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Maria Tedesco
Bedminster, NJ
Cosmetic manager

Maria has twin 18-year-old girls in college and wants to win some tuition money.

Guest host Regis Philbin

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TV Dramas

$500 On the long-running TV drama “NYPD Blue,” most of the main characters worked as what?
A. Chefs
B. Police officers
C. Doctors
D. Butt models

Spoiler

B. Police officers (7)

$1K At a bank, what office supply is often chained to a counter so a customer cannot walk away with it?
A. Paper clip
B. Thumbtack
C. Pen
D. Scissors

Spoiler

C. Pen (9)

$2K After being closed for nearly eight years, what national landmark’s crown was reopened to the public on July 4, 2009?
A. Gateway Arch
B. Golden Gate Bridge
C. Statue of Liberty
D. Space Needle

Spoiler

C. Statue of Liberty (7)

$3K What common household brand is featured on the Web site www.factsaboutbleach.com?
A. Clorox
B. Arm & Hammer
C. Pledge
D. Downy

Spoiler

A. Clorox ( 8 )

$5K In Spain, a “torero” is a person who participates in what sport?
A. Weightlifting
B. Bullfighting
C. Horse racing
D. Wrestling

Maria thinks she knows the answer, but would like to ATA.

ATA (7)

1% A. Weightlifting
97% B. Bullfighting
1% C. Horse racing
1% D. Wrestling

Spoiler

B. Bullfighting ( 6)

$7.5K “A Hill Equals One” is an anagram of what larger-than-life pro athlete’s name?
A. Shaquille O’Neal
B. Tiger Woods
C. Lance Armstrong
D. Michael Phelps

Spoiler

A. Shaquille O’Neal (19)

$10K Central figures in the national health care reform debate, the “Gang of Six” comprises a group of six what?
A. Supreme Court justices
B. CEOs
C. Doctors
D. Senators

ATE (22)

Gelman doesn’t think it would be Supreme Court justices or doctors. He says maybe the six are CEOs of some large corporations or six Senators.

Regis: Gelman, can I ask you something? How do we get on the air every morning?
Gelman: Somehow I do it with two great hosts.
Regis: You got that right Gelman.
Gelman: I would narrow it down to D or B. If I had to guess, I would go with D.

Spoiler

D. Senators (16)

commercial break

$12.5K In 2009, a museum honoring the work of what TV icon opened in Mount Airy, North Carolina?
A. Andy Griffith
B. Carol Burnett
C. Dick Van Dyke
D. Mary Tyler Moore

Spoiler

A. Andy Griffith (24)

$15K The Natchitoches meat pie is the official meat pie of which of these U.S. states?
A. Idaho
B. New Jersey
C. Louisiana
D. California

Maria decides to leave with $12.5K

Spoiler

C. Louisiana (0)

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Answers:
$500 B. Police officers
$1K C. Pen
$2K C. Statue of Liberty
$3K A. Clorox
$5K B. Bullfighting
$7.5K A. Shaquille O’Neal
$10K D. Senators
$12.5K A. Andy Griffith
$15K C. Louisiana

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Maria Tedesco
Bedminster, NJ
Cosmetic manager

Maria has twin 18-year-old girls in college and wants to win some tuition money.

She looked very young to have twin 18-year olds. She noted later that she's been married for 21 years.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$5K In Spain, a “torero” is a person who participates in what sport?
A. Weightlifting
B. Bullfighting
C. Horse racing
D. Wrestling

Maria thinks she knows the answer, but would like to ATA.

ATA (7)

1% A. Weightlifting
97% B. Bullfighting
1% C. Horse racing
1% D. Wrestling

Spoiler

B. Bullfighting ( 6)

She said it had been a few years since she took Spanish. Still it's a shame she burned the lifeline.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$7.5K “A Hill Equals One” is an anagram of what larger-than-life pro athlete’s name?
A. Shaquille O’Neal
B. Tiger Woods
C. Lance Armstrong
D. Michael Phelps

Spoiler

A. Shaquille O’Neal (19)

The only one with a "q" in it.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$10K Central figures in the national health care reform debate, the “Gang of Six” comprises a group of six what?
A. Supreme Court justices
B. CEOs
C. Doctors
D. Senators

ATE (22)

Gelman doesn’t think it would be Supreme Court justices or doctors. He says maybe the six are CEOs of some large corporations or six Senators.

Regis: Gelman, can I ask you something? How do we get on the air every morning?
Gelman: Somehow I do it with two great hosts.
Regis: You got that right Gelman.
Gelman: I would narrow it down to D or B. If I had to guess, I would go with D.

Spoiler

D. Senators (16)

He did come up with the right answer, but didn't give a good reason for it. Fortunately Maria was leaning that way already.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$15K The Natchitoches meat pie is the official meat pie of which of these U.S. states?
A. Idaho
B. New Jersey
C. Louisiana
D. California

Maria decides to leave with $12.5K

Spoiler

C. Louisiana (0)

I'm familiar with both the Louisiana and Texas towns of this name (spelled and pronounced differently depending upon which side of the border one is on).

Nihil obstat®.

Here's an article about Maria's appearance, also with a mention of Scott Six's appearance. No details that we don't already have from the transcripts.

http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/ ... ontestants

Maria Tedesco
Bedminster, NJ
Cosmetic manager

Maria has twin 18-year-old girls in college and wants to win some tuition money.

She looked very young to have twin 18-year olds. She noted later that she's been married for 21 years.

She must make good use of her products.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: $15K The Natchitoches meat pie is the official meat pie of which of these U.S. states?
A. Idaho
B. New Jersey
C. Louisiana
D. California

Maria decides to leave with $12.5K

Spoiler

C. Louisiana (0)

I thought it had something to do with Natchez, so I looked for Mississippi, saw that the choices had only one in that area of the country, so I went with Louisiana. Probably as dangerous as going with "30 Rock" on that Black Rock question. That is if this had nothing to do with the Natchez tribe.

$15K The Natchitoches meat pie is the official meat pie of which of these U.S. states?
A. Idaho
B. New Jersey
C. Louisiana
D. California


OK, I had fogotten to set "zoom" on my converter box yesterday, so I got to watch, on a 13" diagonal screen, a show filmed in 4:3 but sent to my already 4:3 ratio tv set as a little 4:3 ratio picture inside a 4:3 ratio border "black box". Black borders on top, black borders on sides. A black box enclosing the picture. The now tiny picture. tinier.That's what the 16:9 ratio setting does with a show received in 4:3. In case anyone wondered.

So "Nachitoches" was literally too small to read. I certainly didn't recognize it as spoken by Regis. Well, they don't eat a lot of meat pies in NJ or Cal. I dunno if they eat them in Idaho either (didn't when I was there years ago for a little while). And this doesn't sound like a brand of potato. The name sounds like it might be related to LA-the-state. Meat pies might be eaten in LA-the-state.

I'm chicken though so I'd double dip here.