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Posted: **Mon Oct 06, 2008 5:23 pm**

Alex Vaclavik
Omaha, NE
OB/Gyn

Alex is $250K in debt with his medical school cost.

Alex has all of his lifelines.

Topic Tree:

Brainiacs
Opera
Elections
The Beatles
Exclamations!
The Letter "Q"
American Idol
Annual Events
(Foreign Films)
(Classic Songs)
(Mnemonics)
(Reality TV)
(Symbols)
(Government)
(Common Sayings)

Meredith announces that today’s ATE expert is actor, comedian, Sirius radio talk show host, Jay Thomas.

$8K In 2008, Hulk Hogan was crowned Bacchus XL at what event?
A. Tour de France
B. Indianapolis 500
C. Thanksgiving Day Parade
D. Mardi Gras

Spoiler

D. Mardi Gras (11)

$16K Which of these acclaimed performers did not appear as a mentor on the 2008 season of “American Idol”?
A. Neil Diamond
B. Dolly Parton
C. Phil Collins
D. Mariah Carey

ATA (15)

9% A. Neil Diamond
26% B. Dolly Parton
51% C. Phil Collins
14% D. Mariah Carey

Spoiler

C. Phil Collins (3)

commercial break

$25K The letter “Q” never appears in any name for which of the following?
A. U.S. president
B. U.S. state
C. Sign of the zodiac
D. Canadian province

Alex decides to DD with ten seconds remaining on the clock.

Alex’s first choice is correct.

Spoiler

B. U.S. state (10)

$50K The first reported uses of “Geronimo!” as a U.S. soldiers’ battle cry occurred during what war?
A. U.S. Civil War
B. World War II
C. World War I
D. Spanish-American War

Alex decides to ATE with 24 seconds still on the clock.

Jay: Wow, you’re a brave man Alex.

Meredith feeds Jay the question.

Jay: You know, for all of the movies I ever watched, it was always done in World War II.
And Geronimo, of course, was still alive during World War I.
My answer would be B. World War II.

Alex: How sure are you?

Jay: I’ve watched a lot of Indian movies.
I mean, excuse me. How much of an expert do you want me to be?

Alex: I just want to see how you’re thinking.

Meredith: No. It’s a frightening thing to see how Jay is thinking. Thank you Jay.

Spoiler

B. World War II (17)

commercial break

$100K Where did Paul McCartney and John Lennon first meet?
A. In a church
B. At a supermarket
C. On a train
D. In a hospital

Alex stops the clock at thirty-six seconds to PAF.

Alex’s PAF team consist of:
Adam, a high school friend and law school student from Houston, TX
Andrew, an attorney from St. Louis, MO
Sean, a publicist from New York, NY

PAF – Andrew

Andrew: Umm, I got --. I want to say a church maybe.

Alex: How sure are you?

Andrew: Fairly.

Alex decides to leave with $50K.

Spoiler

A. In a church (5)

commercial break

Answers:
$8K D. Mardi Gras
$16K C. Phil Collins
$25K B. U.S. state
$50K B. World War II
$100K A. In a church

Posted: **Tue Oct 07, 2008 4:25 am**

$16K: I knew Dolly Parton was, from seeing the commercials. After that, I have to PAF.

$50K: Even though this turned out to be a question about wars, I actually knew this one. Paratroopers during WWII first used that exclamation.

$100K: I watched the Beatles retrospective on ABC several years ago. Pretty sure it's not supermarket or hospital. Jay Thomas has been a radio DJ for many years. This question might be in his wheelhouse. I'll ask him first. If he has nothing, I'll Double Dip on train, then church.

Posted: **Tue Oct 07, 2008 6:17 am**

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: $25K The letter “Q” never appears in any name for which of the following?
A. U.S. president
B. U.S. state
C. Sign of the zodiac
D. Canadian province

Alex decides to DD with ten seconds remaining on the clock.

Alex’s first choice is correct.

Spoiler
B. U.S. state (10)

After this, Meredith made a comment about how much harder questions like this are to figure out now. Right, Meredith, that's why the damned clock is ruining the game!

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Alex: How sure are you?

Jay: I’ve watched a lot of Indian movies.
I mean, excuse me. How much of an expert do you want me to be?

doitneatly commented about this quote in another thread; it bothered me, too. Jay, your question ought to be directed at TPTB. What makes somebody an expert (besides, in the case of celebrities, wanting to plug their shows)? What correspondence is there between their fields of expertise and the question stacks? If there is none, then they're not experts, are they? But if you're doing the job, why not explain your reasoning as best you can instead of making snide jokes?

Posted: **Tue Oct 07, 2008 6:26 am**

MarleysGh0st wrote:
BBTranscriptTeam wrote: $25K The letter “Q” never appears in any name for which of the following?
A. U.S. president
B. U.S. state
C. Sign of the zodiac
D. Canadian province

Alex decides to DD with ten seconds remaining on the clock.

Alex’s first choice is correct.

Spoiler
B. U.S. state (10)

After this, Meredith made a comment about how much harder questions like this are to figure out now. Right, Meredith, that's why the damned clock is ruining the game!

I quickly had in my mind John Quincy Adams, Aquarius, and Quebec. My problem was I didn't key in on the 'any' part of the question and was quickly trying to roll through the states. Had I been in the hot seat, who know if I would have used a lifeline to stop the clock.

Posted: **Tue Oct 07, 2008 7:07 am**

[quote="BBTranscriptTeam"] $25K The letter “Q” never appears in any name for which of the following?
A. U.S. president
B. U.S. state
C. Sign of the zodiac
D. Canadian province

Alex decides to DD with ten seconds remaining on the clock.

Alex’s first choice is correct.

Spoiler

B. U.S. state (10)

[quote="BBTranscriptTeam"]
I have this question in reverse on one of my WWTBAM cellphone games. It's worded as "Which letter does not appear in the name of any U.S. state?" Can't recall the level.

I've seen a few of the cellphone game questions show up in one form or another on the show. I guess I had better keep playing and studying.

Posted: **Tue Oct 07, 2008 12:03 pm**

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Alex Vaclavik
Omaha, NE
OB/Gyn

$100K Where did Paul McCartney and John Lennon first meet?
A. In a church
B. At a supermarket
C. On a train
D. In a hospital

Answers:

$100K A. In a church

I don't think this is a correct answer. The accounts I read said that Paul heard John playing at a "garden fete" and "a church social". While this appears to be either on church grounds or in a church hall, I think it is incorrect to say it was "in a church." Maybe we'll be seeing Alex again.

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