Transcript 05/24/12 - Ashley Clark

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Ashley Clark
Seattle, WA

Meredith asks the computer to randomize the money and the questions. The unrandomized Topic Tree is not shown.

Topic Tree (Randomized)
?: Tacky Food
?: My Autobiography
?: Lucky Stump
?: Tube Talk
?: Robot Fight
?: Criminal Women
?: Final Words
?: Sail Away
?: Calzone Zone
?: Great Escape


Question #1 - Level ?: Great Escape
According to a National Geographic article, you should wriggle you legs to escape what natural phenomenon?

A: Hurricane B: Wildfire
C: Quicksand D: Tornado

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Quicksand
Question Value: $3,000
Bank: $3,000

Question #2 - Level ?: Calzone Zone
Often described as a pizza folded, a calzone takes its name from calzoni, the Italian word for what?

A: Flag B: Cardboard
C: Pants D: Napkin

Ashley is Italian and she really should know this. She thought it was "socks" but that's not up there.
Ashley jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Pants
Question Value: $500
Bank: $3,000

Question #3 - Level ?: Sail Away
Which of these sailing vessels is typically build with two hulls instead of one?

A: Clipper B: Catamaran
C: Dinghy D: Schooner

Ashley knows that

Spoiler

a dinghy is a raft,

but after that her sailing knowledge is rusty.
She jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Catamaran
Question Value: $10,000
Bank: $3,000

-- Commercial Break --


Meredith says Ashley is an architectural designer.


Question #4 - Level ?: Final Words
The lining of the Brooks Brothers overcoat worn by Abraham Lincoln during his assassination was embroidered with what words?

A: Together We Stand B: From Sea To Shining Sea
C: One Country, One Destiny D: Think and Act

Answer/Value/Bank

C: One Country, One Destiny
Question Value: $15,000
Bank: $18,000

Question #5 - Level ?: Criminal Women
Of the 494 people to make the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list since it began in 1950, how many have been women?

A: 8 B: 16
C: 32 D: 64

Ashley asks the audience.

ATA

A: 30% B: 34% C: 26% D: 10%

Ashley thanks the audience, but she has to walk away with $9,000.

Answer

A: 8

-- Commercial Break --

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Question #2 - Level ?: Calzone Zone
Often described as a pizza folded, a calzone takes its name from calzoni, the Italian word for what?

A: Flag B: Cardboard
C: Pants D: Napkin

Ashley is Italian and she really should know this. She thought it was "socks" but that's not up there.
Ashley jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Pants
Question Value: $500
Bank: $3,000

JTQ 1

Question #4 - Level ?: Final Words
The lining of the Brooks Brothers overcoat worn by Abraham Lincoln during his assassination was embroidered with what words?

A: Together We Stand B: From Sea To Shining Sea
C: One Country, One Destiny D: Think and Act

Answer/Value/Bank

C: One Country, One Destiny
Question Value: $15,000
Bank: $18,000

JTQ 2

Question #5 - Level ?: Criminal Women
Of the 494 people to make the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list since it began in 1950, how many have been women?

A: 8 B: 16
C: 32 D: 64

Ashley asks the audience.

ATA

A: 30% B: 34% C: 26% D: 10%

Ashley thanks the audience, but she has to walk away with $9,000.

Answer

A: 8

Sayonara. Tough stack!

[Kazoo65]

1. The only one that makes sense is quicksand.

2. I ask the audience. I'm torn between pants and napkin.

3. easy.

4. I recently read Bill O'Reilly's book Killing Lincoln which mentioned this tidbit. It's a very interesting book, if you haven't read it yet.

5. JTQ. I didn't think it was a big number.

6.

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Ashley Clark
Seattle, WA

Question #2 - Level ?: Calzone Zone
Often described as a pizza folded, a calzone takes its name from calzoni, the Italian word for what?

A: Flag B: Cardboard
C: Pants D: Napkin

Ashley is Italian and she really should know this. She thought it was "socks" but that's not up there.
Ashley jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Pants
Question Value: $500
Bank: $3,000

Yikes! I'd have thought it was "napkin" - picturing a calzone in my mind it doesn't look like either pants or napkin.

Question #4 - Level ?: Final Words
The lining of the Brooks Brothers overcoat worn by Abraham Lincoln during his assassination was embroidered with what words?

A: Together We Stand B: From Sea To Shining Sea
C: One Country, One Destiny D: Think and Act

Answer/Value/Bank

C: One Country, One Destiny
Question Value: $15,000
Bank: $18,000

I did not know this. Time to JTQ.

Question #5 - Level ?: Criminal Women
Of the 494 people to make the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list since it began in 1950, how many have been women?

A: 8 B: 16
C: 32 D: 64

Ashley asks the audience.

ATA

A: 30% B: 34% C: 26% D: 10%

Ashley thanks the audience, but she has to walk away with $9,000.

Answer

A: 8

I'd have thought it would be 10 or less, but I'd be walking away after using ATA because I couldn't be certain.