Transcript 5/20/2011 - Liz Williams

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Liz Williams
Culver City, CA

This is the first time she's been away from her children, 6-year old Autumn and 4-year old Dash. Dad is home with the children. He's in charge but she also told Autumn to keep an eye on Dad because he's a very immature 38-year old. Her husband's name is Ram and his parents Katherine and David are in the relationship seats.

Topic Tree: (unrandomized)
10 - Topping it Off
9 - Sister Acts
8 - Opera Attire
7 - What is It?
6 - ABC's Abroad
5 - Let's Rock
4 - TV Honors
3 - Software Sales
2 - Famous Trials
1 - 70's Film

Topic Tree: (randomized)
10 - Topping it Off
8 - Opera Attire
7 - What is It?
3 - Software Sales
2 - Famous Trials
1 - 70's Film
9 - Sister Acts
4 - TV Honors
6 - ABC's Abroad
5 - Let's Rock

Question #1 (Let's Rock - Level 1)
Produced by volcanic eruptions, what sponge-like rock is so lightweight that it can float?
A - shale
B - pyrite
C - travertine
D - pumice

Spoiler

Answer: D (pumice)
Value: $500
Bank: $500

Question #2 (ABC's Abroad - Level 6)
Hangul is the alphabet used for writing in what foreign language?
A - Farsi
B - Swedish
C - Korean
D - Swahili

Liz wants to take away

Spoiler

Swedish in her mind because "han" sounds Asian

. She decides to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Korean)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $500 (no change)

Question #3 (TV Honors - Level 4)
In 2008, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences created a new Emmy category honoring whom?
A - talk show guests
B - animal actors
C - TV chefs
D - reality show hosts

Liz is thinking

Spoiler

reality show hosts because they did a special where they had a bunch of them come on and host. She thinks that was a few years ago and they started this afterward

. She says it's so hard when you're up there, always second-guessing yourself. She can't decide whether to gamble - "Vegas or not to Vegas". She thinks more about this and finally decides to ask the audience.

ATA results

A - 1%
B - 3%
C - 17%
D - 79%

That's the direction she was leaning.

Spoiler

Answer: D (reality show hosts)
Value: $10,000
Bank: $10,500

Question #4 (Sister Acts - Level 9)
What celebrity sisters are behind the hip fashion label "Elizabeth and James"?
A - Jessica & Ashlee Simpson
B - Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen
C - Kim & Khloe Kardashian
D - Nicky & Paris Hilton

Liz feels that if

Spoiler

Kim and Khloe Kardashian had a fashion line it would be "smacking me in the face" all the time because they're "out there". It might be jeans. It might be Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen because they had two fashion lines, a kids version and a grown-up version

. She asks if she should guess, then goes ahead.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen)
Value: $500
Bank: $10,600

Question #5 (70's Film - Level 1)
What hit '70s film starred an actor who was labeled "John Revolta" by those who found his character distasteful?
A - The Last Detail
B - Annie Hall
C - Shampoo
D - Saturday Night Fever

Liz assumes they were talking about

Spoiler

John Travolta, and he was in "Saturday Night Fever"

so that's her final answer.

Spoiler

Answer: D (Saturday Night Fever)
Value: $25,000
Bank: $35,600

commercial break

Liz would like to buy a bigger house because she and her husband would like to have more children. Her in-laws are excited about the prospect. If nothing else they could add on another bedroom.

Question #6 (Famous Trials - Level 2)
Tennessee teacher John T. Scopes was fined for teaching evolution in a famous 1925 court case commonly known as the what?
A - Monkey Trial
B - Elephant Trial
C - Lizard Trial
D - Camel Trial

Liz's dad made her watch a movie about this trial so she knows the answer.

