Transcript 10/27/2011 Kathleen Waddell

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Kathleen Waddell
Minnetonka, MN
Sports sales professional

Said her family did not believe her when she said she made WWTBAM.

Topic Tree: (Randomized)
Key Words
Tasteful Trophies
Vets
Medical Formulas
Caught in a Trap
Trendsetters
Running Man
Divorce Deals
Oh What Fun
Comic Cab Ride


Question 1 - Comic Cab Ride
The Three Stooges miraculously take a taxi from the Bronx to what foreign city in the 1938 short film "We Want Our Mummy"?
A. Cairo B. Tokyo
C. Berlin D. Havana

Answer and value

A. Cairo
Value: $7000
Bank: $7000

Question 2 - Oh What Fun
Though it is now synonymous with Christmas, the song "Jingle Bells" was originally written to celebrate what holiday?
A. Halloween B. Valentine's Day
C. Easter D. Thanksgiving

JTQ 1

Kathleen said she really did not have much of an idea

Answer and value

D. Thanksgiving
Value: $500 jumped
Bank: $7000

Question 3 - Divorce Deals
What reality star's prenup reportedly stipulates that, should she split with her husband, her entire family gets season courtside Lakers tickets?
A. Kate Gosselin B. Khloe Kardashian
C. Heidi Montag D. Kendra Wilkonson

Spoiler

Kathleen says she knows Sports and also knows all things Kardashian

Answer and value

B. Khloe Kardashian
Value: $5000
Bank: $12000

Commercial break

Kathleen is about to move to San Francisco to work for the 49ers football club
Mere said after the freezing cold in Minnesota it will be nice in San Francisco

Question 4 - Running Man
In 1999, the current world record for the mile was set by a man running at approximately what speed?
A. 8 mps B. 12 mph
C. 16 mph D. 20 mph

JTQ 2

Kathleen said she can do 8MPH so it can't be that. She mentioned the four-minute mile. She was leaning 12MPH as 16 seemed fast.

Answer and value

C. 16 mph
Value: $1000 jumped
Bank: $12000

Question 5 - Trendsetters
Despite having one of the lowest divorce rates in the U.S., what state is believed to have granted the American colonies' first legal divorce in 1639?
A. Virginia B. North Carolina
C. Massachusetts D. Delaware

ATA

Before ATA, Kathleen said she knows Delaware is the first state, does not think North Carolina, and that it could be Virginia or Massachusetts.
A-37% B-2% C-35% D-26%
Kathleen said she would guess Massachusetts but would have to walk away

Answer and value

C. Massachusetts
Value: not shown
Bank: walk: $6000

Commercial break

[Snaxx]

Kathleen is about to move to San Francisco to work for the 49ers football club
Mere said after the freezing cold in Minnesota it will be nice in San Francisco

"The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco" (someone, but not Mark Twain)

[MarleysGh0st]

Question 2 - Oh What Fun
Though it is now synonymous with Christmas, the song "Jingle Bells" was originally written to celebrate what holiday?
A. Halloween B. Valentine's Day
C. Easter D. Thanksgiving

JTQ 1

Kathleen said she really did not have much of an idea

Answer and value

D. Thanksgiving
Value: $500 jumped
Bank: $7000

You didn't know this trivia, Kathleen? That's okay, neither did I.

But wait a minute! "Dashing through the snow" and all of that--does any of that make sense as a holiday song for Easter or Halloween? Even in Minnesota?

Question 4 - Running Man
In 1999, the current world record for the mile was set by a man running at approximately what speed?
A. 8 mps B. 12 mph
C. 16 mph D. 20 mph

JTQ 2

Kathleen said she can do 8MPH so it can't be that. She mentioned the four-minute mile. She was leaning 12MPH as 16 seemed fast.

Answer and value

C. 16 mph
Value: $1000 jumped
Bank: $12000

She was aware of the four-minute mile as the famous baseline, but she doesn't do the math to work that out in miles per hour.

