Transcript 01/27/2009 Sonya Knapinsky

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Sonya Knapinsky
Bayside, NY
Flight Attendant
Says she can be a prankster; once when her flight was early, she hid in the overhead bin to surprise boarding passengers.


Topic Tree

Chillin'
Climate Control
Word is Born (?-too blurry on poor quality tape)
States of the Union
The Artsy Crowd
Water World
Stage and Screen
Snack Time!
Time Travel
Get a Hobby
On Vacation
Entourage
Home for Purim
Is This Edible?
It's Elementary


$100 (It's Elementary):
By definition, schoolchildren who "brown-bag it" bring what to school?
A. Lunch B. Fireworks
C. Toys D. Their personal lives

Spoiler

A. Lunch (:10)

$200 (Is This Edible?):
Which of these companies produces a model of cell phone called the "Chocolate," and not a type of edible treat called "chocolate"?
A. Godiva B. Hershey's
C. Verizon D. Nestle

Spoiler

C. Verizon (:10)

$300 (Home for Purim):
Because it involves the custom of wearing costumes, the festival of Purim is often referred to as the "Jewish" what?
A. Valentine's Day B. Halloween
C. St. Patrick's Day D. Labor Day

Spoiler

B. Halloween (:09)

$500 (Entourage):
What rock-and-roll singer's personal entourage was known as the "Memphis Mafia"?
A. Elvis Presley B. Roy Orbison
C. Jimi Hendrix D. Jim Morrison

Spoiler

A. Elvis Presley (:07)

$1000 (On Vacation):
Which of these slang terms is defined in the Western U.S. as "an urban Easterner who vacations on a ranch"?
A. Homie B. Dude
C. Bro D. Cuz

Spoiler

B. Dude (:09)

$2000 (Get a Hobby):
Based in Great Britain, the U.K. Sucrologists Club is a niche organization whose members are enthusiasts of what items?
A. Matchboxes B. Beer bottle labels
C. Sugar packets D. Key rings

Spoiler

C. Sugar packets (:23)

$4000 (Time Travel):
Which of these movies does not feature time travel?
A. The Time Machine B. Back to the Future
C. Somewhere In Time D. Tomorrow Never Dies

ATA (:23)

ATA

A-0% B-0% C-9% D-91%

Sonya realizes out loud that she knew it is James Bond

Spoiler

D. Tomorrow Never Dies (:21)

Commercial break

$8000 (Snack Time!):
Ronald Reagan once famously said of a favorite snack, "You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating" what?
A. Jelly beans B. Potato chips
C. Chicken wings D. Cupcakes

Spoiler

A. Jelly beans (:24)

$16K (Stage and Screen):
In 2008, why did "Harry Potter" star Daniel Radcliffe make headlines for his Broadway debut in the play "Equus"?
A. He portrayed a woman B. He appeared nude
C. He portrayed a polygamist D. He sang and danced

Spoiler

B. He appeared nude (:21)

$25K (Water World):
The notorious Bermuda Triangle overlaps a large section of which of these bodies of water?
A. Beaufort Sea B. Aral Sea
C. Sargasso Sea D. Barents Sea

Ask the Expert (:20)

ATE

Bill uses process of elimination, telling Sonya that A and D are in the arctic and B is landlocked in Asia so it must be C

DRANK

C. Sargasso Sea (:16)

Sonya will return on tomorrow's show.

[Estonut]

Word is Born (?-too blurry on poor quality tape)

That's what it looks like on my recording, except that the "i" in "is" was capitalized (for some reason).

[tanstaafl2]

Sonya Knapinsky
Bayside, NY
Flight Attendant
Says she can be a prankster; once when her flight was early, she hid in the overhead bin to surprise boarding passengers.


$25K (Water World):
The notorious Bermuda Triangle overlaps a large section of which of these bodies of water?
A. Beaufort Sea B. Aral Sea
C. Sargasso Sea D. Barents Sea

Ask the Expert (:20)

ATE

Bill uses process of elimination, telling Sonya that A and D are in the arctic and B is landlocked in Asia so it must be C

DRANK

C. Sargasso Sea (:16)

Sonya will return on tomorrow's show.

Whilst the intended answer is obvious as reasoned out by the ATE it seems a somewhat dubious question. In the most classic boundary description of the so called Bermuda triangle only a small portion of the Sargasso Sea falls within it. I suppose if they use some of the more liberal boundaries more falls within it.

Of course the Sargasso Sea holds a couple of other distinctions in addition to being, more or less, in the "Bermuda triangle" one of which makes it distinct from any other body of water since it is the only "sea" without a shoreline.

[silvercamaro]

Whilst the intended answer is obvious as reasoned out by the ATE it seems a somewhat dubious question. In the most classic boundary description of the so called Bermuda triangle only a small portion of the Sargasso Sea falls within it. I suppose if they use some of the more liberal boundaries more falls within it.

Perhaps the Sargasso Sea boundaries are calculated in the same way as earthquake zones in Oklahoma.

[earendel]

Sonya Knapinsky
Bayside, NY
Flight Attendant
Says she can be a prankster; once when her flight was early, she hid in the overhead bin to surprise boarding passengers.

Hey, an actually interesting hook.

$4000 (Time Travel):
Which of these movies does not feature time travel?
A. The Time Machine B. Back to the Future
C. Somewhere In Time D. Tomorrow Never Dies

ATA (:23)

ATA

A-0% B-0% C-9% D-91%

Sonya realizes out loud that she knew it is James Bond

Spoiler

D. Tomorrow Never Dies (:21)

D is a Bond movie, I believe.

Nihil obstat® - and because of the power outage I didn't get to see Wednesday's show.

[MarleysGh0st]

$4000 (Time Travel):
Which of these movies does not feature time travel?
A. The Time Machine B. Back to the Future
C. Somewhere In Time D. Tomorrow Never Dies

ATA (:23)

ATA

A-0% B-0% C-9% D-91%

Sonya realizes out loud that she knew it is James Bond

Spoiler

D. Tomorrow Never Dies (:21)

D is a Bond movie, I believe.

Sonya remembered that after using her ATA.

[NellyLunatic1980]

Sonya Knapinsky
Bayside, NY

Queens, so she's a WE®

Chillin'
Climate Control
Word is Born
States of the Union
The Artsy Crowd
Water World
Stage and Screen
Snack Time!
Time Travel
Get a Hobby
On Vacation
Entourage
Home for Purim
Is This Edible?
It's Elementary

With the exception of the art question, this stack looks good.

Nihil obstat® on the first ten.

[doitneatly]

$25K (Water World):
The notorious Bermuda Triangle overlaps a large section of which of these bodies of water?
A. Beaufort Sea B. Aral Sea
C. Sargasso Sea D. Barents Sea

Ask the Expert (:20)

ATE

Bill uses process of elimination, telling Sonya that A and D are in the arctic and B is landlocked in Asia so it must be C

DRANK

C. Sargasso Sea (:16)

Bill is, without a doubt, my favorite ATE yet. As Meredith mentions, the apparent hyperventilation is so endearing!

But c'mon, what cruel God arranged for this kid to have to utter the phrase,
"C. Sargasso Sea"
on national TV?

The only thing worse wouldve been a tonguetwister about Sally and seashells...