Transcript 10/12/15 Jon Baril

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Jon Baril
Framingham, MA
Works in a library.

Jon’s Plus One is his father, the Reverend Bob Baril.

$500 To make sure no one else can cash it, About.com recommends that you write what on the back of a check when you endorse it?
A. “Hands off”
B. “Mine! All mine!”
C. “Hey, get your own money”
D. “For deposit only”

Spoiler

D. “For deposit only”

$1K Playing into the country’s reputation for overzealous regulation, in 2014 some of Germany’s beach towns reportedly banned the building of what kid-friendly structures?
A. Leaf piles
B. Sandcastles
C. Treehouses
D. Blanket forts

Spoiler

B. Sandcastles

$2K Perfect for “star-crossed lovers” of Shakespeare and cooking, a cutting board resembling a book has what apt title written on its “spine”?
A. Of Mousse and Men
B. Romeo and Julienne
C. The Bun Also Rises
D. A Clockwork Duck a L’Orange

Spoiler

B. Romeo and Julienn

$3K While it did feature Marilyn Monroe, what magazine’s 1953 debut issue didn’t show a date, as no one knew if it would be popular enough for a second issue?
A. Playboy
B. Rolling Stone
C. Life
D. Ladies’ Home Journal

Spoiler

A. Playboy

$5K Using their real last names, 1999’s “Vol. 3…Life and Times of S. Carter” and 2004’s “The Carter” are albums by what unrelated hip-hop stars?
A. Snoop Dogg and Kendrick Lamar
B. Jay Z and Lil Wayne
C. 50 Cent and Wiz Khalifa
D. Ludacris and Drake

ATA

ATA results

1% A. Snoop Dogg and Kendrick Lamar
95% B. Jay Z and Lil Wayne
4% C. 50 Cent and Wiz Khalifa
0% D. Ludacris and Drake

Spoiler

B. Jay Z and Lil Wayne

commercial break

$7K While “the bends” refers to the joint pain, “the chokes” and “the staggers” are names for the respiratory and neurological symptoms of what?
A. Vertigo
B. Diabetes
C. Decompression sickness
D. Syphilis

Spoiler

C. Decompression sickness

$10K What invention named after the Greek word for “power” was originally also known as “Nobel’s Safety Powder”?
A. Detergent
B. Asbestos
C. Dynamite
D. Plutonium

Spoiler

C. Dynamite

$20K As retribution for directing the 1997 biopic “Kundun,” Martin Scorsese was reportedly banned from entering what?
A. Tibet
B. Siberia
C. The West Bank
D. Kashmir

Spoiler

A. Tibet

$30K If you wanted to see a funambulist in action, it would make the most sense to buy a ticket for which of the following?
A. A stand-up comedy show
B. A hockey game
C. The opera
D. The circus

50/50

50/50 leaves

C. The opera
D. The circus

Spoiler

D. The circus

commercial break

$50K The Director of the FBI recently said that in a quest to recruit programmers to fight cyber crime, he’s had to struggle with a rule against hiring whom?
A. Foreign-born citizens
B. People under 25
C. People active on Twitter
D. People who smoke marijuana

+1

Bob doesn’t think it would be

Spoiler

people who smoke marijuana

.
His gut feeling is

Spoiler

foreign-born citizens

.
Jon decides to go with his father’s gut and makes that his final answer.

Spoiler

D. People who smoke marijuana
Jon leaves $5K.

commercial break

QOTD

It will only cost your $95 at the Mount Vernon gift shop to get a bottle of whiskey made from whose original 18th century recipe?
A. Benjamin Franklin
B. Samuel Adams
C. Paul Revere
D. George Washington

Spoiler

D. George Washington

[SportsFan68]

$5K Using their real last names, 1999’s “Vol. 3…Life and Times of S. Carter” and 2004’s “The Carter” are albums by what unrelated hip-hop stars?
A. Snoop Dogg and Kendrick Lamar
B. Jay Z and Lil Wayne
C. 50 Cent and Wiz Khalifa
D. Ludacris and Drake

ATA

ATA results

1% A. Snoop Dogg and Kendrick Lamar
95% B. Jay Z and Lil Wayne
4% C. 50 Cent and Wiz Khalifa
0% D. Ludacris and Drake

Spoiler

B. Jay Z and Lil Wayne

ATA

$20K As retribution for directing the 1997 biopic “Kundun,” Martin Scorsese was reportedly banned from entering what?
A. Tibet
B. Siberia
C. The West Bank
D. Kashmir

Spoiler

A. Tibet

Plus One

$50K The Director of the FBI recently said that in a quest to recruit programmers to fight cyber crime, he’s had to struggle with a rule against hiring whom?
A. Foreign-born citizens
B. People under 25
C. People active on Twitter
D. People who smoke marijuana

+1

Bob doesn’t think it would be

Spoiler

people who smoke marijuana

.
His gut feeling is

Spoiler

foreign-born citizens

.
Jon decides to go with his father’s gut and makes that his final answer.

