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Kim Gilby aka BB "vamomof3"
Fishers, IN
Stay-at-home Mom

Meredith does the stand-up preshow intro with Kim and her three audience friends, ("The Girls") introducing them as being "hot on the trail of the Naked Cowboy!"

Question Topics:
Napoleon
Theatre
Famous Firsts
U.S. Presidents
Poetry
Miss Universe
Sitcoms
Photojournalists
CELEBRITY Q
Patriotic Quotes
Authors
DVT
French Cuisine
VEHICLE
Let's Celebrate!
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Kim has all four of her lifelines.
Today's expert is TV and radio personaility, Kennedy.


$10,000 - CELEBRITY Q (read by Larry King)
In 2009, the Obamas introduced their newly adopted "First Canine," a Portugese water dog named what?
A: Bo B: Skip
C: Jack D: Lee

With an apparent inside joke about "Bo Jacob I love you for putting all that stuff on Facebook, but I don't need you...", Kim immediately answers

Spoiler

A

.

Spoiler

A: Bo (18)

The audience cheers, and Meredith quips, "all right smarty pants..."

$12,500 - Photojournalists
In the 1970s, photojournalist Dith Pran was a survivor of what country's notorious "killing fields"?
A: Somalia B: Colombia
C: Armenia D: Cambodia

Spoiler

D: Cambodia (23)

Meridith asks Kim if she has time for sitcoms? "I watch my share of TV..."

$15,000 - Sitcoms
The two main characters of what sitcom are named in honor of the legendary TV producer Sheldon Leonard?
A: The Big Bang Theory B: How I Met Your Mother
C: Two and a Half Men D: Scrubs

With 22 seconds left, Kim decides to Ask the Audience.

ATA results

ATA: A: 60% B: 10% C: 24% D: 6%

Saying "you gotta have faith, and I have faith in this audience..." Kim decides to answer

Spoiler

A

, but with a look of trepidation.

Spoiler

A: The Big Bang Theory (10)

$25,000 - Miss Universe
Stefania Fernandez, who was crowned Miss Universe in 2009, is the beauty pageant's second straight winner from what country?
A: Spain B: Brazil
C: Argentina D: Venezuela

With 20 seconds remaining, Kim decides to Ask the Expert.

ATE discussion

Kennedy says "I'm such a big beauty pageant fan, look at me!" Upon reading the question, Kennedy says "I'm feeling the South American love; my memory is very very fuzzy but I remember reading about the two winners in a row; I'll give you 30% certainty that it's Venezuela."

With 15 seconds remaining, Kim decides to Double Dip.

DD action

Her first answer is D, and is correct.

Spoiler

D: Venezuela (15)

-- Commercial Break --

During the commercial break, Kim said "what did I just do!" to Meredith, she was caught up enough in the moment that she didn't realize the milestone she had reached.

Kim is thinking about going back to school for a certification to teach elementary school.

$50,000 - Poetry
Which of the following is a book of poetry written by singer Alicia Keys and not Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Robert Frost?
A: In the Clearing B: A Witness Tree
C: Tears for Water D: From Snow to Snow

With 35 seconds remaining, Kim decides to Phone a Friend, her dear childhood friend Lynnette.

PAF discussion

Kim reads the question and choices, verbatim, in 13 seconds. Her friend asks for a repeat of the choices, and with 4 seconds remaining says, "Tears for Water." Kim tries to ask Lynnette about her certainty level, but runs out of time.

Kim says, "it's a free guess, right?" and answers

Spoiler

C

Spoiler

C: Tears for Water (29)

$100,000 - U.S. Presidents
Of all the U.S. presidents, the one whose surname comes last alphabetically served when?
A: 1789-1797 B: 1849-1850
C: 1889-1893 D: 1913-1921

Kim ponders for several seconds, but is uncertain and given her lack of lifelines she decides to walk with $50,000.

Spoiler

D: 1913-1921 ( )

As Meredith explains that Woodrow Wilson is the president in question, Kim comments that he's also from Virginia...

Kim's day2 appearance can be seen here on youtube: (split in two because of the 10 minutes youtube limit...)

Part 1:

Part 2:

cyberial cigar for you Kim on your $50K win. Well done my dear(lights Kim's portofino).

Congratulations, Kim!

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$100,000 - U.S. Presidents
Of all the U.S. presidents, the one whose surname comes last alphabetically served when?
A: 1789-1797 B: 1849-1850
C: 1889-1893 D: 1913-1921

Kim ponders for several seconds, but is uncertain and given her lack of lifelines she decides to walk with $50,000.

Spoiler

D: 1913-1921 ( )

As Meredith explains that Woodrow Wilson is the president in question, Kim comments that he's also from Virginia...

I hope you'll post a description from your viewpoint, particularly for this question. Given those dates, were you about to identify any of the presidents in those choices?

Congrats, it was fun to watch.

I knew the $100K, but darned if I know if I could've actually done it with the pressure of the Hot Seat and 45 seconds.

Without TDC, I could have gotten it for sure.

A Washington B Taylor
C Harrison D Wilson

Jeemie wrote:I knew the $100K, but darned if I know if I could've actually done it with the pressure of the Hot Seat and 45 seconds.

See, not even being totally sure on who B or C were (clearly A was Washington, I think I would have. Playing at home, I spent most of TDC trying to come up with anyone after Wilson and I knew D was closest to the timeframe I would ever guess he would serve in.

Still, who cares. Especially in comparison to recent contestants, you played wonderfully, Kim. Enjoy your money!

WTG, Kim! Enjoy your winnings.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$100,000 - U.S. Presidents
Of all the U.S. presidents, the one whose surname comes last alphabetically served when?
A: 1789-1797 B: 1849-1850
C: 1889-1893 D: 1913-1921

Kim ponders for several seconds, but is uncertain and given her lack of lifelines she decides to walk with $50,000.

Spoiler

D: 1913-1921 ( )

As Meredith explains that Woodrow Wilson is the president in question, Kim comments that he's also from Virginia...

I went to college in New Jersey, so I knew that NJ Governor Wilson was the President they were looking for. Virginia has enough Presidents; let Jersey take credit for Wilson.

Excellent going Kim! I hope you and your family and friends enjoyed watching!

Wow, what a dream stack for me. I'd be playing for $250,000 with all of my lifelines intact.

Going to the third tier... it's what us BBs do.

Thanks for all the kind words! We had a blast at the viewing party we hosted last night. Finally, my husband knows my little secret I've been keeping since October 1st!!!

15K: Only got this by elimination, in which I knew each of the other shows had a big character who didn't have one of these 2 names. I don't watch any of the shows, but have seen most from time to time on an airplane, because my Mom was watching, stuff like that. Also, figured I was right because BBT is following a theory that if you are given a name currently considered dorky, you will grow up to be a big-brained dork. An interesting theory.

25K: ATA & hope they know.

50K: do not know; PAF

100K: Tough under a time limit, because its a 2-part Q; once I got the right president, their time period was easy, though. This was made just a little easier by Washington's time period not being up there; there's only one other W.