Transcript 12/3/14 Lisa Springer

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Lisa Springer
Hopewell, NJ

registered nurse

Question 1 -
A recipient of the "Lifetime Cinematic Achievement in Boxing" award, which of the following stars has been inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame?
A. Robert De Niro B. Sylvester Stallone
C. Russell Crowe D. Will Smith

Spoiler

Lisa said if it is lifetime achievement as an actor as opposed to a real boxer it should be Stallone, wait, didn't Robert DeNiro also do Raging Bull?
ATA
A. 7% B. 86%
C. 4% D. 3%

Answer and value

B. Sylvester Stallone
Value: $15K
Bank: $15K

Question 2 -
Alleging that the accused appeared to victims in their dreams, "spectral evidence" was famously accepted in court during what?
A. Salem Witch Trials B. Nuremberg Trials
C. The Charles Manson Trial D. The O.J. Simpson Trial

Answer and value

A. Salem Witch Trials
Value: $25K!
Bank: $40K

First break

Question 3 -
In 2014, what government agency entered the Twittersphere with the phrase, "We can neither confirm not deny that this is our first tweet"?
A. HUD B. CIA
C. IRS D. EPA

Answer and value

B. CIA
Value: $500
Bank: $40500

Question 4 -
In the office, someone who loves using annoying corporate slang is often referred to as a what?
A. Drivel dealer B. Jargonaut
C. Mumbo jumboist D. Lexiconquistador

Spoiler

Said her knee-jerk answer is Jargonaut, talked it out, then afterwards said she was so glad she did not jump that one

Answer and value

B. Jargonaut
Value: $10K
Bank: $50500

Question 5 -
Remembered for being the last man on the moon, in 1972, Gene Cernan wrote what on its surface before leaving?
A. "USA" B. "NASA"
C. His daughter's initials D. His wife's name

Spoiler

Lisa blurted the answer out before the choices were read, and said she just read this in her kids' trivia book.

Answer and value

C. His daughter's initials
Value: $3000
Bank: $53500

Question 6 -
Advertising "Levi's, Records & Tapes" on its facade, The Gap opened its first store in 1969, in what city?
A. San Francisco B. Denver
C. Boston D. Seattle

JTQ

Lisa said she just did not know and would have guessed Denver.

Answer and value

A. San Francisco
Value: $1000 jumped
Bank: $53500

Second break

Lisa uses coupons a lot and she has saved up to $150 at the supermarket on things her family would buy anyway, and then uses the savings for family fun.
She said she would still clip coupons after winning the million.

Question 7 -
Noted for performing "a fusion of cumbia, pop, and contemporary Tejano music," what artist's leather outfit has been displayed at the Smithsonian?
A. Madonna B. Jewel
C. Selena D. Britney Spears

+1

Lifeline is her husband Bill, who does not think it is Jewel or Britney. They agree that their guess would be Madonna.
However Lisa decides to walk.

Answer and value

C. Selena
Value: $not revealed
Bank: Walk: $26750

Third break

QotD. What writer was on a train in 1990 when a book character suddenly came to mind, a "scrawny, black-haired bespectacled boy"?
A. Anne Rice B. Dan Brown
C. J.K. Rowling D. John Grisham

QotD

C. J.K. Rowling

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Question 5 -
Remembered for being the last man on the moon, in 1972, Gene Cernan wrote what on its surface before leaving?
A. "USA" B. "NASA"
C. His daughter's initials D. His wife's name

Spoiler

Lisa blurted the answer out before the choices were read, and said she just read this in her kids' trivia book.

Answer and value

C. His daughter's initials
Value: $3000
Bank: $53500

JTQ

Question 6 -
Advertising "Levi's, Records & Tapes" on its facade, The Gap opened its first store in 1969, in what city?
A. San Francisco B. Denver
C. Boston D. Seattle

JTQ

Lisa said she just did not know and would have guessed Denver.

Answer and value

A. San Francisco
Value: $1000 jumped
Bank: $53500

Not Denver. My guess would be Seattle. Plus One.

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Question 5 -
Remembered for being the last man on the moon, in 1972, Gene Cernan wrote what on its surface before leaving?
A. "USA" B. "NASA"
C. His daughter's initials D. His wife's name

Spoiler

Lisa blurted the answer out before the choices were read, and said she just read this in her kids' trivia book.

Answer and value

C. His daughter's initials
Value: $3000
Bank: $53500

I knew this from an episode of Modern Family, where Phil left Alex's initials on the picture of the moon outside the restaurant with the best shakes.