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Sarah Lund
Arlington Heights, Illinois
Special Ed teacher

Wants to use the money to help 93-year-old Grandma Ninny

Topic Tree (pre-randomized):
10. Car Exploration
9. T Is For...
8. Welcome to America
7. I, Memoirist
6. Fancy Dolls
5. Basketball Royalty
4. Celebratory Snack
3. Money Talks
2. Scandalous Fun
1. At the Spa

Topic Tree: (Randomized)

8. Welcome to America (MAYTAG question)
9. T Is For...
2. Scandalous Fun
10. Car Exploration
6. Fancy Dolls
7. I, Memoirist
5. Basketball Royalty
4. Celebratory Snack
3. Money Talks
1. At the Spa

Question 1 - Level 1. At the Spa

What suffix is missing in both words of a popular spa treatment known as a mani-pedi?

A: -tive B: -dom
C: -cure D: -scope

Answer and value

C: -cure
Value: $5,000
Bank: $5,000

Question 2 - Level 3. Money Talks

The only ATM in the world that lets users make transactions in Latin is found in what city?

A: Rio de Janero B: Vatican City
C: Jakarta D: Moscow

Answer and value

B: Vatican City
Value: $3,000
Bank: $8,000

Question 3 - Level 4. Celebratory Snack

In celebration of its 15th anniversary, "South Park" sold a real-life version of what snack?

A: Krusty-O's B: Scooby Snacks
C: Cheesy Poofs D: Krabby Patties

Answer and value

C: Cheesy Poofs
Value: $500
Bank:$8,500

Question 4 - Level 5. Basketball Royalty

An NBA All Star's website is one of the first hits when Googling the name of what English monarch?

A: King Edward B: King Henry
C: King James D: King John

Answer and value

C: King James
Value: $10,000
Bank:$18,500

Question 5 - Level 7. I, Memoirist

In 1994, the author of the sci-fi collection "I, Robot" had a posthumous memoir released, titled what?

A: I. Heinlein B: I. Clarke
C: I. Asimov D: I. Hubbard

She asks the audience.

Spoiler

A: 10%
B: 16%
C: 48%
D: 26%

Not a big enough percentage for her. She jumps the question.

Answer and value

C: I. Asimov
Value: $2,000
Bank:$18,500

Commercial break.

Sarah's boyfirend of 6 years proposed to her just before she got the call to be on the show.

Question 6 - Level 6. Fancy Dolls

Carolina Herrera, Vera Wang and Monique Lhuillier have all designed collector Barbie Dolls in which she's dressed as a what?

A: Fairy B: Bride
C: Princess D: Ballroom dancer

Answer and value

B: Bride (Meredith: "This question was tailor made for you!"
Value: $7,000
Bank: $25,500

Question 7 - Level 10. Car Exploration

Which of the following explorers inspired Chrysler to name a line of cars after him that was manufactured from 1928 to 1961?

A: De Soto B: Columbus
C: Coronado D: Da Gama

She jumps the question.

Answer and value

A: De Soto (She wouldn't have gone with that.)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $25,500

Question 8 - Level 2. Scandalous Fun

Though it may seem silly now, what board game earned the nickname "sex in a box" by critics when it was first released?

A: Monopoly B: Connect Four
C: Twister D: Battleship

Answer and value

C: Twister
Value: $15,000
Bank: $40,500

Question 9- Level 9. T Is For...

What Hollywood leading man has the less-than-manly middle name "Tiffany"?

A: Denzel Washinton B: Jack Nicholson
C: Sean Connerey D: Richard Gere

She could guess, but she doesn't want to risk the money. She walks. Final Answer.

Answer and value

D: Richard Gere (She wouldn't have guessed that. Tifanny was his mother's maiden name.)
Value: not revealed

Sarah leaves with $20,250.

Commercial break.

Question 3 - Level 4. Celebratory Snack

In celebration of it 15th anniversary, "South Park" sold a real-life version of what snack?

A: Krusty-O's B: Scooby Snacks
C: Cheesy Poofs D: Krabby Patties

Answer and value

C: Cheesy Poofs
Value: $500
Bank:$8,500

There goes my ATA. Wonder what the percentage woulda been.

In 1994, the author of the sci-fi collection "I, Robot" had a posthumous memoir released, titled what?

