Transcript 10/08/09 - Linda Malito

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Linda Malito
Las Vegas, NV
Third grade teacher

Question Topics:
* Science Class
* Landmarks
* Health
* Strange Places
* U.S. History
* Artists
* Nicknames
* World Cities
* Wars
* Anniversaries
* Movie Taglines
* In the Kitchen
* Mascots
* Periodicals
* Wedding Vows


$500 * Wedding Vows
Traditional wedding vows often end with the statement "til" what "do us part"?

A: Death B: Children
C: Age D: Angelina Jolie

Answer

A: Death ( 9 )

$1,000 * Periodicals
Climbing magazine is a publication that regularly features what type of natural formation on its covers?

A: Swamp B: Beach
C: Mountain D: Geyser

Answer

C: Mountain ( 10 )

$2,000 * Mascots
Since 1944, what icon has helped reduce the number of acres burned annually in wildfires from about 22 million to 7 million?

A: Daffy Duck B: Mighty Mouse
C: Huckleberry Hound D: Smokey Bear

Answer

D: Smokey Bear ( 9 )

$3,000 * In the Kitchen
A zester is a common kitchen tool designed to be used with which of these foods?

A: Lemon B: Banana
C: Onion D: Walnut

Answer

A: Lemon ( 11 )

$5,000 * Movie Taglines
"He's having the day of his life...over and over again" is the tagline for what popular Bill Murray movie?

A: Stripes B: Groundhog Day
C: Ghostbusters D: Rushmore

Answer

B: Groundhog Day ( 9 )

$7,500 * Anniversaries
The year 2009 marks the 30th anniversary of the Walkman, a portable music device introduced by what company?

A: Sony B: Philips
C: Toshiba D: Panasonic

Answer

A: Sony ( 25 )

$10,000 * Wars
How many years after the U.S. Civil War ended did World War II end?

Linda tries to work it out under her breath, then with 8 seconds left, she Asks The Audience.

ATA: A: 5% B: 22% C: 63% D: 10%

A: 40 B: 60
C: 80 D: 100

Answer

C: 80 ( 5 )

-- Commercial Break --

Sneak Peak at One of Tomorrow's Questions

$250,000
Which of these classic novels was written after the author's brother bet him he couldn't write a better novel than "Treasure Island"?

A: The Black Corsair B: King Solomon's Mines
C: The Scarlet Pimpernel D: Journey to the center of the Earth

Linda's students were really, really excited to hear that she'd be on the show, but they asked
her if she'd quit if she won the $1,000,000. Linda told them that she wouldn't.

$12,500 * World Cities
Beautiful architecture and dazzling river views have earned Budapest, Hungary the nickname "Pearl of the" what?

A: Danube B: Rhine
C: Loire D: Volga

With 14 seconds left, Linda decides to Ask The Expert, Rene Sylar.

Rene: Oh, wow! I think it's A or B, but the Rhine, that's-- I actually think it's going to be A, but NOT SURE! What are you guessing?

Linda: I think it's A, too! I think it's A.

Rene: That's what I would go with, but I'm not really sure.

Answer

A: Danube ( 10 )

$15,000 * Nicknames
In 2009, lawyer Kenneth Feinberg was appointed to a government post that earned him what media nickname?

A: Immigration czar B: Compensation czar
C: Medicare czar D: Religion czar

With 19 seconds left, Linda decides to Phone John.

John, of Denver, CO, is the only PAF shown on her PAF team.

John: Kenneth Feinberg?

Linda: Kenneth Feinberg.

John: And what are my choices?

Linda: Immi--seven seconds--Immigration, Compensation, Medicare, Religion.

John: Medicare.

Linda: Are you sure?

[Time runs out.]

With 17 seconds left, Linda decides to Double Dip.

Linda's first answer is

Spoiler

C: Medicare czar

.
Linda's second answer is

Spoiler

A: Immigration czar

.

Linda drops to $5,000.

Answer

B: Compensation czar ( 14 )

-- The Horn --

[Snaxx]

Since Kazoo is right on my tail in the weekly post count standings I'll point out that there is a @#$% math question in this stack. From reading the transcript it looked like a TDC lifeline for the contestant who was struggling to subtract 1865 from 1945.



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[ulysses5019]

Since Kazoo is right on my tail in the weekly post count standings I'll point out that there is a @#$% math question in this stack. From reading the transcript it looked like a TDC lifeline for the contestant who was struggling to subtract 1865 from 1945.



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I think it would be easier to add 100 to the end of the Civil War.....1865-1965...nope...maybe 80 years....yup that's 1945.

[Jeemie]

Since Kazoo is right on my tail in the weekly post count standings I'll point out that there is a @#$% math question in this stack. From reading the transcript it looked like a TDC lifeline for the contestant who was struggling to subtract 1865 from 1945.



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I think it would be easier to add 100 to the end of the Civil War.....1865-1965...nope...maybe 80 years....yup that's 1945.

That's how I would have done it, too.

[MarleysGh0st]

Since Kazoo is right on my tail in the weekly post count standings I'll point out that there is a @#$% math question in this stack. From reading the transcript it looked like a TDC lifeline for the contestant who was struggling to subtract 1865 from 1945.

Yes, there was math, but if one knew the dates, I don't think the subtraction was beyond the level of the question. I didn't try transcribing everything that Linda was mumbling under her breath, but I thought at one point that she mentioned the year 1947. That would not have been helpful.

[wintergreen48]

I think it is somewhat vexing that a school teacher would not know the time difference between the end of the Civil War and the end of WWII, or that she would not know that Budapest which is in Hungary) is on the Danube. Basic history (with a sprinkling of basic arithmetic, not math) and basic geography. It's not like having to know how long the Hundred Years War actually lasted or the name of the river on which Prague lies. My third grade teacher would have known these.

