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Cyndi Payne
San Diego, CA
(community outreach volunteer per the Facebook page)

was voted Miss Congeniality and Chatterbox in high school and is living up to that reputation.


Unrandomized
10. Built This City
9. Secret Spies
8. Yummy Songs
7. Disney Don'ts
6. Thank You
5. Insight Triggers
4. Decency Protection
3. The Axe of Yesteryear
2. Apocalypse Now
1. Punny Business

Randomized
1. Punny Business
7. Disney Don'ts
9. Secret Spies
4. Decency Protection
10. Built This City
5. Insight Triggers
2. Apocalypse Now
8. Yummy Songs
3. The Axe of Yesteryear
6. Thank You



1. (Level 6. Thank You) In his Thank You Notes segment, which late night host once thanked "adults who wear backpacks for letting me know that I don't have to take you seriously"?
A. Conan O'Brien B. Craig Ferguson
C. Jon Stewart D. Jimmy Fallon

Cyndi declared that she is not going out on the first question so...

ATA

A. 26% B. 9%
C. 17% D. 48%

Answer and result

D. Jimmy Fallon
$5000

2. (Level 3. The Axe of Yesteryear) What fragrance uses the tagline, "If your grandfather hadn't worn it, you wouldn't exist"?
A. Polo Sport B. Abercrombie & Fitch Fierce
C. Old Spice D. Boss by Hugo Boss

Answer and result

C. Old Spice
$1000
Bank $6000

3. (Level 8. Yummy Songs) Which of the following is served at Eleanor Rigby's, a New York restaurant where some dishes are named after Beatles songs?
A. Stairway to Meatballs B. Like a Rolling Scone
C. Penne Lane a la Vodka D. Sweet Kebob O' Mine

Answer and result

C. Penne Lane a la Vodka
$3000
Bank $9000

4. (Level 2. Apocalypse Now) The CDC has said that there is no "condition that would reanimate the dead," reconfirming that what monsters don't exist?
A. Werewolves B. Ghosts
C. Vampires D. Zombies

Answer and result

D. Zombies
$25K
Bank $34K

5. (Level 5. Insight Triggers) A Tufts University study on motivational processes concluded that viewing an illuminated light bulb could fittingly enhance one's abilities to what?
A. Fight fatigue B. Detect odors
C. Solve problems D. Express empathy

JTQ (she said she did not want to risk it)

Answer and result

C. Solve problems (Cyndi had asked if it was A)
$15K jumped
$34K bank

Commercial break
Cyndi's husband Joe is in the audience.

6. (Level 10. Built This City) Venice, Italy was built largely on marshland by laying a foundation of what material?
A. Coal ash B. Seashells
C. Tree trunks D. Volcanic rock

JTQ 2

Answer and result

C. Tree trunks (Cyndi said she was not thinking that at all)
$7K jumped
$34K

7. (Level 4. Decency Protection) To thwart political invasions of privacy, all iPhones in Japan are reportedly designed to make an accompanying noise when doing what?
A. Taking a photo B. Sending a text
C. Powering up D. Receiving a call

Spoiler

Cyndi said she has a feeling, went A, final, then Cedric asked how sure and she said she was only 25 percent confident. Cedric said to add the other 75 percent.

Answer and result

A. Taking a photo
$100
Bank $34100

8. (Level 9. Secret Spies) According to FBI files, what novelist ran an anti-Fascist spy ring that operated out of his 38-foot fishing boat?
A. Ernest Hemingway B. J.D. Salinger
C. Upton Sinclair D. Franz Kafka

Answer and result

Cyndi said one of those came up in her head, Hemingway, but that she was not sure.
She only gets to play this once in her life so she will go for it

Answer and result

A. Ernest Hemingway
$10K
Bank $44100

Commercial break

9. (Level 7. Disney Don'ts) The revulsion people may feel when cute woodland creatures are harmed or hunted is known to conservationists as what?
A. The Dumbo Dilemma B. The Yogi Quandary
C. The Bambi Effect D. The Smurf Situation

Answer and result

C. The Bambi Effect
$500
Bank $44600

10. (Level 1. Punny Business) If you live in Simi Valley, CA, which one of these things are you most likely to drop off at the Indiana Bones Temple of Groom?
A. Your car B. Your laundry
C. Your dog D. Your wife

Answer and result

C. Your dog
$2000
$46600

Commercial break

Flashback (Q of Day) Drivers who slouch down low in their seat while keeping one hand on the wheel are said to be doing what?
A. Detroit leaning B. Milwaukee bending
C. Chicago drooping D. Indianapolis tilting

