Transcript 1/7/2011 - Ashley Mason

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Ashley Mason
Raleigh, NC
Free-lance copy editor

Ashley is the mother of two boys.

Topic Tree: (unrandomized)
- Superior Lodgings
- Other Aspirations
- Write Here
- Inane Phrases
- Classic Characters
- Sports Scandals
- Hum a Few Bars
- Movie Places
- Girl Singers
- High-Speed Travel

Topic Tree: (randomized)
- Sports Scandals
- High-Speed Travel
- Inane Phrases
- Classic Characters
- Superior Lodgings
- Write Here
- Hum a Few Bars
- Girl Singers
- Other Aspirations
- Movie Places

Question #1 (Movie Places)
At the climax of Steven Spielberg's "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," aliens land near which U.S. landmark?
A - Grand Canyon
B - Old Faithful
C - Pikes Peak
D - Devil's Tower

Ashley knows this is a classic movie and she saw it when she was in elementary school but she can't remember it. She's going to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: D (Devil's Tower)
Value: $5,000
Bank: $0

Question #2 (Other Aspirations)
A plumbers' union named what thinker an honorary member after he said he would choose plumbing as a job if he were young again?
A - Albert Einstein
B - Charles Darwin
C - Sigmund Freud
D - Thomas Edison

Ashley thinks that the answer is either

Spoiler

A or B

but she's unwilling to take the risk so she jumps this question also.

Spoiler

Answer: A (Albert Einstein)
Value: $7,000
Bank: $0

Question #3 (Girl Singers)
A girl in pigtails sings "Yo-de-lay-hee-hoo!" in classic ads for which of these brands?
A - Canada Dry
B - British Airways
C - Swiss Miss
D - Hawaiian Punch

Spoiler

Answer: C (Swiss Miss)
Value: $100
Bank: $100

Question #4 (Hum a Few Bars)
In 2009, a YouTube video of Susan Boyle singing "I Dreamed a Dream" sent sales of what musical's CD through the roof?
A - Cats
B - The Phantom of the Opera
C - Les Miserables
D - Evita

Ashley says it's definitely

Spoiler

C

.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Les Miserables)
Value: $25,000
Bank: $25,100

commercial break

Question #5 (Write Here)
Which of these plays was written while the playwright lived at 632 St. Peter Street in New Orleans?
A - Fences
B - A Streetcar Named Desire
C - Death of a Salesman
D - Angels in America

Ashley says that the obvious answer seems to be

Spoiler

B because one of the main characters is Blanche duBois

. She doesn't want to use her last lifeline so she takes the risk.

Spoiler

Answer: B (A Streetcar Named Desire)
Value: $10,000
Bank: $35,100

Question #6 (Superior Lodgings)
In 1908, the Superior Hotel in Montana, became the first hotel with what first now-common feature?
A - mini-bars
B - turndown service
C - room service
D - Gideon Bibles

Since Ashley still has the ask the audience lifeline she's going to use it.

ATA results

A - 14%
B - 2%
C - 40%
D - 44%

Ashley had a feeling that would happen. Meredith asks if there was one she was leaning toward and she replies that the only one she could eliminate was

Spoiler

B

and possibly

Spoiler

A

. It's too big a risk so she's going to walk with $17,550.

Spoiler

Answer: D (Gideon Bibles)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $35,100 ($17,550 after walking away)

The "blast from the past" question was worth $100,000 in 2006.

What animal's eyes are the largest in the animal kingdom, measuring up to 20 inches?
A - giant squid
B - Komodo dragon
C - blue whale
D - African elephant

blast from the past

A (giant squid)

[zachhoran1]

The CLose Encounters Devil's Tower question was part of Carpenter's $1 Million stack. He was asked what movie takes place in part at Devil's Tower. The Einstein being a plumber quote was asked(what scientist wanted to be a plumber as he was quoted, and then a theory of Relativity reference) as a multiple choice question on the 1980 premiere of Las Vegas Gambit.

[MarleysGh0st]

Question #2 (Other Aspirations)
A plumbers' union named what thinker an honorary member after he said he would choose plumbing as a job if he were young again?
A - Albert Einstein
B - Charles Darwin
C - Sigmund Freud
D - Thomas Edison

Ashley thinks that the answer is either

Spoiler

A or B

but she's unwilling to take the risk so she jumps this question also.

Spoiler

Answer: A (Albert Einstein)
Value: $7,000
Bank: $0

Here's the quote, according to Wikiquote:

If I would be a young man again and had to decide how to make my living, I would not try to become a scientist or scholar or teacher. I would rather choose to be a plumber or a peddler in the hope to find that modest degree of independence still available under present circumstances.

