Transcript 12/17/14 Hallie Cooper-Novack

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Hallie Cooper-Novack
Brooklyn, NY


Question 1 -
Vexing the psychoanalyst until the end, what topic did Freud spend 30 years researching, decades before Mel Gibson?
A. What to Expect When You're Expecting B. How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
C. What Women Want D. How to Train Your Dragon

Answer and value

C. What Women Want
Value: $500
Bank: $500

Question 2 -
In order to get a decade of free satellite TV for its residents, in 2005, the town of Clark, TX changed its name to what?
A. COMCAST, TX B. DISH, TX
C. TIME WARNER, TX D. COX COMMUNICATIONS, TX

ATA

Before asking the audience Hallie said she thought it was Comcast
(Clarification edit: she did not say anything before the choices)

A. 27% B. 58%
C. 7% D. 8%

JTQ

Answer and value

B. DISH, TX
Value: $15K Jumped
Bank: $500

Question 3 -
At Denmark's Skjern Technical College, students designed a "marriage-saving" toilet that automatically does what?
A. Washes the dishes B. Plans date nights
C. Puts the seat down D. Says "You're right!"

Answer and value

C. Puts the seat down
Value: $5000
Bank: $5500

Question 4 -
Which of the following is a true statement about the famous Jackson Family?
A. Jackie is the oldest B. Tito is younger than La Toya
C. Randy is older than Michael D. Janet is the youngest

+1

Hallie said she is pretty sure that Janet is the youngest but does not know the order otherwise, and maybe Janet isn't the youngest
Terry reminded her that she has a lifeline so she calls her +1 friend Jake
Jake said he has some working knowledge and believes Janet is the youngest
Hallie asked him if he knows who Randy is and if he is one of the Jackson Five.
Jake said if she is talking about the man on American Idol, is that Randy Jackson? (Laughter from the audience)
Jake repeated his feeling that Janet is the youngest.
Terry then gave Hallie the choices of leaving with $2750 or risking going back to $1000

Answer and value

D. Janet is the youngest
Value: $7000
Bank: $12500

Second break

Question 5 -
In the same way New York City partnered with a bank to off its Citi Bike rental bicycles, what city operates a service called Barclays Cycle Hire?
A. Amsterdam B. London
C. Johannesburg D. Sydney

Spoiler

Hallie said she believes Barclays is British and would take a calculated risk

Answer and value

B. London
Value: $100
Bank: $12600

Question 6 -
According to PETA, which of the following classic treats is acceptable to vegans since it has no animal products in it?
A. Oreos B. Peeps
C. Yoo-hoo D. Twinkies

Spoiler

Hallie said she is pretty sure peeps have some egg in them and Yoo-Hoo has some milk, and she thinks Twinkies is artificial but might have some dairy as well, and thinks Oreos
A, final answer.

Answer and value

A. Oreos
Value: $2000
Bank: $14600

QotD. Astronomers have concluded that which of these celestial bodies is the most perfectly round one ever precisely measured?
A. Sun B. Moon
C. Earth D. Mars

Spoiler

A. Sun

Question 7 -
Darcin, a pheromone found in mouse urine that attracts females to specific males, is named for a character in what book?
A. Mrs. Dalloway B. Middlemarch
C. Pride and Prejudice D. Jane Eyre

Answer and value

C. Pride and Prejudice (Mr. Darcy)
Value: $10K
Bank: $24600

Question 8 -
According to biochemist Steven Benner, life didn't begin on oxygen-deficient Earth, but instead arrived here via asteroids from what planet?
A. Saturn B. Mars
C. Jupiter D. Venus

Spoiler

Hallie said she is pretty sure it is Mars since they found water on Mars and she thinks she heard of this.

Answer and value

B. Mars
Value: $1000
Bank: $25600

Hallie will return tomorrow

[jarnon]

Question 2 -
In order to get a decade of free satellite TV for its residents, in 2005, the town of Clark, TX changed its name to what?
A. COMCAST, TX B. DISH, TX
C. TIME WARNER, TX D. COX COMMUNICATIONS, TX

ATA

Before the choices Hallie said she thought it was Comcast
A. 27% B. 58%
C. 7% D. 8%

JTQ

Answer and value

B. DISH, TX
Value: $15K Jumped
Bank: $500

Hallie wished she had listened to the audience. It was her one mistake in a very good game.

Question 4 -
Which of the following is a true statement about the famous Jackson Family?
A. Jackie is the oldest B. Tito is younger than La Toya
C. Randy is older than Michael D. Janet is the youngest

+1

Hallie said she is pretty sure that Janet is the youngest but does not know the order otherwise, and maybe Janet isn't the youngest
Terry reminded her that she has a lifeline so she calls her +1 friend Jake
Jake said he has some working knowledge and believes Janet is the youngest
Hallie asked him if he knows who Randy is and if he is one of the Jackson Five.
Jake said if she is talking about the man on American Idol, is that Randy Jackson? (Laughter from the audience)
Jake repeated his feeling that Janet is the youngest.
Terry then gave Hallie the choices of leaving with $2750 or risking going back to $1000

Answer and value

D. Janet is the youngest
Value: $7000
Bank: $12500

That's how you use a +1!