Answer to Q of Day

A. Detroit leaning

$100K
Though in Action Comics #1 Superman didn't possess the power to fly, he was described as having the ability to do what?
A. Leap an eighth of a mile B. Make his limbs elastic
C. See through fog D. Harness lightning

Spoiler

Cyndi is a big comic fan but...
She is thinking A and tempted to go for it since $25K would still make her happy.
She makes a ready to leap pose and decides to go for it

Answer and result

A. Leap an eighth of a mile

Cyndi will return tomorrow to try for $250K

Cyndi's enthusiasm was too much for me to take.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$100K
Though in Action Comics #1 Superman didn't possess the power to fly, he was described as having the ability to do what?
A. Leap an eighth of a mile B. Make his limbs elastic
C. See through fog D. Harness lightning

Spoiler

Cyndi is a big comic fan but...
She is thinking A and tempted to go for it since $25K would still make her happy.
She makes a ready to leap pose and decides to go for it

Answer and result

A. Leap an eighth of a mile

Cyndi will return tomorrow to try for $250K

Another $100K question that wasn't a WWOQ. With that phrasing, they would have been extra wicked if any other answer was correct.

So, I remember Superman could fly in the 50's TV show, but he was still described as "able to leap tall buildings in a single bound." Like, duh, he can fly!

JTQ question 6.

1. (Level 6. Thank You) In his Thank You Notes segment, which late night host once thanked "adults who wear backpacks for letting me know that I don't have to take you seriously"?
A. Conan O'Brien B. Craig Ferguson
C. Jon Stewart D. Jimmy Fallon

Cyndi declared that she is not going out on the first question so...

ATA

A. 26% B. 9%
C. 17% D. 48%

Answer and result

D. Jimmy Fallon
$5000

ATA

6. (Level 10. Built This City) Venice, Italy was built largely on marshland by laying a foundation of what material?
A. Coal ash B. Seashells
C. Tree trunks D. Volcanic rock

JTQ 2

Answer and result

C. Tree trunks (Cyndi said she was not thinking that at all)
$7K jumped
$34K

JTQ 1

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Cyndi Payne
San Diego, CA
(community outreach volunteer per the Facebook page)

was voted Miss Congeniality and Chatterbox in high school and is living up to that reputation.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:1. (Level 6. Thank You) In his Thank You Notes segment, which late night host once thanked "adults who wear backpacks for letting me know that I don't have to take you seriously"?
A. Conan O'Brien B. Craig Ferguson
C. Jon Stewart D. Jimmy Fallon

Cyndi declared that she is not going out on the first question so...

ATA

A. 26% B. 9%
C. 17% D. 48%

Answer and result

D. Jimmy Fallon
$5000

I'm afraid I'd have to ATA as well - I don't watch late night TV.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:7. (Level 4. Decency Protection) To thwart political invasions of privacy, all iPhones in Japan are reportedly designed to make an accompanying noise when doing what?
A. Taking a photo B. Sending a text
C. Powering up D. Receiving a call

Spoiler

Cyndi said she has a feeling, went A, final, then Cedric asked how sure and she said she was only 25 percent confident. Cedric said to add the other 75 percent.

Answer and result

A. Taking a photo
$100
Bank $34100

I think the word was "potential", not "political". Given that, A is the only one that really makes sense.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$100K
Though in Action Comics #1 Superman didn't possess the power to fly, he was described as having the ability to do what?
A. Leap an eighth of a mile B. Make his limbs elastic
C. See through fog D. Harness lightning

Spoiler

Cyndi is a big comic fan but...
She is thinking A and tempted to go for it since $25K would still make her happy.
She makes a ready to leap pose and decides to go for it

Answer and result

A. Leap an eighth of a mile

Cyndi will return tomorrow to try for $250K

"Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound."

I could tell right away why the APs picked her.  She was very perky and animated.As for her stack:1. easy.  He's compiled some of his "thank you notes" into a book.2. easy.  Grandpa-old.  3. C is the only one that sounds like a Beatles song.4. easy.  5. Apparently she's never heard of a "light bulb moment".  It's too bad she didn't have one here.6. JTQ.  I have zero idea.7. I use ATA here.8. Hemingway is the only one I associate with fishing-I had to read "The Old Man and the Sea" in American lit class.  9.  My dad was a deer hunter, and my brother is a deer hunter.  This was an easy one for me.10. easy.$100K-I probably would JTQ here.

Here's an article (with photo) about Cyndi's run.

(Spoiler warning, if you didn't see her second episode and are waiting for Wednesday's transcript.)

http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/sep ... ner-payne/