Transcript 04/26/10 Adrianne Gibilisco

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Adrianne Gibilisco
Westchester, NY
Writer and health coach

Today’s ATE is co-anchor of “Nightline” and ABC News correspondent, Terry Moran.

Topic Tree:

Big Brains
Fine Art
Husbands & Wives
Strange Places
Car Parts
Headlines
Rock Bands
CELEBRITY Q
Link to the Past
Slogans
Health
Famous Structures
Children’s Stories
Comforts of Home
Money Matters

$500 Occurring all too frequently in recent months, foreclosure is a legal proceeding resulting from the failure to pay what?
A. Auto loan
B. Home mortgage
C. Credit card bill
D. Attention to the fine print

Spoiler

B. Home mortgage (9)

$1K In real estate listings, a home that contains a “WBFP” has a “wood-burning” what?
A. Food processor
B. Flagpole
C. Fireplace
D. Flower pot

Spoiler

C. Fireplace (10)

$2K The popular children’s story “The Runaway Bunny” appropriately ends with the mother bunny saying what?
A. Have a banana
B. Have a carrot
C. Have a grapefruit
D. Have a cucumber

Spoiler

B. Have a carrot (10)

$3K Built in 1884, the Lone Star Brewery building is now home to a major art museum in what U.S. city?
A. Salt Lake City
B. Cincinnati
C. San Antonio
D. Little Rock

Spoiler

C. San Antonia ( 8 )

$5K Which of these pastimes does the Surgeon General consider a “sedentary activity,” and thus less healthy for kids?
A. Bicycling
B. Hiking
C. Swimming
D. Watching TV

Spoiler

D. Watching TV (9)

commercial break

$7.5K The slogan “La Cerveza Mas Fina” appears on bottles of what brand of imported beer?
A. Corona Extra
B. Labatt Blue
C. Guinness Stout
D. Amstel Light

Spoiler

A. Corona Extra (15)

$10K In 2009, a skeleton fossil dubbed “the missing link” was unveiled to the public during the bicentenary of what scientist’s birth?
A. Isaac Newton
B. Charles Darwin
C. Stephen Hawking
D. Marie Curie

Spoiler

B. Charles Darwin (22)

Today’s celebrity is Kathryn Morris from “Cold Case.”

$12.5K On “Cold Case,” I play Detective Lilly Rush, a homicide investigator on what U.S. city’s police force?
A. Boston
B. New Orleans
C. Philadephia (sic)
D. Chicago

ATA (22)

25% A. Boston
7% B. New Orleans
47% C. Philadephia (sic)
21% D. Chicago

Spoiler

C. Philadelphia (15)

$15K Because its members are all related to a man named Leon, a chart-topping rock band formed in 2000 gave itself what name?
A. Wizards of Leon
B. Gentlemen of Leon
C. Kings of Leon
D. Dudes of Leon

Spoiler

C. Kings of Leon (23)

$25K The 2003 headline “Iconic Rock Face Succumbs to Age and Gravity” ran after the collapse of a landmark in what U.S. state?
A. New Hampshire
B. West Virginia
C. Alabama
D. Oregon

ATE ( 18 )

Terry says he knows this one. He’s pretty sure, but not positive.
Terry: But it’s the Old Man in the Mountain, which I’ve seen, up in New Hampshire.

Spoiler

A. New Hampshire ()

commercial break

$50K In 1939, what automobile manufacturer was the first to feature a fully automatic transmission, then dubbed “Hydra-Matic Drive”?
A. Chrysler
B. Oldsmobile
C. Buick
D. Lincoln

DD (21)

Adrianne’s first choice, Buick, is incorrect.
Adrianne’s second choice is correct.

Spoiler

B. Oldsmobile ( 18 )

$100K Where would you find the “crypts of Lieberkühn”?
A. In a human small intestine
B. On the surface of the moon
C. In the Sahara Desert
D. On a human brain stem

Adrianne decides to leave with $50K.

Spoiler

A. In a human small intestine (7)

Answers:
$500 B. Home mortgage
$1K C. Fireplace
$2K B. Have a carrot
$3K C. San Antonio
$5K D. Watching TV
$7.5K A. Corona Extra
$10K B. Charles Darwin
$12.5K C. Philadelphia
$15K C. Kings of Leon
$25K A. New Hampshire
$50K B. Oldsmobile
$100K A. In a human small intestine

[chad1m]

So weird, the way she played the game is exactly how I played it at home, right down to picking the same Double Dip answers. Good lifeline strategy on her part!

[ten96lt]

Dream stack except for the $25K question, only one I would have had to burn a lifeline on assuming ATA or ATE would have known it.

[NellyLunatic1980]

Adrianne Gibilisco
Westchester, NY

WE®

Today’s ATE is co-anchor of “Nightline” and ABC News correspondent, Terry Moran.

Does Terry have a book to plug shamelessly? Or a book that Meredith can plug shamelessly?

