Transcript 09/14/15a Chris Cho

[BBTranscriptTeam]

The station I get the show on changed the air time, so I used another source for the transcript. Thanks Game Show Kingdom.
I didn't know the dollar value for most of the questions, so if another member of the team wants to make changes, please do.

Chris Cho
Holmdel, NJ

Chris has gotten a perfect score on the SATs and ACTs five times.

Chirs’ Plus One is his girlfriend Kyra

$500 - In the ‘80s, “world-class pole vaulter” Greg Smithey promised “a tighter, stronger and more toned lower half” in what workout videos?

A. “Behinds of Bronze”
B. Fannies of Gold’
C. “Buns of Steel”
D. Tushes of Lead”

Spoiler

C. Buns of Steel”

$1K – According to a computer scientist at UC Berkeley, in theory, which of these weighs 0.000000000000000001 grams more when it’s fully loaded?

A. Ferris wheel
B. Baked potato
C. Glock handgun
D. Amazon kindle

Spoiler

D. Amazon kindle

$2K – After posing nude in Playboy at 19. Who received a quilt from her godfather Steven Spielberg, with a note that said “cover yourself up”?

A. Reese Witherspoon
B. Drew Barrymore
C. Melissa Joan Hart
D. Rashida Jones

Spoiler

B. Drew Barrymore

$3K – If you win a million dollars today, you’ll likely use your quadriceps femoris, as they’re one of the primary muscles need to do what?

A. Jump up and down
B. Smile
C. Scream
D. Clap

Spoiler

A. Jump up and down

$5K - Over 79 years before Rosa Parks’ bus incident, civil rights leader Ida B. Wells sued the Chesapeake & Ohio Company for demanding she give up her seat on a what?

A. Train
B. Streetcar
C. Ocean liner
D. Horse-drawn carriage

ATA

ATA results

61% A. Train
24% B. Streetcar
7% C. Ocean liner
8% D. Horse-drawn carriage

Spoiler

A. Train

$7K – If you were to be dropped at a totally random point somewhere on the planet, roughly what would be your chances of landing on land?
A. One in 20
B. One in 10
C. One in 3
D. 50-50

Spoiler

C. One in 3

$10K – 451, a proposed HTTP code for websites that are blocked for legal reasons, subtly acknowledges what author’s Dystopian vies of the future?

A. Jack London
B. Ray Bradbury
C. Kurt Vonnegut
D. Isaac Asimov

Spoiler

B. Ray Bradbury

$20K – Because part of their logo happens to resemble a Nazi symbol, what Rock band uses an alternate on its albums sold in Germany?

A. Aerosmith
B. Van Halen
C. KISS
D. Black Sabbath

+1

Spoiler

C. KISS

$30K – Having the strongest gravitational pull, which planet do scientists theorize may be shielding Earth from asteroid strikes?

A. Venus
B. Mars
C. Jupiter
D. Saturn

Spoiler

C. Jupiter

$50K – While we won’t divulge your Social Security number on national TV, we can reveal that it, like all SS numbers, does NOT start with what digit?

A. 3
B. 5
C. 7
D. 9

50/50

50/50 leaves

A. 3 and D. 9

D. 9[/spoiler

QOTD – Given its heart averages 615 beats a minute, what animal’s “Heartbeat” is the fitting subject of a Katy Perry love song?

A. Leopard
B. Hummingbird
C. Tuna
D. Hamster

B. Hummingbird[/spoiler

$100K – Which of these men was the youngest when he first assumed his duties as full-time host of “The Tonight Show”?

A. Jay Leno
B. Johnny Carson
C. Steve Allen
D. Jimmy Fallon

Chris makes

Spoiler

Johnny Carson

his final answer.

Spoiler

C. Steve Allen
Chris leaves with $50K

end of show

[MarkBarrett]

The values for this season are:
500
1,000
2,000
3,000
5,000 - guarantee level
7,000
10,000
20,000
30,000
50,000 - guarantee level
100,000
250,000
500,000
Million

[SportsFan68]

$5K - Over 79 years before Rosa Parks’ bus incident, civil rights leader Ida B. Wells sued the Chesapeake & Ohio Company for demanding she give up her seat on a what?

A. Train
B. Streetcar
C. Ocean liner
D. Horse-drawn carriage

ATA

ATA results

61% A. Train
24% B. Streetcar
7% C. Ocean liner
8% D. Horse-drawn carriage

Spoiler

A. Train

Knowing that the Chesapeake and Ohio is a train company saves me.

Question 8 – Because part of their logo happens to resemble a Nazi symbol, what Rock band uses an alternate on its albums sold in Germany?

A. Aerosmith
B. Van Halen
C. KISS
D. Black Sabbath

+1

Spoiler

C. KISS

ATA

$100K – Which of these men was the youngest when he first assumed his duties as full-time host of “The Tonight Show”?

A. Jay Leno
B. Johnny Carson
C. Steve Allen
D. Jimmy Fallon

Chris makes

Spoiler

Johnny Carson

his final answer.

Spoiler

C. Steve Allen
Chris leaves with $50K

Plus One. Has to be certain, or I use 50/50 and then walk.

