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John Buschiazzo
Mount Joy, PA
HR Director

Question Topics:
Seeing Double
The Sixties
On the Beach
Birds
Cleveland Rocks
School Ties
Tourist Attractions
Entertainment News
Just a Hobby
Advertising
That's Irrational!
Terms of Affection
Video Games
On the TV
Heavy Metal

$500 - Heavy Metal
Which of these cinematic title characters is made out of metal?
A: The Karate Kid B: The Terminator
C: The Godfather D: The Zinc Panther

Spoiler

B: The Terminator (8)

$1000 - On the TV
Closed captioning is a service for TV viewers who have difficulty doing what?
A: Seeing B: Hearing
C: Smelling D: Tasting

Spoiler

B: Hearing (11)

$2000 - Video Games
Wildly popular in bars, which of these video games requires players to wield a large plastic shotgun?
A: Big Buck Hunter Pro B: Dance Dance Revolution
C: Golden Tee D: Silver Strike Bowling

Spoiler

A: Big Buck Hunter Pro (6)

$3,000 - Terms of Affection
Which of these monstrous figures shares its name with a term of affection often used by a British child towards a parent?
A: Vampire B: Mummy
C: Werewolf D: Zombie

Spoiler

B: Mummy (10)

$5,000 - That's Irrational!
If you remove the "e" from its end, which of these words for a type of dessert becomes the name for an irrational number?
A: Cake B: Torte
C: Pie D: Cookie

Spoiler

C: Pie (10)

-- Commercial Break --

Hot Seat Home Game winning answer : C: Let's Go Costa Rica

tomorrow teaser

$10,000
Located on Sunset Boulevard and popular among the Hollywood elite, the Chateau Marmont is a famous what?
A: Health spa B: Movie theater
C: Hotel D: Clothing store

John has popularized the term "hot mess" at work, used to refer to a situation where things have all gone wrong. John's wife Anne-Marie is in the audience.


$7,500 - Advertising
What popular drug's ad campaign features a slogan adopted from the Elvis tune "Viva Las Vegas"?
A: Viagra B: Lipitor
C: Nexium D: Flonase

John says he's not sure if he should be embarrassed for knowing this...

Spoiler

A: Viagra (22)

$10,000 - Just a Hobby
To pursue his hobby, a cruciverbalist would flip to what part of a newspaper?
A: Crossword puzzle B: Sports box scores
C: Horoscope D: Stock quotes

John decides to take a guess...

Spoiler

A: Crossword puzzle (18)

$12,500 - Entertainment News
In 2009, Jude Law requested a real human skull be used as a prop for his starring performance in what Shakespeare play?
A: Macbeth B: Hamlet
C: King Lear D: Othello

["Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio..."]

Spoiler

B: Hamlet (24)

----- HORN!!!! --------

John will return tomorrow, with all of his lifelines intact, to go for $15,000.

edited to correct the Shakespeare quote

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$10,000 - Just a Hobby
To pursue his hobby, a cruciverbalist would flip to what part of a newspaper?
A: Crossword puzzle B: Sports box scores
C: Horoscope D: Stock quotes

John decides to take a guess...

Spoiler

A: Crossword puzzle (18)

A guess, John? You weren't having any thoughts at all about word roots, there?



Edited because "anything thoughts" doesn't make any sense.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$7,500 - Advertising
What popular drug's ad campaign features a slogan adopted from the Elvis tune "Viva Las Vegas"?
A: Viagra B: Lipitor
C: Nexium D: Flonase

A shout-out to Sen. Dole. I'm sure he'll pop up on the Bored later.

Nihil obstat®

MarleysGh0st wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$10,000 - Just a Hobby
To pursue his hobby, a cruciverbalist would flip to what part of a newspaper?
A: Crossword puzzle B: Sports box scores
C: Horoscope D: Stock quotes

John decides to take a guess...

Spoiler

A: Crossword puzzle (18)

A guess, John? You weren't having any thoughts at all about word roots, there?



Edited because "anything thoughts" doesn't make any sense.

Given how well he's doing so far and how quickly he settled on it, yes that guess was clearly an educated one.

Yesterday's show was the first time in many many weeks I actually enjoyed doing the transcription. Two contestants who played well, an expert who pulled off an impressive (to me anyway) answer to a WWOQ, and Gabriel's "emotionality" made for some good TV.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:John Buschiazzo
Mount Joy, PA
HR Director

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$12,500 - Entertainment News
In 2009, Jude Law requested a real human skull be used as a prop for his starring performance in what Shakespeare play?
A: Macbeth B: Hamlet
C: King Lear D: Othello

["Alas, poor Yorrick, I knew him well..."]

Spoiler

B: Hamlet (24)

Actually the quote, which John recited accurately, is "Alas, poor Yorick. I knew him, Horatio..."

Nihil obstat®.

Is it my imagination or do the stacks seem to have become easier of late? Perhaps they're trying to get a big winner for sweeps?

earendel wrote:Is it my imagination or do the stacks seem to have become easier of late? Perhaps they're trying to get a big winner for sweeps?

I agree with that opinion.

earendel wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:John Buschiazzo
Mount Joy, PA
HR Director

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$12,500 - Entertainment News
In 2009, Jude Law requested a real human skull be used as a prop for his starring performance in what Shakespeare play?
A: Macbeth B: Hamlet
C: King Lear D: Othello

["Alas, poor Yorrick, I knew him well..."]

Spoiler

B: Hamlet (24)

Actually the quote, which John recited accurately, is "Alas, poor Yorick. I knew him, Horatio..."

oops, fixed!

$1000 - On the TV
Closed captioning is a service for TV viewers who have difficulty doing what?
A: Seeing B: Hearing
C: Smelling D: Tasting

I thought it was for the sporting events I'm watching in a noisy bar?