Transcript 10/25/12 - Stephanie Rizzolo

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Stephanie Rizzolo
Jersey City, NJ
NY Knicks City Dancer

Stephanie's fellow dancers come on stage to root her on and pump up the audience. They then fill all of the seats in the first row of the audience, except for Stephanie's dad, Lou, who sits in the middle of them.

Meredith asks the computer to randomize the money and the questions. The unrandomized Topic Tree is not shown.

Topic Tree (Randomized)
?: Proper Names
?: Aero-wordsmith
?: From the French
?: Fake Names
?: Game On
?: Auto Brands
?: Concert Disaster
?: Top Dollar
?: By The Numbers
?: Fit for a Queen


Question #1 - Level ?: Fit for a Queen
Inspired by the 2012 re-release of "Cinderella," what designer created a pair of "glass slippers" that feature his signature red soles?

A: Marc Jacobs B: Christian Loubouton
C: Manolo Blanik D: Jimmy Choo

Stephanie is wearing a pair of red-soled shoes, herself!

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Christian Loubouton
Question Value: $2,000
Bank: $2,000

Question #2 - Level ?: By The Numbers
The TV show "Touch" revolves around an 11-year-old boy who sees the world through numbers, much like which great thinker?

A: Socrates B: Fibonacci
C: Plato D: Aristotle

Stephanie asks the audience.

ATA

A: 5% B: 71% C: 8% D: 16%

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Fibonacci
Question Value: $500
Bank: $2,500

Question #3 - Level ?: Top Dollar
Which of these esteemed U.S. government positions commands the highest salary at $223,500 per year?

A: Senator B: Speaker of the House
C: Secretary of State D: Majority Leader

Stephanie jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Speaker of the House
Question Value: $10,000
Bank: $2,500

Question #4 - Level ?: Concert Disaster
Due to the crowd enthusiastically jumping, a 1992 concert in Finsbury Park, London caused what otherwise natural occurrence to take place?

A: Earthquake B: Sinkhole
C: Tornado D: Flood

Stephanie doesn't think a crowd could cause any of the others, so she goes with

Spoiler

B: Sinkhole

, final answer.

Answer

A: Earthquake

Meredith says the band playing was Madness.

Stephanie leaves with "total winnings" of $1,000.


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[jarnon]

Stephanie Rizzolo
Jersey City, NJ
NY Knicks City Dancer

Classic WE/WE®

Stephanie's fellow dancers come on stage to root her on and pump up the audience. They then fill all of the seats in the first row of the audience, except for Stephanie's dad, Lou, who sits in the middle of them.

Anybody have a video?

[SportsFan68]

Question #1 - Level ?: Fit for a Queen
Inspired by the 2012 re-release of "Cinderella," what designer created a pair of "glass slippers" that feature his signature red soles?

A: Marc Jacobs B: Christian Louboutin
C: Manolo Blahnik D: Jimmy Choo

Stephanie is wearing a pair of red-soled shoes, herself!

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Christian Louboutin
Question Value: $2,000
Bank: $2,000

I knew this instantly, and I was pretty sure it was because of WWTBAM. Sure enough, from Nov. 1, 2010 transcripts:

Question 3 – Shoe Shopping
As any fashionista could tell you, what upscale designer’s shoes generally feature a signature red sole?
A. Christian Louboutin
B. Manolo Blahnik
C. Jimmy Choo
D. Stuart Weitzman

A. Christian Louboutin

Question #2 - Level ?: By The Numbers
The TV show "Touch" revolves around an 11-year-old boy who sees the world through numbers, much like which great thinker?

A: Socrates B: Fibonacci
C: Plato D: Aristotle

Stephanie asks the audience.

ATA

A: 5% B: 71% C: 8% D: 16%

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Fibonacci
Question Value: $500
Bank: $2,500

I knew this one because of the Da Vinci Code.

Question #3 - Level ?: Top Dollar
Which of these esteemed U.S. government positions commands the highest salary at $223,500 per year?

A: Senator B: Speaker of the House
C: Secretary of State D: Majority Leader

Stephanie jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Speaker of the House
Question Value: $10,000
Bank: $2,500

SteelersFan knew this, but I JTQ.

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Question #4 - Level ?: Concert Disaster
Due to the crowd enthusiastically jumping, a 1992 concert in Finsbury Park, London caused what otherwise natural occurrence to take place?

A: Earthquake B: Sinkhole
C: Tornado D: Flood

Stephanie doesn't think a crowd could cause any of the others, so she goes with

Spoiler

B: Sinkhole

, final answer.

Answer

A: Earthquake

This is at least a WWOQ, but I suspect we may be seeing Stephanie again, as the concertgoers didn't actually cause an earthquake. They just made enough movement to resonate with nearby apartment buildings, which had to be evacuated. It's a bum question.

[hanzz]

Question #4 - Level ?: Concert Disaster
Due to the crowd enthusiastically jumping, a 1992 concert in Finsbury Park, London caused what otherwise natural occurrence to take place?

