Transcript 05/19/08 Michelle DeGiorgio

[BBTranscriptTeam]

Michelle DeGiorgio
New City, NY

Mother of six, ages five to fifteen

$100 According to an oft-quoted statistic, which of these activities subtracts eleven minutes from a person’s life?
A. Reading a book
B. Smoking a cigarette
C. Running a mile
D. Watching “Access Hollywood”

$200 Another name for the circus, the term “big top” refers to a large type of what?
A. Tent
B. Truck
C. Animal cage
D. Hat

$300 Which of these food products is often sold in bottles shaped like bears?
A. Salsa
B. Barbecue sauce
C. Honey
D. Chocolate syrup

$500 In golf, which of these clubs is usually used for tapping the ball into the hole?
A. Wood
B. Putter
C. Driver
D. Iron

$1K Made up of squamous cells, basal cells and melanocytes, the epidermis is the outermost layer of what body part?
A. Heart
B. Bones
C. Teeth
D. Skin

$2K Which of these names is a common Scottish adjective meaning “beautiful” or “pretty”?
A. Wendy
B. Bonnie
C. Nellie
D. Sally

$4K A family chasing after a yellow Volkswagen bus appears on posters for what 2006 movie?
A. The Pursuit of Happyness
B. Talladega Nights
C. Little Miss Sunshine
D. The Break-Up

commercial break

$8K What Revolutionary War hero led a band of patriotic soldiers called the “Green Mountain Boys”?
A. Ethan Allen
B. Samuel Adams
C. Paul Revere
D. Nathan Hale

Michelle says she has a really good feeling about this question.
She says Green Mountain is Vermont and Ethan Allen was from Vermont.

ATA
72% A. Ethan Allen
14% B. Samuel Adams
5% C. Paul Revere
9% D. Nathan Hale

$16K In the radio abbreviation “AM,” what does the letter “A” stand for?
A. Antenna
B. Axial
C. Alternating
D. Amplitude

commercial break

$25K “312” is the area code for the general information phone number at which of these museums?
A. Dallas Museum of Art
B. St. Louis Art Museum
C. Art Institute of Chicago
D. Boston Museum of Fine Arts

PAF – Ilene, Michelle’s very dear friend

Ilene says “That’s Chicago.”

horn

Michelle will return for tomorrow’s show.

Answers:
$100 B. Smoking a cigarette
$200 A. Tent
$300 C. Honey
$500 B. Putter
$1K D. Skin
$2K B. Bonnie
$4K C. Little Miss Sunshine
$8K A. Ethan Allen
$16K D. Amplitude
$25K C. Art Institute of Chicago

[NellyLunatic1980]

Michelle DeGiorgio
New City, NY

WE®

$100 According to an oft-quoted statistic, which of these activities subtracts eleven minutes from a person’s life?
A. Reading a book
B. Smoking a cigarette
C. Running a mile
D. Watching “Access Hollywood”

E. Voting for Ralph Nader

Nihil obstat® stack for me so far.

[peacock2121]

I found myself really rooting for her.

Really, really rooting.

[MarleysGh0st]

$8K What Revolutionary War hero led a band of patriotic soldiers called the “Green Mountain Boys”?
A. Ethan Allen
B. Samuel Adams
C. Paul Revere
D. Nathan Hale

Michelle says she has a really good feeling about this question.
She says Green Mountain is Vermont and Ethan Allen was from Vermont.

ATA
72% A. Ethan Allen
14% B. Samuel Adams
5% C. Paul Revere
9% D. Nathan Hale

Just a week and a half ago (airing schedule, not necessarily taping schedule) they asked Linda Saracco:

$4,000
Famous militiamen of the Revolutionary War, the Green Mountain Boys were based in a territory that later became what U.S. state?

A: Pennsylvania B: New York
C: North Carolina D: Vermont

One of the question writers really likes this subject!

[earendel]

Michelle DeGiorgio
New City, NY

Mother of six, ages five to fifteen

So where is New City in relation to New York City?

$8K What Revolutionary War hero led a band of patriotic soldiers called the “Green Mountain Boys”?
A. Ethan Allen
B. Samuel Adams
C. Paul Revere
D. Nathan Hale

Michelle says she has a really good feeling about this question.
She says Green Mountain is Vermont and Ethan Allen was from Vermont.

ATA
72% A. Ethan Allen
14% B. Samuel Adams
5% C. Paul Revere
9% D. Nathan Hale

So if she had a "really good feeling" why did - do I even need to finish asking the question?

$25K “312” is the area code for the general information phone number at which of these museums?
A. Dallas Museum of Art
B. St. Louis Art Museum
C. Art Institute of Chicago
D. Boston Museum of Fine Arts

PAF – Ilene, Michelle’s very dear friend

Ilene says “That’s Chicago.”

