Transcript 10/06/10 - Vik Vaz

[BBTranscriptTeam]

Vik Vaz
Cleveland, OH
radiologist

Topic tree (unrandomized)
* Mr. President
* Bearing Fruit
* It Could Happen
* Big Movie Directors
* Remembered for…
* Medical Maladies
* Record Setters
* Making Money
* World of Spelling
* Peaceful Fields

Topic tree (randomized)
* Peaceful Fields
* It Could Happen
* Record Setters
* Remembered for…
* Making Money
* Mr. President
* Medical Maladies
* World of Spelling
* Bearing Fruit
* Big Movie Directors

Question 1 (Big Movie Directors)
What film director was bumped from a Southwest Airlines flight in 2010 because he was considered "too fat" for a single seat?
a. Jon Favreau
b. Kevin Smith
c. James Cameron
d. Michael Bay

value/answer/bank

b. Kevin Smith
value: $15,000
bank: $15,000

Question 2 (Bearing Fruit)
In the classic Shel Silverstein book "The Giving Tree," what type of tree gives its fruit to a little boy?
a. Fig tree
b. Orange tree
c. Apple tree
d. Peach tree

Ask the audience used

ATA results

a:31% b:3% c:52% d:14%

value/answer/bank

c. Apple tree
value: $100
bank: $15,100

Question 3 (World of Spelling)
Which of these cities is the capital of a country whose name has only E's for vowels?
a. Tokyo
b. Ottawa
c. Athens
d. Buenos Aires

value/answer/bank

c. Athens
value: $25,000
bank: $40,100

End of show

[MarleysGh0st]

Question 1 (Big Movie Directors)
What film director was bumped from a Southwest Airlines flight in 2010 because he was considered "too fat" for a single seat?
a. Jon Favreau
b. Kevin Smith
c. James Cameron
d. Michael Bay

value/answer/bank

b. Kevin Smith
value: $15,000
bank: $15,000

His having the same name as the first SyndieBAM millionaire helped me remember this.

[earendel]

Vik Vaz
Cleveland, OH
radiologist

And former J! champion. I suspect he'll do very well.

[Weyoun]

Vik Vaz
Cleveland, OH
radiologist

And former J! champion. I suspect he'll do very well.

I just hope he does interventional radiology. Or, he could just like being outsourced.

[TheConfessor]

Question 1 (Big Movie Directors)
What film director was bumped from a Southwest Airlines flight in 2010 because he was considered "too fat" for a single seat?
a. Jon Favreau
b. Kevin Smith
c. James Cameron
d. Michael Bay

value/answer/bank

b. Kevin Smith
value: $15,000
bank: $15,000

His having the same name as the first SyndieBAM millionaire helped me remember this.

Odd coincidence -- the first primetime millionaire also had the same name as a famous film director. I'm probably not the first person to notice that.