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Leslie Santiago
New York, NY
Travel agent
single mom
hoping to buy her first home, rents an apt in NYC
Her son Nathaniel is 13 and is home playing hooky today and is a PAF also

Topic tree
Family Trees
Car Parts
Big Stars
Who Are We?
Damn Yankees
Currency Exchange
Circling Winds
Steel Yourself
Hollywood
Dow Dropping
Groovy Tunes
Cartoon Cousins
Glazed Over
In the Bank
Nosy Body

$100 (Nosy body):
According to Gray's Anatomy, the nose is "the peripheral organ of the sense of" what
A. Hearing B. Smell
C. Sight D. McDonald's French Fries

Spoiler

B. Smell (:07)

$200 (In the Bank):
Fittingly, Bank of America has a logo whose colors are red, white and what?
A. Blue B. Orange
C. Yellow D. Brown

Spoiler

A. Blue (:09)

$300 (Glazed Over):
A study of a popular American treat, the 2008 book "Glazed America" is subtitled "A History of the" what
A. Popsicle B. Hot dog
C. Doughnut D. Potato chip

Spoiler

C. Doughnut (:09)

$500 (Cartoon Cousins):
What classic cartoon character has a lesser-known cousin named Slowpoke Rodriguez?
A. Porky Pig B. Yosemite Sam
C. Pepe Le Pew D. Speedy Gonzalez

Spoiler

D. Speedy Gonzalez (:07)

$1000 (Groovy Tunes):
A CD box set issued by Time Life, "Flower Power" features hit songs from which of these decades?
A. 1920s B. 1940s
C. 1960s D. 1990s

Spoiler

C. 1960's (:07)

Ask the Expert is now available
Expert is the Managing editor for Rolling Stone Magazine, Will Dana
So far Will is batting 1.000

$2000 (Dow Dropping):
On September 29 2008, the Dow dropped 777 points, the biggest loss in its history, in response to which of the following?
A. Terrorist attack B. Gulf coast hurricane
C. Congressional vote D. Presidential debate

ATA (:19)

ATA

A-4% B-4% C-80% D-12%

Spoiler

C. Congressional vote (:17)
Congressional vote on the bailout

Commercial break


$4000 (Hollywood):
In 2008, Abigail Breslin and Dakota Fanning were both featured in a People magazine article titled "Hollywood's Richest" what?
A. Moms B. Kids
C. Reality Stars D. Brides

Spoiler

B. Kids (:24)

$8000 (Steel Yourself):
The name of a popular steel wool cleaning product, S.O.S. stands for Save Our what?
A. Saucepans B. Sinks
C. Soap Suds D. Silverware

ATE (:13)

ATE

Will says either saucepans or silverware. I'd guess that it is saucepans because those are the things that get really gunky. I'd reason it's saucepans.

Spoiler

A. Saucepans (:10)

$16000 (Circling Winds):
What name do sailors give to the belts of wind that encircle the Earth at 30 to 35 degrees latitude in the northern and southern hemispheres?
A. Fox Latitudes B. Rabbit Latitudes
C. Snake Latitudes D. Horse Latitudes


PAF (:19)
Friend Daryl, Larchmont, NY (other choice son Nathaniel)

PAF

Daryl: No idea, I can't even give a guess

Spoiler

D. Horse Latitudes (walk at :03)

Daryl was pictured with a horse in the PAF photo

Walk with $8000

Commercial break

This was one of the most amusing PAF sequences ever, considering the photo that was used. When I was a PAF, I used a photo of me with a wombat on my lap, but they cropped out the wombat and the question wasn't about wombats.

TheConfessor wrote:This was one of the most amusing PAF sequences ever, considering the photo that was used. When I was a PAF, I used a photo of me with a wombat on my lap, but they cropped out the wombat and the question wasn't about wombats.

They've probably had so many wombats this season.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Leslie Santiago
New York, NY

WE®

$2K: I would've suffered Hotseatitis on this question. I was looking for bank failures as an option. Seeing both C and D as choices, I would've panicked and asked the audience.

I got everything else correct.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:
$16000 (Circling Winds):
What name do sailors give to the belts of wind that encircle the Earth at 30 to 35 degrees latitude in the northern and southern hemispheres?
A. Fox Latitudes B. Rabbit Latitudes
C. Snake Latitudes D. Horse Latitudes


PAF (:19)
Friend Daryl, Larchmont, NY (other choice son Nathaniel)

PAF

Daryl: No idea, I can't even give a guess

Spoiler

D. Horse Latitudes (walk at :03)

Daryl was pictured with a horse in the PAF photo

Walk with $8000

Commercial break

Read any Patrick O'Brian and this becomes a gimmie.

tanstaafl2 wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:
$16000 (Circling Winds):
What name do sailors give to the belts of wind that encircle the Earth at 30 to 35 degrees latitude in the northern and southern hemispheres?
A. Fox Latitudes B. Rabbit Latitudes
C. Snake Latitudes D. Horse Latitudes


PAF (:19)
Friend Daryl, Larchmont, NY (other choice son Nathaniel)

PAF

Daryl: No idea, I can't even give a guess

Spoiler

D. Horse Latitudes (walk at :03)

Daryl was pictured with a horse in the PAF photo

Walk with $8000

Commercial break

Read any Patrick O'Brian and this becomes a gimmie.

It's also the name of a song by the Doors.