Transcript 4/13/2018 - Jonathan Laubinger (carryover)
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2018 3:11 pm
Jonathan Laubinger
Bridgewater, MA
Jonathan is going for $20,000 with all lifelines still available.
$20,000: Later improving on his own world record, in 1989 Cuban Athlete Javier Sotomayor became the first and so far only person to break what track & field barrier?
A - 3-minute mile
B - 8-foot high jump
C - 20-foot pole vault
D - 30-foot long jump
Jonathan isn't willing to say anything because he wants to ask the audience and doesn't want to mislead them.
That's not the overwhelming majority he was looking for. He thinks he needs to use another lifeline, so he calls down his +1, his cousin Matt. Matt recognizes the name but only as a track & field athlete. But some of the records don't look like a Cuban athlete would achieve them. Any answer would only be a guess. Jonathan thinks. Together they conclude that it's either so they use the 50:50.
Matt says he'd go with but that's a gut reaction. Jonathan decides to pick one because he wants to see what comes next. He goes with Matt's gut.
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If Jonathan wins big, he wants to buy his mother a house. He told her he was going to do "this or that", and wanted to surprise her.
$30,000: With the oldest of his still-existing creations dating to 1720, Bartolomeo Cristofori is the largely forgotten inventor of which musical instrument?
A - guitar
B - violin
C - piano
D - trombone
Jonathan doesn't know the answer; if it were Stradivarius he would know it was the violin. He would like to stay longer, but he's going to walk away.
Bridgewater, MA
Jonathan is going for $20,000 with all lifelines still available.
$20,000: Later improving on his own world record, in 1989 Cuban Athlete Javier Sotomayor became the first and so far only person to break what track & field barrier?
A - 3-minute mile
B - 8-foot high jump
C - 20-foot pole vault
D - 30-foot long jump
Jonathan isn't willing to say anything because he wants to ask the audience and doesn't want to mislead them.
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Ask the Audience results:
A - 22%
B - 36%
C - 29%
D - 13%
A - 22%
B - 36%
C - 29%
D - 13%
That's not the overwhelming majority he was looking for. He thinks he needs to use another lifeline, so he calls down his +1, his cousin Matt. Matt recognizes the name but only as a track & field athlete. But some of the records don't look like a Cuban athlete would achieve them. Any answer would only be a guess. Jonathan thinks
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the 3-minute mile seems unrealistic
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B or C
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"50:50 results": B & D
Matt says he'd go with
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B
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Answer: B (8-foot high jump)
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If Jonathan wins big, he wants to buy his mother a house. He told her he was going to do "this or that", and wanted to surprise her.
$30,000: With the oldest of his still-existing creations dating to 1720, Bartolomeo Cristofori is the largely forgotten inventor of which musical instrument?
A - guitar
B - violin
C - piano
D - trombone
Jonathan doesn't know the answer; if it were Stradivarius he would know it was the violin. He would like to stay longer, but he's going to walk away.
Spoiler
Answer: C (piano)