Transcript 11/13/13 Keisha Husain

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Keisha Husain
South Richmond Hill, NY

Has an eight-month-old son
During the opening, Keisha said she tried giving her son a chicken bone to chew on and relieve his teething pain, but he chose to chew on her shoulder instead.

Topic Tree (pre-randomized):
10 Piggy Banking
9 In Her Shoes
8 Strange & Lonely
7 Cute Characters
6 Step One
5 Not Just for Ladies
4 A Beautiful Drink
3 Rare Breeds
2 Check the Blueprint
1 Top Secret


Topic Tree: (Randomized)
10 Piggy Banking
1 Top Secret
7 Cute Characters
8 Strange & Lonely
4 A Beautiful Drink
9 In Her Shoes
2 Check the Blueprint
5 Not Just for Ladies
6 Step One
3 Rare Breeds



Question 1 - Level 3 Rare Breeds
Sold for $2,500 each by a Florida breeder, a rare chicken with black feathers, black organs and black flesh has been called what by the media?
A. "Mini Cooper of meat" B. "Lamborghini of poultry"
C. "Lexus of venison" D. "Fiat of fennel"

JTQ 1

Cedric said it was interesting that she gets a chicken question after the opening.
Keisha said she is a meat eater but will have to JTQ.
Afterwards Cedric reminded Keisha that chicken is poultry.
Keisha "Oh my god!"

Answer and value

B. "Lamborghini of poultry"
Value: $100 jumped
Bank: $0

Question 2 - Level 6 Step One
"Look for signs of an inability to feel remorse or guilt" is one of eHow's handy tips on "How to Spot a" what?
A. Narcissist B. Pathological liar
C. Psychopath D. Game show host

Spoiler

Keisha said she would not say D.
Cedric: Whew!

Answer and value

C. Psychopath
Value: $500
Bank: $500

Question 3 - Level 5 Not Just for Ladies
In 2012, thinking his mic was off, Charles Barkley commented that getting paid to watch sports was less of a scam than his gig as spokesman for whom?
A. Revlon B. Weight Watchers
C. Nair D. Curves

Spoiler

Keisha reasoned out loud that Revlon and Nair do not make sense and that Curves could relate to weight loss but it is for women so it must be B.

Answer and value

B. Weight Watchers
Value: $3000
Bank: $3500

Question 4 - Level 2 Check the Blueprint
Although not referring to an actual dwelling, "36-24-36" are measurements offered in the lyrics of a classic Funk song by what name?
A. Stucco Villa B. Mud Hut
C. Brick House D. Log Cabin

Spoiler

Keisha "Mighty mighty!"
Cedric "You know it"
Keisha "That is what my husband calls me"

Answer and value

C. Brick House (Commodores 1977)
Value: $25K!
Bank: $28500

Commercial break

Cedric interviewed Keisha's husband, who would like to go to the island of Tobago.

Question 5 - Level 9 In Her Shoes
While doing a "closet-clean out" to raise money for her Leadership Academy for Girls, who gave viewers the chance to literally "walk in her shoes"?
A. Rachael Ray B. Katie Couric
C. Oprah Winfrey D. Ellen DeGeneres

Answer and value

C. Oprah Winfrey
Value: $1000
Bank: $29500

Question 6 - Level 4 A Beautiful Drink
In 1839, a visiting English naval captain declared of what classic Southern cocktail "They are, in fact, like the American ladies, irresistible"?
A. Manhattan B. Mint Julep
C. Cosmopolitan D. Bloody Mary

Answer and value

B. Mint Julep
Value: $2000
Bank: $31500

Question 7 - Level 8 Strange & Lonely
The word "hermit" comes from a Greek word meaning "of the" what?
A. Forest B. Desert
C. Grassland D. Ocean

JTQ 2

Answer and value

B. Desert
Value: $5000 jumped
Bank: $31500

Question 8 - Level 7 Cute Characters
A beloved children's character of books and television, Angelina Ballerina is an 8-year-old what?
A. Pig B. Turtle
C. Mouse D. Rabbit

Spoiler

Keisha mentioned watching this with her son

Answer and value

C. Mouse
Value: $15K
Bank: $46500

Question 9- Level 1 Top Secret
In 2013, the U.S. government finally admitted the existence of what?
A. Time machines B. Aliens
C. Area 51 D. The man in the moon

Answer and value

C. Area 51
Value: $7000
Bank: $53500

Question 10 - Level 10 Piggy Banking
If you're looking to convert some cold hard coin, you'd get a roughly even trade if you made which of the following exchanges?
A. 1 lb of quarters for 1 lb of nickels B. 1 lb of dimes for 1 lb of pennies
C. 1 lb of dimes for 1 lb of quarters D. 1 lb of quarters for 1 lb of pennies

Spoiler

Keisha tried to reason it out, are the dimes the lightest?, and then said she needed audience help
A. 12% B. 32%
C. 55% D. 1%
Keisha was still not sure and was thinking B. She asked how much she has that she could walk with. ($26750)
She decided to walk.

