Valerie Bashura of East Hartford, CT, got into the Hot Seat on May 9, 2008. She's an internal auditor (read: fraud buster), but she used to be both a figure skater and a Zamboni driver. Her boyfriend, Robert, is in the relationship chair.
In a popular slumber party game, players take turns |
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A: Truth or dare? |
B: Work or play? |
C: Love or luck? |
D: Uncle Ben's or Rice-A-Roni? |
Valerie goes with A.
Good answer for the first $100.
In a classic Eartha Kitt song, who is urged |
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A: Tarzan Baby |
B: Wolfman Baby |
C: Santa Baby |
D: Zorro Baby |
Valerie says C.
That's the one. $200.
Which of these kitchen doodads is for |
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A: Swizzle stick |
B: Candy thermometer |
C: Zester |
D: Basting brush |
Valerie says she knows this one very well. It's A.
Sure it is. $300.
In the Washington, D.C. memorial honoring him, what |
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A: George Washington |
B: Thomas Jefferson |
C: Abraham Lincoln |
D: Franklin Roosevelt |
Valerie knows that Roosevelt was the only president in a wheelchair, but she states that Lincoln is sitting down at his monument and could've been in a wheelchair. She hates to use a lifeline this early, so she's gonna go for D. Final answer.
Of course it's FDR! $500.
On the TV series "Murder, She Wrote," Angela Lansbury |
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A: Soap star |
B: Mystery novelist |
C: Pastry chef |
D: Defense attorney |
Valerie says B.
And that's the right occupation for $1,000! (fanfare plays)
Which of these animal terms comes from a |
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A: Primate |
B: Amphibian |
C: Rodent |
D: Crustacean |
Valerie never got around to studying Latin words, but she's pretty sure that the "dent" in "rodent" refers to teeth. She'll go with C, final answer.
She worked it out perfectly! $2,000.
A shout-out to its home turf, Rutgers Unviersity |
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A: Missouri |
B: New Jersey |
C: Pennsylvania |
D: Delaware |
Valerie says New Jersey.
Yeah, it's in New Brunswick, NJ! $4,000.
A hand gripping the Holy Grail is depicted on pints |
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A: Vermonty Python |
B: From Russia with Buzz |
C: Neapolitan Dynamite |
D: Karamel Sutra |
Valerie has been to the Ben & Jerry's factory, but she is not familiar with this packaging. She's gonna ask the audience.
A hand gripping the Holy Grail is depicted on pints |
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A: 81% |
B: 2% |
C: 9% |
D: 8% |
Valerie figured that the Holy Grail might've been a reference to the Monty Python film, but she had never heard of this flavor. She'll agree with the audience on Vermonty Python. Final.
The hand gripping the Holy Grail was indeed the logo for "Monty Python and the Holy Grail"! $8,000.
I didn't need the lifelines.
A long-necked stringed instrument resembling a |
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A: Spain |
B: Ethiopia |
C: Chile |
D: Greece |
Valerie believes that word sounds Greek. Doesn't sound Spanish, so A and C are out. She'll make Greece her final answer.
Absolutely correct for $16,000!
"April is the cruelest month" is a line from |
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A: To His Coy Mistress |
B: The Waste Land |
C: How Do I Love Thee? |
D: Song of Myself |
Valerie has no clue. It's time to make a phone call. She will call Jen MacNeil, a former Bored member and a winner of $25,000 last June on WWTBAM. Jen wastes no time in answering "The Waste Land". Valerie then wastes no time in making B her final answer.
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They're both right for $25,000 and the STQ lifeline! (fanfare plays)
I had no clue on this one either. PAF would be the best lifeline to use.
Melanite is a deep-black variety of what gemstone? |
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A: Garnet |
B: Amethyst |
C: Sapphire |
D: Topaz |
Valerie used to work in a jewelry store, but that store never sold melanite. She will get rid of this question.
The correct answer was A, garnet.
I would've asked the audience to see if anything jumped out at them. If no answer got a clear majority, I would do like Valerie and switch.
Cayenne, Sugarloaf, and Red Spanish are three |
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A: Watermelon |
B: Pear |
C: Peach |
D: Pineapple |
Valerie will take the 50:50.
Cayenne, Sugarloaf, and Red Spanish are three |
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B: Pear |
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D: Pineapple |
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It didn't help her, as those were the two she leaned toward. Her free guess will be B, pear. Final.
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Zigged when she should've zagged. It was pineapple. Valerie leaves with $25,000.
I had it down to watermelon and pineapple. I would've taken 50:50, hoping that one would go away. Since watermelon would be gone, I would lock in with pineapple for $50,000.