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Transcript 2/2/11 – Bill Cooke

Bill Cooke
Hillsdale, NJ

Bill and his father are the kings of useless trivia during family Thanksgiving. Dad is in the audience. He’s also in between engagements, which he reveals is code for unemployed.

Question Topics
* She’s #1
* International Air
* Prancing Animals
* Stage Names
* Men with Hats
* Fighting Words
* Japanese Towns
* Stars and Stripes
* Spanish Drinks
* Toon Talk

Question Topics (randomized)
* Prancing Animals
* Fighting Words
* International Air
* Stars and Stripes
* Men with Hats
* She’s #1
* Toon Talk
* Japanese Towns
* Spanish Drinks
* Stage Names

Question #1 ~ Stage Names
Revered as the “Godfather of Punk,” rock musician James Osterberg is better known by what stage name?
A: Joey Ramone B: Alice Cooper
C: Johnny Rotten D: Iggy Pop

ATA: A:15 % B:16% C:20% D: 49%

Answer/Value/Bank

D: Iggy Pop
Question Value: $10,000
Bank: $10,000

Question #2~Spanish Drinks
The Spanish beverage known as “café con leche” is primarily made of coffee and what?
A: Wine B: Milk
C: Juice D:Seltzer

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Milk
Question Value: $2,000
Bank: $12,000

Question #3 ~ Japanese Towns
Which of these prominent political surnames is also the name of a Japanese town that lies west of Tokyo?
A: Huckabee B: Pelosi
C: Obama D: Kucinich
Jump the Question used.

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Obama
Question Value: $7,000
Bank: $12,000

 
Question #4 ~ Toon Talk
In the classic ”Scooby-Doo” cartoons, what character is known for the trademark expression “Zoinks!”?
A: Daphne B: Shaggy
C: Velma D: Freddy

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Shaggy
Question Value: $1,000
Bank: $13,000

Commercial Break time!
This question was worth $250,000 in 2006…
Bluetooth, a wireless technology used to link mobile devices, is named for a former king of what county?
A: Belgium B:Germany
C: Denmark D: Austria

Answer

C: Denmark
Question Value: $250,000

Bill is getting ready to settle down with his girlfriend, so any money he wins could help out with that.

Question #5 ~ She’s #1
A ventriloquist in her early twenties at the time, Shirley Dinsdale was the first person to ever win what award?
A: Tony B: Oscar
C: Emmy D: Grammy

JTQ #2 used.

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Emmy
Question Value: $25,000
Bank: $13,000

Question #6 ~ Men with Hats
Paratroopers in the U.S. Army’s airborne divisions traditionally wear berets of what color?
A: Maroon B: SIlver
C: Blue D: Gold

You’re only here once, Bill is going to guess…

Answer/Value/Bank

A: Maroon
Question Value: $100
Bank: $13,100

Question #7 ~ Stars and Stripes
One of the oldest U.S. flags, the “Betsy Ross flag” features 13 stars arranged in what shape?
A: Triangle B: Circle
C: Rectangle D: Cross

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Circle
Question Value: $3,000
Bank: $16,100

End of game horn sounds

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Question #5 ~ She’s #1
A ventriloquist in her early twenties at the time, Shirley Dinsdale was the first person to ever win what award?
A: Tony B: Oscar
C: Emmy D: Grammy

JTQ #2 used.

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Emmy
Question Value: $25,000
Bank: $13,000

Some will call this a WWOQ, but I'd just like to brag that I knew it.

That is all.

-M

themanwho wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Question #5 ~ She’s #1
A ventriloquist in her early twenties at the time, Shirley Dinsdale was the first person to ever win what award?
A: Tony B: Oscar
C: Emmy D: Grammy

JTQ #2 used.

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Emmy
Question Value: $25,000
Bank: $13,000

Some will call this a WWOQ, but I'd just like to brag that I knew it.

That is all.

-M

How did you know it?

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #3 ~ Japanese Towns
Which of these prominent political surnames is also the name of a Japanese town that lies west of Tokyo?
A: Huckabee B: Pelosi
C: Obama D: Kucinich
Jump the Question used.

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Obama
Question Value: $7,000
Bank: $12,000

There was a puff piece on the news that mentioned this town during the 2008 election, but I don't blame anyone for missing that. OTOH, did any of those other names have a Japanese sound to them? Kucinich?

MarleysGh0st wrote:OTOH, did any of those other names have a Japanese sound to them? Kucinich?

Kucinichiwa.

-M

MarleysGh0st wrote:

themanwho wrote: Some will call this a WWOQ, but I'd just like to brag that I knew it.

That is all.

-M

How did you know it?

There's a picture of her and her dummy in the Emmy Awards book. I remember the picture.

