Transcript 10/18/2013 - Nicole Ransone

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Nicole Ransone
Mount Vernon, NY

There is no pregame banter. All of the money and questions have been shuffled (the 1st category is not displayed, but is revealed afterward).

Topic Tree (randomized):
Roll Play
Too Salty
Give a Hand
No Friend of Ours
Shelf Help
Out of Service
Powerful Sayings
Edibles
Say What?
Deployment Dreams

Question #1 (Deployment Dreams):
For a military experience without the commitment, you can fire weapons and brave an obstacle course at a Minnesota adventure park called what?
A - Drive A Tank
B - Steer A Sub
C - Fly A Jet
D - Guide A Drone

Nicole says she's going to play it safe, since there's a lot of money on the board. She jumps the question.

Spoiler

Answer: A (Drive A Tank)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $0

Question #2 (Say What):
"Areodjarekput" is a verb that roughly means "to exchange wives for a few days only" in what language?
A - Uzbek
B - Creole
C - Inuit
D - Punjabi

Nicole isn't familiar with any of these and so she decides to jump the question again.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Inuit)
Value: $5,000
Bank: $0

Question #3 (Edibles):
Though it sounds like she was talking about her diet, Lady Gaga stated, "I've cut out the poultry and I've cut out the vegetables" when talking about what?
A - her entourage
B - her opening act
C - her managers
D - her wardrobe

Nicole knows that Lady Gaga famously wore a meat dress and thinks she wore a vegetable dress as well.

Spoiler

Answer: D (her wardrobe)
Value: $500
Bank: $500

commercial break

Question #4 (Powerful Sayings):
An unstoppable individual or organization is commonly called a what?
A - 600-pound buffalo
B - 700-pound lion
C - 800-pound gorilla
D - 900-pound shark

Spoiler

Answer: C (800-pound gorilla)
Value: $7,000
Bank: $7,500

Question #5 (Out of Service):
What "Queen City" built subway tunnels in the 1920s but then couldn't afford subway cars?
A - Cincinnati
B - Memphis
C - St. Louis
D - Nashville

Nicole is unsure so she's going to toss this to the audience.

Ask the Audience results

A - 39%
B - 15%
C - 39%
D - 7%

Nicole now has a decision to make. She's going to take a guess.

Spoiler

Answer: A (Cincinnati)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $1,000 (consolation prize)

END OF SHOW "NOISE"


MILLIONAIRE "QUESTION OF THE DAY":
Which Founding Father championed the "air bath" and sat naked in his chambers each morning after reading and writing?
A - Benjamin Franklin
B - John Jay
C - Alexander Hamilton
D - George Washington

Question of the Day answer

A (Benjamin Franklin)

[SportsFan68]

Question #2 (Say What):
"Areodjarekput" is a verb that roughly means "to exchange wives for a few days only" in what language?
A - Uzbek
B - Creole
C - Inuit
D - Punjabi

Nicole isn't familiar with any of these and so she decides to jump the question again.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Inuit)
Value: $5,000
Bank: $0

WWOQ. JTQ 1

Question #5 (Out of Service):
What "Queen City" built subway tunnels in the 1920s but then couldn't afford subway cars?
A - Cincinnati
B - Memphis
C - St. Louis
D - Nashville

Nicole is unsure so she's going to toss this to the audience.

Ask the Audience results

A - 39%
B - 15%
C - 39%
D - 7%

Nicole now has a decision to make. She's going to take a guess.

Spoiler

Answer: A (Cincinnati)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $1,000 (consolation prize)

I wrote a Seven Clues game about the Queen City a million years ago.

[earendel]

Nicole Ransone
Mount Vernon, NY

There is no pregame banter. All of the money and questions have been shuffled (the 1st category is not displayed, but is revealed afterward).

Question #1 (Deployment Dreams):
For a military experience without the commitment, you can fire weapons and brave an obstacle course at a Minnesota adventure park called what?
A - Drive A Tank
B - Steer A Sub
C - Fly A Jet
D - Guide A Drone

Nicole says she's going to play it safe, since there's a lot of money on the board. She jumps the question.

Spoiler

Answer: A (Drive A Tank)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $0

Really? You're going to "play it safe"? What about the possibility that you'll jump over the $25K question right off the bat?

Question #2 (Say What):
"Areodjarekput" is a verb that roughly means "to exchange wives for a few days only" in what language?
A - Uzbek
B - Creole
C - Inuit
D - Punjabi

Nicole isn't familiar with any of these and so she decides to jump the question again.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Inuit)
Value: $5,000
Bank: $0

Not off to a promising start, Nicole. From the comfort of my recliner I guessed correctly but I'd probably JTQ also.

Question #3 (Edibles):
Though it sounds like she was talking about her diet, Lady Gaga stated, "I've cut out the poultry and I've cut out the vegetables" when talking about what?
A - her entourage
B - her opening act
C - her managers
D - her wardrobe

Nicole knows that Lady Gaga famously wore a meat dress and thinks she wore a vegetable dress as well.

Spoiler

Answer: D (her wardrobe)
Value: $500
Bank: $500

And I'll ATA here hoping the audience is more up on Lady Gaga than I am.

Question #5 (Out of Service):
What "Queen City" built subway tunnels in the 1920s but then couldn't afford subway cars?
A - Cincinnati
B - Memphis
C - St. Louis
D - Nashville

Nicole is unsure so she's going to toss this to the audience.

Ask the Audience results

A - 39%
B - 15%
C - 39%
D - 7%

Nicole now has a decision to make. She's going to take a guess.

Spoiler

Answer: A (Cincinnati)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $1,000 (consolation prize)

No problem here - with the "Queen City" just upriver from here. Obviously an East Coast audience doesn't know much about America's heartland.

Overall this was a pretty tough stack, even if you don't compare it to Dr. Oz's.

[thejeopardyfan]

JTQ questions 1 and 2, ATA question 4.
Do we know what Nicole guessed?

[BassPlayingSugarplum]

She said St. Louis.