Transcript 12/09/10 - Craig Alcantara

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Craig Alcantara
Levittown, PA

Craig was constantly switching his major in college. He studied art history, then biology, then religion, finally settled on linguistics. He's hoping that will make him a good contestant on Millionaire.

Craig's mom, Tamara, is in the audience.

Craig is in between jobs, now, so he can use the money.


Question Topics (Unrandomized):
* Vintage Books
* Senate Hearings
* This Old House
* Boy Wonder
* Single-name Stars
* Lead Actress
* Food
* On the Bandstand
* World Landmarks
* Toon Time

Question Topics (Randomized):
* Lead Actress
* Toon Time
* Single-name Stars
* Boy Wonder
* Vintage Books
* On the Bandstand
* Senate Hearings
* World Landmarks
* Food
* This Old House


Question #1 * This Old House
Now a national historic landmark, the oldest building in downtown Boston was famously the home of which of these men?

A: John Adams B: Paul Revere
C: Samuel Adams D: John Hancock

Craig thinks he knows, but he asks the audience.

ATA

A: 7% B: 74% C: 10% D: 9%

That's what Craig was leaning towards.

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Paul Revere
Question Value: $15,000
Bank: $15,000

Question #2 * Food
Which of these culinary events would most likely feature the food known as "steamers"?

A: High tea B: Clambake
C: Pizza party D: Pancake breakfast

Craig thinks he knows it, and he's going to go for it.

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Clambake
Question Value: $1,000
Bank: $16,000

Question #3 * World Landmarks
After a lengthy effort to stabilize the structure, in 2008 engineers announced that what landmark had stopped moving?

A: Great Pyramid B: Big Ben
C: Leaning Tower of Pisa D: Hoover Dam

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Leaning Tower of Pisa
Question Value: $7,000
Bank: $23,000

-- Commercial Break --


Question #4 * Senate Hearings
During a 2010 hearing with the Senate Armed Services Committee, General David Petraeus fainted while being questioned by whom?

A: Nancy Pelosi B: Dianne Feinstein
C: Al Franken D: John McCain

Craig has no idea. He wants to say

Spoiler

B

for some reason, but he jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

D: John McCain
Question Value: $3,000
Bank: $23,000

Question #5 * On the Bandstand
A concertgoer who sees three bands in three nights -- a quintet, and octet and a trio -- will have seen how many total performers?

A: 12 B: 14
C: 16 D: 18

Answer/Value/Bank

C: 16
Question Value: $25,000
Bank: $48,000

Question #6 * Vintage Books
Said to have been writen in the fourth or fifth century A.D.,the Greek text "Philogelos" is an extremely old what?

A: Joke book B: Veterinary text
C: Atlas D: Cookbook

Craig wants to say

Spoiler

A

; he doesn't know why. He jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

A: Joke book
Question Value: $500
Bank: $48,000

-- The End of Game "Noise" --


Craig will return on tomorrow's show.

[TheConfessor]

Question #5 * On the Bandstand
A concertgoer who sees three bands in three nights -- a quintet, and octet and a trio -- will have seen how many total performers?

A: 12 B: 14
C: 16 D: 18

Answer/Value/Bank

C: 16

Maybe that's true in New York, but not around here. In Austin, most performers are in a few different bands, so you might see the same person in three different bands on three consecutive nights. The correct answer to this question would be somewhere in the range from 8 to 16.

[MarleysGh0st]

Question #5 * On the Bandstand
A concertgoer who sees three bands in three nights -- a quintet, and octet and a trio -- will have seen how many total performers counting each appearance separately, in the case of performers who might be members of more than one of these groups?

A: 12 B: 14
C: 16 D: 18

Answer/Value/Bank

C: 16

Maybe that's true in New York, but not around here. In Austin, most performers are in a few different bands, so you might see the same person in three different bands on three consecutive nights. The correct answer to this question would be somewhere in the range from 8 to 16.

Better?

[TheConfessor]

Question #5 * On the Bandstand
A concertgoer who sees three bands in three nights -- a quintet, and octet and a trio -- will have seen how many total performers counting each appearance separately, in the case of performers who might be members of more than one of these groups?

