Transcript 11/18/2011 - Amy Boersma

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Amy Boersma
East Lansing, MI
professional solitaire player

Amy is really excited to be on the show. Meredith didn't know that it was possible to make a living playing solitaire. Amy can solve the games faster than most people. She gets to sit at home in her pajamas and play a game that she loves. She used to compete with her dad on Windows solitaire, racing to see who could get the highest score. She began beating him all the time and she realized she was pretty good. Her fastest time is 19 seconds in Windows solitaire. Meredith hopes that her time on the show will last a little longer than that.

Topic Tree: (unrandomized)
10 - Chef in Chief
9 - Sign Language
8 - Double Time
7 - Cops On Our Tail
6 - Seize the Day
5 - Tourist Trap
4 - Restricted Diets
3 - Life Down Below
2 - Pen Ink
1 - Cellphone Slang


Topic Tree: (randomized)
6 - Seize the Day
8 - Double Time
2 - Pen Ink
1 - Cellphone Slang
10 - Chef in Chief
4 - Restricted Diets
5 - Tourist Trap
9 - Sign Language
7 - Cops On Our Tail
3 - Life Down Below

Question #1 (Life Down Below - Level 3)
Discovered 2.2 miles under the ground, the deepest living animal was given what appropriate nickname?
A - fairy snake
B - devil worm
C - gnome beetle
D - cupid mole

Meredith stresses "deepest" and Amy repeats it. Then she says that

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fairy and gnome aren't known for being deep creatures, and cupid not so much, but when she sees "devil" she associates that with deep living.

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Answer: B (devil worm)
Value: $100
Bank: $100

Question #2 (Cops On Our Tail - Level 7)
In 2011, Ford ceased production of the Police Interceptor model of what sedan?
A - Five Hundred
B - Crown Victoria
C - Contour
D - Falcon

Amy says it's funny that she doesn't know how to drive so she doesn't know a lot about cars. She thinks that

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the Crown Victoria

is a type of police car - she's seen that on TV before.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Crown Victoria)
Value: $25,000
Bank: $25,100

Amy runs back and embraces someone in the audience, later identified as her boyfriend, Jules. He helped her brush up on trivia. She adds that she's not a fan of Star Wars or what she calls "dork trivia" but he taught her things like that.

Question #3 (Sign Language - Level 9)
Thick glasses identifying nerdy characters in films such as "Revenge of the Nerds" is an idea explained by the study of signs, known as what?
A - heuristics
B - semiotics
C - epistemology
D - ontology

Amy doesn't know so she jumps the question.

Spoiler

Answer: B (semiotics)
Value: $7,000
Bank: $25,100

Question #4 (Tourist Trap - Level 5)
"Tracing Columbus' Footsteps" is a shore excursion that has been offered to cruise passengers vacationing where?
A - Baltic Sea
B - Philippine Sea
C - Caribbean Sea
D - Norwegian Sea

Amy doesn't think it's

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Philippine Sea or Norwegian Sea.

She notes it would help if she knew where the

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Baltic Sea

was. She's going to use a lifeline but she hasn't decided which one yet. She finally decides to jump the question.

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Answer: C (Caribbean Sea)
Value: $15,000
Bank: $25,100

Question #5 (Restricted Diets - Level 4)
Judging by its name, the restaurant "Wheat House Pizza" should be avoided by people with an intolerance to what?
A - soy
B - shellfish
C - rice
D - gluten

Amy doesn't even need to think about this one.

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Answer: D (gluten)
Value: $5,000
Bank: $30,100

Question #6 (Chef in Chief - Level 10)
Before finding fame in the kitchen, which of these Food Network chefs worked on nuclear energy policy in the White House?
A - Paula Deen
B - Bobby Flay
C - Alton Brown
D - Ina Garten

Amy has no idea so she's going to ask the audience.

ATA results

A - 7%
B - 10%
C - 66%
D - 17%

"This wonderful New York audience looks very intelligent," Amy says, and goes with their answer.

Spoiler

Answer: D (Ina Garten)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $1,000 (consolation prize)

commercial break

[tanstaafl2]

Question #4 (Tourist Trap - Level 5)
"Tracing Columbus' Footsteps" is a shore excursion that has been offered to cruise passengers vacationing where?
A - Baltic Sea
B - Philippine Sea
C - Caribbean Sea
D - Norwegian Sea

Amy doesn't think it's

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Philippine Sea or Norwegian Sea.

She notes it would help if she knew where the

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Baltic Sea

was. She's going to use a lifeline but she hasn't decided which one yet. She finally decides to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Caribbean Sea)
Value: $15,000
Bank: $25,100

History AND Geography. A deadly combination...

I guess there isn't much need for either for a professional solitaire player. WTF is that anyway?

