Transcript 5/12/2011 - Liz Evanick

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Liz Evanick
Canton, CT
store owner

Topic tree (randomized)
Numbers indicate prerandomized level
9 – Written By
4 – Memorable Names
7 – Picture Perfect
5 – Home Office
8 – Strange Bars
2 – Traditional Tastes
10 – Historic TV
3 – Tuneful Twosome
1 – Getting Hitched
6 – In the News

Question 1 (6 – In the News)
Since 1979, what newspaper has often featured dot-drawings called "hedcuts" rather than portrait photographs?
a. USA Today
b. The New York Times
c. The Chicago Tribune
d. The Wall Street Journal

Ask the audience used

ATA results

a:9% b:14% c:9% d:68%

value/answer/bank

d. The Wall Street Journal
value: $7,000
bank: $7,000

Question 2 (1 – Getting Hitched)
Hitching posts were traditionally located outside which of these places?
a. Sports bars
b. Old West saloons
c. Disco clubs
d. Speakeasies

value/answer/bank

b. Old West saloons
value: $3,000
bank: $10,000

Flashback question ($100,000 - 2007)
Excluding honorary awards, which of these computer whizzes actually earned a college degree?
a. Paul Allen
b. Steve Jobs
c. Michael Dell
d. Steve Wozniak

answer

d. Steve Wozniak

Question 3 (3 – Tuneful Twosome)
In a duet with Lady Gaga at the 2010 Grammy awards, who sang one of his lyrics as "how wonderful life is with Gaga in the world"?
a. Billy Joel
b. Paul McCartney
c. Elton John
d. Stevie Wonder

Jump the question 1 used

value/answer/bank

c. Elton John
value: ($500)
bank: $10,000

Question 4 (10 – Historic TV)
Martin Luther King Jr. reportedly once told a star of what TV series that it was the only one he let his kids watch?
a. Gilligan's Island
b. Bewitched
c. Star Trek
d. The Beverly Hillbillies

Jump the question 2 used

value/answer/bank

c. Star Trek
value: ($2,000)
bank: $10,000

Question 5 (2 – Traditional Tastes)
Corned beef and cabbage is traditionally served to celebrate which of these holidays?
a. Presidents' Day
b. Halloween
c. Valentine's Day
d. St. Patrick's Day

value/answer/bank

d. St. Patrick's Day
value: $5,000
bank: $15,000

Question 6 (8 – Strange Bars)
Located in Limpopo, South Africa, the Sunland Baobab is a unique bar located inside of a what?
a. Dinosaur skeleton
b. Tree
c. Diamond mine
d. Prison

value/answer/bank

b. Tree
value: $10,000
bank: $25,000

(end of show)

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Question 4 (10 – Historic TV)
Martin Luther King Jr. reportedly once told a star of what TV series that it was the only one he let his kids watch?
a. Gilligan's Island
b. Bewitched
c. Star Trek
d. The Beverly Hillbillies

Jump the question 2 used

value/answer/bank

c. Star Trek
value: ($2,000)
bank: $10,000

That's the one that made logical sense, because (other than I Spy) it was really the only multiracial program on television at the time. --Bob

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Liz Evanick
Canton, CT
store owner

Question 1 (6 – In the News)
Since 1979, what newspaper has often featured dot-drawings called "hedcuts" rather than portrait photographs?
a. USA Today
b. The New York Times
c. The Chicago Tribune
d. The Wall Street Journal

Ask the audience used

ATA results

a:9% b:14% c:9% d:68%

value/answer/bank

d. The Wall Street Journal
value: $7,000
bank: $7,000

I don't think I would have used ATA. I'd JTQ. I've never heard of "hedcuts".

Question 4 (10 – Historic TV)
Martin Luther King Jr. reportedly once told a star of what TV series that it was the only one he let his kids watch?
a. Gilligan's Island
b. Bewitched
c. Star Trek
d. The Beverly Hillbillies

Jump the question 2 used

value/answer/bank

c. Star Trek
value: ($2,000)
bank: $10,000

Because of the alluring Lt. Uhura.

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Holy cow, what a stack!

Liz, you got my dreamstack!