Transcript 10/26/2007 -- Rebecca Loza

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Rebecca Loza
New York City, NY

Rebecca is having a good time even though she hasn't done anything yet.

$100 - According to a popular toasting ditty, "nobody can deny" that the song's honoree is a what?

A - mighty fine fellolw
B - jolly good fellow
C - rather nice fellow
D - very drunk fellow

$200 - Which of these sandwiches is not typically served hot?

A - grilled cheese
B - peanut butter & jelly
C - tuna melt
D - Philly cheesesteak

$300 - The European Union is a political coalition that includes which of these countries?

A - Brazil
B - Italy
C - South Africa
D - Thailand

$500 - A person said to be "shooting some stick" is playing what game?

A - pool
B - darts
C - golf
D - badminton

$1K - Which of these common proverbs includes the title of a blockbuster movie franchise starring Bruce Willis?

A - Still waters run deep
B - Blood is thicker than water
C - A good man is hard to find
D - Old habits die hard

Commercial break

Rebecca is about to start nursing school and Millionaire is the plan for paying for it. She intends to put everything she wins into tuition

$2K - Celebrating the fortieth anniversary of the "Summer of Love" in 2007 the Haight-Ashbury Street Fair is held annually in what city?

A - Atlanta
B - Seattle
C - San Francisco
D - Chicago

Rebecca has an idea but she would like to ask the audience.

ATA results:
A - 3%
B - 5%
C - 90%
D - 2%

Rebecca was thinking San Francisco but just needed a little encouragement.

$4K - In 2008, what is the only month that will begin and end on the same day of the week?

A - February
B - April
C - August
D - December

Rebecca wants to try the 50/50, leaving A and B. Rebecca says it didn't help. Meredith re-reads the question, stressing "2008". Rebecca wants to say February and finally does so.

Meredith asks how much tuition is. Rebecca says $4K will just about cover one year.

$8K - A popular children's book character introduced in 2000, Olivia is a headstrong young what?

A - pig
B - goldfish
C - parrot
D - chimp

Rebecca is pretty sure Olivia is a pig, so that becomes her final answer.

Commercial break

$16K - Named after a Peruvian god, the brand Tumi is best known for its high-end line of what?

A - sunglasses
B - kitchenware
C - ski apparel
D - luggage

Rebecca doesn't think it's kitchenware. It could be ski apparel but she doesn't ski. She decides to call Rick, a friend of her fiance. She reads the question, then spells "Tumi". Rick asks for the answers to be read again, then says, "kitchenware". Rebecca asks how sure he is and he says he's pretty sure,
"because Tumi is a Peruvian god..." at which point the time runs out. Rebecca knew that Tumi was a Peruvian god. She doesn't think he sounds too sure. Meredith reminds her that if she misses she'll drop back to $1K. She also reminds Rebecca that that was the one thing she knew it wasn't. Rebecca says she could be wrong and adds that the show may get a lot of calls from the Tumi people. Finally she says that $8K will pay for a lot of nursing school and decides to walk away with that amount.

THE HORN!!!!!

ANSWERS:
$100 - B (jolly good fellow)
$200 - B (peanut butter & jelly)
$300 - B (Italy)
$500 - A (pool)
$1K - D (old habits die hard)
$2K - C (San Francisco)
$4K - A (February)
$8K - A (pig)
$16K - D (luggage)

[NellyLunatic1980]

Rebecca Loza
New York City, NY

WE®

$8K: I've read a lot of books to my kids, but Olivia was not one of them. ATA here.

$16K: Here's goes the PAF.

[peacock2121]

Rebecca Loza
New York City, NY




$4K - In 2008, what is the only month that will begin and end on the same day of the week?

A - February
B - April
C - August
D - December

Rebecca wants to try the 50/50, leaving A and B. Rebecca says it didn't help. Meredith re-reads the question, stressing "2008". Rebecca wants to say February and finally does so.



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I can not figure out how come this would be difficult. Even if you don't know that 2008 is a leap year, you gotta know the other months have either 30 or 31 days and that the month will not start and end on the same day.

[peacock2121]

Rebecca Loza
New York City, NY


$16K - Named after a Peruvian god, the brand Tumi is best known for its high-end line of what?

