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Monika Pollock
Bloomfield, NJ
Stay-at-home mom

Monika hopes to become the next Martha Stewart. She doesn't have the talent and doesn't have the money, either - yet.

Topic Tree: (unrandomized)
10 - That Rocks
9 - Woman of Words
8 - One Name Wonder
7 - Store Signs of Yore
6 - Google It
5 - Rallying Cry
4 - Lead the Way
3 - Survey Says
2 - Card Games
1 - Inventions

Topic Tree: (randomized)
5 - Rallying Cry
3 - Survey Says
8 - One Name Wonder
6 - Google It
10 - That Rocks
9 - Woman of Words
7 - Store Signs of Yore
4 - Lead the Way
2 - Card Games
1- Inventions

Question #1 (Inventions - Level 1)
After finding burrs stuck to his clothing following a hike, Swiss inventor George de Mestral had the idea for what popular product?
A - Band-aids
B - Velcro
C - Scotch tape
D - vacuum cleaner

Monika wastes no time using a lifeline. She decides to ask the audience.

ATA results

A - 3%
B - 86%
C - 10%
D - 1%

Monika says she's going to trust the audience because she thinks they have her back.

Spoiler

Answer: B (velcro)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $2,000

Question #2 (Card Games - Level 2)
Which of these popular card games is played with a special deck of 108 cards?
A - poker
B - bridge
C - blackjack
D - Uno

Monika isn't much of a card player. She's only played

Spoiler

Uno, but she's not sure how many cards are in the deck

. She jumps the question.

Spoiler

Answer: D (Uno)
Value: $5,000
Bank: $2,000 (no change)

That's what Monika would have guessed if she'd been willing to do so.

Question #3 (Lead the Way - Level 4)
"Rangers lead the way" is a motto used by an elite group in what branch of the U.S. military?
A - Army
B - Navy
C - Marine Corps
D - Air Force

Spoiler

Answer: A (Army)
Value: $500
Bank: $2,500

Question #4 (Store Signs of Yore - Level 7)
Since the Middle Ages, three gold balls have often been used as the storefront symbol for what type of establishment?
A - barbers
B - pawnbrokers
C - butchers
D - locksmiths

Monika wonders what

Spoiler

butchers

would have to do with three gold balls. Meredith says she could answer that but she's not going to (the audience laughs). "You're not going to set me up," she adds. Monika has no idea so she has to jump this question.

Spoiler

Answer: B (pawnbrokers)
Value: $100
Bank: $2,500

Question #5 (Woman of Words - Level 9)
Which of the following is the title of an annual journal issued by the Jane Austen Society of North America?
A - Eyre Letters
B - The Middlemarch
C - Persuasions
D - Wuthering writes

Monika is going to guess

Spoiler

A

because that was her first thought.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Persuasions)
Value: not revealed
Bank: $1,000 (consolation prize)

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Question #5 (Woman of Words - Level 9)
Which of the following is the title of an annual journal issued by the Jane Austen Society of North America?
A - Eyre Letters
B - The Middlemarch
C - Persuasions
D - Wuthering writes

My misspent youth pays off -- reading all those nontrashy novels.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #1 (Inventions - Level 1)
After finding burrs stuck to his clothing following a hike, Swiss inventor George de Mestral had the idea for what popular product?
A - Band-aids
B - Velcro
C - Scotch tape
D - vacuum cleaner

Monika wastes no time using a lifeline. She decides to ask the audience.

ATA results

A - 3%
B - 86%
C - 10%
D - 1%

Monika says she's going to trust the audience because she thinks they have her back.

Spoiler

Answer: B (velcro)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $2,000

The next Martha Stewart doesn't understand the operating principle of velcro?

And then, after getting an 86% response to the ATA, she was sounding rather desperate about that trust.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Monika Pollock
Bloomfield, NJ
Stay-at-home mom

Monika hopes to become the next Martha Stewart. She doesn't have the talent and doesn't have the money, either - yet.

Of the two, I suspect talent is more important.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #1 (Inventions - Level 1)
After finding burrs stuck to his clothing following a hike, Swiss inventor George de Mestral had the idea for what popular product?
A - Band-aids
B - Velcro
C - Scotch tape
D - vacuum cleaner

Monika wastes no time using a lifeline. She decides to ask the audience.

ATA results

A - 3%
B - 86%
C - 10%
D - 1%

Monika says she's going to trust the audience because she thinks they have her back.

Spoiler

Answer: B (velcro)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $2,000

Maybe it was just nerves, but if she'd stopped to think about it she might have reasoned out the answer.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #5 (Woman of Words - Level 9)
Which of the following is the title of an annual journal issued by the Jane Austen Society of North America?
A - Eyre Letters
B - The Middlemarch
C - Persuasions
D - Wuthering writes

Monika is going to guess

Spoiler

A

because that was her first thought.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Persuasions)
Value: not revealed
Bank: $1,000 (consolation prize)

I would have used a JTQ lifeline here. I doubt the audience would know this.