Transcript 02/27/2009 - Caroline Cross

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Caroline Cross
New York City, NY
High school English teacher

Topic tree:
- Chicken
- Corridors of Power
- Are You Scared?
- Payday
- The Series Finale
- Club Music
- B-Schools
- The Fame Game
- From the French
- Rosebuds
- Action Flicks
- Wonderland
- Make Some Room
- By the Dozen
- So Competitive

$100 - In 2008, what competitive event ended with a thirteen-year old boy saying "G-U-E-R-D-O-N"?
A - Daytona 500
B - Miss America Pageant
C - National Spelling Bee
D - Le Tour de Nerds

Spoiler

C - National Spelling Bee (5)

$200 - In supermarkets, which of these foods is commonly sold by the dozen?
A - heads of lettuce
B - eggs
C - sticks of butter
D - pickles

Spoiler

B - eggs (10)

$300 - In the term "rec room", which refers to a room used for informal entertaining, "rec" is short for what?
A - recording
B - recognition
C - reclining
D - recreation

Spoiler

D - recreation (9)

$500 - In the book "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," the Cheshire cat leaves behind what conspicuous feature when it disappears?
A - dancing whiskers
B - fluffy tail
C - enormous grin
D - hook-shaped claws

Spoiler

C - enormous grin ()

$1K - In a 2007 superhero movie, Nicholas Cage plays Johnny Blaze, a fiery vigilante who is better known by what name?
A - Silver Surfer
B - Ghost Rider
C - Daredevil
D - Wolverine

Caroline can't remember so she decides to Ask the Audience, stopping the clock with 9 seconds.

ATA results:
A - 3%
B - 88%
C - 6%
D - 3%

Spoiler

B - Ghost Rider (7)

commercial break

Caroline would love to buy her parents a house with her winnings.

$2K - A garland of roses is traditionally presented to the winner of which of these events?
A - Boston Marathon
B - Kentucky Derby
C - Ironman World Championship
D - Tour de France

Spoiler

B - Kentucky Derby (23)

$4K - Elle Magazine takes its name from a French pronoun meaning what?
A - she
B - us
C - I
D - you

Caroline says that French was her second major.

Spoiler

A - she (23)

$8K - Ralph Waldo Emerson is often credited with saying that a man could become very famous by making a better what?
A - steam engine
B - inkpot
C - pocket watch
D - mousetrap

Caroline doesn't know so she decides to use her second lifeline and Ask the Expert, stopping the clock with 21 seconds remaining. Meredith feeds Jeff the question. Jeff says he can infer the answer from what he knows, and mentions the famous statement about building a better mousetrap. It's an $8,000 question and Jeff doesn't think the "Millionaire guys" are trying to be tricky. Caroline says Jeff was a lot of help.

Spoiler

D - mousetrap (18)

THE HORN!!!!!!

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Caroline Cross
New York City, NY
High school English teacher

A WE®, but she's a teacher.

- Chicken
- Corridors of Power
- Are You Scared?
- Payday
- The Series Finale
- Club Music
- B-Schools
- The Fame Game
- From the French
- Rosebuds
- Action Flicks
- Wonderland
- Make Some Room
- By the Dozen
- So Competitive

First 11 look good.

$1K: I don't know this one, either. I actually thought it was Daredevil, but I would've asked the audience either way.