Transcript 10/21/2011 - Janet Kovacks

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Janet Kovacks
Irvington, NY

Janet gave birth to twins five months ago, Justin and Reece. They currently live in a Cape Cod and could use a little more room.

Topic Tree: (unrandomized)
10 - Before They Were Rockstars
9 - American Words
8 - The '60s
7 - TSA Way
6 - Culinary Consistency
5 - Second Chances
4 - Useless Anatomy
3 - Take a Letter
2 - Quotable Films
1 - It's the Law

Topic Tree: (randomized)
6 - Culinary Consistency (Maytag question)
8 - The '60s
1 - It's the Law
9 - American Words
4 - Useless Anatomy
10 - Before They Were Rockstars
7 - TSA Way
3 - Take a Letter
5 - Second Chances
2 - Quotable Films

Question #1 (Quotable Films - Level 2)
What classic movie character delivers the line "You know, you can say it backwards, which is dociousaliexpilisticfragicalirupus"?
A - Mrs. Robinson
B - Hannibal Lecter
C - Mary Poppins
D - Rocky Balboa

Meredith says, "I'm not sayin' it again."

Spoiler

Answer: C (Mary Poppins)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $2,000

Question #2 (Second Chances - Level 5)
To the delight of its fans, it was announced in 2011 that what canceled show would continue online and in mobile formats?
A - All My Children
B - America's Most Wanted
C - Friday Night Lights
D - Law & Order

Janet feels that it could be a couple of them.

Spoiler

"I know 'All My Children'...it's a big deal that the soaps are going off the air. 'Friday Night Lights', big hit, my husband is a big fan, I know he was really upset when that went off.

Janet decides to jump the question because she's just not sure, not confident.

Spoiler

Answer: A (All My Children)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $2,000 (unchanged)

Question #3 (Take a Letter - Level 3)
Socialite Ivanka Trump has what letter in her first name that her mother's first name lacks?
A - i
B - v
C - n
D - k

Spoiler

"Her mother's name is Ivana, so her first name is lacking the 'k',"

Janet observes.

Spoiler

Answer: D (k)
Value: $10,000
Bank: $12,000

commercial break

Janet brought along her husband Jimmy.

Question #4 (TSA Way - Level 7)
Currently being used at several U.S. airports, SPOT is a security program that stands for "Screening of Passengers by" what?
A - Organized Transport
B - Observation Techniques
C - Optical Trackers
D - Oral Testimony

Spoiler

Answer: B (Observation Techniques)
Value: $25,000
Bank: $37,000

Meredith explains that it refers to looking out for suspicious-looking people.

Janet goes over and kisses her husband after the money amount is revealed.

Question #5 (Before They Were Rockstars - Level 10)
"Feedback" and "The Hype" were two early names used by what band before becoming a worldwide sensation?
A - U2
B - The Beatles
C - Pink Floyd
D - The Grateful Dead

Janet says, "My first instinct is that it's one of my favorite bands,

Spoiler

U2

but I'm not 100% confident in that." She decides to jump this question also.

Spoiler

Answer: A (U2)
Value: $7,000
Bank: $37,000 (unchanged)

Question #6 (Useless Anatomy - Level 4)
Because it demonstrates the theory of evolution, a small bump of cartilage on the helix of the ear is called what?
A - Audubon's nodule
B - Dawkins' bump
C - Gray's tubercle
D - Darwin's point

Meredith emphasizes the phrase "theory of evolution", which prompts Janet to make

Spoiler

D

her final answer.

Spoiler

Answer: D (Darwin's point)
Value: $5,000
Bank: $42,000

Question #7 (American Words - Level 9)
Which of these words was first known to be printed in Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew"?
A - frazzled
B - waffled
C - baffled
D - bedazzled

"Wow!" Janet exclaims. "Shakespeare in college was so long ago I totally have no idea whether I read that one. I don't know. Let's ask the audience how their Shakespeare is."

