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Phillip Tabor
Fort Worth, TX
Web designer

Topic Tree: (randomized)

6 Big Breaks
10 Odd Habits
7 Toy Animals
5 Same Name
2 Pole Positions
1 List Makers
8 Heard, Not Seen
9 Old Spirits
3 Lucky Mascots
4 Mountain Roads

Question 1 – Mountain Roads
A winding byway through the Ozark Mountains, Jasper Disaster runs through what state?
A. Arkansas
B. New Mexico
C. Pennsylvania
D. Washington

Spoiler

A. Arkansas
$10K
Bank - $10K

Question 2 – Lucky Mascots
Often sporting an outfit covered with shamrocks, Lucky the Leprechaun is the official mascot of what NBA team?
A. Detroit Pistons
B. Los Angeles Lakers
C. Boston Celtics
D. Atlanta Hawks

Spoiler

C. Boston Celtics
$15K
Bank - $25K

commercial break

Question 3 – Old Spirits
A popular cocktail in Old West saloons, “cactus wine” was commonly made from a mix of tequila and what type of tea?
A. Juniper
B. Peyote
C. Sage
D. Yucca

Phillip thinks it is yucca, but would like to ATA
ATA

ATA results

4% A. Juniper
17% B. Peyote
18% C. Sage
61% D. Yucca

Phillip: I’m going to trust the audience. I’m going to say D. yucca… I’ve never heard of yucca tea though.
I’m going to JTQ.

JTQ 1

Spoiler

B. Peyote
$100
Bank - $25K

Question 4 – Heard, Not Seen
The narrator of which of these movies never actually appears as a character in the film?
A. The Royal Tenenbaums
B. Million Dollar Baby
C. Field of Dreams
D. American Beauty

Meredith mentions that Phillip is a self-proclaimed movie buff. He owns over 400 films and sees somewhere between 75 and 100 movies a year.

Spoiler

A. The Royal Tenenbaums
$5K
Bank - $30K

Question 5 – List Makers
On a 2010 episode of “How I Met Your Mother,” a couple starts a “Cradle List” of things to do before they what?
A. Go back to school
B. Buy a house
C. Get married
D. Have a baby

Spoiler

D. Have a baby
$25K
Bank - $55K

Question 6 – Pole Positions
A 2008 exhibit at the San Diego Natural History Museum, “Photography at the Poles” featured photos of what animals?
A. Boa constrictors
B. Armadillos
C. Cheetahs
D. Penguins

Spoiler

D. Penguins
$3K
Bank - $58K

Question 7 – Same Name
Which of these pairs of same-named presidents served their terms in office furthest apart?
A. Roosevelt & Roosevelt
B. Bush & Bush
C. Adams & Adams
D. Johnson & Johnson

Spoiler

D. Johnson & Johnson
$7K
Bank - $65K

Question 8 – Toy Animals
With short spines radiating in every direction, which of these sea creatures is said to resemble a Koosh ball?
A. Abalone
B. Sand dollar
C. Oyster
D. Sea urchin

Spoiler

D. Sea urchin
$1K
Bank - $66K

Question 9 – Odd Habits
To fight procrastination, which of the authors reportedly wrote in the nude, so he would be unable to leave home while he was working?
A. Joseph Conrad
B. Victor Hugo
C. Rudyard Kipling
D. Charles Dickens

JTQ 2

Spoiler

Victor Hugo
$2K
Bank - $66K

commercial break

Question 10 – Big Breaks
“American Idol” judge Randy Jackson got his big break playing what instrument for the rock band Journey?
A. Bass guitar
B. Drums
C. Keyboard
D. Saxophone

Phillip thinks it is

Spoiler

bass guitar

, but is not willing to take the risk, so he decides to walk with $33K.

Spoiler

A. Bass guitar
$500

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Question 6 – Pole Positions
A 2008 exhibit at the San Diego Natural History Museum, “Photography at the Poles” featured photos of what animals?
A. Boa constrictors
B. Armadillos
C. Cheetahs
D. Penguins

Spoiler

D. Penguins
$3K
Bank - $58K

Why? There are no

Spoiler

penguins

at either of the poles.

TheConfessor wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Question 6 – Pole Positions
A 2008 exhibit at the San Diego Natural History Museum, “Photography at the Poles” featured photos of what animals?
A. Boa constrictors
B. Armadillos
C. Cheetahs
D. Penguins

Spoiler

D. Penguins
$3K
Bank - $58K

Why? There are no

Spoiler

penguins

at either of the poles.

The exhibit featured other subjects, too. But not, I presume, any boa constrictors, armadillos or cheetahs.

http://www.sdnhm.org/exhibits/polar/index.html

Photography at the Poles will explore the spectacular Arctic and Antarctic landscape, the mass breeding grounds of King Penguins, and the abundant wildlife found in the coldest, most remote areas of the Earth. Works by National Geographic photographers Kim Heacox, Ralph Lee Hopkins and Paul Nicklen will be on display. Travelers to the poles, including Bill Atkinson, David Cothran, Richard Daniels, Alan Harley, Abe Ordover, and Duby Tal will also show imagery. Sculptors Dick Ditore and Charles Sherman will have work on display.

