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Ilona Anderson
Bronx, NY

Ilona grew up with seven siblings. Her dad stressed education since she was a little girl, so she should have a lot of facts in her head.

Meredith asks the computer to randomize the money and the questions. The unrandomized Topic Tree is not shown.

Topic Tree (Randomized)
?: Dog Days
?: Classy Affair
?: Trekkie Side Effects
?: Hunky Dory
?: Diner Slang
?: Bad Hair Decade
?: Promo Pancakes
?: Naming Schemes
?: Show Me Your Beads
?: Sea Shapes


Question #1 - Level ?: Sea Shapes
A manta ray is a well-known ocean dweller that gets its name from a Spanish word that aptly means what?

A: Boot B: Peanut
C: Blanket D: Light bulb

Ilona: I'm thinking I'd like to say

Spoiler

light bulb

. I don't want to jump the first question and I don't want to leave on the first question, so let me just ask the audience.

ATA

A: 8% B: 0% C: 61% D: 31%

Ilona grimaces at the results, then goes with the audience.

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Blanket
Question Value: $3,000
Bank: $3,000

Question #2 - Level ?: Show Me Your Beads
Though women flashing their breasts for beads came later, Mobile, Alabama claims it held the first American celebration of what annual festival in 1703?

A: Bastille Day B: Oktoberfest
C: Cinco De Mayo D: Mardi Gras

Ilona reasons it out from beads, (New Orleans), Mobile and "I've only got two breasts, not five".

Meredith: That's how I reasoned it out, too!

Answer/Value/Bank

D: Mardi Gras
Question Value: $100
Bank: $3,100

-- Commercial Break --


Question #3 - Level ?: Naming Schemes
Scandinavian geography experts will know that IKEA beads, like the "Grimstad" or "Lillehammer," are named after places in what country?

A: Norway B: Finland
C: Estonia D: Denmark

Ilona thinks it's

Spoiler

Finland

, but she jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

A: Norway
Question Value: $2,000
Bank: $3,100

Question #4 - Level ?: Promo Pancakes
With dishes like "Frodo's Pot Roast Skillet" and "Gandalf's Gobble Melt," Denny's released 11 new food items in 2012 as a marketing tie-in to what film?

A: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey B: Les Misérables
C: Lincoln D: Skyfall

Answer/Value/Bank

A: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Question Value: $500
Bank: $3,600

-- The End of Game "Noise" --


Ilona will return on tomorrow's show.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #1 - Level ?: Sea Shapes
A manta ray is a well-known ocean dweller that gets its name from a Spanish word that aptly means what?

A: Boot B: Peanut
C: Blanket D: Light bulb

Ilona: I'm thinking I'd like to say

Spoiler

light bulb

. I don't want to jump the first question and I don't want to leave on the first question, so let me just ask the audience.

ATA

A: 8% B: 0% C: 61% D: 31%

Ilona grimaces at the results, then goes with the audience.

Behold the power of leading the audience! 31% go with something that a manta obviously doesn't look like! Besides which, I suspect the manta had been named long before light bulbs were invented.*



*Yes, according to Wikipedia, the genus Manta was named by Bancroft in 1829. As a common name, it may be older than that.

Oooh, but there's a little wickedness in the question. The name doesn't aptly refer to the shape of the animal!

The term manta derives from the Spanish word manta, meaning cloak or blanket. This term originated from a type of trap traditionally used to catch rays that has a form resembling a blanket.[13]

Question #3 - Level ?: Naming Schemes
Scandinavian geography experts will know that IKEA beads, like the "Grimstad" or "Lillehammer," are named after places in what country?

A: Norway B: Finland
C: Estonia D: Denmark

Ilona thinks it's

Spoiler

Finland

, but she jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

A: Norway
Question Value: $2,000
Bank: $3,100

They're still talking about the Lillehammer, Norway Olympics.

So far, so good.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Ilona Anderson
Bronx, NY

Ilona grew up with seven siblings. Her dad stressed education since she was a little girl, so she should have a lot of facts in her head.

Having them in one's head is one thing - being able to pull them out quite another.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #2 - Level ?: Show Me Your Beads
Though women flashing their breasts for beads came later, Mobile, Alabama claims it held the first American celebration of what annual festival in 1703?

A: Bastille Day B: Oktoberfest
C: Cinco De Mayo D: Mardi Gras

Ilona reasons it out from beads, (New Orleans), Mobile and "I've only got two breasts, not five".

Meredith: That's how I reasoned it out, too!

Answer/Value/Bank

D: Mardi Gras
Question Value: $100
Bank: $3,100

What does having four breasts have to do with anything?

Nihil obstat®.

earendel wrote:What does having four breasts have to do with anything?

Nothing at all! Five, on the other hand...ruins the bilateral symmetry.

More to the point, I think Ilona just blurted that out after looking at Cinco de Mayo among the choices.