Spoiler

Answer: A (Monkey Trial)
Value: $3,000
Bank: $38,600

Question #7 (Software Sales - Level 3)
Word, Excel and PowerPoint are all computer programs sold together by Microsoft under what name?
A - Company
B - Work
C - Office
D - Agency

Spoiler

Answer: C (Office)
Value: $7,000
Bank: $45,600

Question #8 (What is It? - Level 7)
Named for the Dutch business that originated it, what is an Asscher cut?
A - surgical procedure
B - layered hairstyle
C - film editing technique
D - shape of diamond

Liz has no idea. She says

Spoiler

"Dutch, so it could be diamond"

but decides to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: D (shape of diamond)
Value: $15,000
Bank: $45,600

Question #9 (Opera Attire - Level 8)
What opera composer's "Ring Cycle" is credited with introducing audiences to the horned helmet-wearing soprano?
A - Richard Wagner
B - Giocomo Puccini
C - Igor Stravinski
D - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Liz says that when it first came up she thought

Spoiler

"Richard Wagner" (pronounced like "wag-ner"). She knows it's not Mozart and she says that Stravinski was Mozart's friend and she doesn't think he did it either

. She's not feeling confident so she's going to walk.

Spoiler

Answer: A (Richard Wagner)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $22,800 (consolation prize)

commercial break

The "Blast from the past" question was worth $250,000 in 2000:
Who was the first woman to command a space shuttle mission?
A - Sally Ride
B - Judith Reznik
C - Eileen Collins
D - Valentina Tereshkova

Spoiler

C (Eileen Collins)

[silvercamaro]

C - Igor Stravinski
D - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Liz says that when it first came up she thought

Spoiler

"Richard Wagner" (pronounced like "wag-ner"). She knows it's not Mozart and she says that Stravinski was Mozart's friend and she doesn't think he did it either

A friendship between Mozart and Stravinski would have astonished both of them. Do you suppose Doc Brown (from "Back To the Future") introduced the two?

[MarleysGh0st]

Didn't all these "5/19" contestants appear on the Friday, 5/20 episode?

[MarleysGh0st]

Question #4 (Sister Acts - Level 9)
What celebrity sisters are behind the hip fashion label "Elizabeth and James"?
A - Jessica & Ashlee Simpson
B - Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen
C - Kim & Khloe Kardashian
D - Nicky & Paris Hilton

Liz feels that if

Spoiler

Kim and Khloe Kardashian had a fashion line it would be "smacking me in the face" all the time because they're "out there". It might be jeans. It might be Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen because they had two fashion lines, a kids version and a grown-up version

. She asks if she should guess, then goes ahead.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen)
Value: $500
Bank: $10,600

I thought there was something familiar about this question.

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Transcript 02/26/10 - Lisa Smith

$10,000 * Fashion Labels
Named after two of their siblings, the popular fashion label run by Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen is called what?

A: Jessica and David B: Clara and Henry
C: Elizabeth and James D: Olive and Michael

[TheConfessor]

Question #4 (Sister Acts - Level 9)
What celebrity sisters are behind the hip fashion label "Elizabeth and James"?
A - Jessica & Ashlee Simpson
B - Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen
C - Kim & Khloe Kardashian
D - Nicky & Paris Hilton

This is a trick question. The Olsens don't really have hips. At least not like the Simpsons and the Kardashians do. What would the Olsens know about hip fashion?

[15QuestionsAway]

Didn't all these "5/19" contestants appear on the Friday, 5/20 episode?

Yes - fixed them all.

[earendel]

Liz Williams
Culver City, CA

This is the first time she's been away from her children, 6-year old Autumn and 4-year old Dash. Dad is home with the children. He's in charge but she also told Autumn to keep an eye on Dad because he's a very immature 38-year old. Her husband's name is Ram and his parents Katherine and David are in the relationship seats.

Question #4 (Sister Acts - Level 9)
What celebrity sisters are behind the hip fashion label "Elizabeth and James"?
A - Jessica & Ashlee Simpson
B - Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen
C - Kim & Khloe Kardashian
D - Nicky & Paris Hilton

Liz feels that if

Spoiler

Kim and Khloe Kardashian had a fashion line it would be "smacking me in the face" all the time because they're "out there". It might be jeans. It might be Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen because they had two fashion lines, a kids version and a grown-up version

. She asks if she should guess, then goes ahead.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen)
Value: $500
Bank: $10,600

I'd be using ATA on this one.

