Transcript 5/12/2011 - Liz Evanick
Posted: Sat May 14, 2011 7:10 pm
Liz Evanick
Canton, CT
store owner
Topic tree (randomized)
Numbers indicate prerandomized level
9 – Written By
4 – Memorable Names
7 – Picture Perfect
5 – Home Office
8 – Strange Bars
2 – Traditional Tastes
10 – Historic TV
3 – Tuneful Twosome
1 – Getting Hitched
6 – In the News
Question 1 (6 – In the News)
Since 1979, what newspaper has often featured dot-drawings called "hedcuts" rather than portrait photographs?
a. USA Today
b. The New York Times
c. The Chicago Tribune
d. The Wall Street Journal
Ask the audience used
Question 2 (1 – Getting Hitched)
Hitching posts were traditionally located outside which of these places?
a. Sports bars
b. Old West saloons
c. Disco clubs
d. Speakeasies
Flashback question ($100,000 - 2007)
Excluding honorary awards, which of these computer whizzes actually earned a college degree?
a. Paul Allen
b. Steve Jobs
c. Michael Dell
d. Steve Wozniak
Question 3 (3 – Tuneful Twosome)
In a duet with Lady Gaga at the 2010 Grammy awards, who sang one of his lyrics as "how wonderful life is with Gaga in the world"?
a. Billy Joel
b. Paul McCartney
c. Elton John
d. Stevie Wonder
Jump the question 1 used
Question 4 (10 – Historic TV)
Martin Luther King Jr. reportedly once told a star of what TV series that it was the only one he let his kids watch?
a. Gilligan's Island
b. Bewitched
c. Star Trek
d. The Beverly Hillbillies
Jump the question 2 used
Question 5 (2 – Traditional Tastes)
Corned beef and cabbage is traditionally served to celebrate which of these holidays?
a. Presidents' Day
b. Halloween
c. Valentine's Day
d. St. Patrick's Day
Question 6 (8 – Strange Bars)
Located in Limpopo, South Africa, the Sunland Baobab is a unique bar located inside of a what?
a. Dinosaur skeleton
b. Tree
c. Diamond mine
d. Prison
(end of show)
Canton, CT
store owner
Topic tree (randomized)
Numbers indicate prerandomized level
9 – Written By
4 – Memorable Names
7 – Picture Perfect
5 – Home Office
8 – Strange Bars
2 – Traditional Tastes
10 – Historic TV
3 – Tuneful Twosome
1 – Getting Hitched
6 – In the News
Question 1 (6 – In the News)
Since 1979, what newspaper has often featured dot-drawings called "hedcuts" rather than portrait photographs?
a. USA Today
b. The New York Times
c. The Chicago Tribune
d. The Wall Street Journal
Ask the audience used
ATA results
a:9% b:14% c:9% d:68%
value/answer/bank
d. The Wall Street Journal
value: $7,000
bank: $7,000
value: $7,000
bank: $7,000
Hitching posts were traditionally located outside which of these places?
a. Sports bars
b. Old West saloons
c. Disco clubs
d. Speakeasies
value/answer/bank
b. Old West saloons
value: $3,000
bank: $10,000
value: $3,000
bank: $10,000
Excluding honorary awards, which of these computer whizzes actually earned a college degree?
a. Paul Allen
b. Steve Jobs
c. Michael Dell
d. Steve Wozniak
answer
d. Steve Wozniak
In a duet with Lady Gaga at the 2010 Grammy awards, who sang one of his lyrics as "how wonderful life is with Gaga in the world"?
a. Billy Joel
b. Paul McCartney
c. Elton John
d. Stevie Wonder
Jump the question 1 used
value/answer/bank
c. Elton John
value: ($500)
bank: $10,000
value: ($500)
bank: $10,000
Martin Luther King Jr. reportedly once told a star of what TV series that it was the only one he let his kids watch?
a. Gilligan's Island
b. Bewitched
c. Star Trek
d. The Beverly Hillbillies
Jump the question 2 used
value/answer/bank
c. Star Trek
value: ($2,000)
bank: $10,000
value: ($2,000)
bank: $10,000
Corned beef and cabbage is traditionally served to celebrate which of these holidays?
a. Presidents' Day
b. Halloween
c. Valentine's Day
d. St. Patrick's Day
value/answer/bank
d. St. Patrick's Day
value: $5,000
bank: $15,000
value: $5,000
bank: $15,000
Located in Limpopo, South Africa, the Sunland Baobab is a unique bar located inside of a what?
a. Dinosaur skeleton
b. Tree
c. Diamond mine
d. Prison
value/answer/bank
b. Tree
value: $10,000
bank: $25,000
value: $10,000
bank: $25,000
