Transcript 10/09/08 - Roseann Gruley

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Roseann Gruley
Tucson, AZ
Walgreen's store manager

Roseann recently moved from North Carolina to Arizona to be with her mom, who has some health problems. Her mom, Jeanie, is in the audience. Roseann would like to buy a house so she, her fiance and her mom can all live together.

Question Topics:
* The White House
* YouTube
* In the fridge
* The Titanic
* Love That Pipe
* The Big Apple
* AKA
* Autobiography
* The FDA
* The Sunnis
* First-Year Latin
* Web Sites
* Fake-Out
* Hot Places
* Animal TV

$100 * Animal TV
Which of these TV reality series stars animals instead of humans?

A: Top Chef B: Meerkat Manor
C: American Idol D: Llama & Order: Criminal Intent

Answer

B: Meerkat Manor ( 5 )

$200 * Hot Places
Where is the Great Salt Lake Desert?

A: New York B: Mississippi
C: Utah D: Hawaii

Answer

C: Utah ( 10 )

$300 * Fake-Out
Which of these material names is also an adjective meaning "artificial"?

A: Plastic B: Wood
C: Concrete D: Steel

Answer

A: Plastic ( 5 )

$500 * Web Sites
The popular Web site KaBloom.com specializes in delivering what?

A: Groceries B: Sports memorabilia
C: Clothing D: Flowers

Answer

D: Flowers ( 7 )

$1,000 * First-Year Latin
If "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" were performed in Latin, what Dwarf would go by the name "Medicus"?

A: Happy B: Dopey
C: Doc D: Grumpy

Answer

C: Doc ( 10 )

Jay Thomas is introduced as today's Ask The Audience lifeline.
Meredith mentions that he hasn't missed a question, yet.

$2,000 * The Sunnis
"Sunni" is the largest denomination of what religion?

A: Judaism B: Hinduism
C: Christianity D: Islam

Answer

D: Islam ( 23 )

-- Commercial Break --

$4,000 * The FDA
The FDA advises women of childbearing age to avoid eating fish that contains high levels of what potentially harmful element?

A: Mercury B: Radon
C: Magnesium D: Cadmium

With 22 seconds left, Roseann decides to Ask The Audience.

ATA: A: 97% B: 1% C: 0% D: 2%

Answer

A: Mercury ( 19 )

$8,000 * Autobiography
The 2008 autobiography "Audition" chronicles the storied career of what female journalist?

A: Katie Couric B: Diane Sawyer
C: Barbara Walters D: Jane Pauley

Answer

C: Barbara Walters ( 18 )

$16,000 * AKA
"Astral projection" is a fancy term for what supernatural phenomenon?

A: Déjà vu B: Out-of-body experience
C: Reincarnation D: Mind reading

Answer

B: Out-of-body experience ( 19 )

$25,000 * The Big Apple
In the famous statue of Prometheus at NYC's Rockefeller Center, what is the god holding in his right hand?

A: Bucket of water B: Newborn baby
C: Trident D: Ball of fire

Meredith: I see it every day!

Roseann: I don't.

Meredith: Oh, okay.

With 16 seconds left, Roseann decides to Double Dip.

Answer

Roseann's first answer is D: Ball of fire, final first answer.
D: Ball of fire ( 16 )

-- Commercial Break --

Roseann told Meredith during the break that she's nervous, but you'd never know it.

Roseann is getting married in Las Vegas. She'd like an Elvis impersonator at the wedding. Nathan and Roseann have been together for nine years.

$50,000 * Love That Pipe
Meaning "This is not a pipe," the French phrase "Ceci n'est pas une pipe" appears prominently on a famous painting by whom?

A: René Magritte B: Georges Braque
C: Marcel Duchamp D: Paul Signac

With 32 seconds left, Roseann decides to Ask The Expert.

Meredith: Hey, Jay, we need you now!

Jay: Oh, boy!

Meredith: Are you feeling good? I mean, you've had a perfect record, so far.

Jay: No, I'm kind of sleepy, actually.

Meredith: Well, Jay, you've got to wake up, because Roseann is going for $50,000 and I'm gonna--

Jay: Wow! Hi, Roseann!

Roseann: Please, please help me!

Jay: Boy. Yeah, for five grand I'll do anything you want!

Meredith: Jay, be good! I'm gonna feed you the question, now.

Jay reads the question out loud.

Jay: It's René Magritte--we have this book in our home. It's René--yes, do it! It's René Magritte.

Roseann: I'm trusting you, because you're the man!

Jay: Yes, that's exactly what you're supposed to say. And you know what?

Roseann: If you were sitting here, you'd run with that, wouldn't you?

