Transcript 1/7/16 Jay Savage (carryover)

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Originally broadcast on 9/24/15 in the second time slot.

Jay Savage
English teacher
Scituate, Mass.

$10,000
In 1939, DC Comics paid a whopping $130 to writers Jerry Shuster and Joe Siegel for the rights to what character?
A: Iron Man B: Batman
C: Spider-Man D: Superman

+1

Jay knows Iron Man is a Marvel character. Jay’s +1 is his friend Mike Smith. Mike says Stan Lee created Spider-Man. He thinks it’s Superman because he had a sad history.

Answer

D: Superman

$20,000
Ending in dozens of casualties, a territorial war in Ethiopia that captured global headlines in 1999 was fought between what natural enemies?
A: Lions and hyenas B: Alligators and tigers
C: Gorillas and elephants D: Bears and cheetahs

50/50

Jay says Ethiopia doesn’t have enough water to support alligators.
50/50 leaves lions and hyenas, and alligators and tigers.

Answer

A: Lions and hyenas

Commercial break

$30,000
Which of these U.S. territories is situated south of the equator?
A: Guam B: Puerto Rico
C: American Samoa D: U.S. Virgin Islands

ATA

A: 31% B: 20% C: 28% D: 21%
Jay was thinking American Samoa, but he goes with the audience.

Answer

… and he gets Dursted!
C: American Samoa
Jay wins $5,000.

[Coupon Boy]

Why on earth would you be swayed by a 3% audience majority?

[earendel]

Originally broadcast on 9/24/15 in the second time slot.

Jay Savage
English teacher
Scituate, Mass.

$20,000
Ending in dozens of casualties, a territorial war in Ethiopia that captured global headlines in 1999 was fought between what natural enemies?
A: Lions and hyenas B: Alligators and tigers
C: Gorillas and elephants D: Bears and cheetahs

50/50

Jay says Ethiopia doesn’t have enough water to support alligators.
50/50 leaves lions and hyenas, and alligators and tigers.

Answer

A: Lions and hyenas

I don't think gorillas and elephants are natural enemies, nor are bears and cheetahs (do they even have bears in Ethiopia?). Tigers are Asian, not African, so it has to be A.

[ghostjmf]

20K: Huh? A sounds likeliest to me, & rule out alligator ans, & have never heard of African bears, but start burning lifelines if still have them w/ +1, hoping they've heard of this.

[SportsFan68]

ATA gone.

$30,000
Which of these U.S. territories is situated south of the equator?
A: Guam B: Puerto Rico
C: American Samoa D: U.S. Virgin Islands

ATA

A: 31% B: 20% C: 28% D: 21%
Jay was thinking American Samoa, but he goes with the audience.

Answer

… and he gets Dursted!
C: American Samoa
Jay wins $5,000.

Even if I'd still had my ATA, I would never have asked them a geography question.

I knew the 50/50 would leave Guam and American Samoa and didn't want to use my Plus One this soon. I thought a long moment and finally remembered how "close" Guam is to the Philippines.