Transcript 4/16/2008 Paula Alexander

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Transcript April 16,2008
Paula Alexander
Tampa, Florida




$100
What computer company was reportedly named in part after its co-founders favorite fruit?

A: Gateway
B: Apple
C: IBM
D: Hewlett-Pineapple

$200
On the 2007 season premiere of "Sesame Street", Tina Fey guest-starred at a "bookaneer",
a pirate who loves to do what?

A: Cook
B: Dance
C: Read
D: Sleep

$300
Which of these devices is often available with a "red-eye reduction" feature?

A: Toaster
B: CD player
C: Electric fan
D: Camera

$500
Which of these Mexican holidays takes its name from the calendar date on which it is celebrated?

A: Carnaval
B: Cinco de Mayo
C: Dia de la Constitucion
D: Dia de los Muertos

$1000
Vinci is an Italian town widely believed to be the birthplace of a man famous for doing what?

A: Exploring the Americas
B: Writing "The Inferno"
C: Building the Colosseum
D: Painting "The Last Supper"

Commercial break

Paula is a court reporter, but her family is in the carnival business. She knows a bearded lady
named Priscilla. Meredith says this is a carnival atmosphere with the lights, music and a big
prize at the end.

$2000
"The Splat Pack" is the media's unofficial nickname for a group of filmmakers who
specialize in what type of genre?

A: Horror
B: Western
C: Romantic comedy
D: Science fiction

$4000
What grocery brand has offered limited-edition cans of its product with labels inspired by
the artwork of Andy Warhol?

A: Alpo
B: Campbell's
C: Dinty Moore
D: Dole


$8000
A famous Shakespeare sonnet begins with the question "Shall I compare thee to a" what?

A: Flower's bloom
B: Summer's day
C: Moonbeam's glow
D: Lover's song


She took a lot of Shakespeare courses in college & she's pretty sure it's B, but still
decides to ATA.


ATA:
A: 1%
B: 96%
C: 2%
D: 1%


$16000

A:
Just as George W Bush and his dad are known as "43 and "41", John Quincy Adams
and his dad would have what nicknames?

A: 4 and 2
B: 5 and 2
C: 6 and 2
D: 7 and 2

She phones her Aunt Terry who says John Quincy Adams was 2. She asks for the answers
again and time runs out before she has an answer.

50/50 leaves
C: 6 and 2
D: 7 and 2

Commercial break

Meredith says if Paula was at home on the couch, she could have just gone right through
the Presidents in order, but Paula said American history is not her thing.

$25000
The popular "High School Musical" TV movies are set at the fictional East High
and other locations around what U.S. city?

A: Albuquerque
B: Tampa
C: San Diego
D: Tulsa


Paula doesn't know and is happy to leave with her $16000. Meredith asks the audience
for the answer. Someone in the audience says it, but definitely not everyone.












Answers

$100 B - Apple
$200 C - Read
$300 D - Camera
$500 B - Cinco de Mayo
$1000 D - Painting "The Last Supper"
$2000 A - Horror
$4000 B - Campbell's
$8000 B - Summer's Day
!6000 C - 6 and 2
$20000 A - Albuquerque

[NellyLunatic1980]

$25K: Never seen these movies. Ask the audience. (And judging by the audience's response afterward, they probably would've gotten this right.)

[MarleysGh0st]

$16000

A:
Just as George W Bush and his dad are known as "43 and "41", John Quincy Adams
and his dad would have what nicknames?

A: 4 and 2
B: 5 and 2
C: 6 and 2
D: 7 and 2

She phones her Aunt Terry who says John Quincy Adams was 2. She asks for the answers
again and time runs out before she has an answer.

50/50 leaves
C: 6 and 2
D: 7 and 2

If there was ever a question that should have been rephrased for a PAF, this was it. All of that about the Bushes was irrelevant and it was safely implied by the choices that John Adams was #2.

"John Quincy Adams was what numbered president?"


NAC about High School Musical, so it's time to ATA. I suppose if one wanted to gamble on how the question writers think, Albuquerque was too odd a choice to be anything but the right one.

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Transcript April 16,2008
Paula Alexander
Tampa, Florida

$8000
A famous Shakespeare sonnet begins with the question "Shall I compare thee to a" what?

A: Flower's bloom
B: Summer's day
C: Moonbeam's glow
D: Lover's song

She took a lot of Shakespeare courses in college & she's pretty sure it's B, but still decides to ATA.

ATA:
A: 1%
B: 96%
C: 2%
D: 1%

A waste of a lifeline. She knew the answer, but even if she hadn't, by saying that she had taken a lot of Shakespeare courses she would have prejudiced the audience.

$16000
Just as George W Bush and his dad are known as "43 and "41", John Quincy Adams and his dad would have what nicknames?

