Hong 1st contestant, 9/02
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00:21Welcome to week two of The Brand New Millionaire.
00:30And the big question after week one is, are the questions tougher?
00:33Well, yeah, they are.
00:35But that hasn't stopped us from giving away $170,000 during our first week.
00:40And we want to give away even more to Hong McGill.
00:45Welcome back, Hong, from Darnston, Maryland.
00:47You're a stockbroker, but I understand you were also once a paratrooper.
00:50Well, I went to airborne school at Fort Benning, Georgia.
00:53And it was a pretty interesting experience.
00:55You used to jump out of planes at night?
00:57Well, they do do one night jump, to give you practice at that.
01:01And it's kind of unusual because you have no horizon to see.
01:05When you jump out there, it's completely dark.
01:06Sometimes you're upside down even, and you don't know which way is up or which way is down
01:10because you're tumbling out of the plane.
01:12And you actually have to try to find lights and see are they going up or are they going down at that point.
01:16Okay, well, this is a lot like that, except you don't have a parachute here.
01:19You brought your beautiful wife, Maria.
01:20The twins are at home being taken care of, so let's play, okay?
01:23Hong, the vault has been stocked with more money,
01:26and you are just 10 questions away from winning the top prize of $1 million.
01:30You have one lifeline remaining, the 50-50.
01:33So, Hong, are you ready?
01:34I'm ready. Let's go.
01:35Okay, audience, are you ready?
01:37Let's play Millionaire.
01:42Okay, Hong, you're going for $2,000.
01:44Charcoal is composed almost entirely of what chemical element?
01:48Phosphorus, sulfur, silicon, carbon.
01:55Let's go with D, carbon, my final answer.
01:59You're right. It's carbon.
02:00You got $2,000. There you go.
02:04You're going to $4,000.
02:07How many inches in diameter is a standard compact disc?
02:122.66, 4.75, 6.33, 7.25.
02:23Five inches is about that big.
02:27That sounds about right.
02:29I guess 6.3 isn't that much longer, is it?
02:32B, 4.75, final answer.
02:36Just using your hands, Hong.
02:38I don't know how you did it, but you got it right.
02:40You got it.
02:46I'm doing this.
02:49You're good with your hands.
02:51For $8,000, the Allied invasion of Normandy on D-Day
02:55had the code name Operation what?
02:58Avalanche, Market Garden, Tomahawk,
03:02Market Garden, Tomahawk, Overlord.
03:06I'm going to say D, Overlord, final answer.
03:11Yes, sir, you got it for $8,000.
03:19Now, see, these folks need to know that last Friday
03:21you were feeling bad, like, gee, I used up my lifelines,
03:24and see, now you're just ticking them away.
03:25You're going for $16,000.
03:27Yeah, it's amazing how much easier it is when you know the answers.
03:29You know the answer. That's right.
03:30On the TV series The Bernie Mac Show,
03:32what is the name of the youngest child in the Mac household?
03:36Vanessa, Brianna, Jordan, Wanda.
03:41Wow.
03:42Bernie Mac Show.
03:46I've never watched The Bernie Mac Show.
03:47You don't watch it, okay.
03:48Yeah.
03:52Let's go 50-50, because I have no idea.
03:54Okay, computer, please randomly take away two of the wrong answers,
03:58leaving one wrong answer and obviously the right one as well.
04:02Okay, Brianna and Vanessa.
04:04Figures. I was thinking, I think it was a girl,
04:06and I was hoping they'd have a boy and a girl up there.
04:08Of course they leave two girls.
04:11It's totally random, the computer.
04:12Right, right. I was hoping.
04:14Yeah.
04:15Wow.
04:17Vanessa and Brianna.
04:23I'm going to guess B, Brianna.
04:29That's my final answer.
04:30Final answer.
04:34You know what, sometimes the guesses just don't pay off in this game,
04:37and other times they do.
04:38You were right, you got $16,000.
04:41$16,000, Hong is going for $32,000, and we'll come back.
04:52And we are back with Hong.
04:54Hong, you know, just like our last contestant,
04:56Carolyn, you struggled a bit in the beginning,
04:58but now you're doing great.
04:59She got up to $32,000 before she left.
05:01You're going for now.
05:02Let's see if you can get there.
05:03For $32,000, let's play.
05:10In a famous scene from the movie The Apartment,
05:12Jack Lemmon's character strains spaghetti with what?
05:16Hat, electric fan, tennis racket, baseball glove.
05:22Have you seen it?
05:23No.
05:24No.
05:25No.
