Transcript 11/23/09 Debbie Tucci

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Debbie Tucci
Belton, MO
Disc Jockey

Debbie still has her PAF and ATE.

Today’s ATE is Paula Poundstone.

Topic Tree:

Paper Work
Opera
Plaintiffs
Natural Formations
Adjectives
Entrepreneurs
The White House
Religion
On the Road
(U.S. History)
(Name Game)
(Famous Verse)
(Business)
(Entertainers)
(In the Dictionary)

$10K The first Motel6 opened in 1962 in Santa Barbara, CA and charged what fee for a night’s stay?
A. 60¢
B. $6.00
C. $16.00
D. $26.00

PAF (16)

Debbie’s PAF team:

Darin from Blue Springs, MO
Denise from Peculiar, MO
Christine from Belton, MO

PAF – Darin

With about six seconds remaining, Darin says “Six dollars per night. One hundred percent.”

Spoiler

B. $6.00 (10)

$12.5K In Islamic law, a legal ruling from a religious leader, like the famous 1989 condemnation of author Salman Rushdie, is called a what?
A. Mihrab
B. Sharia
C. Fatwa
D. Hijab

Spoiler

C. Fatwa (6)

$15K In 2000, what room in the White House was renamed to honor James Brady?
A. Cabinet Room
B. State Dining Room
C. Diplomatic Reception Room
D. Press Briefing Room

Debbie thinks James Brady was the press secretary who was shot. She decides to use the ATE.

ATE ( 8 )

Paula says it would make sense to rename the Press Briefing Room after James Brady since he was Ronald Reagan’s press secretary.
When asked how sure, she says since she has been known to make mistakes she would only say she is 95% sure.

Spoiler

D. Press Briefing Room (5)

commercial break

$25K John Paul DeJoria, the ponytailed co-founder of the hair-care empire Paul Mitchell, also founded what top-shelf of booze?
A. Patrón tequila
B. Iron Hill bourbon
C. Hendrick’s gin
D. Belvedere vodka

Debbie says that Patrón tequila sticks out to her, but she just isn’t sure.
Debbie decides to leave with $15K.

Spoiler

A. Patrón tequila (4)

Answers:
$10K B. $6.00
$12.5K C. Fatwa
$15K D. Press Briefing Room
$25K A. Patrón tequila

Added missing members to the PAF team

[NellyLunatic1980]

Had it not been for that damn Conch Republic question, I would've been going for $50,000 with all of my lifelines.

[Snaxx]

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$10K The first Motel6 opened in 1962 in Santa Barbara, CA and charged what fee for a night’s stay?
A. 60¢
B. $6.00
C. $16.00
D. $26.00

PAF (16)

Debbie’s PAF team:

Darin from Blue Springs, MO
Unreadable
Unreadable

PAF – Darin

With about six seconds remaining, Darin says “Six dollars per night. One hundred percent.”

Spoiler

B. $6.00 (10)

The others were Denise from Peculiar, MO and Christine from Belton, MO.

I thought it was a waste of a good question idea even though it made this contestant burn a lifeline. I would have asked what brand is named for the original price of its product with wrong answers like WD-40 or Product 19.

[earendel]

Debbie Tucci
Belton, MO
Disc Jockey

Debbie still has her PAF and ATE.

Today’s ATE is Paula Poundstone.

Hmmm...is there some hidden connection between Valleycrest and NPR? Paula's the second "Wait, Wait..." panelist they've used as an expert.

$10K The first Motel6 opened in 1962 in Santa Barbara, CA and charged what fee for a night’s stay?
A. 60¢
B. $6.00
C. $16.00
D. $26.00

PAF (16)

Debbie’s PAF team:

Darin from Blue Springs, MO
Unreadable
Unreadable

PAF – Darin

With about six seconds remaining, Darin says “Six dollars per night. One hundred percent.”

Spoiler

B. $6.00 (10)

Anyone not think that Darin was Googling this? This question shouldn't have required a lifeline.

$12.5K In Islamic law, a legal ruling from a religious leader, like the famous 1989 condemnation of author Salman Rushdie, is called a what?
A. Mihrab
B. Sharia
C. Fatwa
D. Hijab

Spoiler

C. Fatwa (6)

A mihrab is a niche in a mosque that points in the direction of Mecca; sharia is Islamic law; and hijab is the head covering worn by Muslim women.

$25K John Paul DeJoria, the ponytailed co-founder of the hair-care empire Paul Mitchell, also founded what top-shelf of booze?
A. Patrón tequila
B. Iron Hill bourbon
C. Hendrick’s gin
D. Belvedere vodka

Debbie says that Patrón tequila sticks out to her, but she just isn’t sure.
Debbie decides to leave with $15K.

Spoiler

A. Patrón tequila (4)

Lifeline time for me. ATA and hope the audience is into premium liquors.

[ulysses5019]

Lifeline time for me. ATA and hope the audience is into premium liquors.

If they're really into premium liquors you might not get a coherent ATA.

[ghostjmf]

25K: No blinking idea. Already used ATA, so PAF a Googler here. Gonna really, really, really miss this lifeline.