Transcript 11/4/2011 - Jessica Weaver

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Jessica Weaver
Sunnyside, NY
Massage therapist

Jessica didn't start out as a massage therapist; she worked in the Internet and video game industry until one day she asked herself if she was really helping anyone doing that ("nothing against the kids who play video games," she adds). She went out and got a massage and the next week she enrolled in school.

Topic Tree: (unrandomized)
10 - Book Titles
9 - Cable TV
8 - Final Roles
7 - Planetary Faces
6 - You Eat That?
5 - Spy Headquarters
4 - Dining Dynasty
3 - Sculptural Detail
2 - Beatles Songs
1 - Expensive Stores

Topic Tree: (randomized)
4 - Dining Dynasty
7 - Planetary Faces
5 - Spy Headquarters
10 - Book Titles
2 - Beatles Songs
1 - Expensive Stores
3 - Sculptural Detail
9 - Cable TV
6 - You Eat That?
8 - Final Roles

Question #1 (Final Roles - Level 8)
Fashionable to the end, Elizabeth Taylor made what specific request that was observed at her funeral ceremony?
A - everyone wore white
B - it started 15 minutes late
C - it was held on a movie set
D - wine was served

Jessica believes that

Spoiler

being 15 minutes late

is the most fashionable thing, but she's not positive about that. She's going to have to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: B (it started 15 minutes late)
Value: $500
Bank: $0

Question #2 (You Eat That? - Level 6)
Partially digested and regurgitated nectar sounds a lot more appetizing when it's better described as what?
A - yogurt
B - honey
C - beer
D - cheese

Spoiler

Answer: B (honey)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $2,000

Question #3 (Cable TV - Level 9)
What revolutionary cable network was initially called "The Green Channel" by its creator, Charles Dolan?
A - HBO
B - ESPN
C - CNN
D - MTV

"Revolutionary could be

Spoiler

CNN, because it was pretty much the first cable news network," Jessica says, then thinks about ESPN.

. She decides to ask the audience.

ATA results

A - 28%
B - 33%
C - 24%
D - 15%

Jessica mulls over the answers and then says, "I can't risk it" and uses her second jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: A (HBO)
Value: $10,000
Bank: $2,000 (unchanged)

Question #4 (Sculptural Detail - Level 3)
In 2005, what famous statue's proportions were declared normal by experts, despite longstanding jokes that it was "underendowed"?
A - The Discus Thrower
B - Michaelangelo's David
C - Atlas
D - The Thinker

Jessica says,

Spoiler

"I know Atlas is holding that thing back there" (gesturing to indicate holding something aloft). She mentions The Discus Thrower and then says, "Michaelangelo, you know, is out there and proud so I'm going to go with B, Michaelangelo's David."

Spoiler

Answer: B (Michaelangelo's David)
Value: $25,000
Bank: $27,000

commercial break

Question #5 (Expensive Stores - Level 1)
Someone who's lost a lot of money gambling is said to have been "taken to the" what?
A - supermarket
B - cleaners
C - gas station
D - pharmacy

Jessica jokes, "I don't know what this is like at all."

Spoiler

Answer: B (cleaners)
Value: $15,000
Bank: $42,000

Question #6 (Beatles Songs - Level 2)
In its title, what hit Beatles song features a word and that word's antonym?
A - Day Trpper
B - Come Together
C - Hello Goodbye
D - Yellow Submarine

Spoiler

Answer: C (Hello Goodbye)
Value: $3,000
Bank: $45,000

Question #7 (Book Titles - Level 10)
Who once wrote a bestselling book simply entitled, "Book"?
A - Ellen DeGeneres
B - Stephen Colbert
C - Whoopi Goldberg
D - George Carlin

Jessica "really can't pick anything out of there, nothing comes to mind," so she decides to walk away.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Whoopi GOldberg)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $22,500 (half the bank)

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Question #1 (Final Roles - Level
Fashionable to the end, Elizabeth Taylor made what specific request that was observed at her funeral ceremony?
A - everyone wore white
B - it started 15 minutes late
C - it was held on a movie set
D - wine was served

Jessica believes that

Spoiler

being 15 minutes late

is the most fashionable thing, but she's not positive about that. She's going to have to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: B (it started 15 minutes late)
Value: $500
Bank: $0

Here goes another pop culture Q I knew.

Question #2 (You Eat That? - Level 6)
Partially digested and regurgitated nectar sounds a lot more appetizing when it's better described as what?
A - yogurt
B - honey
C - beer
D - cheese

Spoiler

Answer: B (honey)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $2,000

Yep -- bee spit.

Question #3 (Cable TV - Level 9)
What revolutionary cable network was initially called "The Green Channel" by its creator, Charles Dolan?
A - HBO
B - ESPN
C - CNN
D - MTV

"Revolutionary could be

Spoiler

CNN, because it was pretty much the first cable news network," Jessica says, then thinks about ESPN.

. She decides to ask the audience.

ATA results

A - 28%
B - 33%
C - 24%
D - 15%

Jessica mulls over the answers and then says, "I can't risk it" and uses her second jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: A (HBO)
Value: $10,000
Bank: $2,000 (unchanged)

All these have been around forever, so I won't ATA. JTQ.

Question #7 (Book Titles - Level 10)
Who once wrote a bestselling book simply entitled, "Book"?
A - Ellen DeGeneres
B - Stephen Colbert
C - Whoopi Goldberg
D - George Carlin

Jessica "really can't pick anything out of there, nothing comes to mind," so she decides to walk away.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Whoopi GOldberg)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $22,500 (half the bank)

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Sounds like DeGeneres or Goldberg. ATA, and if no convincing spike, JTQ.

[Bob78164]

I found this stack to be absolutely brutal. I had no clue as to any of the three top-level questions. --Bob

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Jessica Weaver
Sunnyside, NY
Massage therapist

Jessica didn't start out as a massage therapist; she worked in the Internet and video game industry until one day she asked herself if she was really helping anyone doing that ("nothing against the kids who play video games," she adds). She went out and got a massage and the next week she enrolled in school.

Sounds like a case of career burnout to me.

Question #3 (Cable TV - Level 9)
What revolutionary cable network was initially called "The Green Channel" by its creator, Charles Dolan?
A - HBO
B - ESPN
C - CNN
D - MTV

"Revolutionary could be

Spoiler

CNN, because it was pretty much the first cable news network," Jessica says, then thinks about ESPN.

. She decides to ask the audience.

ATA results

A - 28%
B - 33%
C - 24%
D - 15%

Jessica mulls over the answers and then says, "I can't risk it" and uses her second jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: A (HBO)
Value: $10,000
Bank: $2,000 (unchanged)

No idea and I don't think the audience will, either, so JTQ for me.

Question #7 (Book Titles - Level 10)
Who once wrote a bestselling book simply entitled, "Book"?
A - Ellen DeGeneres
B - Stephen Colbert
C - Whoopi Goldberg
D - George Carlin

Jessica "really can't pick anything out of there, nothing comes to mind," so she decides to walk away.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Whoopi Goldberg)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $22,500 (half the bank)

I have no idea, and, again, I wouldn't trust the audience so I use my 2nd JTQ.