Transcript 1/12/2011 - Vinnie Cunningham

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Vinnie Cunningham
Queens, NY
travel writer

Topic tree (unrandomized)
* Odd Traditions
* Crime Films
* Historic Vessels
* It's a Puzzle
* It's a Sign
* Morning Zoo
* Fiery Woman
* Cuban Food
* The Nation
* Guy Problems

Topic tree (randomized)
* Guy Problems
* Crime Films
* Historic Vessels
* It's a Puzzle
* The Nation
* Fiery Woman
* It's a Sign
* Odd Traditions
* Cuban Food
* Morning Zoo

Question 1 (Morning Zoo)
In the 1950s, NBC's "Today" show featured a co-host named J. Fred Muggs, who was what kind of animal?
a. Dog
b. Goldfish
c. Parrot
d. Chimpanzee

Ask the audience used

ATA results

a:22% b:0% c:6% d:72%

value/answer/bank

d. Chimpanzee
value: $7,000
bank: $7,000

Question 2 (Cuban Food)
What Grammy Award-winning singer owns the "Bongos Cuban Café" chain of restaurants in Miami, Orlando and Mexico?
a. Mariah Carey
b. Gloria Estefan
c. Shania Twain
d. Sheryl Crow

value/answer/bank

b. Gloria Estefan
value: $5,000
bank: $12,000

Question 3 (Odd Traditions)
Found at rural English fairs, "gurning" is an odd tradition in which people compete at doing what?
a. Lulling animals to sleep
b. Carving walnuts
c. Climbing into barrels
d. Making funny faces

Jump the question 1 used

value/answer/bank

d. Making funny faces
value: ($500)
bank: $12,000

Question 4 (It's a Sign)
To a meteorologist, March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb, but to an astrologer, it comes in like a Pisces and out like a what?
a. Gemini
b. Aries
c. Scorpio
d. Virgo

Jump the question 2 used

value/answer/bank

b. Aries
value: ($3,000)
bank: $12,000

Question 5 (Fiery Woman)
Thought to be the first paid female firefighter, Sandra Forcier Waldron was hired in 1973 by the Winston-Salem Fire Dept. in what state?
a. New Hampshire
b. Ohio
c. North Carolina
d. Colorado

value/answer/bank

c. North Carolina
value: $1,000
bank: $13,000

Flashback question ($100,000 - 2008)
In 1962, John Glenn became the first American to eat in space when he ate what food out of a tube?
a. Applesauce
b. Mashed potatoes
c. Tomato soup
d. Chocolate pudding

answer

a. Applesauce

Question 6 (The Nation)
In 1986, sportswriter Nathan Cobb coined the term "Red Sox Nation" when referring to fans of what city's pro baseball team?
a. Boston
b. Atlanta
c. Seattle
d. San Francisco

value/answer/bank

a. Boston
value: $100
bank: $13,100

Question 7 (It's a Puzzle)
In 2009, Reader's Digest proclaimed "The New Puzzle Sensation is Here!" after it ran what Sudoku-like math puzzle?
a. KenKen
b. JenJen
c. BenBen
d. LenLen

answer and result

a. KenKen
Vinnie answers incorrectly (b. JenJen) and leaves with $1,000.

previous summary notes

Vinnie from Queens? (Someone used to call sports radio WFAN frequently with that moniker) One question (#6) asked what city's team is "Red Sox Nation" and Vinnie teased Mere by revealing himself as a Yankees (and not Mets) fan, insulting Mere's beloved Sox.

I suppose not a good move since Mere put a hex on him. With no LL's left, Vinnie guessed on his next question (#7) and answered it wrong.

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Bump!

[MarleysGh0st]

Question 2 (Cuban Food)
What Grammy Award-winning singer owns the "Bongos Cuban Café" chain of restaurants in Miami, Orlando and Mexico?
a. Mariah Carey
b. Gloria Estefan
c. Shania Twain
d. Sheryl Crow

value/answer/bank

b. Gloria Estefan
value: $5,000
bank: $12,000

I've dined at the one in Orlando--at Downtown Disney, actually.

Question 3 (Odd Traditions)
Found at rural English fairs, "gurning" is an odd tradition in which people compete at doing what?
a. Lulling animals to sleep
b. Carving walnuts
c. Climbing into barrels
d. Making funny faces

Jump the question 1 used

value/answer/bank

d. Making funny faces
value: ($500)
bank: $12,000

I'd JTQ, too. Who's heard of this?

Question 7 (It's a Puzzle)
In 2009, Reader's Digest proclaimed "The New Puzzle Sensation is Here!" after it ran what Sudoku-like math puzzle?
a. KenKen
b. JenJen
c. BenBen
d. LenLen

answer and result

a. KenKen
Vinnie answers incorrectly (b. JenJen) and leaves with $1,000.

