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Judy Chu
Philadelphia, PA
(first run in first slot on 12/27/16 after a second slot airing on 9/13/16)

$500 :
Which of these is NOT the title of a romantic comedy directed by Garry Marshall?
A: Valentine's Day B: New Year's Eve
C: Mother's Day D: Take Your Dog to Work Day

Spoiler

D: Take Your Dog to Work Day

$1000 :
Without a single crash-related passenger fatality in the system’s 50-plus-year history, Japan's high-speed what travel up to 200 miles per hour?
A: Pedicabs B: Trains
C: Gondolas D: Escalators

Spoiler

B: Trains

$2000 :
Making use of National Weather Service radar information, the app Thor Guard bills itself as "The World Leader in" what?
A: Heat wave prediction B: High tide prediction
C: Lightning prediction D: Forest fire prediction

Spoiler

C: Lightning prediction

$3000 :
In 247WallSt.com's 2016 ranking of America's Drunkest Cities, seven of the top ten- including Appleton, Oshkosh and Fond du Lac- are in what state?
A: Wisconsin B: Arizona
C: Vermont D: Kentucky

Spoiler

A: Wisconsin

$5000 :
Taken weeks before his death, a famous photo showed Babe Ruth meeting what Yale baseball captain- and future 41st President- right before a game?
A: Ronald Reagan B: Gerald Ford
C: Richard Nixon D: George H.W. Bush

Spoiler

D: George H.W. Bush

$7000 :
There's little evidence to support the legend that he wrote "Little Miss Muffet," but Dr. Thomas Muffet was in fact an accomplished 16th century what?
A: Ichthyologist B: Entomologist
C: Herpetologist D: Ornithologist

ATA

A: 14% B: 63%
C: 17% D: 6%

Spoiler

B: Entomologist

$10K :
When the clock struck midnight on Jan. 1, 2001, what group's "Independent Women Part 1" became the first Billboard #1 hit of the 21st century?
A: OutKast B: Destiny’s Child
C: TLC D: Fugees

50/50

50/50: B or C

Spoiler

B: Destiny’s Child

$20K :
If you were traveling eastward sampling European cheeses in each of the four countries where they originated, in what order would you taste the following?
A: Manchego, Gruyere, Camembert, Provolone B: Provolone, Manchego, Camembert, Gruyere
C: Manchego, Camembert, Gruyere, Provolone D: Camembert, Provolone, Gruyere, Manchego

Spoiler

Judy guessed A.
C: Manchego, Camembert, Gruyere, Provolone

Judy left with $5000

QotD: Because her ruling ended a 1995 strike, Justice Sotomayor was known as “the judge that saved” what?
A: Broadway B: Movies
C: Baseball D: The subway

Spoiler

C: Baseball

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Judy Chu
Philadelphia, PA
(first run in first slot on 12/27/16 after a second slot airing on 9/13/16)

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$20K :
If you were traveling eastward sampling European cheeses in each of the four countries where they originated, in what order would you taste the following?
A: Manchego, Gruyere, Camembert, Provolone B: Provolone, Manchego, Camembert, Gruyere
C: Manchego, Camembert, Gruyere, Provolone D: Camembert, Provolone, Gruyere, Manchego

Spoiler

Judy guessed A.
C: Manchego, Camembert, Gruyere, Provolone

Judy left with $5000

I'd have it narrowed down to C or D - then have to decide is Spain (manchego) or England (camembert) further east. Use the 50:50 and hope.

10K: ATA

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:

$20K :
If you were traveling eastward sampling European cheeses in each of the four countries where they originated, in what order would you taste the following?
A: Manchego, Gruyere, Camembert, Provolone B: Provolone, Manchego, Camembert, Gruyere
C: Manchego, Camembert, Gruyere, Provolone D: Camembert, Provolone, Gruyere, Manchego

This is a weird question.

Spoiler

At first my mind was stuck on specifically where the cheeses came from but I didn't know if Manchego would be east or west of Normandy (Camembert).

And then I got onto the travel bit. You don't really travel east from Spain to France. And while you can travel east from France into Switzerland there isn't much Italy east of Switzerland. And it is certainly not where Provolone comes from.

I did know that Provolone would be last so there were only two choices and A couldn't be right.

I got to the right answer but I didn't like it.

$1000 :
Without a single crash-related passenger fatality in the system’s 50-plus-year history, Japan's high-speed what travel up to 200 miles per hour?
A: Pedicabs B: Trains
C: Gondolas D: Escalators

Spoiler

B: Trains

We should have these between Colorado and back east.

$10K :
When the clock struck midnight on Jan. 1, 2001, what group's "Independent Women Part 1" became the first Billboard #1 hit of the 21st century?
A: OutKast B: Destiny’s Child
C: TLC D: Fugees

50/50

50/50: B or C

Spoiler

B: Destiny’s Child

ATA

$20K :
If you were traveling eastward sampling European cheeses in each of the four countries where they originated, in what order would you taste the following?
A: Manchego, Gruyere, Camembert, Provolone B: Provolone, Manchego, Camembert, Gruyere
C: Manchego, Camembert, Gruyere, Provolone D: Camembert, Provolone, Gruyere, Manchego

Spoiler

Judy guessed A.
C: Manchego, Camembert, Gruyere, Provolone

Judy left with $5000

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