Transcript 10/04/11 - Kristen VanBlargan

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Kristen VanBlargan
Harrisburg, PA

Just 23 years old, Kristen grew up watching the show with her parents and is living the dream by being on it now. Kristen says that her parents tried out for the show many times, but never made it. Kristen's mom, Nancy, is in the audience; she says it was her husband who tried out.

Topic Tree (Unrandomized)
10: Early Inventions
9: Senatorial Substitute
8: Famous Inspirations
7: Island Bosses
6: Timing Is Everything
5: Otherwise Known As
4: Celebrity Diets
3: Deadly Catch
2: Fusion Sports
1: Water Wit

Topic Tree (Randomized)
5: Otherwise Known As
1: Water Wit
3: Deadly Catch
9: Senatorial Substitute
10: Early Inventions
7: Island Bosses
2: Fusion Sports
8: Famous Inspirations
6: Timing Is Everything
4: Celebrity Diets


Question #1 - Level 4: Celebrity Diets
Reportedly used by Kelly Clarkson and Mandy Moore, what fad diet created by Dr. Sanford Siegal curbs hunger with a sweet treat?

A: Chocolate Diet B: Sugar Busters
C: Cookie Diet D: Grapefruit Diet

Kristen asks the audience, to be sure.

ATA

A: 20% B: 12% C: 49% D: 19%

That's what Kristen was thinking.

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Cookie Diet
Question Value: $100
Bank: $100

Question #2 - Level 6: Timing Is Everything
If a digital clock reads 12:34, how many minutes must elapse before it will show consecutive numbers again?

A: 27 B: 36
C: 49 D: 58

Kristen says she's not very good at math, but she goes with

Spoiler

49

.

Answer/Value/Bank

C: 49
Question Value: $5,000
Bank: $5,100

Question #3 - Level 8: Famous Inspirations
A theory emerged in 2011 that what famous painting was actually inspired by the artist's male apprentice?

A: Whistler's Mother B: Girl with a Pearl Earring
C: The Birth of Venus D: Mona Lisa

What Kristen would go with is

Spoiler

Mona Lisa

, but she jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

D: Mona Lisa
Question Value: $7,000
Bank: $5,100

Question #4 - Level 2: Fusion Sports
Inspired by a 1992 graphic novel, matches of what new hybrid sport can be won with either a checkmate or a knockout?

A: Chessboxing B: Checkersjudo
C: Tic-tac-sumo D: Bridgewrestling

Kristen grew up playing a lot of

Spoiler

chess

and there are knockout in

Spoiler

boxing

.

Answer/Value/Bank

A: Chessboxing
Question Value: $1,000
Bank: $6,100

Question #5 - Level 7: Island Bosses
The inspiration for a popular brand of rum, Captain Henry Morgan was a pirate who became lieutenant governor of what island?

A: Cuba B: Jamaica
C: Puerto Rico D: Grenada

Kristen thinks Morgan was British, so it would make sense that it would be

Spoiler

Jamaica

.

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Jamaica
Question Value: $500
Bank: $6,600

-- Commercial Break --


Question #6 - Level 10: Early Inventions
In 1979, Bill Moggridge designed the Grid Compass, an early version of what?

A: Laptop computer B: Digital camera
C: DVD Player D: Flat-screen TV

Kristen thinks it may be

Spoiler

digital camera

, but she's not confident, so she jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

A: Laptop computer
Question Value: $3,000
Bank: $6,600

Question #7 - Level 9: Senatorial Substitute
What is the name of the Illinois politician appointed by Gov. Rod Blagojevich to complete Obama's Senate term?

A: Marvin Harris B: Logan Morris
C: Clayton Ferris D: Roland Burris

Kristen doesn't have much money in her bank, so she's going to guess

Spoiler

A: Marvin Harris

, final answer.

Answer

D: Roland Burris

Kristen leaves with "total winnings" of $1,000.


