Transcript 04/05/2011 Jack DeLorenzo

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Jack DeLorenzo
Staten Island, NY
College senior (22 years old)
Health major
His parents are in the audience

Bank: $7000

Topic Tree: (randomized)

2 Found in Translation
5 Art Imitates Life
7 Chicken Specifics
8 Presidential Retreat
6 Celebrity Breakups
1 Bodily Phrases
9 Bonehead Mistake
3 Literary Translations
10 Latin Music - $7K
4 Inventions - jumped $15K



Question 3 - Level 3 Literary Translations
Who translated "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" into his native language at the age of 23, giving Alice the name "Anya"?
A. Charles Dickens B. Albert Camus
C. Vladimir Nabokov D. James Joyce

Spoiler

Jack heard Anya is Russian

Answer and value

C. Vladimir Nabokov
Value: $25K (Jack runs back to hug his parents)
Bank: $32K

Question 4 - Level 9 Bonehead Mistake
The "Brontosaurus" was mistakenly created by a scientist when the skull of a what was placed on the body of an Apatosaurus?
A. Camarasaurus B. Spinosaurus
C. Ankulosaurus D. Stgosaurus

JTQ

Answer and value

A. Camarasaurus
Value: 5K jumped
Bank: $32K

Question 5 - Level 1 Bodily Phrases
A person looking to express embarrassment often says, "I have" what?
A. Blood on my hands B. Egg on my face
C. Chips on my shoulder D. Monkeys on my back

Answer and value

B. Egg on my face
Value: $1K
Bank: $33K

Question 6 - Level 6 Celebrity Breakups
The tabloids had a field day when reality star Jake Pavelka ended his engagement with a woman named what?
A. Paris B. Vienna
C. Rome D. Lisbon

ATA

A-17% B-77% C-3% D-3%

Answer and value

B. Vienna
Value: $100
Bank: 33100

Question 7 - Level 8 Presidential Retreat
Dwight Eisenhower renamed the Presidential retreat "Camp David" in honor of whom?
A. His brother B. His childhood friend
C. His favorite horse D. His grandson

Spoiler

Jack is torn between to and there is one that is obscure and might be it. Jack decided to walk then he said it was between A and D.

Answer and value

D. His grandson
Value: not shown
Bank: Jack walked with $16550

Commercial break

[Kazoo65]

No problems with these questions. I didn't see yesterday's show, so I don't know how I would have done on the first question.

[SportsFan68]

Sigh. 6 was so hard, and 7 was so easy.

But I'm not gonna start watching more TV shows. Go Aggies!

[Snaxx]

Sigh. 6 was so hard, and 7 was so easy.

But I'm not gonna start watching more TV shows. Go Aggies!

Ditto here, since I saw it was level 6 I figured it was likely enough to be not Paris Hilton, the only such first name I recognized and what I would have answered at level 2 or 3. Not surprised I didn't know it when Mere said it was The Bachelor.
Congrats to the Aggies!

[earendel]

Jack DeLorenzo
Staten Island, NY
College senior (22 years old)
Health major
His parents are in the audience

Question 6 - Level 6 Celebrity Breakups
The tabloids had a field day when reality star Jake Pavelka ended his engagement with a woman named what?
A. Paris B. Vienna
C. Rome D. Lisbon

ATA

A-17% B-77% C-3% D-3%

Answer and value

B. Vienna
Value: $100
Bank: 33100

Thanks to DWTS I got this one.

[MarleysGh0st]

Jack's appearance is summarized in the first item of this column.

http://blog.silive.com/inside_out_colum ... _hand.html

[CarShark]

Sigh. 6 was so hard, and 7 was so easy.

Completely the opposite for me.

[MarleysGh0st]

Question 4 - Level 9 Bonehead Mistake
The "Brontosaurus" was mistakenly created by a scientist when the skull of a what was placed on the body of an Apatosaurus?
A. Camarasaurus B. Spinosaurus
C. Ankulosaurus D. Stegosaurus

JTQ

Answer and value

A. Camarasaurus
Value: 5K jumped
Bank: $32K

Vertebrate paleontologist Richard Kissel happened to be discussing these dinosaurs in a lecture at the Museum of the Earth, this evening, and he told me that the confusion between the Apatosaurus and Brontosaurus had nothing to do with the mistake with the skulls. But he also said that game shows frequently get the details of their dinosaur questions wrong.

Wikipedia also sums up the situation more accurately.

Othniel Charles Marsh, a Professor of Paleontology at Yale University, described and named an incomplete (and juvenile) skeleton of Apatosaurus ajax in 1877. Two years later, Marsh announced the discovery of a larger and more complete specimen at Como Bluff Wyoming—which, because of discrepancies including the size difference, Marsh incorrectly identified as belonging to an entirely new genus and species. He dubbed the new species Brontosaurus excelsus, meaning "thunder lizard", from the Greek brontē/βροντη meaning 'thunder' and sauros/σαυρος meaning 'lizard', and from the Latin excelsus, "highest, sublime", referring to the greater number of sacral vertebrae than in any other genus of sauropod known at the time.

