Transcript 09/15/10 - Brian Foley (carryover)

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Brian Foley
Worcester, MA
The firefighters call him Mom. He even gets a card every year on Mother's Day!

Question Topics
* How the U.S. Rolls
*Literary Quotes
*I Know the Name
*Ode to Europe
*Food History
*Familiar Phrases
*Product Line
*Celebrity Moms
*Christmas Critters
*Abbreviations


Question 2 - Christmas Critters
Reindeer are in the same species as which of these animals?
A:Moose B:Antelope
C: Musk ox D:Caribou

Answer/Value/Bank

D. Caribou
Question Value: $2000
Bank: $9000

Question 3 - Celebrity Moms
Which of these actresses is the mother of twins named Hazel and Finn?
A: Maggie Gyllenhaal B: Julia Roberts
C: Reese Witherspoon D: Halle Berry

Answer/Value/Bank

B. Julia Roberts
Question Value: $100
Bank: $9100

Question 4 - Product Line
The phrase "Dawn of a new era" includes the names of two popular brands of what?
A: Pet Foods B: Sneakers
C: Cleaning Products D: Children's games

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Cleaning Products
Question Value: $3000
Bank: $12100

Question 5 - Familiar Phrases
Which of these idioms does not mean from "beginning to end"?
A: Stem to Stern B: A to Z
C: Apples to Oranges D: Soup to Nuts

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Apples to Oranges
Question Value: $25,000
Bank: $37,100

Question 6 - Food History
According to legend, sandwiches are named for the 4th Earl of Sandwich, who are them during a marathon session of what?
A: Hunting B: Gambling
C: Dancing D: Writing

Jump the question used.

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Gambling
Question Value: $5000
Bank: $37,100

Question 7 - Ode to Europe
What is the native country of the classical composer who wrote "Ode to Joy," the official anthem of the European Union?
A: France B: Germany
C: Spain D: Italy

Brian: The good composers came from Germany...
Meredith: And the bad ones came from France, Spain and Italy?

ATA: A: 11% B: 82% C: 2% D: 5%

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Germany
Question Value: $1000
Bank: $38,100

-- Commercial Break --


Question 8 - I Know the Name
In 1969, rock legend John Lennon started using what as his middle name instead of Winston?
A: Ono B: Strawberry
C: Paul D: Jude

Answer/Value/Bank

A: Ono
Question Value: $500
Bank: $38,600

Question 9 - Literary Quotes
The quotation "Four legs good, two legs bad" comes from what famous 20th-century novel?
A: Bambi B: Lord of the Flies
C: Animal Farm D: Watership Down

Jump the Question used

Answer/Value/Bank

C. Animal Farm
Question Value: $15,000
Bank: $38,600

Question 10 - How the U.S. Rolls
The military vehicle known as the Humvee first saw U.S. combat action in 1989 in what foreign country?
A: Lebanon B: El Salvador
C: Libya D: Panama

Walks with $19,300.

Answer/Value/Bank

D. Panama
Question Value: $10,000
Bank: $38,600

Edit in answer to Sandwich question

[Bob78164]

What's the answer to the Food History question? --Bob

[Kazoo65]

Boy, this randomization thing is weird.  I mean, John Lennon's middle name for $500? That would have been a middle-tier Q in the old days.

[earendel]

Brian Foley
Worcester, MA
The firefighters call him Mom. He even gets a card every year on Mother's Day!

Question 3 - Celebrity Moms
Which of these actresses is the mother of twins named Hazel and Finn?
A: Maggie Gyllenhaal B: Julia Roberts
C: Reese Witherspoon D: Halle Berry

Answer/Value/Bank

B. Julia Roberts
Question Value: $100
Bank: $9100

A pop culture question I actually knew.

Question 7 - Ode to Europe
What is the native country of the classical composer who wrote "Ode to Joy," the official anthem of the European Union?
A: France B: Germany
C: Spain D: Italy

Brian: The good composers came from Germany...
Meredith: And the bad ones came from France, Spain and Italy?

ATA: A: 11% B: 82% C: 2% D: 5%

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Germany
Question Value: $1000
Bank: $38,100

Shout out to skoop! Technically Beethoven didn't write it - it was a poem written by Schiller and incorporated into Beethoven's 9th Symphony.

Question 10 - How the U.S. Rolls
The military vehicle known as the Humvee first saw U.S. combat action in 1989 in what foreign country?
A: Lebanon B: El Salvador
C: Libya D: Panama

Walks with $19,300.

Answer/Value/Bank

D. Panama
Question Value: $10,000
Bank: $38,600

I thought Brian might make it to the second tier. As for me, a nihil obstat® stack.