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Kyle Barrett
Middletown, RI
naval officer

Topic tree (unrandomized)
* Historic Sites
* Slumdog Songs
* Novels & Authors
* Tea Time
* Art Squabble
* Game Time
* Giant Food
* Initials
* Casino Games
* A-List Actresses

Topic tree (randomized)
* Game Time
* A-List Actresses
* Giant Food
* Casino Games
* Historic Sites
* Art Squabble
* Initials
* Tea Time
* Slumdog Songs
* Novels & Authors

Question 1 (Novels & Authors)
What classic American novel mentions the name of its author in the first paragraph?
a. Moby Dick
b. Uncle Tom's Cabin
c. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
d. The Grapes of Wrath

value/answer/bank

c. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
value: $15,000
bank: $15,000

Question 2 (Slumdog Songs)
The title of the Academy Award-winning song from "Slumdog Millionaire," "Jai Ho" roughly means what in Hindi?
a. Let there be victory
b. The gods protect us
c. Love conquers evil
d. Choose life

Jump the question 1 used

value/answer/bank

a. Let there be victory
value: ($7,000)
bank: $15,000

Question 3 (Tea Time)
According to the Tea Association of the United States of America, over 80% of the tea consumed in the US is what type of tea?
a. White tea
b. Oolong tea
c. Black tea
d. Green tea

value/answer/bank

c. Black tea
value: $10,000
bank: $25,000

Question 4 (Initials)
"Phineas Taylor" were the first and middle names of a famous American with which of these last names?
a. Eliot
b. Barnum
c. Cummings
d. Salinger

value/answer/bank

b. Barnum
value: $100
bank: $25,100

Question 5 (Art Squabble)
In 2010, the Italian government and the city of Florence publicly argued over who owned what famed work of art?
a. Venus de Milo
b. The Last Supper
c. Mona Lisa
d. David

Jump the question 2 used

value/answer/bank

d. David
value: ($25,000)
bank: $25,100

Question 6 (Historic Sites)
According to the National Park Service, which of these states does not contain a US Civil War battlefield site?
a. Colorado
b. Idaho
c. New Hampshire
d. North Dakota

Ask the audience used

ATA results

a:25% b:30% c:32% d:13%

value/answer/bank

c. New Hampshire
value: $1,000
bank: $26,100

Question 7 (Casino Games)
Loaded dice would give an unfair advantage to players of which of these casino games?
a. Craps
b. Blackjack
c. Poker
d. Roulette

value/answer/bank

a. Craps
value: $3,000
bank: $29,100

Question 8 (Giant Food)
In 2010, UMass Amherst students used hundreds of pounds of rice, crab and avocado to make the world’s largest what?
a. Wonton soup
b. California roll
c. Caesar salad
d. Denver omelet

value/answer/bank

b. California roll
value: $500
bank: $29,600

Question 9 (A-List Actresses)
Thanks to films such as "The Blind Side," who topped Forbes's 2009-2010 list of Hollywood's best paid actresses?
a. Reese Witherspoon
b. Julia Roberts
c. Cameron Diaz
d. Sandra Bullock

value/answer/bank

d. Sandra Bullock
value: $2,000
bank: $31,600

Flashback question ($250,000 - 2008)
The prestigious Fulbright scholarships are named for a former US senator from what state?
a. Arkansas
b. Iowa
c. West Virginia
d. Alabama

answer

a. Arkansas

Question 10 (Game Time)
Honoring the makers of Pong and Donkey Kong, the "Walk of Game" is located on the corner of Fourth and Mission in what city?
a. Chicago
b. Seattle
c. San Francisco
d. Detroit

value/answer/bank

c. San Francisco
value: $5,000
bank: $36,600

End of round 1. Begin round 2 - classic Millionaire!

Kyle's round 1 bank

$36,600

Question 11 ($100,000)
In the 1920s, the term "makeup" was popularized by which of these cosmetic companies?
a. Estée Lauder
b. Max Factor
c. Mary Kay
d. Revlon

answer and result

b. Max Factor
Kyle answers correctly and has $100,000.

