Transcript 10/12/11 Tom Pusateri

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Tom Pusateri
Clearwater, FL
social studies teacher and coach

Topic Tree (pre-randomized)
10. Ring Man
9. Girly Downfall
8. Creepy Fixations
7. Military Bands
6. Urban Center
5. If the Heel Fits
4. TV Finales
3. Pretend Science
2. Nickel and Dimed
1. Snack Attack


Topic Tree: (Randomized)
10. Ring Man
6. Urban Center
4. TV Finales
2. Nickel and Dimed
3. Pretend Science
7. Military Bands
9. Girly Downfall
5. If the Heel Fits
1. Snack Attack
8. Creepy Fixations


Question 1 - Level 8 - Creepy Fixations

When Libyan rebels stormed the compound of Muammar Qaddafi in Tripoli, they found a photo album filled with pictures of whom?

A: Sarah Palin B: Sonia Sotomayor
C: Condoleeza Rice D: Christiane Amanpour

Spoiler

His hunch is Christiane Amanpour.

He jumps the question.

Answer and value

C: Condoleeza Rice
Value: $25,000 !
Bank: $0

Question 2 - Level 1 - Snack Attack

7-Eleven says that when its customers buy a donut, 70% of them also buy 7-Eleven's brand of what?

A: Seltzer B: Orange Juice
C: Coffee D: Beer

Answer and value

C: Coffee
Value: $10,000
Bank: $10,000

Question 3 - Level 5 - If the Heel Fits

A shoe heel that flares outward at the bottom, the Louis heel is named after a famous French what?

A: Explorer B: Painter
C: King D: Composer

Answer and value

C: King
Value: $500
Bank: $10,500

Question 4 - Level 9 - Girly Downfall

Learning that beauty comes at a price, researchers now suspect that Queen Hatshepsut may have died from using poisonous what?

A: Moisturizer B: Eyeliner
C: Deodorant D: Rouge

Spoiler

Before the answers even came up he was thinking eyeliner. But he's not willing to chance it.

Tom jumps the question.

Answer and value

A: Moisturizer
Value: $100
Bank: $10,500

Question 5 - Level 7 - Military Bands

A renowned musical group, "Pershing's Own" is the official band of what branch of the U.S. armed forces?

A: Marines B: Navy
C: Army D: Coast Guard

Answer and value

C: Army (Meredith adds: John Joseph Pershing was a general in the Army.)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $12,500

Question 6 - Level 3 - Pretend Science

The 2003 book "Bolt of Fate" boldly suggests that which of these men faked his most famous experiment?

A: Ivan Pavlov B: Thomas Edison
C: Benjamin Franklin D: Isaac Newton

He does not seem confident, and asks what he wins if he walks away. He "takes a chance" with...

Answer and value

C: Benjamin Franklin (Tom mentions the electricity experiments.)
Value: $7,000
Bank: $19,500

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Question 7 - Level 2 - Nickel and Dimed

In the 1970s, the phrase "double nickel" was commonly used to refer to a federal law establishing what?

A: Voting age B: Speed limit
C: Drinking age D: Income tax rate

Spoiler

A double nickel is 55. He remembers this because when Michael Jordan came back he put up a double nickel against the Knicks.

Answer and value

B: Speed limit
Value: $1,000
Bank: $20,500

Question 8 - Level 4 - TV Finales

In the same year his long-running TV drama ended, what actor donated his firefighter costume to the Smithsonian in 2011?

A: Patrick Dempsey B: Hugh Laurie
C: Denis Leary D: Mark Harmon

Answer and value

C: Denis Leary
Value: $5,000
Bank: $25,500

The Time's Up noise sounds. Tom brings over to tomorrow a $25,500 bank and the ask the audience lifeline.

[themanwho]

When Tom was introduced, they cut to a woman and her two young children in the audience. I thought they might be Tom's family, but we later see his wife is someone else entirely.

Do they allow little kids into the tapings?

[themanintheseersuckersuit]

Question 3 - Level 5 - If the Heel Fits

A shoe heel that flares outward at the bottom, the Louis heel is named after a famous French what?

A: Explorer B: Painter
C: King D: Composer

Spoiler: Answer and value

Spoiler

C: King
Value: $500
Bank: $10,500

Did someone just say Louis is a heel?

[MarleysGh0st]

When Tom was introduced, they cut to a woman and her two young children in the audience. I thought they might be Tom's family, but we later see his wife is someone else entirely.

Do they allow little kids into the tapings?

Officially, no. According to the Tickets page:

Members of our studio audience must be at least 18 years old.

They have made exceptions for contestants' families, on rare occasions, but I think it depends on the APs' mood. If the children weren't one of the contestants', then I guess it depended on the audience wranglers' mood.

[ulysses5019]

When Tom was introduced, they cut to a woman and her two young children in the audience. I thought they might be Tom's family, but we later see his wife is someone else entirely.

Do they allow little kids into the tapings?

Officially, no. According to the Tickets page:

Members of our studio audience must be at least 18 years old.

They have made exceptions for contestants' families, on rare occasions, but I think it depends on the APs' mood. If the children weren't one of the contestants', then I guess it depended on the audience wranglers' mood.

And if they need more bodies to fill the studio.

[earendel]

Tom Pusateri
Clearwater, FL
social studies teacher and coach

Question 4 - Level 9 - Girly Downfall

Learning that beauty comes at a price, researchers now suspect that Queen Hatshepsut may have died from using poisonous what?

A: Moisturizer B: Eyeliner
C: Deodorant D: Rouge

Spoiler

Before the answers even came up he was thinking eyeliner. But he's not willing to chance it.

Tom jumps the question.

Answer and value

A: Moisturizer
Value: $100
Bank: $10,500

Ouch! I'd have gone with "eyeliner" and left with the consolation prize. I knew that Egyptian women used arsenic-based cosmetics and have seen representational art showing them with heavily outlined eyes.

Question 6 - Level 3 - Pretend Science

The 2003 book "Bolt of Fate" boldly suggests that which of these men faked his most famous experiment?

A: Ivan Pavlov B: Thomas Edison
C: Benjamin Franklin D: Isaac Newton

He does not seem confident, and asks what he wins if he walks away. He "takes a chance" with...

Answer and value

C: Benjamin Franklin (Tom mentions the electricity experiments.)
Value: $7,000
Bank: $19,500

"Bolt" could point either to Edison or Franklin. I had heard this before 2003, however.