Transcript 09/16/10 - Anna Northrup

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Anna Northrup
Mission Viejo, CA

Question Topics (Unrandomized):
* Celebrity Occupations
* Foreign Languages
* It's So Gland
* Games Moms Play
* Historic Tweets
* On Broadway
* Idioms
* Play With Your Food
* Eating Contest
* Married Names

Question Topics (Randomized):
* Celebrity Occupations
* Games Moms Play
* Married Names
* Play With Your Food
* Eating Contest
* Historic Tweets
* Foreign Languages
* On Broadway
* It's So Gland
* Idioms


Question #1 * Idioms
Someone who pursues several opportunities at the same time has many "irons in the fire," an idiom derived from what line of work?

A: Baker B: Potter
C: Shipbuilder D: Blacksmith

Answer/Value/Bank

D: Blacksmith
Question Value: $7,000
Bank: $7,000

Question #2 * It's So Gland
The adrenal, thyroid and pituitary glands are important components of what bodily system?

A: Endocrine B: Circulatory
C: Lymphatic D: Integumentary

Anna says she can rule out circulatory and integumentary, then she decides to Ask The Audience.

ATA

A: 80% B: 3% C: 16% D: 1%

That's where Anna was leaning.

Answer/Value/Bank

A: Endocrine
Question Value: $3,000
Bank: $10,000

-- Commercial Break --

Question #3 * On Broadway
The Broadway musical "Jersey Boys" chronicles the career of what 1960s group and its star, Frankie Valli?

A: The Tokens B: The Four Seasons
C: The Contours D: The Drifters

Answer/Value/Bank

B: The Four Seasons
Question Value: $100
Bank: $10,100

-- The End of Game "Noise" --

Anna will return on tomorrow's show.

[Kazoo65]

So far so good.

That decision to use ATA early might come back to haunt her, especially with "Celebrity Occupations" and "Married Names" still in play.

[Bob78164]

So far so good.

That decision to use ATA early might come back to haunt her, especially with "Celebrity Occupations" and "Married Names" still in play.

If our speculation is correct that the unrandomized order correlates to question difficulty, Married Names shouldn't be a problem, and Celebrity Occupations should be the hardest question in Level 1. --Bob

[earendel]

Anna Northrup
Mission Viejo, CA

Question #2 * It's So Gland
The adrenal, thyroid and pituitary glands are important components of what bodily system?

A: Endocrine B: Circulatory
C: Lymphatic D: Integumentary

Anna says she can rule out circulatory and integumentary, then she decides to Ask The Audience.

ATA

A: 80% B: 3% C: 16% D: 1%

That's where Anna was leaning.

Answer/Value/Bank

A: Endocrine
Question Value: $3,000
Bank: $10,000

I thought she was leaning toward the podium. But seriously, if she'd had the 50:50 lifeline she could have used it here.

So far, so good.