Answer and value

C. 1 lb of dimes for 1 lb of quarters
Value: known to be $10K
Bank: Walked with $26750

Commercial break

Question of the Day
Kummerspeck, the German word used to describe weight gained from emotional overeating, translates to what in English?
A. Grief bacon B. Agony butter
C. Emptiness cake D. Torment candy

QoD answer

A. Grief bacon

[jarnon]

Question 10 - Level 10 Piggy Banking
If you're looking to convert some cold hard coin, you'd get a roughly even trade if you made which of the following exchanges?
A. 1 lb of quarters for 1 lb of nickels B. 1 lb of dimes for 1 lb of pennies
C. 1 lb of dimes for 1 lb of quarters D. 1 lb of quarters for 1 lb of pennies

Spoiler

Keisha tried to reason it out, are the dimes the lightest?, and then said she needed audience help
A. 12% B. 32%
C. 55% D. 1%
Keisha was still not sure and was thinking B. She asked how much she has that she could walk with. ($26750)
She decided to walk.

Answer and value

C. 1 lb of dimes for 1 lb of quarters
Value: known to be $10K
Bank: Walked with $26750

Keisha and 32% of the audience must have been confused. A dime is smaller than a penny and worth more, so how can a pound of dimes have the same value as a pound of pennies?

[SportsFan68]

Question 1 - Level 3 Rare Breeds
Sold for $2,500 each by a Florida breeder, a rare chicken with black feathers, black organs and black flesh has been called what by the media?
A. "Mini Cooper of meat" B. "Lamborghini of poultry"
C. "Lexus of venison" D. "Fiat of fennel"

JTQ 1

Cedric said it was interesting that she gets a chicken question after the opening.
Keisha said she is a meat eater but will have to JTQ.
Afterwards Cedric reminded Keisha that chicken is poultry.
Keisha "Oh my god!"

Answer and value

B. "Lamborghini of poultry"
Value: $100 jumped
Bank: $0

She wasn't showing a lot of nervousness, but I bet $10 million that if this hadn't been her first Q, she would have gotten it easily.

Question 5 - Level 9 In Her Shoes
While doing a "closet-clean out" to raise money for her Leadership Academy for Girls, who gave viewers the chance to literally "walk in her shoes"?
A. Rachael Ray B. Katie Couric
C. Oprah Winfrey D. Ellen DeGeneres

Answer and value

C. Oprah Winfrey
Value: $1000
Bank: $29500

ATA

Question 7 - Level 8 Strange & Lonely
The word "hermit" comes from a Greek word meaning "of the" what?
A. Forest B. Desert
C. Grassland D. Ocean

JTQ 2

Answer and value

B. Desert
Value: $5000 jumped
Bank: $31500

JTQ 1

Question 8 - Level 7 Cute Characters
A beloved children's character of books and television, Angelina Ballerina is an 8-year-old what?
A. Pig B. Turtle
C. Mouse D. Rabbit

Spoiler

Keisha mentioned watching this with her son

Answer and value

C. Mouse
Value: $15K
Bank: $46500

I'm doomed. JTQ 2

Question 10 - Level 10 Piggy Banking
If you're looking to convert some cold hard coin, you'd get a roughly even trade if you made which of the following exchanges?
A. 1 lb of quarters for 1 lb of nickels B. 1 lb of dimes for 1 lb of pennies
C. 1 lb of dimes for 1 lb of quarters D. 1 lb of quarters for 1 lb of pennies

Spoiler

Keisha tried to reason it out, are the dimes the lightest?, and then said she needed audience help
A. 12% B. 32%
C. 55% D. 1%
Keisha was still not sure and was thinking B. She asked how much she has that she could walk with. ($26750)
She decided to walk.

Answer and value

C. 1 lb of dimes for 1 lb of quarters
Value: known to be $10K
Bank: Walked with $26750

Sayonara.

[Estonut]

Question 10 - Level 10 Piggy Banking
If you're looking to convert some cold hard coin, you'd get a roughly even trade if you made which of the following exchanges?
A. 1 lb of quarters for 1 lb of nickels B. 1 lb of dimes for 1 lb of pennies
C. 1 lb of dimes for 1 lb of quarters D. 1 lb of quarters for 1 lb of pennies

Spoiler

Keisha tried to reason it out, are the dimes the lightest?, and then said she needed audience help
A. 12% B. 32%
C. 55% D. 1%
Keisha was still not sure and was thinking B. She asked how much she has that she could walk with. ($26750)
She decided to walk.

Answer and value

C. 1 lb of dimes for 1 lb of quarters
Value: known to be $10K
Bank: Walked with $26750

Sayonara.

Spoiler

What if the answers were (equivalently) rephrased as follows?

