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Nancy Pugh
Charlotte, NC
Housing counselor for Habitat for Humanity

Nancy calls herself the most successful realtor in the country. "I sold ten lots and houses in the last month and I don't think anyone else is doing that right now." She works for Habitat for Humanity, which sells houses at zero percent interest. Nancy's mother Linda is in the relationship seat. She has been Nancy's coach and gave her three pieces of advice - don't guess, take your time and remember who you are.

Topic Tree: (unrandomized)
10 - Change of Business
9 - Weather Report
8 - Bad Math
7 - Population Puzzle
6 - Air Time
5 - Cinema Sidekicks
4 - Spray Fail
3 - The Great Outdoors
2 - Nerdspeak
1 - Chinese Parenting

Topic Tree: (randomized)
4 - Spray Fail
2 - Nerdspeak
8 - Bad Math
6 - Air Time
10 - Change of Business
3 - The Great Outdoors
1 - Chinese Parenting
5 - Cinema Sidekicks
7 - Population Puzzle
9 - Weather Report

Question #1 (Weather Report - Level 9)
Smoke and dust from the 1883 explosion of the Krakatoa volcano led to one of the first observations of what natural phenomenon?
A - aurora borealis
B - jet stream
C - El Niño
D - ozone layer

Nancy said that any answer would be a guess so she decides to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: B (jet stream)
Value: $15,000
Bank: $0

Question #2 (Population Puzzle - Level 7)
If there's a sucker born every minute, the number of suckers born in a year would be approximately what?
A - 98,200
B - 365,100
C - 525,600
D - 935,000

Nancy mutters

Spoiler

"Sixty times twenty-four, one hundred twenty plus another two hundred

...boy, it's hard to do this in front of a crowd." She keeps calculating and finally comes up with an answer. But when Meredith asks if that's her final answer Nancy replies, "I'm not trusting myself right now" and decides to ask the audience, believing they're a little calmer and can do the math.

ATA results

A - 2%
B - 11%
C - 65%
D - 22%

Meredith says the audience might have been influenced by her calculations.

Spoiler

Answer: C (525,600)
Value: $5,000
Bank: $5,000

Question #3 (Cinema Sidekicks - Level 5)
In the animated film "Despicable Me," the villain Gru is assisted in his schemes by a small army of yellow helpers known as what?
A - underlings
B - yes-men
C - flunkies
D - minions

Nancy hasn't seen the movie. Meredith reminds her that her mom said not to guess. She decides to jump the question since she has already asked the audience.

Spoiler

Answer: D (minions)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $5,000

commercial break

Question #4 (Chinese Parenting - Level 1)
A 2011 book by Amy Chua uses what animal name to describe someone who employs the tough love Chinese style of parenting?
A - Bear mom
B - Tiger mom
C - Elephant mom
D - Gorilla mom

Nancy doesn't think that

Spoiler

elephants are particularly tough, although they are very big

. She knows that

Spoiler

tigers are tough, as are bears and gorillas. The toughest of the four are bears and tigers

. She says she would be guessing and would lose all that she'd earned so she decides to walk away.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Tiger mom)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $2,500

Dang. Nancy must have been awfully busy with Habitat for Humanity to have missed all the pop cultural references to Tiger Moms, last year.

OTOH, this week's shows were taped early in the season, maybe it was just after the Tiger Mom story broke.

Question #3 (Cinema Sidekicks - Level 5)
In the animated film "Despicable Me," the villain Gru is assisted in his schemes by a small army of yellow helpers known as what?
A - underlings
B - yes-men
C - flunkies
D - minions

Nancy hasn't seen the movie. Meredith reminds her that her mom said not to guess. She decides to jump the question since she has already asked the audience.

Spoiler

Answer: D (minions)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $5,000

ATA

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #2 (Population Puzzle - Level 7)
If there's a sucker born every minute, the number of suckers born in a year would be approximately what?
A - 98,200
B - 365,100
C - 525,600
D - 935,000

Nancy mutters

Spoiler

"Sixty times twenty-four, one hundred twenty plus another two hundred

...boy, it's hard to do this in front of a crowd." She keeps calculating and finally comes up with an answer. But when Meredith asks if that's her final answer Nancy replies, "I'm not trusting myself right now" and decides to ask the audience, believing they're a little calmer and can do the math.

ATA results

A - 2%
B - 11%
C - 65%
D - 22%

Meredith says the audience might have been influenced by her calculations.

Spoiler

Answer: C (525,600)
Value: $5,000
Bank: $5,000

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Nancy Pugh
Charlotte, NC
Housing counselor for Habitat for Humanity

Nancy calls herself the most successful realtor in the country. "I sold ten lots and houses in the last month and I don't think anyone else is doing that right now." She works for Habitat for Humanity, which sells houses at zero percent interest. Nancy's mother Linda is in the relationship seat. She has been Nancy's coach and gave her three pieces of advice - don't guess, take your time and remember who you are.

Interest-free, maybe, but future owners are required to provide "sweat equity" by working at least 100 hours on the construction.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #1 (Weather Report - Level 9)
Smoke and dust from the 1883 explosion of the Krakatoa volcano led to one of the first observations of what natural phenomenon?
A - aurora borealis
B - jet stream
C - El Niño
D - ozone layer

Nancy said that any answer would be a guess so she decides to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: B (jet stream)
Value: $15,000
Bank: $0

Question #2 (Population Puzzle - Level 7)
If there's a sucker born every minute, the number of suckers born in a year would be approximately what?
A - 98,200
B - 365,100
C - 525,600
D - 935,000

Nancy mutters

Spoiler

"Sixty times twenty-four, one hundred twenty plus another two hundred

...boy, it's hard to do this in front of a crowd." She keeps calculating and finally comes up with an answer. But when Meredith asks if that's her final answer Nancy replies, "I'm not trusting myself right now" and decides to ask the audience, believing they're a little calmer and can do the math.

ATA results

A - 2%
B - 11%
C - 65%
D - 22%

Meredith says the audience might have been influenced by her calculations.

Spoiler

Answer: C (525,600)
Value: $5,000
Bank: $5,000

Question #3 (Cinema Sidekicks - Level 5)
In the animated film "Despicable Me," the villain Gru is assisted in his schemes by a small army of yellow helpers known as what?
A - underlings
B - yes-men
C - flunkies
D - minions

Nancy hasn't seen the movie. Meredith reminds her that her mom said not to guess. She decides to jump the question since she has already asked the audience.

Spoiler

Answer: D (minions)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $5,000

commercial break

Question #4 (Chinese Parenting - Level 1)
A 2011 book by Amy Chua uses what animal name to describe someone who employs the tough love Chinese style of parenting?
A - Bear mom
B - Tiger mom
C - Elephant mom
D - Gorilla mom

Nancy doesn't think that

Spoiler

elephants are particularly tough, although they are very big

. She knows that

Spoiler

tigers are tough, as are bears and gorillas. The toughest of the four are bears and tigers

. She says she would be guessing and would lose all that she'd earned so she decides to walk away.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Tiger mom)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $2,500

Nihil obstat®.

earendel wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Nancy Pugh
Charlotte, NC
Housing counselor for Habitat for Humanity

Nancy calls herself the most successful realtor in the country. "I sold ten lots and houses in the last month and I don't think anyone else is doing that right now." She works for Habitat for Humanity, which sells houses at zero percent interest. Nancy's mother Linda is in the relationship seat. She has been Nancy's coach and gave her three pieces of advice - don't guess, take your time and remember who you are.

Interest-free, maybe, but future owners are required to provide "sweat equity" by working at least 100 hours on the construction.

That's more in the line of a down payment.