(end of show)

Bump. --Bob

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Kyle Barrett
Middletown, RI
naval officer

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 2 (Slumdog Songs)
The title of the Academy Award-winning song from "Slumdog Millionaire," "Jai Ho" roughly means what in Hindi?
a. Let there be victory
b. The gods protect us
c. Love conquers evil
d. Choose life

Jump the question 1 used

value/answer/bank

a. Let there be victory
value: ($7,000)
bank: $15,000

Saw the movie, knew the answer but didn't know the song won an Oscar.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 3 (Tea Time)
According to the Tea Association of the United States of America, over 80% of the tea consumed in the US is what type of tea?
a. White tea
b. Oolong tea
c. Black tea
d. Green tea

value/answer/bank

c. Black tea
value: $10,000
bank: $25,000

"Earl Gray, hot."

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 6 (Historic Sites)
According to the National Park Service, which of these states does not contain a US Civil War battlefield site?
a. Colorado
b. Idaho
c. New Hampshire
d. North Dakota

Ask the audience used

ATA results

a:25% b:30% c:32% d:13%

value/answer/bank

c. New Hampshire
value: $1,000
bank: $26,100

This gets my vote for a WWOQ - who'd have thought that any of these states would have battlefield sites? From my recliner I guessed correctly just because it didn't seem likely that Confederates had set foot that far north. But as for the others...If I'd been at the "Hot Podium" I'd have used JTQ.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 8 (Giant Food)
In 2010, UMass Amherst students used hundreds of pounds of rice, crab and avocado to make the world’s largest what?
a. Wonton soup
b. California roll
c. Caesar salad
d. Denver omelet

value/answer/bank

b. California roll
value: $500
bank: $29,600

Meredith commented that because of health code issues they couldn't eat it.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 10 (Game Time)
Honoring the makers of Pong and Donkey Kong, the "Walk of Game" is located on the corner of Fourth and Mission in what city?
a. Chicago
b. Seattle
c. San Francisco
d. Detroit

value/answer/bank

c. San Francisco
value: $5,000
bank: $36,600

Hmmm...I presume they're talking about the arcade versions of these games.
End of round 1. Begin round 2 - classic Millionaire!

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 11 ($100,000)
In the 1920s, the term "makeup" was popularized by which of these cosmetic companies?
a. Estée Lauder
b. Max Factor
c. Mary Kay
d. Revlon

answer and result

b. Max Factor
Kyle answers correctly and has $100,000.

Nailed this one. So I'm looking at $250,000 with two lifelines still available.

earendel wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 6 (Historic Sites)
According to the National Park Service, which of these states does not contain a US Civil War battlefield site?
a. Colorado
b. Idaho
c. New Hampshire
d. North Dakota

Ask the audience used

ATA results

a:25% b:30% c:32% d:13%

value/answer/bank

c. New Hampshire
value: $1,000
bank: $26,100

This gets my vote for a WWOQ - who'd have thought that any of these states would have battlefield sites? From my recliner I guessed correctly just because it didn't seem likely that Confederates had set foot that far north. But as for the others...If I'd been at the "Hot Podium" I'd have used JTQ.

This could be a controversial question. Here's a link from the National Park Service (which may be the one the question writers used) that's a list of Civil War Battle Summaries by State. It does, indeed, list five sites in North Dakota and one each in Colorado and Idaho, but if you read the descriptions of those sites, each refers to a battle or massacre involving Union troops and Native American warriors, not Confederates. These engagements did take place during the time period of the Civil War, but it's arguable if they really count as Civil War battles.

I was thinking of the St. Albans Raid in Vermont and wasn't sure it there hadn't been a similar one in New Hampshire. But Vermont doesn't appear on that NPS page, either.

MarleysGh0st wrote:

earendel wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 6 (Historic Sites)
According to the National Park Service, which of these states does not contain a US Civil War battlefield site?
a. Colorado
b. Idaho
c. New Hampshire
d. North Dakota

Ask the audience used

ATA results

a:25% b:30% c:32% d:13%

value/answer/bank

c. New Hampshire
value: $1,000
bank: $26,100

This gets my vote for a WWOQ - who'd have thought that any of these states would have battlefield sites? From my recliner I guessed correctly just because it didn't seem likely that Confederates had set foot that far north. But as for the others...If I'd been at the "Hot Podium" I'd have used JTQ.

