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Josina Reaves
Brooklyn, NY
English teacher

Her dad is in the audience

Topic Tree: (Randomized shown only)
Dead Giveaway
Early Jobs
One Minute Manager
Just Out of Reach
Keep it Casual
Bible School
Charge
News of the Stars
Worn Out Songs
Fast Translation

Question 1 - Fast Translation
Roughly translating to "quick little fellows", the Chinese word kuaizi is used to refer to what item commonly found in Asian restaurants?
A. Chopsticks B. Rice
C. Wontons D. Sesame seeds

Spoiler

"I don't know right away, chopsticks are... (Cedric: Quick little fellows) Quick little fellows.
I don't know, I'm going to ask the audience"

ATA

A. 45% B. 11%
C. 13% D. 31%
Cedric asked if that helps and Josina agreed saying it makes her feel better.

Answer and value

A. Chopsticks
Value: $15K
Bank: $15K

Question 2 - Worn Out Songs
Boy George would be proud to know that a popular gag T-shirt depicts a comma, a comma, a comma, a comma, a comma and a what?
A. Iguana B. Grasshopper
C. Chameleon D. Centipede

Answer and value

C. Chameleon
Value: $500
Bank: $15500

Question 3 - News of the Stars
If you looked up and saw the North Star explode in the sky, you'd be witnessing an event that happened approximately how long ago?
A. Less than a second B. Eight minutes
C. 10 days D. 434 years

Spoiler

Josina: The north star is not close. If you saw something explode in Des Moines maybe it would be about eight minutes. (laughter)
Then goes with D 434 years

Answer and value

D. 434 years (Cedric then confirms 434 light-years)
Value: $1000
Bank: $16500

Question 4 - Charge
What 1944 attack by the Germans against the Allied Forces is also a phrase that magazines often use to refer to weight loss struggles?
A. Cankle Rebellion B. Double Chin War
C. Battle of the Bulge D. Muffin Top Revolution

Spoiler

Other choices draw audience laughter
Josina says she would not know anything about this (audience laughter) but would go C, Battle of the Buldge, final answer.
Cedric says she keeps it all in check r/e the muffin tops etc.

Answer and value

C. Battle of the Bulge
Value: $25K!
Bank: $41500

Commercial break

Question 5 - Bible School
Though it has a prefix meaning "second", Deuteronomy is the fifth book of the Bible while what is the second?
A. Job B. Psalms
C. Exodus D. Leviticus

Spoiler

Josina has been teaching the Bible for a while and said she knows she has "that look."

Answer and value

C. Exodus
Value: $100
Bank: $41600

Question 6 - Keep it Casual
Perhaps inspired by fictional resident Rocky Balboa, a 2012 study found that what city's inhabitants buy more sweatpants than any other?
A. Boston B. Chicago
C. Philadelphia D. San Francisco

Spoiler

(more audience laughter) and Josina said she loves cheese steaks.
Cedric responded another muffin top thing going on here

Answer and value

C. Philadelphia
Value: $3000
Bank: $44600

Question 7 - Just Out of Reach
Which of these words comes from a character in Greek mythology who is unable to reach food and water just outside his grasp?
A. Exorcize B. Tantalize
C. Romanticize D. Idolize

Spoiler

Josina said she knew of the character Tantalus who spent eternity drooling, reaching (acting it out) seduced by...
Cedric said that was impressive and he parroted the reaching routine.

Answer and value

B. Tantalize
Value: $5000
Bank: $49600

Commercial break

Q of Day (Flashback Q)
"Big ones," "clams," "beans," "simoleons," "bread," "loot," "dough," "smackeroos" and "moolah" are all common slang terms for what?
A. Drugs B. Prison
C. Money D. Police

Spoiler

C. Money

Question 8 - One Minute Manager
As its infomercial says, what item lets you practice your golf skills "every time you take care of your other business"?
A. Closet Clubber B. Potty Putter
C. Bedtime Back-Swinger D. Dashboard Driver

Spoiler

Josina: Unless you have a very particular line of business, it is not bedtime back-swinger, that is not OK
Cedric asked what is going on in that English class she teaches.
Josina then says sometimes you are in the other room with that um, special desk chair for a while, and she goes with B.

