Transcript 1/14/2014 Patty Rau (carryover)

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Patty Rau
Lake Peekskill, NY

Her dad is in the audience

Topic Tree: (Randomized shown only)
Working Title
Honored
Getting Away
On the Inside
A Few Simple Steps
Don’t Go There
$5000
(jumped $10K)
(jumped $7K)
$25000

Question 5 - Don’t Go There
Mispronouncing a word in the name of self-help, a 2013 book aimed at empowering females is titled "Nice Is Just a Place in" what?
A. India B. Spain
C. France D. Egypt

Spoiler

After Cedric pronounced Nice as the adjective, Patty responded with the city's pronunciation and said she believes it is France, final answer, but is nervous.

Answer and value

C. France
Value: $1000
Bank: $31K

Question 6 - A Few Simple Steps
"Receive all your sacraments" and "remember that the option of purgatory is available" are tips given in an eHow guide to what?
A. Upholstering a couch B. Washing a dog
C. Knitting a sweater D. Getting into heaven

Answer and value

D. Getting into heaven
Value: $500
Bank: $31500

Question 7 - On the Inside
Proposed by the astronomer known as "Mr. Comet," a theory about the composition of a comet's nucleus is called Whipple's "Dirty" what?
A. Dish sponge B. Water balloon
C. Raindrop D. Snowball

Spoiler

Patty "Mr. Comet, like Comet cleaner, so I'm gonna go with dish sponge, final answer"
... "Oh my god!!!"

Answer and value

D. Snowball
Value: $not revealed
Bank: Consolation: $1000

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no break and on to the next contestant

[MarleysGh0st]

Question 7 - On the Inside
Proposed by the astronomer known as "Mr. Comet," a theory about the composition of a comet's nucleus is called Whipple's "Dirty" what?
A. Dish sponge B. Water balloon
C. Raindrop D. Snowball

Spoiler

Patty "Mr. Comet, like Comet cleaner, so I'm gonna go with dish sponge, final answer"
... "Oh my god!!!"

Answer and value

D. Snowball
Value: $not revealed
Bank: Consolation: $1000

I've heard of dirty snowballs but not of "Mr. Comet" Whipple. In Patty's case, the superfluous info led her to a fatal conclusion.

[jarnon]

Question 7 - On the Inside
Proposed by the astronomer known as "Mr. Comet," a theory about the composition of a comet's nucleus is called Whipple's "Dirty" what?
A. Dish sponge B. Water balloon
C. Raindrop D. Snowball

Spoiler

Patty "Mr. Comet, like Comet cleaner, so I'm gonna go with dish sponge, final answer"
... "Oh my god!!!"

Answer and value

D. Snowball
Value: $not revealed
Bank: Consolation: $1000

I've heard of dirty snowballs but not of "Mr. Comet" Whipple. In Patty's case, the superfluous info led her to a fatal conclusion.

Patty apparently thought Comet cleanser had a mascot named Mr. Comet. Maybe she was thinking of Mr. Clean. I looked up Comet's mascot:

Spoiler

Josephine the Plumber

[Estonut]

Question 7 - On the Inside
Proposed by the astronomer known as "Mr. Comet," a theory about the composition of a comet's nucleus is called Whipple's "Dirty" what?
A. Dish sponge B. Water balloon
C. Raindrop D. Snowball

Spoiler

Patty "Mr. Comet, like Comet cleaner, so I'm gonna go with dish sponge, final answer"
... "Oh my god!!!"

Answer and value

D. Snowball
Value: $not revealed
Bank: Consolation: $1000

I've heard of dirty snowballs but not of "Mr. Comet" Whipple. In Patty's case, the superfluous info led her to a fatal conclusion.

Patty apparently thought Comet cleanser had a mascot named Mr. Comet. Maybe she was thinking of Mr. Clean. I looked up Comet's mascot:

Spoiler

Josephine the Plumber

Spoiler

I thought about that, too, but that also means she thought that the mascot of a cleansing product had developed a theory about the composition of a comet's nucleus?!?

[SportsFan68]

OK, I'm down a JTQ.

Question 7 - On the Inside
Proposed by the astronomer known as "Mr. Comet," a theory about the composition of a comet's nucleus is called Whipple's "Dirty" what?
A. Dish sponge B. Water balloon
C. Raindrop D. Snowball

Spoiler

Patty "Mr. Comet, like Comet cleaner, so I'm gonna go with dish sponge, final answer"
... "Oh my god!!!"

Answer and value

D. Snowball
Value: $not revealed
Bank: Consolation: $1000

Dirty snowball is how I've heard comets described my whole life. I think I'm probably a bit older than this contestant, however.

[earendel]

Patty Rau
Lake Peekskill, NY

Her dad is in the audience

Question 5 - Don’t Go There
Mispronouncing a word in the name of self-help, a 2013 book aimed at empowering females is titled "Nice Is Just a Place in" what?
A. India B. Spain
C. France D. Egypt

Spoiler

After Cedric pronounced Nice as the adjective, Patty responded with the city's pronunciation and said she believes it is France, final answer, but is nervous.

Answer and value

C. France
Value: $1000
Bank: $31K

There's a town near Nice called Eze (pronounced "ehz"). On our transatlantic cruise we stopped in Nice and there was a tour to Eze. One of the tourists joked that it was the "Nice and Easy" tour.

Question 7 - On the Inside
Proposed by the astronomer known as "Mr. Comet," a theory about the composition of a comet's nucleus is called Whipple's "Dirty" what?
A. Dish sponge B. Water balloon
C. Raindrop D. Snowball

Spoiler

Patty "Mr. Comet, like Comet cleaner, so I'm gonna go with dish sponge, final answer"
... "Oh my god!!!"

Answer and value

D. Snowball
Value: not revealed
Bank: Consolation: $1000

Ouch!