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Gene Kunz-Bryan
Cooper City, FL
Interpreter

Gene is feeling nervous, like there are about three buffalo and a couple pterodactyls in her stomach.

Question Topics:
* Viral Video
* Topsy Turvy
* Obituaries
* Slang
* Presidential History
* Acupuncture
* Sushi
* Homeland Security
* World Landmarks
* Meet and Greet
* Documentaries
* From the Greek
* Recent TV
* Across the Pond
* Bestsellers

$500 * Bestsellers
What animal sound appears in the first sentence of the bestselling novel "The Secret Life of Bees"?

A: Grrrr B: Zzzzzz
C: Moo D: I look hot in yellow!

Answer

B: Zzzzzz ( 7 )

$1,000 * Across the Pond
In Britain, which of these baby accessories is commonly referred to as a "pushchair"?

A: Stroller B: Playpen
C: Changing table D: Crib

Answer

A: Stroller ( 8 )

$2,000 * Recent TV
Since 2005, an associate professor at Northeastern University as kept a blog about the math featured in what TV series?

A: Ghost Whisperer B: Criminal Minds
C: Numb3rs D: NCIS

Answer

C: Numb3rs ( 8 )

$3,000 * From the Greek
A popular type of sandwich, a gyro takes its name from a Greek word meaning what?

A: Turn B: Slice
C: Layer D: Heat

Answer

A: Turn ( 7 )

$5,000 * Documentaries
Known for his lengthy films on jazz, baseball and the Civil War, Ken Burns released a new twelve-hour documentary in 2009 about what?

A: Watergate B: The Gold Rush
C: The Wright Brothers D: National parks

With 9 seconds left, Gene decides to Ask The Audience.

ATA: A: 8% B: 8% C: 5% D: 79%

Answer

D: National parks ( 5 )

-- Commercial Break --

Gene is an interpreter at court.

When Gene was first learning German, she was living in Switzerland. She smoked at the time and was looking for a light. She tried to ask a gentleman, "Would you mind giving me a light?" What she ended up asking him was, "Can you light my fire?"

$7,500 * Meet and Greet
Usually paired with a bow, the greeting "Namaste" is typically offered by followers of which of these religions?

A: Rastafarianism B: Hinduism
C: Judaism D: Mormonism

Answer

B: Hinduism ( 15 )

$10,000 * World Landmarks
Which of these world landmarks would be accurately described as "megalithic"?

A: Gateway Arch B: Stonehenge
C: Eiffel Tower D: Great Barrier Reef

With 17 seconds left, Gene decides to Ask The Expert. Today's expert is Kiran Chetry, co-anchor of CNN’s "American Morning".

Kiran: Hmmmmm. Wow! Gene, do you have any guesses?

Gene: I'm thinking "mega". If it's mega, it's huge.

Kiran: Right.

Gene: However, all four of these things are huge. "Lithic" means stone; I'm thinking it might either be Stonehenge or the Great Barrier Reef? So, I'm not quite sure.

Kiran: Well, all right, then we're making progress, because I think we can get rid of the Great Barrier Reef, because I think it's a natural formation, and for some reason megalithic makes me think it had to be built. So are you going with Stonehenge, because that would be my second guess.

Gene: Yeah, I think I'll do that. I thank you very much for your help and hope that we both have the right answer.

Kiran: Me, too!

Answer

B: Stonehenge ( 8 )

$12,500 * Homeland Security
In 1972, Senator Strom Thurmond wrote a memo to the White House suggesting what entertainer be deported?

A: John Lennon B: Elton John
C: David Bowie D: Mick Jagger

Gene takes a big chance here and takes a guess.

Answer

A: John Lennon ( 3 )

-- Commercial Break --

$15,000 * Sushi
Considered "the king of sushi ingredients," what is the Japanese name for the belly of a tuna?

A: Hamachi B: Unagi
C: Toro D: Kurodai

Gene's not a big sushi fan and she's not going to guess here. She walks away with $12,500.

