Transcript 4/2/2013 Finola Hughes & Jason Thompson (caryovr)

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Celebrity edition

Finola Hughes & Jason Thompson
Playing for The Art of Elysium
Marking the 50th anniversary of General Hospital

Their charity brings art and music to children's hospitals so the kids can get a break from their constant therapy.

They completed Round One yesterday and still have ATA and one JTQ left.

Question 11 - $100K
As seen in a 2011 documentary, funerals in Taiwan often include what unusual feature in order to help mourners cope with their grief?
A. Strippers B. McDonald's catering
C. Pony rides D. Free massages

Spoiler

Finola was leaning Free massages. Jason said strippers as his first thought

JTQ 2

Answer

A. Strippers
Bank: $67600

Question 12 - $250K
With only six known to exist in the world, an autograph from which of the following has an estimated value of $5 million due to its rarity?
A. Galileo Galilei B. Michelangelo
C. William Shakespeare D. Isaac Newton

Spoiler

Finola said she heard something about Shakespeare and was thinking that way

ATA

A-20% B-17% C-48% D-15%

Spoiler

Mere mentions it is a good number but cautions that they might have led the audience
Finola was stressed and said she felt sick, wishing she could go back to before she agreed to go on the show. She left the decision to Jason.
Jason decided to go for it. They needed Finola to agree and she finally agreed to say final.
Mere did fakeout that $25K is really good before eliminating each of the three other choices

Answer

C. William Shakespeare
Bank: $250K

Commercial break

Question 13 - $500K
In 1993, the first "webcam" was activated in University of Cambridge's computer lab so its employees could keep an eye on a what?
A. Coffee pot B. Bathroom line
C. Water cooler D. Candy machine

Spoiler

Finola was wondering why they would want to watch these things. A candy machine? Something they think people would mess with? Jason's guess was coffee pot. They agreed that they would walk.

walk

Answer

A. Coffee pot (Mere said partly as a joke and it saved them from walking over there when it was empty)
Bank - Walk with $250K

Commercial break, then an individual contestant coming up

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Question 12 - $250K
With only six known to exist in the world, an autograph from which of the following has an estimated value of $5 million due to its rarity?
A. Galileo Galilei B. Michelangelo
C. William Shakespeare D. Isaac Newton

Spoiler

Finola said she heard something about Shakespeare and was thinking that way

ATA

A-20% B-17% C-48% D-15%

Spoiler

Mere mentions it is a good number but cautions that they might have led the audience
Finola was stressed and said she felt sick, wishing she could go back to before she agreed to go on the show. She left the decision to Jason.
Jason decided to go for it. They needed Finola to agree and she finally agreed to say final.
Mere did fakeout that $25K is really good before eliminating each of the three other choices

Answer

C. William Shakespeare
Bank: $250K

JTQ 1

Question 13 - $500K
In 1993, the first "webcam" was activated in University of Cambridge's computer lab so its employees could keep an eye on a what?
A. Coffee pot B. Bathroom line
C. Water cooler D. Candy machine

Spoiler

Finola was wondering why they would want to watch these things. A candy machine? Something they think people would mess with? Jason's guess was coffee pot. They agreed that they would walk.

walk

Answer

A. Coffee pot (Mere said partly as a joke and it saved them from walking over there when it was empty)
Bank - Walk with $250K

JTQ 2

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Celebrity edition

Finola Hughes & Jason Thompson
Playing for The Art of Elysium
Marking the 50th anniversary of General Hospital

Their charity brings art and music to children's hospitals so the kids can get a break from their constant therapy.

They completed Round One yesterday and still have ATA and one JTQ left.

Question 11 - $100K
As seen in a 2011 documentary, funerals in Taiwan often include what unusual feature in order to help mourners cope with their grief?
A. Strippers B. McDonald's catering
C. Pony rides D. Free massages

Spoiler

Finola was leaning Free massages. Jason said strippers as his first thought

JTQ 2

Answer

A. Strippers
Bank: $67600

I'd use my first JTQ here.

Question 12 - $250K
With only six known to exist in the world, an autograph from which of the following has an estimated value of $5 million due to its rarity?
A. Galileo Galilei B. Michelangelo
C. William Shakespeare D. Isaac Newton

Spoiler

Finola said she heard something about Shakespeare and was thinking that way

ATA

A-20% B-17% C-48% D-15%

Spoiler

Mere mentions it is a good number but cautions that they might have led the audience
Finola was stressed and said she felt sick, wishing she could go back to before she agreed to go on the show. She left the decision to Jason.
Jason decided to go for it. They needed Finola to agree and she finally agreed to say final.
Mere did fakeout that $25K is really good before eliminating each of the three other choices

Answer

C. William Shakespeare
Bank: $250K

Couldn't they hear me screaming at my TV screen?

Question 13 - $500K
In 1993, the first "webcam" was activated in University of Cambridge's computer lab so its employees could keep an eye on a what?
A. Coffee pot B. Bathroom line
C. Water cooler D. Candy machine

Spoiler

Finola was wondering why they would want to watch these things. A candy machine? Something they think people would mess with? Jason's guess was coffee pot. They agreed that they would walk.

walk

Answer

A. Coffee pot (Mere said partly as a joke and it saved them from walking over there when it was empty)
Bank - Walk with $250K

Again, me screaming at my TV screen.

So I'd be looking at the $1M question with two lifelines remaining. The JTQ is useless, of course, and the audience probably equally so, but given the softball nature of this stack I might not need it. Clearly they wanted to give the money away.