Transcript 10/5/2012 - Bianca Williams

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Bianca Williams
Chicago, IL
romance novelist

Meredith asks if she is into the "50 Shades of Gray" genre and Bianca says she doesn't write erotica - "more like vanilla". She gets inspiration from her friends not herself. "Never confuse the storyteller with the author," she says.

Topic Tree: (randomized)
Mineral Water
Food War
Color Commentary
Foreign Facts
Shopping Online
Dead Ringers
Fuzzy Words
Driving Directions
Film Endings
Hole in One

Question #1 (Hole in One)
What item is tossed in the popular backyard barbecue game known as "tailgate toss"?
A - beanbags
B - horseshoes
C - tennis balls
D - beer cans

Bianca says "I knew this" but then says she's thinking it might be one of two. She hates to do it but she's going to use a lifeline and ask the audience.

ATA results

A - 29%
B - 18%
C - 3%
D - 50%

She was thinking

Spoiler

beanbags

. She wants to agree with the audience but she's not sure so she decides to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: A (beanbags)
Value: $500
Bank: $0

Question #2 (Film Endings)
Not a big surprise, the last scene of the 2012 comedy film "The Five-Year Engagement" depicts what event?
A - graduation
B - funeral
C - wedding
D - bar mitzvah

Bianca hasn't seen the movie but she's "totally, totally, totally going to guess" based on the name of the movie.

Spoiler

Answer: C (wedding)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $1,000

Question #3 (Driving Directions)
In an unusual way to save time and money, UPS drivers are instructed to avoid doing what?
A - turning off the engine
B - playing the radio
C - making left turns
D - slowing down at yellow lights

"This is a scary one", Bianca says. She has two choices -

Spoiler

turning off the engine and making left turns, the latter because it involves turning into traffic. But she's seen UPS trucks doing that. She thinks that they might shut off the engine because they lock the doors

. She's going to use her last lifeline and jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: C (making left turns)
Value: $10,000
Bank: $1,000

Question #4 (Fuzzy Words)
Long before Stephen Colbert popularized "truthiness," who is believed to have coined the term "terminological inexactitude"?
A - Walt Disney
B - Oscar Wilde
C - Winston Churchill
D - Thomas Edison

Meredith says this is a free guess, since Bianca gets $1,000 even if she misses it. Bianca says that

Spoiler

Churchill is more a political figure and Edison is an inventor. Disney is "the world of children" and Wilde is actually the author

. Since she has nothing to lose she's going to guess

Spoiler

B, Oscar Wilde

.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Winston Churchill)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $1,000 (consolation prize)

commercial break

[earendel]

Bianca Williams
Chicago, IL
romance novelist

Meredith asks if she is into the "50 Shades of Gray" genre and Bianca says she doesn't write erotica - "more like vanilla". She gets inspiration from her friends not herself. "Never confuse the storyteller with the author," she says.

Question #4 (Fuzzy Words)
Long before Stephen Colbert popularized "truthiness," who is believed to have coined the term "terminological inexactitude"?
A - Walt Disney
B - Oscar Wilde
C - Winston Churchill
D - Thomas Edison

Meredith says this is a free guess, since Bianca gets $1,000 even if she misses it. Bianca says that

Spoiler

Churchill is more a political figure and Edison is an inventor. Disney is "the world of children" and Wilde is actually the author

. Since she has nothing to lose she's going to guess

Spoiler

B, Oscar Wilde

.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Winston Churchill)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $1,000 (consolation prize)

I'd have used a JTQ on this one.

[hanzz]

I had fun seeing how my potential stack with Megan might have ended up. Let's see how this goes!

Bianca Williams
Chicago, IL
romance novelist

Meredith asks if she is into the "50 Shades of Gray" genre and Bianca says she doesn't write erotica - "more like vanilla". She gets inspiration from her friends not herself. "Never confuse the storyteller with the author," she says.

Bianca was quite fun backstage.

Topic Tree: (randomized)
Mineral Water
Food War
Color Commentary
Foreign Facts
Shopping Online
Dead Ringers
Fuzzy Words
Driving Directions
Film Endings
Hole in One

Question #1 (Hole in One)
What item is tossed in the popular backyard barbecue game known as "tailgate toss"?
A - beanbags
B - horseshoes
C - tennis balls
D - beer cans

Bianca says "I knew this" but then says she's thinking it might be one of two. She hates to do it but she's going to use a lifeline and ask the audience.

