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Remington Korper
New York, NY
Video Editor

Remington is here because he had to leave grad school after running out of tuition money. Remington broke his mother's TV trying to watch the show, he owes his mom a new TV.

Question Topics:
Geniuses
Painters
Pets
Geography
Anatomy
Writers
History of Film
Cheese
Slang
Weights & Measures
Famous Americans
High School
Finance
Classic Novels
Fortune Tellers



Remington has his Phone a Friend, Double Dip, and Ask the Expert lifelines.
Today's expert is Ken Jennings.

$7,500 - Weights & Measures
Which of these units of measure is equal to 25.4 millimeters?
A: Inch B: Foot
C: Yard D: Mile

Spoiler

A: Inch (13)

$10,000 - Slang
In British slang, which of these traffic safety features is often referred to informally as a "sleeping policeman"?
A: Road flare B: Traffic cone
C: Speed bump D: Stoplight

Spoiler

C: Speed bump (18)

$12,500 - Cheese
What type of cheese was commonly called "rat cheese" because it was supposedly only good for mousetraps?
A: Swiss B: Cheddar
C: Mozzarella D: Brie

With 17 seconds remaining, Remington decides to Ask the Expert.

ATE discussion

Ken hasn't ever heard this before, and says he'd be stabbing pretty blindly... "cheddar seems to be what you commonly see in cartoon mousetraps, but that's not much to base a guess on."

With 14 seconds remaining, Remington decides to Phone a Friend, his mother Phyllis. [apparently his only PAF option]

PAF discussion

Remington reads the question and choices, verbatim, in 10 seconds. His mother tentativelly says, "cheddar, I think".

Remington decides to answer

Spoiler

cheddar

.

Spoiler

B: Cheddar (8)

-- Commercial Break --

$15,000 - History of Film
The first motion picture studio was built in the early 1890's by Thomas Edison in what U.S. state?
A: California B: New Jersey
C: Florida D: Ohio

Spoiler

B: New Jersey (18)

$25,000 - Writers
Born Marguerite Johnson, what famous writer adopted her better-known name as a dancer at a San Francisco cabaret?
A: Sylvia Plath B: Tony Morrison
C: Erica Jong D: Maya Angelou

Remington says he can only rule out

Spoiler

Sylvia Plath

...

With 10 seconds remaining, Remington decides to Double Dip.

DD action

His first answer is C: Erica Jong.
His second answer is B: Toni Morrison

Spoiler

D: Maya Angelou ( )

Remington leaves with $5000.

$12.5K: I can narrow it down to Swiss and Cheddar. Now, which lifeline to choose? I think I'll Double Dip and save Ken and PAF for the top tier.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$25,000 - Writers
Born Marguerite Johnson, what famous writer adopted her better-known name as a dancer at a San Francisco cabaret?
A: Sylvia Plath B: Tony Morrison
C: Erica Jong D: Maya Angelou

Wow, I am so glad now that I read "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" in 8th grade. Maya Angelou's given name, Marguerite, is mentioned throughout that book.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Remington Korper
New York, NY
Video Editor

He's definitely a WE/WE®.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$12,500 - Cheese
What type of cheese was commonly called "rat cheese" because it was supposedly only good for mousetraps?
A: Swiss B: Cheddar
C: Mozzarella D: Brie

With 17 seconds remaining, Remington decides to Ask the Expert.

ATE discussion

Ken hasn't ever heard this before, and says he'd be stabbing pretty blindly... "cheddar seems to be what you commonly see in cartoon mousetraps, but that's not much to base a guess on."

With 14 seconds remaining, Remington decides to Phone a Friend, his mother Phyllis. [apparently his only PAF option]

PAF discussion

Remington reads the question and choices, verbatim, in 10 seconds. His mother tentativelly says, "cheddar, I think".

Remington decides to answer

Spoiler

cheddar

.

Spoiler

B: Cheddar (8)

Had I been in the Hot Seat this would have been my last question and I'd be leaving with $5K. I was sure it was Swiss cheese, and for the same reason that Ken suggested it was cheddar - cartoons.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$25,000 - Writers
Born Marguerite Johnson, what famous writer adopted her better-known name as a dancer at a San Francisco cabaret?
A: Sylvia Plath B: Tony Morrison
C: Erica Jong D: Maya Angelou

Remington says he can only rule out

Spoiler

Sylvia Plath

...

With 10 seconds remaining, Remington decides to Double Dip.

DD action

His first answer is C: Erica Jong.
His second answer is B: Toni Morrison

Spoiler

D: Maya Angelou ( )

Let's assume I'm still going - I'd be using lifelines here. Start with ATA but be ready to back it up with PAF.