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Andreana Leskovjan
Sound Beach, NY
Grad student studying biomedical engineering
researching Alzheimers disease

Andreana graduates next week, she's been in grad school for ten years. She wants to go somewhere exotic, warm, and with water.

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Andreana has her Double Dip and Ask The Expert lifelines.
Today's expert is A.J. Jacobs.

$10,000 - TV Dramas
What TV drama's 2009 season featured its characters living through the Kennedy assassination?
A: Dexter B: Big Love
C: Lost D: Mad Men

Spoiler

D: Mad Men (20)

$12,500 - Cities of the World
If you overlook the language difference, the most populous city in Brazil shares its name with the capital of what U.S. state?
A: California B: Pennsylvania
C: Minnesota D: Louisiana

Andreana spends 15 seconds intently studying this question, looking worried, and then smiles and confidently answers...

Spoiler

C: Minnesota (12)

$15,000 - Cleveland Rocks
What legendary Cleveland, Ohio disc jockey is widely credited with coining the phrase "rock and roll"?
A: Tom "Big Daddy" Donahue B: Wolfman Jack
C: Murray "The K" Kaufman D: Alan "Moondog" Freed

With 20 seconds remaining, Andreana decides to Ask The Expert.

ATE discussion

A.J. says he's not 100% sure (A.J.: "Can I Phone-a-Friend?" Mer: "Not anymore") but thinks he can rule out C and his gut tells him it's B. He suggests using a double dip of B or D.

With 18 seconds remaining, Andreana decides to Double Dip.

Her first answer is

Spoiler

B

, and is incorrect.
Her second answer is

Spoiler

D

Spoiler

D: Alan "Moondog" Freed (13)

-- Commercial Break --

Andreana's boyfriend Marco is in the audience. Andreana told a meet cute story about meeting over tiramisu.

$25,000 - Heroines
Like the title heroine of Jane Austen's "Emma," which of these other famous literary characters has the first name "Emma"?
A: Mrs. Dalloway B: Ma Joad
C: Madame Bovary D: Scout Finch

Andreana decides to take a guess ("I've already got 5,000...") and answers

Spoiler

D

.
(Meredith mentions that she agrees with Andreana's guess, but unfortunately it's wrong)

Spoiler

C: Madame Bovary ( )

Andreana leaves with $5,000



Edited to correct the spelling of "Kennedy" in the $10,000 question.

I was absolutely screaming at the TV! I have Alan Freed's autograph. Met him April 11, 1958 at one of his Rock 'n' Roll shows. I listened to him every night from WABC in NY. Those programs were awesome! I remember one night he had Jimmy Clanton (my Justin Bieber) and Jackie Wilson in the studio with him singing.

In fact, I'm heading back down to the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame in a couple of weeks. Alan was my hero - payola or no payola. It's what everybody did in those days including Dick Clark. Alan was his fall guy, in my opinion.

As for the "Moondog" name - that was left behind in Cleveland. Whoever wrote this question had no idea where Alan went from there.

ontellen wrote:I was absolutely screaming at the TV! I have Alan Freed's autograph. Met him April 11, 1958 at one of his Rock 'n' Roll shows. I listened to him every night from WABC in NY. Those programs were awesome! I remember one night he had Jimmy Clanton (my Justin Bieber) and Jackie Wilson in the studio with him singing.

In fact, I'm heading back down to the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame in a couple of weeks. Alan was my hero - payola or no payola. It's what everybody did in those days including Dick Clark. Alan was his fall guy, in my opinion.

As for the "Moondog" name - that was left behind in Cleveland. Whoever wrote this question had no idea where Alan went from there.

As a Clevelander, I too was screaming. The Moondog name has actually lived on and has been co-opted by several radio stations who use it to refer to events, like the "Majic 105.7 Moondog Coronation --let's invite once popular acts from the 1950s that are willing to work for leftovers -- Ball."

ontellen wrote:I was absolutely screaming at the TV! I have Alan Freed's autograph. Met him April 11, 1958 at one of his Rock 'n' Roll shows. I listened to him every night from WABC in NY. Those programs were awesome! I remember one night he had Jimmy Clanton (my Justin Bieber) and Jackie Wilson in the studio with him singing.