Maybe the penguins were from Warsaw.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Phillip Tabor
Fort Worth, TX
Web designer

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 3 – Old Spirits
A popular cocktail in Old West saloons, “cactus wine” was commonly made from a mix of tequila and what type of tea?
A. Juniper
B. Peyote
C. Sage
D. Yucca

Phillip thinks it is yucca, but would like to ATA
ATA

ATA results

4% A. Juniper
17% B. Peyote
18% C. Sage
61% D. Yucca

Phillip: I’m going to trust the audience. I’m going to say D. yucca… I’ve never heard of yucca tea though.
I’m going to JTQ.

JTQ 1

Spoiler

B. Peyote
$100
Bank - $25K

Good thing he used the second lifeline. As for me, I'd have said "yucca" with confidence and ended up going home.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 4 – Heard, Not Seen
The narrator of which of these movies never actually appears as a character in the film?
A. The Royal Tenenbaums
B. Million Dollar Baby
C. Field of Dreams
D. American Beauty

Meredith mentions that Phillip is a self-proclaimed movie buff. He owns over 400 films and sees somewhere between 75 and 100 movies a year.

Spoiler

A. The Royal Tenenbaums
$5K
Bank - $30K

ATA for me.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 9 – Odd Habits
To fight procrastination, which of the authors reportedly wrote in the nude, so he would be unable to leave home while he was working?
A. Joseph Conrad
B. Victor Hugo
C. Rudyard Kipling
D. Charles Dickens

JTQ 2

Spoiler

Victor Hugo
$2K
Bank - $66K

I'd JTQ also.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 10 – Big Breaks
“American Idol” judge Randy Jackson got his big break playing what instrument for the rock band Journey?
A. Bass guitar
B. Drums
C. Keyboard
D. Saxophone

Phillip thinks it is

Spoiler

bass guitar

, but is not willing to take the risk, so he decides to walk with $33K.

Spoiler

A. Bass guitar
$500

I'd use my second JTQ (even though from the comfort of my recliner I guessed the right answer).

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 3 – Old Spirits
A popular cocktail in Old West saloons, “cactus wine” was commonly made from a mix of tequila and what type of tea?
A. Juniper
B. Peyote
C. Sage
D. Yucca

Phillip thinks it is yucca, but would like to ATA
ATA

ATA results

4% A. Juniper
17% B. Peyote
18% C. Sage
61% D. Yucca

Phillip: I’m going to trust the audience. I’m going to say D. yucca… I’ve never heard of yucca tea though.
I’m going to JTQ.

JTQ 1

Spoiler

B. Peyote
$100
Bank - $25K

How quickly Meredith dropped all the references to trusting that brilliant audience as soon as it was revealed they was wrong.

However, this was supposed to be a level 9 question, but I'd call it a WWOQ. What are the sources to confirm that this was really a popular Old West cocktail? The leading hits to a Google search on "cactus wine" peyote point to a song called Peyote & Cactus Wine by a group called The Glass Poets. Then I see a few references that always pair this with another drink called a Mule Skinner, which make me think that all these sites are, uhhhh, borrowing the quote from the same source, whatever it is.

MarleysGh0st wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 3 – Old Spirits
A popular cocktail in Old West saloons, “cactus wine” was commonly made from a mix of tequila and what type of tea?
A. Juniper
B. Peyote
C. Sage
D. Yucca

Phillip thinks it is yucca, but would like to ATA
ATA

ATA results

4% A. Juniper
17% B. Peyote
18% C. Sage
61% D. Yucca

Phillip: I’m going to trust the audience. I’m going to say D. yucca… I’ve never heard of yucca tea though.
I’m going to JTQ.

JTQ 1

Spoiler

B. Peyote
$100
Bank - $25K

How quickly Meredith dropped all the references to trusting that brilliant audience as soon as it was revealed they was wrong.

However, this was supposed to be a level 9 question, but I'd call it a WWOQ. What are the sources to confirm that this was really a popular Old West cocktail? The leading hits to a Google search on "cactus wine" peyote point to a song called Peyote & Cactus Wine by a group called The Glass Poets. Then I see a few references that always pair this with another drink called a Mule Skinner, which make me think that all these sites are, uhhhh, borrowing the quote from the same source, whatever it is.

I agree. I found few if any credible sources online to back up the peyote claim.

I also wonder why the contestant did not trust a 61% result from the audience, with no other answer even reaching one-third that high. How big a number would he have needed before he would have used the ATA result? This must be one of the biggest margins that was not trusted in the history of the show.