Answer and value

B. Potty Putter
Value: $7000
Bank: $56600

Josina returns tomorrow with both JTQ remaining

Additional spoiler for tomorrow

The show has released spoilers to the effect that Josina will see the Million Dollar Question

edit: added a missing dollar value

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 1 - Fast Translation
Roughly translating to "quick little fellows", the Chinese word kuaizi is used to refer to what item commonly found in Asian restaurants?
A. Chopsticks B. Rice
C. Wontons D. Sesame seeds

Spoiler

"I don't know right away, chopsticks are... (Cedric: Quick little fellows) Quick little fellows.
I don't know, I'm going to ask the audience"

ATA

A. 45% B. 11%
C. 13% D. 31%
Cedric asked if that helps and Josina agreed saying it makes her feel better.

Answer and value

A. Chopsticks
Value: $15K
Bank: $15K

Yikes. I'd curl up in fetal position if this were my first question. No clue, and for me it's borderline to ATA vs JTQ. Not a pop culture question, but not a Shakespearean sonnet question, either. My hunch was the audience's second hunch, but....

Subliminal clue

....the only 'item' in the list is chopsticks. The others are either "foods", or, in the case of sesame seeds, perhaps "things".

I definitely only got this subliminal clue after rereading the question here to verify my current score - and I don't think I'd be confident enough to use it, especially on the first question, or with lifelines available.

So far, it's a tougher stack overall than some of the more recent ones, IMO. Mathphobes might balk at the star question, and the dreaded "before my time" excuse may be invoked for Rocky's hometown. Add a moderately obscure Greek myth (it's not derived one of the big Twelve on Olympus, and for some reason I was thinking Sisyphus), and I can see how someone would stumble.

Dangit, I forgot this was on until seven minutes until the show was over. Thanks, Transcript Team!

Question 5 - Bible School
Though it has a prefix meaning "second", Deuteronomy is the fifth book of the Bible while what is the second?
A. Job B. Psalms
C. Exodus D. Leviticus

Spoiler

Josina has been teaching the Bible for a while and said she knows she has "that look."

Answer and value

C. Exodus
Value: $100
Bank: $41600

I can't get very far, but I can get this one. Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, . . . . . . I give up.

GO JOSINA!!

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Josina Reaves
Brooklyn, NY
English teacher

Her dad is in the audience

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 1 - Fast Translation
Roughly translating to "quick little fellows", the Chinese word kuaizi is used to refer to what item commonly found in Asian restaurants?
A. Chopsticks B. Rice
C. Wontons D. Sesame seeds

Spoiler

"I don't know right away, chopsticks are... (Cedric: Quick little fellows) Quick little fellows.
I don't know, I'm going to ask the audience"

ATA

A. 45% B. 11%
C. 13% D. 31%
Cedric asked if that helps and Josina agreed saying it makes her feel better.

Answer and value

A. Chopsticks
Value: $15K
Bank: $15K

I think I'd jump this question.

JTQ question 3

An exceedingly easy stack. They must have really wanted to give away some big bucks here.

Q1:

If I hadn't memorized it's position in the unscrambled order of questions, I'd have been messed with by this one.

A is the "obvious" answer, but "food that can get away from the chopsticks" might be the answer too. I was recently told by the restaurant owner that the "5-spice peanuts", which really did turn out to be, well, peanuts doused in 5-spice ingredients that I had ordered were a test of chopstick skill. I demonstrated that if I were eating these with chopsticks, I'd be eating them one-at-a-time.

Of course, the was you're supposed to eat anything with chopsticks is to put the stuff in a small bowl of rice & just shovel the stuff in with your chopsticks. I'm told. But not by this restaurant owner.

I'd have jumped this one.

Q2: E-Z

Q3: Also E-Z, given the other choices

Q4: E-Z

Q5: E-Z

Q6: E-Z

Q7: E-Z

Q8: E-Z