Transcript 09/18/09 - Kristin Leum

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Kristin Leum
Tampa, FL
Cashier - looking for a teaching job

24 years old and had to move back in with her mother after college and live by Mom's rules including a midnight curfew. Needs the money to be able to afford to live on her own.


Topic Tree - not shown until after question 6
Composers
Word Origins
The Oscars
Texas
Who Am I?
Poets
Higher Learning
Inventors
Movie Stars
Astronomy
Kitchen Staples
Fashion
Comedies
Pop Music
Tabloid News

$500 (Tabloid News):
In 2009, Kate Gosselin from the reality series "Jon and Kate Plus Eight" appeared on seven consecutive covers of what magazine?
A. Sports Illustrated B. Rolling Stone
C. Us Weekly D. Who Cares Digest

Spoiler

C. Us Weekly (:06)

$1000 (Pop Music):
In her hit song "Single Ladies," Beyonce tells a jealous ex, "If you liked it you shoulda put a" what "on it"?
A. Kiss B. Sock
C. Lid D. Ring

Spoiler

D. Ring :08

$2000 (Comedies):
In the 1999 comedy "Office Space," a lowly office worker waxes poetically about Swingline and Boston, two brands of what?
A. Rubber bands B. Paper clips
C. Staplers D. Markers

Spoiler

C. Staplers (:09)

$3000 (Fashion):
A pair of pants that end just below the knee are often referred to by which of these names?
A. Clam diggers B. Cow catchers
C. Deer stalkers D. Horse collars

Spoiler

A. Clam diggers :08

$5000 (Kitchen Staples):
Striking the "57" symbol on the neck of the iconic glass bottle helps get what condiment out of its container?
A. Hellman's mayonnaise B. Heinz ketchup
C. French's mustard D. A.1. steak sauce

Spoiler

B. Heinz ketchup (:07)

Commercial break

$7500 (Astronomy):
Named for a set of mythological twins, Castor and Pollux are the two brightest stars in what constellation?
A. Gemini B. Aries
C. Taurus D. Cancer

DD at :03

Spoiler

She says she will go with Gemini because they are twins, then that she might hate herself for missing this, then as time starts to run out she calls for double dip.
A. Gemini (:03)
She admits she knew it and wasted the LL.

$10K (Movie Stars):
Years after starring in a film that portrayed the event, who went to Normandy, France in 2009 to honor the 65th anniversary of D-Day?
A. Harrison Ford B. Kevin Costner
C. Tom Hanks D. Sean Penn

Spoiler

She thinks it is 'Saving Private Ryan' and goes for it
C. Tom Hanks (:14)

$12.5K (Inventors):
To be elected to the National Inventors Hall of Fame, nominees must own at least one what?
A. Copyright B. Patent
C. Trademark D. Business

PAF at :12

remarks that it is too bad she wasted the DD.

PAF
Angela (sister) Tampa FL
Mike, Plant City, FL

PAF

Angela does not respond right away and is warned 5 seconds. Then she comes up with Patent and says 90%.

Spoiler

B. Patent (:02)

Commercial break



$15K (Higher Learning):
What university has over 50,000 students on its Newark, Camden, and New Brunswick campuses?
A. Marquette B. Rutgers
C. Villanova D. Baylor

ATE at :17

ATE

Ali Wentworth thinks it is Rutgers and gives a long, tortured explanation of why she think so. She does not express a high degree of confidence

ATA at :13

ATA

A-1% B-96% C-2% D-1%
Kristin says she is worried that the audience might have just listened to Ali and went with that

Spoiler

B. Rutgers (:11)

$25K (Poets):
William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge were part of an esteemed literary group known by what name?
A. The Cliff Poets B. The Valley Poets
C. The Island Poets D. The Lake Poets

Spoiler

Kristin said she would guess D but decides to leave with $15K
Mere asks if she said B and she said it would be D.
D. The Lake Poets (:30)

Walk - $15,000

For the moment they place her in 8th on the Tournament of 10 rankings

Commercial break

Spoiler for Monday question

Spoiler

$15K Which location of Bravo's popular "Real Housewives" TV series stars Danielle, Teresa, Dina, Caroline, and Jacqueline?
A. New Jersey B. Orange County
C. Atlanta D. New York

[Snaxx]

-bump-

[earendel]

Kristin Leum
Tampa, FL
Cashier - looking for a teaching job

24 years old and had to move back in with her mother after college and live by Mom's rules including a midnight curfew. Needs the money to be able to afford to live on her own.

Good on mom for holding her responsible.

$1000 (Pop Music):
In her hit song "Single Ladies," Beyonce tells a jealous ex, "If you liked it you shoulda put a" what "on it"?
A. Kiss B. Sock
C. Lid D. Ring

Spoiler

D. Ring :08

And of course this was the best music video of the year, right Kanye?

$2000 (Comedies):
In the 1999 comedy "Office Space," a lowly office worker waxes poetically about Swingline and Boston, two brands of what?
A. Rubber bands B. Paper clips
C. Staplers D. Markers

Spoiler

C. Staplers (:09)

I'll put my government-issue Aceliner up against anything from Swingline or Boston. I've had it for 20 years and I inherited it from an employee who had had it for many years before that. But it works far better than the plastic ones we get nowadays.

$7500 (Astronomy):
Named for a set of mythological twins, Castor and Pollux are the two brightest stars in what constellation?
A. Gemini B. Aries
C. Taurus D. Cancer

DD at :03

Spoiler

She says she will go with Gemini because they are twins, then that she might hate herself for missing this, then as time starts to run out she calls for double dip.
A. Gemini (:03)
She admits she knew it and wasted the LL.

At least she admitted her crime.

$15K (Higher Learning):
What university has over 50,000 students on its Newark, Camden, and New Brunswick campuses?
A. Marquette B. Rutgers
C. Villanova D. Baylor

ATE at :17

ATE

Ali Wentworth thinks it is Rutgers and gives a long, tortured explanation of why she think so. She does not express a high degree of confidence

ATA at :13

ATA

A-1% B-96% C-2% D-1%
Kristin says she is worried that the audience might have just listened to Ali and went with that

Spoiler

B. Rutgers (:11)

Is Kristin a secret BB? She talks as if she knows the ins and outs of lifeline usage.

Nihil obstat®.

[Jeemie]

$2000 (Comedies):
In the 1999 comedy "Office Space," a lowly office worker waxes poetically about Swingline and Boston, two brands of what?
A. Rubber bands B. Paper clips
C. Staplers D. Markers

MILTON!!!



I love Office Space!

No problems with these- although the $1,000 was not the normal "gimme" first question.

[Jeemie]

Is Kristin a secret BB? She talks as if she knows the ins and outs of lifeline usage.

We may be a nexus of knowledge of the ins-and-outs of the game, but that doesn't mean people out there can't independently arrive at this knowledge on their own.