Transcript 11/08/12 - Maria Barnett

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Maria Barnett
New York, NY

Maria's friends refer to her as "Mariapedia," because she's good at trivia and retaining knowledge. Her brother calls her "Squawker" because she always parrots back the right answer.

Maria's husband, Kyle, and her buddies, Emily and Phoebe, are in the audience.


Topic Tree (Unrandomized)
10: Small Planets
9: Belly Laughs
8: Basement Level
7: Famous Namesakes
6: Role of a Lifetime
5: Baby Carrying
4: Political Enemies
3: Talking Tees
2: Breakfast Conversation
1: Cheese & Wine

Topic Tree (Randomized)
1: Cheese & Wine
10: Small Planets
4: Political Enemies
2: Breakfast Conversation
7: Famous Namesakes
6: Role of a Lifetime
8: Basement Level
3: Talking Tees
5: Baby Carrying
9: Belly Laughs

Question #1 - Level 9: Belly Laughs
Who did Ellen DeGeneres once rib by saying, "he runs around without any pants on, basically begging for people to poke his belly"?

A: Jolly Green Giant B: Energizer Bunny
C: Pillsbury Doughboy D: Mr. Clean

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Pillsbury Doughboy
Question Value: $15,000
Bank: $15,000

Question #2 - Level 5: Baby Carrying
Because of the way the baby is positioned, breastfeeding newborns are often carried in a hold named after what piece of sports equipment?

A: Vollyball B: Football
C: Baseball D: Basketball

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Football
Question Value: $10,000
Bank: $25,000

Question #3 - Level 3: Talking Tees
"Cut class, not frogs!" is a line that appears on t-shirts sold by what organization?

A: AARP B: PETA
C: NRA D: AAA

Answer/Value/Bank

B: PETA
Question Value: $500
Bank: $25,500

Question #4 - Level 8: Basement Level
Beneath what world landmark lies a hypogeum, or "underground" where dozens of animal pens were once kept?

A: Leaning Tower of Pisa B: Eiffel Tower
C: Roman Colosseum D: Parthenon

Maria thinks that

Spoiler

it's either the Parthenon or the Roman Colosseum. She knows that one of them was used for animal events, but she doesn't know which one.

She jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Roman Colosseum
Question Value: $3,000
Bank: $25,500

Question #5 - Level 6: Role of a Lifetime
What pop star admits that her earlier career as an army cadet helped her prepare for her role in the 2012 film "Battleship"?

A: Nicki Minaj B: Katy Perry
C: Lady Gaga D: Rihanna

Maria asks the audience.

ATA

A: 14% B: 21% C: 6% D: 59%

Answer/Value/Bank

D: Rihanna
Question Value: $1,000
Bank: $26,500

-- Commercial Break --


Maria is unemployed now, but she calls it "funemployed". When life gives you a dilemma, make "dilemmonade" she says. She and her friends have made a day club for doing things in the city, mostly free things, among which coming for the show and auditioning was one of them.


Question #6 - Level 7: Famous Namesakes
A garment popular with dancers takes its name form what famed French trapeze artist who popularized it?

A: Yves Poncho B: Jules Léotard
C: François Romper D: Gérard Thong

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Jules Léotard
Question Value: $25,000
Bank: $51,500

Question #7 - Level 2: Breakfast Conversation
According to the Dictionary of American Regional English, clapjack, flapover, flipjack, flopjack and flopover are all regionalisms for what?

A: Bagel B: Muffin
C: Donut D: Pancake

Answer/Value/Bank

D: Pancake
Question Value: $100
Bank: $51,600

Question #8 - Level 4: Political Enemies
What U.S. president's staff famously kept an "Enemies List" of his political opponents?

A: John F. Kennedy B: Ronald Reagan
C: Richard Nixon D: Jimmy Carter

Maria thinks a few of those presidents are candidates for that list, but she doesn't know which one. She jumps the question.

Meredith asks the audience to shout out the answer before it's revealed.

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Richard Nixon
Question Value: $2,000
Bank: $51,600

Question #9 - Level 10: Small Planets
Not counting the Sun, which is a star, how many of the eight planets in our solar system have names shorter than "Earth"?

A: 1 B: 2
C: 3 D: 4

Answer/Value/Bank

A: 1
Question Value: $7,000
Bank: $58,600

-- Commercial Break --


Maria was born in Mexico. Her parents brought her to the U.S. when she was seven.


Question #10 - Level 1: Cheese & Wine
If someone asks you if "you'd like some cheese with that whine," they may be tired of your constant what?

A: Bragging B: Singing
C: Complaining D: Whistling

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Complaining
Question Value: $5,000
Bank: $63,600

It's time to play Classic Millionaire!


$100,000
According to the National Weather Service, more than 80 percent of people who have been struck by lightning are what?

A: Elderly B: Male
C: Overweight D: Blondes

Maria really thinks it's

Spoiler

Male

, but she doesn't know why. She walks away with $63,600.

Answer

B: Male

-- Commercial Break --

[SportsFan68]

Question #5 - Level 6: Role of a Lifetime
What pop star admits that her earlier career as an army cadet helped her prepare for her role in the 2012 film "Battleship"?

A: Nicki Minaj B: Katy Perry
C: Lady Gaga D: Rihanna

Maria asks the audience.

ATA

A: 14% B: 21% C: 6% D: 59%

Answer/Value/Bank

D: Rihanna
Question Value: $1,000
Bank: $26,500

ATA

Question #9 - Level 10: Small Planets
Not counting the Sun, which is a star, how many of the eight planets in our solar system have names shorter than "Earth"?

A: 1 B: 2
C: 3 D: 4

Answer/Value/Bank

A: 1
Question Value: $7,000
Bank: $58,600

OK, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus. 1, final answer.

