Transcript 11/30/2012 - Paula Rizzo-Funaro (carryover)

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Paula Rizzo-Funaro
Brooklyn, NY

It's Double Money week and Paula is about to face her Double Money question, which could be worth as much as $30,000. Paula would like to go to Italy, if she can get her husband on the plane. She has a lot of Italian pride and part of her motivation for being on the show is to demonstrate that "we do very well as Italians". Some people think that because of her accent she's not that smart. Paula has her two JTQ lifelines remaining.

Topic Tree: (randomized)
Art on Display
Ride, Sally, Ride
Tech Gadget
American Words
And I Quote...

Question #5 (Cartoon Kids) DOUBLE MONEY QUESTION
Which of the following is not the last name of one of Eric Cartman's friends on the long-running TV series "South Park"?
A - Polsky
B - Marsh
C - Broflovski
D - McCormick

Paula wishes she had saved her ATA because she doesn't know this. She knows their first names, though. She's going to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: A (Polsky)
Value: $500
Bank: $43,000 (unchanged)

Question #6 (And I Quote)
According to humorist Dave Barry, what U.S. state's official motto is "Brrrrrrr!"?
A - Virginia
B - Hawaii
C - Tennessee
D - Alaska

Spoiler

Answer: D (Alaska)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $45,000

Question #7 (American Words)
In his 1806 dictionary, Noah Webster tried to "Americanize" the spelling of which of these body parts by dropping its last letter?
A - eyeball
B - thumb
C - nose
D - elbow

The only one that Paula sees that could have the last letter dropped is

Spoiler

"thumb", because the "b" is silent

.

Spoiler

Answer: B (thumb)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $46,000

Question #8 (Tech Gadget)
Hoping it will compete with Apple's iPad, Microsoft unveiled a tablet computer in 2012 called what?
A - Tray
B - Pan
C - Slate
D - Surface

Paula thinks she knows what it is but she's not sure she's confident. Meredith asks what she thinks it is, and Paula replies,

Spoiler

"I think it's 'Slate'"

, but she could be getting that from something else. She opts to jump the question because she's not 100% sure.

Spoiler

Answer: D (Surface)
Value: $100
Bank: $46,000

Question #9 (Ride, Sally, Ride)
Long before she became a trailblazing astronaut and the first American woman in space, Sally Ride said she contemplated a career as a professional what?
A - stuntwoman
B - magician
C - tennis player
D - chef

Paula wonders what the closest thing to astronaut might be and says that both

Spoiler

tennis player and magician

require skill. It's also possible it could be

Spoiler

stuntwoman

. Paula doesn't know so she decides to walk away.

Spoiler

Answer: C (tennis player)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $23,000 (half the bank)

commercial break

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Paula Rizzo-Funaro
Brooklyn, NY

It's Double Money week and Paula is about to face her Double Money question, which could be worth as much as $30,000. Paula would like to go to Italy, if she can get her husband on the plane. She has a lot of Italian pride and part of her motivation for being on the show is to demonstrate that "we do very well as Italians". Some people think that because of her accent she's not that smart. Paula has her two JTQ lifelines remaining.

I didn't think her accent sounded Italian. It sounded like Brooklyn.

Question #5 (Cartoon Kids) DOUBLE MONEY QUESTION
Which of the following is not the last name of one of Eric Cartman's friends on the long-running TV series "South Park"?
A - Polsky
B - Marsh
C - Broflovski
D - McCormick

Paula wishes she had saved her ATA because she doesn't know this. She knows their first names, though. She's going to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: A (Polsky)
Value: $500
Bank: $43,000 (unchanged)

I have never seen a single episode of "South Park". I'd ATA.

Question #7 (American Words)
In his 1806 dictionary, Noah Webster tried to "Americanize" the spelling of which of these body parts by dropping its last letter?
A - eyeball
B - thumb
C - nose
D - elbow

The only one that Paula sees that could have the last letter dropped is

Spoiler

"thumb", because the "b" is silent

.

Spoiler

Answer: B (thumb)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $46,000

Yes, but the "w" in "elbow" is silent, as is the "e" in "nose" and the second "l" in "eyeball". So I'm not sure her reasoning was valid, but she got the right answer.

Question #9 (Ride, Sally, Ride)
Long before she became a trailblazing astronaut and the first American woman in space, Sally Ride said she contemplated a career as a professional what?
A - stuntwoman
B - magician
C - tennis player
D - chef

Paula wonders what the closest thing to astronaut might be and says that both

Spoiler

tennis player and magician

require skill. It's also possible it could be

Spoiler

stuntwoman

. Paula doesn't know so she decides to walk away.

Spoiler

Answer: C (tennis player)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $23,000 (half the bank)

Meredith mentioned that Billie Jean King had urged Sally to turn professional.

[SportsFan68]

Good stack for me so far.

Question #5 (Cartoon Kids) DOUBLE MONEY QUESTION
Which of the following is not the last name of one of Eric Cartman's friends on the long-running TV series "South Park"?
A - Polsky
B - Marsh
C - Broflovski
D - McCormick

Paula wishes she had saved her ATA because she doesn't know this. She knows their first names, though. She's going to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: A (Polsky)
Value: $500
Bank: $43,000 (unchanged)

They killed Kenny! That's all I know about South Park.

Question #8 (Tech Gadget)
Hoping it will compete with Apple's iPad, Microsoft unveiled a tablet computer in 2012 called what?
A - Tray
B - Pan
C - Slate
D - Surface

Paula thinks she knows what it is but she's not sure she's confident. Meredith asks what she thinks it is, and Paula replies,

Spoiler

"I think it's 'Slate'"

, but she could be getting that from something else. She opts to jump the question because she's not 100% sure.

Spoiler

Answer: D (Surface)
Value: $100
Bank: $46,000

I'll try ATA. Gonna have to be a pretty good spike, or I jump.

Question #9 (Ride, Sally, Ride)
Long before she became a trailblazing astronaut and the first American woman in space, Sally Ride said she contemplated a career as a professional what?
A - stuntwoman
B - magician
C - tennis player
D - chef

Paula wonders what the closest thing to astronaut might be and says that both

Spoiler

tennis player and magician

require skill. It's also possible it could be

Spoiler

stuntwoman

. Paula doesn't know so she decides to walk away.

Spoiler

Answer: C (tennis player)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $23,000 (half the bank)

JTQ 2. This stack went south in a hurry.