Cincinnati, OH
Medical supply technician
Ben is married, with a 20-year old son, Isaac. Ben needs money for a new furnace.
Ben: Let's put it like this, it's from another century.
Topic Tree (Unrandomized)
10: Explorers
9: Money Bags
8: Road Reading
7: Picture Perfect
6: Sanskrit Words
5: Eat Right
4: Home Office
3: Wide World of Sports
2: Movie Props
1: Extreme Munchies
Topic Tree (Randomized)
7: Picture Perfect
1: Extreme Munchies
4: Home Office
5: Eat Right
9: Money Bags
3: Wide World of Sports
10: Explorers
2: Movie Props
8: Road Reading
6: Sanskrit Words
Question #1 - Level 6: Sanskrit Words
From a Sanskrit word meaning "one with great measure," a mahout is a driver of what kind of animal?
A: Hippopatamus B: Camel
C: Buffalo D: Elephant
Ben says they do drive
Spoiler
camels and elephants
Answer/Value/Bank
D: Elephant
Question Value: $100
Bank: $0
Question Value: $100
Bank: $0
Question #2 - Level 8: Road Reading
In the best-selling memoir "Eat, Pray, Love," which of these countries does the author not visit?
A: Italy B: Israel
C: Indonesia D: India
Ben: Oh, for goodness sake!
Meredith: For goodness what?
Ben: I mean, my wife always gets after me for not watching these chick flicks and now I know she--
Meredith: Well, see? Maybe you should have listened to her, Ben!
Ben asks the audience.
ATA
A: 6% B: 66% C: 23% D: 5%
Answer/Value/Bank
B: Israel
Question Value: $7,000
Bank: $7,000
Question Value: $7,000
Bank: $7,000
Question #3 - Level 2: Movie Props
At a 2010 auction, movie buffs bid on prop stone tablets famously held aloft by Charlton Heston in what film?
A: Planet of the Apes B: Ben-Hur
C: Touch of Evil D: The Ten Commandments
Answer/Value/Bank
D: The Ten Commandments
Question Value: $5,000
Bank: $12,000
Question Value: $5,000
Bank: $12,000
-- Commercial Break --
Ben says a new furnace would normally cost about $5,000, so Meredith says he's got his furnace.
Meredith: You came for something, you got it. Nicely done, Ben!
Ben's brother, Solomon, is in the audience.
Question #4 - Level 10: Explorers
What 16th-century European explorer used a title in his name that translate to "cow's head"?
A: Vasco da Gama B: Juan Ponce de León
C: Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca D: Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Ben: I'm going with
Spoiler
C: Whatever that is de Vaca
Answer/Value/Bank
Question Value: $1,000
Bank: $13,000
Bank: $13,000
Question #5 - Level 3: Wide World of Sports
What major tennis tournament bills itself as "The Grand Slam of Asia/Pacific"?
A: French Open B: Wimbledon
C: Australian Open D: U.S. Open
Answer/Value/Bank
C: Australian Open
Question Value: $500
Bank: $13,500
Question Value: $500
Bank: $13,500
Question #6 - Level 9: Money Bags
Among his many unusual accomplishments, what rock star hold a trademark on the image of a bag of money with a dollar sign on it?
A: Ted Nugent B: Ozzy Osbourne
C: David Lee Roth D: Gene Simmons
Ben: Good goodness alive! I've always been a blues fan.
Ben jumps the question.
Answer/Value/Bank
D: Gene Simmons
Question Value: $2,000
Bank: $13,500
Question Value: $2,000
Bank: $13,500
Question #7 - Level 5: Eat Right
What celebrity chef won a 2010 Emmy for "Food Revolution," his reality show promoting healthier diets?
A: Gordon Ramsey B: Anthony Bourdain
C: Jamie Oliver D: Mario Batali
Meredith: You are known as "Benny Crocker" because you're such a great baker!
Ben: Yeah, but I don't eat healthy.
Ben walks with $6,750.
Answer
C: Jamie Oliver
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