Transcript 5/19/2011 - Stephanie Chen

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Stephanie Chen
West Lafayette, IN
researcher

Topic tree (randomized)
Numbers indicate prerandomized level
4 – Picturesque Lunch
5 – Old Hobbies
2 – Team Mascots
10 – Poetry
1 – Animal Calls
7 – Sunny Days
6 – Drink Up
9 – City of Sandwiches
3 – Song of the South
8 – Good Name

Question 1 (8 – Good Name)
According to the Social Security Administration, which of these "virtuous" names was one of the 20 most popular for girls born in 2009?
a. Faith
b. Grace
c. Joy
d. Hope

Jump the question 1 used

value/answer/bank

b. Grace
value: ($500)
bank: $0

Question 2 (3 – Song of the South)
In 1984, Van Halen released a hit song that shares its name with what Central American nation?
a. Panama
b. Guatemala
c. Belize
d. Honduras

value/answer/bank

a. Panama
value: $5,000
bank: $5,000

Question 3 (9 – City of Sandwiches)
What city derives its name from Arabic words meaning "House of Meat" and Hebrew words meaning "House of Bread"?
a. Mecca
b. Bethlehem
c. Jerusalem
d. Beirut

Jump the question 2 used

value/answer/bank

b. Bethlehem
value: ($3,000)
bank: $5,000

Question 4 (6 – Drink Up)
On the faddish "Master Cleanse" diet, dieters avoid all solid food for several days in favor of a drink made of what?
a. Tomato juice & vinegar
b. Green tea & yeast
c. Skim milk & hot sauce
d. Lemon juice & maple syrup

Ask the audience used

ATA results

a:22% b:25% c:2% d:51%

value/answer/bank

d. Lemon juice & maple syrup
value: $25,000
bank: $30,000

Question 5 (7 – Sunny Days)
If the Earth were not tilted on its axis, every day would have how many hours of sunlight?
a. 6 hours
b. 9 hours
c. 12 hours
d. 15 hours

answer and result

c. 12 hours

Stephanie decides to walk away and leaves with $15,000.

[MarleysGh0st]

Question 4 (6 – Drink Up)
On the faddish "Master Cleanse" diet, dieters avoid all solid food for several days in favor of a drink made of what?
a. Tomato juice & vinegar
b. Green tea & yeast
c. Skim milk & hot sauce
d. Lemon juice & maple syrup

Ask the audience used

ATA results

a:22% b:25% c:2% d:51%

value/answer/bank

d. Lemon juice & maple syrup
value: $25,000
bank: $30,000

I had no idea about the answer, but I cry foul as the the phrasing of the question. Meredith mentioned, in passing, after the answer was revealed that this drink also contains cayenne pepper. Moreover, what she didn't mention was that all three of these ingredients are diluted in "pure water". For someone attempting to reason the question out, leaving out the water is not an insignificant matter, since the other three choices could imaginably be drunk straight up.

Furthermore, Wikipedia says that this drink isn't even all there is to it.

The cleanse involves drinking only a mixture of fresh lemon juice, grade B maple syrup and cayenne pepper, as well as a laxative tea and/or a saline solution to flush out the lower gastrointestinal system. No solid food is eaten for the entire cleanse.

That laxative tea might have more to do with the alleged "cleansing" than the maple lemonade.

[earendel]

Stephanie Chen
West Lafayette, IN
researcher

My son who went to Purdue said that she worked for one of the professors there.

Question 2 (3 – Song of the South)
In 1984, Van Halen released a hit song that shares its name with what Central American nation?
a. Panama
b. Guatemala
c. Belize
d. Honduras

value/answer/bank

a. Panama
value: $5,000
bank: $5,000

I'm not up on Van Halen, so it's time for a lifeline - I'll ATA figuring they might know this.

Question 4 (6 – Drink Up)
On the faddish "Master Cleanse" diet, dieters avoid all solid food for several days in favor of a drink made of what?
a. Tomato juice & vinegar
b. Green tea & yeast
c. Skim milk & hot sauce
d. Lemon juice & maple syrup

Ask the audience used

ATA results

a:22% b:25% c:2% d:51%

value/answer/bank

d. Lemon juice & maple syrup
value: $25,000
bank: $30,000

No idea, so I'll JTQ.

Question 5 (7 – Sunny Days)
If the Earth were not tilted on its axis, every day would have how many hours of sunlight?
a. 6 hours
b. 9 hours
c. 12 hours
d. 15 hours

answer and result

c. 12 hours

Stephanie decides to walk away and leaves with $15,000.

I can't believe that she couldn't reason this one out.

[MarleysGh0st]

Question 5 (7 – Sunny Days)
If the Earth were not tilted on its axis, every day would have how many hours of sunlight?
a. 6 hours
b. 9 hours
c. 12 hours
d. 15 hours

answer and result

c. 12 hours

Stephanie decides to walk away and leaves with $15,000.

I can't believe that she couldn't reason this one out.

I guess that's not her field of research.

[SportsFan68]

Question 4 (6 – Drink Up)
On the faddish "Master Cleanse" diet, dieters avoid all solid food for several days in favor of a drink made of what?
a. Tomato juice & vinegar
b. Green tea & yeast
c. Skim milk & hot sauce
d. Lemon juice & maple syrup

Real maple syrup? There's a pricey drink.

[MarleysGh0st]

Question 4 (6 – Drink Up)
On the faddish "Master Cleanse" diet, dieters avoid all solid food for several days in favor of a drink made of what?
a. Tomato juice & vinegar
b. Green tea & yeast
c. Skim milk & hot sauce
d. Lemon juice & maple syrup

Real maple syrup? There's a pricey drink.

But it's doing some magic, pseudo-scientific "cleansing" of your system!

How can you put a price on that?

[SportsFan68]

Question 4 (6 – Drink Up)
On the faddish "Master Cleanse" diet, dieters avoid all solid food for several days in favor of a drink made of what?
a. Tomato juice & vinegar
b. Green tea & yeast
c. Skim milk & hot sauce
d. Lemon juice & maple syrup

Real maple syrup? There's a pricey drink.

But it's doing some magic, pseudo-scientific "cleansing" of your system!

How can you put a price on that?

I hadn't read your reply when I posted mine, Marley. I agree -- "Foul!"