Yonkers, NY
English teacher in the South Bronx
Martine's mom encouraged her to be on the show, but Martine has not told her mom that she's going to be on the show. Mom is on a cruise now, floating on the water with no idea this is happening.
Meredith asks the computer to randomize the money and the questions. The unrandomized Topic Tree is not shown.
Topic Tree (Randomized)
?: Past Lives
?: Committee Central
?: Record Highs
?: Maze Emergency
?: English Titles
?: Paint Who You Know
?: Song Translations
?: Celebrity Children
?: Welcome to Earth
?: For the Ladies
Question #1 - Level ?: For the Ladies
Historically, women's bicycles have a step-through frame designed to allow women to ride them while wearing what?
A: Bonnets B: Skirts
C: Jewelry D: Corsets
Answer/Value/Bank
B: Skirts
Question Value: $10,000
Bank: $10,000
Question Value: $10,000
Bank: $10,000
Question #2 - Level ?: Welcome to Earth
Biologists believe that the first vertebrates on Earth were what kind of animal?
A: Amphibians B: Reptiles
C: Fish D: Mammals
Martine feels like she should know this, it's like science--basic science--but it's not coming
to her. She jumps the question.
Answer/Value/Bank
C: Fish
Question Value: $5,000
Bank: $10,000
Question Value: $5,000
Bank: $10,000
Question #3 - Level ?: Celebrity Children
With episode titles like "Sew What" and "Scrappy Birthday," a new online series stars an animated, 10-year-old version of what TV personality?
A: Oprah Winfrey B: Barbara Walters
C: Rachael Ray D: Martha Stewart
Answer/Value/Bank
D: Martha Stewart
Question Value: $500
Bank: $10,500
Question Value: $500
Bank: $10,500
Question #4 - Level ?: Song Translations
With a slightly more negative connotation, what is the Italian translation of "Disco Inferno"?
A: Disco Fight B: Disco Hell
C: Disco Hate D: Disco Chaos
Answer/Value/Bank
B: Disco Hell
Question Value: $7,000
Bank: $17,500
Question Value: $7,000
Bank: $17,500
-- Commercial Break --
Martine's 11th grade students do know she's going to be on the show. They didn't give her any advice, though; they just asked her to say their name on TV. Of course, she can't play favorites by saying any particular names, so she just says hello to the whole 11th and 12th grades at Green Dot Charter School.
Question #5 - Level ?: Paint Who You Know
In Claude Monet's famous painting "Woman with a Parasol," who is the woman?
A: His mother B: His sister
C: His wife D: His daughter
Martine feels like she knows this answer, but she needs to be sure. If she gets this wrong, she's all the way back to $1,000. Meredith confirms everyone leaves with $1,000, at least. Martine thinks the answer is
Spoiler
his daughter
Answer/Value/Bank
C: His wife
Question Value: $25,000
Bank: $17,500
Question Value: $25,000
Bank: $17,500
Question #6 - Level ?: English Titles
What English nobility rank was introduced in 1337, when King Edward III gave it to his oldest son?
A: Count B: Duke
C: Baron D: Earl
Martine asks the audience.
ATA
A: 7% B: 62% C: 10% D: 21%
Answer/Value/Bank
B: Duke
Question Value: $1,000
Bank: $18,500
Question Value: $1,000
Bank: $18,500
Question #7 - Level ?: Maze Emergency
On a farm in Danvers, MA in 2011, a family of four had to call 911 after getting lost in what type of maze?
A: Corn B: Wheat
C: Oat D: Barley
Martine feels like she has no way of answering this question. She has a guess,
Spoiler
barley,
Answer
A: Corn
-- Commercial Break --