Question 5 - Trendsetters
Despite having one of the lowest divorce rates in the U.S., what state is believed to have granted the American colonies' first legal divorce in 1639?
A. Virginia B. North Carolina
C. Massachusetts D. Delaware

ATA

Before ATA, Kathleen said she knows Delaware is the first state, does not think North Carolina, and that it could be Virginia or Massachusetts.
A-37% B-2% C-35% D-26%
Kathleen said she would guess Massachusetts but would have to walk away

Answer and value

C. Massachusetts
Value: not shown
Bank: walk: $6000

Delaware may have become the first state, but what's that got to do with what happened in 1639?

[tanstaafl2]

Question 2 - Oh What Fun
Though it is now synonymous with Christmas, the song "Jingle Bells" was originally written to celebrate what holiday?
A. Halloween B. Valentine's Day
C. Easter D. Thanksgiving

JTQ 1

Kathleen said she really did not have much of an idea

Answer and value

D. Thanksgiving
Value: $500 jumped
Bank: $7000

You didn't know this trivia, Kathleen? That's okay, neither did I.

But wait a minute! "Dashing through the snow" and all of that--does any of that make sense as a holiday song for Easter or Halloween? Even in Minnesota?

Question 4 - Running Man
In 1999, the current world record for the mile was set by a man running at approximately what speed?
A. 8 mps B. 12 mph
C. 16 mph D. 20 mph

JTQ 2

Kathleen said she can do 8MPH so it can't be that. She mentioned the four-minute mile. She was leaning 12MPH as 16 seemed fast.

Answer and value

C. 16 mph
Value: $1000 jumped
Bank: $12000

She was aware of the four-minute mile as the famous baseline, but she doesn't do the math to work that out in miles per hour.

Question 5 - Trendsetters
Despite having one of the lowest divorce rates in the U.S., what state is believed to have granted the American colonies' first legal divorce in 1639?
A. Virginia B. North Carolina
C. Massachusetts D. Delaware

ATA

Before ATA, Kathleen said she knows Delaware is the first state, does not think North Carolina, and that it could be Virginia or Massachusetts.
A-37% B-2% C-35% D-26%
Kathleen said she would guess Massachusetts but would have to walk away

Answer and value

C. Massachusetts
Value: not shown
Bank: walk: $6000

Delaware may have become the first state, but what's that got to do with what happened in 1639?

Yes, it was a pretty impressive run...

Not all that surprised the audience doesn't know jack about history either although I suppose Virginia is a pretty good distractor. Delaware, not so much. But I bet they all know their Kardashian trivia!

[earendel]

Kathleen Waddell
Minnetonka, MN
Sports sales professional

Said her family did not believe her when she said she made WWTBAM.

Question 2 - Oh What Fun
Though it is now synonymous with Christmas, the song "Jingle Bells" was originally written to celebrate what holiday?
A. Halloween B. Valentine's Day
C. Easter D. Thanksgiving

JTQ 1

Kathleen said she really did not have much of an idea

Answer and value

D. Thanksgiving
Value: $500 jumped
Bank: $7000

All she had to do is think of the verses - more likely to be snow on Thanksgiving than the other three holidays.

Question 3 - Divorce Deals
What reality star's prenup reportedly stipulates that, should she split with her husband, her entire family gets season courtside Lakers tickets?
A. Kate Gosselin B. Khloe Kardashian
C. Heidi Montag D. Kendra Wilkonson

Spoiler

Kathleen says she knows Sports and also knows all things Kardashian

Answer and value

B. Khloe Kardashian
Value: $5000
Bank: $12000

No idea. I'll ATA because this seems like the type of pop culture question they would know.

Question 4 - Running Man
In 1999, the current world record for the mile was set by a man running at approximately what speed?
A. 8 mps B. 12 mph
C. 16 mph D. 20 mph

JTQ 2

Kathleen said she can do 8MPH so it can't be that. She mentioned the four-minute mile. She was leaning 12MPH as 16 seemed fast.

Answer and value

C. 16 mph
Value: $1000 jumped
Bank: $12000

If she was leaning toward the 4-minute mile that should have given her something more to go on.

