Transcript 10/31/2008 Ugonma Achebe (carryover contestant)

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Ugonma Achebe
West Orange NJ
Law Student

Ugonma wants to help people by giving them access to justice that they might not normally have. That has always been her passion. She has $75,000 in school debts to pay off.

Topic tree:
- The Breeders
- Dining Out
- Lunar Location
- The Big House
- What to Wear?
- Movie Math
- Word Currency
- Speed Racer
- Simple Recipes
- Political Nicknames
- Branding
- Once Upon a Time
- What Day Is It
- Ink
- Sssshhhh!

$8K - Popularized by the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the LZR Racer bills itself as "The World's Fastest" what?
A - bicycle
B - tennis racket
C - sneaker
D - swimsuit

Spoiler

At 20 seconds remaining Ugonma decides to use her Phone a Friend lifeline. Ugonma's sisters Amaka and Chi-Chi and her friend Mary are on her list. She decides to call Amaka. It sounds as if Amaka was trying to type something but she comes up with no answer. Ugonma thinks she should know it and makes "A" her final answer and leaves with $1K.

D - swimsuit (7)

Spoiler

ANSWERS:
$8K - D (swimsuit)

[gsabc]

If the PAF was Googling she must not have been too good at it. "LZR racer" gets you a full page of correct answers.

[earendel]

Ugonma Achebe
West Orange NJ
Law Student

Ugonma wants to help people by giving them access to justice that they might not normally have. That has always been her passion. She has $75,000 in school debts to pay off.

That's a nice goal.

$8K - Popularized by the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the LZR Racer bills itself as "The World's Fastest" what?
A - bicycle
B - tennis racket
C - sneaker
D - swimsuit

Spoiler

At 20 seconds remaining Ugonma decides to use her Phone a Friend lifeline. Ugonma's sisters Amaka and Chi-Chi and her friend Mary are on her list. She decides to call Amaka. It sounds as if Amaka was trying to type something but she comes up with no answer. Ugonma thinks she should know it and makes "A" her final answer and leaves with $1K.

D - swimsuit (7)

Oddly enough I don't think Michael Phelps wore one.

[Bob Juch]

Ugonma Achebe
West Orange NJ
Law Student

Ugonma wants to help people by giving them access to justice that they might not normally have. That has always been her passion. She has $75,000 in school debts to pay off.

That's a nice goal.

$8K - Popularized by the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the LZR Racer bills itself as "The World's Fastest" what?
A - bicycle
B - tennis racket
C - sneaker
D - swimsuit

Spoiler

At 20 seconds remaining Ugonma decides to use her Phone a Friend lifeline. Ugonma's sisters Amaka and Chi-Chi and her friend Mary are on her list. She decides to call Amaka. It sounds as if Amaka was trying to type something but she comes up with no answer. Ugonma thinks she should know it and makes "A" her final answer and leaves with $1K.

D - swimsuit (7)

Oddly enough I don't think Michael Phelps wore one.

Sure he did! That's where all the publicity came from.

[themanintheseersuckersuit]

Ugonma Achebe
West Orange NJ
Law Student

Ugonma wants to help people by giving them access to justice that they might not normally have. That has always been her passion. She has $75,000 in school debts to pay off.

That's a nice goal.

$8K - Popularized by the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the LZR Racer bills itself as "The World's Fastest" what?
A - bicycle
B - tennis racket
C - sneaker
D - swimsuit

Spoiler

At 20 seconds remaining Ugonma decides to use her Phone a Friend lifeline. Ugonma's sisters Amaka and Chi-Chi and her friend Mary are on her list. She decides to call Amaka. It sounds as if Amaka was trying to type something but she comes up with no answer. Ugonma thinks she should know it and makes "A" her final answer and leaves with $1K.

D - swimsuit (7)

Oddly enough I don't think Michael Phelps wore one.

Sure he did! That's where all the publicity came from.

I don't think he wore one in all the races. The LZR only works in the faster races (or I have it exactly backwards).

[gsabc]

That's a nice goal.
Oddly enough I don't think Michael Phelps wore one.

Sure he did! That's where all the publicity came from.

