Transcript 11/8/16 - Melissa Margain

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Melissa Margain
Oakland, CA

Victory for Veterans Week

Medically discharged from the US Army after a serious brain injury in Iraq caused her to have to go through speech therapy and basic rehab.


$500 :
Each year on "Reception Day," when a new class of cadets report to the U.S. Military Academy, the male ones who need it will get a what?
A: Mani-pedi B: Shiatsu massage
C: Seaweed facial D: Haircut

Spoiler

D: Haircut

$1000 :
In the New International Version of the book of Exodus, when Moses asked God for his name, God gave what simple response?
A: "What's it matter to you, tough guy?" B: "'Get Lost,' that's my name"
C: "I am who I am" D: "That's for me to know and you to find out"

Spoiler

C: "I am who I am"

$2000 :
Christian Schmucker, who came to America in 1752, had a great-great-great-grandson who tweaked the family name and created a brand of what?
A: Chewing gum B: Potato chips
C: Jelly D: Soda

Spoiler

C: Jelly

$3000 :
In a nod for a famously mysterious region located nearby, what island's official tourism website uses a triangle for the letter "a" in its logo?
A: Tobago B: Jamaica
C: Bermuda D: Antigua

Spoiler

C: Bermuda

$5000 :
Where would you be most likely to find a hi-hat?
A: In an emergency room B: In a drum set
C: On an electric oven D: In an arboretum

Spoiler

B: In a drum set

Second break

$7000 :
Having helped free the world from room-sized mainframes, what Apple co-founder was quoted as saying "Never trust a computer you can't throw out a window"?
A: Larry Page B: Steve Wozniak
C: Jerry Yang D: Paul Allen

50/50

50/50 left B and D

ATA

B 90%, D 10%

Spoiler

B: Steve Wozniak

$10K :
On AFI's list of the 100 Greatest Movie Quotes of All-Time, which film's entry consists of a single word?
A: A Few Good Men B: Taxi Driver
C: Citizen Kane D: The Terminator

+1

+1, Ty, cannot help.
Melissa decided that she wanted to walk with $7000 rather than risk going back to $5000.
She would have guessed A.

Spoiler

C: Citizen Kane

Last break

QotD :
Used to process visual surveillance imagery, "Condor" is a U.S. Air Force supercomputer that was created by linking 1,700 what?
A: iPads B: Garmin GPS devices
C: PlayStation 3s D: TiVo boxes

Spoiler

C: PlayStation 3s

[MarleysGh0st]

$10K :
On AFI's list of the 100 Greatest Movie Quotes of All-Time, which film's entry consists of a single word?
A: A Few Good Men B: Taxi Driver
C: Citizen Kane D: The Terminator

+1

+1, Ty, cannot help.
Melissa decided that she wanted to walk with $7000 rather than risk going back to $5000.
She would have guessed A.

Spoiler

C: Citizen Kane

<sigh>

A chance of a lifetime and she can't take the risk of $2,000 to continue.



TPTB may be quite safe from the risk of having to make good on their offer to donate $5K to DAV for every contestant who sees the $100K question, this week.

[ghostjmf]

So far so good

[SportsFan68]

$10K :
On AFI's list of the 100 Greatest Movie Quotes of All-Time, which film's entry consists of a single word?
A: A Few Good Men B: Taxi Driver
C: Citizen Kane D: The Terminator

+1

+1, Ty, cannot help.
Melissa decided that she wanted to walk with $7000 rather than risk going back to $5000.
She would have guessed A.

Spoiler

C: Citizen Kane

Rosebud . . .

[earendel]

Melissa Margain
Oakland, CA

Victory for Veterans Week

Medically discharged from the US Army after a serious brain injury in Iraq caused her to have to go through speech therapy and basic rehab.

Nihil obstat®.