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Liz Williams
Culver City, CA

This is the first time she's been away from her children, 6-year old Autumn and 4-year old Dash. Dad is home with the children. He's in charge but she also told Autumn to keep an eye on Dad because he's a very immature 38-year old. Her husband's name is Ram and his parents Katherine and David are in the relationship seats.

Topic Tree: (unrandomized)
10 - Topping it Off
9 - Sister Acts
8 - Opera Attire
7 - What is It?
6 - ABC's Abroad
5 - Let's Rock
4 - TV Honors
3 - Software Sales
2 - Famous Trials
1 - 70's Film

Topic Tree: (randomized)
10 - Topping it Off
8 - Opera Attire
7 - What is It?
3 - Software Sales
2 - Famous Trials
1 - 70's Film
9 - Sister Acts
4 - TV Honors
6 - ABC's Abroad
5 - Let's Rock

Question #1 (Let's Rock - Level 1)
Produced by volcanic eruptions, what sponge-like rock is so lightweight that it can float?
A - shale
B - pyrite
C - travertine
D - pumice

Spoiler

Answer: D (pumice)
Value: $500
Bank: $500

Question #2 (ABC's Abroad - Level 6)
Hangul is the alphabet used for writing in what foreign language?
A - Farsi
B - Swedish
C - Korean
D - Swahili

Liz wants to take away

Spoiler

Swedish in her mind because "han" sounds Asian

. She decides to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Korean)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $500 (no change)

Question #3 (TV Honors - Level 4)
In 2008, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences created a new Emmy category honoring whom?
A - talk show guests
B - animal actors
C - TV chefs
D - reality show hosts

Liz is thinking

Spoiler

reality show hosts because they did a special where they had a bunch of them come on and host. She thinks that was a few years ago and they started this afterward

. She says it's so hard when you're up there, always second-guessing yourself. She can't decide whether to gamble - "Vegas or not to Vegas". She thinks more about this and finally decides to ask the audience.

ATA results

A - 1%
B - 3%
C - 17%
D - 79%

That's the direction she was leaning.

Spoiler

Answer: D (reality show hosts)
Value: $10,000
Bank: $10,500

Question #4 (Sister Acts - Level 9)
What celebrity sisters are behind the hip fashion label "Elizabeth and James"?
A - Jessica & Ashlee Simpson
B - Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen
C - Kim & Khloe Kardashian
D - Nicky & Paris Hilton

Liz feels that if

Spoiler

Kim and Khloe Kardashian had a fashion line it would be "smacking me in the face" all the time because they're "out there". It might be jeans. It might be Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen because they had two fashion lines, a kids version and a grown-up version

. She asks if she should guess, then goes ahead.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen)
Value: $500
Bank: $10,600

Question #5 (70's Film - Level 1)
What hit '70s film starred an actor who was labeled "John Revolta" by those who found his character distasteful?
A - The Last Detail
B - Annie Hall
C - Shampoo
D - Saturday Night Fever

Liz assumes they were talking about

Spoiler

John Travolta, and he was in "Saturday Night Fever"

so that's her final answer.

Spoiler

Answer: D (Saturday Night Fever)
Value: $25,000
Bank: $35,600

commercial break

Liz would like to buy a bigger house because she and her husband would like to have more children. Her in-laws are excited about the prospect. If nothing else they could add on another bedroom.

Question #6 (Famous Trials - Level 2)
Tennessee teacher John T. Scopes was fined for teaching evolution in a famous 1925 court case commonly known as the what?
A - Monkey Trial
B - Elephant Trial
C - Lizard Trial
D - Camel Trial

Liz's dad made her watch a movie about this trial so she knows the answer.