Question 5 - Trendsetters
Despite having one of the lowest divorce rates in the U.S., what state is believed to have granted the American colonies' first legal divorce in 1639?
A. Virginia B. North Carolina
C. Massachusetts D. Delaware

ATA

Before ATA, Kathleen said she knows Delaware is the first state, does not think North Carolina, and that it could be Virginia or Massachusetts.
A-37% B-2% C-35% D-26%
Kathleen said she would guess Massachusetts but would have to walk away

I'd JTQ.

Answer and value

C. Massachusetts
Value: not shown
Bank: walk: $6000

[Snaxx]

But wait a minute! "Dashing through the snow" and all of that--does any of that make sense as a holiday song for Easter or Halloween? Even in Minnesota?

All she had to do is think of the verses - more likely to be snow on Thanksgiving than the other three holidays.

What about Valentine's Day? That would be #1, in some areas snow is rare before mid-December. Although in Minnesota one would expect snow in any of the four holidays.

[SportsFan68]

Question 1 - Comic Cab Ride
The Three Stooges miraculously take a taxi from the Bronx to what foreign city in the 1938 short film "We Want Our Mummy"?
A. Cairo B. Tokyo
C. Berlin D. Havana

Answer and value

A. Cairo
Value: $7000
Bank: $7000

I bet this wasn't worth $7,000 in the original unrandomized topic tree.

Question 4 - Running Man
In 1999, the current world record for the mile was set by a man running at approximately what speed?
A. 8 mps B. 12 mph
C. 16 mph D. 20 mph

JTQ 2

Kathleen said she can do 8MPH so it can't be that. She mentioned the four-minute mile. She was leaning 12MPH as 16 seemed fast.

Answer and value

C. 16 mph
Value: $1000 jumped
Bank: $12000

I woulda made the audience agonize with me through all this -- OK, I dunno what the mile record is, but it can't be much less than four minutes. So how many four minuteses are there in an hour. 60 divided by four is 15. And the record has to be less than four minutes because Jim Ryun set it a long time ago at 351.1. So slightly faster than 15 mph. C, final answer.

[MarleysGh0st]

But wait a minute! "Dashing through the snow" and all of that--does any of that make sense as a holiday song for Easter or Halloween? Even in Minnesota?

All she had to do is think of the verses - more likely to be snow on Thanksgiving than the other three holidays.

What about Valentine's Day? That would be #1, in some areas snow is rare before mid-December. Although in Minnesota one would expect snow in any of the four holidays.

Nice nitpicks.

Taking the last point first, yes, it's possible for there to be snow in Minnesota on any of those four holidays (just as it snowed here, yesterday) but it's not exactly typical weather for Easter or Halloween, such that someone would use a sleigh ride as the setting for a holiday song about them. Thanksgiving is more likely.

Now, as for Valentine's Day, yes, it's even more likely to snow in mid-February than in late November. So for this choice we've actually got to think of the lyrics. Those, past the sleigh ride part, may be more difficult to remember, but do any of those you do remember sound like romantic verses for Valentine's Day? It'd have to be the worst Valentine's Day song, ever!

Which, I guess, would be a good reason to change it to a Christmas song.

[drjoe1e6]

Question 2 - Oh What Fun
Though it is now synonymous with Christmas, the song "Jingle Bells" was originally written to celebrate what holiday?
A. Halloween B. Valentine's Day
C. Easter D. Thanksgiving

It is likely to be dashing through the snow on Feb 14, for a romantic sleigh ride. What a wicked distractor!

Question 4 - Running Man
In 1999, the current world record for the mile was set by a man running at approximately what speed?
A. 8 mps B. 12 mph
C. 16 mph D. 20 mph

I'm with SportsFan here... the math is easy! The famous 4-minute mile = 15 MPH. And 20MPH would be a 3-minute mile. Has the record come down that drastically since Roger Bannister? No, it is closer to 4 min than 3 min. C, final answer.

For those who have been there, does the pressure of the Hot Podium truly melt brain cells?