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Phoebe Kingsak
Garland, TX
College student

Phoebe is a self-proclaimed broke college student, who goes to NYU.

Question Topics (Unrandomized):
* Shopping Malls
* Stage Names
* Religious Groups
* Bless You
* Finish With Dessert
* Architectural Terms
* Inventors
* Geographical Botany
* TV Promotions
* Company Names

Question Topics (Randomized):
* Architectural Terms
* Stage Names
* Bless You
* Company Names
* Geographical Botany
* Inventors
* Shopping Malls
* Religious Groups
* TV Promotions
* Finish With Dessert


Question #1 * Finish With Dessert
An ice cream parlor in Bloomfield, New Jersey named Holsten's became famous as the location for the last scend of what TV series?

A: NYPD Blue B: The Sopranos
C: Seinfeld D: Will & Grace

Phoebe says those were way before she watched TV, but she feels like the audience will know this.

ATA

A: 6% B: 78% C: 7% D: 9%

Answer/Value/Bank

B: The Sopranos
Question Value: $3,000
Bank: $3,000

Question #2 * TV Promotions
Who replaced Diane Sawyer as host of "Good Morning America" when she became anchor of "World News"?

A: Jake Tapper B: Campbell Brown
C: Soledad O'Brien D: George Stephanopoulos

Phoebe doesn't know (she responds to Meredith's prompting that she doesn't watch GMA, she watches Today)
so she jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

D: George Stephanopoulos
Question Value: $500
Bank: $3,000

Question #3 * Religious Groups
What country is home to the world's largest population of Muslims?

A: Egypt B: Indonesia
C: Pakistan D: Nigeria

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Indonesia
Question Value: $5,000
Bank: $8,000

Question #4 * Shopping Malls
The largest mall on the East Coast,, the "King of Prussia Mall" features the title of a European monarch named what?

A: Leopold II B: Gustav III
C: Frederick II D: Charles III

Spoiler

Frederick

sounds good to Phoebe, but she can't gamble. She jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Frederick II
Question Value: $15,000
Bank: $8,000

Question #5 * Inventors
Benjamin Holt, co-founder of what is today Caterpillar Inc., was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame for his work on what?

A: Tractors B: Sewing machines
C: Eyeglasses D: Audio speakers

Answer/Value/Bank

A: Tractors
Question Value: $25,000
Bank: $33,000

-- Commercial Break --


Phoebe's mom is in the audience.


Question #6 * Geographical Botany
In 2007, botanists identified an orchid whose scientific name, Platanthera yosemitensis, hints that it's a native to what U.S. state?

A: Florida B: Arizona
C: California D: Ohio

Phoebe says her mom is going to kick her butt, because they totally went to this state park, but she's not sure if it's in

Spoiler

California or Arizona

. She makes

Spoiler

Arizona

her final answer and falls to $1,000.

Answer

C: California

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #1 * Finish With Dessert
An ice cream parlor in Bloomfield, New Jersey named Holsten's became famous as the location for the last scend of what TV series?

A: NYPD Blue B: The Sopranos
C: Seinfeld D: Will & Grace

Phoebe says those were way before she watched TV, but she feels like the audience will know this.

The Sopranos finale was in 2007, and Will and Grace ended in 2006. At what age did she start watching TV?

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #4 * Shopping Malls
The largest mall on the East Coast, the "King of Prussia Mall" features the title of a European monarch named what?

A: Leopold II B: Gustav III
C: Frederick II D: Charles III

I've worked in King of Prussia, Pa. for 30 years, so of course I know this.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #6 * Geographical Botany
In 2007, botanists identified an orchid whose scientific name, Platanthera yosemitensis, hints that it's a native to what U.S. state?

A: Florida B: Arizona
C: California D: Ohio

Phoebe says her mom is going to kick her butt, because they totally went to this state park, but she's not sure if it's in

Spoiler

California or Arizona

. She makes

Spoiler

Arizona

her final answer and falls to $1,000.

She deserves a butt-kicking for that.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Phoebe Kingsak
Garland, TX
College student

Phoebe is a self-proclaimed broke college student, who goes to NYU.

So she's a WE® despite the hometown listing.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #1 * Finish With Dessert
An ice cream parlor in Bloomfield, New Jersey named Holsten's became famous as the location for the last scend of what TV series?

A: NYPD Blue B: The Sopranos
C: Seinfeld D: Will & Grace

Phoebe says those were way before she watched TV, but she feels like the audience will know this.

