Transcript 1/11/2013 - Robert Ziecik (carryover contestant)

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Robert Ziecik
Chicago, IL

It's the end of "Cruise In and Win" week.

Robert has already won the cruise. Meredith reprises Robert's back story. He didn't speak English as a child (Polish was spoken at home). He watched a lot of TV - Sesame Street, Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, game shows and daytime TV. He basically learned at the same time his father did. Robert works in advertising. He has $22,000 in his bank and two lifelines - one JTQ and his ATA - remaining.

Topic Tree: (randomized)
Back on TV
All for Neutrality
Nothing Much
Dress Up
English Museums
Side Effects
Necessary Expansions
Tiny Royalty
Notable Nicknames
Same but Different [Disney Cruise]

Question #6 (English Museums)
A museum dedicated to which of these characters from English literature is located at 221B Baker Street, London?
A - Dr. Jekyll
B - Robin Hood
C - Winnie-the-Pooh
D - Sherlock Holmes

Spoiler

Answer: D (Sherlock Holmes)
Value: $100
Bank: $22,100

Question #7 (Dress Up)
Originally considered children's wear, what is the name of the loose-fitting one piece shorts/top combination now popular with fashionable women?
A - romper
B - peekalot
C - toddlertog
D - playpants

Robert has never worn any of these unless he did and didn't know what it was called. He decides to ask the audience.

ATA results

A - 95%
B - 1%
C - 1%
D - 3%

Robert didn't know this so he goes with the audience's answer.

Spoiler

Answer: A (romper)
Value: $15,000
Bank: $37,100

Question #8 (Nothing Much)
Which of these words merges two words that each mean "a small or worthless amount"?
A - zippo
B - nada
C - diddlysquat
D - zilch

Robert repeats the question and figures out the answer.

Spoiler

Answer: C (diddlysquat)
Value: $5,000
Bank: $42,100

Question #9 (All for Neutrality)
What U.S. military branch recently moved to create "gender-neutral" restrooms for their latest aircraft carriers?
A - Army
B - Navy
C - Coast Guard
D - Marines

Robert says that

Spoiler

the Navy

has aircraft carriers, but then says he's going to jump the question because he really doesn't know it and doesn't want to risk it.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Navy)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $42,100 (unchanged)

Question #10 (Back on TV)
When it was recently revived, what TV show brought back the use of its trivia-in-a-bubble graphic known as an "info-nugget"?
A - Dallas
B - Pop Up Video
C - Hawaii Five-O
D - Beavis and Butt-Head

Robert used to watch

Spoiler

Pop Up Video

all the time so he's just going to go for it.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Pop Up Video)
Value: $25,000
Bank: $67,100

Robert can't believe that he has that much money and the cruise.

CLASSIC MILLIONAIRE

$100K - Following a scandalous "Miss Nude of 1939" contest at the World's Fair, the mayor of what host city presided over a hearing banning nudity at the fair?
A - Chicago
B - New York City
C - St. Louis
D - New Orleans

Being from Chicago Robert is leaning toward that, but public nudity is banned there - and everywhere. Meredith says "not here" and Robert replies "Are you asking me to take off my clothes?" Meredith counters, "That's your call." Robert says he's not going to, unless she asks him. Then he laughs and says he's not going to do it - he was just kidding. He decides to walk away.

Spoiler

B (New York City)

commercial break

[earendel]

Robert Ziecik
Chicago, IL

It's the end of "Cruise In and Win" week.

Robert has already won the cruise. Meredith reprises Robert's back story. He didn't speak English as a child (Polish was spoken at home). He watched a lot of TV - Sesame Street, Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, game shows and daytime TV. He basically learned at the same time his father did. Robert works in advertising. He has $22,000 in his bank and two lifelines - one JTQ and his ATA - remaining.

Question #6 (English Museums)
A museum dedicated to which of these characters from English literature is located at 221B Baker Street, London?
A - Dr. Jekyll
B - Robin Hood
C - Winnie-the-Pooh
D - Sherlock Holmes

Spoiler

Answer: D (Sherlock Holmes)
Value: $100
Bank: $22,100

I'd love to visit this museum. FWIW there really is not a 221B Baker Street; the address was created in order to take advantage of the tourist interest.

Question #9 (All for Neutrality)
What U.S. military branch recently moved to create "gender-neutral" restrooms for their latest aircraft carriers?
A - Army
B - Navy
C - Coast Guard
D - Marines

Robert says that

Spoiler

the Navy

has aircraft carriers, but then says he's going to jump the question because he really doesn't know it and doesn't want to risk it.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Navy)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $42,100 (unchanged)

Too bad - he actually said the answer but then wouldn't risk it.

$100K - Following a scandalous "Miss Nude of 1939" contest at the World's Fair, the mayor of what host city presided over a hearing banning nudity at the fair?
A - Chicago
B - New York City
C - St. Louis
D - New Orleans

Being from Chicago Robert is leaning toward that, but public nudity is banned there - and everywhere. Meredith says "not here" and Robert replies "Are you asking me to take off my clothes?" Meredith counters, "That's your call." Robert says he's not going to, unless she asks him. Then he laughs and says he's not going to do it - he was just kidding. He decides to walk away.

Spoiler

B (New York City)

A surprisingly easy $100K question for me. I knew the World's Fair was in NYC in 1939 (the trylon and perisphere shown in "Men in Black" were built for that event). I even knew that it was LaGuardia who presided over the hearing.

[MarleysGh0st]

Question #9 (All for Neutrality)
What U.S. military branch recently moved to create "gender-neutral" restrooms for their latest aircraft carriers?
A - Army
B - Navy
C - Coast Guard
D - Marines

Robert says that

Spoiler

the Navy

has aircraft carriers, but then says he's going to jump the question because he really doesn't know it and doesn't want to risk it.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Navy)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $42,100 (unchanged)

What a shame. Robert focused on the incredibly obscure trivia that nobody is aware of, overlooking the bigger picture: those other services have aircraft, but they don't have aircraft carriers.

[SportsFan68]

So far, so good.

$100K - Following a scandalous "Miss Nude of 1939" contest at the World's Fair, the mayor of what host city presided over a hearing banning nudity at the fair?
A - Chicago
B - New York City
C - St. Louis
D - New Orleans

Being from Chicago Robert is leaning toward that, but public nudity is banned there - and everywhere. Meredith says "not here" and Robert replies "Are you asking me to take off my clothes?" Meredith counters, "That's your call." Robert says he's not going to, unless she asks him. Then he laughs and says he's not going to do it - he was just kidding. He decides to walk away.

Spoiler

B (New York City)

The only one I can eliminate is St. Louis because of the year. JTQ

Good stack!