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Jamaal Bailey
Bronx, NY
Law Student

Jamaal has a bit of a foot fetish and has spent $300 on a pair of shoes before.

Question Topics (Unrandomized):
* Go to Jail
* Hairstyles
* Energy Boost
* Blowing Smoke
* Laundry Icons
* Home Office
* International Sports
* Fictional Phrases
* Your Mama
* Old Sayings

Question Topics (Randomized):
* International Sports
* Energy Boost
* Laundry Icons
* Home Office
* Old Sayings
* Hairstyles
* Fictional Phrases
* Blowing Smoke
* Go to Jail
* Your Mama



Question #1 - Your Mama
Which of the following is the title --and an oft-repeated lyric -- of a classic hip-hop song by LL Cool J?
A: Mama said listen up B: Mama said knock you out
C: Mama said ring the bell D: Mama said eat your peas

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Mama said knock you out
Question Value: $15,000
Bank: $15,000

Question #2 - Go to Jail
In the standard version of Monopoly, what property is seven spaces past "Go to Jail" and one of the least likely properties to land on?
A: Illinois Avenue B: Park Place
C: Ventnor Avenue D: St James Place

Jamaal doesn't know this so...

ATA: A: 13% B: 39% C: 22 % D: 26%

He still loves the audience, but doesn't want to risk it.

JTQ used.

Answer/Value/Bank

B. Park Place
Question Value: $3000
Bank: $15,000

Question #3 - Blowing Smoke
In April 2010, airports across Northern Europe were closed for several days when a volcano in what country erupted?
A: Latvia B: Sweden
C: Denmark D: Iceland

It might be Sweden, but Jamaal isn't sure.

JTQ used.

Answer/Value/Bank

D: Iceland
Question Value: $100
Bank: $15,000

-- Commercial Break --


Question #4 - Fictional Phrases
"You feel mighty free and easy and comfortable on a raft" is a quote by what classic literary character?
A: David Copperfield B: Jay Gatsby
C: Huckleberry Finn D: Sherlock Holmes

Jamaal: "I'm thinking, which of these characters were on a raft..."

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Huckleberry Finn
Question Value: $2000
Bank: $17,000

Question #5 - Hairstyles
Which of these French authors shares his first name with a type of women's hairstyle?
A:Jules Verne B: Victor Hugo
C: Marcel Proust D: Gustave Flaubert

Jamaal really isn't that sure about this question, but he decides to play.

Answer/Value/Bank

C. Marcel Proust
Question Value: $500
Bank: $17,500

Question #6 - Old Sayings
Someone who is said to be "three sheets to the wind" is what?
A: Drunk B: Nervous
C: Married D: Asleep

Answer/Value/Bank

A: Drunk
Question Value: $25,000
Bank: $42,500

-- Commercial Break --

Question #7~ Home Office
On the popular cable TV show "Giada at Home," what do viewers commonly see Giada doing?
A: Cooking B: Calisthenics
C:Painting D: Carpentry

Answer/Value/Bank

A: Cooking
Question Value: $7,000
Bank: $49,500

Question #8~ Laundry Icons
What detergent brand's famous logo is a bull's-eye pattern of concentric orange and yellow circles?
A: All B: Wisk
C: Cheer D: Tide

Answer/Value/Bank

D: Tide
Question Value: $10,000
Bank: $59,500

Question #9~ Energy Boost
In a 1939 letter, Albert Einstein alerted FDR that what element "may be turned into a new and important source of energy"?
A: Nitrogen B: Radon
C: Uranium D: Plutonium

Jamaal knows that Nitrogen is an important element, and that'll be his guess...
But he decides to walk with $29,750 instead of going for it.

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Uranium

-- The Horn of Indeterminate Tone sounds --

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Jamaal Bailey
Bronx, NY
Law Student

A WE®

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #1 - Your Mama
Which of the following is the title --and an oft-repeated lyric -- of a classic hip-hop song by LL Cool J?
A: Mama said listen up B: Mama said knock you out
C: Mama said ring the bell D: Mama said eat your peas

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Mama said knock you out
Question Value: $15,000
Bank: $15,000

I'd be using a lifeline here - ATA.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #2 - Go to Jail
In the standard version of Monopoly, what property is seven spaces past "Go to Jail" and one of the least likely properties to land on?
A: Illinois Avenue B: Park Place
C: Ventnor Avenue D: St James Place

Jamaal doesn't know this so...

ATA: A: 13% B: 39% C: 22 % D: 26%

He still loves the audience, but doesn't want to risk it.

JTQ used.

Answer/Value/Bank

B. Park Place
Question Value: $3000
Bank: $15,000

Good thing he didn't rely on the audience. Illinois Avenue is a red property and Ventnor Avenue is yellow and both are on the side of the board between Free Parking and Go to Jail. St. James Place is purple and is between Jail/Just Visiting and Free Parking.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #5 - Hairstyles
Which of these French authors shares his first name with a type of women's hairstyle?
A:Jules Verne B: Victor Hugo
C: Marcel Proust D: Gustave Flaubert

Jamaal really isn't that sure about this question, but he decides to play.

Answer/Value/Bank

C. Marcel Proust
Question Value: $500
Bank: $17,500

Time for my first JTQ. I've never heard of a "Proust" (or a "Marcel").

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #7~ Home Office
On the popular cable TV show "Giada at Home," what do viewers commonly see Giada doing?
A: Cooking B: Calisthenics
C:Painting D: Carpentry

Answer/Value/Bank

A: Cooking
Question Value: $7,000
Bank: $49,500

And here goes my second JTQ (and last lifeline). I would have had no idea.

