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Rebecca Casas
Rockville, MD
Law student
Says she just got the call yesterday
Her mom is in the audience


Topic Tree (pre-randomized):
TEN! Flying High
9 Roll The Dice
8 Classy Mag
7 Science Buff
6 New Blue
5 Science Experiment
4 WrestleMania
3 Khan Artists
2 Fairy Tale History
1 Mealtime


Topic Tree: (Randomized)
9 Roll The Dice
4 WrestleMania
8 Classy Mag
5 Science Experiment
6 New Blue
TEN! Flying High
2 Fairy Tale History
1 Mealtime
3 Khan Artists
7 Science Buff



Question 1 - Level 7 Science Buff
Which of these scientific scales was named after a scientist who, surprisingly, was a nudist?
A. Fahrenheit B. Richter
C. Celsius D. Kelvin

JTQ 1

Rebecca was thinking either Fahrenheit or Celsius

Answer and value

B. Richter
Value: $10K jumped
Bank: 0

Question 2 - Level 3 Khan Artists
Which of these individuals is known for singing "I Feel For You," and not for being a Mongol warrior?
A. Hulagu Khan B. Genghis Khan
C. Kublai Khan D. Chaka Khan

Answer and value

D. Chaka Khan
Value: $500
Bank: $500

Question 3 - Level 1 Mealtime
What word is thought to have been coined in an 1895 article that argued for an alternative to heavy, post-church Sunday meals?
A. Breakfast B. Brunch
C. Dinner D. Dessert

Answer and value

B. Brunch
Value: $100
Bank: $600

Question 4 - Level 2 Fairy Tale History
In the late 1600s, Charles Perrault introduced the pumpkin stagecoach and the fairy godmother to what classic fairy tale?
A. Rapunzel B. Snow White
C. Cinderella D. Sleeping Beauty

Answer and value

C. Cinderella
Value: $5000
Bank: $5600

Question 5 - Level TEN! Flying High
Able to soar over the Himalayas, one of the world's highest-flying birds is the "bar-headed" what?
A. Pigeon B. Eagle
C. Goose D. Seagull

Spoiler

Rebecca went with Eagle

Answer and value

C. Goose
Value: $not revealed
Bank: $1000 (consolation)

Commercial break

Bumping the placeholder up.

The first question was discussed on the J! Board.
http://www.jboard.tv/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=711

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Rebecca Casas
Rockville, MD
Law student
Says she just got the call yesterday
Her mom is in the audience

I presume she goes to law school in NYC or else she'd never have gotten the last-minute call.

1. Starting right off with a WWOQ, which I would jump.

2. easy.

3. easy.

4. easy.

5. Another WWOQ. I can see why this is a level 10 question. I had zero idea, so I would have used my second JTQ up there.

Question 1 - Level 7 Science Buff
Which of these scientific scales was named after a scientist who, surprisingly, was a nudist?
A. Fahrenheit B. Richter
C. Celsius D. Kelvin

JTQ 1

Rebecca was thinking either Fahrenheit or Celsius

Answer and value

B. Richter
Value: $10K jumped
Bank: 0

JTQ 1

Question 5 - Level TEN! Flying High
Able to soar over the Himalayas, one of the world's highest-flying birds is the "bar-headed" what?
A. Pigeon B. Eagle
C. Goose D. Seagull

Spoiler

Rebecca went with Eagle

Answer and value

C. Goose
Value: $not revealed
Bank: $1000 (consolation)

SteelersFan knew this without the choices because of the "bar-headed." Showoff.

As for me, JTQ 2.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 1 - Level 7 Science Buff
Which of these scientific scales was named after a scientist who, surprisingly, was a nudist?
A. Fahrenheit B. Richter
C. Celsius D. Kelvin

JTQ 1

Rebecca was thinking either Fahrenheit or Celsius

Answer and value

B. Richter
Value: $10K jumped
Bank: 0

So they found an obscure detail from a scientist's personal life that nobody's ever heard of. Big deal! What personal details does anybody know about Richter, aside from the fact that he's the "earthquake guy"? But I was wondering if the question writers were using "surprisingly" in the reverse "fittingly" sense: three of the choices dealt with temperature. Pretty nasty having the odd-man-out be correct!

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Rebecca Casas
Rockville, MD
Law student
Says she just got the call yesterday
Her mom is in the audience

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 1 - Level 7 Science Buff
Which of these scientific scales was named after a scientist who, surprisingly, was a nudist?
A. Fahrenheit B. Richter
C. Celsius D. Kelvin

JTQ 1

Rebecca was thinking either Fahrenheit or Celsius

Answer and value

B. Richter
Value: $10K jumped
Bank: 0

My hunch was Richter and my reasoning was based on when they lived - nudism strikes me as a 20th century phenomenon and the Richter scale was developed in the 20th century. Whether I'd have had the guts to go with that at the Hot Podium I can't say.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 5 - Level TEN! Flying High
Able to soar over the Himalayas, one of the world's highest-flying birds is the "bar-headed" what?
A. Pigeon B. Eagle
C. Goose D. Seagull

Spoiler

Rebecca went with Eagle

Answer and value

C. Goose
Value: not revealed
Bank: $1000 (consolation)

It's probably not seagull or pigeon. I can't decide between the other two so I use my second JTQ.