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Transcript 2/6/19 Brandon Bidlack (carryover)

Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2019 8:27 pm
by BBTranscriptTeam
Brandon Bidlack
Emeryville, Cal.

$50,000
Unlike its fellow marine mammals that have blubber, what creature relies on its estimated one million hairs per sq. inch — the densest fur on Earth — to keep warm?
A: Polar bear B: Sea otter
C: Sea lion D: Penguin

Brandon knows
Spoiler
sea otters
trap air in their fur for warmth and buoyancy.


Spoiler
B: Sea otter


$100,000
The world’s population hit 6 billion in 1999, 7 billion in 2011, and the U.N. predicts it will be at 8.6 billion in 2030. When did it first reach one billion?
A: 1804 B: 1898
C: 1937 D: 1974

Spoiler
Brandon answers B: 1898.
The correct answer is A: 1804.
Brandon wins $50,000.


Commercial break

Re: Transcript 2/6/19 Brandon Bidlack (carryover)

Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2019 6:50 am
by earendel
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Brandon Bidlack
Emeryville, Cal.
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$100,000
The world’s population hit 6 billion in 1999, 7 billion in 2011, and the U.N. predicts it will be at 8.6 billion in 2030. When did it first reach one billion?
A: 1804 B: 1898
C: 1937 D: 1974
Spoiler
Brandon answers B: 1898.
The correct answer is A: 1804.
Brandon wins $50,000.
If I have lifelines I use them here. 50:50 first.

Re: Transcript 2/6/19 Brandon Bidlack (carryover)

Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2019 11:10 am
by triviawayne
earendel wrote:
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Brandon Bidlack
Emeryville, Cal.
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$100,000
The world’s population hit 6 billion in 1999, 7 billion in 2011, and the U.N. predicts it will be at 8.6 billion in 2030. When did it first reach one billion?
A: 1804 B: 1898
C: 1937 D: 1974
Spoiler
Brandon answers B: 1898.
The correct answer is A: 1804.
Brandon wins $50,000.
If I have lifelines I use them here. 50:50 first.
This is a favorite of the show to ask (when did we hit 1b, 2b, etc.). It was something I studied before going on...not that I would've remembered it when on that stage seeing as how I forgot everything else...