Transcript 01/13/11 - Aida Gashi

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Aida Gashi
New York, NY

Aida has a tendency to get nervous and has warned Meredith that she may hyperventilate.

Question Topics (Unrandomized):
* Modern Art
* Break This Law
* Beams of Light
* Chicken Specifics
* Who Am I?
* Trailblazing Toon
* Winter Sports
* Leaving Office
* Wed-iquette
* Monstrous Lines

Question Topics (Randomized):
* Modern Art
* Leaving Office
* Winter Sports
* Chicken Specifics
* Monstrous Lines
* Who Am I?
* Wed-iquette
* Beams of Light
* Break This Law
* Trailblazing Toon


Question #1 * Trailblazing Toon
Debuting in 1960, what classic animated series was the first to run in primetime?

A: The Flintstones B: Looney Tunes
C: The Bullwinkle Show D: The Tom and Jerry Show

Aida jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

A: The Flintstones
Question Value: $5,000
Bank: $0

Question #2 * Break This Law
Though it is not enforced, a two-century-old law in Paris, France, technically prohibits women from doing what?

A: Walking dogs B: Drinking coffee
C: Singing in public D: Wearing trousers

Answer/Value/Bank

D: Wearing trousers
Question Value: $2,000
Bank: $2,000

Question #3 * Beams of Light
Roughly how long does it take for light from the Sun to reach Earth?

A: Under 1 second B: 40 seconds
C: 8 minutes D: 12 hours

Aida: Let's ask the audience.

ATA

A: 18% B: 13% C: 41% D: 28%

Aida says she was leaning towards

Spoiler

C

, also. Meredith gives her a fake-out on the answer.

Answer/Value/Bank

C: 8 minutes
Question Value: $10,000
Bank: $12,000

Question #4 * Wed-iquette
Traditionally, whose name appears first on a formal wedding invitation?

A: Bride B: Groom
C: Parents of the bride D: Grandparents

Aida: I am really leaning towards

Spoiler

C

, but I don't wanna--okay, let's jump this.

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Parents of the bride
Question Value: $7,000
Bank: $12,000

Question #5 * Who Am I?
Who is Reginald Dwight?

A: Ringo Starr B: Elton John
C: Prince D: Ozzy Osbourne

Aida really has no idea, so she walks with $6,000.

Answer

B: Elton John

-- Commercial Break --

[MarleysGh0st]

Aida Gashi
New York, NY

Aida has a tendency to get nervous and has warned Meredith that she may hyperventilate.

Since we never learned anything else about her, shall we put her down as a potential hyperventilator?

Question #2 * Break This Law
Though it is not enforced, a two-century-old law in Paris, France, technically prohibits women from doing what?

A: Walking dogs B: Drinking coffee
C: Singing in public D: Wearing trousers

Answer/Value/Bank

D: Wearing trousers
Question Value: $2,000
Bank: $2,000

As question #9 (unrandomized), I don't think we could assume that the most obvious answer is correct. So, out of all the stupid, obsolete, yet still on the books laws there might be all around the world, why would anybody know about this one?

[MarleysGh0st]

Question #3 * Beams of Light
Roughly how long does it take for light from the Sun to reach Earth?

A: Under 1 second B: 40 seconds
C: 8 minutes D: 12 hours

Aida: Let's ask the audience.

ATA

A: 18% B: 13% C: 41% D: 28%

Aida says she was leaning towards

Spoiler

C

, also. Meredith gives her a fake-out on the answer.

Answer/Value/Bank

C: 8 minutes
Question Value: $10,000
Bank: $12,000

Asking the audience on a science question which--if you haven't memorized the trivia--required some math to work out the answer! Aida was brave to go with that slim plurality, even if she did have the same hunch.

[earendel]

Aida Gashi
New York, NY

Aida has a tendency to get nervous and has warned Meredith that she may hyperventilate.

So this is a new gimmick - threatening to have an uncontrolled nervous reaction (vomiting, hyperventilating)?

Question #4 * Wed-iquette
Traditionally, whose name appears first on a formal wedding invitation?