Answer

C: Toro ( 4 )

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Gene Kunz-Bryan
Cooper City, FL
Interpreter

Gene is feeling nervous, like there are about three buffalo and a couple pterodactyls in her stomach.

Question Topics:
* Viral Video
* Topsy Turvy
* Obituaries
* Slang
* Presidential History
* Acupuncture
* Sushi
* Homeland Security
* World Landmarks
* Meet and Greet
* Documentaries
* From the Greek
* Recent TV
* Across the Pond
* Bestsellers

$500 * Bestsellers
What animal sound appears in the first sentence of the bestselling novel "The Secret Life of Bees"?

A: Grrrr B: Zzzzzz
C: Moo D: I look hot in yellow!

Answer

B: Zzzzzz ( 7 )

$1,000 * Across the Pond
In Britain, which of these baby accessories is commonly referred to as a "pushchair"?

A: Stroller B: Playpen
C: Changing table D: Crib

Answer

A: Stroller ( 8 )

$2,000 * Recent TV
Since 2005, an associate professor at Northeastern University as kept a blog about the math featured in what TV series?

A: Ghost Whisperer B: Criminal Minds
C: Numb3rs D: NCIS

Answer

C: Numb3rs ( 8 )

$3,000 * From the Greek
A popular type of sandwich, a gyro takes its name from a Greek word meaning what?

A: Turn B: Slice
C: Layer D: Heat

Answer

A: Turn ( 7 )

$5,000 * Documentaries
Known for his lengthy films on jazz, baseball and the Civil War, Ken Burns released a new twelve-hour documentary in 2009 about what?

A: Watergate B: The Gold Rush
C: The Wright Brothers D: National parks

With 9 seconds left, Gene decides to Ask The Audience.

ATA: A: 8% B: 8% C: 5% D: 79%

Answer

D: National parks ( 5 )

-- Commercial Break --

Gene is an interpreter at court.

When Gene was first learning German, she was living in Switzerland. She smoked at the time and was looking for a light. She tried to ask a gentleman, "Would you mind giving me a light?" What she ended up asking him was, "Can you light my fire?"

$7,500 * Meet and Greet
Usually paired with a bow, the greeting "Namaste" is typically offered by followers of which of these religions?

A: Rastafarianism B: Hinduism
C: Judaism D: Mormonism

Answer

B: Hinduism ( 15 )

$10,000 * World Landmarks
Which of these world landmarks would be accurately described as "megalithic"?

A: Gateway Arch B: Stonehenge
C: Eiffel Tower D: Great Barrier Reef

With 17 seconds left, Gene decides to Ask The Expert. Today's expert is Kiran Chetry, co-anchor of CNN’s "American Morning".

Kiran: Hmmmmm. Wow! Gene, do you have any guesses?

Gene: I'm thinking "mega". If it's mega, it's huge.

Kiran: Right.

Gene: However, all four of these things are huge. "Lithic" means stone; I'm thinking it might either be Stonehenge or the Great Barrier Reef? So, I'm not quite sure.

Kiran: Well, all right, then we're making progress, because I think we can get rid of the Great Barrier Reef, because I think it's a natural formation, and for some reason megalithic makes me think it had to be built. So are you going with Stonehenge, because that would be my second guess.

Gene: Yeah, I think I'll do that. I thank you very much for your help and hope that we both have the right answer.

Kiran: Me, too!

Answer

B: Stonehenge ( 8 )

$12,500 * Homeland Security
In 1972, Senator Strom Thurmond wrote a memo to the White House suggesting what entertainer be deported?

A: John Lennon B: Elton John
C: David Bowie D: Mick Jagger

Gene takes a big chance here and takes a guess.

Answer

A: John Lennon ( 3 )

-- Commercial Break --

$15,000 * Sushi
Considered "the king of sushi ingredients," what is the Japanese name for the belly of a tuna?

A: Hamachi B: Unagi
C: Toro D: Kurodai

Gene's not a big sushi fan and she's not going to guess here. She walks away with $12,500.

