Transcript 3/2/16 Mac Geldmacher

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Mac Geldmacher
Las Vegas, Nev.

$500
A hit with the elderly, the Japanese taxi company Sanwa Kotsu allows passengers to press a button to tell the driver to do what?
A: Gangsta rap B: Drive slower
C: Juggle chainsaws D: Pop a wheelie

Answer

B: Drive slower

$1,000
Cosmopolitan.com reveals that working for real as a Disney princess may actually not be all that glamorous, since they’re expected to do what on a regular basis?
A: Perform magic spells B: Collect taxes from peasants
C: Marry for money D: Apply their own makeup

Answer

D: Apply their own makeup

$2,000
With residents from Richmond to Roanoke enjoying speedy downloads, a study done in late 2014 found what state to have, on average, America’s fastest Internet?
A: Georgia B: North Carolina
C: Virginia D: Maryland

Answer

C: Virginia

Commercial break

$3,000
While a freestanding counter in the middle of a kitchen is known as an “island,” one that is attached to a wall on one side is called a what?
A: Reef B: Isthmus
C: Peninsula D: Lagoon

Answer

C: Peninsula

$5,000
A strike to which nerve often leads people to say that they’ve hit their “funny bone”?
A: Plantar nerve B: Ulnar nerve
C: Tibial nerve Thoracic nerve

Answer

B: Ulnar nerve

$7,000
“Zero,” “Einstein,” “Slink” and “Hooch” were all on a BuzzFeed list devoted to “30 of the Greatest” what?
A: 90s dance moves B: Cocktails
C: Movie dogs D: Kentucky Derby winners

Answer

C: Movie dogs

$10,000
On constant alert, the South Korean soldiers who stand face-to-face with the North Koreans at the DMZ are required to have black belts in what discipline?
A: Jujitsu B: Kung Fu
C: Krav Maga D: Taekwondo

Answer

D: Taekwondo

Commercial break

$20,000
In October 1995, CNN reported on the skyrocketing popularity of Halloween masks modeled after what major newsmaker of that year?
A: Judge Lance Ito B: Tiger Woods
C: Tonya Harding D: Monica Lewinsky

+1

Mac thinks it’s was Monica Lewinsky. However, Mac was only 2 years old in October 1995.
Mac’s +1 is her godmother, whom she calls Aunt Deb.
Deb is really pretty sure it’s Monica.

Answer

A: Judge Lance Ito
Mac wins $5,000.

Commercial break

QotD
In medieval times an inch was generally defined as the width of a man’s what?
A: Belly button B: Nose
C: Thumb D: Wrist

Answer

C: Thumb

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Mac Geldmacher
Las Vegas, Nev.

$10,000
On constant alert, the South Korean soldiers who stand face-to-face with the North Koreans at the DMZ are required to have black belts in what discipline?
A: Jujitsu B: Kung Fu
C: Krav Maga D: Taekwondo

Answer

D: Taekwondo

Never heard of krav maga (it's a self-defense routine developed by the Israeli army), but fortunately I don't have to know that.

$20,000
In October 1995, CNN reported on the skyrocketing popularity of Halloween masks modeled after what major newsmaker of that year?
A: Judge Lance Ito B: Tiger Woods
C: Tonya Harding D: Monica Lewinsky

+1

Mac thinks it’s was Monica Lewinsky. However, Mac was only 2 years old in October 1995.
Mac’s +1 is her godmother, whom she calls Aunt Deb.
Deb is really pretty sure it’s Monica.

Answer

A: Judge Lance Ito
Mac wins $5,000.

Hmmm...the Winter Olympics were in 1994 and Tonya Harding's infamy dates to before that, so probably not likely to be popular in 1995. Tiger Woods turned pro later than 1995 so it's not him. Tough call between Monica and Judge Ito, so I'll use my 50:50 and hope those aren't the ones left.

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$10,000
On constant alert, the South Korean soldiers who stand face-to-face with the North Koreans at the DMZ are required to have black belts in what discipline?
A: Jujitsu B: Kung Fu
C: Krav Maga D: Taekwondo

Answer

D: Taekwondo

Try ATA, see what I get

$20,000
In October 1995, CNN reported on the skyrocketing popularity of Halloween masks modeled after what major newsmaker of that year?
A: Judge Lance Ito B: Tiger Woods
C: Tonya Harding D: Monica Lewinsky

+1

Mac thinks it’s was Monica Lewinsky. However, Mac was only 2 years old in October 1995.
Mac’s +1 is her godmother, whom she calls Aunt Deb.
Deb is really pretty sure it’s Monica.

Answer

A: Judge Lance Ito
Mac wins $5,000.

Try 50/50