Transcript 4/29/2011 - Rani Peffer (carryover contestant)

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Rani Peffer
Crittenden, KY

Rani is in the same spot as Billie Johnston, who won $250,000. She's banked $26,500 and has all her lifelines available. Her husband Sean

is in the relationship seat. He says he's "losing my mind" watching her.

Topic Tree (Randomized)
1 - Children's Food
6 - Scottish Rock
10 - Missing Masterpiece?
7 - On the Waterfront
9 - Aussie Slang
8 - So Sue Me
5 - Work Clothes
2 - Beefy Guy
3 - Kid Lit
4 - The Categories

Question #4 (Work Clothes - Level 5)
Traditionally, which of these professionals is most likely to wear a skirt made of tulle?
A - ballerina
B - cheerleader
C - tennis player
D - bagpipe player

Spoiler

Answer: A (ballerina)
Value: $3,000
Bank: $29,500

Question #5 (So Sue Me - Level 8)
Log Cabin Republicans v. United States of America was a highly-publicized 2010 court case about what political issue?
A - stem cell research
B - school prayer
C - gays in the military
D - medical marijuana

Rani doesn't know so she wants to ask the audience.

ATA results

A - 9%
B - 21%
C - 58%
D - 12%

Rani says that the audience looks intelligent and

Spoiler

if 58% say C, then that's what she's going to make her final answer

.

Spoiler

Answer: C (gays in the military)
Value: $100
Bank: $29,600

Question #6 (Aussie Slang - Level 9)
In Australia, which of these is a common expression roughly synonymous with "Everything's kosher"?
A - Plenty of oranges
B - Everything's apples
C - It's all kangaroos
D - Crocs are sleeping

Rani would love to guess at this but it would be only a guess, so she jumps the question. She would have said

Spoiler

Everything's apples

.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Everything's apples)
Value: $5,000
Bank: $29,600 (no change)

Question #7 (On the Waterfront - Level 7)
What is the only capital city in Central America that borders an ocean?
A - Managua, Nicaragua
B - Belmopan, Belize
C - Panama City, Panama
D - San Jose, Costa Rica
Again Rani isn't sure enough to guess, so she uses her second Jump the Question lifeline.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Panama City, Panama)
Value: $10,000
Bank: $29,600 (no change)

Question #8 (Missing Masterpiece? - Level 10)
A painting that until recently was stored behind a couch in Buffalo, NY is believed by some experts to be a long-lost "Pieta" by whom?
A - Caravaggio
B - Botticelli
C - Da Vinci
D - Michaelangelo

She knows that

Spoiler

Michaelangelo

did several Pietas but she's not sure enough to guess in a situation like this. She

decides to walk away.

Spoiler

Answer: D (Michaelangelo)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $14,800 (final winnings)

commercial break

[MarleysGh0st]

Rani is in the same spot as Billie Johnston, who won $250,000. She's banked $26,500 and has all her lifelines available.

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Question #8 (Missing Masterpiece? - Level 10)
A painting that until recently was stored behind a couch in Buffalo, NY is believed by some experts to be a long-lost "Pieta" by whom?
A - Caravaggio
B - Botticelli
C - Da Vinci
D - Michaelangelo

She knows that

Spoiler

Michaelangelo

did several Pietas but she's not sure enough to guess in a situation like this. She decides to walk away.

Spoiler

Answer: D (Michaelangelo)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $14,800 (final winnings)

Maybe TPTB need to cast a few more folks who have been trying to get on the show since 1999 and would come there to play.

[SportsFan68]

Question #7 (On the Waterfront - Level 7)
What is the only capital city in Central America that borders an ocean?
A - Managua, Nicaragua
B - Belmopan, Belize
C - Panama City, Panama
D - San Jose, Costa Rica
Again Rani isn't sure enough to guess, so she uses her second Jump the Question lifeline.
[Obscure] Spoiler:
Answer: C (Panama City, Panama)
Value: $10,000
Bank: $29,600 (no change)

Another geography Q that sinks me... I knew it wasn't San Jose; I've been there, and it's about as far from the ocean as you can get in Costa Rica. I knew it wasn't Managua because for some reason I could picture a map.

