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Bhumika Dawson
New York, NY
Finance consultant


Question Topics:
Just Married!
1964
Shakespeare
Social Security
Slang
Literary Characters
To Coin a Phrase
National Geographic
Queens of Comedy
Donkey Rides
Tabloid Couples
Costly Comments
Kids These Days
Know Your Rights
Words & Phrases

$500 - Words & Phrases
Which of these first names is also a synonym for "winner"?
A: Martin B: Victor
C: Peter D: USA! USA!

Spoiler

B: Victor (10)

$1000 - Know Your Rights
The Declaration of Independence famously enshrines what inalienable right with "Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness"?
A: Life B: Dignity
C: Success D: Wealth

Spoiler

A: Life (11)

$2000 - Kids These Days
Popular among disaffected teens, the "goth" subculture typically involves dressing in what color?
A: White B: Green
C: Pink D: Black

Spoiler

D: Black (12)

$3,000 - Costly Comments
Professional basketball star Jason Kidd was once fined $20,000 for comparing NBA game officials to what nursery rhyme characters?
A: Ten little Indians B: Three blind mice
C: Jack and Jill D: Five little pigs

Spoiler

B: Three blind mice (3)

$5,000 - Tabloid Couples
The tabloid-friendly celebrity couple known as "Speidi" earned fame as stars on what reality TV series?
A: The Hills B: The Amazing Race
C: Rock of Love D: Project Runway

Spoiler

A: The Hills (10)

-- Commercial Break --

Bhumika's husband Anthony is in the audience. They moved to New York from Austin TX about a year ago. They've hit some of their favorite sites in New York: "the Friends building, Tom's Diner from Seinfeld, and of course Millionaire..."

$7,500 - Donkey Rides
Somewhat of a hero in Colombia, Luis Soriano created the "Biblioburros," a program that uses donkeys to distribute what?
A: Medicine B: Books
C: Water D: Clothing

Spoiler

B: Books (24)

$10,000 - Queens of Comedy
After first hosting Saturday Night Life when she was seven, who hosted "SNL" for the sixth time in 2009, a record for female hosts?
A: Hilary Swank B: Natalie Portman
C: Drew Barrymore D: Lindsay Lohan

Spoiler

C: Drew Barrymore (25)

$12,500 - National Geographic
The cover of the July 2009 issue of National Geographic features the word "Angkor" in bold lettering against a picture of a what?
A: Igloo B: Suspension bridge
C: Religious temple D: Pyramid

With 23 seconds remaining, Bhumika decides to Ask The Expert. Today's expert is A.J. Jacobs

ATE discussion

A.J. is able to easily rule out A or B. He thinks that Angkor Wat is in Cambodia. He and Bhumika discuss and decide that C probably makes the most sense. (although he says he's not 100%)

Bhumika hesitates, apparently considering the double dip, but goes ahead and answers

Spoiler

C

Spoiler

C: Religious temple (12)

$15,000 - To Coin A Phrase
The well-known phrase "a clear and present danger" was coined in 1919 by which of the following people?
A: U.S. governor B: U.S. Army General
C: Steel magnate D: Supreme Court justice

With 19 seconds remaining, Bhumika decides to Ask the Audience.

ATA results

ATA: A: 3% B: 66% C: 6% D: 25%

Bhumika agrees that she was thinking that, and decides to answer

Spoiler

B

. Unfortunately, she has been Durst'ed by the audience.

Spoiler

D: Supreme Court justice ( )

(Mer explains that it was part of a supreme court ruling about when it's legal to yell "Fire" in a crowded theater.)

