Transcript 12/08/2010 - Zach Baker (BB)

[BBTranscriptTeam]

Zach Baker (BB: zachbaker)
Downey, CA
software developer

Topic tree (unrandomized)
* No Name
* Beatles
* Historical Art
* Movie Holidays
* TV Cowboy
* Names in the News
* Pretty Words
* Celebrity Couples
* Regional Snacks
* Travel Plans

Topic tree (randomized)
* TV Cowboy
* Celebrity Couples
* Travel Plans
* Beatles
* Pretty Words
* Historical Art
* Names in the News
* Movie Holidays
* No Name
* Regional Snacks

Question 1 (Regional Snacks)
A dish popular in the Southwest, Frito Pie is made by pouring what on top of corn chips?
a. Fruit
b. Chili
c. Ice cream
d. Candy

value/answer/bank

b. Chili
value: $5,000
bank: $5,000

Question 2 (No Name)
In legal proceedings where two men’s names are unknown, the first is typically called John Doe, and the second is called what?
a. Thomas Toe
b. Frank Foe
c. Peter Poe
d. Richard Roe

Jump the question 1 used

value/answer/bank

d. Richard Roe
value: ($10,000)
bank: $5,000

Question 3 (Movie Holidays)
Which of the following movies features a scene involving Halloween but not Christmas?
a. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
b. The Godfather
c. Gremlins
d. Toy Story

Ask the audience used

ATA results

a:67% b:10% c:18% d:5%

value/answer/bank

a. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
value: $15,000
bank: $20,000

Zach returns Thursday, December 9 with his second jump the question lifeline remaining.

(end of show)

[BBTranscriptTeam]

Bumping this up

[earendel]

Zach Baker (BB: zachbaker)
Downey, CA
software developer

Go Zach!

Question 3 (Movie Holidays)
Which of the following movies features a scene involving Halloween but not Christmas?
a. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
b. The Godfather
c. Gremlins
d. Toy Story

Ask the audience used

ATA results

a:67% b:10% c:18% d:5%

value/answer/bank

a. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
value: $15,000
bank: $20,000

Zach returns Thursday, December 9 with his second jump the question lifeline remaining.

(end of show)

It's a pretty famous scene - ET walking around with a sheet over his (its?) head.

[zachbaker]

Question 3 (Movie Holidays)
Which of the following movies features a scene involving Halloween but not Christmas?
a. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
b. The Godfather
c. Gremlins
d. Toy Story

It's a pretty famous scene - ET walking around with a sheet over his (its?) head.

I realized afterwards that the question was basically asking to identify which movie had a Halloween scene, with the added clue that the others had Christmas scenes instead. But the phrasing made it seem like there might be one which had both. It's a lot harder to rule out the existence of a scene, so I couldn't discount that E.T. had some mention of Christmas that I'd forgotten. And I didn't remember either a Christmas or Halloween scene in The Godfather. Also, I knew this was the #4 question, so it seemed quite possible that it wasn't as easy as it turned out to be.

So although I would have liked to have the ATA later on (since I was stuck with a question I actually had no knowledge of), the question seemed like I needed it. So I decided to ask the audience to make sure I didn't leave early on a very audience-knowable question. The staff had mentioned that there had been more contestants than usual being misled by audience responses. So I was going in thinking that if there was a pop culture question I was at all uncertain about, I would ATA since there might not be another good opportunity to use the lifeline. Fortunately, the audience was pretty sure.

[Bob78164]

Question 3 (Movie Holidays)
Which of the following movies features a scene involving Halloween but not Christmas?
a. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
b. The Godfather
c. Gremlins
d. Toy Story

It's a pretty famous scene - ET walking around with a sheet over his (its?) head.

I realized afterwards that the question was basically asking to identify which movie had a Halloween scene, with the added clue that the others had Christmas scenes instead. But the phrasing made it seem like there might be one which had both. It's a lot harder to rule out the existence of a scene, so I couldn't discount that E.T. had some mention of Christmas that I'd forgotten. And I didn't remember either a Christmas or Halloween scene in The Godfather. Also, I knew this was the #4 question, so it seemed quite possible that it wasn't as easy as it turned out to be.

So although I would have liked to have the ATA later on (since I was stuck with a question I actually had no knowledge of), the question seemed like I needed it. So I decided to ask the audience to make sure I didn't leave early on a very audience-knowable question. The staff had mentioned that there had been more contestants than usual being misled by audience responses. So I was going in thinking that if there was a pop culture question I was at all uncertain about, I would ATA since there might not be another good opportunity to use the lifeline. Fortunately, the audience was pretty sure.

I'm not sure I said this already, so welcome aBored! --Bob