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Terri Alenikov
Long Beach, CA

Terri is a professor who uses trivia as a teaching tool in the classroom, so Meredith says this should be a breeze for her. Terri hopes so.

Topic Tree (Unrandomized)
10: The Written Word
9: Celebrity Tattoos
8: What Is It?
7: Foreign Cities
6: Murder, They Said
5: Chart Toppers
4: Winter Sports
3: Health Advice
2: K Mart
1: Quit It

Topic Tree (Randomized)
9: Celebrity Tattoos
7: Foreign Cities
2: K Mart
3: Health Advice
5: Chart Toppers
1: Quit It
4: Winter Sports
6: Murder, They Said
8: What Is It?
10: The Written Word


Question #1 - Level 10: The Written Word
What author penned the famous line "Oh, what a tangled web we weave,/ When first we practice to deceive!"?

A: Alexander Pope B: Alfred Lord Tennyson
C: Geoffrey Chaucer D: Sir Walter Scott

Terri wants to say one of them, just because she recognizes the name, but she jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

D: Sir Walter Scott
Question Value: $1,000
Bank: $0

That was not what Terri was thinking.


Question #2 - Level 8: What Is It?
The subject of numerous 2010 headlines, what is Gliese 581g?

A: Obesity-regulating gene B: Earth-like planet
C: Widespread computer virus D: Early hominid fossil

Terri asks the audience.

ATA

A: 32% B: 49% C: 12% D: 7%

Terri's inclination was

Spoiler

A

, but she thinks she has to go with the audience.

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Earth-like planet
Question Value: $2,000
Bank: $2,000

-- Commercial Break --


Question #3 - Level 6: Murder, They Said
Which of these infamous criminals was also known as the "Whitechapel Murderer"?

A: Jesse James B: Jack the Ripper
C: John Dillinger D: Al Capone

Terri laughs when she sees the question.

Meredith: What are you laughing at?

Terri: That I don't know this one, either!

Terri jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Jack the Ripper
Question Value: $25,000
Bank: $2,000

-- The End of Game "Noise" --


Terri will return on tomorrow's show.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Terri Alenikov
Long Beach, CA

Terri is a professor who uses trivia as a teaching tool in the classroom, so Meredith says this should be a breeze for her. Terri hopes so.

Question #1 - Level 10: The Written Word
What author penned the famous line "Oh, what a tangled web we weave,/ When first we practice to deceive!"?

A: Alexander Pope B: Alfred Lord Tennyson
C: Geoffrey Chaucer D: Sir Walter Scott

Terri wants to say one of them, just because she recognizes the name, but she jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

D: Sir Walter Scott
Question Value: $1,000
Bank: $0

That was not what Terri was thinking.

She recognizes just one of those names? I sure as heck would like to know the professor's area of expertise.

I googled her, because I wondered what she was a professor of. This letter to the editor of People magazine from 1996 came up:


I wish I had a dime for every time you had Princess Diana on the cover. I could retire today a very wealthy person. Enough already!
TERRI ALENIKOV, Long Beach, Calif.


It looks like she teaches accounting.

-M

themanwho wrote:It looks like she teaches accounting.

Yes, I believe Meredith mentioned that after the final commercial break.

Who knows some good accounting trivia?

Question #1 - Level 10: The Written Word
What author penned the famous line "Oh, what a tangled web we weave,/ When first we practice to deceive!"?

A: Alexander Pope B: Alfred Lord Tennyson
C: Geoffrey Chaucer D: Sir Walter Scott

Terri wants to say one of them, just because she recognizes the name, but she jumps the question.

Spoiler

[Obscure] Spoiler: Answer/Value/Bank
D: Sir Walter Scott
Question Value: $1,000
Bank: $0

Ouch! If Shakespeare had been up there, I woulda been out the door in 2 seconds!

themanwho wrote:I googled her, because I wondered what she was a professor of. This letter to the editor of People magazine from 1996 came up:


I wish I had a dime for every time you had Princess Diana on the cover. I could retire today a very wealthy person. Enough already!
TERRI ALENIKOV, Long Beach, Calif.


It looks like she teaches accounting.

-M

I looked as well and came up with this:

http://www.livedash.com/transcript/who_ ... 11/582721/

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Terri Alenikov
Long Beach, CA

Terri is a professor who uses trivia as a teaching tool in the classroom, so Meredith says this should be a breeze for her. Terri hopes so.

Terri said, "Ask me about things I know," and Meredith replied, "I'll see what I can do."

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #1 - Level 10: The Written Word
What author penned the famous line "Oh, what a tangled web we weave,/ When first we practice to deceive!"?

A: Alexander Pope B: Alfred Lord Tennyson
C: Geoffrey Chaucer D: Sir Walter Scott

Terri wants to say one of them, just because she recognizes the name, but she jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

D: Sir Walter Scott
Question Value: $1,000
Bank: $0

I thought it might be Pope, but I'd have used JTQ on this one.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #2 - Level 8: What Is It?
The subject of numerous 2010 headlines, what is Gliese 581g?

A: Obesity-regulating gene B: Earth-like planet
C: Widespread computer virus D: Early hominid fossil

Terri asks the audience.

ATA

A: 32% B: 49% C: 12% D: 7%

Terri's inclination was

Spoiler

A

, but she thinks she has to go with the audience.

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Earth-like planet
Question Value: $2,000
Bank: $2,000

It was called the "Goldilocks" planet because it was located in the habitable zone of the star ("not too hot, not too cold").

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #3 - Level 6: Murder, They Said
Which of these infamous criminals was also known as the "Whitechapel Murderer"?

A: Jesse James B: Jack the Ripper
C: John Dillinger D: Al Capone

Terri laughs when she sees the question.

Meredith: What are you laughing at?

Terri: That I don't know this one, either!

Terri jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Jack the Ripper
Question Value: $25,000
Bank: $2,000

elwing said that "Whitechapel" sounded British, so it had to be B. Thanks to ST:TOS I knew this.