Answer

C: Toro ( 4 )

That 15k q is a dream q for me.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Gene Kunz-Bryan
Cooper City, FL
Interpreter


$10,000 * World Landmarks
Which of these world landmarks would be accurately described as "megalithic"?

A: Gateway Arch B: Stonehenge
C: Eiffel Tower D: Great Barrier Reef

With 17 seconds left, Gene decides to Ask The Expert. Today's expert is Kiran Chetry, co-anchor of CNN’s "American Morning".

Kiran: Hmmmmm. Wow! Gene, do you have any guesses?

Gene: I'm thinking "mega". If it's mega, it's huge.

Kiran: Right.

Gene: However, all four of these things are huge. "Lithic" means stone; I'm thinking it might either be Stonehenge or the Great Barrier Reef? So, I'm not quite sure.

Kiran: Well, all right, then we're making progress, because I think we can get rid of the Great Barrier Reef, because I think it's a natural formation, and for some reason megalithic makes me think it had to be built. So are you going with Stonehenge, because that would be my second guess.

Gene: Yeah, I think I'll do that. I thank you very much for your help and hope that we both have the right answer.

Kiran: Me, too!

Answer

B: Stonehenge ( 8 )

Criminy, the guy knows enough Greek to know that 'mega' is 'big' or 'great' or 'huge,' and that 'lithos' is 'stone,' so he makes the connection that something 'megalithic' must involve 'big stones,' and only one of the four items is stone, so he wastes his ATE on someone who doesn't know diddly about anything?

Of course, it probably doesn't matter anyway, since the Expert does NOT know diddly, it's not a waste to use it whenever you feel like it, but using ATE wouldn't do any good anywhere.

Although I bet Kiran probably did know the answer to the sushi question...

Jeez.

wintergreen48 wrote:Criminy, the guy knows enough Greek to know that 'mega' is 'big' or 'great' or 'huge,' and that 'lithos' is 'stone,' so he makes the connection that something 'megalithic' must involve 'big stones,' and only one of the four items is stone, so he wastes his ATE on someone who doesn't know diddly about anything?

Despite what you might think from the name, Gene doesn't have a Y chromosome, wintergreen.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:When Gene was first learning German, she was living in Switzerland. She smoked at the time and was looking for a light. She tried to ask a gentleman, "Would you mind giving me a light?" What she ended up asking him was, "Can you light my fire?"

When I took a German night class, my teacher told me a similar story. I bet half the German teachers in the country recycle the same anecdote!

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$10,000 * World Landmarks
Which of these world landmarks would be accurately described as "megalithic"?

A: Gateway Arch B: Stonehenge
C: Eiffel Tower D: Great Barrier Reef

With 17 seconds left, Gene decides to Ask The Expert. Today's expert is Kiran Chetry, co-anchor of CNN’s "American Morning".

Kiran: Hmmmmm. Wow! Gene, do you have any guesses?

Gene: I'm thinking "mega". If it's mega, it's huge.

Kiran: Right.

Gene: However, all four of these things are huge. "Lithic" means stone; I'm thinking it might either be Stonehenge or the Great Barrier Reef? So, I'm not quite sure.

Kiran: Well, all right, then we're making progress, because I think we can get rid of the Great Barrier Reef, because I think it's a natural formation, and for some reason megalithic makes me think it had to be built. So are you going with Stonehenge, because that would be my second guess.

Gene: Yeah, I think I'll do that. I thank you very much for your help and hope that we both have the right answer.

Kiran: Me, too!

Answer

B: Stonehenge ( 8 )

Well, at least Kiran had something to add to the discussion, after she had Gene analyze the whole thing!

And she's a good "Stop the Damned Clock" lifeline.

wintergreen48 wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Gene Kunz-Bryan
Cooper City, FL
Interpreter


$10,000 * World Landmarks
Which of these world landmarks would be accurately described as "megalithic"?

A: Gateway Arch B: Stonehenge
C: Eiffel Tower D: Great Barrier Reef

With 17 seconds left, Gene decides to Ask The Expert. Today's expert is Kiran Chetry, co-anchor of CNN’s "American Morning".