Spoiler

D. People who smoke marijuana
Jon leaves $5K.

50/50

[Coupon Boy]

$3k: ATA.

$5k: My dad won't know this, so 50/50 and probably guess B.

$7k: +1.

$10k: Dynamite is the only one that commonly comes in powder form so I'd go for that with only $2,000 to lose.

$20k: I have no idea, so I'd be walking here. At least I would've won double what Jon won.

[earendel]

Jon Baril
Framingham, MA
Works in a library.

Jon’s Plus One is his father, the Reverend Bob Baril.

$5K Using their real last names, 1999’s “Vol. 3…Life and Times of S. Carter” and 2004’s “The Carter” are albums by what unrelated hip-hop stars?
A. Snoop Dogg and Kendrick Lamar
B. Jay Z and Lil Wayne
C. 50 Cent and Wiz Khalifa
D. Ludacris and Drake

ATA

ATA results

1% A. Snoop Dogg and Kendrick Lamar
95% B. Jay Z and Lil Wayne
4% C. 50 Cent and Wiz Khalifa
0% D. Ludacris and Drake

Spoiler

B. Jay Z and Lil Wayne

I'd ATA also.

$10K What invention named after the Greek word for “power” was originally also known as “Nobel’s Safety Powder”?
A. Detergent
B. Asbestos
C. Dynamite
D. Plutonium

Spoiler

C. Dynamite

Jon mentioned that his dad had used the Greek word "dunamos", meaning "power" in his sermons.

$50K The Director of the FBI recently said that in a quest to recruit programmers to fight cyber crime, he’s had to struggle with a rule against hiring whom?
A. Foreign-born citizens
B. People under 25
C. People active on Twitter
D. People who smoke marijuana

+1

Bob doesn’t think it would be

Spoiler

people who smoke marijuana

.
His gut feeling is

Spoiler

foreign-born citizens

.
Jon decides to go with his father’s gut and makes that his final answer.

Spoiler

D. People who smoke marijuana
Jon leaves $5K.

Although I got the answer I was a bit surprised - most of the video games I know require a clear head.

[K.P.]

$5K Using their real last names, 1999’s “Vol. 3…Life and Times of S. Carter” and 2004’s “The Carter” are albums by what unrelated hip-hop stars?
A. Snoop Dogg and Kendrick Lamar
B. Jay Z and Lil Wayne
C. 50 Cent and Wiz Khalifa
D. Ludacris and Drake

I *think* I could have gone for this on my own. I could rule out A and D for certain, and was pretty sure Lil Wayne was a Carter.

$20K As retribution for directing the 1997 biopic “Kundun,” Martin Scorsese was reportedly banned from entering what?
A. Tibet
B. Siberia
C. The West Bank
D. Kashmir

ATA.

$30K If you wanted to see a funambulist in action, it would make the most sense to buy a ticket for which of the following?
A. A stand-up comedy show
B. A hockey game
C. The opera
D. The circus

Always fun when you know an answer because it's shown up on Millionaire before. Knowing precisely what a funambulist was went for, I believe, $125k at one point.

$50K The Director of the FBI recently said that in a quest to recruit programmers to fight cyber crime, he’s had to struggle with a rule against hiring whom?
A. Foreign-born citizens
B. People under 25
C. People active on Twitter
D. People who smoke marijuana

I'm between B and D. 50:50 here, and +1 if both B and D remain.

[ghostjmf]

5K: I thought the Lil' Wayne album was "Tha Carter", not "The Carter". I do not know why I know this, but I do. So I assume the show corrected the spelling & go for the answer with Lil' Wayne in it.


20K: Know this was about Dalai Lama, but think his "court", for want of a better word, fled to Kashmir when banished from Tibet. But Kashmir is sympathetic to him if that's where he is. So answer is Tibet.


30K: Didn't know the term but could rule out other choices.


50K: Here's where I could do myself in. Long, long ago, my brother had some friends living in the same building who wanted to join the State Dept for overseas missions. State Dept sent someone to interview the neighbors, meaning my brother, as character witnesses. So my brother lied his head off about what upstanding non-hippies the couple were, & also said they weren't living together, which they were.

Later the couple told brother he needn't have bothered; all the State Dept cared about was that they got married before being sent on their mission & that any hippie habits they had would be shelved while working for State. State already knew about all the stuff brother had lied to State about.


Since this was back in max-hippy era, so I do a brain flip on the BAM Q in assuming FBI has same rules as State, & can't believe they'd rule out pot smokers. My strong vote was for "foreign-born". 50/50. If it leaves A & D I go for A & am out. If it leaves something else & D I hope +1 could help here. Doubt ATA could.


I was really rooting for contestant, too.