Edited to correct the date.

[MarleysGh0st]

Kristen VanBlargan
Harrisburg, PA

Just 23 years old, Kristen grew up watching the show with her parents and is living the dream by being on it now. Kristen says that her parents tried out for the show many times, but never made it. Kristen's mom, Nancy, is in the audience; she says it was her husband who tried out.

I'm sure some people would think I should be happy for Kristen and happy for her parents being happy for Kristen, but I watched this while thinking that not only didn't her dad get his shot at the show, he didn't even get to sit in the companion seat or have his name mentioned on air.

Question #6 - Level 10: Early Inventions
In 1979, Bill Moggridge designed the Grid Compass, an early version of what?

A: Laptop computer B: Digital camera
C: DVD Player D: Flat-screen TV

Kristen thinks it may be

Spoiler

digital camera

, but she's not confident, so she jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

A: Laptop computer
Question Value: $3,000
Bank: $6,600

1979 is an "early" invention?

Note the following from Wikipedia:

The computer was designed by British industrial designer Bill Moggridge in 1979, and first sold three years later.

Okay, so the detail they included in the question is correct. I simply didn't remember the GRiD, probably because it was so much more expensive than the Osborne that I may not have ever seen one. But I will note that three years makes a huge difference when discussing the history of modern technology and 1982 would be a much more meaningful date, being when it was actually marketed to the public.

[SportsFan68]

Question #1 - Level 4: Celebrity Diets
Reportedly used by Kelly Clarkson and Mandy Moore, what fad diet created by Dr. Sanford Siegal curbs hunger with a sweet treat?

A: Chocolate Diet B: Sugar Busters
C: Cookie Diet D: Grapefruit Diet

Kristen asks the audience, to be sure.

ATA

A: 20% B: 12% C: 49% D: 19%

That's what Kristen was thinking.

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Cookie Diet
Question Value: $100
Bank: $100

I hope I would have ATA here. I would have said chocolate on my own.

Question #2 - Level 6: Timing Is Everything
If a digital clock reads 12:34, how many minutes must elapse before it will show consecutive numbers again?

A: 27 B: 36
C: 49 D: 58

Kristen says she's not very good at math, but she goes with

Spoiler

49

.

Answer/Value/Bank

C: 49
Question Value: $5,000
Bank: $5,100

OK, in 30 minutes, it's 1:04, so in 40 minutes, it's 1:14, and in 50 minutes, 1:24. Except you subtract one minute, so it's 1-2-3! Whew! I would have made the audience listen to all that.

Question #3 - Level 8: Famous Inspirations
A theory emerged in 2011 that what famous painting was actually inspired by the artist's male apprentice?

A: Whistler's Mother B: Girl with a Pearl Earring
C: The Birth of Venus D: Mona Lisa

I read something about this, but I think you could eliminate the other three fairly easily.

Question #6 - Level 10: Early Inventions
In 1979, Bill Moggridge designed the Grid Compass, an early version of what?

A: Laptop computer B: Digital camera
C: DVD Player D: Flat-screen TV

JTQ.

Question #7 - Level 9: Senatorial Substitute
What is the name of the Illinois politician appointed by Gov. Rod Blagojevich to complete Obama's Senate term?

A: Marvin Harris B: Logan Morris
C: Clayton Ferris D: Roland Burris

Kristen doesn't have much money in her bank, so she's going to guess

Spoiler

A: Marvin Harris

, final answer.

Answer

D: Roland Burris

Kristen leaves with "total winnings" of $1,000.

Well, she was right -- she dint lose that much by guessing. A 10-year dream ends with $1,000 -- but at least she got her chance.

[peacock2121]

Her poor dad. His kid gets a shot he never had and an event that was of national news (when she probably would have been paying some attention) stops her cold.

Too bad.