I enjoyed watching Hallie. Good luck to her on thursday.

[Estonut]

Question 2 -
In order to get a decade of free satellite TV for its residents, in 2005, the town of Clark, TX changed its name to what?
A. COMCAST, TX B. DISH, TX
C. TIME WARNER, TX D. COX COMMUNICATIONS, TX

ATA

Before the choices Hallie said she thought it was Comcast
A. 27% B. 58%
C. 7% D. 8%

JTQ

Answer and value

B. DISH, TX
Value: $15K Jumped
Bank: $500

Hallie wished she had listened to the audience. It was her one mistake in a very good game.

Spoiler

Did she rush her answer? Isn't Dish the only satellite provider in the choices?

[jarnon]

Question 2 -
In order to get a decade of free satellite TV for its residents, in 2005, the town of Clark, TX changed its name to what?
A. COMCAST, TX B. DISH, TX
C. TIME WARNER, TX D. COX COMMUNICATIONS, TX

ATA

Before the choices Hallie said she thought it was Comcast
A. 27% B. 58%
C. 7% D. 8%

JTQ

Answer and value

B. DISH, TX
Value: $15K Jumped
Bank: $500

Hallie wished she had listened to the audience. It was her one mistake in a very good game.

Spoiler

Did she rush her answer? Isn't Dish the only satellite provider in the choices?

Spoiler

She thought Comcast did satellite TV too.

[TheConfessor]

Question 4 -
Which of the following is a true statement about the famous Jackson Family?
A. Jackie is the oldest B. Tito is younger than La Toya
C. Randy is older than Michael D. Janet is the youngest

Both C and D are arguably correct. Randy is currently 53 years old. Michael never got older than 50.

[SportsFan68]

Question 2 -
In order to get a decade of free satellite TV for its residents, in 2005, the town of Clark, TX changed its name to what?
A. COMCAST, TX B. DISH, TX
C. TIME WARNER, TX D. COX COMMUNICATIONS, TX

ATA

Before asking the audience Hallie said she thought it was Comcast
(Clarification edit: she did not say anything before the choices)

A. 27% B. 58%
C. 7% D. 8%

JTQ

Answer and value

B. DISH, TX
Value: $15K Jumped
Bank: $500

JTQ

Question 8 -
According to biochemist Steven Benner, life didn't begin on oxygen-deficient Earth, but instead arrived here via asteroids from what planet?
A. Saturn B. Mars
C. Jupiter D. Venus

Spoiler

Hallie said she is pretty sure it is Mars since they found water on Mars and she thinks she heard of this.

Answer and value

B. Mars
Value: $1000
Bank: $25600

Plus One.

[earendel]

Hallie Cooper-Novack
Brooklyn, NY

Question 4 -
Which of the following is a true statement about the famous Jackson Family?
A. Jackie is the oldest B. Tito is younger than La Toya
C. Randy is older than Michael D. Janet is the youngest

+1

Hallie said she is pretty sure that Janet is the youngest but does not know the order otherwise, and maybe Janet isn't the youngest
Terry reminded her that she has a lifeline so she calls her +1 friend Jake
Jake said he has some working knowledge and believes Janet is the youngest
Hallie asked him if he knows who Randy is and if he is one of the Jackson Five.
Jake said if she is talking about the man on American Idol, is that Randy Jackson? (Laughter from the audience)
Jake repeated his feeling that Janet is the youngest.
Terry then gave Hallie the choices of leaving with $2750 or risking going back to $1000

Answer and value

D. Janet is the youngest
Value: $7000
Bank: $12500

Haven't the foggiest notion - I hope the audience does because I'm asking them.

Question 6 -
According to PETA, which of the following classic treats is acceptable to vegans since it has no animal products in it?
A. Oreos B. Peeps
C. Yoo-hoo D. Twinkies

Spoiler

Hallie said she is pretty sure peeps have some egg in them and Yoo-Hoo has some milk, and she thinks Twinkies is artificial but might have some dairy as well, and thinks Oreos
A, final answer.

Answer and value

A. Oreos
Value: $2000
Bank: $14600

I got this by process of elimination, but was still not sure. I thought there was some sort of animal fat in the creme filling.

Question 7 -
Darcin, a pheromone found in mouse urine that attracts females to specific males, is named for a character in what book?
A. Mrs. Dalloway B. Middlemarch
C. Pride and Prejudice D. Jane Eyre

Answer and value

C. Pride and Prejudice (Mr. Darcy)
Value: $10K
Bank: $24600

This was listed as one of the "54 fun trivia facts" for National Trivia Day.