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Alex Berkowitz
Belle Harbor, NY
Chef and food consultant

Today’s ATE is author of the best-selling book “The Guinea Pig Diaries,” A.J. Jacobs.

Topic Tree:

U.S. History
Broadcasting
Soup to Nuts
Rock Bands
China
Full Names
Who Am I?
Border Patrol
CELEBRITY Q
Will Ferrell
Like the Wind
Disaster Movies
In the Kitchen
Pretty Woman
Man’s Best Friend

$500 The phrase “man’s best friend” is commonly used to describe a what?
A. Wedding ring
B. Pet dog
C. Favorite shirt
D. Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition

Spoiler

B. Pet dog (9)

$1K At a social event, the woman who is considered to be the most attractive guest is traditionally dubbed “the belle of the” what?
A. Bash
B. Blowout
C. Ball
D. Barbecue

Spoiler

C. Ball (11)

$2K A hand mixer and a bowl of heavy cream are all a person needs to make which of these treats?
A. Ice cream
B. Cream cheese
C. Cream puffs
D. Whipped cream

Spoiler

D. Whipped cream (11)

$3K Based on “predictions” from an ancient Mayan calendar, a big-budget 2009 disaster movie portrays the world ending in what year?
A. 2012
B. 2014
C. 2016
D. 2018

Spoiler

A. 2012 ( 8 )

$5K Often used in the past to transport cargo, a windjammer is a large type of what vehicle?
A. Sailboat
B. Train
C. Helicopter
D. Wagon

Spoiler

A. Sailboat (11)

commercial break

$7.5K Will Ferrell’s 2009 Broadway show “You’re Welcome America” was billed as a “final night with” whom?
A. Walter Cronkite
B. George W. Bush
C. Saddam Hussein
D. Bill Clinton

Spoiler

B. George W. Bush (24)

Today’s celebrity is Regis Philbin.

$10K Featuring a “Best Regis” category which I’ve never won, each year “Live with Regis and Kelly” hosts a quirky awards show called what?
A. The Kelly Awards
B. The Relly Awards
C. The Regis Awards
D. The Reegee Awards

Spoiler

B. The Relly Awards (22)

horn

Alex will return for tomorrow’s show.

Answers:
$500 B. Pet dog
$1K C. Ball
$2K D. Whipped cream
$3K A. 2012
$5K A. Sailboat
$7.5K B. George W. Bush
$10K B. The Relly Awards

Just giving myself a head start for tomorrow.

Teaser question during last break

$7500
In a 2005 hit single, a hip-hop star raps "Call Me George Foreman 'cause I'm sellin' everybody" what?
A. Toasterz B. Juicerz
C. Grillz D. Blenderz

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$2K A hand mixer and a bowl of heavy cream are all a person needs to make which of these treats?
A. Ice cream
B. Cream cheese
C. Cream puffs
D. Whipped cream

Spoiler

D. Whipped cream (11)

I think it's going to be pretty lousy without sugar and vanilla, or some other sweetening and flavoring additives...

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Alex Berkowitz
Belle Harbor, NY
Chef and food consultant

WE®

So far, so good.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Alex Berkowitz
Belle Harbor, NY

Alex said something about Belle Harbor being a community nobody has ever heard of, just south of Brooklyn, but it appears to be just another neighborhood in Queens.

Where Else?

I wonder if he's related to the Berkowitz family that owns Legal Seafoods here in the Boston area. His occupation certainly fits.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$10K Featuring a “Best Regis” category which I’ve never won, each year “Live with Regis and Kelly” hosts a quirky awards show called what?
A. The Kelly Awards
B. The Relly Awards
C. The Regis Awards
D. The Reegee Awards

Spoiler

B. The Relly Awards (22)

Ack. Sorry, Reege, but I don't want your morning show and I don't believe these "awards" get much notice in the press.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Alex Berkowitz
Belle Harbor, NY
Chef and food consultant

Definitely a WE® (she identified it as being just below Brooklyn).

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Today’s celebrity is Regis Philbin.

Good to see Regis again.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$10K Featuring a “Best Regis” category which I’ve never won, each year “Live with Regis and Kelly” hosts a quirky awards show called what?
A. The Kelly Awards
B. The Relly Awards
C. The Regis Awards
D. The Reegee Awards

Spoiler

B. The Relly Awards (22)

No idea, so time to ATA, figuring they will.