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Scott Six
North Plainfield, NJ
Opera singer

Topic Tree:

Famous Firsts
Prize Money
The Oscars
Across the Pond
The Alamo
Places to See
Pop Songs
(Mathematics)
(Nicknames)
(The Animal Kingdom)
(Rock Bands)
(Business)
(The Hangover)
(Baseball)
(Idioms)



$15K (Pop Songs):
What crop does Sting mention repeatedly in his 1993 hit song "Fields of Gold"?
A. Tobacco B. Rice
C. Cotton D. Barley

Spoiler

D. Barley (:25)

$25K (Places to See):
Which of these world landmarks was built in the twelfth century as a temple dedicated to the Hindu god Vishnu?
A. Topkapi Palace B. Teotihuacan
C. Angkor Wat D. Machu Picchu

DD at :16

Spoiler

His first answer was correct

C. Angkor Wat (:16)

$50K (The Alamo):
The bloody American defeat at the Alamo occurred during the administration of what U.S. president?
A. John Tyler B. Andrew Jackson
C. James Monroe D. James K. Polk

ATE at :38

ATE

Gelman said he was trying to think what year that was, and does not think it was Jackson.
Scott says he was deciding between Tyler and Polk, unless Gelman thinks it's Monroe (laughs)
All Gelman can do is agree that it is between A and D.

Spoiler

Scott guessed A and left with $25,000

B. Andrew Jackson (:17)

Miss: $25,000

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BBTranscriptTeam wrote: $15K (Pop Songs):
What crop does Sting mention repeatedly in his 1993 hit song "Fields of Gold"?
A. Tobacco B. Rice
C. Cotton D. Barley

$50K (The Alamo):
The bloody American defeat at the Alamo occurred during the administration of what U.S. president?
A. John Tyler B. Andrew Jackson
C. James Monroe D. James K. Polk

I would have cried both of these answers out before the choices showed up. Fields of Gold holds a lot of sentimental value to me, and I would have killed for a US history question like the Alamo one.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Scott Six
North Plainfield, NJ
Opera singer

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$15K (Pop Songs):
What crop does Sting mention repeatedly in his 1993 hit song "Fields of Gold"?
A. Tobacco B. Rice
C. Cotton D. Barley

Spoiler

D. Barley (:25)

No idea. I figured it might be "wheat" but that wasn't a choice. The only other choice that appears "golden" is tobacco. So let's DD.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$50K (The Alamo):
The bloody American defeat at the Alamo occurred during the administration of what U.S. president?
A. John Tyler B. Andrew Jackson
C. James Monroe D. James K. Polk

ATE at :38

ATE

Gelman said he was trying to think what year that was, and does not think it was Jackson.
Scott says he was deciding between Tyler and Polk, unless Gelman thinks it's Monroe (laughs)
All Gelman can do is agree that it is between A and D.

Spoiler

Scott guessed A and left with $25,000

B. Andrew Jackson (:17)

Shout out to aj!!

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$15K (Pop Songs):
What crop does Sting mention repeatedly in his 1993 hit song "Fields of Gold"?
A. Tobacco B. Rice
C. Cotton D. Barley

Spoiler

D. Barley (:25)

Spoiler

Does the wind shake the barley in this song?

I am dissatisfied with the wording of the question about the Alamo. I don't think one can call the Alamo an American defeat. The men who fought were citizens of Mexico who were trying to establish the Republic of Texas.

That being said, I wish I could get a question like that. I knew that the Alamo was taken in 1836, during the Jackson administration.

Frank Hardy wrote:I am dissatisfied with the wording of the question about the Alamo. I don't think one can call the Alamo an American defeat. The men who fought were citizens of Mexico who were trying to establish the Republic of Texas.

That being said, I wish I could get a question like that. I knew that the Alamo was taken in 1836, during the Jackson administration.

They were residents of Mexico but most would consider themselves Americans.

Frank Hardy wrote:I am dissatisfied with the wording of the question about the Alamo. I don't think one can call the Alamo an American defeat. The men who fought were citizens of Mexico who were trying to establish the Republic of Texas.

That being said, I wish I could get a question like that. I knew that the Alamo was taken in 1836, during the Jackson administration.

Gelman said he was trying to think what year that was, but he never did give an answer--or even a rough guess--for this. That was really the key for figuring out the answer to the question, Gelman!

Frank Hardy wrote:I am dissatisfied with the wording of the question about the Alamo. I don't think one can call the Alamo an American defeat. The men who fought were citizens of Mexico who were trying to establish the Republic of Texas.

That being said, I wish I could get a question like that. I knew that the Alamo was taken in 1836, during the Jackson administration.

I agree, though I didn't even notice that problem when I saw the question. I just went straight to the well-known (around here) fact that the siege of the Alamo was in 1836, and that quickly led to Andrew Jackson as the correct answer.

One of the opposing teams at my pub quiz last night also called the error to my attention.

It was not an American defeat. It was a loss by the Texian Army. This is ironic, since our own Andrew Jackson on this board is a proud member of the Texian Army.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texian_Army
http://www.texianarmy.org/

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$50K (The Alamo):
The bloody American defeat at the Alamo occurred during the administration of what U.S. president?
A. John Tyler B. Andrew Jackson
C. James Monroe D. James K. Polk

An absolute shocker for me. I did not think that the Alamo occurred that far back. I thought it occurred during the Mexican-American War and Polk's administration.

50K: I have enough trouble remembering who died & didn't & who wasn't there; remembering who was president at the time? I was pretty sure it wasn't Monroe; wrong time entirely. I would throw everything I had that I needed to at this, starting with the "expert" just in case they did know.