That leaves Belize and Panama, and I woulda picked Belize because the whole country is close to the ocean. Well, same thing with Panama. Anyway, I woulda picked the wrong one.

[earendel]

Rani Peffer
Crittenden, KY

Rani is in the same spot as Billie Johnston, who won $250,000. She's banked $26,500 and has all her lifelines available. Her husband Sean is in the relationship seat. He says he's "losing my mind" watching her.

Question #4 (Work Clothes - Level 5)
Traditionally, which of these professionals is most likely to wear a skirt made of tulle?
A - ballerina
B - cheerleader
C - tennis player
D - bagpipe player

Spoiler

Answer: A (ballerina)
Value: $3,000
Bank: $29,500

I know this from personal experience.

Question #5 (So Sue Me - Level 8 )
Log Cabin Republicans v. United States of America was a highly-publicized 2010 court case about what political issue?
A - stem cell research
B - school prayer
C - gays in the military
D - medical marijuana

Rani doesn't know so she wants to ask the audience.

ATA results

A - 9%
B - 21%
C - 58%
D - 12%

Rani says that the audience looks intelligent and

Spoiler

if 58% say C, then that's what she's going to make her final answer

.

Spoiler

Answer: C (gays in the military)
Value: $100
Bank: $29,600

I know that the LCRs are the gay Republicans, so it would have to be C.

Question #6 (Aussie Slang - Level 9)
In Australia, which of these is a common expression roughly synonymous with "Everything's kosher"?
A - Plenty of oranges
B - Everything's apples
C - It's all kangaroos
D - Crocs are sleeping

Rani would love to guess at this but it would be only a guess, so she jumps the question. She would have said

Spoiler

Everything's apples

.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Everything's apples)
Value: $5,000
Bank: $29,600 (no change)

No idea, so I'll JTQ also.

Question #8 (Missing Masterpiece? - Level 10)
A painting that until recently was stored behind a couch in Buffalo, NY is believed by some experts to be a long-lost "Pieta" by whom?
A - Caravaggio
B - Botticelli
C - Da Vinci
D - Michaelangelo

She knows that

Spoiler

Michaelangelo

did several Pietas but she's not sure enough to guess in a situation like this. She decides to walk away.

Spoiler

Answer: D (Michaelangelo)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $14,800 (final winnings)

This was the toughest question in the stack and elwing and I had a disagreement about it. I said that it seemed too easy and Michaelangelo was the obvious answer because of his association with "the" Pieta (even though it's a sculpture). She, having an art history minor, said that all of the four painters had done pietas, so it wasn't as easy as it sounded. My reaction was that had I been at the Hot Podium, knowing that this was the toughest question in the stack, I would have thought there might be a trick here. I'd have used my 2nd JTQ on this one and kicked myself when the "obvious" answer was the correct one.

[Bob Juch]

Question #8 (Missing Masterpiece? - Level 10)
A painting that until recently was stored behind a couch in Buffalo, NY is believed by some experts to be a long-lost "Pieta" by whom?
A - Caravaggio
B - Botticelli
C - Da Vinci
D - Michaelangelo

She knows that

Spoiler

Michelangelo

did several Pietas but she's not sure enough to guess in a situation like this. She decides to walk away.

Spoiler

Answer: D (Michelangelo)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $14,800 (final winnings)

This was the toughest question in the stack and elwing and I had a disagreement about it. I said that it seemed too easy and Michelangelo was the obvious answer because of his association with "the" Pieta (even though it's a sculpture). She, having an art history minor, said that all of the four painters had done pietas, so it wasn't as easy as it sounded. My reaction was that had I been at the Hot Podium, knowing that this was the toughest question in the stack, I would have thought there might be a trick here. I'd have used my 2nd JTQ on this one and kicked myself when the "obvious" answer was the correct one.

There's a book, "The Lost Pieta", that was published last year but I have to wonder how much publicity it's had.