A: Earthquake B: Sinkhole
C: Tornado D: Flood

Stephanie doesn't think a crowd could cause any of the others, so she goes with

Spoiler

B: Sinkhole

, final answer.

Answer

A: Earthquake

This is at least a WWOQ, but I suspect we may be seeing Stephanie again, as the concertgoers didn't actually cause an earthquake. They just made enough movement to resonate with nearby apartment buildings, which had to be evacuated. It's a bum question.

Indeed, and sinkhole is a wicked distractor. Added to the fact that it's a 1992 event, so not anything in current events.

Everyone had assumed Stephanie would go first since she was the "pseudo-celebrity" backstage, so even she was taken aback when Ron was called first. The Millionaire lawyer gave us an especially serious spiel about not looking into the audience or interacting with the audience too much because there "may" be someone in the audience that vagueyvaguevaguelawyerspeak. I'm guessing he was talking about the dancers.

[etaoin22]

Question #4 - Level ?: Concert Disaster
Due to the crowd enthusiastically jumping, a 1992 concert in Finsbury Park, London caused what otherwise natural occurrence to take place?

A: Earthquake B: Sinkhole
C: Tornado D: Flood

Stephanie doesn't think a crowd could cause any of the others, so she goes with

Spoiler

B: Sinkhole

, final answer.

Answer

A: Earthquake

This is at least a WWOQ, but I suspect we may be seeing Stephanie again, as the concertgoers didn't actually cause an earthquake. They just made enough movement to resonate with nearby apartment buildings, which had to be evacuated. It's a bum question.

especially when Britain's Health Protection Agency (those risible arf and saftey people, if you follow the british right at all), writes "our seismic network showed there had not been an earthquake". If there had, this would probably be now a far more famous event.

If one were to construct a 10 point glowing vegetable scale, this one is a 9/10.

[earendel]

Stephanie Rizzolo
Jersey City, NJ
NY Knicks City Dancer

Stephanie's fellow dancers come on stage to root her on and pump up the audience. They then fill all of the seats in the first row of the audience, except for Stephanie's dad, Lou, who sits in the middle of them.

I thought they might perform a dance but all they did was come onstage, clap, and then take their seats.

Question #1 - Level ?: Fit for a Queen
Inspired by the 2012 re-release of "Cinderella," what designer created a pair of "glass slippers" that feature his signature red soles?

A: Marc Jacobs B: Christian Loubouton
C: Manolo Blanik D: Jimmy Choo

Stephanie is wearing a pair of red-soled shoes, herself!

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Christian Loubouton
Question Value: $2,000
Bank: $2,000

This is why I read the shoe threads here on the Bored.

Question #2 - Level ?: By The Numbers
The TV show "Touch" revolves around an 11-year-old boy who sees the world through numbers, much like which great thinker?

A: Socrates B: Fibonacci
C: Plato D: Aristotle

Stephanie asks the audience.

ATA

A: 5% B: 71% C: 8% D: 16%

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Fibonacci
Question Value: $500
Bank: $2,500

I'm surprised the audience response was so high.

Question #3 - Level ?: Top Dollar
Which of these esteemed U.S. government positions commands the highest salary at $223,500 per year?

A: Senator B: Speaker of the House
C: Secretary of State D: Majority Leader

Stephanie jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Speaker of the House
Question Value: $10,000
Bank: $2,500

Probably because the Speaker is 3rd in line for the presidency.

Question #4 - Level ?: Concert Disaster
Due to the crowd enthusiastically jumping, a 1992 concert in Finsbury Park, London caused what otherwise natural occurrence to take place?

A: Earthquake B: Sinkhole
C: Tornado D: Flood

Stephanie doesn't think a crowd could cause any of the others, so she goes with

Spoiler

B: Sinkhole

, final answer.

Answer

A: Earthquake

Wow. I didn't think she'd get this one wrong. Even if it were "sinkhole" there would have to had been earth tremors before the sinkhole developed, right?

ETA: And there's always this:
http://what-if.xkcd.com/8/

[MarleysGh0st]

Question #4 - Level ?: Concert Disaster
Due to the crowd enthusiastically jumping, a 1992 concert in Finsbury Park, London caused what otherwise natural occurrence to take place?

A: Earthquake B: Sinkhole
C: Tornado D: Flood

Stephanie doesn't think a crowd could cause any of the others, so she goes with

Spoiler

B: Sinkhole

, final answer.

Answer

A: Earthquake

This is at least a WWOQ, but I suspect we may be seeing Stephanie again, as the concertgoers didn't actually cause an earthquake. They just made enough movement to resonate with nearby apartment buildings, which had to be evacuated. It's a bum question.

If I had been on stage, I'd have asked for clarification about the size of the earthquake. I could picture an audience causing a blip on a seismograph, but getting anywhere up on the Richter Scale is absurd.