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Marcey Rawitscher
Amherst, NH
High school English and social studies teacher

Marcey still has her PAF and DD.

Topic Tree:

U.S. Presidents
Honorees
Comic Legends
History of Film
Famous Paintings
Foreign Phrases
(Bon Voyage)
(The Freedom Trail)
(Celebrity Headlines)
(Big Words)
(What's in a Name?)
(Electronics)
(Sweet Relief)
(Trained Animals)
(It's Not a Tumor)

$25K Meaning “never seen,” what French phrase refers to the odd feeling of not recognizing something that should be familiar?
A. Jamais vu
B. Toujours vu
C. Encore vu
D. Souvent vu

PAF (22)

Marcey’s PAF team consists of:

Gary from Jefferson, MD - Marcey’s brother, a Sr. Analyst at NASA
Bruce from Hoboken, NJ – Marcey’s b-i-l
Linda from Amherst, NH – a high school French teacher

PAF – Linda

Marcey reads the question and choices.
Linda: Ok, and it means never seen?
Marcey: Never seen.

She then starts to repeat the choices.
As soon as she says jamais vu, Linda says that is it.

Spoiler

A. Jamais vu (19)

$50K Which of the following is not visible in the background of Leonardo da Vinci’s famous painting “Mona Lisa”?
A. A road
B. A mountain
C. An aqueduct
D. A bird

DD (33)

Marcey’s first guess is correct

Spoiler

D. A bird (33)

commercial break

$100K Commissioned by Thomas Edison, the earliest surviving copyrighted motion picture depicts a man doing what?
A. Firing a rifle
B. Sneezing
C. Biting an apple
D. Laughing

Marcey says she has no idea and decides to leave with $50K

Spoiler

B. Sneezing (31)

Answers:
$25K A. Jamais vu
$50K D. A bird
$100K B. Sneezing

OK. I've got 3 lifelines left after using Double Dip on $16K.

$25K-PaF time. I don't know any French-call a French teacher like she did.

$50K-ATE time for me. I've seen the painting millions of times but can't recall what else is in it besides Mona Lisa.

$100K-Finally a question I know. I learned this on Jeopardy!

So I'd be looking at $250K with ATA left. Sigh.

$25K: I didn't take French, so I'll have to phone a friend.

I nailed the $50K and $100K questions immediately, so I'd be looking at the $250K Comic Legends question with Double Dip intact.

Kazoo65 wrote:OK. I've got 3 lifelines left after using Double Dip on $16K.

$25K-PaF time. I don't know any French-call a French teacher like she did.

$50K-ATE time for me. I've seen the painting millions of times but can't recall what else is in it besides Mona Lisa.

$100K-Finally a question I know. I learned this on Jeopardy!

So I'd be looking at $250K with ATA left. Sigh.

What makes you think that your expert (or the audience, for that matter) will help you get past the $50K question?

Also, it's rather convenient that you also happen to have a French teacher as one of your 3 PAFs.

Anyone who took high school French could have helped on that question. I think it's a safe PAF bet.

madamemeisha wrote:Anyone who took high school French could have helped on that question.

Or a Roxy Music fan. In "Song for Europe," the lyric repeats "jamais, jamais, jamais, etc." Back in our day (pre-internet), us geezers had to really be curious to go to the trouble to research lyrics and references from songs. That was probably the first French word I ever looked up.

No problemo on the $25K and $100K, though it's surprising that I remember my French. Last formal class was in 9th grade. Definite lifeline use on the Mona Lisa question, though. My first guess would have been bird as well.

All in all, a pretty good week for teachers. Many of them left with at least $50K.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Marcey Rawitscher
Amherst, NH
High school English and social studies teacher

Marcey gets to finish her run - is that unusual? I mean other contestants at the end of special weeks don't get to finish.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$25K Meaning “never seen,” what French phrase refers to the odd feeling of not recognizing something that should be familiar?
A. Jamais vu
B. Toujours vu
C. Encore vu
D. Souvent vu

PAF (22)

Marcey’s PAF team consists of:

Gary from Jefferson, MD - Marcey’s brother, a Sr. Analyst at NASA
Bruce from Hoboken, NJ – Marcey’s b-i-l
Linda from Amherst, NH – a high school French teacher

PAF – Linda

Marcey reads the question and choices.
Linda: Ok, and it means never seen?
Marcey: Never seen.

