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Laila Bitar
New York, NY


Guest Host: Samantha Harris

Yesterday she was a little nervous and used a lifeline on a Homer Simpson question. Pretty much only show she watches is DWTS. Samantha liked the flattery.


Topic Tree:

It’s on the House
Down Under
Literary Origins
Are You Scared?
The Royal Family
The Ballot Box
In the Pantry
Foreign Romance
Political Prose
Birthday Party
(Catchphrases)
(Online Antics)
(Baby Steps)
(Merrily, Merrily)
(Make a Wish)


Expert: Howard Johnson, $250K winner

$2000 (Birthday Party):
In 2008, Philadelphia launched a "Year of Evolution" celebration to honor the 200th anniversary of what scientist's birth?
A. Marie Curie B. Charles Darwin
C. Louis Pasteur D. Albert Einstein

PAF (:14)
Choices
Jeffrey, NY NY, friend
Jenkins, Greenbelt MD, friend
Kris, NY NY, friend

Spoiler

Kris asks repeat of choices, "oh my god, ahh" then time runs out

Spoiler

Laila says 'I will go with B, Charles Darwin' Samantha asks final and she confirms

B. Charles Darwin [:08]

$4000 (Political Prose):
Which of the following is the first word in the title of a mega-selling memoir by Barack Obama?
A. From B. Father
C. Dreams D. My

Expert at :04

Spoiler

Howard: Dreams from My Father I'm pretty sure was was the book so I would go with C. Dreams. Go Laila!

Spoiler

Dreams (:03)

Commercial Break


$8000 (Foreign Romance):
In 2008 what country's president made headlines by tying the knot with former supermodel Carla Bruni?
A. Spain B. France
C. Germany D. Italy

Spoiler

B. France (:25)

$16K (In the Pantry):
Canola oil comes from a type of what?
A. Seed B. Animal Fat
C. Leaf D. Wood

Laila: 'I think I'm gonna guess on this one'

Spoiler

A. Seed (:05)

$25K (The Ballot Box):
What is the minimum number of electoral votes a candidate must receive to win a U.S. presidential election?
A. 240 B. 270
C. 300 D. 330

DD (:01)

Spoiler

First answer 270...

... correct! B. 270 (:01)

Commercial break


Laila says the last one was a wild guess and she had no clue, not knowing why that number jumped out for her.

Laila mentioned the children from Liberia who will benefit


$50K (The Royal Family):
Though the British Royal Family often does not use surnames, what last name does Prince William use while in the military?
A. Windsor B. York
C. Mountbatten D. Wales

Spoiler

'I believe it's Windsor, final answer'

Samantha says 'you don't waste any time and unfortunately you could have used it'

D. Wales (:37)

Laila leaves with $25,000

$4000 (Political Prose):
Which of the following is the first word in the title of a mega-selling memoir by Barack Obama?
A. From B. Father
C. Dreams D. My

A shout out to TOPG

Sometimes it pays to be lucky.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Laila Bitar
New York, NY
Guest Host: Samantha Harris

Yesterday she was a little nervous and used a lifeline on a Homer Simpson question. Pretty much only show she watches is DWTS. Samantha liked the flattery.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$2000 (Birthday Party):
In 2008, Philadelphia launched a "Year of Evolution" celebration to honor the 200th anniversary of what scientist's birth?
A. Marie Curie B. Charles Darwin
C. Louis Pasteur D. Albert Einstein

PAF (:14)
Choices
Jeffrey, NY NY, friend
Jenkins, Greenbelt MD, friend
Kris, NY NY, friend

Spoiler

Kris asks repeat of choices, "oh my god, ahh" then time runs out

Spoiler

Laila says 'I will go with B, Charles Darwin' Samantha asks final and she confirms

B. Charles Darwin [:08]

I could possibly understand Laila not knowing this, but her PAF didn't, either?

