Transcript 12/18/09 - Christine Horowitz (carryover)

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Christine Horowitz
Staten Island, NY
Speech pathologist

Christine's husband, Mark, lost his sales job. He's also a banjo player and trying to start his own business, but right now, Christine is the one bringing home the bacon.

Question Topics:
* World Records
* Animal Lovers
* Inventors
* Mythology
* Generations
* Government
* Beaches
* Andy Warhol
* The Special Olympics
* Snack Foods
* Weather
* Dessert
* (Mad Magazine)
* (Around the House)
* (Taxes)

$3,000 * Dessert
A sponge cake popular in England, tipsy cake is aptly named because it's soaked with what?

A: Milk B: Iced tea
C: Alcohol D: Orange juice

Answer

C: Alcohol ( 11 )

$5,000 * Weather
Common in regions of the Sahara and the southwest U.S., a haboob is what type of weather phenomenon?

A: Sandstorm B: Blizzard
C: Hurricane D: Hailstorm

Answer

A: Sandstorm ( 10 )

$7,500 * Snack Foods
Each Labor Day weekend, the National Buffalo Wing Festival is held in what U.S. state, where the snack is said to have originated?

A: New York B: Massachusetts
C: Florida D: Virginia

Answer

A: New York ( 24 )

$10,000 * The Special Olympics
The Special Olympics was founded by the sister of what U.S. president?

A: Franklin Roosevelt B: John Kennedy
C: Jimmy Carter D: Ronald Reagan

Answer

B: John Kennedy ( 24 )

$12,500 * Andy Warhol
A 1983 print by Andy Warhol, "Ingrid with Hat" depicts an actress who starred in what Best Picture winner?

A: Gone with the Wind B: All About Eve
C: On the Waterfront D: Casablanca

Answer

D: Casablanca ( 24 )

$15,000 * Beaches
Located on the edge of the Great Sandy Desert, the accurately named "Eighty Mile Beach" is part of the coast of what country?

A: Canada B: Australia
C: Peru D: South Africa

Christine answers

Spoiler

C: Peru

and drops to $5,000.

Answer

B: Australia ( 24 )

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Christine Horowitz
Staten Island, NY
Speech pathologist

Christine's husband, Mark, lost his sales job. He's also a banjo player and trying to start his own business, but right now, Christine is the one bringing home the bacon.

Question Topics:
* World Records
* Animal Lovers
* Inventors
* Mythology
* Generations
* Government
* Beaches
* Andy Warhol
* The Special Olympics
* Snack Foods
* Weather
* Dessert
* (Mad Magazine)
* (Around the House)
* (Taxes)

$3,000 * Dessert
A sponge cake popular in England, tipsy cake is aptly named because it's soaked with what?

A: Milk B: Iced tea
C: Alcohol D: Orange juice

Answer

C: Alcohol ( 11 )

$5,000 * Weather
Common in regions of the Sahara and the southwest U.S., a haboob is what type of weather phenomenon?

A: Sandstorm B: Blizzard
C: Hurricane D: Hailstorm

Answer

A: Sandstorm ( 10 )

$7,500 * Snack Foods
Each Labor Day weekend, the National Buffalo Wing Festival is held in what U.S. state, where the snack is said to have originated?

A: New York B: Massachusetts
C: Florida D: Virginia

Answer

A: New York ( 24 )

$10,000 * The Special Olympics
The Special Olympics was founded by the sister of what U.S. president?

A: Franklin Roosevelt B: John Kennedy
C: Jimmy Carter D: Ronald Reagan

Answer

B: John Kennedy ( 24 )

$12,500 * Andy Warhol
A 1983 print by Andy Warhol, "Ingrid with Hat" depicts an actress who starred in what Best Picture winner?

A: Gone with the Wind B: All About Eve
C: On the Waterfront D: Casablanca

Answer

D: Casablanca ( 24 )

$15,000 * Beaches
Located on the edge of the Great Sandy Desert, the accurately named "Eighty Mile Beach" is part of the coast of what country?

A: Canada B: Australia
C: Peru D: South Africa

Christine answers

Spoiler

C: Peru

and drops to $5,000.

Answer

B: Australia ( 24 )

Ouch! Did she seem certain of her answer?

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$15,000 * Beaches
Located on the edge of the Great Sandy Desert, the accurately named "Eighty Mile Beach" is part of the coast of what country?

A: Canada B: Australia
C: Peru D: South Africa

Christine answers

Spoiler

C: Peru

and drops to $5,000.

Answer

B: Australia ( 24 )

Ouch! Did she seem certain of her answer?

Well, she had a lot of time left when she gave her answer, but she didn't verbalize her thought processes at all. She was probably thinking of the Atacama Desert.

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Nihil obstat®

[Millionaire Fan]

I'm glad I watched "The Endless Summer" otherwise I wouldn't have known the answer to that question.

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$15,000 * Beaches
Located on the edge of the Great Sandy Desert, the accurately named "Eighty Mile Beach" is part of the coast of what country?

A: Canada B: Australia
C: Peru D: South Africa

Christine answers

Spoiler

C: Peru

and drops to $5,000.

Answer

B: Australia ( 24 )

Ouch! Did she seem certain of her answer?

Well, she had a lot of time left when she gave her answer, but she didn't verbalize her thought processes at all. She was probably thinking of the Atacama Desert.

Now that's pretty funny! Given the rampant geo-nitwitism that permeates the show and impacted both this cast member and the Wabash washout I would be rather surprised if she had ever heard of the Atacama Desert.

That it is in Chile and not Peru wouldn't have helped her case much either.