This might be a good question for the ATA. OTOH, I'm surprised that search doesn't turn up a previous reference to KenKen here, since we're more interested in puzzles and games than a run-of-the-mill audience.

[Bob78164]

Mnemonic for Question 4: A tense gray cat lays very low, sneaking silently, contemplating a pounce. --Bob

[earendel]

Vinnie Cunningham
Queens, NY
travel writer

Need I say it?

Question 3 (Odd Traditions)
Found at rural English fairs, "gurning" is an odd tradition in which people compete at doing what?
a. Lulling animals to sleep
b. Carving walnuts
c. Climbing into barrels
d. Making funny faces

Jump the question 1 used

value/answer/bank

d. Making funny faces
value: ($500)
bank: $12,000

JTQ for me.

Question 4 (It's a Sign)
To a meteorologist, March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb, but to an astrologer, it comes in like a Pisces and out like a what?
a. Gemini
b. Aries
c. Scorpio
d. Virgo

Jump the question 2 used

value/answer/bank

b. Aries
value: ($3,000)
bank: $12,000

But what is it according to the "new astrology"?

Question 7 (It's a Puzzle)
In 2009, Reader's Digest proclaimed "The New Puzzle Sensation is Here!" after it ran what Sudoku-like math puzzle?
a. KenKen
b. JenJen
c. BenBen
d. LenLen

answer and result

a. KenKen
Vinnie answers incorrectly (b. JenJen) and leaves with $1,000.

previous summary notes

Vinnie from Queens? (Someone used to call sports radio WFAN frequently with that moniker) One question (#6) asked what city's team is "Red Sox Nation" and Vinnie teased Mere by revealing himself as a Yankees (and not Mets) fan, insulting Mere's beloved Sox.

I suppose not a good move since Mere put a hex on him. With no LL's left, Vinnie guessed on his next question (#7) and answered it wrong.

And KenJen is a J! phenomenon, which is an entirely different thing altogether.

[in unison]It's an entirely different thing.[/in unison]

[earendel]

Mnemonic for Question 4: A tense gray cat lays very low, sneaking silently, contemplating a pounce. --Bob

Don't forget to add Ophiuchus!

[Bob Juch]

Question 2 (Cuban Food)
What Grammy Award-winning singer owns the "Bongos Cuban Café" chain of restaurants in Miami, Orlando and Mexico?
a. Mariah Carey
b. Gloria Estefan
c. Shania Twain
d. Sheryl Crow

value/answer/bank

b. Gloria Estefan
value: $5,000
bank: $12,000

I've dined at the one in Orlando--at Downtown Disney, actually.

Yes, we did! I couldn't convince the girls to eat there with me last month though.

[Snaxx]

Vinnie Cunningham
Queens, NY
travel writer

WFAN (sports radio in NYC) is known for many talk show call from a "Vinnie (or Vinny) from Queens"... obviously not this guy.

Question 6 (The Nation)
In 1986, sportswriter Nathan Cobb coined the term "Red Sox Nation" when referring to fans of what city's pro baseball team?
a. Boston
b. Atlanta
c. Seattle
d. San Francisco

value/answer/bank

a. Boston
value: $100
bank: $13,100

Given the borough I expected a Mets fan out of him, but he declares that he knows the answer because the Red Sox are "by far the worst baseball team in the whole of the United States, in all the Major Leagues obviously I'm a Yankee fan so we're going to go with A, Boston, final answer."
So Mere (Red Sox fan from Rhode Island) goes with the "I'm sorry, it's not Boston, but it is Boston. I hate you!"... "How could you, you nasty thing! I hope there is a hundred behind this question. Not really, let see" ... then it is the $100!
Mere says "see?" and makes a face at him pointing out she put a hex on him.

Spoiler

Then the KenKen question came next. So Red Sox Nation wins this one, although far from the baseball diamond, where it gets a little harder for Boston

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[Bob78164]

Question 3 (Odd Traditions)
Found at rural English fairs, "gurning" is an odd tradition in which people compete at doing what?
a. Lulling animals to sleep
b. Carving walnuts
c. Climbing into barrels
d. Making funny faces

Jump the question 1 used

value/answer/bank

d. Making funny faces
value: ($500)
bank: $12,000

I'd JTQ, too. Who's heard of this?

I had. --Bob

[Bob Juch]

Question 3 (Odd Traditions)
Found at rural English fairs, "gurning" is an odd tradition in which people compete at doing what?
a. Lulling animals to sleep
b. Carving walnuts
c. Climbing into barrels
d. Making funny faces

Jump the question 1 used

value/answer/bank

d. Making funny faces
value: ($500)
bank: $12,000

I'd JTQ, too. Who's heard of this?

I had. --Bob