A - sunglasses
B - kitchenware
C - ski apparel
D - luggage

Rebecca doesn't think it's kitchenware. It could be ski apparel but she doesn't ski. She decides to call Rick, a friend of her fiance. She reads the question, then spells "Tumi". Rick asks for the answers to be read again, then says, "kitchenware". Rebecca asks how sure he is and he says he's pretty sure,
"because Tumi is a Peruvian god..." at which point the time runs out. Rebecca knew that Tumi was a Peruvian god. She doesn't think he sounds too sure. Meredith reminds her that if she misses she'll drop back to $1K. She also reminds Rebecca that that was the one thing she knew it wasn't. Rebecca says she could be wrong and adds that the show may get a lot of calls from the Tumi people. Finally she says that $8K will pay for a lot of nursing school and decides to walk away with that amount.

First off - if you travel for business - Tumi is the luggage to have.

Secondly - The PaF did not need to know the whole thing about the god - they just needed to be asked what Tumi makes. Bad use of PaF.

[earendel]

Rebecca Loza
New York City, NY

Where else?®

$2K - Celebrating the fortieth anniversary of the "Summer of Love" in 2007 the Haight-Ashbury Street Fair is held annually in what city?

A - Atlanta
B - Seattle
C - San Francisco
D - Chicago

Rebecca has an idea but she would like to ask the audience.

Rebecca was thinking San Francisco but just needed a little encouragement.

Our "friend" SOX404 would have a field day with this comment.

$4K - In 2008, what is the only month that will begin and end on the same day of the week?

A - February
B - April
C - August
D - December

Rebecca wants to try the 50/50, leaving A and B. Rebecca says it didn't help. Meredith re-reads the question, stressing "2008". Rebecca wants to say February and finally does so.

It almost seemed as if Meredith was trying to give Rebecca the answer by stressing the year.

Meredith asks how much tuition is. Rebecca says $4K will just about cover one year.

That seems awfully low for a year of tuition.

$8K - A popular children's book character introduced in 2000, Olivia is a headstrong young what?

A - pig
B - goldfish
C - parrot
D - chimp

Rebecca is pretty sure Olivia is a pig, so that becomes her final answer.

Lifeline time for me, because I've never heard of Olivia. ATA and hope the audience has.

$16K - Named after a Peruvian god, the brand Tumi is best known for its high-end line of what?

A - sunglasses
B - kitchenware
C - ski apparel
D - luggage

Time for lifeline #2. I would have ruled out kitchenware also, but any of the other three could be plausible, so it's time to PAF, figuring it would be an easy Google search.

This was a pretty tough stack, IMO.

[MarleysGh0st]

$4K - In 2008, what is the only month that will begin and end on the same day of the week?

A - February
B - April
C - August
D - December

Rebecca wants to try the 50/50, leaving A and B. Rebecca says it didn't help. Meredith re-reads the question, stressing "2008". Rebecca wants to say February and finally does so.

It almost seemed as if Meredith was trying to give Rebecca the answer by stressing the year.

It is an essential part of the clue, in this case. But they could also have said "in 2008, 2012, 2016..." which would have been a stronger clue about why this is so.


Otherwise, a bad stack for me. I'd need lifelines for Olivia and Tumi.

[PlacentiaSoccerMom]

I googled the word "Tumi" and four out of five entries that came up involved luggage.

[kayrharris]

Maybe I just shop too much, but I knew Tumi right away. Definitely top of the line luggage and other leather goods such as briefcases and these days travel bags for laptop computers.

[MarleysGh0st]

$16K - Named after a Peruvian god, the brand Tumi is best known for its high-end line of what?

A - sunglasses
B - kitchenware
C - ski apparel
D - luggage

So is Tumi the Peruvian god of luggage?

Wikipedia doesn't call Tumi a god at all, but a type of sacrificial ceremonial knife.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tumi

In Andean mythology, the Moche, Chimu and Incas were descendants of the Sun, and had to be worshipped annually with an extravagant celebration. The festival took place at the end of the potato and maize harvest in order to thank the Sun for the abundant crops or to ask for better crops during the next season. During this important religious ceremony, the High Priest would sacrifice a completely black or white llama.

Not a llama!

[MarleysGh0st]

Wikipedia doesn't call Tumi a god at all, but a type of sacrificial ceremonial knife.

According to their entry on the Tumi business, the proper name for the deity on a Tumi knife is "Ñaymlap".

I can see how that would be a bit awkward to use as a brand name.

[ghostjmf]

16K: Another high-end thing I never heard of. Sigh. ATA