I don't think he wore one in all the races. The LZR only works in the faster races (or I have it exactly backwards).

He was far from the only competitor to wear one. I think that racers with another type of suit were in the minority, after the buzz started about the LZR.

[Rexer25]

That's a nice goal.
Oddly enough I don't think Michael Phelps wore one.

Sure he did! That's where all the publicity came from.

I don't think he wore one in all the races. The LZR only works in the faster races (or I have it exactly backwards).

I would think that, if you have it exactly backwards, it would slow you down more than speed you up.

[slam]

If the PAF was Googling she must not have been too good at it. "LZR racer" gets you a full page of correct answers.

I believe I heard typing in the background suggesting she was googling. But when I jus googled "LZR Racer", I not only got a bunch of text information which made the correct answer clear, but there were even a handful of photos.

[NellyLunatic1980]

As much of the Olympics that I watched this summer, LZR Racer did not ring any bells for me. This would've been a perfect Google question for a PAF.

[earendel]

Ugonma Achebe
West Orange NJ
Law Student

Ugonma wants to help people by giving them access to justice that they might not normally have. That has always been her passion. She has $75,000 in school debts to pay off.

That's a nice goal.

$8K - Popularized by the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the LZR Racer bills itself as "The World's Fastest" what?
A - bicycle
B - tennis racket
C - sneaker
D - swimsuit

Spoiler

At 20 seconds remaining Ugonma decides to use her Phone a Friend lifeline. Ugonma's sisters Amaka and Chi-Chi and her friend Mary are on her list. She decides to call Amaka. It sounds as if Amaka was trying to type something but she comes up with no answer. Ugonma thinks she should know it and makes "A" her final answer and leaves with $1K.

D - swimsuit (7)

Oddly enough I don't think Michael Phelps wore one.

Sure he did! That's where all the publicity came from.

I thought that he eschewed the LZR in favor of his own. Or perhaps I thought the LZR was the one that covered most of the body, while Phelps' torso was uncovered.

[Bob Juch]

That's a nice goal.
Oddly enough I don't think Michael Phelps wore one.

Sure he did! That's where all the publicity came from.

I thought that he eschewed the LZR in favor of his own. Or perhaps I thought the LZR was the one that covered most of the body, while Phelps' torso was uncovered.

http://www.speedo80.com/lzr-racer/athle ... el_phelps/

[Appa23]

That's a nice goal.
Oddly enough I don't think Michael Phelps wore one.

Sure he did! That's where all the publicity came from.

I don't think he wore one in all the races. The LZR only works in the faster races (or I have it exactly backwards).

He wore a version of the suit in every race, and he never swam one of the longer races. IIRC, all of his races were 200 meters or less (except 400 IM).

There is a version of the suit that is just the long pants, one that has a tank top and shiorts bottoms, and one that pretty much covers the entire body except for hands, feet, and head. (Lots of demos of the suits at the Omaha swim trials. It takes over 20 minutes to get into the full version, as I recall, because it is so skin-tight. You have to wet your hands, for example.

[slam]

Sure he did! That's where all the publicity came from.

I don't think he wore one in all the races. The LZR only works in the faster races (or I have it exactly backwards).

He wore a version of the suit in every race, and he never swam one of the longer races. IIRC, all of his races were 200 meters or less.

There is a version of the suit that is just the long pants, one that has a tank top and shiorts bottoms, and one that pretty much covers the entire body except for hands, feet, and head. (Lots of demos of the suits at the Omaha swim trials. It takes over 20 minutes to get into the full version, as I recall, because it is so skin-tight. You have to wet your hands, for example.

All Phelps' races were 200 meters or less except the 400 meter individual medley.

[Kazoo65]

EZ question for me. The LZR was mentioned in the current issue of Time magazine's list of the best inventions of the year. They even have a photo of Michael Phelps wearing it.

[kayrharris]

Time's current issued wouldn't have helped you when this show
was taped.

[WheresFanny]

Time's current issued wouldn't have helped you when this show
was taped.

Had she or her PAF been David Lines fans, they would have gotten this one instantly. Ha!