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Kristy Cates-Frankfort
New York City, NY

[Cedric said that the money and questions had already been scrambled, but the topic tree was not displayed. As Kristy answered, the categories were shown between questions.]
Topic Tree (randomized):
Words of Wisdom
Unscientific Name
Clean State
Gone But Not Forgotten
In and of Itself
Pat's People
Hidden Countries
Your Darn Right
Long Live the Queen
????????

Question #1:
Workouts with a weighted version of what popular children's toy have become a popular fitness routine?
A - Easy-Bake Oven
B - Hula Hoop
C - Lite-Brite
D - Lincoln Logs

Kristy knows this because her sister takes hers everywhere.

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Answer: B (Hula Hoop)
Value: $15,000
Bank: $15,000

Question #2 (Long Live the Queen):
In what sounds like a sweet way to go, bees will often kill their old queen by clustering around her until she overheats, a method also known as what?
A - honeycomb sabotage
B - cuddle death
C - nectarcoup
D - buzz bludgeon

Kristy doesn't know offhand but using her powers of deduction she eliminates

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cuddle death and buzz bludgeon

because they don't sound very sweet. She says that both

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honeycomb and nectar

are sweet. She decides to jump the question just to be safe.

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Answer: B (cuddle death)
Value: $500
Bank: $15,000 (unchanged)

Question #3 (Your Darn Right):
"Gundamentalist" is a term for someone who feels particularly strongly about what protection found in the Second Amendment?
A - right to free speech
B - right to assemble
C - right to bear arms
D - right to an attorney

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Answer: C (right to bear arms)
Value: $5,000
Bank: $20,000

commercial break

Question #4 (Hidden Countries):
Which of these countries' names contains a sequence of consecutive letters that forms the name of another country?
A - Indonesia
B - Senegal
C - Romania
D - Nicaragua

Kristy can't think right now so she's going to ask the audience.

Ask the Audience results

A - 34%
B - 18%
C - 33%
D - 15%

Kristy is trying to think of all the countries she's been to. She doesn't know if it's nerves or it's because geography is her worst subject but she's going to jump the question. She hates to do it.

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Answer: C (Romania)
Value: $25,000
Bank: $20,000 (unchanged)

Question #5 (Pat's People):
Televangelist Pat Robertson came up with the name for his now-famous TV show in 1966 after he asked how many viewers to pledge $10 a month
A - 500
B - 600
C - 700
D - 800

Kristy is going to go for it. If she's wrong, she still had a good time.

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Answer: C (700)
Value: $7,000
Bank: $27,000

Question #6 (In and of Itself):
If you're having a Waldorf at the famed Waldorf, what are you doing?
A - eating a salad at a hotel
B - getting a massage in a lake
C - dueling in Switzerland
D - being audited in a forest

Kristy knows this one.

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Answer: A (eating a salad at a hotel)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $29,000

commercial break

Question #7 (Gone But Not Forgotten):
What is the tongue-in-cheek name of the December 25th holiday that marks the birthday of the scientist who "discovered" gravity?
A - Darwinter solstice
B - Newtonmas
C - Gallileoween
D - Val-Einstein's Day

There's only one answer that makes sense.

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Answer: B (Newtonmas)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $30,000

Question #8 (Clean State):
Featuring products such as pullout valet rods and hosiery dividers, what is the name of a home storage company founded in 1978?
A - Alabama Attics
B - Georgia Garages
C - California Closets
D - South Dakota Sheds

Kristy grew up in the San Francisco Bay area and she loves having

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an organized closet

.

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Answer: C (California Closets)
Value: $3,000
Bank: $33,000

commercial break

MILLIONAIRE "QUESTION OF THE DAY":
In addition to being the name of an adorable character in the movie "Gremlins," which of the following is a slang word for "gadget"?
A - gizeroo
B - gizamajig
C - gizamacallit
D - gizmo

Question of the Day answer

D (gizmo)

Question #9 (Unscientific Name):
Just i case it actually exists, what elusive creature has been given the scientific name "Gigantopithecus canadensis"?
A - chupacabra
B - sasquatch
C - jackalope
D - Loch Ness monster

Kristy had a college roommate who called everyone "jackalope" but she never knew why - the roommate was from New Jersey. Kristy said if she were sitting at home this would be a no-brainer. She had a great time; she'd love to guess

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sasquatch

but she's going to cut her losses and walk away.