This could be a controversial question. Here's a link from the National Park Service (which may be the one the question writers used) that's a list of Civil War Battle Summaries by State. It does, indeed, list five sites in North Dakota and one each in Colorado and Idaho, but if you read the descriptions of those sites, each refers to a battle or massacre involving Union troops and Native American warriors, not Confederates. These engagements did take place during the time period of the Civil War, but it's arguable if they really count as Civil War battles.

I was thinking of the St. Albans Raid in Vermont and wasn't sure it there hadn't been a similar one in New Hampshire. But Vermont doesn't appear on that NPS page, either.

This is similar to the question a few weeks ago about which was the only state not to contain a National Park. I think TPTB would do well to avoid this area.

MarleysGh0st wrote:

earendel wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 6 (Historic Sites)
According to the National Park Service, which of these states does not contain a US Civil War battlefield site?
a. Colorado
b. Idaho
c. New Hampshire
d. North Dakota

Ask the audience used

ATA results

a:25% b:30% c:32% d:13%

value/answer/bank

c. New Hampshire
value: $1,000
bank: $26,100

This gets my vote for a WWOQ - who'd have thought that any of these states would have battlefield sites? From my recliner I guessed correctly just because it didn't seem likely that Confederates had set foot that far north. But as for the others...If I'd been at the "Hot Podium" I'd have used JTQ.

This could be a controversial question. Here's a link from the National Park Service (which may be the one the question writers used) that's a list of Civil War Battle Summaries by State. It does, indeed, list five sites in North Dakota and one each in Colorado and Idaho, but if you read the descriptions of those sites, each refers to a battle or massacre involving Union troops and Native American warriors, not Confederates. These engagements did take place during the time period of the Civil War, but it's arguable if they really count as Civil War battles.

I was thinking of the St. Albans Raid in Vermont and wasn't sure it there hadn't been a similar one in New Hampshire. But Vermont doesn't appear on that NPS page, either.

I did not know that Sand Creek was considered a "Civil War" battlefield. The only thing it had to do with the U.S. Civil War was that the Union Army sent a bunch of scrubs out west to get them away from the real fighting, and Colonel John Chivington, seeking a post-war legislative position or even better, a life on the stage, led them to a village at Sand Creek to massacre most of the occupants, at that time including very few men of fighting age. The scrubs chopped up the inhabitants and returned to Denver as conquering heroes, a sham which didn't last long thanks to a few honest reporters and Chivington's military superiors. He had no legislative career, and his stage career didn't last long either. He continued to justify the battle until his death.

SportsFan68 wrote:I did not know that Sand Creek was considered a "Civil War" battlefield. The only thing it had to do with the U.S. Civil War was that the Union Army sent a bunch of scrubs out west to get them away from the real fighting, and Colonel John Chivington, seeking a post-war legislative position or even better, a life on the stage, led them to a village at Sand Creek to massacre most of the occupants, at that time including very few men of fighting age. The scrubs chopped up the inhabitants and returned to Denver as conquering heroes, a sham which didn't last long thanks to a few honest reporters and Chivington's military superiors. He had no legislative career, and his stage career didn't last long either. He continued to justify the battle until his death.

That's the massacre that Michener included in Centennial, isn't it?

Anyway, while this site appears on this list, there are two questions about it:
1. Is the list accurate in representing its official designation as a "Civil War" battlefield?
2. Does the designation fit the common understanding of what a Civil War battlefield would be?

If they had rephrased the question to ask which of these states included the sites of Indian battles during that time period, I'm sure that Kyle would never have wasted a lifeline on it.

MarleysGh0st wrote:

SportsFan68 wrote:I did not know that Sand Creek was considered a "Civil War" battlefield. The only thing it had to do with the U.S. Civil War was that the Union Army sent a bunch of scrubs out west to get them away from the real fighting, and Colonel John Chivington, seeking a post-war legislative position or even better, a life on the stage, led them to a village at Sand Creek to massacre most of the occupants, at that time including very few men of fighting age. The scrubs chopped up the inhabitants and returned to Denver as conquering heroes, a sham which didn't last long thanks to a few honest reporters and Chivington's military superiors. He had no legislative career, and his stage career didn't last long either. He continued to justify the battle until his death.

