Transcript 5/7/2010 - Cassie Belek

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Cassie Belek
Overland Park, KS
graduate student from Notre Dame

Cassie loves to learn. She's on a trivia team.

Topic Tree:
* Deep Thinkers
* 1942
* Advertising
* Geometry
* U.S. Presidents
* Documentaries
* Same Name
* World Geography
* CELEBRITY Q
* Foreign Anatomy
* Who Am I?
* TV Reboots
* Espionage
* Unusual Hobbies
* Namesakes

$500 - Swiss mechanic Louis Chevrolet is the namesake for one of America's best known brands of what?
A - automobiles
B - radios
C - computers
D - masculine affirmation

Spoiler

A - automobiles (8)

$1000 - People pursue the unusual hobby known as "graving" primarily by visiting what?
A - stadiums
B - courthouses
C - meadows
D - cemetaries

Spoiler

D - cemetaries (11)

$2000 - In her 2009 book, Juanita Castro revealed that in the '60s she worked as a CIA spy in what country led by her
brother Fidel?
A - Austria
B - South Korea
C - Egypt
D - Cuba

Spoiler

D - Cuba (11)

$3000 - Like the 1980s series on which it is based, a 2009 ABC remake about an alien invasion has what one-letter title?
A - V
B - W
C - X
D - Y

Spoiler

A - V (10)

$5000 - Who is Michael Buble?
A - celebrity chef
B - Formula 1 driver
C - jewelry designer
D - Grammy-winning singer

Spoiler

D - Grammy-winning singer (8)

commercial break

Cassie is doing graduate work at the University of Missouri. She would like to write for an entertainment magazine some day. Meredith says she should write an article about herself if she reaches the million.

$7500 - "Cerebro" is the Spanish word for what organ in the human body?
A - heart
B - stomach
C - brain
D - liver

Cassie studied abroad in Spain so she knows the answer.

Spoiler

C - brain (24)

The celebrity question comes from Al Roker. "I hope you know your weather maps because here comes your question."

$10000 - On a weather map, a curved red line with half circles is commonly used to symbolize a what?
A - light rain
B - warm front
C - tornado
D - snow storm

Cassie: "Let's see...a curved line with half circles...I'm from Kansas so I should know this. I don't think it's a

tornado." Meredith reminds her about her lifelines.

Spoiler

B - warm front (9)

$12500 - If a whale swam along the northern coast of Wales it would be swimming in what body of water?
A - Mediterranean Sea
B - Baltic Sea
C - Irish Sea
D - Red Sea

Spoiler

C - Irish Sea (15)

$15000 - Michael Jackson's father shares his name with a well-known former pro baseball player who had what nickname?
A - Shoeless
B - Pee Wee
C - Hammerin'
D - Three Finger

Cassie knows this from "Field of Dreams".

Spoiler

A - Shoeless (22)

commercial break

Today's "You're In the Hot Seat" winning answer is "D: Ralph Lauren".

The "lookahead" question for Monday's show is:

$2000 - "Tingling Thigh Syndrome," also known as "Calvin Klein Syndrome," is a result of wearing overly skinny what?
A - shoes
B - jeans
C - scarves
D - blouses

Meredith notes that Cassie is into trivia and says that's paying off.

$25000 - Mentioned in the title of the documentary "Waltz with Bashir," Bashir Gemayel was killed in 1982 after becoming the president-elect of what country?
A - Jordan
B - Lebanon
C - Syria
D - Israel

Cassie: "You know, I saw this documentary and I think I know the answer. But I'm going to go ahead and ask the audience."

ATA results

A - 13%
B - 48%
C - 26%
D - 13%

Cassie: "That's what I was thinking."

Spoiler

B - Lebanon (12)

$50000 - Because he later became the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, who is the only U.S. president to also
administer the oath of office?
A - William Howard Taft
B - Thomas Jefferson
C - Chester Arthur
D - Harry Truman

Cassie: "This is another one where I'm fairly certain I know it and I can already eliminate two of them so I would like to Double Dip."

DD results

Cassie makes A her first final answer, and she's correct.

Spoiler

A - William Howard Taft (27)

THE HORN!!!!!

Cassie will return on Monday with one lifeline (Ask the Expert) remaining.

[tanstaafl2]

Pretty straight forward stack again. But a nice run so it's a shame she wasted lifelines on ones she knew. Not that ATA is typically much help at this level.

Although I might have wasted one at 25K as well. Although that seemed the most likely answer I wasn't completely confident and might have used ATA to stall for more time to cogitate.