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Answer: B (sasquatch)
Value: unrevealed (either $10,000 or $100)
Bank: $16,500 (half her bank)

END OF SHOW "NOISE"

Thus endeth the double first-run show series.

Question #4 (Hidden Countries):
Which of these countries' names contains a sequence of consecutive letters that forms the name of another country?
A - Indonesia
B - Senegal
C - Romania
D - Nicaragua

Kristy can't think right now so she's going to ask the audience.

Ask the Audience results

A - 34%
B - 18%
C - 33%
D - 15%

Kristy is trying to think of all the countries she's been to. She doesn't know if it's nerves or it's because geography is her worst subject but she's going to jump the question. She hates to do it.

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Answer: C (Romania)
Value: $25,000
Bank: $20,000 (unchanged)

I had to read through the answers four or five times, but I finally got it. Whew!

Question #5 (Pat's People):
Televangelist Pat Robertson came up with the name for his now-famous TV show in 1966 after he asked how many viewers to pledge $10 a month
A - 500
B - 600
C - 700
D - 800

Kristy is going to go for it. If she's wrong, she still had a good time.

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Answer: C (700)
Value: $7,000
Bank: $27,000

That's on here every weeknight at midnight right after whatever interesting or non-interesting movie they're showing on ABC Family. Tomorrow night, it's The Sorcerer's Apprentice.

Question #7 (Gone But Not Forgotten):
What is the tongue-in-cheek name of the December 25th holiday that marks the birthday of the scientist who "discovered" gravity?
A - Darwinter solstice
B - Newtonmas
C - Gallileoween
D - Val-Einstein's Day

There's only one answer that makes sense.

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Answer: B (Newtonmas)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $30,000

MissCaseyGrrl's favorite scientist!! His birthday actually changed a year, from Dec. 25, 1642 to Jan. 4, 1643 when the calendars changed.

Is it me, or are they writing easier questions this season?

Her stack was way too easy.

1. easy-hula hoop is the only one that makes any sense.

2. I was torn between cuddle death and nectarcoup. I probably would have used JTQ, figuring the audience probably wouldn't know this.

3. easy. All the others are listed in the First Amendment.

4. This was tricky because I got INDIA out of Indonesia.

5. easy.

6. easy

7. If you've heard of Isaac Newton, then this is easy.

8. We don't have this store here, but I figured this one out.

9. easy.

Kazoo65 wrote: 4. This was tricky because I got INDIA out of Indonesia.

I thought the same thing but then I looked at the question again. Consecutive = Oman.

Kazoo65 wrote: 4. This was tricky because I got INDIA out of Indonesia.

I thought the same thing but then I looked at the question again. Consecutive = Oman.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Kristy Cates-Frankfort
New York City, NY

[Cedric said that the money and questions had already been scrambled, but the topic tree was not displayed. As Kristy answered, the categories were shown between questions.]

It was strange not to see the topic tree displayed. Fortunately they showed it several times before a question was asked.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #4 (Hidden Countries):
Which of these countries' names contains a sequence of consecutive letters that forms the name of another country?
A - Indonesia
B - Senegal
C - Romania
D - Nicaragua

Kristy can't think right now so she's going to ask the audience.

Ask the Audience results

A - 34%
B - 18%
C - 33%
D - 15%

Kristy is trying to think of all the countries she's been to. She doesn't know if it's nerves or it's because geography is her worst subject but she's going to jump the question. She hates to do it.

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Answer: C (Romania)
Value: $25,000
Bank: $20,000 (unchanged)

I suspect this question was worded as it was to avoid the issue that resulted from a similar question being asked on J! a while back.

Nihil obstat®.

So far so good!