Transcript 05/23/11 Greg Shelton

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Greg Shelton
Philadelphia, PA
Grad student (getting a teaching certificate)

Topic Tree: (randomized)

9 Chef in Chief
10 Nobel Prize
7 Comic Canines
5 Kitchen Substitute
3 Whale Feats
1 Seinfeld
4 Home Grown
6 Billionaires
2 Movie Bios
8 Horse Songs

Question 1 – 8 Horse Songs
The championship thoroughbred horse Zenyatta takes its name from the title of what ‘80s band’s third album?
A. Dire Straits
B. The Police
C. The Cure
D. Def Leppard

ATA

ATA results

8% A. Dire Straits
60% B. The Police
9% C. The Cure
23% D. Def Leppard

Spoiler

B. The Police
$25K
Bank - $25K

Question 2 – 2 Movie Bios
What athlete portrays himself in the 1977 movie “The Greatest”?
A. Muhammad Ali
B. Bobby Orr
C. Magic Johnson
D. Joe Namath

Spoiler

A. Muhammad Ali
$5K
Bank - $30K

Question 3 – 6 Billionaires
According to a 2010 report by Forbes, what country counts 89 billionaires among its citizens, second only to the U.S.?
A. Germany
B. Russia
C. China
D. India

JTQ 1

Spoiler

C. China
$500
Bank - $30K

Question 4 – 4 Home Grown
What liquor’s moniker of “America’s Native Spirit” is often said to date back to an act of Congress passed in 1964?
A. Bourbon
B. Gin
C. Vodka
D. Rum

JTQ 2

Spoiler

A. Bourbon
$15K
Bank - $30K

Question 5 – 1 Seinfeld
In an episode of “Seinfeld,” who becomes infatuated with Marisa Tomei when he learns that she loves “funny, quirky, bald men?
A. Jerry
B. Kramer
C. George
D. Newman

Spoiler

C. George
$3K
Bank - $33K

commercial break

Question 6 – 3 Whale Feats
What is the technical term for the impressive sight of a whale jumping out of the water?
A. Breaching
B. Drafting
C. Trawling
D. Sluicing

Spoiler

A. Breaching
$10K
Bank - $43K

Question 7 – 5 Kitchen Substitute
A kitchen staple of the 1950s, Formica was invented as a substitute for mica, which is a type of what?
A. Clay
B. Glass
C. Metal
D. Mineral

Greg is thinking it’s glass, but doesn’t want to take the risk.
Greg walks with $21,500

Spoiler

D. Mineral

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Greg Shelton
Philadelphia, PA
Grad student (getting a teaching certificate)

Question 1 – 8 Horse Songs
The championship thoroughbred horse Zenyatta takes its name from the title of what ‘80s band’s third album?
A. Dire Straits
B. The Police
C. The Cure
D. Def Leppard

ATA

ATA results

12% A. Dire Straits
60% B. The Police
9% C. The Cure
23% D. Def Leppard

Spoiler

B. The Police
$25K
Bank - $25K

I'm sure this was mentioned in the local newspaper last year but I don't remember it. Time to ATA.

Question 4 – 4 Home Grown
What liquor’s moniker of “America’s Native Spirit” is often said to date back to an act of Congress passed in 1964?
A. Bourbon
B. Gin
C. Vodka
D. Rum

JTQ 2

Spoiler

A. Bourbon
$15K
Bank - $30K

Vodka = Russia, Rum = Jamaica, Gin = England. Of course living just north of bourbon country this was an easy question. I thought Greg's comment was interesting - he hated to jump the question but knew a "Seinfeld" question was next.

Question 7 – 5 Kitchen Substitute
A kitchen staple of the 1950s, Formica was invented as a substitute for mica, which is a type of what?
A. Clay
B. Glass
C. Metal
D. Mineral

Greg is thinking it’s glass, but doesn’t want to take the risk.
Greg walks with $21,500

Spoiler

D. Mineral

Good thing he didn't take the risk.

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An easy stack for me. Knew 'em all. A rarity these days.

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Question 7 – 5 Kitchen Substitute
A kitchen staple of the 1950s, Formica was invented as a substitute for mica, which is a type of what?
A. Clay
B. Glass
C. Metal
D. Mineral

Greg is thinking it’s glass, but doesn’t want to take the risk.
Greg walks with $21,500

Spoiler

D. Mineral

Good thing he didn't take the risk.

The question is accurate, but it came with its own landmine. According to Wikipedia:

Formica was invented in 1912 by Daniel J. O'Conor and Herbert A. Faber, then working at Westinghouse. They originally conceived it as a substitute for mica in electrical insulators.

If Greg didn't know what mica was and thought about Formica's later usage in kitchen countertops, that line of thought would not be likely to lead him to minerals.