05:26I'm trying to do deductive thinking.
05:28You wouldn't strain it with a hat.
05:31You wouldn't use a baseball glove.
05:33I don't think you'd use an electric fan.
05:35And a tennis racket seems to make sense.
05:37You know, it's got holes in it.
05:42Wow, but it'd be a complete guess again.
05:44I don't know how much you've been pushing my luck here.
05:47You could lose $15,000 if you guess wrong.
05:51You know, I think I'm going to have to play it safe.
05:53I think I'm going to walk.
05:55They said I just would stink to go back to one at this point.
05:58And it would just be a complete guess based on deductive thinking,
06:01which may or may not be right.
06:03So, I'm going to quit.
06:05You're going to take the $16,000?
06:07I am.
06:09Well, stockbrokers know when to buy and they know when to sell.
06:12Yeah, and I think this might be time to sell.
06:14So, yes, final answer, I'm quitting.
06:16Final answer, okay.
06:18Okay, Hong, well, congratulations.
06:20You got $16,000.
06:21That's no small answer.
06:23But before I give it to you, do you want to guess what it is?
06:26I would guess tennis racket.
06:27You would guess tennis racket?
06:29You were right.
06:30Yeah.
06:31You were right, it was tennis racket.
06:32But you got $16,000.
06:34Better to walk away with this than $1,000.
06:36Congratulations.
06:37Thank you so much.
06:38You played beautifully.
06:39Thank you.
06:40Going right out that way.
06:46It is just the toughest thing when they know the answer and they don't go for it.
06:50But $16,000 is not too shabby.
06:52And Nora's our next contestant.
06:54Please welcome Sarah Altier from Deland, Florida.
07:00Welcome.
07:01Nice to meet you.
07:02Sit down, darling.
07:05Well, it says here that you're a history teacher, but you really have other aspirations.
07:08Why don't you tell the audience what you'd love to do?
07:10Well, I've always kind of wanted to write trashy romance novels.
07:14Oh, with the big bosomed women and the men who rip open the louses.
07:18Yeah, yeah.
07:19Fabio on the cover of the book, yeah.
07:21Where are you getting your inspiration?
07:23My husband, Jeff.
07:25Yeah.
07:26Good answer.
07:27Good answer, Sarah.
07:30What else could I say when he's speaking back to me?
07:33Okay, Sarah, you know the rules, you know the lifeline, so are you ready?
07:36Yes, I am.
07:37All right, let's play Millionaire.
07:40A hundred buckaroos.
07:42Which of these financial crises marked the beginning of the Great Depression?
07:46The 1929 stock market crash.
07:49Panic of 1873.
07:51The Pullman strike of 1894.
07:542001 fall TV season.
07:57A, the 1929 stock market crash.
08:00You're a good history teacher.
08:01You got it right.
08:02Going for $200.
08:04A popular ice cream flavor features on the menu.
08:07A popular ice cream flavor features raisins soaked in what liquor?
08:11Vodka, rum, gin, whiskey.
08:16That would be B, rum.
08:18You got it right.
08:19$200.
08:21Going for $300.
08:23A common type of highway interchange is named after the similarly shaped leaf of what herb?
08:30Clover, parsley, thyme, fennel.
08:34It's A.
08:36Right again.
08:37You got it for $300.
08:38Going for $500.
08:40In a hit single, Prince sings about what kind of little red car?
08:44Mustang, Ferrari, Corvette, Porsche.
08:49I'll have to ask the audience on this one.
08:51Okay.
08:53Audience, Sarah needs your help.
08:55On your keypads using A, B, C, or D, vote now.
09:00Oh, 75% believe it's Corvette.
09:03Well, let's go for Corvette.
09:05Good girl.
09:06You got it right.
09:07$500.
09:08Going for $1,000.
09:10How much is a standard roll of quarters worth?
09:13$5, $10, $12, $15?
09:20You know, I used to be a bank teller.
09:22You did?
09:23Long, long ago.
09:24And I opened up a small bank.
09:27And I opened up a zillion rolls of quarters.
09:32But let me think for a second.
09:35I'm going to go with B, $10.
09:38Well, you were a good bank teller.
09:39You got it right.
09:40You just got yourself a dollar.
09:44$1,000 for Sarah.
09:45Going for $2,000.
09:46We'll be right back.
09:53If you're planning on being in New York
09:55and would like tickets to the show,
09:56call or drop us a postcard.
09:58Come be a part of Millionaire.
10:02We're back with Sarah Altier,
10:03who struggled through that last question,
10:05but you got it.