Question #8 (What is It? - Level 7)
Named for the Dutch business that originated it, what is an Asscher cut?
A - surgical procedure
B - layered hairstyle
C - film editing technique
D - shape of diamond

Liz has no idea. She says

Spoiler

"Dutch, so it could be diamond"

but decides to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: D (shape of diamond)
Value: $15,000
Bank: $45,600

From the comfort of my recliner I guessed correctly since the only one of the four I associate with Holland is diamonds. At the Hot Podium, however, I probably would have used JTQ.

Question #9 (Opera Attire - Level
What opera composer's "Ring Cycle" is credited with introducing audiences to the horned helmet-wearing soprano?
A - Richard Wagner
B - Giocomo Puccini
C - Igor Stravinski
D - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Liz says that when it first came up she thought

Spoiler

"Richard Wagner" (pronounced like "wag-ner"). She knows it's not Mozart and she says that Stravinski was Mozart's friend and she doesn't think he did it either

. She's not feeling confident so she's going to walk.

Spoiler

Answer: A (Richard Wagner)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $22,800 (consolation prize)

Too bad Liz didn't go with her instinct.

[earendel]

C - Igor Stravinski
D - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Liz says that when it first came up she thought

Spoiler

"Richard Wagner" (pronounced like "wag-ner"). She knows it's not Mozart and she says that Stravinski was Mozart's friend and she doesn't think he did it either

A friendship between Mozart and Stravinski would have astonished both of them. Do you suppose Doc Brown (from "Back To the Future") introduced the two?

I wondered about that also.

[SportsFan68]

Question #4 (Sister Acts - Level 9)
What celebrity sisters are behind the hip fashion label "Elizabeth and James"?
A - Jessica & Ashlee Simpson
B - Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen
C - Kim & Khloe Kardashian
D - Nicky & Paris Hilton

Natasha Richardson's (RIP) character in Parent Trap is named Elizabeth James. I wonder if that's where the producers got the name.

[Estonut]

Question #4 (Sister Acts - Level 9)
What celebrity sisters are behind the hip fashion label "Elizabeth and James"?
A - Jessica & Ashlee Simpson
B - Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen
C - Kim & Khloe Kardashian
D - Nicky & Paris Hilton

Natasha Richardson's (RIP) character in Parent Trap is named Elizabeth James. I wonder if that's where the producers got the name.

I've never heard of a producer for a fashion label. E & J are two Olsen siblings.

[SportsFan68]

Question #4 (Sister Acts - Level 9)
What celebrity sisters are behind the hip fashion label "Elizabeth and James"?
A - Jessica & Ashlee Simpson
B - Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen
C - Kim & Khloe Kardashian
D - Nicky & Paris Hilton

Natasha Richardson's (RIP) character in Parent Trap is named Elizabeth James. I wonder if that's where the producers got the name.

I've never heard of a producer for a fashion label. E & J are two Olsen siblings.

Other way around, Esto. I wonder if the producers of the Parent Trap got the name from the Olsen line.

[Estonut]

Question #4 (Sister Acts - Level 9)
What celebrity sisters are behind the hip fashion label "Elizabeth and James"?
A - Jessica & Ashlee Simpson
B - Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen
C - Kim & Khloe Kardashian
D - Nicky & Paris Hilton

Natasha Richardson's (RIP) character in Parent Trap is named Elizabeth James. I wonder if that's where the producers got the name.

I've never heard of a producer for a fashion label. E & J are two Olsen siblings.

Other way around, Esto. I wonder if the producers of the Parent Trap got the name from the Olsen line.

Parent Trap remake was in 1998.

Elizabeth and James fashion line launched in Fall 2007.

[SportsFan68]

I've never heard of a producer for a fashion label. E & J are two Olsen siblings.

Other way around, Esto. I wonder if the producers of the Parent Trap got the name from the Olsen line.

Parent Trap remake was in 1998.

Elizabeth and James fashion line launched in Fall 2007.

I was sure they were in the fashion business a lot longer than that. I didn't realize that E&J was relatively new.

What a nice coincidence. I'm going to take it as a tribute to Ms. Richardson.

[Estonut]

I was sure they were in the fashion business a lot longer than that. I didn't realize that E&J was relatively new.

I think the little billionaires have 3 or 4 different fashion lines.