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Steve Ogden
St. Louis, MO
Firefighter
known as the "old new guy" because he started at the fire academy at age 48 while most start in their early 20s.
He outran guys half his age and kept up with the younger guys.


Topic Tree (pre-randomized):
Time Zones
Unlikely Authors
Pasta-bilities
Reality TV
'70s Music
Color Me Bad
Good Equipment
Complimentary
Prescription Only
Women Leaders

Topic Tree: (Randomized)
Pasta-bilities
Prescription Only
Color Me Bad
Unlikely Authors
Women Leaders
Complimentary
Time Zones
Good Equipment
Reality TV
'70s Music


Question 1 - '70s Music
Which of these 1970s songs was popularized by a band whose name only contains the letter "Y" as vowels?
A. Sweet Home Alabama B. A Horse with No Name
C. Stairway to Heaven D. Dust in the Wind

Spoiler

Steve likes Lynyrd Skynyrd.

Answer and value

A. Sweet Home Alabama
Value: $7000
Bank: $7000

Question 2 - Reality TV
Jeff Lewis, host of the cable reality series "Flipping Out," has what main occupation?
A. Real estate investor B. Circus acrobat
C. Hairdresser D. Short order cook

ATA

Steve does not watch reality TV, he has a guess but will ATA
A-62% B-5% C-14% D-19%
Steve said as they were voting he figured "flipping out" had to do with real estate.

Answer and value

A. Real estate investor
Value: $15K
Bank: $22K

Commercial break

Flashback question $100,000 from 2008
Where did Paul McCartney and John Lennon first meet?
A. In a church B. At a supermarket
C. On a train D. In a hospital

Spoiler

A. In a church

Question 3 - Good Equipment
While on the job, which of these sports stars often uses a black finish Louisville Slugger C271?
A. Roger Federer B. LeBron James
C. Alex Rodriguez D. Tiger Woods

JTQ 1

While all the guys at the fire house watch ESPN, Steve is watching the History Channel and figures that is why he is here.
Steve figures that it would be a baseball bat
However, he said he is not playing for himself, he is playing for his family, so he will JTQ

Answer and value

C. Alex Rodriguez
Value: $5K jumped
Bank: $22K

Question 4 - Time Zones
In a bizarre move, what country moved its official time back by thirty minutes on December 9, 2007?
A. Singapore B. Venezuela
C. Estonia D. Cameroon

JTQ

Steve decided to JTQ. After being shown the answer, he said he was leaning towards Singapore

Answer and value

B. Venezuela
Value: $3000 jumped
Bank: $22K

Steve will return tomorrow

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OK up to the last question, which I notice was the top question in the un-randomized stack.  I would use a JTQ here as I had zero idea and I doubt the audience would, either.The sports equipment Q was easy for me. Federer plays tennis, LeBron James plays basketball, and Tiger Woods plays golf. None of them use a Louisville Slugger.

Question 4 - Time Zones
In a bizarre move, what country moved its official time back by thirty minutes on December 9, 2007?
A. Singapore B. Venezuela
C. Estonia D. Cameroon

[Reveal] Spoiler: JTQ
Steve decided to JTQ. After being shown the answer, he said he was leaning towards Singapore

[Reveal] Spoiler: Answer and value

Their reference to 'a bizarre move' immediately made me think of Venezuela, because Hugo Chavez is a nut and this is the kind of thing he would do (probably for the purpose of screwing the timing of a US invasion). Singapore and Estonia are both too sensible to do anything like that, and to the best of my knowledge they don't have time in Cameroon, so it would seem necessarily to be Venezuela. But logical though this is, I am not certain I would have gone with it had I been in the Hot Seat. Or Hot Podium. Whatever.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Steve Ogden
St. Louis, MO
Firefighter
known as the "old new guy" because he started at the fire academy at age 48 while most start in their early 20s.
He outran guys half his age and kept up with the younger guys.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 3 - Good Equipment
While on the job, which of these sports stars often uses a black finish Louisville Slugger C271?
A. Roger Federer B. LeBron James
C. Alex Rodriguez D. Tiger Woods

JTQ 1

While all the guys at the fire house watch ESPN, Steve is watching the History Channel and figures that is why he is here.
Steve figures that it would be a baseball bat
However, he said he is not playing for himself, he is playing for his family, so he will JTQ

Answer and value

C. Alex Rodriguez
Value: $5K jumped
Bank: $22K

He seemed to think it was A-Rod but said that he couldn't recall what sport Roger Federer played, so he wasn't willing to take the risk.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 4 - Time Zones
In a bizarre move, what country moved its official time back by thirty minutes on December 9, 2007?
A. Singapore B. Venezuela
C. Estonia D. Cameroon

JTQ

Steve decided to JTQ. After being shown the answer, he said he was leaning towards Singapore

Answer and value

B. Venezuela
Value: $3000 jumped
Bank: $22K

"Bizarre" and "Venezuela" (or, rather, "Chavez") seem to go together.