Transcript 05/10/2011 Adriana Gumbs

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Adriana Gumbs
Los Angeles, CA
Real estate agent
says business is getting better now


Topic Tree (pre-randomized):
10 Non-Olympic Records
9 Daily Man
8 Classic Books
7 Flag Flap
6 Hey Babe
5 Skivvies in Cinema
4 Game On
3 Road Safety
2 Two Meanings
1 Delicious Mascots



Topic Tree: (Randomized)
1 Delicious Mascots
8 Classic Books
10 Non-Olympic Records
5 Skivvies in Cinema
4 Game On
7 Flag Flap
2 Two Meanings
3 Road Safety
6 Hey Babe
9 Daily Man



Question 1 - Level 9 Daily Man
Long before he hosted "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart was a member of what extracurricular activity at The College of William & Mary?
A. Soccer team B. Mathletes
C. Debate Squad D. College Radio DJ

Spoiler

Adriana wants to guess. Mere reminded her that she had lifelines. Adriana decided that College Radio DJ is most logical, since he is on TV. Since she came with nothing and wanted to guess, she made it her final answer, then said Ohhh! Mere confirmed that she is wrong.

Answer and value

A. Soccer team
Value: not shown
Bank: Adriana left with the $1000 consolation prize

[SportsFan68]

Question 1 - Level 9 Daily Man
Long before he hosted "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart was a member of what extracurricular activity at The College of William & Mary?
A. Soccer team B. Mathletes
C. Debate Squad D. College Radio DJ

I hope I woulda had enough sense to jump. I was thinking debate team.

[Appa23]

Question 1 - Level 9 Daily Man
Long before he hosted "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart was a member of what extracurricular activity at The College of William & Mary?
A. Soccer team B. Mathletes
C. Debate Squad D. College Radio DJ

I learned this from a book by a Fox News anchor (Brian Kilmeade) called "The Games Do Count", dedicated to stories of famous people and the lessons that they learned from sports. One of the best things that a parent can do for a child is have them play a sport, both for the physical activity and for the life skills that are taught (IMO).

[silvercamaro]

One of the best things that a parent can do for a child is have them play a sport, both for the physical activity and for the life skills that are taught (IMO).

I agree completely. Both of my boys, one as a hurdler and the other as a distance runner, learned as youngsters that the harder they worked in training, the "luckier" they were in races. That lesson seems to have carried over to their lives as adults.

[secondchance]

Spoiler

unbelievable.

She said, "I came to play!" ...well, maybe she should have actually "played" instead of guessing. Especially on a q that was second from the top of the pre-randomized list.

unbelievable.

[Bob Juch]

Spoiler

unbelievable.

She said, "I came to play!" ...well, maybe she should have actually "played" instead of guessing. Especially on a q that was second from the top of the pre-randomized list.

unbelievable.

Spoiler

Too bad she didn't come to win.

[Snaxx]

Spoiler

unbelievable.

She said, "I came to play!" ...well, maybe she should have actually "played" instead of guessing. Especially on a q that was second from the top of the pre-randomized list.

unbelievable.

Something for those who made the Hot Podium this year: Are contestants clued in by TPTB that the unrandomized stack is the true perceived level of difficulty? Maybe providing level-of-difficulty information would help contestants next year, like on the first question the contestant would be informed that it is level 9. Then she would figure it probably isn't a guessable kind of item. Maybe they are afraid they will give away too much money if they do so, since contestants currently waste lifelines on level 2 questions fearing a trick and crash trying to logically guess level 9 questions early.

[earendel]

Adriana Gumbs
Los Angeles, CA
Real estate agent
says business is getting better now

Question 1 - Level 9 Daily Man
Long before he hosted "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart was a member of what extracurricular activity at The College of William & Mary?
A. Soccer team B. Mathletes
C. Debate Squad D. College Radio DJ

Spoiler

Adriana wants to guess. Mere reminded her that she had lifelines. Adriana decided that College Radio DJ is most logical, since he is on TV. Since she came with nothing and wanted to guess, she made it her final answer, then said Ohhh! Mere confirmed that she is wrong.

Answer and value

A. Soccer team
Value: not shown
Bank: Adriana left with the $1000 consolation prize

I would have had no idea, so time to ATA and hope they do.

[supermawg]

They do not say that the unrandomized order is the order of difficulty. That said, I am sure that I knew this when I got there. I am also pretty sure we talked about it in the waiting area. Adriana was one of the people that was there for the whole day that I waited before taping. Despite the order of airing, she and Greg taped right after me.

[Bob78164]

Spoiler

unbelievable.

She said, "I came to play!" ...well, maybe she should have actually "played" instead of guessing. Especially on a q that was second from the top of the pre-randomized list.

unbelievable.

Something for those who made the Hot Podium this year: Are contestants clued in by TPTB that the unrandomized stack is the true perceived level of difficulty? Maybe providing level-of-difficulty information would help contestants next year, like on the first question the contestant would be informed that it is level 9. Then she would figure it probably isn't a guessable kind of item. Maybe they are afraid they will give away too much money if they do so, since contestants currently waste lifelines on level 2 questions fearing a trick and crash trying to logically guess level 9 questions early.

Remembering the order in the heat of the moment is non-trivial, particularly since they don't leave the original order up there for very long. I'm still working on ways to remember the top two and bottom three questions. --Bob

[MarleysGh0st]

I'm still working on ways to remember the top two and bottom three questions. --Bob

Why would you try to memorize both the top and bottom questions? We discussed whether it's better to memorize the top or bottom order; I became convinced that it's better to remember the top two or three categories, because that's where they'll have the WWOQs.

[Bob78164]

I'm still working on ways to remember the top two and bottom three questions. --Bob

Why would you try to memorize both the top and bottom questions? We discussed whether it's better to memorize the top or bottom order; I became convinced that it's better to remember the top two or three categories, because that's where they'll have the WWOQs.

Because if I'm sort of stumped on Question 6 but have a semiplausible guess, I'd like to know if three of my last four questions are likely to be cakewalks. --Bob