10:06It took you a while to think about it,
10:07but you're up to $1,000.
10:08You have your husband, Jeff, is with you, I see.
10:10The inspiration for your trashy novel.
10:12I guess so.
10:13Jeff, I must say, Fabio cannot hold a candle to you.
10:16You're a handsome man.
10:17You ready to play?
10:18Yes, I am.
10:19Okay, let's play.
10:21Going for $2,000.
10:23The heat index is a weather indicator
10:25that takes into account air temperature and what factor?
10:29Air pressure, altitude, wind direction, relative humidity.
10:37I'm from Florida,
10:40and relative humidity definitely affects us down there.
10:45So I would have to say
10:48that the answer is D.
10:51Final one.
10:53Pays to be from Florida, you're right.
10:55You got it for $2,000.
10:57Going for four.
11:03The word discotheque comes from a French word meaning what?
11:07Music stage, rhythm market,
11:10record library, dance ticket.
11:15I'm going to say C, record library.
11:19Final?
11:20Yes.
11:21You got it.
11:24$4,000.
11:26Going for $8,000.
11:29You're doing great.
11:30You still got two lifelines.
11:31For $8,000.
11:33Daniel Handler writes the children's book series
11:36A Series of Unfortunate Events
11:40under what pen name?
11:53I have absolutely no clue at all.
11:55I have three kids, but none of them reads these books.
12:01I think that I will phone a friend.
12:05Okay.
12:06Who do you want to phone?
12:08Who do you want to phone?
12:09My friend Karen.
12:11Karen?
12:12Okay, our friends at AT&T are going to help us get Karen on the line.
12:20Hello?
12:21Hi, Karen?
12:22Yes.
12:23Hey, this is Meredith here from Millionaire.
12:24Hi, Meredith.
12:25Hi, I'm here with Sarah and she's doing great.
12:27She's got $4,000.
12:29$4,000.
12:30She's going for eight, but she needs your help, okay?
12:32Okay.
12:33The next voice you hear will be Sarah's.
12:35You have 30 seconds and your time starts now.
12:38Daniel Handler writes the children's book series
12:41Daniel Handler writes the children's book series
12:43A Series of Unfortunate Events under what pen name?
12:46A Series of Unfortunate Events under what pen name?
12:49Samuel Popinjay, Lemony Snicket, Jasper Rotten
12:53Samuel Popinjay, Lemony Snicket
12:55Jasper Rotten, Theodore Umbleweed.
12:5811 seconds.
12:59Jasper Rotten, Theodore Umbleweed.
13:02What's the name of the book?
13:04A Series of Unfortunate Events.
13:06Lemony Snicket.
13:10Right under the wire, she said that.
13:12I don't know if she knows what she's talking about,
13:15but she does work with kids sometimes,
13:19so I'll go for it.
13:21B, Lemony Snicket.
13:22Final answer.
13:23That was Karen?
13:24Yes.
13:26She knows what she's talking about.
13:27You got it.
13:29Oh, Karen pulled through.
13:31All right, for $16,000.
13:32I guess I have to read to my children more.
13:34Yeah, stop reading that trashy novel stuff
13:36and read kids' books.
13:37That's my problem.
13:38All right, there you go.
13:39$16,000.
13:41Which of these animals is normally unable to reproduce?
13:45Donkey, yak, mule, buffalo.
13:53I'm going to say C, mule.
13:55Final answer.
13:56You know your mules.
13:57You got it.
13:58That's it.
14:05Going for $32,000.
14:07You get this?
14:08You can't leave with less than that.
14:09Okay, this is a big one.
14:11The 2002 movie The Rookie
14:13tells the true story of a 35-year-old
14:15who is hired to pitch for what team?
14:18Milwaukee Brewers,
14:20Tampa Bay Devil Rays,
14:22Colorado Rockies,
14:24Arizona Diamondbacks.
14:29I'm going for $32,000.
14:30You're going for $32,000.
14:32If you miss this,
14:33I have to remind you,
14:34you'll be down to $1,000.
14:35You could walk away with $16,000.
14:37You've done great.
14:38But you do have a lifeline,
14:39$50,000.
14:40So, it's sitting there for you if you need it.
14:43I'm going to take my $50,000.
14:45You're going to take your $50,000.
14:46Okay, computer,
14:47please randomly take away
14:48two of the wrong answers,
14:49leaving one wrong answer,
14:50and, of course, the right answer.
14:52I'm going to say
14:53B, Tampa Bay,
14:54final answer.
14:57You're from Florida, you said?