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$4000 (Political Prose):
Which of the following is the first word in the title of a mega-selling memoir by Barack Obama?
A. From B. Father
C. Dreams D. My

Expert at :04

Spoiler

Howard: Dreams from My Father I'm pretty sure was was the book so I would go with C. Dreams. Go Laila!

Spoiler

Dreams (:03)

Another pop culture question. Also a political question, and both of those areas are likely to be harder for Laila.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$16K (In the Pantry):
Canola oil comes from a type of what?
A. Seed B. Animal Fat
C. Leaf D. Wood

Laila: 'I think I'm gonna guess on this one'

Spoiler

A. Seed (:05)

She made a good guess - it comes from the rapeseed.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$25K (The Ballot Box):
What is the minimum number of electoral votes a candidate must receive to win a U.S. presidential election?
A. 240 B. 270
C. 300 D. 330

DD (:01)

Spoiler

First answer 270...

... correct! B. 270 (:01)

She really cut it close on this one. I wonder what her second choice would have been.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$50K (The Royal Family):
Though the British Royal Family often does not use surnames, what last name does Prince William use while in the military?
A. Windsor B. York
C. Mountbatten D. Wales

Spoiler

'I believe it's Windsor, final answer'

Samantha says 'you don't waste any time and unfortunately you could have used it'

D. Wales (:37)

OK, time for my first lifeline. This looks like a job for a Google PAF. My inclination was toward "Mountbatten" but not nearly strong enough to pull the trigger.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$2000 (Birthday Party):
In 2008, Philadelphia launched a "Year of Evolution" celebration to honor the 200th anniversary of what scientist's birth?
A. Marie Curie B. Charles Darwin
C. Louis Pasteur D. Albert Einstein

PAF (:14)
Choices
Jeffrey, NY NY, friend
Jenkins, Greenbelt MD, friend
Kris, NY NY, friend

Spoiler

Kris asks repeat of choices, "oh my god, ahh" then time runs out

Spoiler

Laila says 'I will go with B, Charles Darwin' Samantha asks final and she confirms

B. Charles Darwin [:08]

This question required a lifeline?! And the PAF didn't know it?! Wow... just... wow.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$25K (The Ballot Box):
What is the minimum number of electoral votes a candidate must receive to win a U.S. presidential election?
A. 240 B. 270
C. 300 D. 330

DD (:01)

Spoiler

First answer 270...

... correct! B. 270 (:01)

This was a disaster waiting to happen. Taking the DD with 1 second left could've been suicide, but she got damn lucky.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$50K (The Royal Family):
Though the British Royal Family often does not use surnames, what last name does Prince William use while in the military?
A. Windsor B. York
C. Mountbatten D. Wales

Windsor was an evil distractor. I said Windsor even before the choices came up. I would've crashed and burned with all lifelines on the table.

earendel wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$2000 (Birthday Party):
In 2008, Philadelphia launched a "Year of Evolution" celebration to honor the 200th anniversary of what scientist's birth?
A. Marie Curie B. Charles Darwin
C. Louis Pasteur D. Albert Einstein

PAF (:14)
Choices
Jeffrey, NY NY, friend
Jenkins, Greenbelt MD, friend
Kris, NY NY, friend

Spoiler

Kris asks repeat of choices, "oh my god, ahh" then time runs out

Spoiler

Laila says 'I will go with B, Charles Darwin' Samantha asks final and she confirms

B. Charles Darwin [:08]

I could possibly understand Laila not knowing this, but her PAF didn't, either?

Laila read through that question pretty quickly, without emphasizing the key phrase "Year of Evolution", and I'd bet Kris wasn't taking notes while listening to her, so he may not have picked up on that. He may also have gotten hung up on the "Philadephia" part of that, "Hey, I'm in the Big Apple, what do I know/care what Philly does?" And, finally, since Darwin's 200th birthday was in 2009, it wouldn't have been so much in the news, back when this episode was taped, last August.

With all her early lifeline usage, I never dreamed that she'd survive to $25K.