ATA results

A - 29%
B - 18%
C - 3%
D - 50%

She was thinking

Spoiler

beanbags

. She wants to agree with the audience but she's not sure so she decides to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: A (beanbags)
Value: $500
Bank: $0

Uh oh. I'm pretty sure I'm either out with "horseshoes" or by asking the audience. Since she was the next to last contestant of the day, my guess is my head wouldn't have been as in its right place. Let's just say for my sake I JTQ.

Question #2 (Film Endings)
Not a big surprise, the last scene of the 2012 comedy film "The Five-Year Engagement" depicts what event?
A - graduation
B - funeral
C - wedding
D - bar mitzvah

Bianca hasn't seen the movie but she's "totally, totally, totally going to guess" based on the name of the movie.

Spoiler

Answer: C (wedding)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $1,000

Next.

Question #3 (Driving Directions)
In an unusual way to save time and money, UPS drivers are instructed to avoid doing what?
A - turning off the engine
B - playing the radio
C - making left turns
D - slowing down at yellow lights

"This is a scary one", Bianca says. She has two choices -

Spoiler

turning off the engine and making left turns, the latter because it involves turning into traffic. But she's seen UPS trucks doing that. She thinks that they might shut off the engine because they lock the doors

. She's going to use her last lifeline and jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: C (making left turns)
Value: $10,000
Bank: $1,000

Slowing down at yellow lights would be too dangerous. Playing the radio doesn't make sense. Turning off the engine? When? That would waste more gas. I'm hoping I have the chutzpah to go ahead and lock in "left turns". This is kind of in the same vein as that Disney/facial hair question the other day.

Question #4 (Fuzzy Words)
Long before Stephen Colbert popularized "truthiness," who is believed to have coined the term "terminological inexactitude"?
A - Walt Disney
B - Oscar Wilde
C - Winston Churchill
D - Thomas Edison

Meredith says this is a free guess, since Bianca gets $1,000 even if she misses it. Bianca says that

Spoiler

Churchill is more a political figure and Edison is an inventor. Disney is "the world of children" and Wilde is actually the author

. Since she has nothing to lose she's going to guess

Spoiler

B, Oscar Wilde

.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Winston Churchill)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $1,000 (consolation prize)

Oof. OK. I know "truthiness" is related to political satire. The only political figure here is Churchill, though Wilde is incredibly tempting for his word smithing. If I haven't already used my JTQ on the previous UPS question, then I'm in the same position as Bianca with nothing to lose and I go for Churchill, though JTQing is very tempting. But all this is pretty moot since I'm already out on the first question, almost 90% guarantee.

Wow, tough stack for Bianca. Bullet dodged, it would appear.

[SportsFan68]

Question #3 (Driving Directions)
In an unusual way to save time and money, UPS drivers are instructed to avoid doing what?
A - turning off the engine
B - playing the radio
C - making left turns
D - slowing down at yellow lights

"This is a scary one", Bianca says. She has two choices -

Spoiler

turning off the engine and making left turns, the latter because it involves turning into traffic. But she's seen UPS trucks doing that. She thinks that they might shut off the engine because they lock the doors

. She's going to use her last lifeline and jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: C (making left turns)
Value: $10,000
Bank: $1,000

JTQ

[hss501]

This seemed like an odd one for the audience to

Spoiler

not know. I have no idea where they got beer cans. I don't know if I've specifically heard of "tailgate toss," but I know tailgates feature beanbags into those wood boards with the holes.

[earendel]

This seemed like an odd one for the audience to

Spoiler

not know. I have no idea where they got beer cans. I don't know if I've specifically heard of "tailgate toss," but I know tailgates feature beanbags into those wood boards with the holes.

Around here they call that "cornhole", not "tailgate toss".

[hss501]

This seemed like an odd one for the audience to

Spoiler

not know. I have no idea where they got beer cans. I don't know if I've specifically heard of "tailgate toss," but I know tailgates feature beanbags into those wood boards with the holes.

Around here they call that "cornhole", not "tailgate toss".

We always called it "bags." But it seemed clear to me that's to what the question referred, and the game is popular enough I couldn't believe the audience didn't nail it.

[Bob Juch]

This seemed like an odd one for the audience to

Spoiler

not know. I have no idea where they got beer cans. I don't know if I've specifically heard of "tailgate toss," but I know tailgates feature beanbags into those wood boards with the holes.

Around here they call that "cornhole", not "tailgate toss".

The same in the south. I don't think the show was brave enough to use that over the air though.