Jay: If I were sitting there, I'd be at a hundred and fifty grand, already!

Roseann: I'm working on it!

Meredith: Alright, Jay, you feel good about it, right?

Jay: Oui, oui!

Answer

A: René Magritte ( 28 )

Jay's wife is an art history major.


$100,000 * The Titanic
Before it set sail on its ill-fated maiden voyage, the Titanic was built in what city?

A: Oslo B: Belfast
C: Glasgow D: Rotterdam

With 35 seconds left, Roseann decides to Phone A Friend.
Roseann's PAF team are Gregory, Ferndale, MI; Lawrence, Charlotte, NC; and Nathan, Tucson, AZ.
Roseann decides to call their Man of Honor, her brother, Greg.

Greg: Ohhh, let me think for a minute.

Roseann: Fifteen seconds.

Greg: What are the choices again?

Roseann: Oslo, Glasgow, Belfast or Rotterdam.

Greg: Belfast! Belfast!

Roseann: You're sure?

Greg: 100%

Roseann was thinking either Belfast or Glasgow. She goes with Greg's answer.

Answer

B: Belfast ( )

Meredith gets the signal to go to a commercial break, but she holds off on that until she asks Roseann what she's feeling, now that she has $100,000.

Meredith: You trusted him! If he'd have been wrong--

Roseann: Yeah, he'd be out of the wedding!

-- Commercial Break --

Roseann wants to build a multi-generational house so that her mom can move with with them. Her mom is on a heart transplant list.. Once you turn 65, the chances of getting one aren't so great. Her mom just turned 66.

$250,000 * In the fridge
Now famous for his "57 Varieties," Henry J. Heinz got his start in 1869 selling what product?

A: Sauerkraut B: Vinegar
C: Baked beans D: Horseradish

Roseann is leaning towards horseradish and vinegar, but she's already used the Double Dip, so she walks with $100,000.

Answer

D: Horseradish

-- The Horn --

[NellyLunatic1980]

* The White House
* YouTube
* In the fridge
* The Titanic
* Love That Pipe
* The Big Apple
* AKA
* Autobiography
* The FDA
* The Sunnis
* First-Year Latin
* Web Sites
* Fake-Out
* Hot Places
* Animal TV

What kind of category is "Love That Pipe"? I think the writers have been taking a few hits off one lately...

$50K: An art question. Yeah... I need a PAF badly.

$100K: Pretty sure that it's either Belfast or Glasgow. Double Dip.

$250K: I remember this one from a recent Food Network show about Heinz.

So it looks like I'm playing for $500K with ATA and ATE remaining.

[frogman042]

The Titanic question was one of my PAF practice questions!

I also seem to remember a previous show where they asked about Meekat Manor.

---Jay

[MarleysGh0st]

$50,000 * Love That Pipe
Meaning "This is not a pipe," the French phrase "Ceci n'est pas une pipe" appears prominently on a famous painting by whom?

A: René Magritte B: Georges Braque
C: Marcel Duchamp D: Paul Signac

Wikipedia says the title of this painting is The Treachery of Images

The picture shows a pipe that looks as though it might come from a tobacco store advertisement. Magritte painted below the pipe: "Ceci n'est pas une pipe" (This is not a pipe), which seems a contradiction but is actually true. The painting is not a pipe, but rather an image of a pipe. As Magritte himself commented: "The famous pipe. How people reproached me for it! And yet, could you stuff my pipe? No, it’s just a representation, is it not? So if I had written on my picture ‘This is a pipe,’ I’d have been lying!" (cited in Harry Torczyner, Magritte: Ideas and Images, p. 71.)

So that's a famous painting, huh?

[gsabc]

No problemo through $25K.

$25,000 * The Big Apple
In the famous statue of Prometheus at NYC's Rockefeller Center, what is the god holding in his right hand?

A: Bucket of water B: Newborn baby
C: Trident D: Ball of fire

If you know the myth of Prometheus, the answer is obvious.

$50,000 * Love That Pipe
Meaning "This is not a pipe," the French phrase "Ceci n'est pas une pipe" appears prominently on a famous painting by whom?

A: René Magritte B: Georges Braque
C: Marcel Duchamp D: Paul Signac

If I have any sense, I use PAF or ATE. But I got it right for the wrong reason. I was recalling an entirely different Magritte painting.

$100,000 * The Titanic
Before it set sail on its ill-fated maiden voyage, the Titanic was built in what city?

A: Oslo B: Belfast
C: Glasgow D: Rotterdam

NAC. Was this mentioned at all in any of the movies about it? PAF with Google, if still available. Otherwise, ATE with a prayer, and possibly walking away.