-M

themanwho wrote:

MarleysGh0st wrote:

themanwho wrote: Some will call this a WWOQ, but I'd just like to brag that I knew it.

That is all.

-M

How did you know it?

There's a picture of her and her dummy in the Emmy Awards book. I remember the picture.

-M

At age 40 she went back to school and became a cardiopulmonary therapist, eventually becoming a department head at a hospital on Long Island.

Bob Juch wrote:At age 40 she went back to school and became a cardiopulmonary therapist, eventually becoming a department head at a hospital on Long Island.

She traded the ventriloquist dummy for the CPR dummy!

-M

themanwho wrote:

Bob Juch wrote:At age 40 she went back to school and became a cardiopulmonary therapist, eventually becoming a department head at a hospital on Long Island.

She traded the ventriloquist dummy for the CPR dummy!

-M

I wonder if she used her talent to freak out her classmates?

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Transcript 2/2/11 – Bill Cooke

Bill Cooke
Hillsdale, NJ

Bill and his father are the kings of useless trivia during family Thanksgiving. Dad is in the audience. He’s also in between engagements, which he reveals is code for unemployed.

Here we go again...

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #1 ~ Stage Names
Revered as the “Godfather of Punk,” rock musician James Osterberg is better known by what stage name?
A: Joey Ramone B: Alice Cooper
C: Johnny Rotten D: Iggy Pop

ATA: A:15 % B:16% C:20% D: 49%

Answer/Value/Bank

D: Iggy Pop
Question Value: $10,000
Bank: $10,000

In fairness this was one of the top questions in the unrandomized stack.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #3 ~ Japanese Towns
Which of these prominent political surnames is also the name of a Japanese town that lies west of Tokyo?
A: Huckabee B: Pelosi
C: Obama D: Kucinich
Jump the Question used.

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Obama
Question Value: $7,000
Bank: $12,000

Which one sounds even vaguely Japanese? Strike 1.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #5 ~ She’s #1
A ventriloquist in her early twenties at the time, Shirley Dinsdale was the first person to ever win what award?
A: Tony B: Oscar
C: Emmy D: Grammy

JTQ #2 used.

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Emmy
Question Value: $25,000
Bank: $13,000

I'd JTQ also.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #6 ~ Men with Hats
Paratroopers in the U.S. Army’s airborne divisions traditionally wear berets of what color?
A: Maroon B: SIlver
C: Blue D: Gold

You’re only here once, Bill is going to guess…

Answer/Value/Bank

A: Maroon
Question Value: $100
Bank: $13,100

No guess for me, I see them all the time (members of the 82nd Airborne are in the building fairly often).

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #7 ~ Stars and Stripes
One of the oldest U.S. flags, the “Betsy Ross flag” features 13 stars arranged in what shape?
A: Triangle B: Circle
C: Rectangle D: Cross

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Circle
Question Value: $3,000
Bank: $16,100

Nine horizontal rows of stars, right?

OK, he's off to a much better start.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #6 ~ Men with Hats
Paratroopers in the U.S. Army’s airborne divisions traditionally wear berets of what color?
A: Maroon B: SIlver
C: Blue D: Gold

You’re only here once, Bill is going to guess…

Answer/Value/Bank

A: Maroon
Question Value: $100
Bank: $13,100

I'm surprised that frogman hasn't had some comment about "traditionally". Wikipedia's article about the Maroon beret lists its usage by many military units around the world, with the British 1st Airborne Division starting the tradition in 1942.

It's usage in the U.S. Army is a bit more complicated, with a curious beginning:

In 1943 General Frederick Browning, commander of the British First Airborne Corps, granted a battalion of the US Army's 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment honorary membership in the British Parachute Regiment and authorized them to wear British-style maroon berets.

Honorary membership in a British regiment?

MarleysGh0st wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #6 ~ Men with Hats
Paratroopers in the U.S. Army’s airborne divisions traditionally wear berets of what color?
A: Maroon B: SIlver
C: Blue D: Gold

You’re only here once, Bill is going to guess…

Answer/Value/Bank

A: Maroon
Question Value: $100
Bank: $13,100

I'm surprised that frogman hasn't had some comment about "traditionally". Wikipedia's article about the Maroon beret lists its usage by many military units around the world, with the British 1st Airborne Division starting the tradition in 1942.

It's usage in the U.S. Army is a bit more complicated, with a curious beginning:

In 1943 General Frederick Browning, commander of the British First Airborne Corps, granted a battalion of the US Army's 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment honorary membership in the British Parachute Regiment and authorized them to wear British-style maroon berets.

Honorary membership in a British regiment?

Don't the berets fly off during their jumps?