Spoiler

Answer: A (Monkey Trial)
Value: $3,000
Bank: $38,600

Question #7 (Software Sales - Level 3)
Word, Excel and PowerPoint are all computer programs sold together by Microsoft under what name?
A - Company
B - Work
C - Office
D - Agency

Spoiler

Answer: C (Office)
Value: $7,000
Bank: $45,600

Question #8 (What is It? - Level 7)
Named for the Dutch business that originated it, what is an Asscher cut?
A - surgical procedure
B - layered hairstyle
C - film editing technique
D - shape of diamond

Liz has no idea. She says

Spoiler

"Dutch, so it could be diamond"

but decides to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: D (shape of diamond)
Value: $15,000
Bank: $45,600

Question #9 (Opera Attire - Level 8)
What opera composer's "Ring Cycle" is credited with introducing audiences to the horned helmet-wearing soprano?
A - Richard Wagner
B - Giocomo Puccini
C - Igor Stravinski
D - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Liz says that when it first came up she thought

Spoiler

"Richard Wagner" (pronounced like "wag-ner"). She knows it's not Mozart and she says that Stravinski was Mozart's friend and she doesn't think he did it either

. She's not feeling confident so she's going to walk.

Spoiler

Answer: A (Richard Wagner)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $22,800 (consolation prize)

commercial break

The "Blast from the past" question was worth $250,000 in 2000:
Who was the first woman to command a space shuttle mission?
A - Sally Ride
B - Judith Reznik
C - Eileen Collins
D - Valentina Tereshkova

Spoiler

C (Eileen Collins)

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: C - Igor Stravinski
D - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Liz says that when it first came up she thought

Spoiler

"Richard Wagner" (pronounced like "wag-ner"). She knows it's not Mozart and she says that Stravinski was Mozart's friend and she doesn't think he did it either

A friendship between Mozart and Stravinski would have astonished both of them. Do you suppose Doc Brown (from "Back To the Future") introduced the two?

Didn't all these "5/19" contestants appear on the Friday, 5/20 episode?

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Question #4 (Sister Acts - Level 9)
What celebrity sisters are behind the hip fashion label "Elizabeth and James"?
A - Jessica & Ashlee Simpson
B - Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen
C - Kim & Khloe Kardashian
D - Nicky & Paris Hilton

Liz feels that if

Spoiler

Kim and Khloe Kardashian had a fashion line it would be "smacking me in the face" all the time because they're "out there". It might be jeans. It might be Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen because they had two fashion lines, a kids version and a grown-up version

. She asks if she should guess, then goes ahead.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen)
Value: $500
Bank: $10,600

I thought there was something familiar about this question.

http://wwtbambored.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=25878

Transcript 02/26/10 - Lisa Smith

$10,000 * Fashion Labels
Named after two of their siblings, the popular fashion label run by Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen is called what?

A: Jessica and David B: Clara and Henry
C: Elizabeth and James D: Olive and Michael

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Question #4 (Sister Acts - Level 9)
What celebrity sisters are behind the hip fashion label "Elizabeth and James"?
A - Jessica & Ashlee Simpson
B - Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen
C - Kim & Khloe Kardashian
D - Nicky & Paris Hilton

This is a trick question. The Olsens don't really have hips. At least not like the Simpsons and the Kardashians do. What would the Olsens know about hip fashion?

MarleysGh0st wrote:Didn't all these "5/19" contestants appear on the Friday, 5/20 episode?

Yes - fixed them all.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Liz Williams
Culver City, CA

This is the first time she's been away from her children, 6-year old Autumn and 4-year old Dash. Dad is home with the children. He's in charge but she also told Autumn to keep an eye on Dad because he's a very immature 38-year old. Her husband's name is Ram and his parents Katherine and David are in the relationship seats.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #4 (Sister Acts - Level 9)
What celebrity sisters are behind the hip fashion label "Elizabeth and James"?
A - Jessica & Ashlee Simpson
B - Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen
C - Kim & Khloe Kardashian
D - Nicky & Paris Hilton

Liz feels that if

Spoiler

Kim and Khloe Kardashian had a fashion line it would be "smacking me in the face" all the time because they're "out there". It might be jeans. It might be Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen because they had two fashion lines, a kids version and a grown-up version

. She asks if she should guess, then goes ahead.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen)
Value: $500
Bank: $10,600

I'd be using ATA on this one.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #8 (What is It? - Level 7)
Named for the Dutch business that originated it, what is an Asscher cut?
A - surgical procedure
B - layered hairstyle
C - film editing technique
D - shape of diamond

