Transcript 12/11/08 - Todd Meierhans (carryover)

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Todd Meierhans
New York, NY
Business Analyst

Todd is a self-proclaimed gamer. His friends call him Team Todd, because they always win when they're on his team. Todd asks Meredith if she'll be on Team Todd and Meredith says she'll be proud to be on Team Todd.

Todd's dad, stepmom and Uncky Joseph are in the audience. His folk's home had a fire a little over a year ago, but they're back in it now. Todd would like to send them on a cruise, and he will.

Question Topics:
* Sheepish
* On Time
* Family Trees
* Pen Pals
* Take the Oath
* (Heaven Help Us)
* (Check Your Glands)
* (Speed Reading)
* (Mangia!)
* (Surfing)
* (Rip-Offs)
* (Crayola)
* (Higher Education)
* (Bah, Humbug)
* (For Starters)


$50,000 * Take the Oath
Because he was regarded as a healer, which of these mythological deities' names appears in the classic version of the Hippocratic oath?

A: Zeus B: Apollo
C: Hermes D: Prometheus

Answer

B: Apollo ( 39 )

$100,000 * Pen Pals
The U.S. Constitution was signed by how many men who went on to become U.S. president?

A: 2 B: 3
C: 4 D: 5

Todd knows Jefferson and Madison signed it. He thinks Adams probably signed it and there might have been someone else. He decides to walk away with $50,000.

Answer

A: 2 ( 0 )

[clem21]

Todd Meierhans
New York, NY
Business Analyst

$100,000 * Pen Pals
The U.S. Constitution was signed by how many men who went on to become U.S. president?

A: 2 B: 3
C: 4 D: 5

Todd knows Jefferson and Madison signed it. He thinks Adams probably signed it and there might have been someone else. He decides to walk away with $50,000.

Answer

A: 2 ( 0 )

He was wrong wasn't he? Because Adams did sign it as did Jefferson which means, if the answer's right, Madison did not.

[Bob78164]

Todd Meierhans
New York, NY
Business Analyst

$100,000 * Pen Pals
The U.S. Constitution was signed by how many men who went on to become U.S. president?

A: 2 B: 3
C: 4 D: 5

Todd knows Jefferson and Madison signed it. He thinks Adams probably signed it and there might have been someone else. He decides to walk away with $50,000.

Answer

A: 2 ( 0 )

He was wrong wasn't he? Because Adams did sign it as did Jefferson which means, if the answer's right, Madison did not.

It helps to know (as was used on a question a few years back) that the only person who signed both the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence was Franklin. Jefferson didn't sign the Constitution. Washington did, and I think Madison did as well. --Bob

[littlebeast13]

Todd Meierhans
New York, NY
Business Analyst

$100,000 * Pen Pals
The U.S. Constitution was signed by how many men who went on to become U.S. president?

A: 2 B: 3
C: 4 D: 5

Todd knows Jefferson and Madison signed it. He thinks Adams probably signed it and there might have been someone else. He decides to walk away with $50,000.

Answer

A: 2 ( 0 )

He was wrong wasn't he? Because Adams did sign it as did Jefferson which means, if the answer's right, Madison did not.

It helps to know (as was used on a question a few years back) that the only person who signed both the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence was Franklin. Jefferson didn't sign the Constitution. Washington did, and I think Madison did as well. --Bob

I seem to recall Jefferson was in Paris at the time.....

Adams was probably too drunk on Sam's homebrew....

lb13

[clem21]

Todd Meierhans
New York, NY
Business Analyst

$100,000 * Pen Pals
The U.S. Constitution was signed by how many men who went on to become U.S. president?

A: 2 B: 3
C: 4 D: 5

Todd knows Jefferson and Madison signed it. He thinks Adams probably signed it and there might have been someone else. He decides to walk away with $50,000.

Answer

A: 2 ( 0 )

He was wrong wasn't he? Because Adams did sign it as did Jefferson which means, if the answer's right, Madison did not.

It helps to know (as was used on a question a few years back) that the only person who signed both the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence was Franklin. Jefferson didn't sign the Constitution. Washington did, and I think Madison did as well. --Bob

My bad...I thought the question said Declaration for some reason....

[NellyLunatic1980]

$50K: As I say many times, mythology is one of my worst subjects. I do know, though, that Zeus and Prometheus were not healers. I would have to use Double Dip.

$100K: OK... I'm thinking that Jefferson and Madison did. I'm thinking that Adams did not. I know for sure that anybody elected President after Monroe could not have signed it, as they were either too young or not born yet. What I don't know is whether either Washington or Monroe signed it. Because I used my PAF on the Led Zeppelin question, I'm caught with what are perhaps the two most useless lifelines for high-level U.S. history questions. I'll ask the audience first and see if anything stands out. Then I'll ask Pat and hear him remind me that he was born in Canada. I'll most likely be walking away.

[earendel]

Todd Meierhans
New York, NY
Business Analyst

With no lifelines left, I'm guessing he'll be one and done (or two and done since the next question is a "free guess").

$50,000 * Take the Oath
Because he was regarded as a healer, which of these mythological deities' names appears in the classic version of the Hippocratic oath?

A: Zeus B: Apollo
C: Hermes D: Prometheus

Answer

B: Apollo ( 39 )

The "preamble" to the oath goes like this:
I swear by Apollo Physician and Asclepius and Hygieia and Panaceia and all the gods and goddesses, making them my witnesses, that I will fulfil according to my ability and judgment this oath and this covenant:

$100,000 * Pen Pals
The U.S. Constitution was signed by how many men who went on to become U.S. president?

A: 2 B: 3
C: 4 D: 5

Todd knows Jefferson and Madison signed it. He thinks Adams probably signed it and there might have been someone else. He decides to walk away with $50,000.

Answer

A: 2 ( 0 )

I'd have been torn between A and B, thinking that Madison, Monroe and Jefferson were possible signers. I'd use the Double Dip and make those my two answers.