Transcript 09/22/2009 Ralph Cambeis (carryover)

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Ralph Cambeis
Brooklyn, NY
Retired bus driver

All lifelines remain except ATA

He says he was going to wear his suit, but it shrunk. He wanted to bring the fake checks to the bar to impress the girls.

Ask the Expert lifeline: Ashleigh Banfield

Remaining Topic Tree:
Composers
Competitions
Bambi
Signs and Symbols
On the Map
Government
(Earlier topic tree)
Word Origins
Name Brands
What Are They?
Nicknames
At the Bar
Web Business
Cartoons
Sports
Hit Songs


$25K (Government):
Appointed CIA director in 2009, Leon Panetta served in Bill Clinton's administration from 1994 to 1997 as what?
A. Chief of Staff B. Press Secretary
C. Attorney General D. Secretary of the Treasury

ATE at :22

ATE

Ashleigh Banfield immediately- He was Chief of Staff.
Ralph says that was what he thought but he wanted to get to the next level.
She then adds that she remembers him most recently as CIA director but remembering back "when (she) was 15 years old (giggles)" she thinks it was Chief of Staff

Spoiler

A. Chief of Staff

$50K (On the Map):
To a resident of the British isles, which of these countries is commonly called one of "the Antipodes"?
A. Australia B. France
C. Ireland D. United States

PAF at :34

choices Christina, Staten Island NY
Cynthia, Staten Island NY
Sean, Staten Island NY

PAF

Sean would guess Australia but less than 50%, then when asked he says he can pretty much rule out France and the USA

Double Dip at :33

DD and answer

A. Australia (:33)
correct on first guess

Commercial break

His brother George, his nephew Robbie (a child) and his friend Nicky are shown in the audience

Mere asks and Mere says $50K means he can pay bills, as he is on a fixed income. He says he won't guess as he guessed on all but one of the questions he got on his own.

$100K (Signs and Symbols):
The symbol for a popular Japanese beer, the kirin closely resembles what mythical creature?
A. Bigfoot B. Leprechaun
C. Unicorn D. Mermaid

Spoiler

"Normally I'd take a shot as the only mythical creature up here is a unicorn. But I need the 50 grand so I'm getting out" and letting others play.

C. Unicorn - walk at :28

Ralph walked at $50,000 and is shown for the moment at 2nd on the Tournament of Ten rankings.

[Phil Ken Sebbin]

Ralph Cambeis
Brooklyn, NY
Retired bus driver



$100K (Signs and Symbols):
The symbol for a popular Japanese beer, the kirin closely resembles what mythical creature?
A. Bigfoot B. Leprechaun
C. Unicorn D. Mermaid

Spoiler

"Normally I'd take a shot as the only mythical creature up here is a unicorn. But I need the 50 grand so I'm getting out" and letting others play.

C. Unicorn - walk at :28

Ralph walked at $50,000 and is shown for the moment at 2nd on the Tournament of Ten rankings.

Spoiler

Although he was correct I have to question his logic. Does this mean he thinks that Bigfoot, Leprechauns, and Mermaids are real?

[tanstaafl2]

Don't remember, if I have even read it yet, how I did on the start of this stack but these three were easy enough for me. If you can rule out France and the US why can't you rule out Ireland??? Kinda odd.

Sushi nights back in the day involved many a Kirin but I agree it was also odd that he thought only unicorns were "mythical".

[Millionaire Fan]

This contestant was in the ROF on the first episode of PTBAM last month

[NellyLunatic1980]

$50K: Never heard of this term. PAF.

$100K: I doubt that Ashleigh will be of any help on this question, but I'll ask her anyway. Who knows? I might get lucky. Unless she's sure, I'm also walking away.

[earendel]

Ralph Cambeis
Brooklyn, NY
Retired bus driver

All lifelines remain except ATA

He says he was going to wear his suit, but it shrunk. He wanted to bring the fake checks to the bar to impress the girls.

OK, so he doesn't have a wife named Alice. He sure sounds like a "good old boy" in the best sense of the term - personable.

$50K (On the Map):
To a resident of the British isles, which of these countries is commonly called one of "the Antipodes"?
A. Australia B. France
C. Ireland D. United States

PAF at :34

choices Christina, Staten Island NY
Cynthia, Staten Island NY
Sean, Staten Island NY

PAF

Sean would guess Australia but less than 50%, then when asked he says he can pretty much rule out France and the USA

Double Dip at :33

DD and answer

A. Australia (:33)
correct on first guess

"Anti-" means opposite, so it should be some place "opposite" Britain. Australia is the only one that makes sense.

$100K (Signs and Symbols):
The symbol for a popular Japanese beer, the kirin closely resembles what mythical creature?
A. Bigfoot B. Leprechaun
C. Unicorn D. Mermaid

Spoiler

"Normally I'd take a shot as the only mythical creature up here is a unicorn. But I need the 50 grand so I'm getting out" and letting others play.

C. Unicorn - walk at :28

Uh, Ralph, those are ALL mythical creatures. Here's where being a D&D player helps - in the older editions there was a "monster" called a ki-rin, which was a quadrupedal animal with a lion-like mane and a single horn.

So I'd be going for $250K with all lifelines still available. But Ralph did make a good run.