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Rick Robertson
Duvall, WA

Topic Tree:

Candy Men
Brains and Beauty
Day Jobs
Young Comics
Single Name Stars
Tourist Attraction
Winging It
Ugly Jewelry
Spooky Characters
Legs in Space

Topic Tree: (randomized)

Tourist Attraction
Ugly Jewelry
Spooky Characters
Winging It
Brains and Beauty
Young Comics
Single Name Stars
Day Jobs
Legs in Space
Candy Men

Question 1 –Candy Men
M&M candies are named for their creators, two men whose last names are Mars and what?
A. Morgenstern
B. Mancuso
C. Murrie
D. Mercer

JTQ 1

Spoiler

C. Murrie
$5K
Bank - $0

Question 2 – Legs in Space
Sent into orbit in 1973 and believed to be the first eight-legged astronauts, Anita and Arabella were what types of creatures?
A. Ants
B. Bees
C. Spiders
D. Beetles

Spoiler

C. Spiders
$2K
Bank - $2K

Question 3 – Day Jobs
Surely an appealing discipline to daydreamers, nephology is the scientific study of what?
A. Doodling
B. Clouds
C. Fantasy
D. Meditation

Spoiler

B. Clouds
$10K
Bank - $12K

commercial break

Question 4 – Single Name Stars
In a rare use of his last name, what one-named music star released a best-selling album in 2010 titled “Raymond v. Raymond”?
A. Eminem
B. Akon
C. Usher
D. Seal

ATA

ATA results

11% A. Eminem
10% B. Akon
71% C. Usher
8% D. Seal

Spoiler

C. Usher
$7K
Bank - $19K

Question 5 – Young Comics
Which of these “Saturday Night Live” cast members was born before the show’s premiere in 1975?
A. Kenan Thompson
B. Kristen Wiig
C. Bill Hader
D. Andy Samberg

Spoiler

Rick: I know it’s not Bill Hader because he’s, like, my age, I think, and Kristen Wiig is older as well.
It’s got to be Adam Samberg, although I don’t know who Kenan Thompson is. Sorry, Kenan.

Meredith: Well, you have another lifeline if you need it , Rick.

Rick: Yeah. Andy Sandberg is just a baby. It’s got to be “D,” final answer.

Spoiler

B. Kristen Wiig
Rick leaves with $1K

Meredith: It’s

Spoiler

Kristen Wiig. She was born in ’73.

Rick: Oh, before! I thought it was after.

end of show noise

Ouch! A reading comprehension exercise disguised as an arithmetic word problem. I bet Watson would have known this one.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Question 3 – Day Jobs
Surely an appealing discipline to daydreamers, nephrology is the scientific study of what?
A. Doodling
B. Clouds
C. Fantasy
D. Meditation

Spoiler

B. Clouds
$10K
Bank - $12K

Are you sure this wasn't just "nephology" (no "r")?

-M

Question 1 -- Wow that's actually a cool bit of trivia! I knew Mars, but I didn't know who the other M was-- Jump the Question!

2 I knew cold.

3 I only knew because I remember Jeff Birt's Million Dollar Question during the Tournament of 10 last year-- asking him about nephelococcygia -- and so I recognized the root.

4 I would've had to ATA as well -- again with the 'real names' question! No clue!

Question 5 I knew because I am a huge fan of the 'correct answer choice,' so I knew that it was them--

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 3 – Day Jobs
Surely an appealing discipline to daydreamers, nephrology is the scientific study of what?
A. Doodling
B. Clouds
C. Fantasy
D. Meditation

Spoiler

B. Clouds

E. Kidneys.

At least, that's what I would have thought, 'nephros' meaning 'kidney' in Greek.

themanwho wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Question 3 – Day Jobs
Surely an appealing discipline to daydreamers, nephrology is the scientific study of what?
A. Doodling
B. Clouds
C. Fantasy
D. Meditation

Spoiler

B. Clouds
$10K
Bank - $12K

Are you sure this wasn't just "nephology" (no "r")?

-M

You are correct.

1. I think I read this somewhere-or heard it on J!. Easy for me.

2. easy

3. the only thing that makes sense is b. clouds. But would I pull the trigger up there? Hmm, maybe I'd JTQ.

4. easy.

5. I had no idea, so I would ATA. Hopefully they would at least pay attention to the question and READ it before voting. This guy didn't read the question very well.

I know it's certainly the contestant's job to make sure he's paying attention to the question, but I was kind of surprised Meredith didn't suggest he re-read the question or anything. It was obvious he had the right idea, he was just going the wrong way and a little redirection could've helped him out. There was enough time for her to read the important part of the question like she is knows to do.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Rick Robertson
Duvall, WA

A non-WE®!

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 5 – Young Comics
Which of these “Saturday Night Live” cast members was born before the show’s premiere in 1975?
A. Kenan Thompson
B. Kristen Wiig
C. Bill Hader
D. Andy Samberg

Spoiler

Rick: I know it’s not Bill Hader because he’s, like, my age, I think, and Kristen Wiig is older as well.
It’s got to be Adam Samberg, although I don’t know who Kenan Thompson is. Sorry, Kenan.

Meredith: Well, you have another lifeline if you need it , Rick.

Rick: Yeah. Andy Sandberg is just a baby. It’s got to be “D,” final answer.

Spoiler

B. Kristen Wiig
Rick leaves with $1K

Meredith: It’s

Spoiler

Kristen Wiig. She was born in ’73.

Rick: Oh, before! I thought it was after.

Poor Rick, done in by misreading the question. As for me I would have had absolutely no idea (except that I could rule out Kenan Thompson) so time to ATA.