$250,000 * In the fridge
Now famous for his "57 Varieties," Henry J. Heinz got his start in 1869 selling what product?

A: Sauerkraut B: Vinegar
C: Baked beans D: Horseradish

NAC again. Might have risked DD, as baked beans and sauerkraut did not sound right. Vinegar was my first choice, though.

An okay stack. $25K for sure, but who knows how much more, if any, after that.

[MarleysGh0st]

Roseann's appearance got a short--very short--mention in the Tucson Citizen:

http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/local/99162.php

Ya think they might have spared her another paragraph or two if she's made it to the million?

[summus123]

Roseann Gruley
Tucson, AZ
Walgreen's store manager


$100,000 * The Titanic
Before it set sail on its ill-fated maiden voyage, the Titanic was built in what city?

A: Oslo B: Belfast
C: Glasgow D: Rotterdam

I was in Belfast in July and saw the shipyard where Titanic was built, so definitely in my wheelhouse.

[MarleysGh0st]

Roseann Gruley
Tucson, AZ
Walgreen's store manager


$100,000 * The Titanic
Before it set sail on its ill-fated maiden voyage, the Titanic was built in what city?

A: Oslo B: Belfast
C: Glasgow D: Rotterdam

I was in Belfast in July and saw the shipyard where Titanic was built, so definitely in my wheelhouse.

First thing I thought of was that scene from the movie, where an Irish passenger tells Jack that Titanic was an Irish ship.

[slam]

So, I know where the term "llama" as used with respect to the show camefrom but not sure if it's regular use is confined to this Bored. So was the use of "Llama & Order" as the joke response to the $100 clue just random or was it a shout out by the writers to Bored?

[MarleysGh0st]

So, I know where the term "llama" as used with respect to the show camefrom but not sure if it's regular use is confined to this Bored. So was the use of "Llama & Order" as the joke response to the $100 clue just random or was it a shout out by the writers to Bored?

Taurus explained our meaning of "llama" when he appeared on llamarama, so it is public knowledge, if not quite a public usage. However, since we suspect the APs and question writers lurk on the Bored from time to time, I prefer to consider it a shout-out.

[earendel]

Roseann Gruley
Tucson, AZ
Walgreen's store manager

Roseann recently moved from North Carolina to Arizona to be with her mom, who has some health problems. Her mom, Jeanie, is in the audience. Roseann would like to buy a house so she, her fiance and her mom can all live together.

Roseann is the first of several contestants whose "hook" is health problems.

$8,000 * Autobiography
The 2008 autobiography "Audition" chronicles the storied career of what female journalist?

A: Katie Couric B: Diane Sawyer
C: Barbara Walters D: Jane Pauley

Answer

C: Barbara Walters ( 18 )

I'd be using ATA on this one because although I'm pretty sure I would have known it, I don't think I could have dredged up the answer in the allotted time.

$16,000 * AKA
"Astral projection" is a fancy term for what supernatural phenomenon?

A: Déjà vu B: Out-of-body experience
C: Reincarnation D: Mind reading

Answer

B: Out-of-body experience ( 19 )

Actually I think there is a distinction drawn between these two - the first refers to being able to consciously leave the body and move around, even traveling to distant places, while the second refers to the experience often described by those near death.

$100,000 * The Titanic
Before it set sail on its ill-fated maiden voyage, the Titanic was built in what city?

A: Oslo B: Belfast
C: Glasgow D: Rotterdam

With 35 seconds left, Roseann decides to Phone A Friend.
Roseann's PAF team are Gregory, Ferndale, MI; Lawrence, Charlotte, NC; and Nathan, Tucson, AZ.
Roseann decides to call their Man of Honor, her brother, Greg.

Greg: Ohhh, let me think for a minute.

Roseann: Fifteen seconds.

Greg: What are the choices again?

Roseann: Oslo, Glasgow, Belfast or Rotterdam.

Greg: Belfast! Belfast!

Roseann: You're sure?

Greg: 100%

Roseann was thinking either Belfast or Glasgow. She goes with Greg's answer.

Answer

B: Belfast ( )

I suspect that Greg may have been Googling this answer but either his connection was slow or he isn't a quick typist.

$250,000 * In the fridge
Now famous for his "57 Varieties," Henry J. Heinz got his start in 1869 selling what product?

A: Sauerkraut B: Vinegar
C: Baked beans D: Horseradish

Roseann is leaning towards horseradish and vinegar, but she's already used the Double Dip, so she walks with $100,000.

Answer

D: Horseradish

Somewhere I came across this fact and it stuck with me. It may have been something that was mentioned during the Kerry campaign in 2004.