In fact, I'm heading back down to the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame in a couple of weeks. Alan was my hero - payola or no payola. It's what everybody did in those days including Dick Clark. Alan was his fall guy, in my opinion.

As for the "Moondog" name - that was left behind in Cleveland. Whoever wrote this question had no idea where Alan went from there.

I learned that fact from the QoD several years ago. It pays to play. --Bob

Nihil obstat®

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Andreana Leskovjan
Sound Beach, NY
Grad student studying biomedical engineering
researching Alzheimers disease

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$10,000 - TV Dramas
What TV drama's 2009 season featured its characters living through the Kenney assassination?
A: Dexter B: Big Love
C: Lost D: Mad Men

Spoiler

D: Mad Men (20)

Who the heck is Kenney??? Isn't that the kid on South Park that gets killed every week?

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$12,500 - Cities of the World
If you overlook the language difference, the most populous city in Brazil shares its name with the capital of what U.S. state?
A: California B: Pennsylvania
C: Minnesota D: Louisiana

Andreana spends 15 seconds intently studying this question, looking worried, and then smiles and confidently answers...

Spoiler

C: Minnesota (12)

My first thought was "Rio" and couldn't match it. Then when I went back through the capitals it hit me.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$15,000 - Cleveland Rocks
What legendary Cleveland, Ohio disc jockey is widely credited with coining the phrase "rock and roll"?
A: Tom "Big Daddy" Donahue B: Wolfman Jack
C: Murray "The K" Kaufman D: Alan "Moondog" Freed

With 20 seconds remaining, Andreana decides to Ask The Expert.

ATE discussion

A.J. says he's not 100% sure (A.J.: "Can I Phone-a-Friend?" Mer: "Not anymore") but thinks he can rule out C and his gut tells him it's B. He suggests using a double dip of B or D.

With 18 seconds remaining, Andreana decides to Double Dip.

Her first answer is

Spoiler

B

, and is incorrect.
Her second answer is

Spoiler

D

Spoiler

D: Alan "Moondog" Freed (13)

Good thing she did the DD. I'm guessing Wolfman Jack was considered because of his fame.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$25,000 - Heroines
Like the title heroine of Jane Austen's "Emma," which of these other famous literary characters has the first name "Emma"?
A: Mrs. Dalloway B: Ma Joad
C: Madame Bovary D: Scout Finch

Andreana decides to take a guess ("I've already got 5,000...") and answers

Spoiler

D

.
(Meredith mentions that she agrees with Andreana's guess, but unfortunately it's wrong)

Spoiler

C: Madame Bovary ( )

Andreana leaves with $5,000

It's nice to see a contestant willing to gamble and it's a shame the gamble didn't pay off. I had to read "Madame Bovary" in high school.

Nihil obstat®.

earendel wrote:Who the heck is Kenney??? Isn't that the kid on South Park that gets killed every week?

Smart aleck!

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Andreana Leskovjan
Sound Beach, NY
Grad student studying biomedical engineering
researching Alzheimers disease

$12,500 - Cities of the World
If you overlook the language difference, the most populous city in Brazil shares its name with the capital of what U.S. state?
A: California B: Pennsylvania
C: Minnesota D: Louisiana

Andreana spends 15 seconds intently studying this question, looking worried, and then smiles and confidently answers...

Spoiler

C: Minnesota (12)

Thought that was a pretty tough question with TDC in play, and for only 12.5K. Especially with the generally geography challenged cast members that usually occupy the chair. The language distractor in the clue had me looking at Louisiana initially before figuring it out. Not sure I would have beaten the clock although I don't know how long it runs at this level.

Sacramento could be a bit of a distractor as well I suppose but my mind first went to Baton Rouge.

Gotta give her props for getting that one in time and without a lifeline.