That's the massacre that Michener included in Centennial, isn't it?

Anyway, while this site appears on this list, there are two questions about it:
1. Is the list accurate in representing its official designation as a "Civil War" battlefield?
2. Does the designation fit the common understanding of what a Civil War battlefield would be?

If they had rephrased the question to ask which of these states included the sites of Indian battles during that time period, I'm sure that Kyle would never have wasted a lifeline on it.

Probably. I've never read Centennial and intend not to.

1. No.
2. No. It was commonly thought at the time, and still is, that it's part of the Indian Wars of the West. I don't know how it became an NPS Civil War battlefield site.

Well, Wikipedia says that chapter's based on Sand Creek, anyway. Michener placed his fictional Frank Skimmerhorn in command of those troops, instead of Chivington.

So, if Kyle had saved his ATA here and not wasted it on the subsequent questions he answered on his own, then that means the audience would have been asked about the bride's name from "Lohengrin." I doubt if they'd have been very helpful with that one.

SportsFan68 wrote:

MarleysGh0st wrote:

SportsFan68 wrote:I did not know that Sand Creek was considered a "Civil War" battlefield. The only thing it had to do with the U.S. Civil War was that the Union Army sent a bunch of scrubs out west to get them away from the real fighting, and Colonel John Chivington, seeking a post-war legislative position or even better, a life on the stage, led them to a village at Sand Creek to massacre most of the occupants, at that time including very few men of fighting age. The scrubs chopped up the inhabitants and returned to Denver as conquering heroes, a sham which didn't last long thanks to a few honest reporters and Chivington's military superiors. He had no legislative career, and his stage career didn't last long either. He continued to justify the battle until his death.

That's the massacre that Michener included in Centennial, isn't it?

Anyway, while this site appears on this list, there are two questions about it:
1. Is the list accurate in representing its official designation as a "Civil War" battlefield?
2. Does the designation fit the common understanding of what a Civil War battlefield would be?

If they had rephrased the question to ask which of these states included the sites of Indian battles during that time period, I'm sure that Kyle would never have wasted a lifeline on it.

Probably. I've never read Centennial and intend not to.

1. No.
2. No. It was commonly thought at the time, and still is, that it's part of the Indian Wars of the West. I don't know how it became an NPS Civil War battlefield site.

I assume your objection to Centennial is based not upon the presence of any squirrels in the story, but the expectation that too much stuff that is made up is presented as fact.

One of my partners when I was in private practice was born and raised on Maryland's Eastern Shore, and the easiest way to set him off was to ask him about Chesapeake. What got him was that the fundamental premise of the novel had no connection with reality. The four major families in the book include an extremely prominent Catholic family, descended from the first European settlers, an extremely prominent Quaker family, a white trash Protestant family that eventually schemed its way to prominence, and a black family that seems to have been added, literally, for color; Mitchener apparently knew that Maryland was originally founded as a haven for Catholics, but did not know that the founders opened the door to non-Catholics, and when the WASPs became the majority they disfranchised the Catholics and anyone else who was not a WASP, to the extent that you actually have to hunt to find Catholics (or Quakers) on the Shore, much less find 'prominent' Catholics or Quakers.

Mitchiner is kind of like Wikipedia, his books have lots and lots of facts in them, virtually everything you might want to know about a subject, but if you actually DO know something about the subject, you find that a lot of those facts, aren't.

wintergreen48 wrote:Mitchiner is kind of like Wikipedia, his books have lots and lots of facts in them, virtually everything you might want to know about a subject, but if you actually DO know something about the subject, you find that a lot of those facts, aren't.

Anyone who reads Michener for its historical value deserves what he or she gets. elwing is a Michener fan but it's because (in her opinion) he knows how to tell a story. He's a novelest, after all, not a historian.

wintergreen48 wrote:. . .


I assume your objection to Centennial is based not upon the presence of any squirrels in the story, but the expectation that too much stuff that is made up is presented as fact.

. . .

That is correct.