Brooklyn, NY
stay-at-home mom, and single mom, has 15-year-old daughter
Thrifty, everything she has comes from junk yards, thrift shops
However she got her outfit from her sister (Mere liked it)
Topic Tree
Internet Origins
Topsy Turvy
Out in Space
Patent Pending
Small Ball
Just a Phase
Ladies First
Oprah's Book Club
Cooking Class
In the News
Foreign Travel
TV Legends
Old Sayings
Good Eats
Idioms
$500 (Idioms):
A statement that makes you feel less confident is commonly said to take the wind out of your what?
A. Sails B. Wheels
C. Gears D. Viagra prescription
Spoiler
A. Sails [:08]
$1000 (Good Eats):
Which of these sandwich ingredients is typically available in two styles -- creamy and chunky?
A. Bread B. Mayonnaise
C. Lunch meat D. Peanut butter
Spoiler
D. Peanut butter (:10)
An old saying, similar to "let the buyer beware," warns against purchasing what animal "in a poke?"
A. Snake B. Pig
C. Crow D. Fish
Spoiler
B. Pig (:10)
$3000 (TV Legends):
Pittsburgh honored what hometown TV legend in 2009 with a statue portraying him in a familiar pose: seated, tying his shoes?
A. Johnny Carson B. Dick Clark
C. Walter Cronkite D. Mister Rogers
ATA at :08
ATA
A-1% B-4% C-3% D-92%
Spoiler
D. Mister Rogers (:07)
$5000 (Foreign Travel):
In 2009, Barack Obama was hailed by locals as a "new Tutankhamen" during a historic visit to what country?
A. Egypt B. Japan
C. Argentina D. Sweden
Spoiler
A. Egypt [:08]
$7500 (In the News):
In 2009, anchorman Lou Dobbs left what TV network after having worked there for two decades?
A. PBS B. ABC
C. CNN D. CBS
ATE at :22
ATE
Asked if she is confident in TV, Margaret Cho says "as long as it is all about Project Runway."
(dogs barking in background)
"That's CNN"
Mere asks about the dogs. Margaret Cho says someone is at the door and the dogs are barking.
"they say it is CNN too"
M. Cho starts to give an explanation of why she knows it is CNN, and Mere interrupts the story and tells Margaret to get the door before the dogs kill whatever's out there.
(dogs barking in background)
"That's CNN"
Mere asks about the dogs. Margaret Cho says someone is at the door and the dogs are barking.
"they say it is CNN too"
M. Cho starts to give an explanation of why she knows it is CNN, and Mere interrupts the story and tells Margaret to get the door before the dogs kill whatever's out there.
Spoiler
Margaret (the contestant) "I don't watch CNN, I don't have cable, I know it's none of the others"
C. CNN (:15)
C. CNN (:15)
Mere says with the money she wins, Margaret would like to open up her own treasure shop.
$10K (Cooking Class):
Which of these food terms derives from a Swedish phrase meaning "bread-and-butter table"?
A. Kugel B. Smorgasbord
C. Ambrosia D. Fondue
Spoiler
B. Smorgasbord (:22)
$12.5K (Oprah's Book Club):
A 2009 pick by Oprah's Book Club, "Say You're One of Them" is a collection of stories set where?
A. South America B. Asia
C. Africa D. Europe
Spoiler
C. Africa (:25)
$15K (Ladies First):
Which of the prestigious "Seven Sisters" women's colleges has actually been coeducational since 1969?
A. Bryn Mawr B. Wellesley
C. Mount Holyoke D. Vassar
DD at :22
Spoiler
First answer B was incorrect.
Second answer correct
D. Vassar (:11)
Mere mentions that she knows it and remembers when it went co-ed
Second answer correct
D. Vassar (:11)
Mere mentions that she knows it and remembers when it went co-ed
$25K (Just a Phase):
The human body enters a state known as the "cephalic phase" in preparation for doing what?
A. Eating a meal B. Going to sleep
C. Exercising D. Speaking in public
"I think I'll just keep what I have" as time ran out
Spoiler
A. Eating a meal (:00)
Walk-$15K
Commercial break
preview for tomorrow
$12.5K
In Texas Hold'Em poker slang, a player who is looking at "fishhooks" has a pair of what?
A. Aces B. Jacks
C. Kings D. Fours
In Texas Hold'Em poker slang, a player who is looking at "fishhooks" has a pair of what?
A. Aces B. Jacks
C. Kings D. Fours