This would have been a very tough stack for me - too many pop culture questions.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Jamaal Bailey
Bronx, NY
Law Student

Jamaal has a bit of a foot fetish and has spent $300 on a pair of shoes before.

And he said he owns 60 pairs. Meredith had him show off the sneakers he was wearing by putting one foot on top of the Hot Podium. She complimented the sneakers...but they weren't even orange!

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #9~ Energy Boost
In a 1939 letter, Albert Einstein alerted FDR that what element "may be turned into a new and important source of energy"?
A: Nitrogen B: Radon
C: Uranium D: Plutonium

Jamaal knows that Nitrogen is an important element, and that'll be his guess...
But he decides to walk with $29,750 instead of going for it.

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Uranium

I could see plutonium being a serious distractor, but I never expected Jamaal to be leaning towards nitrogen.

This link has an image of the actual letter from Einstein. It's true significance, particularly given the date of 1939, was the warning that uranium could be used to create an atomic bomb.

http://www.cfo.doe.gov/me70/manhattan/e ... raph.htm#1

earendel wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #2 - Go to Jail
In the standard version of Monopoly, what property is seven spaces past "Go to Jail" and one of the least likely properties to land on?
A: Illinois Avenue B: Park Place
C: Ventnor Avenue D: St James Place

Jamaal doesn't know this so...

ATA: A: 13% B: 39% C: 22 % D: 26%

He still loves the audience, but doesn't want to risk it.

JTQ used.

Answer/Value/Bank

B. Park Place
Question Value: $3000
Bank: $15,000

Good thing he didn't rely on the audience. Illinois Avenue is a red property and Ventnor Avenue is yellow and both are on the side of the board between Free Parking and Go to Jail. St. James Place is purple and is between Jail/Just Visiting and Free Parking.

Good thing? Looks like the audience was right and his first jump was arguably wasted. To me the numbers did not seem bad. In general, I would feel confident in any most popular answer if it exceeds the next answer by an amount equal or greater to the range of the three least popular answers. In this case, the amounts are equal, so I'd be inclined to go for it. The numbers clearly show most people do not know the correct answer. If one answer still stands out, there's a very good chance the people who actually know the answer are the reason it does.

Then again if Jamal had saved a jump here, it looks like he might have used it on the hairstyle question, so he still might have walked at the nitrogen question, although with $1500 more in his pocket.

I wonder if all that nitrogen in Sweden might have caused that volcano.

megaaddict wrote:I wonder if all that nitrogen in Sweden might have caused that volcano.

Hey, considering how important pop culture questions are becoming this season, who's got time to notice an event that shut down air travel to half of a continent?

megaaddict wrote:

earendel wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #2 - Go to Jail
In the standard version of Monopoly, what property is seven spaces past "Go to Jail" and one of the least likely properties to land on?
A: Illinois Avenue B: Park Place
C: Ventnor Avenue D: St James Place

Jamaal doesn't know this so...

ATA: A: 13% B: 39% C: 22 % D: 26%

He still loves the audience, but doesn't want to risk it.

JTQ used.

Answer/Value/Bank

B. Park Place
Question Value: $3000
Bank: $15,000

Good thing he didn't rely on the audience. Illinois Avenue is a red property and Ventnor Avenue is yellow and both are on the side of the board between Free Parking and Go to Jail. St. James Place is purple and is between Jail/Just Visiting and Free Parking.

Good thing? Looks like the audience was right and his first jump was arguably wasted. To me the numbers did not seem bad. In general, I would feel confident in any most popular answer if it exceeds the next answer by an amount equal or greater to the range of the three least popular answers. In this case, the amounts are equal, so I'd be inclined to go for it. The numbers clearly show most people do not know the correct answer. If one answer still stands out, there's a very good chance the people who actually know the answer are the reason it does.

When I said that I was commenting on his comment - evidently he was expecting the audience to come through with a single obvious choice. The distribution wasn't strong enough to give a definite answer (or even a second-choice strong possibility), so he couldn't "rely" on the audience.

earendel wrote:Good thing he didn't rely on the audience. Illinois Avenue is a red property and Ventnor Avenue is yellow and both are on the side of the board between Free Parking and Go to Jail. St. James Place is purple and is between Jail/Just Visiting and Free Parking.

[BobJuch]St. James Place is orange - St. Charles Place is maroon[/BobJuch]

smilergrogan wrote:

earendel wrote:Good thing he didn't rely on the audience. Illinois Avenue is a red property and Ventnor Avenue is yellow and both are on the side of the board between Free Parking and Go to Jail. St. James Place is purple and is between Jail/Just Visiting and Free Parking.

[BobJuch]St. James Place is orange - St. Charles Place is maroon[/BobJuch]

That's funny, I always thought it was violado.....

All things considered, this was quite a nice comeback by Jamaal, since he was out of lifelines after Q3. My hat is off to him for this reason.

FannytheBull wrote:

smilergrogan wrote:

earendel wrote:Good thing he didn't rely on the audience. Illinois Avenue is a red property and Ventnor Avenue is yellow and both are on the side of the board between Free Parking and Go to Jail. St. James Place is purple and is between Jail/Just Visiting and Free Parking.

[BobJuch]St. James Place is orange - St. Charles Place is maroon[/BobJuch]

That's funny, I always thought it was violado.....

I just opened up a new window to look for a picture of a Monopoly board, and the main featured story on the Yahoo! home page was this one, including the picture.

It didn't illustrate the colors, but it blew my mind when the first thing I saw on Yahoo! was Monopoly. Yahoo!'s new telepathic search feature kicks Google's butt...