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Kelli Chapleski
Severn, MD

Kelli is overcome with emotion and can barely talk right now. Cedric says that Kelli is a grad student, living at home with her boyfriend Adam, who's in the audience. Mom's here, too.

Cedric explains that all of the money and all of the questions have already been scrambled up. The Topic Tree is not displayed, but it is later, after the first question.

Topic Tree (Randomized)
?: Espionaging
?: Fight Songs
?: Check the Dictionary
?: Divine Intervention
?: Highway Robbery
?: Hot Topic
?: Boy Meets Girl
?: Off with His Head
?: Easy Access
?: And Stay Out


Question #1 - Level ?: And Stay Out
Found to be an effective way to scare birds off the runway, a British airport blasted "The Best" and other songs by which artist?

A: Dionne Warwick B: Tina Turner
C: Janet Jackson D: Whitney Houston

Kelli says you'd think it would be

Spoiler

Houston

, because she's very loud, but she jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Tina Turner
Question Value: $10,000
Bank: $0

Question #2 - Level ?: Easy Access
Applauded in a 2013 Daily Mail article because of its potential for arthritis sufferers, what novelty garment removes itself using a popular 1980s technology?

A: Walkman underpants B: Clap-Off bra
C: Nintendo socks D: VCR windbreaker

Kelli says this is her field, because she's a physical therapist.

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Clap-Off bra
Question Value: $7,000
Bank: $7,000

Question #3 - Level ?: Off with His Head
The patron saint of headaches, strife and Paris, who is often depicted in statures carrying his own severed head?

A: Saint Sebastian B: Saint Paul
C: Saint Francis D: Saint Denis

Kelli has a feeling, but she asks the audience.

ATA

A: 40% B: 21% C: 20% D: 19%

That's not enough for Kelli. She has to jump the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

D: Saint Denis
Question Value: $5,000
Bank: $7,000

-- Commercial Break --


Question #4 - Level ?: Boy Meets Girl
With an undead boy-meets-girl plot, 2013's "Warm Bodies" belongs to what new genre?

A: Zombie Romantic Comedy B: Werewolf Biopic
C: Vampire Drama D: Fairy Musical

Answer/Value/Bank

A: Zombie Romantic Comedy
Question Value: $500
Bank: $7,500

Question #5 - Level ?: Hot Topic
Stephen Colbert joked that some of his best memories were "spent holding a 1500 degree metal rod" in a 2013 debate about the dangers of what?

A: Golf clubs B: Sparklers
C: Softball bats D: Fishing poles

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Sparklers
Question Value: $3,000
Bank: $10,500

Question #6 - Level ?: Highway Robbery
In 2008, ABC News reported that what food's staggering markup made it more expensive per ounce than filet mignon?

A: Street cart hot dogs B: Vending machine sodas
C: Bowling alley beer D: Movie theater popcorn

Answer/Value/Bank

D: Movie theater popcorn
Question Value: $1,000
Bank: $11,500

Question #7 - Level ?: Divine Intervention
Legend has it that the mighty Genghis Khan, on his quest to conquer India, gave up after being "visited" by what wild creature on a mountaintop?

A: White dragon B: Centaur
C: Wood elf D: Unicorn

Kelli says she's going to go for it, and no matter what she had a great day. She says

Spoiler

White dragon

, final answer.

Answer

D: Unicorn

Kelli leaves with "Total Winnings" of $1,000.


-- Commercial Break --

I'm posting the link to this promo a little late, but it does have some personal details that were never discussed on the show. (In general, Cedric seems to skip the personal banter in favor of his jokes and dance moves, but this time he had an excuse, since Kelli could barely catch her breath to play the game.)

http://www.baltimorenewsjournal.com/201 ... llionaire/

Currently pursuing her master’s degree in occupational therapy, Chapleski spends much of her spare time volunteering for Johns Hopkins Hospital, Habitat for Humanity, the United Way, the Humane Society and the Safe Haven Project.

