square, although for different reasons; pretty sure that the only images coming out of Beijing at that time were hijacked by the protestors -- certainly not from a well-known person like Brokaw. Nelson Mandela's release could be it. I saw a little of the coverage of both events -- very little. I was taking a couple of night classes at the time, and we talked about the Berlin wall falling in one of them -- no mention of Brokaw, of course. I dunno if I could have pulled the trigger on Brokaw with such a great distractor. Let's say I did just so I can go on.

$100K - What Beatles hit started out as a campaign song for Timothy Leary, who was running for California governor against Ronald Reagan?
A - Here Comes the Sun
B - Come Together
C - Let it Be
D - Get Back

Josh doesn't know this right off the top of his head. He's familiar with both men. All the answer make sense so he decides to ask the audience.

ATA results

A - 18%
B - 71%
C - 4%
D - 7%

Josh says that's a big number. Josh has great respect for the audience but this is a higher-level question. All the answers still make sense to him. There are a lot of ways it could work. Josh decides that he might go with the audience's answer. Josh didn't give a lot of thought about what he'd do if he got this far. It's a total shot in the dark and a complete gamble, but Josh doesn't advocate gambling - except in this situation. He finally decides to go for it.

Spoiler

B (Come Together)

After the answer is revealed a reaction shot of Josh's famiily is shown.

Kudos to the audience!

$250K - In 1973, 16 counties in what state formed "Forgottonia," a republic that flirted with secession on the grounds of neglect?
A - Illinois
B - Washington
C - North Carolina
D - Louisiana

Josh is from North Carolina and has never heard of this so he can rule it out. The natural choice seems to be

Spoiler

Washington, because it's on the west coast and probably doesn't get a lot of attention.

But that seems too easy. His gut is telling him it is

Spoiler

Washington - he thought it would be that or Alaska. But Illinois makes sense because Chicago is on the north side and the rest of the state could feel neglected. Louisiana has New Orleans but the capital is more centralized. Now Illinois is making more sense.
North Carolina doesn't make any sense to him. Chicago is where everything happens in Illinois.

Josh would be risking $75,000 to gain $150,000 and as much as he would like to go for it he decides to walk away with the $100,000.

Spoiler

A (Illinois)

No idea. I'm outta there.

[earendel]

Josh Baer
Gastonia, NC
Music pastor

Josh has already banked $15,600 and won tickets for one row of the audience. Josh is feeling great. His family plays a lot of trivia and he practiced a lot before coming on the show. "They're all easy if you know the answers," Josh says. His wife Christie, sister Andrea and mom and dad Danny and Debbie are in the relationship seats. His three children couldn't be with them - one of them is named Meredith. He has another daughter named Madison and a son named Jackson. Jackson suggested that his dad bring a cheat sheet, which is why his father is wearing a tie - to hide the answers. Josh has his ATA and one JTQ lifeline remaining.

But Jackson, your father is a preacher and preachers wouldn't stoop to cheating.

Question #7 (Product Placement)
Which of the following consumer brands was never featured in any of Andy Warhol's known artwork?
A - Kellogg's Corn Flakes
B - Brillo pads
C - Del Monte peaches
D - Hostess Twinkies

Josh tries to think if any of these are more recent. He can see it so many ways, so he decides to use his last jump the question lifeline.

Spoiler

Answer: D (Hostess Twinkies)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $24,600 (unchanged)

I'd JTQ also.

$100K - What Beatles hit started out as a campaign song for Timothy Leary, who was running for California governor against Ronald Reagan?
A - Here Comes the Sun
B - Come Together
C - Let it Be
D - Get Back

Josh doesn't know this right off the top of his head. He's familiar with both men. All the answer make sense so he decides to ask the audience.

ATA results

A - 18%
B - 71%
C - 4%
D - 7%

Josh says that's a big number. Josh has great respect for the audience but this is a higher-level question. All the answers still make sense to him. There are a lot of ways it could work. Josh decides that he might go with the audience's answer. Josh didn't give a lot of thought about what he'd do if he got this far. It's a total shot in the dark and a complete gamble, but Josh doesn't advocate gambling - except in this situation. He finally decides to go for it.

Spoiler

B (Come Together)

Running through the lyrics, "Here comes old flat-top" struck me right away as a reference to Reagan and his hair style.

$250K - In 1973, 16 counties in what state formed "Forgottonia," a republic that flirted with secession on the grounds of neglect?
A - Illinois
B - Washington
C - North Carolina
D - Louisiana

Josh is from North Carolina and has never heard of this so he can rule it out. The natural choice seems to be

Spoiler

Washington, because it's on the west coast and probably doesn't get a lot of attention.

But that seems too easy. His gut is telling him it is

Spoiler

Washington - he thought it would be that or Alaska. But Illinois makes sense because Chicago is on the north side and the rest of the state could feel neglected. Louisiana has New Orleans but the capital is more centralized. Now Illinois is making more sense. North Carolina doesn't make any sense to him. Chicago is where everything happens in Illinois.

Josh would be risking $75,000 to gain $150,000 and as much as he would like to go for it he decides to walk away with the $100,000.

Spoiler

A (Illinois)

I eliminated Louisiana because they have parishes, not counties. From the comfort of my recliner I guessed correctly but would have used my second JTQ on this one.