Transcript 10/3/2014 - Alyssa Fialho

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Alyssa Fialho
Ludlow, MA
student

Alyssa is a full-time student and working 3 jobs to keep herself in school. She wrote a rap for Terry which she recites for him. Her +1 is her dad.

Question #1:
In 2013, three Salvation Army volunteers broke a world record by doing what for 105 straight hours?
A - ringing a bell
B - beating a drum
C - hitting a gong
D - playing the triangle

Alyssa knows that Salvation Army volunteers

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stand outside of stores ringing bells to solicit contributions

.

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Answer: A (ringing a bell)
Value: $5,000
Bank: $5,000

Question #2:
What word comes from the name of an 18th-century doctor who would treat patients by sending them into a trance-like state?
A - mesmerize
B - exorcise
C - hypnotize
D - energize

Alyssa knows that doctors use

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hypnotism to help patients with things like stopping smoking

so she makes

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C

her final answer.

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Answer: A (mesmerize)
Value: not revealed
Bank: $1,000 (consolation prize)

[MarleysGh0st]

Ouch.

Anybody know some llama rap?

[SportsFan68]

So far, so good.

[earendel]

Alyssa Fialho
Ludlow, MA
student

Alyssa is a full-time student and working 3 jobs to keep herself in school. She wrote a rap for Terry which she recites for him. Her +1 is her dad.

Question #2:
What word comes from the name of an 18th-century doctor who would treat patients by sending them into a trance-like state?
A - mesmerize
B - exorcise
C - hypnotize
D - energize

Alyssa knows that doctors use

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hypnotism to help patients with things like stopping smoking

so she makes

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C

her final answer.

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Answer: A (mesmerize)
Value: not revealed
Bank: $1,000 (consolation prize)

I was afraid that she'd go for "hypnotize". "Mesmerism" as a synonym for "hypnotism" isn't very well known.