Transcript 10/18/12 - Marjorie Pour-Ghasemi (carryover)

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Marjorie Pour-Ghasemi
Hesperia, CA

Marjorie says she belongs to tons of sample societies, so she has tons of samples. little bottles and tubes.

Marjorie has $37,000 in her bank, with one Jump The Question remaining.

Topic Tree (Randomized)
?: Celebrity Children
?: It All Works Out
?: What's in a Name?
?: Under My Thumb
?: Honest Depictions
?: April Fools
?: $2,000
?: [Jumped]
?: $10,000
?: $25,000


Question #5 - Level ?: April Fools
On April 1, 1996, a fast food franchise placed ads in national newspapers claiming that it had purchased an iconic symbol and renamed it what?

A: Taco Liberty Bell B: Whopperton Monument
C: Mount Dunkmore D: Statue of McLiberty

Marjorie is torn between

Spoiler

A and D

. She jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

A: Taco Liberty Bell
Question Value: $7,000
Bank: $37,000

Question #6 - Level ?: Honest Depictions
In 2012, an Israeli ruling forcing companies to disclose their use of digital enhancements in fashion ads became popularly known as what?

A: Photoshop Laws B: Excel Laws
C: Quicken Laws D: FileMaker Pro Laws

Answer/Value/Bank

A: Photoshop Laws
Question Value: $100
Bank: $37,100

Question #7 - Level ?: Under My Thumb
A genetic trait known as "distal hyperextensibility of the thumb" is more commonly referred to as what?

A: Miller's thumb B: Hitchhiker's thumb
C: Devil's thumb D: Gamer's thumb

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Hitchhiker's thumb
Question Value: $5,000
Bank: $42,100

Question #8 - Level ?: What's in a Name?
Before settling on her current name, suggested monikers for what fictional heroine included Stella Strong, Nell Cody and Diana Dare?

A: Ramona Quimby B: Katniss Everdeen
C: Nancy Drew D: Hermione Granger

Marjorie is leaning towards

Spoiler

Nancy Drew,

but she away with $21,050.

Answer

C: Nancy Drew

-- Commercial Break --

[SportsFan68]

Got all my LLs.

Question #8 - Level ?: What's in a Name?
Before settling on her current name, suggested monikers for what fictional heroine included Stella Strong, Nell Cody and Diana Dare?

A: Ramona Quimby B: Katniss Everdeen
C: Nancy Drew D: Hermione Granger

Marjorie is leaning towards

Spoiler

Nancy Drew,

but she away with $21,050.

Answer

C: Nancy Drew

I too am leaning toward Nancy Drew, but I don't even know who Ramona Quimby and Katniss Everdeen are. My worry is that if I ATA, they'll know who Ramona and Katniss are but not who Nancy Drew is, or that they'll vote for Hermione just because everybody knows who she is. JTQ.

[MarleysGh0st]

Got all my LLs.

Question #8 - Level ?: What's in a Name?
Before settling on her current name, suggested monikers for what fictional heroine included Stella Strong, Nell Cody and Diana Dare?

A: Ramona Quimby B: Katniss Everdeen
C: Nancy Drew D: Hermione Granger

Marjorie is leaning towards

Spoiler

Nancy Drew,

but she away with $21,050.

Answer

C: Nancy Drew

I too am leaning toward Nancy Drew, but I don't even know who Ramona Quimby and Katniss Everdeen are. My worry is that if I ATA, they'll know who Ramona and Katniss are but not who Nancy Drew is, or that they'll vote for Hermione just because everybody knows who she is. JTQ.

If you don't want to read the book, you should watch The Hunger Games movie. It's on DVD, now.

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Marjorie Pour-Ghasemi
Hesperia, CA

Marjorie says she belongs to tons of sample societies, so she has tons of samples. little bottles and tubes.

Marjorie has $37,000 in her bank, with one Jump The Question remaining.

Question #5 - Level ?: April Fools
On April 1, 1996, a fast food franchise placed ads in national newspapers claiming that it had purchased an iconic symbol and renamed it what?

A: Taco Liberty Bell B: Whopperton Monument
C: Mount Dunkmore D: Statue of McLiberty

Marjorie is torn between

Spoiler

A and D

. She jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

A: Taco Liberty Bell
Question Value: $7,000
Bank: $37,000

Could she not figure this one out? It was a big deal at the time and really the only one that makes sense.

Question #8 - Level ?: What's in a Name?
Before settling on her current name, suggested monikers for what fictional heroine included Stella Strong, Nell Cody and Diana Dare?

A: Ramona Quimby B: Katniss Everdeen
C: Nancy Drew D: Hermione Granger

Marjorie is leaning towards

Spoiler

Nancy Drew,

but she away with $21,050.

Answer

C: Nancy Drew

elwing knew this one right away; I would have had to think about the possibility that it might have been "A".