[NellyLunatic1980]

Linda Malito
Las Vegas, NV
Third grade teacher

Rooting for another teacher.

Sneak Peak at One of Tomorrow's Questions

$250,000
Which of these classic novels was written after the author's brother bet him he couldn't write a better novel than "Treasure Island"?

A: The Black Corsair B: King Solomon's Mines
C: The Scarlet Pimpernel D: Journey to the center of the Earth

Big-time spoiler here. And I just watched today's (Friday's) episode, so I know the result.

$15K: Never heard of Kenneth Feinberg. PAF.

[ulysses5019]

I think it is somewhat vexing that a school teacher would not know the time difference between the end of the Civil War and the end of WWII, or that she would not know that Budapest which is in Hungary) is on the Danube. Basic history (with a sprinkling of basic arithmetic, not math) and basic geography. It's not like having to know how long the Hundred Years War actually lasted or the name of the river on which Prague lies. My third grade teacher would have known these.

Some third graders might have known it as well.

[Jeemie]

I think it is somewhat vexing that a school teacher would not know the time difference between the end of the Civil War and the end of WWII, or that she would not know that Budapest which is in Hungary) is on the Danube. Basic history (with a sprinkling of basic arithmetic, not math) and basic geography. It's not like having to know how long the Hundred Years War actually lasted or the name of the river on which Prague lies. My third grade teacher would have known these.

I think the Hundred Years' War lasted fom 1337 to 1453 (116 years)- I seem to remember that being a trivia question here or on some other board I've been on recently.

I'd have to look up the river Prague is on- don't know that one (edit- Vltava).

[gsabc]

Linda Malito

Sneak Peak at One of Tomorrow's Questions

$250,000
Which of these classic novels was written after the author's brother bet him he couldn't write a better novel than "Treasure Island"?

A: The Black Corsair B: King Solomon's Mines
C: The Scarlet Pimpernel D: Journey to the center of the Earth

Spoiler

Evil, evil question! Implies that the authors of both novels are the same, or at least it did to me. Wrong! Requires some trivial knowledge about the creation of a book that is not one of the mainstream, English class novels. Nasty distractors which also include pirates or similar behavior as main characters. IMO, this is undervalued even at a quarter-million.

Nice to see that someone gets that far, though.

[Jeemie]

Linda Malito

Sneak Peak at One of Tomorrow's Questions

$250,000
Which of these classic novels was written after the author's brother bet him he couldn't write a better novel than "Treasure Island"?

A: The Black Corsair B: King Solomon's Mines
C: The Scarlet Pimpernel D: Journey to the center of the Earth

Spoiler

Evil, evil question! Implies that the authors of both novels are the same, or at least it did to me. Wrong! Requires some trivial knowledge about the creation of a book that is not one of the mainstream, English class novels. Nasty distractors which also include pirates or similar behavior as main characters. IMO, this is undervalued even at a quarter-million.

Nice to see that someone gets that far, though.

Spoiler

I agree it can be implied that Robert louis Stevenson is the author of the novel in question, but I disagree it's undervalued. It's a true trivia question, as questions at this value should be.

Also, none of the works listed are by Stevenson himself, as anyone who can reach this level might be expected to know.

It is somewhat nasty, but I wouldn't say it's overvalued. Certainly, not by Syndie-BAM standards.

At any rate, JTTCOTE was written about 20 years too early, and The Scarlet Pimpernel about 20 or so years too late. Double Dip if you have it.

[earendel]

Linda Malito
Las Vegas, NV
Third grade teacher

She's a teacher, so we root for her.

$10,000 * Wars
How many years after the U.S. Civil War ended did World War II end?

Linda tries to work it out under her breath, then with 8 seconds left, she Asks The Audience.

ATA: A: 5% B: 22% C: 63% D: 10%

A: 40 B: 60
C: 80 D: 100

Answer

C: 80 ( 5 )

I wonder if TDC hadn't been involved if Linda could have come up with it.

Linda's students were really, really excited to hear that she'd be on the show, but they asked her if she'd quit if she won the $1,000,000. Linda told them that she wouldn't.

Nancy Christie didn't...

$12,500 * World Cities
Beautiful architecture and dazzling river views have earned Budapest, Hungary the nickname "Pearl of the" what?

A: Danube B: Rhine
C: Loire D: Volga

With 14 seconds left, Linda decides to Ask The Expert, Rene Sylar.

Rene: Oh, wow! I think it's A or B, but the Rhine, that's-- I actually think it's going to be A, but NOT SURE! What are you guessing?

Linda: I think it's A, too! I think it's A.

Rene: That's what I would go with, but I'm not really sure.

Answer

A: Danube ( 10 )

At least Rene isn't misleading contestants with false confidence. OTOH it's a shame that Linda burned a lifeline when she didn't need to. That's two, and both attributable to TDC.

$15,000 * Nicknames
In 2009, lawyer Kenneth Feinberg was appointed to a government post that earned him what media nickname?

A: Immigration czar B: Compensation czar
C: Medicare czar D: Religion czar

With 19 seconds left, Linda decides to Phone John.

John, of Denver, CO, is the only PAF shown on her PAF team.

John: Kenneth Feinberg?

Linda: Kenneth Feinberg.

John: And what are my choices?

Linda: Immi--seven seconds--Immigration, Compensation, Medicare, Religion.

John: Medicare.

Linda: Are you sure?

[Time runs out.]

With 17 seconds left, Linda decides to Double Dip.

Linda's first answer is

Spoiler

C: Medicare czar

.
Linda's second answer is

Spoiler

A: Immigration czar

.

Linda drops to $5,000.

Answer

B: Compensation czar ( 14 )

Well if TPTB were concerned about PAFs Googling, here's proof that some (I'd say most) aren't.