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SportsFan68 wrote:Sigh. 6 was so hard, and 7 was so easy.

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

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

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: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

SportsFan68 wrote:Sigh. 6 was so hard, and 7 was so easy.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: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

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]

MarleysGh0st wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: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]

frogman042 wrote: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