14:58Yeah.
14:59Yeah, I knew it.
15:00Good, you got it.
15:01That's it.
15:02$32,000.
15:04Sarah's gone for $64,000.
15:06We'll be right back.
15:08We're back with Sarah Altier,
15:09who just made it to $32,000.
15:11I thought I saw you tear up.
15:13You said to me right before
15:14we went to the break,
15:15am I allowed to let out a scream?
15:17Yeah.
15:18Well, you are.
15:19Why don't you do it?
15:20Yeah.
15:21You're bigger than that.
15:22Whoo-hoo!
15:23All right.
15:24That's the way.
15:25All right.
15:26All right.
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15:36All right.
15:37All right.
15:38Okay.
15:39It's a relief to get to $32,000, isn't it?
15:40Yeah.
15:41That's a lot of money.
15:42As you said,
15:43it's more than you make in a year.
15:44That's right.
15:45So there you go,
15:46and you've got it,
15:47and you can't leave without that much, right?
15:48Yeah.
15:49But let's go for more.
15:50Okay.
15:51I'll do it.
15:52Let's play.
15:53Sabra, meaning prickly pear,
15:55is a term for a native of what country?
15:58Brazil, Spain, Italy, Israel.
16:05Sabra.
16:09I could be wrong, but I, what came to mind even before the choices came up was Israel
16:16and since it's a free guess, I'll go with D, Israel, final answer.
16:20Why do you think it was Israel?
16:23There's a drink called Sabra that comes from Israel.
16:26Drink up, you got it right.
16:27You'll have to have that in your novel.
16:37They were drinking Sabras when he grabbed her arm, pressed it to his bosom.
16:41My dad taught me that, thanks daddy.
16:43Oh, daddy taught you, okay.
16:45He did.
16:46Do you want to scream again?
16:48I'll wait.
16:49Okay.
16:50All right.
16:51Jeff may want to scream in a minute.
16:52There.
16:53Yeah, there you go.
16:54Jeff will be doing a lot of screaming.
16:56That's another part of the trashy novel right there.
16:57Okay.
16:58Let's go for 125,000.
17:00What term is used to describe the time it takes for the sun to orbit the center of the
17:04Milky Way galaxy?
17:07Cosmic year, solar return, astrological era, celestial sphere.
17:14Well, I had a phone a friend that I'm sure could answer this question, but I've used
17:20that and I'm certainly not going to guess at this point, so I'm going to walk away.
17:28You're sure?
17:29I've got $64,000.
17:30Yes, you do.
17:31Yes, I do.
17:32And I would really kick myself if I lost 32,000 of it on something that I really don't know
17:46anything about.
17:47So yes, that's my final answer.
17:50Final answer?
17:51Yes.
17:52Okay.
17:53We've got a check for you for $64,000.
17:54Great job.
17:55I'll tell you what the right answer is.
17:56It's cosmic year is the right answer.
17:57You didn't know it.
17:58It doesn't matter.
17:59$64,000.
18:00Congratulations.
18:01Thank you.
18:02What a great legacy.
18:03I need the stage.
18:04Thank you.
18:05There you go.
18:06Right up that way.
18:07Well, there is one happy husband up there.
18:08Give us a scream, Jeff.
18:09Thank you.
18:10Thank you.
18:11Thank you.
18:12Thank you.
18:13Thank you.
18:14Thank you.
18:15Thank you.
18:16Thank you.
18:17Thank you.
18:18Thank you.
18:19Give us a scream, Jeff.
18:20Yeah!
18:21All right.
18:22You go, Jeff.
18:23Let's bring out our next contestant, Tim Pool from Wilmington, North Carolina.
18:24Come on out, Tim.
18:25Nice to meet you, buddy.
18:26Tim Pool, a real estate broker from Wilmington, North Carolina.
18:27We're running out of time, Tim, so you know the rules, you know the lifelines.
18:41Are you ready?
18:42Oh, I'm ready.
18:43Okay.
18:44Let's play millionaire.
18:45You look ready.
18:46All right.
18:47Here we go.
18:48$100, Tim.
18:49What is the traditional state nickname of Texas?
18:50Lone Star State?
18:51Lone Tree State?
18:52Lone Wolf State?
18:53Snookums?
18:54A, Lone Star State.
18:55Final answer.
18:56I thought it was Snookums.
18:57You're right.
18:58For $100.
18:59Going for $200.
19:00In a famous experiment, who flew a kite during a storm to prove that lightning is a form
19:01of electricity?
19:02Tim Pool.
19:03You're right.
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