Bhumika leaves with $5,000

-- Commercial Break --

Tomorrow Teaser

$12,500
What singer once employed an aptly-named backup band known as "The J.B.'s"?
A: Jimmy Buffett B: Jackson Browne
C: James Brown D: Jeff Buckley

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Bhumika Dawson
New York, NY

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BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$3,000 - Costly Comments
Professional basketball star Jason Kidd was once fined $20,000 for comparing NBA game officials to what nursery rhyme characters?
A: Ten little Indians B: Three blind mice
C: Jack and Jill D: Five little pigs

And Jason Kidd was absolutely right in his comparison.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$12,500 - National Geographic
The cover of the July 2009 issue of National Geographic features the word "Angkor" in bold lettering against a picture of a what?
A: Igloo B: Suspension bridge
C: Religious temple D: Pyramid

I ran into some trouble here. Before the choices came up, I said "a temple shaped like a pyramid". And much to my dismay, both temple and pyramid show up. So due to my overthinking this question, I would be forced to use a lifeline--ask A.J.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$15,000 - To Coin A Phrase
The well-known phrase "a clear and present danger" was coined in 1919 by which of the following people?
A: U.S. governor B: U.S. Army General
C: Steel magnate D: Supreme Court justice

My first thought was General, but SC Justice worried me enough to make me use Double Dip on those two answers.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$15,000 - To Coin A Phrase
The well-known phrase "a clear and present danger" was coined in 1919 by which of the following people?
A: U.S. governor B: U.S. Army General
C: Steel magnate D: Supreme Court justice

With 19 seconds remaining, Bhumika decides to Ask the Audience.

ATA results

ATA: A: 3% B: 66% C: 6% D: 25%

Bhumika agrees that she was thinking that, and decides to answer

Spoiler

B

. Unfortunately, she has been Durst'ed by the audience.

Spoiler

D: Supreme Court justice ( )

Ouch! Another nasty dursting by the audience. I presume 66% remembered that 1919 was sort of around the time of World War I, without remembering that the war was actually over by then.

That was a good second place spike, though.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Bhumika Dawson
New York, NY
Finance consultant

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$12,500 - National Geographic
The cover of the July 2009 issue of National Geographic features the word "Angkor" in bold lettering against a picture of a what?
A: Igloo B: Suspension bridge
C: Religious temple D: Pyramid

With 23 seconds remaining, Bhumika decides to Ask The Expert. Today's expert is A.J. Jacobs

ATE discussion

A.J. is able to easily rule out A or B. He thinks that Angkor Wat is in Cambodia. He and Bhumika discuss and decide that C probably makes the most sense. (although he says he's not 100%)

Bhumika hesitates, apparently considering the double dip, but goes ahead and answers

Spoiler

C

Spoiler

C: Religious temple (12)

The location of Angkor Wat isn't the issue here. Besides, someone who has read the whole encyclopedia should be 100% sure that Angkor is a religious temple.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$15,000 - To Coin A Phrase
The well-known phrase "a clear and present danger" was coined in 1919 by which of the following people?
A: U.S. governor B: U.S. Army General
C: Steel magnate D: Supreme Court justice

With 19 seconds remaining, Bhumika decides to Ask the Audience.

ATA results

ATA: A: 3% B: 66% C: 6% D: 25%

Bhumika agrees that she was thinking that, and decides to answer

Spoiler

B

. Unfortunately, she has been Durst'ed by the audience.

Spoiler

D: Supreme Court justice ( )

(Mer explains that it was part of a supreme court ruling about when it's legal to yell "Fire" in a crowded theater.)

I can imagine why "clear and present danger" might be associated with a general in most people's minds.

Nihil obstat®.

MarleysGh0st wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$15,000 - To Coin A Phrase
The well-known phrase "a clear and present danger" was coined in 1919 by which of the following people?
A: U.S. governor B: U.S. Army General
C: Steel magnate D: Supreme Court justice

With 19 seconds remaining, Bhumika decides to Ask the Audience.

ATA results

ATA: A: 3% B: 66% C: 6% D: 25%

Bhumika agrees that she was thinking that, and decides to answer

Spoiler

B

. Unfortunately, she has been Durst'ed by the audience.

Spoiler

D: Supreme Court justice ( )

Ouch! Another nasty dursting by the audience. I presume 66% remembered that 1919 was sort of around the time of World War I, without remembering that the war was actually over by then.

That was a good second place spike, though.

Interestingly last night's FJ! asked who died exactly 5 years before the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919. One of the contestants said "Woodrow Wilson".

earendel wrote:The location of Angkor Wat isn't the issue here. Besides, someone who has read the whole encyclopedia should be 100% sure that Angkor is a religious temple

Yeah, but he read 25 more volumes after "A"...