Brooklyn, NY
Educator
Tené was in the audience a couple of weeks ago with her mother and mother-in-law.
They practically pushed her down the aisle to take the audition test.
When she attended the taping, she hadn’t planned on taking the test, she barely knew that there would be an audition.
Topic Tree:
Patents
Facts & Figures
The Oscars
Slang
Shakespeare
States of the Union
Blood
World Geography
Musical Tributes
What IS It?
Early Inventions
Wordplay
Business
London
Party Games
$500 At a children’s birthday party, a piñata is typically filled with what?
A. Shoes
B. Buttons
C. Candy
D. Dad’s parking tickets
Spoiler
A. Postal service
B. Fire department
C. Police force
D. Subway system
Spoiler
A. Ketchup
B. Cars
C. Cosmetics
D. Toothpaste
Spoiler
A. Hello
B. Hey
C. Hi
D. Howdy
Spoiler
A. Hair dryer
B. Bicycle
C. Microwave
D. Cash register
DD (6)
Tené’s first choice is correct.
Spoiler
A. Graphic novel
B. Boy band
C. Children’s TV show
D. Broadway musical
Spoiler
A. Marilyn Monroe
B. Bette Davis
C. Katharine Hepburn
D. Grace Kelly
Tené is pretty sure she knows this one, but decides to …
ATA (14)
86% A. Marilyn Monroe
1% B. Bette Davis
2% C. Katharine Hepburn
11% D. Grace Kelly
Spoiler
$12.5K Because of its seaside location, Venice, Italy is often referred to as the “Queen of the” what?
A. Adriatic
B. Aegean
C. Baltic
D. Ionian
Tené says has has a pretty good idea, but would like to …
PAF (16)
Tené’s PAF team:
Evie from Astoria, NY
Cyrus from Lawrence, KS
Anne-Carmene from Brooklyn, NY
PAF – Evie, Tené’s boss
Evie asks Tené to repeat them again. Tené reads the whole question and gives the choices again.
Evie: A.. Adriatic. A.. Adriatic. Yes.
Tené: Thanks so much.
Spoiler
A. White blood cell
B. Platelet
C. Hemoglobin
D. Red blood cell
ATE (14)
Tom: I’m 80% sure, Tené, that it’s platelet, B.
Tené: And why do you think that?
Tom: Well, I hate to tell you this, but I studied to be… I wanted to be a doctor at on time. So I know a bit about this kind of thing. Platelets, I’m pretty sure, is the component that aids in clotting.
Tené: That was actually the way I was leaning as well.
Spoiler
$25K What U.S. state is home to a historical marker dated 1513 that reads “First White Man Dies in America”?
A. Rhode Island
B. New York
C. Virginia
D. Florida
Tené says she has an idea. That Virginia definitely was one of the states settled that early, but she is not willing to take the risk.
Tené leaves with $15K.
Spoiler
Tournament of Ten Leaderboard
1. Jehan Shamsid-Dean $250K - 2:09
2. Keilani Goggins $100K - 1:53
3. Jeff Birt $100K - 1:53
4. Matt Schultz $100K - 2:26
5. Tim Janus $100K - 2:44
6. Ralph Cambeis $50K - 1:13
7. Robin Schwartz $50K - 1:40
8. Tony Westmoreland $50K - 2:08
9. Alex Ortiz $50K - 2:19
10. Fred Roberts $50K - 2:27
Answers:
$500 C. Candy
$1K D. Subway system
$2K C. Cosmetics
$3K A. Hello
$5K B. Bicycle
$7.5K C. Children’s TV show
$10K A. Marilyn Monroe
$12.5K A. Adriatic
$15K B. Platelet
$25K D. Florida