Transcript 12/21/15 Alex Rubington

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Alex Rubington
Framingham, MA

Alex’s Plus One is her husband, Paul.

$500 Which of these is NOT featured on Esurance’s website as a tip for what to do if your car starts fishtailing?
A. Stay calm
B. Aim your car in the direction it’s going
C. Ease off the gas
D. Drive upstream to spawn

Spoiler

D. Drive upstream to spawn

$1K In 1751, long before James Dole grew them on plantations, George Washington raved in his diary about the taste of what tropical food?
A. Brussels sprouts
B. Anchovies
C. Pineapples
D. Lima beans

Spoiler

C. Pineapples

$2K With goofs like Belle not having a reflection and Gaston’s socks changing color, MovieMistaakes.com says what animated film is the one with the most errors?
A. Beauty and the Beast
B. Shrek
C. Toy Story
D. The Incredibles

Spoiler

A. Beauty and the Beast

$3K Said to be a critique of George Orwell, Anthony Burgess wrote a dystopian novel titled what?
A. The Raisins of Wrath
B. The Sun Also Sets
C. 1985
D. The Meh Gatsby

Spoiler

C. 1985

$5K Much like Americans with Christmas, many Indians worry that all the gift-buying ccentered around what “festival of lights” has made it too commercialized?
A. Carnevale
B. Diwali
C. Purim
D. Kwanzaa

ATA

ATA results

9% A. Carnevale
57% B. Diwali
14% C. Purim
20% D. Kwanzaa

Spoiler

B. Diwali

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$7K Kidnapped in Amsterdam, what businessman was released in 1983 after paying a reported 35 million Dutch guilders – one of the largest ransoms of all time?
A. Ferdinand Porsche
B. Alfred Heineken
C. William Barron Hilton
D. Patrick Louis Vuitton

Spoiler

B. Alfred Heineken

$10K Not exactly role models, Selina Meyer, Rowan Pope, and Norma Bates recently appeared on Vulture’s list of the “9 Worst” fictional what on TV?
A. Attorneys
B. Parents
C. Doctors
D. Neighbors

Spoiler

B. Parents

$20K In 2014, reformer President Enrique Peña Nieto appeared on the cover of issues of Time magazine along with the headline, “Saving” what?
A. Haiti
B. Mexico
C. Colombia
D. Brazil

Alex decides to use her +1.

+1

Both Alex and Paul think the president’s name is

Spoiler

Spanish sounding

so they think it is between

Spoiler

Mexico and Colombia

.

They decide to use the 50/50.

50/50

50/50 leaves

B. Mexico
C. Colombia

Thye decide to walk.

Spoiler

B. Mexico
Alex leaves with $10K

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[MarleysGh0st]

$20K In 2014, reformer President Enrique Peña Nieto appeared on the cover of issues of Time magazine along with the headline, “Saving” what?
A. Haiti
B. Mexico
C. Colombia
D. Brazil

Alex decides to use her +1.

+1

Both Alex and Paul think the president’s name is

Spoiler

Spanish sounding

so they think it is between

Spoiler

Mexico and Colombia

.

They decide to use the 50/50.

50/50

50/50 leaves

B. Mexico
C. Colombia

Thye decide to walk.

Spoiler

B. Mexico
Alex leaves with $10K

Argh!

Paul suggests she walk away, and Alex isn't willing to risk $5K on a 50/50 hunch to win an extra $10K and the opportunity to continue. What's the name of this show, again.

Incidentally, from the banter, Paul is a doctor (Alex was set up on a blind date with him by a nurse, while Alex was recovering from a colonoscopy), so I'd hope they were in a financial position to take a good bet.

[SportsFan68]

$7K Kidnapped in Amsterdam, what businessman was released in 1983 after paying a reported 35 million Dutch guilders – one of the largest ransoms of all time?
A. Ferdinand Porsche
B. Alfred Heineken
C. William Barron Hilton
D. Patrick Louis Vuitton

Spoiler

B. Alfred Heineken

Try the audience, but it will have to be a pretty good spike for me to go with it. Next, Plus One.

$20K In 2014, reformer President Enrique Peña Nieto appeared on the cover of issues of Time magazine along with the headline, “Saving” what?
A. Haiti
B. Mexico
C. Colombia
D. Brazil

Alex decides to use her +1.

+1

Both Alex and Paul think the president’s name is

Spoiler

Spanish sounding

so they think it is between

Spoiler

Mexico and Colombia

.

They decide to use the 50/50.

50/50

50/50 leaves

B. Mexico
C. Colombia

Thye decide to walk.

Spoiler

B. Mexico
Alex leaves with $10K

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I should know this but don't. 50/50 and unless it says Brazil and the correct answer, sayonara.

[K.P.]

$5K Much like Americans with Christmas, many Indians worry that all the gift-buying ccentered around what “festival of lights” has made it too commercialized?
A. Carnevale
B. Diwali
C. Purim
D. Kwanzaa

Have to survive a temporary brain-fart on this one, but if I took my time, I'd get it.

$10K Not exactly role models, Selina Meyer, Rowan Pope, and Norma Bates recently appeared on Vulture’s list of the “9 Worst” fictional what on TV?
A. Attorneys
B. Parents
C. Doctors
D. Neighbors

AtA. Never seen any of the shows with which these three are associated.

$20K In 2014, reformer President Enrique Peña Nieto appeared on the cover of issues of Time magazine along with the headline, “Saving” what?
A. Haiti
B. Mexico
C. Colombia
D. Brazil

+1. If he doesn't know, 50:50 and guess Mexico.

[Estonut]

$10K Not exactly role models, Selina Meyer, Rowan Pope, and Norma Bates recently appeared on Vulture’s list of the “9 Worst” fictional what on TV?
A. Attorneys
B. Parents
C. Doctors
D. Neighbors

AtA. Never seen any of the shows with which these three are associated.

Norma Bates doesn't ring a bell? How 'bout her son Norman?

[ghostjmf]

7K: was alive at the time but have no memory of this. Never even heard of movie contestant knew. Hope I'd have the presence of mind to relate Amsterdam to Heineken. If not, +1.

[MarleysGh0st]

I should know this but don't. 50/50 and unless it says Brazil and the correct answer, sayonara.

See my comment above about the contestant's decision, Sprots. If you finally got your chance, after all these years, to be a contestant, you wouldn't be willing to take a 50/50 guess, risking $5K for an extra $10K and the chance to continue?

I haven't checked the latest rules (are they updated for this season?) but it seems pretty clear that they're following the old precedent of leaving the most likely distractor in the 50/50, so that lifeline is rarely useful when a contestant has already narrowed down the choices.

[K.P.]

I haven't checked the latest rules (are they updated for this season?) but it seems pretty clear that they're following the old precedent of leaving the most likely distractor in the 50/50, so that lifeline is rarely useful when a contestant has already narrowed down the choices.

I disagree. I think during the first seven questions, they have been pretty generous with the 50:50, often leaving the LEAST likely answer. This of course is an exception.

As for Norma Bates, I know the name of Norman and made the connection, but couldn't necessarily make her as his mother.

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Alex Rubington
Framingham, MA

Alex’s Plus One is her husband, Paul.

Nihil obstat®.