WWTBAM Bored

Kayti McGee
Lenexa, KS
Cocktail waitress

Kayti still has her 50/50 and PAF.

$8K George Burn’s famous line “Say good night, Gracie,” referred to Gracie Allen, who was his real-life what?
A. Sister
B. Wife
C. Daughter
D. Mother

$16K Which of these schools features a famous Rotunda that is a half-scale version of the Pantheon in Rome?
A. Harvard University
B. College of William & Mary
C. Georgetown University
D. University of Virginia

50/50 leaves C. Georgetown University and D. University of Virginia.

PAF – Cathy, Kayti’s aunt. She lives in the D.C. area.

Cathy says she is 85% sure it’s the University of Virginia.

$25K Billionaire Carlos Slim, who reportedly surpassed Bill Gates in 2007 as the world’s richest man, is a tycoon primarily in what field?
A. Telecommunications
B. Steel
C. Biotechnology
D. Oil and gas

Kayti doesn’t know, so she decides to leave with $16K.[/I]


Answers:
$8K B. Wife
$16K D. University of Virginia
$25K A. Telecommunications

$16K: No clue. Phone a friend.

$25K: Leaning toward oil/gas. Try the audience. Use the 50:50 as well if no answer gets more than 50%. What they say determines whether I go home with $1K, $16K, or $25K.

Let me say at the outset that it was a rough day for contestants.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Kayti McGee
Lenexa, KS
Cocktail waitress

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$16K Which of these schools features a famous Rotunda that is a half-scale version of the Pantheon in Rome?
A. Harvard University
B. College of William & Mary
C. Georgetown University
D. University of Virginia

50/50 leaves C. Georgetown University and D. University of Virginia.

Interesting that the College of William and Mary comes up as an answer in the first tier in two different stacks.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$25K Billionaire Carlos Slim, who reportedly surpassed Bill Gates in 2007 as the world’s richest man, is a tycoon primarily in what field?
A. Telecommunications
B. Steel
C. Biotechnology
D. Oil and gas

Kayti doesn’t know, so she decides to leave with $16K.

I don't know, either, but I have lifelines available so it's time to use them. It would have to be PAF because I don't trust the audience to know this and 50/50 won't help me. Turns out that "Slim" is not his last name - it's "Haku" and his father was a Lebanese Maronite Christian who emigrated to Mexico.

No clue on Carlos Slim.

O.K. That last questions shows why, regardless of what you think about me, it can be very educational to read my posts.

I previously posted last year about Slim, although my understanding was that he only had passed Buffett as #2, and would soon pass Gates. He is a huge Mexican telecommunications tycoon.

The key difference between Slim and his American "competition" is that he does not beleive in charity. My sense is that his philosophy is "I got mine. You go get your own."