Transcript 02/03/11 - Ashley Croft

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Ashley Croft
Freeport, NY
Beauty technician

Question Topics (Unrandomized):
* Nip Tuck
* Broadway
* Business Pioneer
* Facebook
* Dog Days
* Herbal Taste
* Famous Phrases
* Big Prizes
* Lady Style
* Food & Fashion

Question Topics (Randomized):
* Nip Tuck
* Lady Style
* Famous Phrases
* Broadway
* Facebook
* Business Pioneer
* Dog Days
* Food & Fashion
* Herbal Taste
* Big Prizes


Question #1 * Big Prizes
What reality competition show presents its champions with an award known as the Mirror Ball Trophy?

A: The Amazing Race B: American Idol
C: Dancing with the Stars D: The Apprentice

Ashley doesn't want to risk it and she knows that the first question might be the $25,000 question, so she asks the audience.

ATA

A: 9% B: 2% C: 85% D: 4%

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Dancing with the Stars
Question Value: $7,000
Bank: $7,000

Question #2 * Herbal Taste
Also known as coriander leaf, what herb contains certain aldehydes that some people say gives it a "soapy" taste?

A: Rosemary B: Thyme
C: Oregano D: Cilantro

Answer/Value/Bank

D: Cilantro
Question Value: $1,000
Bank: $8,000

-- Commercial Break --


Ashley is 4'11", but don't let her looks deceive you; Ashley is one tough cooie

Ashley's twin sister, Monique, and her dad, Cedric, are in the audience. Cedric says Ashley is special. He's proud of both of them.


Question #3 * Food & Fashion
Of the following hybrid items, which is a utensil used for eating and not an article of clothing?

A: Swacket B: Glittens
C: Spork D: Skort

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Spork
Question Value: $3,000
Bank: $11,000

Question #4 * Dog Days
Which of these breeds has been nicknamed "the Apollo of Dogs"?

A: Great Dane B: Saint Bernard
C: Greyhound D: Golden Retriever

Ashley has an inkling what it is--she thinks it's

Spoiler

Greyhound

--but she doesn't want to risk it, so she jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

A: Great Dane
Question Value: $25,000
Bank: $11,000

Question #5 * Business Pioneer
In 1933, an auto parts sales manager in Camden, NJ opened the first what to help promote his business?

A: Drive-in movie theater B: Car wash
C: Full service gas station D: Truck stop diner

Ashley knows that NJ is known as the

Spoiler

diner capital of the world.

She doesn't want to jump the question, but she's really not all that sure. Unfortunately, she's going to have to jump the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

A: Drive-in movie theater
Question Value: $5,000
Bank: $11,000

Question #6 * Facebook
What nation reportedly tried to set up a Facebook page with the name "Urlminzokkiri," roughly meaning "between our people"?

A: Afghanistan B: North Korea
C: Libya D: Iran

Ashley knows its not

Spoiler

Libya.

She's pretty sure it's not

Spoiler

Iran.

It sounds Russian to her and she knows

Spoiler

Afghanistan

used to be part of the Soviet Union. Ashley wants to go for it. She makes

Spoiler

Afghanistan

her final answer. But that's not the correct answer, so Ashley falls to $1,000.

Answer

B: North Korea

-- Commercial Break --

[MarleysGh0st]

Question #5 * Business Pioneer
In 1933, an auto parts sales manager in Camden, NJ opened the first what to help promote his business?

A: Drive-in movie theater B: Car wash
C: Full service gas station D: Truck stop diner

Ashley knows that NJ is known as the

Spoiler

diner capital of the world.

She doesn't want to jump the question, but she's really not all that sure. Unfortunately, she's going to have to jump the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

A: Drive-in movie theater
Question Value: $5,000
Bank: $11,000

Hmmm. I was stumped by the "help promote his business" part of the clue. How would any of these help increase the business of an auto parts store? (A full service gas station made the most sense to me, in that light.)

Well. I don't know what sources the question writers used for that, but the reasoning could be open to challenge. For instance, here's one contradictory source.

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-cult ... ve-in.html

He first conceived the drive-in as the answer to a problem. "His mother was—how shall I say it?—rather large for indoor theater seats," said Jim Kopp of the United Drive-in Theatre Owners Association. "So he stuck her in a car and put a 1928 projector on the hood of the car, and tied two sheets to trees in his yard."

[earendel]

Ashley Croft
Freeport, NY
Beauty technician

I'm guessing this is WE® territory

Question #1 * Big Prizes
What reality competition show presents its champions with an award known as the Mirror Ball Trophy?

A: The Amazing Race B: American Idol
C: Dancing with the Stars D: The Apprentice

Ashley doesn't want to risk it and she knows that the first question might be the $25,000 question, so she asks the audience.

ATA

A: 9% B: 2% C: 85% D: 4%

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Dancing with the Stars
Question Value: $7,000
Bank: $7,000

I wonder how many contestants lately have used a lifeline on the first question.

Ashley's twin sister, Monique, and her dad, Cedric, are in the audience. Cedric says Ashley is special. He's proud of both of them.

The dad reminded me of Cedric the Entertainer. I'm surprised that didn't get mentioned.

Question #4 * Dog Days
Which of these breeds has been nicknamed "the Apollo of Dogs"?

A: Great Dane B: Saint Bernard
C: Greyhound D: Golden Retriever

Ashley has an inkling what it is--she thinks it's

Spoiler

Greyhound

--but she doesn't want to risk it, so she jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

A: Great Dane
Question Value: $25,000
Bank: $11,000

No idea - I'll JTQ. Anyone know why this is?

Question #5 * Business Pioneer
In 1933, an auto parts sales manager in Camden, NJ opened the first what to help promote his business?

A: Drive-in movie theater B: Car wash
C: Full service gas station D: Truck stop diner

Ashley knows that NJ is known as the

Spoiler

diner capital of the world.

She doesn't want to jump the question, but she's really not all that sure. Unfortunately, she's going to have to jump the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

A: Drive-in movie theater
Question Value: $5,000
Bank: $11,000

I'd JTQ also. The right answer would have been the one I would have thought least likely. I don't see how it promotes the business.

Question #6 * Facebook
What nation reportedly tried to set up a Facebook page with the name "Urlminzokkiri," roughly meaning "between our people"?

A: Afghanistan B: North Korea
C: Libya D: Iran

Ashley knows its not

Spoiler

Libya.

She's pretty sure it's not

Spoiler

Iran.

It sounds Russian to her and she knows

Spoiler

Afghanistan

used to be part of the Soviet Union. Ashley wants to go for it. She makes

Spoiler

Afghanistan

her final answer. But that's not the correct answer, so Ashley falls to $1,000.

Answer

B: North Korea

It doesn't look Arabic, and "kiri" is often the ending of an Oriental word. Still, I might just ATA to see what happens - if the right answer gets enough votes, I'd go with my hunch.

[MarleysGh0st]

Ashley Croft
Freeport, NY
Beauty technician

I'm guessing this is WE® territory

Yep. Long Island, about ten miles east of JFK airport.