Kiran: Hmmmmm. Wow! Gene, do you have any guesses?

Gene: I'm thinking "mega". If it's mega, it's huge.

Kiran: Right.

Gene: However, all four of these things are huge. "Lithic" means stone; I'm thinking it might either be Stonehenge or the Great Barrier Reef? So, I'm not quite sure.

Kiran: Well, all right, then we're making progress, because I think we can get rid of the Great Barrier Reef, because I think it's a natural formation, and for some reason megalithic makes me think it had to be built. So are you going with Stonehenge, because that would be my second guess.

Gene: Yeah, I think I'll do that. I thank you very much for your help and hope that we both have the right answer.

Kiran: Me, too!

Answer

B: Stonehenge ( 8 )

Criminy, the guy knows enough Greek to know that 'mega' is 'big' or 'great' or 'huge,' and that 'lithos' is 'stone,' so he makes the connection that something 'megalithic' must involve 'big stones,' and only one of the four items is stone, so he wastes his ATE on someone who doesn't know diddly about anything?

Of course, it probably doesn't matter anyway, since the Expert does NOT know diddly, it's not a waste to use it whenever you feel like it, but using ATE wouldn't do any good anywhere.

Although I bet Kiran probably did know the answer to the sushi question...

Jeez.

I think she used the STC (Stop The Clock) lifeline here, that fact that you get that lifeline by using the ATE is just a side effect.

While Kiran doesn't exude a lot of confidence, her answers/inclinations have been correct 7 out of 8 times this week. Maybe it's lucky but I'd rather an expert like her than one who thought she knew more than she actually knows.

megaaddict wrote:While Kiran doesn't exude a lot of confidence, her answers/inclinations have been correct 7 out of 8 times this week. Maybe it's lucky but I'd rather an expert like her than one who thought she knew more than she actually knows.

Or one that has absolutely no clue at all.

megaaddict wrote:While Kiran doesn't exude a lot of confidence, her answers/inclinations have been correct 7 out of 8 times this week. Maybe it's lucky but I'd rather an expert like her than one who thought she knew more than she actually knows.

Her contribution has usually consisted of, "Gee, that's a tough one. What are your thoughts on this? Oh, really? Yeah, that sounds good to me."

TheConfessor wrote:

megaaddict wrote:While Kiran doesn't exude a lot of confidence, her answers/inclinations have been correct 7 out of 8 times this week. Maybe it's lucky but I'd rather an expert like her than one who thought she knew more than she actually knows.

Her contribution has usually consisted of, "Gee, that's a tough one. What are your thoughts on this? Oh, really? Yeah, that sounds good to me."

LOL, that was almost her stock answer for every question. It was as though she had a teleprompter.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$7,500 * Meet and Greet
Usually paired with a bow, the greeting "Namaste" is typically offered by followers of which of these religions?

A: Rastafarianism B: Hinduism
C: Judaism D: Mormonism

No clue. ATA.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$12,500 * Homeland Security
In 1972, Senator Strom Thurmond wrote a memo to the White House suggesting what entertainer be deported?

A: John Lennon B: Elton John
C: David Bowie D: Mick Jagger

No clue here, either. "Deported" seems to imply that the singer was living in the U.S. at the time, so I think I can eliminate Elton John because I don't think he started living in Atlanta until the 1990s. John Lennon seemed like the best guess, maybe because of the content of "Imagine" or his very public criticism of the Vietnam War. That's just how mind was working upon seeing this question. I would've stopped the clock (asked the expert). Giving Kiran time to blab about how she has no idea should give me enough time to build up some confidence on Lennon.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$15,000 * Sushi
Considered "the king of sushi ingredients," what is the Japanese name for the belly of a tuna?

A: Hamachi B: Unagi
C: Toro D: Kurodai

That's it for me. I don't eat sushi. The only one of these four names I've heard of is unagi, but I'm not even tempted to let it ride on that. I don't have a second guess, so I'm leaving DD on the table and walking.