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Jay Helgeson
Los Angeles, CA
Getting a doctorate in musical arts

Topic Tree: (randomized)

2 Two Meanings
5 Questions Questions
9 Big Food
1 Name Calling
6 Physics Fun
10 The Big House
4 Celebrated Stories
8 Ancient Groups
3 Military Locations
7 European Sights

Question 1 – European Sights
Berlin’s Potsdamer Platz has historically been regarded as the German equivalent to what British tourist attraction?
A. Harrods Department Store
B. Piccadilly Circus
C. Buckingham Palace
D. Tower Bride

ATA

ATA results

9% A. Harrods Department Store
60% B. Piccadilly Circus
22% C. Buckingham Palace
9% D. Tower Bride

Spoiler

B. Piccadilly Circus
$5K
Bank - $5K

Question 2 – Military Locations
What U.S. military facility lies near the intersection of Bullion Boulevard and Gold Vault Road?
A. NORAD
B. Fort Knox
C. Fort Leavenworth
D. West Point

Spoiler

B. Fort Knox
$7K
Bank - $12K

Question 3 – Ancient Groups
In 6 A.D., the Roman Emperor Augustus established the Corps of Vigiles primarily to do what?
A. Fight fires
B. Build roads
C. Educate youths
D. Create a calendar

JTQ 1

Spoiler

A. Fight fires
$25K
Bank - $12K

Question 4 – Celebrated Stories
Mark Twain’s first big success as a writer came from a short story set in Calaveras County, CA, starring what “celebrated” animal?
A. Talking horse
B. Dancing bear
C. Singing fish
D. Jumping frog

JTQ 2

Spoiler

D. Jumping frog
$10K
Bank - $12K

Question 5 – The Big House
Shots of the prison featured in “The Shawshank Redemption” were filmed at the Mansfield Reformatory in what state?
A. North Carolina
B. Connecticut
C. Ohio
D. Kentucky

Jay doesn’t know, so he decides to leave with $6K.

Spoiler

C. Ohio

commercial break

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Question 5 – The Big House
Shots of the prison featured in “The Shawshank Redemption” were filmed at the Mansfield Reformatory in what state?
A. North Carolina
B. Connecticut
C. Ohio
D. Kentucky

Jay doesn’t know, so he decides to leave with $6K.

Spoiler

C. Ohio

commercial break

Mansfield? This might as well be Jefferson , given the number of Mansfields, including the one in CT.

I was fortunate to trip over an internal alert at work that made the Ohio one fresher on my mind...

COLUMBUS, OHIO - Due to flooding, the IRS Taxpayer Assistance Center (TAC) located in the Jackson Betts Federal Building, 180 N. Diamond St., Mansfield, Ohio, is temporarily closed until future notice.

http://www.the-daily-record.com/news/si ... le/4992998

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Jay Helgeson
Los Angeles, CA
Getting a doctorate in musical arts

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 3 – Ancient Groups
In 6 A.D., the Roman Emperor Augustus established the Corps of Vigiles primarily to do what?
A. Fight fires
B. Build roads
C. Educate youths
D. Create a calendar

JTQ 1

Spoiler

A. Fight fires
$25K
Bank - $12K

My reasoning was that "vigiles" sounds like "vigilence" and of the four "fight fires" seemed to be the one that would require vigilence.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 5 – The Big House
Shots of the prison featured in “The Shawshank Redemption” were filmed at the Mansfield Reformatory in what state?
A. North Carolina
B. Connecticut
C. Ohio
D. Kentucky

Jay doesn’t know, so he decides to leave with $6K.

Spoiler

C. Ohio

I've seen parts of this movie but not enough (is the state mentioned?). I guessed the right answer, but had I been on the show I'd have used ATA on this one.

earendel wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Jay Helgeson
Los Angeles, CA
Getting a doctorate in musical arts

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 3 – Ancient Groups
In 6 A.D., the Roman Emperor Augustus established the Corps of Vigiles primarily to do what?
A. Fight fires
B. Build roads
C. Educate youths
D. Create a calendar

JTQ 1

Spoiler

A. Fight fires
$25K
Bank - $12K

My reasoning was that "vigiles" sounds like "vigilence" and of the four "fight fires" seemed to be the one that would require vigilence.

My reasoning as well.

earendel wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 5 – The Big House
Shots of the prison featured in “The Shawshank Redemption” were filmed at the Mansfield Reformatory in what state?
A. North Carolina
B. Connecticut
C. Ohio
D. Kentucky

Jay doesn’t know, so he decides to leave with $6K.

Spoiler

C. Ohio

I've seen parts of this movie but not enough (is the state mentioned?). I guessed the right answer, but had I been on the show I'd have used ATA on this one.

It takes place in Maine, but I had no idea where it was filmed.

earendel wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 5 – The Big House
Shots of the prison featured in “The Shawshank Redemption” were filmed at the Mansfield Reformatory in what state?
A. North Carolina
B. Connecticut
C. Ohio
D. Kentucky

Jay doesn’t know, so he decides to leave with $6K.

Spoiler

C. Ohio

I've seen parts of this movie but not enough (is the state mentioned?). I guessed the right answer, but had I been on the show I'd have used ATA on this one.

I just naturally assumed that Boredshank was in Gastonia, so the answer must be A.

MarleysGh0st wrote:

earendel wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 5 – The Big House
Shots of the prison featured in “The Shawshank Redemption” were filmed at the Mansfield Reformatory in what state?
A. North Carolina
B. Connecticut
C. Ohio
D. Kentucky

Jay doesn’t know, so he decides to leave with $6K.

Spoiler

C. Ohio

I've seen parts of this movie but not enough (is the state mentioned?). I guessed the right answer, but had I been on the show I'd have used ATA on this one.

I just naturally assumed that Boredshank was in Gastonia, so the answer must be A.

Thanks, Marley! I went back and re-read the whole thread. All about Shawshank, which cannot be topped, and Annie chewed out ES! What a great thread!

SportsFan68 wrote:Thanks, Marley! I went back and re-read the whole thread. All about Shawshank, which cannot be topped, and Annie chewed out ES! What a great thread!

And one of my best roles ever!

1. easy-I've been to London (and seen Piccadilly Circus) and I took German in high school.

2. easy

3. If you have a good understanding of word roots, this is an easy question. I saw "vigiles" and immediately associated it with "vigil" and "vigilant" and picked out the correct answer.

4. I guess he never read this story.

5. ATA for me.

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