ATA

A: 6% B: 78% C: 7% D: 9%

Answer/Value/Bank

B: The Sopranos
Question Value: $3,000
Bank: $3,000

"Before she watched TV"?? "The Sopranos has only been off the air for a couple years at most.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #4 * Shopping Malls
The largest mall on the East Coast,, the "King of Prussia Mall" features the title of a European monarch named what?

A: Leopold II B: Gustav III
C: Frederick II D: Charles III

Spoiler

Frederick

sounds good to Phoebe, but she can't gamble. She jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Frederick II
Question Value: $15,000
Bank: $8,000

This was the toughest question in the unrandomized stack.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #6 * Geographical Botany
In 2007, botanists identified an orchid whose scientific name, Platanthera yosemitensis, hints that it's a native to what U.S. state?

A: Florida B: Arizona
C: California D: Ohio

Phoebe says her mom is going to kick her butt, because they totally went to this state park, but she's not sure if it's in

Spoiler

California or Arizona

. She makes

Spoiler

Arizona

her final answer and falls to $1,000.

Answer

C: California

Let the butt-kicking begin, mom!

earendel wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Phoebe Kingsak
Garland, TX
College student

Phoebe is a self-proclaimed broke college student, who goes to NYU.

So she's a WE® despite the hometown listing.

Yep. I was about to give TPTB some credit for going farther afield, before she said that.

And is "broke college student" really a distinctive hook?

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #1 * Finish With Dessert
An ice cream parlor in Bloomfield, New Jersey named Holsten's became famous as the location for the last scend of what TV series?

A: NYPD Blue B: The Sopranos
C: Seinfeld D: Will & Grace

Phoebe says those were way before she watched TV, but she feels like the audience will know this.

ATA

A: 6% B: 78% C: 7% D: 9%

Answer/Value/Bank

B: The Sopranos
Question Value: $3,000
Bank: $3,000

If I had been at the Hot Podium, I'd have pointed out that Tony didn't finish with dessert, he finished with onion rings (eaten with an oddly eucharistic manner)!

earendel wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #4 * Shopping Malls
The largest mall on the East Coast,, the "King of Prussia Mall" features the title of a European monarch named what?

A: Leopold II B: Gustav III
C: Frederick II D: Charles III

Spoiler

Frederick

sounds good to Phoebe, but she can't gamble. She jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Frederick II
Question Value: $15,000
Bank: $8,000

This was the toughest question in the unrandomized stack.

According to Wikipedia:

King of Prussia is a census-designated place in Upper Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was 18,511. The community took its name in the 18th century from a local tavern named "The King of Prussia Inn", which was named after Frederick II, King of Prussia.

So if the mall was named after a community which was named after an tavern, the subject's not really "shopping malls," is it?

And since it's not likely that out-of-town viewers would know who an old tavern in Pennsylvania was named after, this question was really more generic, requiring the knowledge of which name is most identifiable with Prussian history.

MarleysGh0st wrote:
If I had been at the Hot Podium, I'd have pointed out that Tony didn't finish with dessert, he finished with onion rings (eaten with an oddly eucharistic manner)!

Keep this sort of thing to yourself at audition time, Marley. This is not a hook -- except maybe the kind used to remove performers from vaudeville (and television show) stages.

silvercamaro wrote:

MarleysGh0st wrote:
If I had been at the Hot Podium, I'd have pointed out that Tony didn't finish with dessert, he finished with onion rings (eaten with an oddly eucharistic manner)!

Keep this sort of thing to yourself at audition time, Marley. This is not a hook -- except maybe the kind used to remove performers from vaudeville (and television show) stages.

It's not what I'd use as a hook, but it is my personality that I'd display while bantering about the questions, as opposed to jumping up and down in excitement at the random dollar amount reveals.

I think it was a J! veteran (was he also a BB?) who posted a long analysis of that final episode that got me to accept it and put aside my grumble about "that dirty rotten trick!"

MarleysGh0st wrote:I think it was a J! veteran (was he also a BB?) who posted a long analysis of that final episode that got me to accept it and put aside my grumble about "that dirty rotten trick!"

Can he do a similar treatise on TOPG??

Estonut wrote:

MarleysGh0st wrote:I think it was a J! veteran (was he also a BB?) who posted a long analysis of that final episode that got me to accept it and put aside my grumble about "that dirty rotten trick!"

Can he do a similar treatise on TOPG??

He's welcome to try. But what if, like you, he finds it easier to dismiss my complaints for being over quota than to address their actual substance?