A: I. Heinlein B: I. Clarke
C: I. Asimov D: I. Hubbard

She asks the audience.

Spoiler

A: 10%
B: 16%
C: 48%
D: 26%

Not a big enough percentage for her. She jumps the question.

Answer and value

C: I. Asimov
Value: $2,000
Bank:$18,500

I devoured all of Asimov's stuff when I was in my teens. I even considered trying to track down his history of the Bible because I thought it would be fun and interesting. I still might.

Question 6 - Level 6. Fancy Dolls

Carolina Herrera, Vera Wang and Monique Lhuillier have all designed collector Barbie Dolls in which she's dressed as a what?

A: Fairy B: Bride
C: Princess D: Ballroom dancer

Answer and value

B: Bride (Meredith: "This question was tailor made for you!"
Value: $7,000
Bank: $25,500

JTQ instantly so I'm not tempted to say princess.

Question 7 - Level 10. Car Exploration

Which of the following explorers inspired Chrysler to name a line of cars after him that was manufactured from 1928 to 1961?

A: De Soto B: Columbus
C: Coronado D: Da Gama

She jumps the question.

Answer and value

A: De Soto (She wouldn't have gone with that.)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $25,500

My uncle had a DeSoto until it fell apart. Couldn't get parts for it.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 3 - Level 4. Celebratory Snack

In celebration of its 15th anniversary, "South Park" sold a real-life version of what snack?

A: Krusty-O's B: Scooby Snacks
C: Cheesy Poofs D: Krabby Patties

Answer and value

C: Cheesy Poofs
Value: $500
Bank:$8,500

I could rule out

Spoiler

Krusty-O's (The Simpsons)

and

Spoiler

Scooby Snacks (Scooby Doo)

. Where do

Spoiler

Krabby Patties

come from? --Bob

Bob78164 wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 3 - Level 4. Celebratory Snack

In celebration of its 15th anniversary, "South Park" sold a real-life version of what snack?

A: Krusty-O's B: Scooby Snacks
C: Cheesy Poofs D: Krabby Patties

Answer and value

C: Cheesy Poofs
Value: $500
Bank:$8,500

I could rule out

Spoiler

Krusty-O's (The Simpsons)

and

Spoiler

Scooby Snacks (Scooby Doo)

. Where do

Spoiler

Krabby Patties

come from? --Bob

SpongeBob SquarePants

My most favorite stack in a long time. Ones I didn't know, I figured out!

I'd have cruised through to Q9, and then used ATA on that one and hope they knew it.

BTW- we need a term for those questions where there's a strong second-place spike in the audience poll, and yet the leading answer is correct anyway. Reverse Durst Dursting?

If I had not known, I would have done exactly what she did- the strong second-place spike would have scared me off of trusting the audience.

SportsFan68 wrote:

Question 3 - Level 4. Celebratory Snack

In celebration of it 15th anniversary, "South Park" sold a real-life version of what snack?

A: Krusty-O's B: Scooby Snacks
C: Cheesy Poofs D: Krabby Patties

Answer and value

C: Cheesy Poofs
Value: $500
Bank:$8,500

There goes my ATA. Wonder what the percentage woulda been.

Better than the I, Robot question was.

The show's "based" in Colorado and you didn't know it?

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 5 - Level 7. I, Memoirist

In 1994, the author of the sci-fi collection "I, Robot" had a posthumous memoir released, titled what?

A: I. Heinlein B: I. Clarke
C: I. Asimov D: I. Hubbard

She asks the audience.

Spoiler

A: 10%
B: 16%
C: 48%
D: 26%

Not a big enough percentage for her. She jumps the question.

Answer and value

C: I. Asimov
Value: $2,000
Bank:$18,500

Alas, not enough science fiction fans in the audience to give her a convincing percentage. I'm guessing the spike for Hubbard only came from his Scientology notoriety, while Robert Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke just weren't well enough known to get their share of random votes.

Jeemie wrote:

SportsFan68 wrote:

Question 3 - Level 4. Celebratory Snack

In celebration of it 15th anniversary, "South Park" sold a real-life version of what snack?

A: Krusty-O's B: Scooby Snacks
C: Cheesy Poofs D: Krabby Patties

Answer and value

C: Cheesy Poofs
Value: $500
Bank:$8,500

There goes my ATA. Wonder what the percentage woulda been.

Better than the I, Robot question was.

