Transcript 10/20/10 - David Sharp

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David Sharp
Cincinnati, OH
physics teacher

Topic tree (unrandomized)
* Independence Day
* Stage Names
* Religious Groups
* Big Country
* Tainted Food
* Inside Sports
* Nineties TV
* Outer Space
* A-List Hollywood
* 80’s Lyrics

Topic tree (randomized)
* Stage Names
* Big Country
* Tainted Food
* Nineties TV
* Outer Space
* 80’s Lyrics
* Independence Day
* Religious Groups
* Inside Sports
* A-List Hollywood

Question 1 (A-List Hollywood)
Because two A-list male actors share the same first name, lists of the Hollywood elite often make reference to what pair?
a. The Two Brads
b. The Two Harrisons
c. The Two Eddies
d. The Two Toms

Ask the audience used

ATA results

a:16% b:5% c:7% d:72%

value/answer/bank

d. The Two Toms
value: $2,000
bank: $2,000

Question 2 (Inside Sports)
The “flea-flicker” is a tricky type of offensive play in what sport?
a. Hockey
b. Basketball
c. Football
d. Baseball

value/answer/bank

c. Football
value: $7,000
bank: $9,000

Question 3 (Religious Groups) The “Beehive” is a faith-based society for young women organized by members of what religion?
a. Mormonism
b. Lutheranism
c. Judaism
d. Mennonite

Jump the question 1 used

value/answer/bank

a. Mormonism
value: ($25,000)
bank: $9,000

Question 4 (Independence Day)
What was the actual date in 1776 when the Continental Congress voted on the resolution for independence?
a. July 1st
b. July 2nd
c. July 3rd
d. July 4th

Jump the question 2 used

value/answer/bank

b. July 2nd
value: ($15,000)
bank: $9,000

Question 5 (80’s Lyrics)
In a hit 1983 song by The Police, Sting repeatedly claims that with “Every Breath You Take,” he’ll be doing what?
a. Loving you
b. Leaving you
c. Imagining you
d. Watching you

value/answer/bank

d. Watching you
value: $1,000
bank: $10,000

Question 6 (Outer Space)
After he visited the International Space Station in 2009, Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberté was touted as “the first” what?
a. Clown in space
b. Sculptor in space
c. Farmer in space
d. Cowboy in space

value/answer/bank

a. Clown in space
value: $500
bank: $10,500

Question 7 (Nineties TV)
Nostalgic Gen-Xers picked September 2, 2010 as an appropriate day to celebrate what 1990s TV series?
a. Felicity
b. Beverly Hills, 90210
c. Dawson’s Creek
d. The Wonder Years

value/answer/bank

b. Beverly Hills, 90210
value: $5,000
bank: $15,500

Question 8 – (Tainted Food)
After a malfunction at one of its plants in 2010, what food company was forced to recall 15 million pounds of SpaghettiOs?
a. General Mills
b. Dannon
c. Campbell’s
d. Duncan Hines

value/answer/bank

c. Campbell’s
value: $3,000
bank: $18,500

Question 9 (Big Country)
King Ranch, an 825,000 acre cattle ranch larger than the state of Rhode Island, is located in what US state?
a. Wyoming
b. Texas
c. Alaska
d. Montana

answer and result

b. Texas

David decides not to answer and walks away with $9,250.

[MarleysGh0st]

David Sharp
Cincinnati, OH
physics teacher

See? TPTB can find teachers who don't live in Where Else!

And he's a blue-shirted MAWG, too! I wish he could have gone farther into his stack.

[rgcviper]

I wish he could have gone farther into his stack.

He still made quite a comeback, though, after burning three lifelines in the first four questions. Honestly, I thought he'd be long gone sooner.

[earendel]

David Sharp
Cincinnati, OH
physics teacher

Question 1 (A-List Hollywood)
Because two A-list male actors share the same first name, lists of the Hollywood elite often make reference to what pair?
a. The Two Brads
b. The Two Harrisons
c. The Two Eddies
d. The Two Toms

Ask the audience used

ATA results

a:16% b:5% c:7% d:72%

value/answer/bank

d. The Two Toms
value: $2,000
bank: $2,000

A pop culture question to which even I know the answer!

Question 4 (Independence Day)
What was the actual date in 1776 when the Continental Congress voted on the resolution for independence?
a. July 1st
b. July 2nd
c. July 3rd
d. July 4th

Jump the question 2 used

value/answer/bank

b. July 2nd
value: ($15,000)
bank: $9,000

Oh for the day of the 50:50. It might have been useful here. Using all lifelines in the first 4 questions doesn't bode well.

Question 5 (80’s Lyrics)
In a hit 1983 song by The Police, Sting repeatedly claims that with “Every Breath You Take,” he’ll be doing what?
a. Loving you
b. Leaving you
c. Imagining you
d. Watching you

value/answer/bank

d. Watching you
value: $1,000
bank: $10,000

The stalker's theme song.

Question 9 (Big Country)
King Ranch, an 825,000 acre cattle ranch larger than the state of Rhode Island, is located in what US state?
a. Wyoming
b. Texas
c. Alaska
d. Montana

answer and result

b. Texas

David decides not to answer and walks away with $9,250.

Well, he rallied pretty well. There used to be a show that my mother watched that had members of the King family - it was a sort-of Lawrence Welk type show.