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Transcript May 2,2008

Vera Cadwell
Staten Island, NY


$100
A piece of sporting equipment used in baseball shares its name with the first name of what 2008 presidential contender?

A: Hillary Clinton
B: Rudy Guiliani
C: Mitt Romney
D: Bat Rack Obama

$200
If a failed endeavor requires that you "go back to square one", what must you do?

A: Ask for help
B: Give up
C: Take a vacation
D: Start over

$300
Pennsylvania's Grace Lutheran church is nicknamed the "Dorito Church" because it resembles a giant what?

A: Tortilla chip
B: Chicken wing
C: Lollipop
D: Doughnut

$500
What 2006 film did CNN describe as "the 21st official film in the second most lucrative movie franchise in history"?

A: The Devil Wears Prada
B: The Break-Up
C: The Good Shepherd
D: Casino Royale

Vera is a little nervous and decides to ask the audience.
ATA:

A: 17%
B: 2%
C: 5%
D: 76%

$1000
Used in music, a tuning fork is commonly made out of what material?

A: Wood
B: Plastic
C: Metal
D: Glass

$2000
Which of these works is commonly associated with Ludwig van Beethoven and not John Keats?

A: Ode to Psyche
B: Ode to Joy
C: Ode on Indolence
D: Ode on Melancholy

$4000
Premiering on PBS in 2007, Ken Burns' fifteen=hour documentary "The War" focuses on what conflict?

A: Vietnam War
B: Iraq War
C: Revolutionary War
D: World War II

Vera goes with B - Iraq War and leaves with $1000











Answers:
$100 C - Mitt Romney
$200 D - Start over
$300 A - Tortilla chip
$500 D - Casino Royale
$1000 C - Metal
$2000 B - Ode to Joy
$4000 D - World War II

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Transcript May 2,2008

Vera Cadwell
Staten Island, NY

WE®

$4K: No idea. ATA.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: $4000
Premiering on PBS in 2007, Ken Burns' fifteen=hour documentary "The War" focuses on what conflict?

A: Vietnam War
B: Iraq War
C: Revolutionary War
D: World War II

Vera goes with B - Iraq War and leaves with $1000

I wonder why she went with that answer without using one of her remaining lifelines?

The question writers were generous not to include the Civil War as a distractor, since far more people probably remember that series than this new one.

Oh my goodness.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Transcript May 2,2008

Vera Cadwell
Staten Island, NY

Another WE®.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$2000
Which of these works is commonly associated with Ludwig van Beethoven and not John Keats?

A: Ode to Psyche
B: Ode to Joy
C: Ode on Indolence
D: Ode on Melancholy

Left-handed shout out to 'skoop.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$4000
Premiering on PBS in 2007, Ken Burns' fifteen=hour documentary "The War" focuses on what conflict?

A: Vietnam War
B: Iraq War
C: Revolutionary War
D: World War II

At least she made it to the $1000 question so she's not a llama.

As for me, I might have had to use ATA on this one because I wasn't sure whether it was A or D.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: $4000
Premiering on PBS in 2007, Ken Burns' fifteen=hour documentary "The War" focuses on what conflict?

A: Vietnam War
B: Iraq War
C: Revolutionary War
D: World War II

Maybe it's me, but this is too rough for $4K. Is there some other way to get to the answer that does not require getting the Ken Burns flyer? Maybe because it was 2007 but still. I would've guess it is B. Iraq war too.

takinover wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: $4000
Premiering on PBS in 2007, Ken Burns' fifteen=hour documentary "The War" focuses on what conflict?

A: Vietnam War
B: Iraq War
C: Revolutionary War
D: World War II

Maybe it's me, but this is too rough for $4K. Is there some other way to get to the answer that does not require getting the Ken Burns flyer? Maybe because it was 2007 but still. I would've guess it is B. Iraq war too.

It's a standard TV pop culture question. And this one only asked for the general topic of the show, which one might have picked up from PBS promos, TV Guide articles, etc., much easier than other such questions, such Dr. Grey's first name.

takinover wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: $4000
Premiering on PBS in 2007, Ken Burns' fifteen=hour documentary "The War" focuses on what conflict?

A: Vietnam War
B: Iraq War
C: Revolutionary War
D: World War II

Maybe it's me, but this is too rough for $4K. Is there some other way to get to the answer that does not require getting the Ken Burns flyer? Maybe because it was 2007 but still. I would've guess it is B. Iraq war too.

Another exciting cast member on a thousandaire run. I thought they were not particularly difficult Q's and the 4K Q seemed more than reasonable. Then again I knew it without hesitation so that makes it seem easy.