Lansing, MI
Secretary, college student and mother of two
Nicole's audition was four days before her wedding. She flew all night, took the test, and made it back in time for the wedding.
Nicole's husband, Andrew is in the audience. Nicole is hoping to buy a house with the money she wins. She's promised her son a dog--her son has already picked out the name "Shadow"--so they need a bigger house with room for one.
We're shown a picture of five-year-old Bobby and nine-month-old Isaac.
Question Topics:
* Two of a Kind
* Air Supply
* Shake Shake Shake
* Hippos
* Tricky Dick
* Top Shelf
* Salt Water
* What in the World?
* Go for a Spin-Off
* (Namesakes)
* (Food Chain)
* (Tight Clothes)
* (Magazine Rack)
* (Workaday Week)
* (American Heroes )
Today's Expert is journalist Rene Sylar, whom we see in her home in Chappaqua, NY.
$4,000 * Go for a Spin-Off
Premiering in 2008, the TV show subtitled "The Sarah Connor Chronicles" is a spin-off of what popular sci-fi movie series?
A: Star Trek B: The Matrix
C: Alien D: Terminator
Answer
$8,000 * What in the World?
What is Danity Kane?
A: Las Vegas magic act B: Female pop group
C: Teen magazine D: Breakfast cereal
Answer
$16,000 * Salt Water
The Mozambique Channel is an arm of what ocean?
A: Atlantic Ocean B: Arctic Ocean
C: Indian Ocean D: Pacific Ocean
Nicole: Oh my gosh! I've been studying my bodies of water. But, umm-- Would that be--
Meredith: Ten seconds.
Nicole: I'm pretty sure it's Indian Ocean, C, final answer.
Meredith makes a grimace.
Nicole: No?
Meredith: Yes! Yes, it is.
Answer
Fittingly, the producers of the French liqueur Grand Marnier own a Caribbean plantation that grows what?
A: Oranges B: Coffee beans
C: Sugarcane D: Cacao beans
Answer
Brian Haseltine is introduced as the On Deck Contestant. Two weeks ago he was in the audience and took the audition test.
$50,000 * Tricky Dick
Richard Nixon helped finance his first Congressional campaign in 1946 with money he made doing what?
A: Collecting scrap metal B: Teaching bar exam classes
C: Selling brushes door-to-door D: Playing high-stakes poker
With 36 seconds left, Nicole decides to call her Grampa Charlie.
She makes that decision before her PAF team are introduced, but all their names and photos are still displayed, briefly. They are Charles, Punta Gorda, FL; Kimberly, Lansing, MI; and Robert, Lansing, MI.
Meredith says she thinks she knows Charlie. He once sat in the Hot Seat, himself; he says that Meredith threw him off by flirting with him. After Charlie and Meredith have their chat, Nicole reads the Q & A.
Charlie: (After mumbling something unintelligible) Selling brushes door-to-door.
Nicole: How sure are you?
Unidentified background voice: It's a guess.
Charlie: It's a guess.
With 34 seconds left, Nicole decides to Ask The Expert.
Rene: OK, I'm pretty sure it's not playing high-stakes poker. Ummm, I can only be logical, here. I would say that it would be either B or C.
Nicole: OK.
Rene: I don't really see Richard Nixon collecting scrap metal.
Nicole: Right. Yeah.
Rene: Or playing high-stakes poker, for that matter. So I would go B or C, but really not sure.
Nicole: OK, great! Thank you, so much!
With 31 seconds left, Nicole decides to Double Dip.
Answer
Nicoles second answer is B.
D: Playing high-stakes poker ( 9 )