[earendel]

Cassie Belek
Overland Park, KS
graduate student from Notre Dame

Cassie loves to learn. She's on a trivia team.

Two things that make her a promising contestant.

$7500 - "Cerebro" is the Spanish word for what organ in the human body?
A - heart
B - stomach
C - brain
D - liver

Cassie studied abroad in Spain so she knows the answer.

Spoiler

C - brain (24)

This was a "no-cerebro-er" for me.

FWIW "Cerebro" is the name of the mutant-tracking computer from the X-Men comic books and movies.

And Cassie is a wannabe WE®. <*sigh*>

$10000 - On a weather map, a curved red line with half circles is commonly used to symbolize a what?
A - light rain
B - warm front
C - tornado
D - snow storm

Cassie: "Let's see...a curved line with half circles...I'm from Kansas so I should know this. I don't think it's a tornado." Meredith reminds her about her lifelines.

Spoiler

B - warm front (9)

"Red" means "warm" to me, so that would have been my answer.

$25000 - Mentioned in the title of the documentary "Waltz with Bashir," Bashir Gemayel was killed in 1982 after becoming the president-elect of what country?
A - Jordan
B - Lebanon
C - Syria
D - Israel

Cassie: "You know, I saw this documentary and I think I know the answer. But I'm going to go ahead and ask the audience."

ATA results

A - 13%
B - 48%
C - 26%
D - 13%

Cassie: "That's what I was thinking."

Spoiler

B - Lebanon (12)

I'm surprised the audience didn't split more across the four answers.

It's nihil obstat® for me.

[NellyLunatic1980]

$25000 - Mentioned in the title of the documentary "Waltz with Bashir," Bashir Gemayel was killed in 1982 after becoming the president-elect of what country?
A - Jordan
B - Lebanon
C - Syria
D - Israel

I can eliminate Jordan (they have kings and prime ministers), but that's it. I will also ask the audience. I probably should ask Campbell, but I think she may be more useful in the upper tier than the audience.

$50000 - Because he later became the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, who is the only U.S. president to also
administer the oath of office?
A - William Howard Taft
B - Thomas Jefferson
C - Chester Arthur
D - Harry Truman

Pretty sure this question has been asked before on PTBAM. I know this question gets asked all the time on J!

[Kazoo65]

I thought this stack was very easy. I knew the answer to the $50K question before the choices came up-this is a trivia question that's been around for years.

I'd be looking at $100K with all lifelines intact-a rarity for me. However "geometry" would be troublesome for me.

[drew scheeler]

I thought this stack was very easy. I knew the answer to the $50K question before the choices came up-this is a trivia question that's been around for years.

I'd be looking at $100K with all lifelines intact-a rarity for me. However "geometry" would be troublesome for me.

QFT.

[secondchance]

Cassie Belek
Overland Park, KS
graduate student from Notre Dame

Cassie loves to learn. She's on a trivia team.

Topic Tree:
* Deep Thinkers
* 1942
* Advertising
* Geometry
* U.S. Presidents
* Documentaries
* Same Name
* World Geography
* CELEBRITY Q
* Foreign Anatomy
* Who Am I?
* TV Reboots
* Espionage
* Unusual Hobbies
* Namesakes

$500 - Swiss mechanic Louis Chevrolet is the namesake for one of America's best known brands of what?
A - automobiles
B - radios
C - computers
D - masculine affirmation

Spoiler

A - automobiles (8)

$1000 - People pursue the unusual hobby known as "graving" primarily by visiting what?
A - stadiums
B - courthouses
C - meadows
D - cemetaries

Spoiler

D - cemetaries (11)

$2000 - In her 2009 book, Juanita Castro revealed that in the '60s she worked as a CIA spy in what country led by her
brother Fidel?
A - Austria
B - South Korea
C - Egypt
D - Cuba

Spoiler

D - Cuba (11)

$3000 - Like the 1980s series on which it is based, a 2009 ABC remake about an alien invasion has what one-letter title?
A - V
B - W
C - X
D - Y

Spoiler

A - V (10)

$5000 - Who is Michael Buble?
A - celebrity chef
B - Formula 1 driver
C - jewelry designer
D - Grammy-winning singer

Spoiler

D - Grammy-winning singer (8)

commercial break

Cassie is doing graduate work at the University of Missouri. She would like to write for an entertainment magazine some day. Meredith says she should write an article about herself if she reaches the million.

$7500 - "Cerebro" is the Spanish word for what organ in the human body?
A - heart
B - stomach
C - brain
D - liver

Cassie studied abroad in Spain so she knows the answer.