She then starts to repeat the choices.
As soon as she says jamais vu, Linda says that is it.

Spoiler

A. Jamais vu (19)

I wish I could remember where I first learned about this - I'm positive it was in a sci-fi novel, but I have no idea which one or who wrote it.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$50K Which of the following is not visible in the background of Leonardo da Vinci’s famous painting “Mona Lisa”?
A. A road
B. A mountain
C. An aqueduct
D. A bird

DD (33)

Marcey’s first guess is correct

Spoiler

D. A bird (33)

Pretty easy question for this level, IMO.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$100K Commissioned by Thomas Edison, the earliest surviving copyrighted motion picture depicts a man doing what?
A. Firing a rifle
B. Sneezing
C. Biting an apple
D. Laughing

Marcey says she has no idea and decides to leave with $50K

Spoiler

B. Sneezing (31)

Another one I knew but don't remember where I learned it. With no lifelines remaining I can understand why Marcey didn't go for it. All in all the teachers did pretty well for themselves, whic h I applaud.

Here's a nice, long article about Marcey's appearance.

http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbc ... 5/-1/XML15

Rawitscher's trip to "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" started in her classroom. Last spring, she told students about her broken roof and flooded basement when a few students suggested she go on the game show "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?" to help pay the bills.

Rawitscher looked into that option, and reasoned that the travel and hotel accommodations for a trip to California, where the show is taped, would risk losing money. Realizing that "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" tapes in New York City, Rawitscher looked into that show instead.

Second choice to 5th Grader...

Estonut wrote:

madamemeisha wrote:Anyone who took high school French could have helped on that question.

Or a Roxy Music fan. In "Song for Europe," the lyric repeats "jamais, jamais, jamais, etc." Back in our day (pre-internet), us geezers had to really be curious to go to the trouble to research lyrics and references from songs. That was probably the first French word I ever looked up.

Showing my age, the first French lyrics I looked up (by asking my 5th grade French teach ) were from Lady Marmalade. "Voulez-vous couchez avec moi, ce soir?"

French was always my worst subject but I took it from 5th grade to halfway through 10th grade. All of these words, jamais, toujours, encore and souvent are very basic vocabulary that has still stuck with me (never, always, again, often). So, I agree with madammeisha that anyone who took a moderate amount of French could have helped on this one. I'm curious, what's the Spanish word for "never"? Is it a close enough cognate that someone who took some Spanish could help with this one?

slam wrote:

Estonut wrote:

madamemeisha wrote:Anyone who took high school French could have helped on that question.

Or a Roxy Music fan. In "Song for Europe," the lyric repeats "jamais, jamais, jamais, etc." Back in our day (pre-internet), us geezers had to really be curious to go to the trouble to research lyrics and references from songs. That was probably the first French word I ever looked up.

Showing my age, the first French lyrics I looked up (by asking my 5th grade French teach ) were from Lady Marmalade. "Voulez-vous couchez avec moi, ce soir?"

French was always my worst subject but I took it from 5th grade to halfway through 10th grade. All of these words, jamais, toujours, encore and souvent are very basic vocabulary that has still stuck with me (never, always, again, often). So, I agree with madammeisha that anyone who took a moderate amount of French could have helped on this one. I'm curious, what's the Spanish word for "never"? Is it a close enough cognate that someone who took some Spanish could help with this one?

The Spanish word for "never" is "nunca" which would not have helped here.

elwoodblues wrote:

slam wrote:

Estonut wrote: Or a Roxy Music fan. In "Song for Europe," the lyric repeats "jamais, jamais, jamais, etc." Back in our day (pre-internet), us geezers had to really be curious to go to the trouble to research lyrics and references from songs. That was probably the first French word I ever looked up.

Showing my age, the first French lyrics I looked up (by asking my 5th grade French teach ) were from Lady Marmalade. "Voulez-vous couchez avec moi, ce soir?"

French was always my worst subject but I took it from 5th grade to halfway through 10th grade. All of these words, jamais, toujours, encore and souvent are very basic vocabulary that has still stuck with me (never, always, again, often). So, I agree with madammeisha that anyone who took a moderate amount of French could have helped on this one. I'm curious, what's the Spanish word for "never"? Is it a close enough cognate that someone who took some Spanish could help with this one?

The Spanish word for "never" is "nunca" which would not have helped here.

But Catalan is "mai" which is close.