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The audience starts the show chanting "Meredith! Meredith!"
Meredith mentions that this is the 10th season in syndication, and she drops in a little plug for "Club Millionaire".

Contestant #1

Brittany Diya
Lisle, Illinois
nurse

News story: http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/otg/featu ... ay-holiday

17 is her lucky number. Fiancé Joe and parents Pat and Jim are in the audience.


Topic Tree (pre-randomized):

10. Big Sculptures
9. Elements of Decay
8. Worldly Dogs
7. The Nose Knows
6. Ironic Inspirations
5. Anagrams
4. Body Doubles
3. Military Cars
2. Guy Lingo
1. Just a Joke


Topic Tree: (Randomized)

3. Military Cars
8. Worldly Dogs
2. Guy Lingo
5. Anagrams
7. The Nose Knows
1. Just a Joke
9. Elements of Decay
4. Body Doubles
10. Big Sculptures
6. Ironic Inspirations

Question 1 - Level 6 - Ironic Inspirations

Though she was spared this "ailment," the syndrome wherein a caregiver falls for a patient is named after what famous woman?

A: Clara Barton B: Florence Nightingale
C: Marie Curie D: Elizabeth Blackwell

Spoiler

"Well I am a nurse, so I am familiar with this."

Answer and value

B: Florence Nightingale
Value: $25,000
Bank: $25,000

Question 2 - Level 10 - Big Sculptures

The original design for Mount Rushmore included plans to portray what in the sculpture?

A: Benjamin Franklin B: The presidents' torsos
C: The American Flag D: A bald eagle

She asks the audience.

Spoiler

A: 19%
B: 30%
C: 11%
D: 40%

She jumps the question.

Answer and value

B: The presidents' torsos
Value: $500
Bank: $25,000

Question 3 - Level 4 - Body Doubles

Ballerina Sarah Lane made headline by claiming that Natalie Portman only did 5 percent of the dancing in what film?

A: Step Up B: Black Swan
C: Stomp the Yard D: How She Move

Answer and value

B: Black Swan
Value: $1000
Bank: $26,000

Commercial break.

Question 4 - Level 9 - Elements of Decay

Uranium-238, a radioactive isotope used in nuclear weapons, will eventually decay into what stable element?

A: Tin B: Lead
C: Iron D: Sulfur

She jumps the question

Answer and value

B: Lead
Value: $10,000
Bank: $26,000

Question 5 - Level 1 - Just a Joke

What Comedy Central roastee joked that the difference between his hair and a wet raccoon is that the raccoon doesn't have 7

billion dollars?

A: Donald Trump B: William Shatner
C: Flavor Flav D: David Hasselhoff

Answer and value

A: Donald Trump
Value: $5,000
Bank: $31,000

Question 6 - Level 7 - The Nose Knows

Famous for the incredibly awful stench it emits when it blooms, the titan arum plant is widely known as the what?

A: Rotten cheese flower B: Skunk flower
C: Sweaty sock flower D: Corpse Flower

Spoiler

She has a guess of Corpse flower, but she's not sure. She's 50/50 between that and B.

She walks with $15,500.

Answer and value

D: Corpse flower
Value: not revealed

Famous for the incredibly awful stench it emits when it blooms, the titan arum plant is widely known as the what?

A: Rotten cheese flower B: Skunk flower
C: Sweaty sock flower D: Corpse Flower

E. Stinkerball

themanwho wrote:Question 2 - Level 10 - Big Sculptures

The original design for Mount Rushmore included plans to portray what in the sculpture?

A: Benjamin Franklin B: The presidents' torsos
C: The American Flag D: A bald eagle

She asks the audience.

Spoiler

A: 19%
B: 30%
C: 11%
D: 40%

She jumps the question.

Only the second question of the season and we already have our first audience dursting (deftly avoided by burning a JTQ), complete with a significant second place spike!

Here's a model of the original Mt. Rushmore design. It was scaled back due to insufficient funding.

Spoiler

MarleysGh0st wrote:Here's a model of the original Mt. Rushmore design. It was scaled back due to insufficient funding.

Spoiler

How is this an audience dursting?

The correct answer had the highest % value.

Jeemie wrote:

MarleysGh0st wrote:Here's a model of the original Mt. Rushmore design. It was scaled back due to insufficient funding.

Spoiler

How is this an audience dursting?

The correct answer had the highest % value.

?

ulysses5019 wrote:

Jeemie wrote:

MarleysGh0st wrote:Here's a model of the original Mt. Rushmore design. It was scaled back due to insufficient funding.

Spoiler

How is this an audience dursting?

The correct answer had the highest % value.

?

Whoops!

Never mind!

I guess because I knew the correct answer, I completely ignored the value at choice D!

(And on top of that, I responded to the wrong post!)