Transcript 6/29/2012 - Julie Contos

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Julie Contos
Arlington, VA
no occupation mentioned

Julie's mom was the one who encouraged her to audition. Her advice to Julie was to "walk away". Julie is more of a risk-taker, however.

Topic Tree: (randomized)
Arctic Stars
Empire Records
Coined Phrases
Blizzard Buddy
Endangered Dialects
Been There, Ate That
Tech Places
Put a Ring on It
In Other Words
Brought to Life

Question #1 (Brought to Life)
Held every year in Victorville, CA, Huck Finn's Jubilee often features a show by Mike Randall, an impersonator of what famous American?
A - Ernest Hemingway
B - Mark Twain
C - Theodore Roosevelt
D - P.T. Barnum

For Christmas Julie's cousin Holly gave her a "gigantic, gigantic book", a copy of

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Mark Twain's autobiography

. She didn't get very far into the book but she knows the answer.

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Answer: B (Mark Twain)
Value: $10,000
Bank: $10,000

Question #2 (In Other Words)
Jane Goodall obtained a Ph.D. in Ethology, which is better known as what field?
A - animal behavior
B - cell theory
C - genetic engineering
D - game theory

Julie says it's not

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game theory

and she doesn't think it

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has anything to do with cells; she thinks Jane was more "science lab kind of person" and doesn't think she did anything with genetics

. "So let's just go for it," Julie says.

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Answer: A (animal behavior)
Value: $5,000
Bank: $15,000

Question #3 (Put a Ring on It)
A popular cut of diamond is a rectangular shape with cut corners, named after what other gemstone?
A - emerald
B - sapphire
C - ruby
D - topaz

"So I was looking at your earrings by the way when we said hello," Julie says, "and they're beautiful. They may be opal?" Meredith replies, "They're nothing, really." Julie then says, "Well that's not one of the answers anyway."

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Answer: A (emerald)
Value: $500
Bank: $15,500

commercial break

Julie's sister Michelle is in the relationship seat.

Question #4 (Tech Places)
With large technology companies such as Dell nearby, the city of Austin, Texas, is commonly nicknamed what?
A - Copper Canyon
B - Neon Prairie
C - Silicon Hills
D - Nickel City

Julie thinks she can reason this out but has to decide whether to go for it or use a lifeline. She's supposed to have courage and it's a reasonable risk for her to take.

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She's been to Texas and she doesn't think it has hills, but that's the answer she's thinking of

. She's going to listen to mom and jump the question.

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Answer: C (Silicon Hills)
Value: $7,000
Bank: $15,500 (unchanged)

Question #5 (Been There, Ate That)
What dish did Julia Child once refer to as "that best of bean feasts"?
A - goulash
B - ragout
C - cassoulet
D - ratatouille

Julie repeats the answers and says "None of them screams 'beans' to me. Now if it was hummus I'd be 'Oh, beans'". She wonders if this is a cooking audience and decides to jump the question.

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Answer: C (cassoulet)
Value: $25,000
Bank: $15,500 (unchanged)

Question #6 (Endangered Dialects)
With only two fluent speakers who rarely talk to each other, Ayapaneco is one of what country's most endangered languages?
A - Spain
B - Brazil
C - Argentina
D - Mexico

Julie says it sounds like any of these cultures could have a language ending in an "o". She says she's backed herself into a corner by using her jumps already. She asks the audience.

ATA results

A - 5%
B - 40%
C - 23%
D - 32%

This is a tough one and she notes that

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Brazil has a lot of remote areas where they might have languages like this

. She says "this is a tough one" several times. She wishes she wasn't in this position. Julie tells a story about her and her sister walking in Central Park and Julie mentioning that she had a theme song that at some point she was going to play. "These Boots are Made for Walking" was the song and she's going to do just that.

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Answer: D (Mexico)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $7,750 (half the bank)

commercial break

[MarleysGh0st]

Question #4 (Tech Places)
With large technology companies such as Dell nearby, the city of Austin, Texas, is commonly nicknamed what?
A - Copper Canyon
B - Neon Prairie
C - Silicon Hills
D - Nickel City

Julie thinks she can reason this out but has to decide whether to go for it or use a lifeline. She's supposed to have courage and it's a reasonable risk for her to take.

Spoiler

She's been to Texas and she doesn't think it has hills, but that's the answer she's thinking of

. She's going to listen to mom and jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Silicon Hills)
Value: $7,000
Bank: $15,500 (unchanged)

No hills, huh? Texas is a big state, Julie, have you seen all of it?

