Transcript 2/26/2016 - Dave Weintraub (carryover)

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Movie Week

Dave Weintraub
Watertown, MA
high school teacher

Dave's +1 is his good friend Maggie Gota; his wife, Jessica, is also in the audience. Dave has $10,000 in his bank and all his lifelines.

$20,000: When selling the rights to Warner Brothers, J.K. Rowling insisted that the Harry Potter films be filmed how?
A - with Rowling always on the set
B - with an all-British cast
C - without special effects
D - with the book's exact dialogue

Spoiler

Answer: B (with an all-British cast)

$30,000: "The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance", the subtitle of 2015 Best Picture "Birdman," is seen in the film in what form?
A - a newspaper headline
B - the title of a play
C - a suicide note
D - a fortune cookie

Spoiler

Answer: A (a newspaper headline)

commercial break

$50,000: Today's Oscars bear little resemblance to the first Academy Awards occurring in 1929, where which of the following was true?
A - only nominees were invited
B - winners were announced beforehand
C - there were only five awards
D - only men were invited

Dave uses his 50:50, which leaves

Spoiler

B & C

. He guesses

Spoiler

C

.

Spoiler

Answer: B (winners were announced beforehand)

commercial break

[earendel]

Movie Week

Dave Weintraub
Watertown, MA
high school teacher

Dave's +1 is his good friend Maggie Gota; his wife, Jessica, is also in the audience. Dave has $10,000 in his bank and all his lifelines.

$20,000: When selling the rights to Warner Brothers, J.K. Rowling insisted that the Harry Potter films be filmed how?
A - with Rowling always on the set
B - with an all-British cast
C - without special effects
D - with the book's exact dialogue

Spoiler

Answer: B (with an all-British cast)

I've seen the movies and read the books, so it's not D. It would be impossible to film the movies without special effects.

$30,000: "The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance", the subtitle of 2015 Best Picture "Birdman," is seen in the film in what form?
A - a newspaper headline
B - the title of a play
C - a suicide note
D - a fortune cookie

Spoiler

Answer: A (a newspaper headline)

No idea. If I still have it I'll ATA.

[SportsFan68]

$20,000: When selling the rights to Warner Brothers, J.K. Rowling insisted that the Harry Potter films be filmed how?
A - with Rowling always on the set
B - with an all-British cast
C - without special effects
D - with the book's exact dialogue

Spoiler

Answer: B (with an all-British cast)

Rowling waited to write the books until Alan Rickman was the right age to play Snape.

$30,000: "The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance", the subtitle of 2015 Best Picture "Birdman," is seen in the film in what form?
A - a newspaper headline
B - the title of a play
C - a suicide note
D - a fortune cookie

Spoiler

Answer: A (a newspaper headline)

ATA

$50,000: Today's Oscars bear little resemblance to the first Academy Awards occurring in 1929, where which of the following was true?
A - only nominees were invited
B - winners were announced beforehand
C - there were only five awards
D - only men were invited

Dave uses his 50:50, which leaves

Spoiler

B & C

. He guesses

Spoiler

C

.

Spoiler

Answer: B (winners were announced beforehand)

I said to myself that they were all silents before I read the answers. Then I didn't know. Plus One.

[ghostjmf]

30K; +1 if still have it

50K: pretty sure I've read B somewhere, but 50/50 if still have it