Transcript 03/17/15 Barbara Stekas

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Barbara Stekas
Champaign, IL

Physicist
Also coaches a softball team, runs, and dances.

Question 1 -
Health workers in Cambodia have combatted what medical condition by getting people to cook with a "Lucky Iron Fish" in their skillets?
A. High cholesterol B. Hemophilia
C. Diabetes D. Anemia

Answer and value

D. Anemia
Value: $100
Bank: $100

Question 2 -
Designed to be used on airplanes, which of these is a gadget that prevents the person in front of you from reclining their seat back?
A. Elbow Crusader B. Knee Defender
C. Face Guardian D. Hair Hero

Answer and value

B. Knee Defender
Value: $10000
Bank: $10100

Question 3 -
Though they're pronounced differently, Emeril Lagasse's exclamation "Bam!" shares its spelling with which of the following?
A. An ancient Iranian city B. A part of a harp
C. The Dutch word for "hat" D. A Biblical hero

JTQ- said honestly no clue

Answer and value

A. An ancient Iranian city
Value: $3000 jumped
Bank: $10100

Second break

Question 4 -
Though he only gave it two stars out of four, film critic Roger Ebert nevertheless called what "the 'Citzen Kane' of cheerleader movies"?
A. Step Up B. Center Stage
C. Bring It On D. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Answer and value

C. Bring It On
Value: $500
Bank: $10600

Question 5 -
With a name sounding like a "Real Housewife of Atlanta," what is Hawaii's state bird, known for its ability to walk on lava?
A. Kandi B. Porsha
C. Nene D. Phaedra

Spoiler

Barbara said she recognizes at least three of them as being like a Real Housewife of Atlanta, but does not know which one is the bird.
She expressed a gut feeling of C and decided to go for it.

Answer and value

C. Nene
Value: $1000
Bank: $11600

Question 6 -
If you tried to type the year 2014 on your standard QWERTY keyboard-- but the shift key was stuck- what series of symbols would show up instead?
A. $=!* B. #+!&
C. @)!$ D. &*!%

Answer and value

C. @)!$
Value: $2000
Bank: $13600

Third break

QotD. The unusual town of Chewandswallow was the setting for what classic children's book?
A. Make Way for Ducklings B. Jumanji
C. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs D. Caps for Sale

QotD

C. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Question 7 -
Peter Parker's Uncle Ben is often credited with the phrase, but Voltaire was believed to have previously warned that "With great power comes" what?
A. Cool freebies B. Lots of girlfriends
C. A summer house D. Great responsibility

Answer and value

D. Great responsibility
Value: $7K
Bank: $20600

Question 8 -
Which of the following statements about famous rock bands is not true?
A. Boston is from Boston B. Chicago is from Chicago
C. Asia is from Asia D. Europe is from Europe

ATA

A. 5% B. 9%
C. 68% D. 18%

Barbara said that was her leaning

Answer and value

C. Asia is from Asia
Value: $15K
Bank: $35600

Barbara will return tomorrow

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Question 3 -
Though they're pronounced differently, Emeril Lagasse's exclamation "Bam!" shares its spelling with which of the following?
A. An ancient Iranian city B. A part of a harp
C. The Dutch word for "hat" D. A Biblical hero

JTQ- said honestly no clue

Answer and value

A. An ancient Iranian city
Value: $3000 jumped
Bank: $10100

JTQ

Question 5 -
With a name sounding like a "Real Housewife of Atlanta," what is Hawaii's state bird, known for its ability to walk on lava?
A. Kandi B. Porsha
C. Nene D. Phaedra

Spoiler

Barbara said she recognizes at least three of them as being like a Real Housewife of Atlanta, but does not know which one is the bird.
She expressed a gut feeling of C and decided to go for it.

Answer and value

C. Nene
Value: $1000
Bank: $11600

ATA

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Q2: Been a lot of local interviews with the knee defender inventor.

Q3: Gag. Between Iranian city & some Biblical char I never heard of. Assuming I would have heard of the biblical char if they were indeed a hero, go with Iran.

Q4: Know its not Chainsaw. OK, what about the others. Step Up sounds like a likely cheerleadery title. Heard a lot of Ebert, never heard him say this. ATA

Q5: Phantom typing didn't help me here. I guess I look at the #s. Well, I didn't just look for the # sign. I think the problem is know where the symbols are better than where the #s are beneath them. I could get this. The #s have to start at the left. But I wouldn't chance it. JTQ

I'm impressed the contestant confidently got it.

Q8: I'm not familiar with either Asia or Europe as band names. Know it isn't other 2. +1

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Barbara Stekas
Champaign, IL

Physicist
Also coaches a softball team, runs, and dances.

Question 3 -
Though they're pronounced differently, Emeril Lagasse's exclamation "Bam!" shares its spelling with which of the following?
A. An ancient Iranian city B. A part of a harp
C. The Dutch word for "hat" D. A Biblical hero

JTQ- said honestly no clue

Answer and value

A. An ancient Iranian city
Value: $3000 jumped
Bank: $10100

I can eliminate C and D and would be pretty sure it wasn't B, so that leaves A.

Nihil obstat®.