Spoiler

C - brain (24)

The celebrity question comes from Al Roker. "I hope you know your weather maps because here comes your question."

$10000 - On a weather map, a curved red line with half circles is commonly used to symbolize a what?
A - light rain
B - warm front
C - tornado
D - snow storm

Cassie: "Let's see...a curved line with half circles...I'm from Kansas so I should know this. I don't think it's a

tornado." Meredith reminds her about her lifelines.

Spoiler

B - warm front (9)

$12500 - If a whale swam along the northern coast of Wales it would be swimming in what body of water?
A - Mediterranean Sea
B - Baltic Sea
C - Irish Sea
D - Red Sea

Spoiler

C - Irish Sea (15)

$15000 - Michael Jackson's father shares his name with a well-known former pro baseball player who had what nickname?
A - Shoeless
B - Pee Wee
C - Hammerin'
D - Three Finger

Cassie knows this from "Field of Dreams".

Spoiler

A - Shoeless (22)

commercial break

Today's "You're In the Hot Seat" winning answer is "D: Ralph Lauren".

The "lookahead" question for Monday's show is:

$2000 - "Tingling Thigh Syndrome," also known as "Calvin Klein Syndrome," is a result of wearing overly skinny what?
A - shoes
B - jeans
C - scarves
D - blouses

Meredith notes that Cassie is into trivia and says that's paying off.

$25000 - Mentioned in the title of the documentary "Waltz with Bashir," Bashir Gemayel was killed in 1982 after becoming the president-elect of what country?
A - Jordan
B - Lebanon
C - Syria
D - Israel

Cassie: "You know, I saw this documentary and I think I know the answer. But I'm going to go ahead and ask the audience."

ATA results

A - 13%
B - 48%
C - 26%
D - 13%

Cassie: "That's what I was thinking."

Spoiler

B - Lebanon (12)

$50000 - Because he later became the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, who is the only U.S. president to also
administer the oath of office?
A - William Howard Taft
B - Thomas Jefferson
C - Chester Arthur
D - Harry Truman

Cassie: "This is another one where I'm fairly certain I know it and I can already eliminate two of them so I would like to Double Dip."

DD results

Cassie makes A her first final answer, and she's correct.

Spoiler

A - William Howard Taft (27)

THE HORN!!!!!

Cassie will return on Monday with one lifeline (Ask the Expert) remaining.

What the heck happened to Cassie!?! I was so looking forward to seeing how her game finished! Very refreshing when the young ones do well - they're booking so many lately, but unfortunately most have been brief hit and runs.

Hopefully we'll see her finish, along with our resident young'in, in some exciting displays next week!

[earendel]

What the heck happened to Cassie!?! I was so looking forward to seeing how her game finished! Very refreshing when the young ones do well - they're booking so many lately, but unfortunately most have been brief hit and runs.

Hopefully we'll see her finish, along with our resident young'in, in some exciting displays next week!

I presume she'll be back after the guest host leaves.

[drew scheeler]

What the heck happened to Cassie!?! I was so looking forward to seeing how her game finished! Very refreshing when the young ones do well - they're booking so many lately, but unfortunately most have been brief hit and runs.

Hopefully we'll see her finish, along with our resident young'in, in some exciting displays next week!

I presume she'll be back after the guest host leaves.

I am allowed to reveal publicly that Cassie returns this Monday, followed by a bored buddy.

[MarleysGh0st]

I am allowed to reveal publicly that Cassie returns this Monday, followed by a bored buddy.

I thought TPTB didn't like anybody publicly talking about the Bored Buddy thing.

[drew scheeler]

I am allowed to reveal publicly that Cassie returns this Monday, followed by a bored buddy.

I thought TPTB didn't like anybody publicly talking about the Bored Buddy thing.

We'll see if my shoutout was edited out on Tuesday.

[MarleysGh0st]

I am allowed to reveal publicly that Cassie returns this Monday, followed by a bored buddy.

I thought TPTB didn't like anybody publicly talking about the Bored Buddy thing.

We'll see if my shoutout was edited out on Tuesday.

Oooooh! Something to look forward to!

[MarleysGh0st]

Here's an article promoting Cassie's return appearance on Monday.

Spoiler Warning: The article reveals her next question and the correct answer.

http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/201 ... -lifeline/

Belek auditioned in August after failing to snag a spot on “Jeopardy!” She submitted a video on why she would be a good contestant and then passed an online test.

So Millionaire was her backup choice.

[Estonut]

I predict controversy over the question mentioned...