* Letter to the editor of The Reporter about the situation of scientists in America (13 October 1954).

Okay, how many people (besides Zach) were aware of this quote before this episode?

[vettech]

Ashley auditioned the same day I did and was (as far as I know) the only other person videotaped in the first session. I wondered if she made it on, now I'm glad to see she did!

[earendel]

Ashley Mason
Raleigh, NC
Free-lance copy editor

Ashley is the mother of two boys.

Meredith perceived that Ashley wasn't the outgoing sort and kept trying to get her to be more enthusiastic. How did Ashley make it to the second interview?

Question #3 (Girl Singers)
A girl in pigtails sings "Yo-de-lay-hee-hoo!" in classic ads for which of these brands?
A - Canada Dry
B - British Airways
C - Swiss Miss
D - Hawaiian Punch

Spoiler

Answer: C (Swiss Miss)
Value: $100
Bank: $100

OK, this is the second contestant that had to use lifelines very early. This doesn't bode well, either.

Question #4 (Hum a Few Bars)
In 2009, a YouTube video of Susan Boyle singing "I Dreamed a Dream" sent sales of what musical's CD through the roof?
A - Cats
B - The Phantom of the Opera
C - Les Miserables
D - Evita

Ashley says it's definitely

Spoiler

C

.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Les Miserables)
Value: $25,000
Bank: $25,100

Time for me to ATA.

Question #6 (Superior Lodgings)
In 1908, the Superior Hotel in Montana, became the first hotel with what first now-common feature?
A - mini-bars
B - turndown service
C - room service
D - Gideon Bibles

Since Ashley still has the ask the audience lifeline she's going to use it.

ATA results

A - 14%
B - 2%
C - 40%
D - 44%

Ashley had a feeling that would happen. Meredith asks if there was one she was leaning toward and she replies that the only one she could eliminate was

Spoiler

B

and possibly

Spoiler

A

. It's too big a risk so she's going to walk with $17,550.

Spoiler

Answer: D (Gideon Bibles)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $35,100 ($17,550 after walking away)

This was the toughest question in the unrandomized stack. Having studied the Gideons movement in college I was able to answer this one confidently.

[earendel]

The CLose Encounters Devil's Tower question was part of Carpenter's $1 Million stack. He was asked what movie takes place in part at Devil's Tower. The Einstein being a plumber quote was asked(what scientist wanted to be a plumber as he was quoted, and then a theory of Relativity reference) as a multiple choice question on the 1980 premiere of Las Vegas Gambit.

Not the exact quote but I did know the answer.

[earendel]

Ashley auditioned the same day I did and was (as far as I know) the only other person videotaped in the first session. I wondered if she made it on, now I'm glad to see she did!

What made her stand out? On the show she seemed rather timid and Meredith kept trying to get her to be more energetic and enthusiastic.

[vettech]

Ashley auditioned the same day I did and was (as far as I know) the only other person videotaped in the first session. I wondered if she made it on, now I'm glad to see she did!

What made her stand out? On the show she seemed rather timid and Meredith kept trying to get her to be more energetic and enthusiastic.

While she wasn't "bubbly" (neither am I, for that matter), she was very friendly and her accent was quite charming. I only spoke to her a few minutes and wasn't privy to her interview, but my gut told me she'd make it on. But hell, I'm still trying to figure out how I made it on.

[Kazoo65]

1. easy.2. NFC. It's time to JTQ.3. easy4. easy-I've seen "Les Miserables" twice.5. easy
6. JTQ 2.

[ulysses5019]

Question #2 (Other Aspirations)
A plumbers' union named what thinker an honorary member after he said he would choose plumbing as a job if he were young again?
A - Albert Einstein
B - Charles Darwin
C - Sigmund Freud
D - Thomas Edison

Ashley thinks that the answer is either

Spoiler

A or B

but she's unwilling to take the risk so she jumps this question also.

Spoiler

Answer: A (Albert Einstein)
Value: $7,000
Bank: $0

Here's the quote, according to Wikiquote:

If I would be a young man again and had to decide how to make my living, I would not try to become a scientist or scholar or teacher. I would rather choose to be a plumber or a peddler in the hope to find that modest degree of independence still available under present circumstances.

* Letter to the editor of The Reporter about the situation of scientists in America (13 October 1954).

Okay, how many people (besides Zach) were aware of this quote before this episode?

I know that when he was at Princeton he was fascinated by the sewer system and explored them at times. Not sure if that came from his plumber fantasy.