[Brit Canuck]

Nice to see the original format back. Although the ShuffleBAM music is still around (with some cues rearranged), the new Round One music sounds good (the other two rounds could use something similar yet atmospheric), and Chris is already way better than Terry and Cedric (they weren't bad, but they tended to overdo it occasionally, especially Terry the FOX comedy guy). A decent start to what will hopefully be BAM's big US comeback.

[K.P.]

$5K - Over 79 years before Rosa Parks’ bus incident, civil rights leader Ida B. Wells sued the Chesapeake & Ohio Company for demanding she give up her seat on a what?

A. Train
B. Streetcar
C. Ocean liner
D. Horse-drawn carriage

ATA. Not familiar with Chesapeake & Ohio.

Question 8 – Because part of their logo happens to resemble a Nazi symbol, what Rock band uses an alternate on its albums sold in Germany?

A. Aerosmith
B. Van Halen
C. KISS
D. Black Sabbath

Plus One for me. 50-50 and guess if he doesn't know.

$100K – Which of these men was the youngest when he first assumed his duties as full-time host of “The Tonight Show”?

A. Jay Leno
B. Johnny Carson
C. Steve Allen
D. Jimmy Fallon

50-50 if I have it, and I go with Carson. If Carson goes away, I go with Allen.

[earendel]

Chris Cho
Holmdel, NJ

Chris has gotten a perfect score on the SATs and ACTs five times.

Chris explained that he runs a test preparation company so he has to take the test to make sure of the content.

$1K – According to a computer scientist at UC Berkeley, in theory, which of these weighs 0.000000000000000001 grams more when it’s fully loaded?

A. Ferris wheel
B. Backed potato
C. Glock handgun
D. Amazon kindle

Spoiler

D. Amazon kindle

One nice thing is that the host explained why the answer was correct.

$5K - Over 79 years before Rosa Parks’ bus incident, civil rights leader Ida B. Wells sued the Chesapeake & Ohio Company for demanding she give up her seat on a what?

A. Train
B. Streetcar
C. Ocean liner
D. Horse-drawn carriage

ATA

ATA results

61% A. Train
24% B. Streetcar
7% C. Ocean liner
8% D. Horse-drawn carriage

Spoiler

A. Train

The C&O railroad is a fixture in one or more rail games, so this was easy.

$7K – If you were to be dropped at a totally random point somewhere on the planet, roughly what would be your chances of landing on land?
A. One in 20
B. One in 10
C. One in 3
D. 50-50

Spoiler

C. One in 3

Contestant Chris mentioned that he had downloaded a WWTBAM app which had a question about what percentage of the earth's surface was covered with water.

$20K – Because part of their logo happens to resemble a Nazi symbol, what Rock band uses an alternate on its albums sold in Germany?

A. Aerosmith
B. Van Halen
C. KISS
D. Black Sabbath

+1

Spoiler

C. KISS

Chris' +1, Kyra, knew it with 99% certainty and as soon as she said the answer Chris gasped - I think if he'd have given himself a little more time he would have come up with the answer himself.

$50K – While we won’t divulge your Social Security number on national TV, we can reveal that it, like all SS numbers, does NOT start with what digit?

A. 3
B. 5
C. 7
D. 9

50/50

50/50 leaves

A. 3 and D. 9

Spoiler

D. 9

I deal with SSNs quite a bit and have never seen one with "9", so that would have been my final answer.

$100K – Which of these men was the youngest when he first assumed his duties as full-time host of “The Tonight Show”?

A. Jay Leno
B. Johnny Carson
C. Steve Allen
D. Jimmy Fallon

Chris makes

Spoiler

Johnny Carson

his final answer.

Spoiler

C. Steve Allen
Chris leaves with $50K

I would have used my 50:50 at this point, then ATA depending upon the results. I was torn between Carson and Allen.

So a good run for a first episode.

[smilergrogan]

Chris has gotten a perfect score on the SATs and ACTs five times.

Why would you take them again once you have gotten a perfect score?

Chris explained that he runs a test preparation company so he has to take the test to make sure of the content.

Oh - well that's quite different. Never mind.

[TheConfessor]

Chris has gotten a perfect score on the SATs and ACTs five times.

Why would you take them again once you have gotten a perfect score?

Chris explained that he runs a test preparation company so he has to take the test to make sure of the content.

Oh - well that's quite different. Never mind.

I wonder how many imperfect scores he's had.

[MarleysGh0st]

$2K – After posing nude in Playboy at 19. Who received a quilt from her godfather Steven Spielberg, with a note that said “cover yourself up”?

A. Reese Witherspoon
B. Drew Barrymore
C. Melissa Joan Hart
D. Rashida Jones

I'd have to ATA here.

$20K – Because part of their logo happens to resemble a Nazi symbol, what Rock band uses an alternate on its albums sold in Germany?

A. Aerosmith
B. Van Halen
C. KISS
D. Black Sabbath

My first thought was "Ack! A rock band question!" Coupled with that was to think of the swastika and not know any band that had a symbol looking like that. But re-reading the question, they only said "a Nazi symbol"--and that was enough for me to recall the KISS logo looking like the SS runes. Good for Chris's +1 also making that connection.

$100K – Which of these men was the youngest when he first assumed his duties as full-time host of “The Tonight Show”?

A. Jay Leno
B. Johnny Carson
C. Steve Allen
D. Jimmy Fallon

I burn my remaining lifelines here and hope.