Transcript 01/31/08 - Kara Betourne

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Kara Betourne
Clearwater, FL
High school history teacher


$100
Which of these structures is named for its unusual shape?

A: Buckingham Palace B: Pentagon
C: Sydney Opera House D: Parthenonagon


$200
"On One Wheel" is the official magazine of what national organization?

A: American Kiteflyers Association B: Federation of Fly Fishers
C: Unicycling Society of America D: American Canoe Association


$300
In prison lingo, a ten-year jail sentence is referred to using which of these terms?

A: Penny B: Nickel
C: Quarter D: Dime


$500
Scientists define buoyancy as the force that causes objects as the force that causes objects to do what?

A: Conduct electricity B: Float
C: Generate heat D: Freeze


$1,000
Which of these silly words is not a synonym for "gadget"?

A: Whatchamacallit B: Thingamajig
C: Poppycock D: Doohickey


$2,000
Which of these northeastern U.S. vacation spots is located on the coast and not in the mountains?

A: The Hamptons B: The Poconos
C: The Berkshires D: The Catskills

Kara: I know the Hamptons are in the northeast and the Catskills, I think, are mountains, as well as the Poconos. Just to be sure, I'm gonna to poll the audience on this one.

ATA: A: 93% B: 1% C: 6% D: 0%

Kara: Yeah, that's what I thought!


-- Commercial Break --


Kara bought a new car before coming to the show; she's here to pay it off. For eight years, she's had the same car, since high school.


$4,000
In "Popeye" comics, J. Wellington Wimpy's signature saying is "I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a" what "today"?

A: Cupcake B: Flapjack
C: Milkshake D: Hamburger

PAF: Kara calls her mom, Judy.

Judy: Hamburger. And I'm positive.


$8,000
At the start of a standard chess match, each player has how many pawns?

A: Six B: Eight
C: Ten D: Twelve

Kara: All of my friends were in chess club, in high school. I never was. I should have been, for this question. But, I have been taught how to play chess and I think the answer is A: Six, and I'm gonna make that my final answer.

Kara falls to $1,000.



Answers:
$100: B: Pentagon
$200: C: Unicycling Society of America
$300: D: Dime
$500: B: Float
$1,000: C: Poppycock
$2,000: A: The Hamptons
$4,000: D: Hamburger
$8,000: B: Eight

[NellyLunatic1980]

Nihil obstat®

[peacock2121]

goodness


gracious

[MarleysGh0st]

$2,000
Which of these northeastern U.S. vacation spots is located on the coast and not in the mountains?

A: The Hamptons B: The Poconos
C: The Berkshires D: The Catskills

Kara: I know the Hamptons are in the northeast and the Catskills, I think, are mountains, as well as the Poconos. Just to be sure, I'm gonna to poll the audience on this one.

ATA: A: 93% B: 1% C: 6% D: 0%

Kara: Yeah, that's what I thought!

All the Where Elses they have on this show and a poor Floridian has to get this question!

I guess there were some out-of-towners in the audience that day, to account for the Berkshire vote.

[tanstaafl2]

Well that was ugly. Solid work from another history teacher.

[slam]

The performance of this contestant demonstrates how easy it is for people to pass the test with random luck.

[earendel]

Kara Betourne
Clearwater, FL
High school history teacher

As always, I root for teachers.

$2,000
Which of these northeastern U.S. vacation spots is located on the coast and not in the mountains?

A: The Hamptons B: The Poconos
C: The Berkshires D: The Catskills

Kara: I know the Hamptons are in the northeast and the Catskills, I think, are mountains, as well as the Poconos. Just to be sure, I'm gonna to poll the audience on this one.

ATA: A: 93% B: 1% C: 6% D: 0%

Kara: Yeah, that's what I thought!

Surely the audience should know this one. I'd get it by process of elimination.

$4,000
In "Popeye" comics, J. Wellington Wimpy's signature saying is "I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a" what "today"?

A: Cupcake B: Flapjack
C: Milkshake D: Hamburger

PAF: Kara calls her mom, Judy.

Judy: Hamburger. And I'm positive.

Must be a generational thing - even the Popeye movie is almost 30 years old.

$8,000
At the start of a standard chess match, each player has how many pawns?

A: Six B: Eight
C: Ten D: Twelve

Kara: All of my friends were in chess club, in high school. I never was. I should have been, for this question. But, I have been taught how to play chess and I think the answer is A: Six, and I'm gonna make that my final answer.

Kara falls to $1,000.

She was taught how to play but doesn't know how many pawns there are? Maybe it was long ago and didn't make much of an impression.