Wow! Where was the WWOQ?

$100,000
According to the National Weather Service, more than 80 percent of people who have been struck by lightning are what?

A: Elderly B: Male
C: Overweight D: Blondes

Maria really thinks it's

Spoiler

Male

, but she doesn't know why. She walks away with $63,600.

Answer

B: Male

None of these make any sense except males, who take way more crazy risks than women do. "Let's finish this round! I'm gonna break 90 and they don't give refunds!" "Two more fish and I limit out!" "We can make it across that ridge easy if we hurry."

[MarleysGh0st]

Question #5 - Level 6: Role of a Lifetime
What pop star admits that her earlier career as an army cadet helped her prepare for her role in the 2012 film "Battleship"?

A: Nicki Minaj B: Katy Perry
C: Lady Gaga D: Rihanna

Maria asks the audience.

ATA

A: 14% B: 21% C: 6% D: 59%

Answer/Value/Bank

D: Rihanna
Question Value: $1,000
Bank: $26,500

ATA

Today, I knew the answer, since I just watched the DVD last night. I'd have needed to ATA when this episode was taped, though.

Question #9 - Level 10: Small Planets
Not counting the Sun, which is a star, how many of the eight planets in our solar system have names shorter than "Earth"?

A: 1 B: 2
C: 3 D: 4

Answer/Value/Bank

A: 1
Question Value: $7,000
Bank: $58,600

OK, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus. 1, final answer.

Wow! Where was the WWOQ?

I was wondering that, too. Even though Maria burnt a lifeline on the Level 8 question, I don't think it's too hard to recall which landmarks featured feeding people to the lions (for example).

And on this question, a Level 10, they had to add a warning that the Sun was a star and not a planet? Really???

$100,000
According to the National Weather Service, more than 80 percent of people who have been struck by lightning are what?

A: Elderly B: Male
C: Overweight D: Blondes

Maria really thinks it's

Spoiler

Male

, but she doesn't know why. She walks away with $63,600.

Answer

B: Male

None of these make any sense except males, who take way more crazy risks than women do. "Let's finish this round! I'm gonna break 90 and they don't give refunds!" "Two more fish and I limit out!" "We can make it across that ridge easy if we hurry."

Yeah, it's logical. Professionally as well as recreationally, males would more likely be outside during a storm.

Of course, I was also looking for choice E:

Spoiler

Dead

.

[jarnon]

Topic Tree (Unrandomized)
10: Small Planets
9: Belly Laughs
8: Basement Level

Looks like TPTB intentionally put some easy questions at the top of the unrandomized tree as "proof" that it's not always in order of difficulty.

Question #6 - Level 7: Famous Namesakes
A garment popular with dancers takes its name form what famed French trapeze artist who popularized it?

A: Yves Poncho B: Jules Léotard
C: François Romper D: Gérard Thong

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Jules Léotard
Question Value: $25,000
Bank: $51,500

I love the wrong choices.

Question #8 - Level 4: Political Enemies
What U.S. president's staff famously kept an "Enemies List" of his political opponents?

A: John F. Kennedy B: Ronald Reagan
C: Richard Nixon D: Jimmy Carter

Maria thinks a few of those presidents are candidates for that list, but she doesn't know which one. She jumps the question.

Meredith asks the audience to shout out the answer before it's revealed.

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Richard Nixon
Question Value: $2,000
Bank: $51,600

Maria might have known this if she had lived in the U.S. her whole life.

[shoefresh]

I thoroughly enjoyed Maria as a contestant, and she had a stack that was tailor-made for a deep run (seen one of those before ). It does seem a little crazy that she wouldn't know who had an "enemies list," but to each his/her own. We don't all come into this experience with the same knowledge base.

That said, I wouldn't have burned a lifeline before her $250k question, leaving me to wonder if I would be willing if I would trust the audience on the Seurat question, or just jump it (and presumably the $500k question) to see the million.

I would have sworn for the life of me that the animal in question in the foreground of the painting had been a dog itself, and I hadn't seen the painting in years to draw any conclusion otherwise.

Would have been very curious to see what the ATA results would have been on that question.

[earendel]

Maria Barnett
New York, NY

Maria's friends refer to her as "Mariapedia," because she's good at trivia and retaining knowledge. Her brother calls her "Squawker" because she always parrots back the right answer.

That would make her better than Wikipedia.

Question #5 - Level 6: Role of a Lifetime
What pop star admits that her earlier career as an army cadet helped her prepare for her role in the 2012 film "Battleship"?

A: Nicki Minaj B: Katy Perry
C: Lady Gaga D: Rihanna

Maria asks the audience.

ATA

A: 14% B: 21% C: 6% D: 59%

Answer/Value/Bank

D: Rihanna
Question Value: $1,000
Bank: $26,500

I'd have to ATA also.

Question #8 - Level 4: Political Enemies
What U.S. president's staff famously kept an "Enemies List" of his political opponents?

A: John F. Kennedy B: Ronald Reagan
C: Richard Nixon D: Jimmy Carter

Maria thinks a few of those presidents are candidates for that list, but she doesn't know which one. She jumps the question.

Meredith asks the audience to shout out the answer before it's revealed.

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Richard Nixon
Question Value: $2,000
Bank: $51,600

Too young to remember the Nixon years, I guess.

$100,000
According to the National Weather Service, more than 80 percent of people who have been struck by lightning are what?

A: Elderly B: Male
C: Overweight D: Blondes

Maria really thinks it's

Spoiler

Male

, but she doesn't know why. She walks away with $63,600.

Answer

B: Male

I don't know if I'd have been brave enough to go for it but that's the answer that came to me, just because of men on golf courses and more of them being employed in outdoor professions.