$50K In 1939, what automobile manufacturer was the first to feature a fully automatic transmission, then dubbed “Hydra-Matic Drive”?
A. Chrysler
B. Oldsmobile
C. Buick
D. Lincoln

I know that GM introduced it, but I can't remember what division of GM introduced it first. Double Dip on B and C.

$100K Where would you find the “crypts of Lieberkühn”?
A. In a human small intestine
B. On the surface of the moon
C. In the Sahara Desert
D. On a human brain stem

Well, crap. I really wish I had that DD back. High-level questions like this almost always involve a part of the human body, and there are two choices like that here (A and D). Ask Terry and hope for the best. My initial guess would've been D, so unless Terry steers me toward A, I would be leaving with $25K.

[MarleysGh0st]

Adrianne Gibilisco
Westchester, NY

WE®

And they mentioned that, as a writer, she had followed some famous rock bands around. So, even though she didn't qualify for What Else, she still had some gratuitous celebrity anecdotes.

[earendel]

Adrianne Gibilisco
Westchester, NY
Writer and health coach

In the WE® area?

Today’s ATE is co-anchor of “Nightline” and ABC News correspondent, Terry Moran.[/i]

I don't stay up late enough to watch "Nightline" and don't watch ABC news so I had no idea who this was. But I fear he's another in the long line of quasi-celebrity "experts".

Big Brains

Shout out to MBFFB!!

Today’s celebrity is Kathryn Morris from “Cold Case.”

$12.5K On “Cold Case,” I play Detective Lilly Rush, a homicide investigator on what U.S. city’s police force?
A. Boston
B. New Orleans
C. Philadephia (sic)
D. Chicago

ATA (22)

25% A. Boston
7% B. New Orleans
47% C. Philadephia (sic)
21% D. Chicago

Spoiler

C. Philadelphia (15)

One of my favorite shows.

$15K Because its members are all related to a man named Leon, a chart-topping rock band formed in 2000 gave itself what name?
A. Wizards of Leon
B. Gentlemen of Leon
C. Kings of Leon
D. Dudes of Leon

Spoiler

C. Kings of Leon (23)

Funny, I thought this group was named for the Spanish region of Leon.

$25K The 2003 headline “Iconic Rock Face Succumbs to Age and Gravity” ran after the collapse of a landmark in what U.S. state?
A. New Hampshire
B. West Virginia
C. Alabama
D. Oregon

ATE ( 18 )

Terry says he knows this one. He’s pretty sure, but not positive.
Terry: But it’s the Old Man in the Mountain, which I’ve seen, up in New Hampshire.

Spoiler

A. New Hampshire ()

There was a little more "expert chatter" but overall he did a good job - he "sold" the answer.

$50K In 1939, what automobile manufacturer was the first to feature a fully automatic transmission, then dubbed “Hydra-Matic Drive”?
A. Chrysler
B. Oldsmobile
C. Buick
D. Lincoln

DD (21)

Adrianne’s first choice, Buick, is incorrect.
Adrianne’s second choice is correct.

Spoiler

B. Oldsmobile ( 18 )

Hmmm...I would have been pretty sure that it was a GM car, so that leaves B and C. I don't think the audience will know, so I'll use the Double Dip.

$100K Where would you find the “crypts of Lieberkühn”?
A. In a human small intestine
B. On the surface of the moon
C. In the Sahara Desert
D. On a human brain stem

Adrianne decides to leave with $50K.

Spoiler

A. In a human small intestine (7)

It's in the human body, but in the brain or in the gut? Since I don't have the DD any more I might as well ask the expert, though I don't think he'll know. If that fails, I'll burn the ATA rather than leave it on the table.

Answers:
$500 B. Home mortgage
$1K C. Fireplace
$2K B. Have a carrot
$3K C. San Antonio
$5K D. Watching TV
$7.5K A. Corona Extra
$10K B. Charles Darwin
$12.5K C. Philadelphia
$15K C. Kings of Leon
$25K A. New Hampshire
$50K B. Oldsmobile
$100K A. In a human small intestine[/quote]

[rgcviper]

$12.5K ("Cold Case"): I, too, would have asked the audience. Do not watch this show.

$50K (auto manufacturer): I, too, would have double-dipped on B and C, guessing C first.

$100K (crypts of Lieberkuhn): Let's hope the expert knows this one ...

This is the best I'd have done on a question stack in memory ...

[Estonut]

$25K The 2003 headline “Iconic Rock Face Succumbs to Age and Gravity” ran after the collapse of a landmark in what U.S. state?
A. New Hampshire
B. West Virginia
C. Alabama
D. Oregon

ATE ( 18 )

Terry says he knows this one. He’s pretty sure, but not positive.
Terry: But it’s the Old Man in the Mountain, which I’ve seen, up in New Hampshire.

Spoiler

A. New Hampshire ()

There was a little more "expert chatter" but overall he did a good job - he "sold" the answer.

He's seen it in New Hampshire, yet he’s "pretty sure, but not positive?" It doesn't sound as if he "sold" it at all...

[tanstaafl2]

Hmm, been a long time since I could get this far without even having to consider a lifeline. Will be interesting to see the rest of the stack.