A: 12 B: 14
C: 16 D: 18

Answer/Value/Bank

C: 16

Maybe that's true in New York, but not around here. In Austin, most performers are in a few different bands, so you might see the same person in three different bands on three consecutive nights. The correct answer to this question would be somewhere in the range from 8 to 16.

Better?

Much. Or it could have been a blue-eyed trio, a green-eyed quintet, and a brown-eyed octet.

[Kazoo65]

1. OK, I had it down to B and D. Where's the Double Dip?  2. easy.3. easy.4. This was all over the news when it happened-I guess he doesn't watch much TV (including Fox and CNN).5. A quintet is 5, an octet is 8, and a trio is 3.  Add them up and you get 16.6. He studied lingustics and doesn't know Greek roots?????  As for me, I'd JTQ.

[MarleysGh0st]

6. He studied lingustics and doesn't know Greek roots????? 

Can you recall any other words that use the root "gelos"? I couldn't.

[themanwho]

6. He studied lingustics and doesn't know Greek roots????? 

Can you recall any other words that use the root "gelos"? I couldn't.

Gelos is apparently the (very obscure) god of laughter:

http://www.theoi.com/Daimon/Gelos.html

If you have that piece of knowledge, the question becomes a piece of cake.

-M
Craig was the carryover contestant on the shows I saw tape.

[MarleysGh0st]

6. He studied lingustics and doesn't know Greek roots????? 

Can you recall any other words that use the root "gelos"? I couldn't.

Gelos is apparently the (very obscure) god of laughter:

http://www.theoi.com/Daimon/Gelos.html

If you have that piece of knowledge, the question becomes a piece of cake.

Okay, so maybe someone who's done a thorough study of Greek mythology would know this, but not necessarily a student of linguistics.

Or can someone else supply some words using the "gelos" root?

[themanwho]

Some of the jokes in this thing were pretty funny. It's set up a lot like Truly Tasteless Jokes was:

An Abderite saw a eunuch talking with a woman and asked him if she was his wife. When he replied that eunuchs can't have wives, the Abderite asked: "So is she your daughter?"

http://www.stoa.org/diotima/anthology/quinn_jokes.shtml

-M
No offense to any Abderites who may be reading.

[themanwho]

Or can someone else supply some words using the "gelos" root?

It's not a very common root, but a Google search brings up gelastic epilepsy, and a quote from Robert Fulgham about Asbestos Gelos (unquenchable laughter).

I don't think that "studying linguistics", as our contestant here did, necessarily gives someone an advantage on this question, although his hunch did turn out to be correct. Perhaps he did remember it from somewhere.

As opposed to that "anthrotherapy" question from a couple of weeks ago that I wasn't able to determine broke down into any familiar root. I couldn't find a connection between "anthro" and "cave".

-M

[earendel]

Craig Alcantara
Levittown, PA

Craig was constantly switching his major in college. He studied art history, then biology, then religion, finally settled on linguistics. He's hoping that will make him a good contestant on Millionaire.

Craig's mom, Tamara, is in the audience.

Craig is in between jobs, now, so he can use the money.

Ah, a dilettante (or "jack of all trades, master of none").

Question #4 * Senate Hearings
During a 2010 hearing with the Senate Armed Services Committee, General David Petraeus fainted while being questioned by whom?

A: Nancy Pelosi B: Dianne Feinstein
C: Al Franken D: John McCain

Craig has no idea. He wants to say

Spoiler

B

for some reason, but he jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

D: John McCain
Question Value: $3,000
Bank: $23,000

I'd JTQ also. The only one I could eliminate was A since she's (or was) Speaker of the House.

Question #6 * Vintage Books
Said to have been writen in the fourth or fifth century A.D.,the Greek text "Philogelos" is an extremely old what?

A: Joke book B: Veterinary text
C: Atlas D: Cookbook

Craig wants to say

Spoiler

A

; he doesn't know why. He jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

A: Joke book
Question Value: $500
Bank: $48,000

Shouldn't somone studying linguistics know this one? "Philo" = "love" and "gelos" = "laughter".

[MarleysGh0st]

Shouldn't somone studying linguistics know this one? "Philo" = "love" and "gelos" = "laughter".

Please reference my earlier discussion in this thread.