Transcript 12/4/2015 - Deb Howard (carryover contestant)
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2016 9:10 am
Deb Howard
Santa Cruz, CA
Deb is the mother of 3 and wants money to start a family farm. Her Grandfather was a Russian who backed the wrong side in the revolution and lost all the family land. She wants to honor his memory. He studied horticulture at the University of Kiev so she wants a farm with fruits and vegetables, some chickens and maybe some pigs but definitely a cow. She brought her "unicorn posse" with her - four women who "have each other's backs" at work and all wear unicorn charms. Her +1 is a member of the posse, Robin. Deb is at $5,000 and has her 50:50 and +1 lifelines remaining.
$7000: By far the most common choice, 19 US states have declared what their official state dance?
A - waltz
B - salsa
C - square dance
D - clogging
Deb's grandparents and parents were big dancers.
$10,000: As its name implies, the McPaneer Royale that was sold at many McDonald's in India in 2014 had two "patties" made of what instead of beef?
A - carrots
B - peppers
C - eggplant
D - cheese
Deb's pretty sure that paneer is.
$20,000: Before the 2,700-foot-tall Burj Khalifa skyscraper was completed in 2010, the world's tallest manmade structure was a North Dakota tower that's used for what?
A - collecting weather data
B - broadcasting TV signals
C - testing military weapons
D - monitoring the Canadian border
Deb says that North Dakota has missile silos and extreme weather, and it's close to the Canadian border. She doesn't know why cows in North Dakota would need TV signals. She decides to uses her 50:50.
Deb imitates the Church Lady, "Well, isn't that special?" She is leaning toward .
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Deb is also hoping to win money because her daughter-in-law is expecting Deb's first grandchild. Chris tells her she's not the usual trivia guru and Deb says that in 1979 her mother saw a game show and thought that Deb would be perfect, so she called the show, imitating Deb's voice and asking to be a contestant. When Deb came home from school her mother told her she was going to be on a game show. She did well enough to pay for her college and graduate school.
$30,000: In 1908, just before his 80th birthday, what famous figure posed for one of the first color photos taken in Russia?
A - Anton Chekhov
B - Tsar Nicholas II
C - Leo Tolstoy
D - Peter the Great
Deb says that. She knows that wasn't 80 years old, so it's either . She asks her grandfather for some divine inspiration. Getting none, she calls down Robin, her +1. Robin knows English and French literature. She thought it was . Deb says she'd kick herself if she didn't go for it.
$50,000: What Oscar winner's first major gig was as a breakdancer in Lionel Ritchie's closing ceremonies performance at the 1984 Olympics?
A - Denzel Washington
B - Cuba Gooding, Jr.
C - Jamie Foxx
D - Forest Whitaker
Deb says that if it was, he'd have been very young. She's met and thinks he's "a hunk of burning love." She knows that all four are Oscar winners, but only sings and may dance. She says she has to go for it.
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Santa Cruz, CA
Deb is the mother of 3 and wants money to start a family farm. Her Grandfather was a Russian who backed the wrong side in the revolution and lost all the family land. She wants to honor his memory. He studied horticulture at the University of Kiev so she wants a farm with fruits and vegetables, some chickens and maybe some pigs but definitely a cow. She brought her "unicorn posse" with her - four women who "have each other's backs" at work and all wear unicorn charms. Her +1 is a member of the posse, Robin. Deb is at $5,000 and has her 50:50 and +1 lifelines remaining.
$7000: By far the most common choice, 19 US states have declared what their official state dance?
A - waltz
B - salsa
C - square dance
D - clogging
Deb's grandparents and parents were big dancers.
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Answer: C (square dance)
A - carrots
B - peppers
C - eggplant
D - cheese
Deb's pretty sure that paneer is
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a type of cheese
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Answer: D (cheese)
A - collecting weather data
B - broadcasting TV signals
C - testing military weapons
D - monitoring the Canadian border
Deb says that North Dakota has missile silos and extreme weather, and it's close to the Canadian border. She doesn't know why cows in North Dakota would need TV signals. She decides to uses her 50:50.
50:50 results
A & B are left.
Spoiler
B because weather data is gathered by balloons and things that fly
Spoiler
Answer: B (broadcasting TV signals)
Deb is also hoping to win money because her daughter-in-law is expecting Deb's first grandchild. Chris tells her she's not the usual trivia guru and Deb says that in 1979 her mother saw a game show and thought that Deb would be perfect, so she called the show, imitating Deb's voice and asking to be a contestant. When Deb came home from school her mother told her she was going to be on a game show. She did well enough to pay for her college and graduate school.
$30,000: In 1908, just before his 80th birthday, what famous figure posed for one of the first color photos taken in Russia?
A - Anton Chekhov
B - Tsar Nicholas II
C - Leo Tolstoy
D - Peter the Great
Deb says that
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Peter the Great was dead and gone by 1908
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Nicholas
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A or C
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C
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Answer: C (Leo Tolstoy)
A - Denzel Washington
B - Cuba Gooding, Jr.
C - Jamie Foxx
D - Forest Whitaker
Deb says that if it was
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Jamie Foxx
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Denzel Washington
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C
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Answer: B (Cuba Gooding, Jr.)