Transcript 4/8/2011 - Gretchen Neidhardt

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Gretchen Neidhardt
St. Louis, MO
Graduate student

Gretchen is working on a master's degree in library science and wants to get a second master's in art history and eventually work at the Institute of Art in Chicago.

Topic Tree: (unrandomized)
10 - Net Names
9 - Big Breaks
8 - Flag Flap
7 - Breakfast Cereals
6 - Hey Babe
5 - Bedtime Bloom
4 - Road Safety
3 - Two Meanings
2 - Creepy Critters
1 - Delicious Mascots

Topic Tree: (randomized)
5 - Bedtime Bloom
6 - Hey Babe
4 - Road Safety
10 - Net Names
3 - Two Meanings
7 - Breakfast Cereals
2 - Creepy Critters
9 - Big Breaks
8 - Flag Flap
1 - Delicious Mascots

Question #1 (Delicious Mascots - Level 1)
What's the name of the mascot popularly known as the Pillsbury Doughboy?
A - Top O' Morning
B - Nummy Mummy
C - Poppin' Fresh
D - Biscuit Bob

Gretchen loves Pillsbury products. She hates to do it but she's going to have to ask the audience because she doesn't know the answer.

ATA results

A - 6%
B - 3%
C - 83%
D - 8%

Spoiler

Answer: C (Poppin' Fresh)
Value: $500
Bank: $500

Question #2 (Flag Flap - Level 8)
Instead of the state flag, ballots for a 2010 election in Texas accidentally featured picutres of what country's very similar flag?
A - Kenya
B - vietnam
C - Barbados
D - Chile
She isn't that familiar with Texas's flag and even less familiar with flags of other countries so she's going to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: D (Chile)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $500 (no change)

Question #3 (Big Breaks - Level 9)
In his teens, which of these leading men got his start portraying Billy Simpson on a Nickelodeon drama called "Fifteen"?
A - Ryan Reynolds
B - Bradley Cooper
C - Keanu Reeves
D - Ben Affleck

Gretchen says that

Spoiler

Bradley Cooper

is fairly recent and

Spoiler

Ben Affleck

didn't start as a child actor. She doesn't want to go home so she's going to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: A (Ryan Reynolds)
Value: $7,000
Bank: $500 (no change)

Question #4 (Creepy Critters - Level 2)
An arachnid called a cellar spider is also known as a "daddy" what?
A - longlegs
B - sharpteeth
C - blackhair
D - flatbody

Gretchen says she knows this one. The audience erupts in applause.

Spoiler

Answer: A (longlegs)
Value: $5,000
Bank: $5,500

commercial break

Question #5 (Breakfast Cereals - Level 7)
Which of the following is not one of the flavors in the breakfast cereal Trix?
A - Orangy Orange
B - Kiwi Green
C - Lemony Yellow
D - Raspberry Red

Gretchen wasn't much of a sweets breakfast eater. She feels like there are

Spoiler

raspberry red and orange and she thinks there's green there

. She's out of lifelines and if she guesses she won't leave with much less than if she walks away, so she makes

Spoiler

C, lemony yellow

her final answer.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Kiwi Green)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $1,000 (consolation prize)

[silvercamaro]

Gretchen Neidhardt
St. Louis, MO
Graduate student

Question #4 (Creepy Critters - Level 2)
An arachnid called a cellar spider is also known as a "daddy" what?
A - longlegs
B - sharpteeth
C - blackhair
D - flatbody

Gretchen says she knows this one. The audience erupts in applause.

Spoiler

Answer: A (longlegs)
Value: $5,000
Bank: $5,500

This is a variation of a question in my stack.

[Bob78164]

Gretchen Neidhardt
St. Louis, MO
Graduate student

Question #4 (Creepy Critters - Level 2)
An arachnid called a cellar spider is also known as a "daddy" what?
A - longlegs
B - sharpteeth
C - blackhair
D - flatbody

Gretchen says she knows this one. The audience erupts in applause.

Spoiler

Answer: A (longlegs)
Value: $5,000
Bank: $5,500

This is a variation of a question in my stack.

I remember. It's the question that would have sent me home from your stack, with three lifelines to keep as parting gifts. I managed to convince myself that a daddy longlegs is an insect rather than a spider. --Bob

[earendel]

Gretchen Neidhardt
St. Louis, MO
Graduate student

Gretchen is working on a master's degree in library science and wants to get a second master's in art history and eventually work at the Institute of Art in Chicago.

Question #3 (Big Breaks - Level 9)
In his teens, which of these leading men got his start portraying Billy Simpson on a Nickelodeon drama called "Fifteen"?
A - Ryan Reynolds
B - Bradley Cooper
C - Keanu Reeves
D - Ben Affleck

Gretchen says that

Spoiler

Bradley Cooper

is fairly recent and

Spoiler

Ben Affleck

didn't start as a child actor. She doesn't want to go home so she's going to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: A (Ryan Reynolds)
Value: $7,000
Bank: $500 (no change)

I guessed correctly, but had I been at the Hot Podium I'd have probably used ATA.

Question #5 (Breakfast Cereals - Level 7)
Which of the following is not one of the flavors in the breakfast cereal Trix?
A - Orangy Orange
B - Kiwi Green
C - Lemony Yellow
D - Raspberry Red

Gretchen wasn't much of a sweets breakfast eater. She feels like there are

Spoiler

raspberry red and orange and she thinks there's green there

. She's out of lifelines and if she guesses she won't leave with much less than if she walks away, so she makes

Spoiler

C, lemony yellow

her final answer.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Kiwi Green)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $1,000 (consolation prize)

As I watched this contestant I was hoping that she wouldn't know the answer Question 4, because then she'd be faced with whether to guess at the next question and leave with $1000 or walk away with half of her $500 bank. I don't know if there has been any contestant that has had to deal with this situation.

[MarleysGh0st]

As I watched this contestant I was hoping that she wouldn't know the answer Question 4, because then she'd be faced with whether to guess at the next question and leave with $1000 or walk away with half of her $500 bank. I don't know if there has been any contestant that has had to deal with this situation.

Yes, there have been a few contestants this season with "nothing to lose".