A: Bride B: Groom
C: Parents of the bride D: Grandparents

Aida: I am really leaning towards

Spoiler

C

, but I don't wanna--okay, let's jump this.

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Parents of the bride
Question Value: $7,000
Bank: $12,000

Well, I don't know if it isn't that she isn't married or that modern brides don't observe the niceties, but this should have been obvious.

Nihil obstat®.

[vettech]

Question #4 * Wed-iquette
Traditionally, whose name appears first on a formal wedding invitation?

A: Bride B: Groom
C: Parents of the bride D: Grandparents

Aida: I am really leaning towards

Spoiler

C

, but I don't wanna--okay, let's jump this.

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Parents of the bride
Question Value: $7,000
Bank: $12,000

Well, I don't know if it isn't that she isn't married or that modern brides don't observe the niceties, but this should have been obvious.

Nihil obstat®.

I think part of it may be that with people tending to get married later in life, the parents aren't always the one footing the bill as they usually were back in the old days. I had to remember back to my first wedding (not a fun pasttime) to get this.

[Snaxx]

Asking the audience on a science question which--if you haven't memorized the trivia--required some math to work out the answer! Aida was brave to go with that slim plurality, even if she did have the same hunch.

Add that one of those two items needed to do the math was worth $1 Millon in the early prime-time days. This was only the third item from the top unrandomized; maybe the actual fact, which I've heard and remembered, has come up in pop culture or movies.

[SportsFan68]

Question #4 * Wed-iquette
Traditionally, whose name appears first on a formal wedding invitation?

A: Bride B: Groom
C: Parents of the bride D: Grandparents

Aida: I am really leaning towards

Spoiler

C

, but I don't wanna--okay, let's jump this.

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Parents of the bride
Question Value: $7,000
Bank: $12,000

Well, I don't know if it isn't that she isn't married or that modern brides don't observe the niceties, but this should have been obvious.

Nihil obstat®.

I think part of it may be that with people tending to get married later in life, the parents aren't always the one footing the bill as they usually were back in the old days. I had to remember back to my first wedding (not a fun pasttime) to get this.

Same here.

[littlebeast13]

Well, I don't know if it isn't that she isn't married or that modern brides don't observe the niceties, but this should have been obvious.

Nihil obstat®.

I think part of it may be that with people tending to get married later in life, the parents aren't always the one footing the bill as they usually were back in the old days. I had to remember back to my first wedding (not a fun pasttime) to get this.

Same here.

I have never been married, never will get married, and have never even been to a wedding or received an invitation to one.... but I'd have had no problem with that question. I've seen plenty of invitations tacked onto the bulletin board at work.....

lb13

[MarleysGh0st]

I have never been married, never will get married, and have never even been to a wedding or received an invitation to one.... but I'd have had no problem with that question. I've seen plenty of invitations tacked onto the bulletin board at work.....

Not even for any of the beast sisters?

[littlebeast13]

I have never been married, never will get married, and have never even been to a wedding or received an invitation to one.... but I'd have had no problem with that question. I've seen plenty of invitations tacked onto the bulletin board at work.....

Not even for any of the beast sisters?

Only one has ever been married.... twice.

Both courthouse ceremonies.... both thrown together without much planning....

And no I didn't go to either one.... what's the point?

lb13

[Queen Fantine VIII]

Question #4 * Wed-iquette
Traditionally, whose name appears first on a formal wedding invitation?

A: Bride B: Groom
C: Parents of the bride D: Grandparents

Aida: I am really leaning towards

Spoiler

C

, but I don't wanna--okay, let's jump this.

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Parents of the bride
Question Value: $7,000
Bank: $12,000

Well, I don't know if it isn't that she isn't married or that modern brides don't observe the niceties, but this should have been obvious.

Nihil obstat®.

I think part of it may be that with people tending to get married later in life, the parents aren't always the one footing the bill as they usually were back in the old days. I had to remember back to my first wedding (not a fun pasttime) to get this.

Or for those whose parents don't buy into the 'you have to pay for everything just because your daughter decides to get married to some loser' nonsense......