Transcript 5/12/16 Rachel Samberg

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Rachel Samberg
Upper West Side, N.Y.C.

Rachel’s getting married in two months. Both she and her fiancé are musical improv performers, and he proposed to her on stage.

$7,000
Discussing “When to Replace Your Shoes,” outdoor retailer REI’s website proclaims that you should be able to go up to how far in a pair of sneakers?
A: 50 miles B: 500 miles
C: 5,000 miles D: 50,000 miles

50/50

Rachel rules out 50 & 50,000 miles.
50/50 leaves 500 & 5,000 miles.

Answer

B: 500 miles

$10,000
According to the U.S. Mint, the first time a real woman was featured on a circulating U.S. coin, she was a famous what?
A: Native American B: First Lady
C: Suffragette D: Inventor

Answer

C: Suffragette

$20,000
Which of these board games requires players to construct what would be considered a “Rube Goldberg” machine?
A: Operation B: Sorry!
C: Clue D: Mouse Trap

Answer

D: Mouse Trap

Commercial break

$30,000
Recorded just days before its singer’s 1967 death, what song became the first posthumous single to top the Billboard Hot 100?
A: Me and Bobby McGee B: Heartbreak Hotel
C: (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay D: Purple Haze

Rachel knows all the singers, and three of them didn’t die in 1967.

Answer

C: (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay

$50,000
The name of Rome’s Colosseum is said to have been inspired by the 120-foot statue of an emperor thought to have once stood nearby, the “Colossus of” whom?
A: Nero B: Hadrian
C: Caligula D: Claudius

+1

Rachel’s +1 is her friend John. John thinks Nero and Caligula were at the Colosseum, so it was named before their time. Rachel says Hadrian’s Arch is in the Roman Forum.

Answer

Rachel answers B: Hadrian.
The right answer is A: Nero.
Rachel wins $5,000.

Commercial break

[ghostjmf]

10K: dunno if its A or C. +1

50K: Knew it wasn't Claudius or it'd have been in "I Claudius". 50/50, ATA. Should quit, but if Hadrian is left would probably go out choosing him.

[earendel]

Rachel Samberg
Upper West Side, N.Y.C.

Rachel’s getting married in two months. Both she and her fiancé are musical improv performers, and he proposed to her on stage.

$7,000
Discussing “When to Replace Your Shoes,” outdoor retailer REI’s website proclaims that you should be able to go up to how far in a pair of sneakers?
A: 50 miles B: 500 miles
C: 5,000 miles D: 50,000 miles

50/50

Rachel rules out 50 & 50,000 miles.
50/50 leaves 500 & 5,000 miles.

Answer

B: 500 miles

I guess The Proclaimers knew what they were singing about.

$10,000
According to the U.S. Mint, the first time a real woman was featured on a circulating U.S. coin, she was a famous what?
A: Native American B: First Lady
C: Suffragette D: Inventor

Answer

C: Suffragette

There are only two choices and it's a matter of knowing which came first. The Susan B. Anthony dollar was disliked because it was the same color and relative size as a quarter, so it was easily confused for one. The Sacagawea dollar was larger and gold-colored.

[Estonut]

$7,000
Discussing “When to Replace Your Shoes,” outdoor retailer REI’s website proclaims that you should be able to go up to how far in a pair of sneakers?
A: 50 miles B: 500 miles
C: 5,000 miles D: 50,000 miles

50/50

Rachel rules out 50 & 50,000 miles.
50/50 leaves 500 & 5,000 miles.

Answer

B: 500 miles

I guess The Proclaimers knew what they were singing about.

Huh? They sang:

But I would walk 500 miles
And I would walk 500 more
Just to be the man who walked a thousand miles
To fall down at your door

No mention of stopping to buy new shoes between the first 500 and second 500 miles they'd walk.

[earendel]

$7,000
Discussing “When to Replace Your Shoes,” outdoor retailer REI’s website proclaims that you should be able to go up to how far in a pair of sneakers?
A: 50 miles B: 500 miles
C: 5,000 miles D: 50,000 miles

50/50

Rachel rules out 50 & 50,000 miles.
50/50 leaves 500 & 5,000 miles.

Answer

B: 500 miles

I guess The Proclaimers knew what they were singing about.

Huh? They sang:

But I would walk 500 miles
And I would walk 500 more
Just to be the man who walked a thousand miles
To fall down at your door

No mention of stopping to buy new shoes between the first 500 and second 500 miles they'd walk.

Just a joke based on "500 miles". Oh, well, they can't all be gems.

[SportsFan68]

$50,000
The name of Rome’s Colosseum is said to have been inspired by the 120-foot statue of an emperor thought to have once stood nearby, the “Colossus of” whom?
A: Nero B: Hadrian
C: Caligula D: Claudius

+1

Rachel’s +1 is her friend John. John thinks Nero and Caligula were at the Colosseum, so it was named before their time. Rachel says Hadrian’s Arch is in the Roman Forum.

Answer

Rachel answers B: Hadrian.
The right answer is A: Nero.
Rachel wins $5,000.

Plus One.