PT-WWTBAM Trancript 08/17/09 Jennifer Kiesel

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FF Question

Put the notable reality TV families in order by the number of children in each family, starting with the fewest
A. The Gottis
B. The Hogans
C. The Duggars
D. The Gosselins

Spoiler

BADC

Stephanie Weaver
Patrick Marino - 8.66s
Joyce Sidlosky – 7.67s
Alan Garcia
Rosemary McGinnis
Matt Schultz
Greg Linwood – 9.04s
Jennifer Kiesel – 7.39s
Erwin Escobar

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Jennifer Kiesel
Aurora, Co
Police dispatcher

Topic Tree:

Bottoms Up!
Beautiful Couples
Are You Scared?
Famous Firsts
Speed
Pen Pals
Heads Up!
Sweeteners
Famous Names
Familiar Foods
Literary Language
Fun with Homonyms
P.U.
Touch My Country
Moving Out


$100 In the 1860s, a group of Virginia inhabitants split form the state to create a new U.S. state known today as what?
A. East Virginia
B. West Virginia
C. South Virginia
D. NASCAR Junction

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B. West Virginia (7)

$200 By definition, a landlocked country does not border which of the following?
A. Forest
B. Ocean
C. Mountain
D. Desert

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B. Ocean

$300 Every year, what drugstore brand holds a nationwide competition called the Rotten Sneaker Contest?
A. ChapStick
B. NyQuil
C. Odor-Eaters
D. Head & Shoulders

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C. Odor-Eaters ( 8 )

$500 Which of these guitar parts shares its name with a verb meaning “to worry”?
A. Fret
B. Bridge
C. Soundhole
D. Neck

Spoiler

A. Fret (10)

$1K “Yo Capeesh!” is the title of a humor book that bills itself as a “Guide to Understanding” what demographic?
A. Irish Americans
B. Asian Americans
C. Italian Americans
D. African Americans

Spoiler

C. Italian Americans ( 8 )

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$2K The U.S. Department of Agriculture requires labels with the term “yam” to be accompanied by what other food name?
A. Radish
B. Sweet potato
C. Bell pepper
D. Beet

Spoiler

B. Sweet potato (23)

$4K Nineteenth-century Russian businessman Pyotr Smirnov is the subject of a 2009 biography titled “The King of” what?
A. Ballet
B. Chemistry
C. Rifles
D. Vodka

Spoiler

D. Vodka (24)

$8K A popular alternative to Equal or Sweet’N Low, Splenda is a sugar substitute that comes in what color packets?
A. Yellow
B. Pink
C. Blue
D. Green

ATA ( 8 )

86% A. Yellow
8% B. Pink
5% C. Blue
1% D. Green

Spoiler

A. Yellow (5)

Jennifer will return for tomorrow’s show.

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Answers:
$100 B. West Virginia
$200 B. Ocean
$300 C. Odor-Eaters
$500 A. Fret
$1K C. Italian Americans
$2K B. Sweet potato
$4K D. Vodka
$8K A. Yellow

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FF Question

Put the notable reality TV families in order by the number of children in each family, starting with the fewest
A. The Gottis
B. The Hogans
C. The Duggars
D. The Gosselins

I've never heard of the Duggars, so I would've lost on this question.

Nihil obstat® on the real questions.

[andrewjackson]

$2K The U.S. Department of Agriculture requires labels with the term “yam” to be accompanied by what other food name?
A. Radish
B. Sweet potato
C. Bell pepper
D. Beet

This is because what some call a yam in North America isn't an actual yam.

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Of course, they aren't actual potatoes either. Neither name for sweet potatoes is very accurate. Yams are in the Dioscorea family, sweet potatoes are in the Convolvulaceae family, and potatoes are in the Solanaceae family. True yams are mostly grown in Africa, Asia, and Oceania. Sweet potatoes originated in Central and South America and were domesticated thousands of years ago. Apparently the resemblance of the local plant to the African one by imported slaves is what led to the name yam being applied to both plants. And, they got the "sweet potato" name because they resemble true potatoes.

Should have just come up with a different name altogether.