The finds—the largest dinosaur ever discovered at the time and nearly complete, lacking only a head, feet, and portions of the tail — were then prepared for what was to be the first ever mounted display of a sauropod skeleton, at Yale's Peabody Museum of Natural History in 1905. The missing bones were created using known pieces from close relatives of Brontosaurus. Sauropod feet that were discovered at the same quarry were added, as well as a tail fashioned to appear as Marsh believed it should, as well as a composite model of what he felt the skull of this massive creature might look like. This was not a delicate Diplodocus-style skull (which would later turn out to be more accurate[21]), but was composed of "the biggest, thickest, strongest skull bones, lower jaws and tooth crowns from three different quarries",[22] primarily those of Camarasaurus, the only other sauropod for which good skull material was known at the time. This method of reconstructing incomplete skeletons based on the more complete remains of related dinosaurs continues in museum mounts and life restorations to this day.

Despite the much-publicized debut of the mounted skeleton, which cemented the name Brontosaurus in the public consciousness, Elmer Riggs had published a paper in the 1903 edition of Geological Series of the Field Columbian Museum which argued that Brontosaurus was not different enough from Apatosaurus to warrant its own genus, and created the combination Apatosaurus excelsus: "In view of these facts the two genera may be regarded as synonymous. As the term 'Apatosaurus' has priority, 'Brontosaurus' will be regarded as a synonym."[15]

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Question 4 - Level 9 Bonehead Mistake
The "Brontosaurus" was mistakenly created by a scientist when the skull of a what was placed on the body of an Apatosaurus?
A. Camarasaurus B. Spinosaurus
C. Ankulosaurus D. Stegosaurus

JTQ

Answer and value

A. Camarasaurus
Value: 5K jumped
Bank: $32K

Vertebrate paleontologist Richard Kissel happened to be discussing these dinosaurs in a lecture at the Museum of the Earth, this evening, and he told me that the confusion between the Apatosaurus and Brontosaurus had nothing to do with the mistake with the skulls. But he also said that game shows frequently get the details of their dinosaur questions wrong.

Wikipedia also sums up the situation more accurately.

Othniel Charles Marsh, a Professor of Paleontology at Yale University, described and named an incomplete (and juvenile) skeleton of Apatosaurus ajax in 1877. Two years later, Marsh announced the discovery of a larger and more complete specimen at Como Bluff Wyoming—which, because of discrepancies including the size difference, Marsh incorrectly identified as belonging to an entirely new genus and species. He dubbed the new species Brontosaurus excelsus, meaning "thunder lizard", from the Greek brontē/βροντη meaning 'thunder' and sauros/σαυρος meaning 'lizard', and from the Latin excelsus, "highest, sublime", referring to the greater number of sacral vertebrae than in any other genus of sauropod known at the time.

The finds—the largest dinosaur ever discovered at the time and nearly complete, lacking only a head, feet, and portions of the tail — were then prepared for what was to be the first ever mounted display of a sauropod skeleton, at Yale's Peabody Museum of Natural History in 1905. The missing bones were created using known pieces from close relatives of Brontosaurus. Sauropod feet that were discovered at the same quarry were added, as well as a tail fashioned to appear as Marsh believed it should, as well as a composite model of what he felt the skull of this massive creature might look like. This was not a delicate Diplodocus-style skull (which would later turn out to be more accurate[21]), but was composed of "the biggest, thickest, strongest skull bones, lower jaws and tooth crowns from three different quarries",[22] primarily those of Camarasaurus, the only other sauropod for which good skull material was known at the time. This method of reconstructing incomplete skeletons based on the more complete remains of related dinosaurs continues in museum mounts and life restorations to this day.

Despite the much-publicized debut of the mounted skeleton, which cemented the name Brontosaurus in the public consciousness, Elmer Riggs had published a paper in the 1903 edition of Geological Series of the Field Columbian Museum which argued that Brontosaurus was not different enough from Apatosaurus to warrant its own genus, and created the combination Apatosaurus excelsus: "In view of these facts the two genera may be regarded as synonymous. As the term 'Apatosaurus' has priority, 'Brontosaurus' will be regarded as a synonym."[15]

Or see Stephen Jay Gould's essay (and title of one of his collection of essay books) "Bully For Brontosaurus"

If you would like to read it - follow this link: http://books.google.com/books?id=pzj90s ... &q&f=false

[MarleysGh0st]

Or see Stephen Jay Gould's essay (and title of one of his collection of essay books) "Bully For Brontosaurus"

If you would like to read it - follow this link: http://books.google.com/books?id=pzj90s ... &q&f=false

A very fine essay!

Alas, the true issue of the Apatosaurus/Brontosaurus debate, subtle and technical as it is, would only be considered "fitting" material for a WWTBAM question if a former child star had managed to get her name in that 1903 paper.