Michelle read the whole question and all the answers; all she had to do was ask Ilene which city had area code 312. Since we have a district in Chicago that shares our contracting database I call them a lot and they are in the 312 AC.

[MarleysGh0st]

Michelle DeGiorgio
New City, NY

Mother of six, ages five to fifteen

So where is New City in relation to New York City?

Hudson Valley, about 20 miles north of Manhattan.

Definitely Where Else territory.

[MarleysGh0st]

$25K “312” is the area code for the general information phone number at which of these museums?
A. Dallas Museum of Art
B. St. Louis Art Museum
C. Art Institute of Chicago
D. Boston Museum of Fine Arts

PAF – Ilene, Michelle’s very dear friend

Ilene says “That’s Chicago.”

Michelle read the whole question and all the answers; all she had to do was ask Ilene which city had area code 312. Since we have a district in Chicago that shares our contracting database I call them a lot and they are in the 312 AC.

Yeah, that was a rather weird over-elaboration of the question. It was a good thing that Ilene knew the answer immediately; trying to type in those museum names for a google search would have been messy.

[BackInTex]

$1K Made up of squamous cells, basal cells and melanocytes, the epidermis is the outermost layer of what body part?
A. Heart
B. Bones
C. Teeth
D. Skin

This seemed a little obscure/difficult for $1,000, IMO

$8K What Revolutionary War hero led a band of patriotic soldiers called the “Green Mountain Boys”?
A. Ethan Allen
B. Samuel Adams
C. Paul Revere
D. Nathan Hale

Michelle says she has a really good feeling about this question.
She says Green Mountain is Vermont and Ethan Allen was from Vermont.

ATA
72% A. Ethan Allen
14% B. Samuel Adams
5% C. Paul Revere
9% D. Nathan Hale

Not very good game play, giving her 'good feeling' answer to the audience before asking them. I wonder whate the percentages would have been had she not said anything.

[slam]

$1K Made up of squamous cells, basal cells and melanocytes, the epidermis is the outermost layer of what body part?
A. Heart
B. Bones
C. Teeth
D. Skin

This seemed a little obscure/difficult for $1,000, IMO

Maybe, but I was watching with my sons (12 & 9 years old) and they both got it instantly.

When you were in elementary school didn't some other kid ever tease you with the old joke, "Your epidermis is showing!"

[MarleysGh0st]

$1K Made up of squamous cells, basal cells and melanocytes, the epidermis is the outermost layer of what body part?
A. Heart
B. Bones
C. Teeth
D. Skin

This seemed a little obscure/difficult for $1,000, IMO

Maybe, but I was watching with my sons (12 & 9 years old) and they both got it instantly.

When you were in elementary school didn't some other kid ever tease you with the old joke, "Your epidermis is showing!"

Yeah. This was just another overelaboration of "epidermis = skin".

The question writers are feeling wordy, this week.

[gsabc]

Michelle DeGiorgio
New City, NY

Mother of six, ages five to fifteen

How did she find time to audition?

[Bob Juch]

$8K What Revolutionary War hero led a band of patriotic soldiers called the “Green Mountain Boys”?
A. Ethan Allen
B. Samuel Adams
C. Paul Revere
D. Nathan Hale

Michelle says she has a really good feeling about this question.
She says Green Mountain is Vermont and Ethan Allen was from Vermont.

ATA
72% A. Ethan Allen
14% B. Samuel Adams
5% C. Paul Revere
9% D. Nathan Hale

Just a week and a half ago (airing schedule, not necessarily taping schedule) they asked Linda Saracco:

$4,000
Famous militiamen of the Revolutionary War, the Green Mountain Boys were based in a territory that later became what U.S. state?

A: Pennsylvania B: New York
C: North Carolina D: Vermont

One of the question writers really likes this subject!

I was going to comment on Linda's transcript but forgot:

Vermont was not a "territory". Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys led a independence movement from New York and New Hampshire that started before the war, but became successful during the war. For example, they were selling land that New York or New Hampshire had deeded to someone else!

There was much discussion on Vermont not joining the United States - from both sides. There almost was another war to "take back" Vermont.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Mountain_Boys
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermont_Republic

[moonie]

New City is my hometown! I loved that place growing up in the 70's-80's. Now it has grown to be a bustling suburb of NYC. The place looks the same, but the population has grown crazily.

earendel wrote:
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:
Michelle DeGiorgio
New City, NY

Mother of six, ages five to fifteen


So where is New City in relation to New York City?



Hudson Valley, about 20 miles north of Manhattan.

[themanintheseersuckersuit]

Vermont was not a "territory". Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys led a independence movement from New York and New Hampshire that started before the war, but became successful during the war. For example, they were selling land that New York or New Hampshire had deeded to someone else!

There was much discussion on Vermont not joining the United States - from both sides. There almost was another war to "take back" Vermont.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Mountain_Boys
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermont_Republic

Some things never change