The show's "based" in Colorado and you didn't know it?

They killed Kenny several hundred too many times for me. I've never watched it.

MarleysGh0st wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 5 - Level 7. I, Memoirist

In 1994, the author of the sci-fi collection "I, Robot" had a posthumous memoir released, titled what?

A: I. Heinlein B: I. Clarke
C: I. Asimov D: I. Hubbard

She asks the audience.

Spoiler

A: 10%
B: 16%
C: 48%
D: 26%

Not a big enough percentage for her. She jumps the question.

Answer and value

C: I. Asimov
Value: $2,000
Bank:$18,500

Alas, not enough science fiction fans in the audience to give her a convincing percentage. I'm guessing the spike for Hubbard only came from his Scientology notoriety, while Robert Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke just weren't well enough known to get their share of random votes.

Do you think they weren't familiar with the authors' first names, or they didn't notice the punctuation in the answers? It is a period after the I, not a comma. Asimov is the only one of these authors whose first name starts with an I.

Estonut wrote:

MarleysGh0st wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 5 - Level 7. I, Memoirist

In 1994, the author of the sci-fi collection "I, Robot" had a posthumous memoir released, titled what?

A: I. Heinlein B: I. Clarke
C: I. Asimov D: I. Hubbard

She asks the audience.

Spoiler

A: 10%
B: 16%
C: 48%
D: 26%

Not a big enough percentage for her. She jumps the question.

Answer and value

C: I. Asimov
Value: $2,000
Bank:$18,500

Alas, not enough science fiction fans in the audience to give her a convincing percentage. I'm guessing the spike for Hubbard only came from his Scientology notoriety, while Robert Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke just weren't well enough known to get their share of random votes.

Do you think they weren't familiar with the authors' first names, or they didn't notice the punctuation in the answers? It is a period after the I, not a comma. Asimov is the only one of these authors whose first name starts with an I.

I don't know, but I was so focused on the play on the "I, Robot" title that I never noticed the punctuation.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Sarah Lund
Arlington Heights, Illinois
Special Ed teacher

Wants to use the money to help 93-year-old Grandma Ninny

Special education teachers have my admiration.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 3 - Level 4. Celebratory Snack

In celebration of its 15th anniversary, "South Park" sold a real-life version of what snack?

A: Krusty-O's B: Scooby Snacks
C: Cheesy Poofs D: Krabby Patties

Answer and value

C: Cheesy Poofs
Value: $500
Bank:$8,500

I've never watched an entire episode of "South Park" but I know that Krusty-O's are from "The Simpsons", Scooby Snacks are from "Scooby-Doo" and Krabby Patties are from "Spongebob Squarepants".

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 5 - Level 7. I, Memoirist

In 1994, the author of the sci-fi collection "I, Robot" had a posthumous memoir released, titled what?

A: I. Heinlein B: I. Clarke
C: I. Asimov D: I. Hubbard

She asks the audience.

Spoiler

A: 10%
B: 16%
C: 48%
D: 26%

Not a big enough percentage for her. She jumps the question.

Answer and value

C: I. Asimov
Value: $2,000
Bank:$18,500

I joked with elwing that it should have been called I. Saac.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 9- Level 9. T Is For...

What Hollywood leading man has the less-than-manly middle name "Tiffany"?

A: Denzel Washinton B: Jack Nicholson
C: Sean Connerey D: Richard Gere

She could guess, but she doesn't want to risk the money. She walks. Final Answer.

Answer and value

D: Richard Gere (She wouldn't have guessed that. Tifanny was his mother's maiden name.)
Value: not revealed

I would have had no idea. But since I'd still have all my lifelines, I'll ATA and see if they know. If the percentages aren't good, I JTQ.

SportsFan68 wrote:

In 1994, the author of the sci-fi collection "I, Robot" had a posthumous memoir released, titled what?

A: I. Heinlein B: I. Clarke
C: I. Asimov D: I. Hubbard

She asks the audience.

Spoiler

A: 10%
B: 16%
C: 48%
D: 26%

Not a big enough percentage for her. She jumps the question.

Answer and value

C: I. Asimov
Value: $2,000
Bank:$18,500

I devoured all of Asimov's stuff when I was in my teens. I even considered trying to track down his history of the Bible because I thought it would be fun and interesting. I still might.

Do. It's very good, although somewhat dated (I have a copy).