Transcript 4/20/2011 - Kevin Glaccum

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Kevin Glaccum
Philadelphia, PA
theatre director

Tim Gunn - guest host

Topic tree (randomized)
Numbers indicate prerandomized level
7 – Mountain Ranges
3 – Fancy Shoes
8 – First and Last
1 – Chemical Humor
2 – Locomotion
4 – Devil May Care
10 – Gambler-In-Chief
6 – ID the Cookie
9 – Familiar Voices
5 – Novel Twist

Question 1 (5 – Novel Twist)
Dubbed "The Literary Classic with a Blood-Sucking Twist," "Jane Slayre" is a 2010 book that lists what novelist as its co-author?
a. Mary Shelley
b. Virginia Woolf
c. Charlotte Brontë
d. Jane Austen

value/answer/bank

c. Charlotte Brontë
value: $10,000
bank: $10,000

Question 2 (9 – Familiar Voices)
Meredith Vieira was the voice of a character in what 2010 animated film?
a. How to Train Your Dragon
b. Shrek Forever After
c. Toy Story 3
d. Despicable Me

Ask the audience used

ATA results

a:10% b:30% c:30% d:30%

Jump the question 1 used

value/answer/bank

b. Shrek Forever After
value: ($25,000)
bank: $10,000

Question 3 (6 – ID the Cookie)
A popular type of Girl Scout cookie, "Caramel deLites" are also known as what?
a. Samoas
b. Do-Si-Dos
c. Tagalongs
d. Trefoils

Jump the question 2 used

value/answer/bank

a. Samoas
value: ($3,000)
bank: $10,000

Question 4 (10 – Gambler-In-Chief)
What US president was such an enthusiastic gambler that he once lost a White House china set in a poker game?
a. William H. Taft
b. Ulysses S. Grant
c. Richard M. Nixon
d. Warren G. Harding

answer and result

d. Warren G. Harding

Kevin answers incorrectly (b. Ulysses S. Grant) and leaves with $1,000.

[SportsFan68]

Funny how Nixon gets lumped in with vices.

[MarleysGh0st]

Funny how Nixon gets lumped in with vices.

Well, he did finance his first congressional campaign with money from playing high stakes poker (as mentioned in the Transcript 11/13/08 - Nicole Jurado (carryover) thread), so I thought he'd be a pretty reasonable guess.

I suppose there's be White House staff responsible for looking after the china a little more carefully by his time, though.

[earendel]

Kevin Glaccum
Philadelphia, PA
theatre director

A WE® and almost a WE/WE

Question 1 (5 – Novel Twist)
Dubbed "The Literary Classic with a Blood-Sucking Twist," "Jane Slayre" is a 2010 book that lists what novelist as its co-author?
a. Mary Shelley
b. Virginia Woolf
c. Charlotte Brontë
d. Jane Austen

value/answer/bank

c. Charlotte Brontë
value: $10,000
bank: $10,000

Thanks to my familiarity with the Jasper Fforde books I got this one.

Question 2 (9 – Familiar Voices)
Meredith Vieira was the voice of a character in what 2010 animated film?
a. How to Train Your Dragon
b. Shrek Forever After
c. Toy Story 3
d. Despicable Me

Ask the audience used

ATA results

a:10% b:30% c:30% d:30%

Jump the question 1 used

value/answer/bank

b. Shrek Forever After
value: ($25,000)
bank: $10,000

I'm not surprised the audience split so evenly on this. As for me, I'm sure it's not A or C. I've only seen bits and pieces of D and although I saw all of B I didn't remember Mere's voice. So I'd JTQ right away.

Question 3 (6 – ID the Cookie)
A popular type of Girl Scout cookie, "Caramel deLites" are also known as what?
a. Samoas
b. Do-Si-Dos
c. Tagalongs
d. Trefoils

Jump the question 2 used

value/answer/bank

a. Samoas
value: ($3,000)
bank: $10,000

elwing's second-favorite GS cookie (after Thin Mints). I don't like coconut, so I avoid these.

Question 4 (10 – Gambler-In-Chief)
What US president was such an enthusiastic gambler that he once lost a White House china set in a poker game?
a. William H. Taft
b. Ulysses S. Grant
c. Richard M. Nixon
d. Warren G. Harding

answer and result

d. Warren G. Harding

Kevin answers incorrectly (b. Ulysses S. Grant) and leaves with $1,000.

I would have had no idea, so JTQ #2.