A. 1 quarter weighs the same as 5 nickels
B. 1 dime weighs the same as 10 pennies
C. 2.5 dimes weigh the same as 1 quarter
D. 1 quarter weighs the same as 25 pennies

[MarleysGh0st]

Question 10 - Level 10 Piggy Banking
If you're looking to convert some cold hard coin, you'd get a roughly even trade if you made which of the following exchanges?
A. 1 lb of quarters for 1 lb of nickels B. 1 lb of dimes for 1 lb of pennies
C. 1 lb of dimes for 1 lb of quarters D. 1 lb of quarters for 1 lb of pennies

Spoiler

Keisha tried to reason it out, are the dimes the lightest?, and then said she needed audience help
A. 12% B. 32%
C. 55% D. 1%
Keisha was still not sure and was thinking B. She asked how much she has that she could walk with. ($26750)
She decided to walk.

Answer and value

C. 1 lb of dimes for 1 lb of quarters
Value: known to be $10K
Bank: Walked with $26750

Sayonara.

Spoiler

What if the answers were (equivalently) rephrased as follows?

A. 1 quarter weighs the same as 5 nickels
B. 1 dime weighs the same as 10 pennies
C. 2.5 dimes weigh the same as 1 quarter
D. 1 quarter weighs the same as 25 pennies

That was the reasoning I used while watching the show at home. An excellent question, IMHO, where nobody* memorizes the exact weight of these coins, but everyone has familiarity with their relative sizes and can figure this out.




*Waiting for somebody to say, "I memorized them!" in three, two, one...

[earendel]

Keisha Husain
South Richmond Hill, NY

Has an eight-month-old son
During the opening, Keisha said she tried giving her son a chicken bone to chew on and relieve his teething pain, but he chose to chew on her shoulder instead.

Question 8 - Level 7 Cute Characters
A beloved children's character of books and television, Angelina Ballerina is an 8-year-old what?
A. Pig B. Turtle
C. Mouse D. Rabbit

Spoiler

Keisha mentioned watching this with her son

Answer and value

C. Mouse
Value: $15K
Bank: $46500

I'll ATA.

Question 10 - Level 10 Piggy Banking
If you're looking to convert some cold hard coin, you'd get a roughly even trade if you made which of the following exchanges?
A. 1 lb of quarters for 1 lb of nickels B. 1 lb of dimes for 1 lb of pennies
C. 1 lb of dimes for 1 lb of quarters D. 1 lb of quarters for 1 lb of pennies

Spoiler

Keisha tried to reason it out, are the dimes the lightest?, and then said she needed audience help
A. 12% B. 32%
C. 55% D. 1%
Keisha was still not sure and was thinking B. She asked how much she has that she could walk with. ($26750)
She decided to walk.

Answer and value

C. 1 lb of dimes for 1 lb of quarters
Value: known to be $10K
Bank: Walked with $26750

I'll JTQ.

[smilergrogan]

*Waiting for somebody to say, "I memorized them!" in three, two, one...

I have the penny's mass memorized because I use them in an intro. Chem lab on measurement and density. Pre-1982 pennies (95% copper) have a mass of 3.1 grams, post-1982 (97% zinc) have a mass of 2.5 grams. The students determine the density of each type of penny and then calculate the % Cu and Zn from their data. I also use the newer pennies as handy small known masses for physics lab experiments.

[MarleysGh0st]

*Waiting for somebody to say, "I memorized them!" in three, two, one...

I have the penny's mass memorized because I use them in an intro. Chem lab on measurement and density. Pre-1982 pennies (95% copper) have a mass of 3.1 grams, post-1982 (97% zinc) have a mass of 2.5 grams. The students determine the density of each type of penny and then calculate the % Cu and Zn from their data. I also use the newer pennies as handy small known masses for physics lab experiments.

Thanks.

But you couldn't answer the question that way if you hadn't also memorized the mass of the other coins, could you?

[Estonut]

*Waiting for somebody to say, "I memorized them!" in three, two, one...

Smiler beat me to it, but I also have partial memorization in this area. BitD, a friend had a balance-type scale. He had lost some of the calibrated weights used for balancing against an unknown weight. IIRC, a dollar bill weighed one gram and a nickel weighed 5 grams (at least they were close enough for weighing pot). This alone wouldn't necessarily help on this question, but it's good to know...

I just Googled to verify that it was the nickel that weighed 5 grams and found out some other stuff that would help on similar future questions:
1. One cent weighs 2.500 grams, or half the weight of a nickel.
2. As the question stated, one dime weighs 2.268 grams, which, when multiplied by 2.5, equals the weight of a quarter, or 5.670 grams.
3. A half dollar weighs 11.340 grams, or twice the weight of a quarter.

[MarleysGh0st]

Those pre-1982 pennies being 25% heavier than the new ones really messes up these calculations!

[thejeopardyfan]

JTQ question 1, and I lost on question 2!