Transcript 09/19/16 Genevieve Mayer

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Genevieve Mayer
Las Vegas, NV

Genevieve’s Plus One is her husband, Larry.

Fibs or Facts? Week

This week the show will be raising awareness about atrial fibrillation.

$500 Las Vegas’ Stratosphere Tower, Seattle’s Space Needle and Toronto’s CN Tower all feature restaurants on top that famously what?
A. Have nude waiters
B. Charge diners by the minute
C. Print their menus in Sanskrit
D. Rotate

Spoiler

D. Rotate

$1K Which of the following did former Minnesota governor Jesse “The Body” Ventura once describe as “ballet with violence”?
A. Badminton
B. Professional wrestling
C. The Westminster Dog Show
D. A Celine Dion concert

Spoiler

B. Professional wrestling

$2K Though they probably have good intentions, a UC-Berkeley study found that people overestimate how much they’ll use what by over 125%?
A. A new car
B. A gym membership
C. A high-definition TV
D. A smartphone

Spoiler

B. A gym membership

$3K Because James Garner had brown eyes, Ryan Gosling wore contact lenses to cover his blue ones when playing Noah in what film’s flashback scenes?
A. The Notebook
B. Love Actually
C. 50 First Dates
D. Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Spoiler

A. The Notebook

$5K Not wanting its products associated with drug use, which of these groups reportedly took issue with a famous ad by The Partnership for a Drug-Free America?
A. National Corn Growers Association
B. National Cattlemen’s Beef Association
C. Central CA Almond Growers Association
D. US Poultry & Egg Association

ATA

ATA results

24% A. National Corn Growers Association
26% B. National Cattlemen’s Beef Association
12% C. Central CA Almond Growers Association
38% D. US Poultry & Egg Association

50/50

50/50 leaves

C. Central CA Almond Growers Association
D. US Poultry & Egg Association

Spoiler

D. US Poultry & Egg Association

commercial break

$7K More than just an instrument, in the world of written music, “piano” is an instruction to play how?
A. Slowly
B. Quietly
C. Quickly
D. Loudly

Spoiler

B. Quietly

$10K In a throwback to the Cold War, what former member of the Soviet Union still calls its security agency by its old Russian name, the KGB?
A. Albania
B. Belarus
C. Romania
D. Bulgaria

+1

Spoiler

Genevieve spent a year in Ukraine but never heard about this. Larry asks her which of these countries were in the Soviet Union. Genevieve says Albania, Romania and Bulgaria have their own languages, so their security agency wouldn't have a Russian name.

Spoiler

B. Belarus

commercial break

$20K With people in the background chanting “We love it!” after each one, Randy Newman sings about all but which of these roadways in his 1983 hit “I Love L.A.”?
A. Ocean Drive
B. Sixth Street
C. Century Boulevard
D. Victory Boulevard

Genevieve decides to walk.

Spoiler

A. Ocean Drive
Genevieve leaves with $10K.

[ghostjmf]

10K: no idea; 50/50, +1

20K: dunno, ATA, probably leave

[earendel]

Genevieve Mayer
Las Vegas, NV

Genevieve’s Plus One is her husband, Larry.

Fibs or Facts? Week

This week the show will be raising awareness about atrial fibrillation.

$7K More than just an instrument, in the world of written music, “piano” is an instruction to play how?
A. Slowly
B. Quietly
C. Quickly
D. Loudly

Spoiler

B. Quietly

Genevieve is a bagpiper so she knew this one.

$10K In a throwback to the Cold War, what former member of the Soviet Union still calls its security agency by its old Russian name, the KGB?
A. Albania
B. Belarus
C. Romania
D. Bulgaria

+1

Spoiler

Genevieve spent a year in Ukraine but never heard about this. Larry asks her which of these countries were in the Soviet Union. Genevieve says Albania, Romania and Bulgaria have their own languages, so their security agency wouldn't have a Russian name.

Spoiler

B. Belarus

Which one is a former member of the USSR? Only one of the four qualifies.

$20K With people in the background chanting “We love it!” after each one, Randy Newman sings about all but which of these roadways in his 1983 hit “I Love L.A.”?
A. Ocean Drive
B. Sixth Street
C. Century Boulevard
D. Victory Boulevard

Genevieve decides to walk.

Spoiler

A. Ocean Drive
Genevieve leaves with $10K.

No idea. I'll ATA and hope they do.

[triviawayne]

All softballs right up to 20K, that was insane.

I haven't even thought about that song since it was new.

[SportsFan68]

$500 Las Vegas’ Stratosphere Tower, Seattle’s Space Needle and Toronto’s CN Tower all feature restaurants on top that famously what?
A. Have nude waiters
B. Charge diners by the minute
C. Print their menus in Sanskrit
D. Rotate

Spoiler

D. Rotate

Sydney has one also. I had a beautiful dinner there, everything for $18. I couldn't believe how inexpensive it was, but I guess that was the group rate.

$10K In a throwback to the Cold War, what former member of the Soviet Union still calls its security agency by its old Russian name, the KGB?
A. Albania
B. Belarus
C. Romania
D. Bulgaria

+1

Spoiler

Genevieve spent a year in Ukraine but never heard about this. Larry asks her which of these countries were in the Soviet Union. Genevieve says Albania, Romania and Bulgaria have their own languages, so their security agency wouldn't have a Russian name.

Spoiler

B. Belarus

Plus One.

$20K With people in the background chanting “We love it!” after each one, Randy Newman sings about all but which of these roadways in his 1983 hit “I Love L.A.”?
A. Ocean Drive
B. Sixth Street
C. Century Boulevard
D. Victory Boulevard

Genevieve decides to walk.

Spoiler

A. Ocean Drive
Genevieve leaves with $10K.

ATA, and it better be a pretty good spike. Otherwise, add 50/50 and probably sayonara.