Transcript 3/21/2014 - Michael Lupia (carryover contestant)

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Michael Lupia
Manalapan, NJ

Michael has a talent that the audience might not expect - he can rap. He goes by the name "Showtime" and he does a rap for Cedric. Michael has banked $28,000. He has no lifelines remaining.

Topic Tree (randomized):
Not in the Bible
Made From Scratch
Daily Dosage
Pretty in Red
Agility Rewarded
True Story
Using Your Hands
Total Bros
On Tight
????

Question #7 (Pretty in Red):
Said to prefer five-inch red ones himself, what accessory did Louis XIV of France popularize among fashionable 17th-century men?
A - feather boas
B - high heels
C - pencil skirts
D - clutch purses

Michael says that the only one on the list that would be 5" and red is

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high heels

so that's his final answer.

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Answer: B (high heels)
Value: $100
Bank: $28,100

Question #8 (Daily Dosage):
An article in The Journal of Food Science suggests that an apple a day is more likely to kep the doctor away when you eat what antioxidant-filled part?
A - its stem
B - its skin
C - its seeds
D - its sticker

Michael thinks he can eliminate

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the sticker

. He doesn't know too many people who eat

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the stem or the seeds

.

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Answer: B (its skin)
Value: $5,000
Bank: $33,100

Question #9 (Made From Scratch):
Used to process visual surveillance imagery, "Condor" is a U.S. Air Force supercomputer that was created by linking 1,700 what?
A - iPads
B - Garmin GPS devices
C - PlayStation 3s
D - TiVo boxes

"'Condor' is the bird that watches you like a hawk," Michael observes, and there's only one that would be able to see everything, so he makes

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B, Garmin GPS devices

his final answer.

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Answer: C (PlayStation 3s)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $1,000 (consolation prize)

commercial break

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ATA and second JTQ remaining.

Question #9 (Made From Scratch):
Used to process visual surveillance imagery, "Condor" is a U.S. Air Force supercomputer that was created by linking 1,700 what?
A - iPads
B - Garmin GPS devices
C - PlayStation 3s
D - TiVo boxes

"'Condor' is the bird that watches you like a hawk," Michael observes, and there's only one that would be able to see everything, so he makes

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B, Garmin GPS devices

his final answer.

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Answer: C (PlayStation 3s)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $1,000 (consolation prize)

JTQ 2

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Michael Lupia
Manalapan, NJ

Michael has a talent that the audience might not expect - he can rap. He goes by the name "Showtime" and he does a rap for Cedric. Michael has banked $28,000. He has no lifelines remaining.

Question #9 (Made From Scratch):
Used to process visual surveillance imagery, "Condor" is a U.S. Air Force supercomputer that was created by linking 1,700 what?
A - iPads
B - Garmin GPS devices
C - PlayStation 3s
D - TiVo boxes

"'Condor' is the bird that watches you like a hawk," Michael observes, and there's only one that would be able to see everything, so he makes

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B, Garmin GPS devices

his final answer.

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Answer: C (PlayStation 3s)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $1,000 (consolation prize)

I'd have been torn between PS3 and iPad since both of them have at least some computing ability. Since I have the lifelines, I use a JTQ here.