Transcript 10/03/12 Allison Lowe

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Allison Lowe
Metairie, LA
grad student
her brother-in-law said "not to put your finger on Uranus"
(A clip of that famous incident from 5-4-2011 is shown.)

Topic Tree (pre-randomized):
10. Alabama Hot Spot
9. Rap Read
8. Spacey Names
7. Classifying Catastrophes
6. Poetry Reading
5. Award Winners
4. By Special Request
3. Amazing Africans
2. Movie Remakes
1. Periodical Pledge

Topic Tree: (Randomized)

7. Classifying Catastrophes
4. By Special Request
8. Spacey Names
6. Poetry Reading
3. Amazing Africans
10. Alabama Hot Spot
2. Movie Remakes
9. Rap Read
1. Periodical Pledge
5. Award Winners

Question 1 - Level 5. Award Winners

Given its gay relationship storyline, some were stunned when what TV show won a 2012 award from the Catholics in Media Associates?

A: Two and a Half Men
B: Modern Family
C: 30 Rock
D: The Big Bang Theory

Answer and value

B: Modern Family
Value: $500
Bank: $500

Question 2 - Level 1. Periodical Pledge

2. According to its mission statement, O: the Oprah Magazine aims to "speak and connect to" whom "in way no other publication ever has"?

A: Women
B: Grandfathers
C: College students
D: War veterans

Answer and value

A: Women
Value: $2,000
Bank: $2,500

Question 3 - Level 9. Rap Read

Last year, what rapper published his first young adult book entitled "Playground: The Mostly True Story of a Former Bully"?

A: Lil Wayne
B: Ice Cube
C: Kanye West
D: 50 Cent

JTQ

Answer and value

D: 50 Cent
Value: $100
Bank: $2,500

Question 4 - Level 2. Movie Remakes

What classic film character is the protagonist of the 2012 film "Mirror Mirror"?

A: Pinocchio
B: Bambi
C: Snow White
D: Cinderella

Answer and value

C: Snow White
Value: $25,000!
Bank: $27,500

Dad buster gets a hug and a kiss. Twin sister Denise is also in the audience.

Question 5 - Level 10. Alabama Hot Spot

Tuskegee, Alabama is not only home of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen, but also the birthplace of what civil rights hero?

A: Rosa Parks
B: Jesse Jackson, Sr.
C: Julian Bond
D: Martin Luther King, Jr.

ATA

Spoiler

A: 32%
B: 29%
C: 12%
D: 27%

JTQ

Answer and value

A: Rosa Parks
Value: $15,000
Bank: $27,500

Question 6 - Level 3. Amazing Africans

Often compared to Marco Polo, 14th-Century African Ibn Battuta is thought to have accomplished what feat in his lifetime?

A: Fighting 100 battles
B: Painting 2,000 frescos
C: Traveling 75,000 miles
D: Writing 100,000 poems

Answer and value

C: Traveling 75,000 miles
Value: $7,000
Bank: $34,500

Commercial break.

Question 7 - Level 6. Poetry Reading

"On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five" is a line from what classic poem?

A: The Raven
B: Casey at the Bat
C: The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
D: A Visit from St. Nicholas

Answer and value

C: The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
Value: $3,000
Bank: $37,500

Question 8 - Level 8. Spacey Names

Sarasa Comet, Telescope and Celestial Eye are all varieties of which of these animals?

A: Frogs
B: Goldfish
C: Owl
D: Lizard

Spoiler

She connects the answers to eyesight and then to owls, which are known for having good eyesight.

She guesses

Spoiler

C

, and goes home with $1,000.

Answer and value

B: Goldfish
Value: $ot revealed.
Bank: $

Bring on the next contestant.

[themanwho]

The rest of Wednesday's transcript will be posted Thursday morning.

-M

[earendel]

Allison Lowe
Metairie, LA
grad student
her brother-in-law said "not to put your finger on Uranus"
(A clip of that famous incident from 5-4-2011 is shown.)

Question 3 - Level 9. Rap Read

Last year, what rapper published his first young adult book entitled "Playground: The Mostly True Story of a Former Bully"?

A: Lil Wayne
B: Ice Cube
C: Kanye West
D: 50 Cent

JTQ

Answer and value

D: 50 Cent
Value: $100
Bank: $2,500

No idea. The audience might so I'll ATA.

Question 5 - Level 10. Alabama Hot Spot

Tuskegee, Alabama is not only home of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen, but also the birthplace of what civil rights hero?

A: Rosa Parks
B: Jesse Jackson, Sr.
C: Julian Bond
D: Martin Luther King, Jr.

ATA

Spoiler

A: 32%
B: 29%
C: 12%
D: 27%

JTQ

Answer and value

A: Rosa Parks
Value: $15,000
Bank: $27,500

I was expecting Booker T. Washington. I'll have to JTQ here.

Question 8 - Level 8. Spacey Names

Sarasa Comet, Telescope and Celestial Eye are all varieties of which of these animals?

A: Frogs
B: Goldfish
C: Owl
D: Lizard

Spoiler

She connects the answers to eyesight and then to owls, which are known for having good eyesight.

She guesses

Spoiler

C

, and goes home with $1,000.

Answer and value

B: Goldfish
Value: not revealed.
Bank: $

A pity. I've never heard of "telescope" or "celestial eye" but I do know about comet goldfish.

[SportsFan68]

Question 3 - Level 9. Rap Read

Last year, what rapper published his first young adult book entitled "Playground: The Mostly True Story of a Former Bully"?

A: Lil Wayne
B: Ice Cube
C: Kanye West
D: 50 Cent

JTQ

Answer and value

D: 50 Cent
Value: $100
Bank: $2,500

JTQ

Question 5 - Level 10. Alabama Hot Spot

Tuskegee, Alabama is not only home of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen, but also the birthplace of what civil rights hero?

A: Rosa Parks
B: Jesse Jackson, Sr.
C: Julian Bond
D: Martin Luther King, Jr.

ATA

Spoiler

A: 32%
B: 29%
C: 12%
D: 27%

JTQ

Answer and value

A: Rosa Parks
Value: $15,000
Bank: $27,500

JTQ 2

Question 6 - Level 3. Amazing Africans

Question 8 - Level 8. Spacey Names

Sarasa Comet, Telescope and Celestial Eye are all varieties of which of these animals?

A: Frogs
B: Goldfish
C: Owl
D: Lizard

Spoiler

She connects the answers to eyesight and then to owls, which are known for having good eyesight.

She guesses

Spoiler

C

, and goes home with $1,000.

Answer and value

B: Goldfish
Value: $ot revealed.
Bank: $

WWOQ! I'll ATA, but they'll say owl. I'm outta here.

Bring on the next contestant.[/quote]