[earendel]

Kristen VanBlargan
Harrisburg, PA

Just 23 years old, Kristen grew up watching the show with her parents and is living the dream by being on it now. Kristen says that her parents tried out for the show many times, but never made it. Kristen's mom, Nancy, is in the audience; she says it was her husband who tried out.

Actually the husband "auditioned" many times - no word about whether he tried the phone game.

Question #1 - Level 4: Celebrity Diets
Reportedly used by Kelly Clarkson and Mandy Moore, what fad diet created by Dr. Sanford Siegal curbs hunger with a sweet treat?

A: Chocolate Diet B: Sugar Busters
C: Cookie Diet D: Grapefruit Diet

Kristen asks the audience, to be sure.

ATA

A: 20% B: 12% C: 49% D: 19%

That's what Kristen was thinking.

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Cookie Diet
Question Value: $100
Bank: $100

I'd have done the same thing. So what is this "cookie diet"?

Question #2 - Level 6: Timing Is Everything
If a digital clock reads 12:34, how many minutes must elapse before it will show consecutive numbers again?

A: 27 B: 36
C: 49 D: 58

Kristen says she's not very good at math, but she goes with

Spoiler

49

.

Answer/Value/Bank

C: 49
Question Value: $5,000
Bank: $5,100

Good for her in figuring this out in a relatively short amount of time.

Question #3 - Level 8: Famous Inspirations
A theory emerged in 2011 that what famous painting was actually inspired by the artist's male apprentice?

A: Whistler's Mother B: Girl with a Pearl Earring
C: The Birth of Venus D: Mona Lisa

What Kristen would go with is

Spoiler

Mona Lisa

, but she jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

D: Mona Lisa
Question Value: $7,000
Bank: $5,100

Too bad she didn't go with her instinct.

Question #6 - Level 10: Early Inventions
In 1979, Bill Moggridge designed the Grid Compass, an early version of what?

A: Laptop computer B: Digital camera
C: DVD Player D: Flat-screen TV

Kristen thinks it may be

Spoiler

digital camera

, but she's not confident, so she jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

A: Laptop computer
Question Value: $3,000
Bank: $6,600

I was expecting GPS to be one of the responses. Turns out "Grid" is actually GRiD and refers to the name of the company. I probably would have used a JTQ on this question.

Question #7 - Level 9: Senatorial Substitute
What is the name of the Illinois politician appointed by Gov. Rod Blagojevich to complete Obama's Senate term?

A: Marvin Harris B: Logan Morris
C: Clayton Ferris D: Roland Burris

Kristen doesn't have much money in her bank, so she's going to guess

Spoiler

A: Marvin Harris

, final answer.

Answer

D: Roland Burris

Kristen leaves with "total winnings" of $1,000.

Too bad, but she did have sense to know that it was worth going for it because of the relatively small sum in her bank.

[15QuestionsAway]

This was the fifth of the episodes I saw taped. For some reason, TPTB are airing them out of order - the other four haven't aired yet.

It looks like they added the $1,000 consolation prize graphic for Kristen in post production. No mention of it was made during the five tapings I saw, so I asked around and it was suggested that it was going to be eliminated.

I'm glad TPTB thought better of that idea, since it's not a significant part of the prize budget and contestants are paying their own costs to appear. Meredith has not been mentioning the consolation prize very much this season anyway - saying things like "you'll lose your bank" to the contestants.

[earendel]

This was the fifth of the episodes I saw taped. For some reason, TPTB are airing them out of order - the other four haven't aired yet.

It looks like they added the $1,000 consolation prize graphic for Kristen in post production. No mention of it was made during the five tapings I saw, so I asked around and it was suggested that it was going to be eliminated.

I'm glad TPTB thought better of that idea, since it's not a significant part of the prize budget and contestants are paying their own costs to appear. Meredith has not been mentioning the consolation prize very much this season anyway - saying things like "you'll lose your bank" to the contestants.

I thought the reason for the $1K consolation prize was to make up for the fact that contestants had to pay their own way.