[SportsFan68]

Question #3 (Put a Ring on It)
A popular cut of diamond is a rectangular shape with cut corners, named after what other gemstone?
A - emerald
B - sapphire
C - ruby
D - topaz

"So I was looking at your earrings by the way when we said hello," Julie says, "and they're beautiful. They may be opal?" Meredith replies, "They're nothing, really." Julie then says, "Well that's not one of the answers anyway."

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Answer: A (emerald)
Value: $500
Bank: $15,500

All of the first three sounds familiar -- emerald cut, sapphire cut, ruby cut. Heck with it, ATA.

Question #6 (Endangered Dialects)
With only two fluent speakers who rarely talk to each other, Ayapaneco is one of what country's most endangered languages?
A - Spain
B - Brazil
C - Argentina
D - Mexico

Julie says it sounds like any of these cultures could have a language ending in an "o." She says she's backed herself into a corner by using her jumps already. She asks the audience.

ATA results

A - 5%
B - 40%
C - 23%
D - 32%

This is a tough one and she notes that

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Brazil has a lot of remote areas where they might have languages like this

. She says "this is a tough one" several times. She wishes she wasn't in this position. Julie tells a story about her and her sister walking in Central Park and Julie mentioning that she had a theme song that at some point she was going to play. "These Boots are Made for Walking" was the song and she's going to do just that.

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Answer: D (Mexico)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $7,750 (half the bank)

JTQ

[earendel]

Julie Contos
Arlington, VA
no occupation mentioned

Julie's mom was the one who encouraged her to audition. Her advice to Julie was to "walk away". Julie is more of a risk-taker, however.

Another reluctant auditioner.

Question #3 (Put a Ring on It)
A popular cut of diamond is a rectangular shape with cut corners, named after what other gemstone?
A - emerald
B - sapphire
C - ruby
D - topaz

"So I was looking at your earrings by the way when we said hello," Julie says, "and they're beautiful. They may be opal?" Meredith replies, "They're nothing, really." Julie then says, "Well that's not one of the answers anyway."

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Answer: A (emerald)
Value: $500
Bank: $15,500

Questions like these help me justify my interest in Dungeons & Dragons to elwing.

Question #4 (Tech Places)
With large technology companies such as Dell nearby, the city of Austin, Texas, is commonly nicknamed what?
A - Copper Canyon
B - Neon Prairie
C - Silicon Hills
D - Nickel City

Julie thinks she can reason this out but has to decide whether to go for it or use a lifeline. She's supposed to have courage and it's a reasonable risk for her to take.

Spoiler

She's been to Texas and she doesn't think it has hills, but that's the answer she's thinking of

. She's going to listen to mom and jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Silicon Hills)
Value: $7,000
Bank: $15,500 (unchanged)

Regrettable, her using a lifeline here.

Question #5 (Been There, Ate That)
What dish did Julia Child once refer to as "that best of bean feasts"?
A - goulash
B - ragout
C - cassoulet
D - ratatouille

Julie repeats the answers and says "None of them screams 'beans' to me. Now if it was hummus I'd be 'Oh, beans'". She wonders if this is a cooking audience and decides to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: C (cassoulet)
Value: $25,000
Bank: $15,500 (unchanged)

I know it's not goulash or ratatouille. I might be brave and go for cassoulet, but probably would ATA.

Question #6 (Endangered Dialects)
With only two fluent speakers who rarely talk to each other, Ayapaneco is one of what country's most endangered languages?
A - Spain
B - Brazil
C - Argentina
D - Mexico

Julie says it sounds like any of these cultures could have a language ending in an "o". She says she's backed herself into a corner by using her jumps already. She asks the audience.

ATA results

A - 5%
B - 40%
C - 23%
D - 32%

This is a tough one and she notes that

Spoiler

Brazil has a lot of remote areas where they might have languages like this

. She says "this is a tough one" several times. She wishes she wasn't in this position. Julie tells a story about her and her sister walking in Central Park and Julie mentioning that she had a theme song that at some point she was going to play. "These Boots are Made for Walking" was the song and she's going to do just that.

Spoiler

Answer: D (Mexico)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $7,750 (half the bank)

Nice exit line. I figured the audience would be of no help here, and had she been willing to go for "Silicon Hills" she'd have had a JTQ to use here. I got this because of a Fark.com article a few months ago.