Question #3 - Level ?: Off with His Head
The patron saint of headaches, strife and Paris, who is often depicted in statures carrying his own severed head?

A: Saint Sebastian B: Saint Paul
C: Saint Francis D: Saint Denis

Kelli has a feeling, but she asks the audience.

ATA

A: 40% B: 21% C: 20% D: 19%

That's not enough for Kelli. She has to jump the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

D: Saint Denis
Question Value: $5,000
Bank: $7,000

JTQ 1

Question #6 - Level ?: Highway Robbery
In 2008, ABC News reported that what food's staggering markup made it more expensive per ounce than filet mignon?

A: Street cart hot dogs B: Vending machine sodas
C: Bowling alley beer D: Movie theater popcorn

Answer/Value/Bank

D: Movie theater popcorn
Question Value: $1,000
Bank: $11,500

Ugh, no guess. JTQ 2

I know who the patron saint of Paris is, but only because I spent two years researching medieval Paris. Unless this is just something Catholics are likely to know, this seems like a harder question than some of the $100,000 and $250,000 questions of late.

Guess they were giving away too much money at the beginning of the season (sadly, not to me!).

BassPlayingSugarplum wrote:I know who the patron saint of Paris is, but only because I spent two years researching medieval Paris. Unless this is just something Catholics are likely to know, this seems like a harder question than some of the $100,000 and $250,000 questions of late.

I think I got this question from one of the Bernard Cornwell novels about the Hundred Years War. The English went into battle with "St. George" as one of their battle cries, while the French used "St. Denis".

Cedric pronounced this answer like "Dennis," but it was a clue that the spelling was different. "Denis" is pronounced Den-ee.

As for Saint Sebastian being such an effective distractor, some of the audience might have had a vague memory of all the artwork he's depicted in, with a different but similarly gruesome style; he's pierced with arrows.

JTQ questions 6 and 7.

This lady was very animated. I can see why the APs chose her.

Here's how I would play her stack:

1. easy.

2 easy to figure out.

3. I've heard of St. Denis (thanks to watching J!) so this was an easy one for me.

4. easy

5. easy. Every year around the Fourth of July they always do stories on the news about how dangerous sparklers can be.

6. I thought it was A or D, so I'd ATA.

7. JTQ here.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Kelli Chapleski
Severn, MD

Kelli is overcome with emotion and can barely talk right now. Cedric says that Kelli is a grad student, living at home with her boyfriend Adam, who's in the audience. Mom's here, too.

Cedric explains that all of the money and all of the questions have already been scrambled up. The Topic Tree is not displayed, but it is later, after the first question.

I wish they'd stop doing that - I want to see all of the categories.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #3 - Level ?: Off with His Head
The patron saint of headaches, strife and Paris, who is often depicted in statures carrying his own severed head?

A: Saint Sebastian B: Saint Paul
C: Saint Francis D: Saint Denis

Kelli has a feeling, but she asks the audience.

ATA

A: 40% B: 21% C: 20% D: 19%

That's not enough for Kelli. She has to jump the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

D: Saint Denis
Question Value: $5,000
Bank: $7,000

Sebastian was slain by arrows - we saw a number of paintings of him in Italy. Paul was beheaded (according to tradition) but he's not the patron saint of Paris. Francis wasn't martyred. If I didn't know already, I could have come to the right answer through this rationale.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #7 - Level ?: Divine Intervention
Legend has it that the mighty Genghis Khan, on his quest to conquer India, gave up after being "visited" by what wild creature on a mountaintop?

A: White dragon B: Centaur
C: Wood elf D: Unicorn

Kelli says she's going to go for it, and no matter what she had a great day. She says

Spoiler

White dragon

, final answer.

Answer

D: Unicorn

Kelli leaves with "Total Winnings" of $1,000.

None of these sound particularly Asian (except possibly the dragon). I'll JTQ.