A: 4 and 2
B: 5 and 2
C: 6 and 2
D: 7 and 2

She phones her Aunt Terry who says John Quincy Adams was 2. She asks for the answers again and time runs out before she has an answer.

50/50 leaves
C: 6 and 2
D: 7 and 2

J. Adams was 2 (as the PAF knew). Jefferson was 3, Madison was 4, Monroe was 5 and Jackson was 7, leaving JQ Adams as #6.

Meredith says if Paula was at home on the couch, she could have just gone right through the Presidents in order, but Paula said American history is not her thing.

An interesting comment.

$25000
The popular "High School Musical" TV movies are set at the fictional East High and other locations around what U.S. city?

A: Albuquerque
B: Tampa
C: San Diego
D: Tulsa

Paula doesn't know and is happy to leave with her $16000. Meredith asks the audience for the answer. Someone in the audience says it, but definitely not everyone.

elwing has seen both of these and knew it immediately. As for me, I'd have used ATA to see how strong the audience response was. The only one I could eliminate would be Tulsa.

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Transcript April 16,2008
Paula Alexander
Tampa, Florida




$25000
The popular "High School Musical" TV movies are set at the fictional East High
and other locations around what U.S. city?

A: Albuquerque

Filmed at East High School in Salt Lake City, Utah (as well as other Utah locations).

So, is Albuquerque the "MAWG" location because it was too boring to even portray itself, or is it Utah for the fact that the filmamkers did not want to set their story there?

[MarleysGh0st]

Transcript April 16,2008
Paula Alexander
Tampa, Florida




$25000
The popular "High School Musical" TV movies are set at the fictional East High
and other locations around what U.S. city?

A: Albuquerque

Filmed at East High School in Salt Lake City, Utah (as well as other Utah locations).

So, is Albuquerque the "MAWG" location because it was too boring to even portray itself, or is it Utah for the fact that the filmamkers did not want to set their story there?

I think Utah would be considered too uncool for a movie of this sort, in the minds of Hollywood PTBs.

[ulysses5019]

I think Utah would be considered too uncool for a movie of this sort, in the minds of Hollywood PTBs.

And Albuquerque is cool? Have you ever been there?

[gsabc]

Transcript April 16,2008
Paula Alexander
Tampa, Florida

$25000
The popular "High School Musical" TV movies are set at the fictional East High
and other locations around what U.S. city?

A: Albuquerque

Filmed at East High School in Salt Lake City, Utah (as well as other Utah locations).

So, is Albuquerque the "MAWG" location because it was too boring to even portray itself, or is it Utah for the fact that the filmamkers did not want to set their story there?

I think Utah would be considered too uncool for a movie of this sort, in the minds of Hollywood PTBs.

Utah is actually a popular filming area. My nephew co-starred (in a very broad interpretation of that term) with Katherine Heigl in her first movie, "Wish Upon A Star". Disney thing, and filmed at a school near his home. I wonder if it was the same one. The school principal also had a bit part.

[MarleysGh0st]

I think Utah would be considered too uncool for a movie of this sort, in the minds of Hollywood PTBs.

And Albuquerque is cool? Have you ever been there?

No, I haven't.

I've been to New Mexico, i.e., the Four Corners!

[MarleysGh0st]

Filmed at East High School in Salt Lake City, Utah (as well as other Utah locations).

So, is Albuquerque the "MAWG" location because it was too boring to even portray itself, or is it Utah for the fact that the filmamkers did not want to set their story there?

I think Utah would be considered too uncool for a movie of this sort, in the minds of Hollywood PTBs.

Utah is actually a popular filming area. My nephew co-starred (in a very broad interpretation of that term) with Katherine Heigl in her first movie, "Wish Upon A Star". Disney thing, and filmed at a school near his home. I wonder if it was the same one. The school principal also had a bit part.

Filming there is one thing. Saying that the story is set there is something else!

Kind of like all those dry Californian hills pretending to be the flat Kansas prairie in Jericho, but in reverse!

[tanstaafl2]

$16000

A:
Just as George W Bush and his dad are known as "43 and "41", John Quincy Adams
and his dad would have what nicknames?

A: 4 and 2
B: 5 and 2
C: 6 and 2
D: 7 and 2

She phones her Aunt Terry who says John Quincy Adams was 2. She asks for the answers
again and time runs out before she has an answer.

50/50 leaves
C: 6 and 2
D: 7 and 2

If there was ever a question that should have been rephrased for a PAF, this was it. All of that about the Bushes was irrelevant and it was safely implied by the choices that John Adams was #2.

"John Quincy Adams was what numbered president?"


NAC about High School Musical, so it's time to ATA. I suppose if one wanted to gamble on how the question writers think, Albuquerque was too odd a choice to be anything but the right one.

Yep, and the complete waste of the ATA which may well have given her the answer to this 25K Q costs her a significant chunk of change as well.