Transcript 06/27/2008 Kathleen Donlon (carryover contestant)

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Guest Host: Leeza Gibbons

Kathleen Donlon
Oakdale, NY
Stay-at-home mom

All lifelines still available

$4000- Often served at the end of a meal in fine Italian restaurants, grappa is a type of what?
A. Brandy B. Torte
C. Coffee D. Sorbet


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She rules out B & D and thinks there is alcohol in it.


$8000- In 2007, Google.com's logo briefly featured drawings of a peach and a chocolate bar to celebrate the birthday of what author?
A. E.B. White B. Lewis Carroll
C. J.M. Barrie D. Roald Dahl

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Spoiler

The image in question:

$16,000
Which of the following is not the name of a team in the WNBA?
A. Detroit Shock B. Seattle Storm
C. Atlanta Surge B. Chicago Sky


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PAF nephew Michael says Atlanta and is confident.


Commercial break


$25,000
In the 1997 blockbuster "Titanic," a string quartet plays what hymn as the ship sinks?
A. Faith of Our Fathers B. Thine Is the glory
C. How Great Thou Art D. Nearer My God to Thee



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ATA
A- 9% B-14%
C-17% D-60%

$50,000
After the 19th Amendment was ratified, who was the first U.S. president whose mother actually voted in his presidential election?
A. Herbert Hoover B. Franklin D. Roosevelt
C. Calvin Coolidge D. Warren G. Harding


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STQ

$50,000 STQ
Nicknamed for his composure on the battlefield, famed Civil War general "Stonewall" Jackson had what first name?
A. Horace B. Thomas
C. Robert D. Stephen


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50/50 left B & D. Kathleen started to laugh. She said she has two brothers, one named Thomas and the other Stephen. She guesses out of the two choices.


Commercial break


$100,000
In physics, what term refers to the random movements of minute particles suspended in a liquid or gas?
A. Lissajous figure B. Fourier theory
C. Brownian motion D. Faraday's Law


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She wants to guess D but leaves with $50,000.


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Answers:
$4000- A. Brandy
$8000- D. Roald Dahl
$16K- C. Atlanta Surge
$25K- D. Nearer My God to Thee
$50K- B. Franklin D. Roosevelt
$50K STQ- B. Thomas
$100K- C. Brownian motion

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$4K: No clue. ATA.

$16,000
Which of the following is not the name of a team in the WNBA?
A. Detroit Shock B. Seattle Storm
C. Atlanta Surge B. Chicago Sky

Having just been in Atlanta, I know that their WNBA team is the Dream, not the Surge.

$25K: I can eliminate A and C, but that's it. I better PAF.

$50K: IIRC, Harding's election occured in the same year that the amendment in question was on the ballot. So that eliminated him as women could not vote until the election after it was ratified. It's a matter of whether Coolidge's mother or Hoover's mother was still alive at the time of the 1924 and 1928 elections. Since I have no clue, I'm gonna STQ.

$50K #2: I got this one before the choices came up.

$100K: Wheelhouse!

So I'd be going for $250K with the 50:50 remaining.

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The "voting mother" question was devious. One could fall into the trap of picking the mother of the first president who ran after the amendment was ratified, but no reason she had to be alive at the time. I feel like this was one of those questions designed to make you use up your STQ quickly.

I probably would have used my ATA on the WNBA question and hoped for a clear spike. It's a good PAF question, but I'd prefer to try and use the ATA before its value expires (as we get to the higher level clues). The Stonewall Jackson and Brownian motion questions are things I just happen to know.