Transcript 12/4/2015 - Deb Howard (carryover contestant)

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Deb Howard
Santa Cruz, CA

Deb is the mother of 3 and wants money to start a family farm. Her Grandfather was a Russian who backed the wrong side in the revolution and lost all the family land. She wants to honor his memory. He studied horticulture at the University of Kiev so she wants a farm with fruits and vegetables, some chickens and maybe some pigs but definitely a cow. She brought her "unicorn posse" with her - four women who "have each other's backs" at work and all wear unicorn charms. Her +1 is a member of the posse, Robin. Deb is at $5,000 and has her 50:50 and +1 lifelines remaining.

$7000: By far the most common choice, 19 US states have declared what their official state dance?
A - waltz
B - salsa
C - square dance
D - clogging

Deb's grandparents and parents were big dancers.

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Answer: C (square dance)

$10,000: As its name implies, the McPaneer Royale that was sold at many McDonald's in India in 2014 had two "patties" made of what instead of beef?
A - carrots
B - peppers
C - eggplant
D - cheese

Deb's pretty sure that paneer is

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a type of cheese

.

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Answer: D (cheese)

$20,000: Before the 2,700-foot-tall Burj Khalifa skyscraper was completed in 2010, the world's tallest manmade structure was a North Dakota tower that's used for what?
A - collecting weather data
B - broadcasting TV signals
C - testing military weapons
D - monitoring the Canadian border

Deb says that North Dakota has missile silos and extreme weather, and it's close to the Canadian border. She doesn't know why cows in North Dakota would need TV signals. She decides to uses her 50:50.

50:50 results

A & B are left.

Deb imitates the Church Lady, "Well, isn't that special?" She is leaning toward

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B because weather data is gathered by balloons and things that fly

.

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Answer: B (broadcasting TV signals)

commercial break

Deb is also hoping to win money because her daughter-in-law is expecting Deb's first grandchild. Chris tells her she's not the usual trivia guru and Deb says that in 1979 her mother saw a game show and thought that Deb would be perfect, so she called the show, imitating Deb's voice and asking to be a contestant. When Deb came home from school her mother told her she was going to be on a game show. She did well enough to pay for her college and graduate school.

$30,000: In 1908, just before his 80th birthday, what famous figure posed for one of the first color photos taken in Russia?
A - Anton Chekhov
B - Tsar Nicholas II
C - Leo Tolstoy
D - Peter the Great

Deb says that

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Peter the Great was dead and gone by 1908

. She knows that

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Nicholas

wasn't 80 years old, so it's either

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A or C

. She asks her grandfather for some divine inspiration. Getting none, she calls down Robin, her +1. Robin knows English and French literature. She thought it was

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C

. Deb says she'd kick herself if she didn't go for it.

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Answer: C (Leo Tolstoy)

$50,000: What Oscar winner's first major gig was as a breakdancer in Lionel Ritchie's closing ceremonies performance at the 1984 Olympics?
A - Denzel Washington
B - Cuba Gooding, Jr.
C - Jamie Foxx
D - Forest Whitaker

Deb says that if it was

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Jamie Foxx

, he'd have been very young. She's met

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Denzel Washington

and thinks he's "a hunk of burning love." She knows that all four are Oscar winners, but only

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C

sings and may dance. She says she has to go for it.

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Answer: B (Cuba Gooding, Jr.)

commercial break

[earendel]

Deb Howard
Santa Cruz, CA

Deb is the mother of 3 and wants money to start a family farm. Her Grandfather was a Russian who backed the wrong side in the revolution and lost all the familyk land. She wants to honor his memory. He studied horticulture at the University of Kiev so she wants a farm with fruits and vegetables, some chickens and maybe some pigs but definitely a cow. She brought her "unicorn posse" with her - four women who "have each other's backs" at work and all wear unicorm charms. Her +1 is a member of the posse, Robin. Deb is at $5,000 and has her 50:50 and +1 lifelines remaining.

$50,000: What Oscar winner's firsst major gig was as a breakdancer in Lionel Ritchie's closing ceremonies performance at the 1984 Olympics?
A - Denzel Washington
B - Cuba Gooding, Jr.
C - Jamie Foxx
D - Forest Whitaker

Deb says that if it was

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Jamie Foxx

, he'd have been very young. She's met

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Denzel Washington[/spoiler and thinks he's "a hunk of burning love." She knows that all four are Oscar winners, but only

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C

sings and may dance. She says she has to go for it.

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Answer: B (Cuba Gooding, Jr.)

No idea. I'll start with my ATA and hope for the best.

[SportsFan68]

$30,000: In 1908, just before his 80th birthday, what famous figure posed for one of the first color photos taken in Russia?
A - Anton Chekhov
B - Tsar Nicholas II
C - Leo Tolstoy
D - Peter the Great

Deb says that

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Peter the Great was dead and gone by 1908

. She knows that

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Nicholas

wasn't 80 years old, so it's either

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A or C

. She asks her grandfather for some divine inspiration. Getting none, she calls down Robin, her +1. Robin knows English and French literature. She thought it was

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C

. Deb says she'd kick herself if she didn't go for it.

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Answer: C (Leo Tolstoy)

Plus one.

[ghostjmf]

30K: Tsar Nick & Peter Great dead by then. Tolstoy 80s. Think Chekov younger. 50/50 rigged to leave those 2. Go for T

50K: Gooding can dance. Think Foxx can too. Throw rigged 50/50 at it, + 1 if need it.