ATA results

A - 16%
B - 7%
C - 27%
D - 50%

"You know what, Meredith? That's what I was thinking it was also, if I was going to take a guess." She goes with the audience's answer.

Spoiler

Answer: D (bedazzled)
Value: $15,000
Bank: $57,000

commercial break

Question #8 (It's the Law - Level 1)
According to U.S. law, what "should never be carried flat or horizontally, but always aloft and free"?
A - U.S. passport
B - dollar bill
C - U.S. flag
D - Social Security card

Spoiler

Answer: C (U.S. flag)
Value: $100
Bank: $57,100

Question #9 (The '60s - Level 8)
When it was originally formed in 1966, the Black Panther Party was called "The Black Panther Party for" what?
A - Civil Disobedience
B - Affirmative Action
C - Self-Defense
D - Passive Resistance

"I feel it could be a few of those but nothing is jumping out. They all sound like '60s type movements. This feels like a piece of history that I should know but I really just don't know." She's not willing to risk it so she decides to walk.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Self-Defense)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $28,550 (half the bank)

THE END OF GAME "NOISE"

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Janet Kovacks
Irvington, NY

Janet gave birth to twins five months ago, Justin and Reece. They currently live in a Cape Cod and could use a little more room.

They could probably use the washer and dryer also.

Question #1 (Quotable Films - Level 2)
What classic movie character delivers the line "You know, you can say it backwards, which is dociousaliexpilisticfragicalirupus"?
A - Mrs. Robinson
B - Hannibal Lecter
C - Mary Poppins
D - Rocky Balboa

Meredith says, "I'm not sayin' it again."

Spoiler

Answer: C (Mary Poppins)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $2,000

Actually that's not totally backward, either by spelling or syllable-reversing.

Question #5 (Before They Were Rockstars - Level 10)
"Feedback" and "The Hype" were two early names used by what band before becoming a worldwide sensation?
A - U2
B - The Beatles
C - Pink Floyd
D - The Grateful Dead

Janet says, "My first instinct is that it's one of my favorite bands,

Spoiler

U2

but I'm not 100% confident in that." She decides to jump this question also.

Spoiler

Answer: A (U2)
Value: $7,000
Bank: $37,000 (unchanged)

JTQ for me also.

Question #6 (Useless Anatomy - Level 4)
Because it demonstrates the theory of evolution, a small bump of cartilage on the helix of the ear is called what?
A - Audubon's nodule
B - Dawkins' bump
C - Gray's tubercle
D - Darwin's point

Meredith emphasizes the phrase "theory of evolution", which prompts Janet to make

Spoiler

D

her final answer.

Spoiler

Answer: D (Darwin's point)
Value: $5,000
Bank: $42,000

Well, Meredith, why not just tell her the answer.

Question #7 (American Words - Level 9)
Which of these words was first known to be printed in Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew"?
A - frazzled
B - waffled
C - baffled
D - bedazzled

"Wow!" Janet exclaims. "Shakespeare in college was so long ago I totally have no idea whether I read that one. I don't know. Let's ask the audience how their Shakespeare is."

ATA results

A - 16%
B - 7%
C - 27%
D - 50%

"You know what, Meredith? That's what I was thinking it was also, if I was going to take a guess." She goes with the audience's answer.

Spoiler

Answer: D (bedazzled)
Value: $15,000
Bank: $57,000

Can someone explain to me why the category name is "American" words but the question refers to Shakespeare?

Question #8 (It's the Law - Level 1)
According to U.S. law, what "should never be carried flat or horizontally, but always aloft and free"?
A - U.S. passport
B - dollar bill
C - U.S. flag
D - Social Security card

Spoiler

Answer: C (U.S. flag)
Value: $100
Bank: $57,100

Yet when it's given to a widow(er) at a military funeral it's "carried flat" and I've seen halftime displays at football games when it's carried horizontally.