[MarleysGh0st]

Amy Boersma
East Lansing, MI
professional solitaire player

Amy is really excited to be on the show. Meredith didn't know that it was possible to make a living playing solitaire. Amy can solve the games faster than most people. She gets to sit at home in her pajamas and play a game that she loves. She used to compete with her dad on Windows solitaire, racing to see who could get the highest score. She began beating him all the time and she realized she was pretty good. Her fastest time is 19 seconds in Windows solitaire. Meredith hopes that her time on the show will last a little longer than that.

I didn't know there were professional solitaire players and I still don't believe it. Okay, maybe there's a sponsor for an occasional tournament, but to be paid while playing the game at home??? Citations, please.

[MarleysGh0st]

Question #4 (Tourist Trap - Level 5)
"Tracing Columbus' Footsteps" is a shore excursion that has been offered to cruise passengers vacationing where?
A - Baltic Sea
B - Philippine Sea
C - Caribbean Sea
D - Norwegian Sea

Amy doesn't think it's

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Philippine Sea or Norwegian Sea.

She notes it would help if she knew where the

Spoiler

Baltic Sea

was. She's going to use a lifeline but she hasn't decided which one yet. She finally decides to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Caribbean Sea)
Value: $15,000
Bank: $25,100

History AND Geography. A deadly combination...

Meh. Didn't seem like either the history or geography was that difficult here.

[jarnon]

Question #3 (Sign Language - Level 9)
Thick glasses identifying nerdy characters in films such as "Revenge of the Nerds" is an idea explained by the study of signs, known as what?
A - heuristics
B - semiotics
C - epistemology
D - ontology

Amy doesn't know so she jumps the question.

Spoiler

Answer: B (semiotics)
Value: $7,000
Bank: $25,100

I know this only because I saw The Da Vinci Code.

[earendel]

Amy Boersma
East Lansing, MI
professional solitaire player

Amy is really excited to be on the show. Meredith didn't know that it was possible to make a living playing solitaire. Amy can solve the games faster than most people. She gets to sit at home in her pajamas and play a game that she loves. She used to compete with her dad on Windows solitaire, racing to see who could get the highest score. She began beating him all the time and she realized she was pretty good. Her fastest time is 19 seconds in Windows solitaire. Meredith hopes that her time on the show will last a little longer than that.

That still doesn't explain how she gets paid for it.

Question #2 (Cops On Our Tail - Level 7)
In 2011, Ford ceased production of the Police Interceptor model of what sedan?
A - Five Hundred
B - Crown Victoria
C - Contour
D - Falcon

Amy says it's funny that she doesn't know how to drive so she doesn't know a lot about cars. She thinks that

Spoiler

the Crown Victoria

is a type of police car - she's seen that on TV before.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Crown Victoria)
Value: $25,000
Bank: $25,100

In River City the major cab company takes those interceptors and converts them to taxis. elwing drove one back in the day.

Amy runs back and embraces someone in the audience, later identified as her boyfriend, Jules. He helped her brush up on trivia. She adds that she's not a fan of Star Wars or what she calls "dork trivia" but he taught her things like that.

"Dork trivia"???

Question #3 (Sign Language - Level 9)
Thick glasses identifying nerdy characters in films such as "Revenge of the Nerds" is an idea explained by the study of signs, known as what?
A - heuristics
B - semiotics
C - epistemology
D - ontology

Amy doesn't know so she jumps the question.

Spoiler

Answer: B (semiotics)
Value: $7,000
Bank: $25,100

"Revenge of the Nerds" indeed! That's what you get, Amy, for your scorn.

Question #4 (Tourist Trap - Level 5)
"Tracing Columbus' Footsteps" is a shore excursion that has been offered to cruise passengers vacationing where?
A - Baltic Sea
B - Philippine Sea
C - Caribbean Sea
D - Norwegian Sea

Amy doesn't think it's

Spoiler

Philippine Sea or Norwegian Sea.

She notes it would help if she knew where the

Spoiler

Baltic Sea

was. She's going to use a lifeline but she hasn't decided which one yet. She finally decides to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Caribbean Sea)
Value: $15,000
Bank: $25,100

Yes, it would have helped you to know where the Baltic Sea was.

Question #6 (Chef in Chief - Level 10)
Before finding fame in the kitchen, which of these Food Network chefs worked on nuclear energy policy in the White House?
A - Paula Deen
B - Bobby Flay
C - Alton Brown
D - Ina Garten

Amy has no idea so she's going to ask the audience.

ATA results

A - 7%
B - 10%
C - 66%
D - 17%

"This wonderful New York audience looks very intelligent," Amy says, and goes with their answer.

Spoiler

Answer: D (Ina Garten)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $1,000 (consolation prize)

I don't know this, so I JTQ. This doesn't seem like something the audience would know.