Transcript 12/12/2008 - Afua Brown

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Afua Brown
New York City, NY

She can use the money because she's playing for two, 13 weeks along. She experiences food aversions like mixed nuts; even if someone said the word she would feel as if she was going to throw up. Her boyfriend Nathan is in the audience.

Topic tree:
- Patently False
- Time Magazine
- U.S. Elections
- John Grisham
- Knights
- Fun with Acronyms
- 2008 Headlines
- Definition, Please
- Great Scot!
- Composers
- Special Education
- The Daily Grind
- Very Clever Indeed
- Salt Water
- Motorheads

$100 - What annual sporting event traditionally begins with the instruction "Gentlemen, start your engines!"?
A - Indy 500
B - Wimbledon
C - Super Bowl
D - Viagra Cup

Spoiler

A - Indy 500 (6)

$200 - Many doctors advise gargling with salt water to relieve which of these ailments?
A - sore throat
B - earache
C - stuffy nose
D - sunburn

Spoiler

A - sore throat (8)

$300 - "Smart as a whip" means roughly the same thing as which of these other idioms?
A - neat as a pin
B - straight as an arrow
C - sharp as a tack
D - tough as nails

Spoiler

C - sharp as a tack (7)

$500 - Appropriately, which of these major U.S. cities is home to a coffee shop called "Capitol Grounds"?
A - Las Vegas
B - Chicago
C - Miami
D - Washington, D.C.

Spoiler

D - Washington, D.C. (9)

$1K - What type of professionals graduate from France's prestigious Ecole Superieure Nationale des Arts de la Marionette?
A - acrobats
B - puppeteers
C - animal trainers
D - circus clowns

Spoiler

B - puppeteers (8)

Meredith compliments Afua on her smile; Afua replies that she can't stop grinning. Since Afua has made it to $1K she has earned the Ask the Expert lifeline.

$2K - LVB, the stock ticker symbol of Steinway Musical Instruments, honors what classical composer?
A - Brahms
B - Berlioz
C - Beethoven
D - Bach

Spoiler

C - Beethoven (20)

$4K - Inspired by the Scottish flag, the hero of the movie "Braveheart" wears what color war paint?
A - blue
B - yellow
C - red
D - green

Spoiler

A - blue (21)

commercial break

During the break Afua felt her heart racing. It's different in person than watching on TV because you have to answer.

$8K - Mentioned in the children's song "The Farmer in the Dell," a dell is, by definition, a what?
A - grain silo
B - wooded valley
C - harvested field
D - livestock corral

Spoiler

Afua ponders the question, saying "I think I know but I'm not sure. With 10 seconds left on the clock she decides to use her Ask the Audience lifeline.

ATA results:
A - 8%
B - 33%
C - 32%
D - 27%

The audience gasps and groans, and Meredith chides them, saying that they caused the problem. The clock starts up and Afua makes "B" her final answer. Before revealing the answer Meredith asks why she said that, and adds that it was "a bit nutty" to do it. Afua says it was the answer she was leaning toward.

B - wooded valley (9)

$16K - Facing impeachment charges, what world leader resigned as president of Pakistan in August of 2008?
A - Mahmoud Abbas
B - Hamid Karzai
C - Nouri Al-Maliki
D - Pervez Musharraf

Spoiler

D - Pervez Musharraf (21)

THE HORN!!!!!!

[earendel]

Afua Brown
New York City, NY

Another WE®. <sigh>

$4K - Inspired by the Scottish flag, the hero of the movie "Braveheart" wears what color war paint?
A - blue
B - yellow
C - red
D - green

Spoiler

A - blue (21)

I thought he did it because the Picts used to do it when battling the Romans.

$8K - Mentioned in the children's song "The Farmer in the Dell," a dell is, by definition, a what?
A - grain silo
B - wooded valley
C - harvested field
D - livestock corral

Spoiler

Afua ponders the question, saying "I think I know but I'm not sure. With 10 seconds left on the clock she decides to use her Ask the Audience lifeline.

ATA results:
A - 8%
B - 33%
C - 32%
D - 27%

The audience gasps and groans, and Meredith chides them, saying that they caused the problem. The clock starts up and Afua makes "B" her final answer. Before revealing the answer Meredith asks why she said that, and adds that it was "a bit nutty" to do it. Afua says it was the answer she was leaning toward.

B - wooded valley (9)

She was leaning toward an answer, used a lifeline which turned out to be no help whatsoever and then went for it. I admire her courage in doing so but it's a shame she had to use her ATA.

Afua is in pretty good shape - even better since when her next show airs, she'll have a different expert than the one from this week.

[MarleysGh0st]

$4K - Inspired by the Scottish flag, the hero of the movie "Braveheart" wears what color war paint?
A - blue
B - yellow
C - red
D - green

Spoiler

A - blue (21)

I thought he did it because the Picts used to do it when battling the Romans.

I thought that made more sense than borrowing the color from the flag, too.

[NellyLunatic1980]

Afua Brown
New York City, NY

WE®

She can use the money because she's playing for two, 13 weeks along.

There's the baby hook...

- Patently False
- Time Magazine
- U.S. Elections
- John Grisham
- Knights
- Fun with Acronyms
- 2008 Headlines
- Definition, Please
- Great Scot!
- Composers
- Special Education
- The Daily Grind
- Very Clever Indeed
- Salt Water
- Motorheads

I might struggle with Knights and Grisham, but everything else looks good.

$8K: I can definitely eliminate A and D. I hate to use the PAF this early, but I have to.

So now it's on to the new year for that $25,000 Fun With Acronyms question. I can't wait...