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Tricia Pimental
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Tricia has her Double Dip left.

$15,000 (Toys & Games)- What popular game is available in sets of different sizes, including “double six”, “double nine”, and “double twelve”?

A- Billiards B- Dominoes
C- Backgammon D- Darts

At 10 seconds, Tricia elects to use her Double Dip.

Tricia’s first guess is

Spoiler

B- Dominoes (10)

$25,000 (Exotic fruit)- What is the national fruit of both India and the Phillipines?

A- Watermelon B- Mango
C- Pineapple D- Coconut

Tricia begins to walk away, and then, with ~ 6 seconds left, says “Oh”, quickly guesses and just barely locks in with “final answer” (the clock ticks to 0- Tricia looks like she thinks she wasn’t in time).

Spoiler

B- Mango (0)

$50,000 (Justice)- Though she’s best known for holding scales, the blindfolded woman who personifies justice also commonly holds a what?

A- Sword B- Lion
C- Gavel D- Torch

”That’s the legal person”, Tricia muses. She thinks it’s

Spoiler

A- Sword

, but at 8 seconds, guesses

Spoiler

C- gavel

and leaves with $25,000

Spoiler

A- Sword

Commercial Break

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Here's an article about Tricia's appearance, that includes some details from a personal interview.

http://www.ocala.com/article/20091205/A ... /1402/NEWS

"The whole thing is a blessing for me," said Pimental, who has been trying to earn a spot on the game show since it debuted in 1999. "The funnest part for me (on Friday) was watching my husband. He got teary-eyed after I shouted 'Mango.' "

And, for the record, Pimental doesn't even like mangos.

Well, she should now!

Dream stack for me. I'd be going for $100K with all of my lifelines.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: $25,000 (Exotic fruit)- What is the national fruit of both India and the Phillipines?

A- Watermelon B- Mango
C- Pineapple D- Coconut

Tricia begins to walk away, and then, with ~ 6 seconds left, says “Oh”, quickly guesses and just barely locks in with “final answer” (the clock ticks to 0- Tricia looks like she thinks she wasn’t in time).

Spoiler

B- Mango (0)

I found this moment fascinating to scrutinize. She really looked like she was giving up, and then boom she nails it at the last moment! What was the nature of her lightning realization?

Theories:

-I listened closely enough that I really don't think she was affected by some sort of audience response. (and short of someone shouting "Mango" there isn't a simple audience trigger in this scenario anyway - she was about to walk away, not about to finalize a wrong answer...)

-Did she suddenly recall hearing that the mango is the world's most popular fruit?
-Did she manage to associate from India to chutney to "mango chutney"?

Too bad she's not on the bored to ask, and unfortunately that article at ocala.com just writes it off as "divine intervention."

15K: Huh what? Well, dominos have dots on them. Could this be what they're referring to? I know nothing about backgammon. Or isn't that shuffleboard, in which I do know something about it. I know enough about billiards & darts to believe that the #s 6, 12, 9 don't figure prominently in them. Don't trust ATA here. Or ATE. Not even sure PAF if still available would understand the Q. Going for dominos, but double dip.

25K: No idea. I bet this isn't based on "native vegetation", either. But the countries are close enough geographically that it could be. ATA just to see what they think. ATE just to see what they think. Then, probably, sadly walk away.

50K: I was pretty sure of this, but would never have seen it. And would have wanted lifeline insurance I wouldn't have at this point, anyway.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$15,000 (Toys & Games)- What popular game is available in sets of different sizes, including “double six”, “double nine”, and “double twelve”?

A- Billiards B- Dominoes
C- Backgammon D- Darts

Maybe it's just since I've used the right answer a lot, but I thought this question was extremely OVER-valued. I didn't think it should have been for more than $5K.

[Sigh ...]

rgcviper wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$15,000 (Toys & Games)- What popular game is available in sets of different sizes, including “double six”, “double nine”, and “double twelve”?

A- Billiards B- Dominoes
C- Backgammon D- Darts

Maybe it's just since I've used the right answer a lot, but I thought this question was extremely OVER-valued. I didn't think it should have been for more than $5K.

[Sigh ...]

Just for future reference you can also get "double 15" and "double 18" sets.