Transcript 10/14/2011 - Paul Wickler

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Paul Wickler
Bothell, WA
unemployed

Paul has been without a job for about four months. Meredith says he's come to a good place to make a little cash. His mother Debbie is here because his wife is working. Paul is a real daredevil but also loves arts and crafts. He calls it "inventions, not crafts" because he's inventing different patterns and things. He finds interesting things to do while he's unemployed.

Topic Tree: (unrandomized)
10 - Movie Aircraft
9 - Sports Sayings
8 - Paying the Rent
7 - Historic Hoax
6 - Chart Toppers
5 - Baby Picks
4 - Say It Right
3 - City on a Hill
2 - Mascot Safety
1 - Snack Attack

Topic Tree: (randomized)
10 - Movie Aircraft
1 - Snack Attack
7 - Historic Hoax
6 - Chart Toppers
3 - City on a Hill
8 - Paying the Rent
2 - Mascot Safety
4 - Say It Right
9 - Sports Sayings
5 - Baby Picks

Question #1 (Baby Picks - Level 5)
Released in 2011, the whimsical "Kick to Pick" iPhone app enables a mother's unborn baby to "choose" what?
A - its own name
B - mom's meals
C - lotto numbers
D - godparents

Paul can narrow it down between two -

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"its own name" or "mom's meals"

but he thinks he's going to ask the audience.

ATA results

A - 47%
B - 27%
C - 25%
D - 1%

Those were the two that Paul was debating and he may have put them into the minds of the audience

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Because of the result Paul decides to jump the question.

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Answer: A (its own name)
Value: $25,000
Bank: $0

"What are you going to do?" Paul observes

Question #2 (Sports Sayings - Level 9)
The term "the moment of truth" originates from what sporting event?
A - fencing
B - polo
C - horse racing
D - bullfighting

Paul believes that "the moment of truth" is

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when the matador kills the bull

so that's going to be his final answer.

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Answer: D (bullfighting)
Value: $3,000
Bank: $3,000

Question #3 (Say It Right - Level 4)
What actress once joked that to pronounce her last name correctly is to pronounce it "like the opposite of virtue"?
A - Rebecca Romijn
B - Maggie Gyllenhaal
C - Rachel Weisz
D - Katherine Heigl

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Answer: C (Rachel Weisz)
Value: $7,000
Bank: $10,000

Question #4 (Mascot Safety - Level 2)
Which NFL team's mascot would you most likely hide your food from at a campsite?
A - Chicago
B - Miami
C - Atlanta
D - Denver

It's Paul's favorite football team.

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Answer: A (Chicago)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $11,000

Question #5 (Paying the Rent - Level 8)
Though they haven't been cashed for years, the U.S. Treasury reportedly writes annual rent checks of $4,085 dollars for the use of what?
A - Panama Canal
B - Camp David
C - Guantanamo Bay
D - Easter Island

"It's probably not

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Camp David

", Paul says, "and

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Panama Canal

is what jumped out at me initially." So he makes that his final answer.

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Answer: C (Guantanamo Bay)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $1,000 (consolation prize)

commercial break

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Question #5 (Paying the Rent - Level
Though they haven't been cashed for years, the U.S. Treasury reportedly writes annual rent checks of $4,085 dollars for the use of what?
A - Panama Canal
B - Camp David
C - Guantanamo Bay
D - Easter Island

"It's probably not

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Camp David

", Paul says, "and

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Panama Canal

is what jumped out at me initially." So he makes that his final answer.

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Answer: C (Guantanamo Bay)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $1,000 (consolation prize)

Ouch!

Level 8 is often a WWOQ, but there were plenty of geopolitical and historical clues to figure this one out.

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Question #3 (Say It Right - Level 4)
What actress once joked that to pronounce her last name correctly is to pronounce it "like the opposite of virtue"?
A - Rebecca Romijn
B - Maggie Gyllenhaal
C - Rachel Weisz
D - Katherine Heigl

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Answer: C (Rachel Weisz)
Value: $7,000
Bank: $10,000

Cheeseburger in Paradise! Makin the best of every virtue and vice...

Question #4 (Mascot Safety - Level 2)
Which NFL team's mascot would you most likely hide your food from at a campsite?
A - Chicago
B - Miami
C - Atlanta
D - Denver

It's Paul's favorite football team.

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Answer: A (Chicago)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $11,000

Yogi has it better than a millionaire! That's because he's smarter than the average bear.

Question #5 (Paying the Rent - Level
Though they haven't been cashed for years, the U.S. Treasury reportedly writes annual rent checks of $4,085 dollars for the use of what?
A - Panama Canal
B - Camp David
C - Guantanamo Bay
D - Easter Island

"It's probably not

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Camp David

", Paul says, "and

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Panama Canal

is what jumped out at me initially." So he makes that his final answer.

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Answer: C (Guantanamo Bay)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $1,000 (consolation prize)

commercial break

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Killer Q. I thought Panama Canal before I saw the answers.

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Question #5 (Paying the Rent - Level
Though they haven't been cashed for years, the U.S. Treasury reportedly writes annual rent checks of $4,085 dollars for the use of what?
A - Panama Canal
B - Camp David
C - Guantanamo Bay
D - Easter Island

"It's probably not

Spoiler

Camp David

", Paul says, "and

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Panama Canal

is what jumped out at me initially." So he makes that his final answer.

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Answer: C (Guantanamo Bay)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $1,000 (consolation prize)

commercial break

Killer Q. I thought Panama Canal before I saw the answers.

To eliminate that answer, you needed to remember that the Panana Canal Zone was given back to Panama during the Carter administration. Then you had to remember that Guantanamo is in Cuba and consider that Castro might have had a political point to make by refusing to cash those $4,085 checks.

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Paul Wickler
Bothell, WA
unemployed

Paul has been without a job for about four months. Meredith says he's come to a good place to make a little cash. His mother Debbie is here because his wife is working. Paul is a real daredevil but also loves arts and crafts. He calls it "inventions, not crafts" because he's inventing different patterns and things. He finds interesting things to do while he's unemployed.

"Unemployed...in Greenland!" (Sorry, I just had a "Princess Bride" flashback.)

Question #5 (Paying the Rent - Level 8)
Though they haven't been cashed for years, the U.S. Treasury reportedly writes annual rent checks of $4,085 dollars for the use of what?
A - Panama Canal
B - Camp David
C - Guantanamo Bay
D - Easter Island

"It's probably not

Spoiler

Camp David

", Paul says, "and

Spoiler

Panama Canal

is what jumped out at me initially." So he makes that his final answer.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Guantanamo Bay)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $1,000 (consolation prize)

Meredith said it was a sign of protest, but I thought it was because Castro didn't recognize U.S. sovereignty over the area.