Liz has no idea. She says

Spoiler

"Dutch, so it could be diamond"

but decides to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: D (shape of diamond)
Value: $15,000
Bank: $45,600

From the comfort of my recliner I guessed correctly since the only one of the four I associate with Holland is diamonds. At the Hot Podium, however, I probably would have used JTQ.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #9 (Opera Attire - Level
What opera composer's "Ring Cycle" is credited with introducing audiences to the horned helmet-wearing soprano?
A - Richard Wagner
B - Giocomo Puccini
C - Igor Stravinski
D - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Liz says that when it first came up she thought

Spoiler

"Richard Wagner" (pronounced like "wag-ner"). She knows it's not Mozart and she says that Stravinski was Mozart's friend and she doesn't think he did it either

. She's not feeling confident so she's going to walk.

Spoiler

Answer: A (Richard Wagner)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $22,800 (consolation prize)

Too bad Liz didn't go with her instinct.

silvercamaro wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: C - Igor Stravinski
D - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Liz says that when it first came up she thought

Spoiler

"Richard Wagner" (pronounced like "wag-ner"). She knows it's not Mozart and she says that Stravinski was Mozart's friend and she doesn't think he did it either

A friendship between Mozart and Stravinski would have astonished both of them. Do you suppose Doc Brown (from "Back To the Future") introduced the two?

I wondered about that also.

Question #4 (Sister Acts - Level 9)
What celebrity sisters are behind the hip fashion label "Elizabeth and James"?
A - Jessica & Ashlee Simpson
B - Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen
C - Kim & Khloe Kardashian
D - Nicky & Paris Hilton

Natasha Richardson's (RIP) character in Parent Trap is named Elizabeth James. I wonder if that's where the producers got the name.

SportsFan68 wrote:Question #4 (Sister Acts - Level 9)
What celebrity sisters are behind the hip fashion label "Elizabeth and James"?
A - Jessica & Ashlee Simpson
B - Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen
C - Kim & Khloe Kardashian
D - Nicky & Paris Hilton

Natasha Richardson's (RIP) character in Parent Trap is named Elizabeth James. I wonder if that's where the producers got the name.

I've never heard of a producer for a fashion label. E & J are two Olsen siblings.

Estonut wrote:

SportsFan68 wrote:Question #4 (Sister Acts - Level 9)
What celebrity sisters are behind the hip fashion label "Elizabeth and James"?
A - Jessica & Ashlee Simpson
B - Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen
C - Kim & Khloe Kardashian
D - Nicky & Paris Hilton

Natasha Richardson's (RIP) character in Parent Trap is named Elizabeth James. I wonder if that's where the producers got the name.

I've never heard of a producer for a fashion label. E & J are two Olsen siblings.

Other way around, Esto. I wonder if the producers of the Parent Trap got the name from the Olsen line.

SportsFan68 wrote:

Estonut wrote:

SportsFan68 wrote:Question #4 (Sister Acts - Level 9)
What celebrity sisters are behind the hip fashion label "Elizabeth and James"?
A - Jessica & Ashlee Simpson
B - Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen
C - Kim & Khloe Kardashian
D - Nicky & Paris Hilton

Natasha Richardson's (RIP) character in Parent Trap is named Elizabeth James. I wonder if that's where the producers got the name.

I've never heard of a producer for a fashion label. E & J are two Olsen siblings.

Other way around, Esto. I wonder if the producers of the Parent Trap got the name from the Olsen line.

Parent Trap remake was in 1998.

Elizabeth and James fashion line launched in Fall 2007.

Estonut wrote:

SportsFan68 wrote:

Estonut wrote:I've never heard of a producer for a fashion label. E & J are two Olsen siblings.

Other way around, Esto. I wonder if the producers of the Parent Trap got the name from the Olsen line.

Parent Trap remake was in 1998.

Elizabeth and James fashion line launched in Fall 2007.

I was sure they were in the fashion business a lot longer than that. I didn't realize that E&J was relatively new.

What a nice coincidence. I'm going to take it as a tribute to Ms. Richardson.

SportsFan68 wrote:I was sure they were in the fashion business a lot longer than that. I didn't realize that E&J was relatively new.

I think the little billionaires have 3 or 4 different fashion lines.