Transcript 06/14/11 Ivan Alter

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Ivan Alter
Chappaqua, NY
Landscape designer
Stay at home dad of three girls

Topic Tree: (randomized)

6 Home Page
10 Name Check
2 The World’s Worst…
9 The Feds
8 Are You Covered?
3 Late Night Bits
4 Reserved Seating
7 Theme Songs
5 Worth Every Ruble
1 Flaky Inventions

Question 1 – 1 Flaky Inventions
What food pioneer held a patent for “Flaked Cereals and Precess of Preparing Same”?
A. John H. Kellogg
B. James Kraft
C. Milton Hershey
D. John Pillsbury

Spoiler

A. John H. Kellogg
$7K
Bank - $7K

Question 2 – 5 Worth Every Ruble
Foreign tourists pay 400 rubles for admission into which of these world-famous museums?
A. The Louvre
B. The Prado
C. The Hermitage
D. The Rodin Museum

Spoiler

C. The Hermitage
$500
Bank - $7,500

Question 3 – 7 Theme Songs
Written by the British group Psapp, “Cosy in the Rocket” is the theme song to what long-running TV drama?
A. One Tree Hill
B. Grey’s Anatomy
C. Bones
D. Desperate Housewives

ATA

ATA results

31% A. One Tree Hill
32% B. Grey’s Anatomy
28% C. Bones
9% D. Desperate Housewives

JTQ 1

Spoiler

B. Grey’s Anatomy
$5K
Bank - $7,500

Question 4 – 4 Reserved Seating
Nicknamed for their frequent occupants, “husband chairs” are a common sight where?
A. Shopping malls
B. Amusement parks
C. Restaurants
D. Movie theaters

Spoiler

A. Shopping malls
$2K
Bank - $9,500

commercial break

Question 5 – 3 Late Night Bits
Chewing gum and sporting an unkempt beard, what actor told a mystified Dave Letterman in 2009 that he was becoming a rapper?
A. Keanu Reeves
B. Robert Downey Jr.
C. Joaquin Phoenix
D. Kevin Bacon

Spoiler

C. Joaquin Phoenix
$3K
Bank - $12,500

Question 6 – 8 Are You Covered?
Often purchased by organizers of large events, pluvius insurance protects against losses caused by which of the following?
A. Heavy traffic
B. Bad weather
C. Unruly behavior
D. Low attendance

JTQ 2

Spoiler

B. Bad weather
$15K
Bank - $12,500

Question 7 – 9 The Feds
Which of these landmarks has its own police department run by the government’s Bureau of Reclamation?
A Mount Rushmore
B. Golden Gate Bridge
C. White House
D. Hoover Dam

Spoiler

D. Hoover Dam
$10K
Bank - $22,500

commercial break

Question 8 – 2 The World’s Worst…
Cosmopolitan.com ran the headline “Eau, No” when it slammed the world’s worst what?
A. Lipsticks
B. Shoes
C. Lingerie
D. Perfumes

Spoiler

D. Perfumes
$1K
Bank - $23,500

Question 9 – 10 Name Check
O’Shea Jackson is the birth name of what rapper?
A. Ice Cube
B. Flavor Flav
C. Ice-T
D. Busta Rhymes

Ivan knows it’s not

Spoiler

Busta Rhymes

.
He thinks it must be one of the

Spoiler

Ice

choices.
Ivan makes

Spoiler

C. Ice-T

his final answer.

Spoiler

A. Ice Cube
Ivan leaves with $1K.

commercial break

[zachhoran1]

No relation to Paul Alter, Goodson-Todman director for 45 years, who died the other day. I checked.

[Bob78164]

No relation to Paul Alter, Goodson-Todman director for 45 years, who died the other day. I checked.

But is he related to Bob Juch? --Bob

[ulysses5019]

No relation to Paul Alter, Goodson-Todman director for 45 years, who died the other day. I checked.

But is he related to Bob Juch? --Bob

LOL...not famous enough.

[earendel]

Ivan Alter
Chappaqua, NY
Landscape designer
Stay at home dad of three girls

He was "in law" before his first daughter was born, then decided to change careers and started a landscaping business.

Question 1 – 1 Flaky Inventions
What food pioneer held a patent for “Flaked Cereals and Precess of Preparing Same”?
A. John H. Kellogg
B. James Kraft
C. Milton Hershey
D. John Pillsbury

Spoiler

A. John H. Kellogg
$7K
Bank - $7K

And the streak is broken. Finally someone answers a question without a lifeline.

Question 3 – 7 Theme Songs
Written by the British group Psapp, “Cosy in the Rocket” is the theme song to what long-running TV drama?
A. One Tree Hill
B. Grey’s Anatomy
C. Bones
D. Desperate Housewives

ATA

ATA results

31% A. One Tree Hill
32% B. Grey’s Anatomy
28% C. Bones
9% D. Desperate Housewives

JTQ 1

Spoiler

B. Grey’s Anatomy
$5K
Bank - $7,500

I'd have done the same thing, figuring the audience would know this, and using JTQ when the numbers showed up bad.

Question 4 – 4 Reserved Seating
Nicknamed for their frequent occupants, “husband chairs” are a common sight where?
A. Shopping malls
B. Amusement parks
C. Restaurants
D. Movie theaters

Spoiler

A. Shopping malls
$2K
Bank - $9,500

A local yarn store has a couple of these also. I've used them often.

Question 5 – 3 Late Night Bits
Chewing gum and sporting an unkempt beard, what actor told a mystified Dave Letterman in 2009 that he was becoming a rapper?
A. Keanu Reeves
B. Robert Downey Jr.
C. Joaquin Phoenix
D. Kevin Bacon

Spoiler

C. Joaquin Phoenix
$3K
Bank - $12,500

Time to JTQ again.

Question 7 – 9 The Feds
Which of these landmarks has its own police department run by the government’s Bureau of Reclamation?
A Mount Rushmore
B. Golden Gate Bridge
C. White House
D. Hoover Dam

Spoiler

D. Hoover Dam
$10K
Bank - $22,500

Got this one because I've been to all four.

Question 9 – 10 Name Check
O’Shea Jackson is the birth name of what rapper?
A. Ice Cube
B. Flavor Flav
C. Ice-T
D. Busta Rhymes

Ivan knows it’s not

Spoiler

Busta Rhymes

.
He thinks it must be one of the

Spoiler

Ice

choices.
Ivan makes

Spoiler

C. Ice-T

his final answer.

Spoiler

A. Ice Cube
Ivan leaves with $1K.

I'd have walked away rather than risking it.

[SportsFan68]

Question 1 – 1 Flaky Inventions
What food pioneer held a patent for “Flaked Cereals and Precess of Preparing Same”?
A. John H. Kellogg
B. James Kraft
C. Milton Hershey
D. John Pillsbury

Spoiler

A. John H. Kellogg
$7K
Bank - $7K

What a great Q! Even if you don't know it, you can figure it out by process of elimination.

Question 2 – 5 Worth Every Ruble
Foreign tourists pay 400 rubles for admission into which of these world-famous museums?
A. The Louvre
B. The Prado
C. The Hermitage
D. The Rodin Museum

Spoiler

C. The Hermitage
$500
Bank - $7,500

No idea except on the Louvre. JTQ

Question 3 – 7 Theme Songs
Written by the British group Psapp, “Cosy in the Rocket” is the theme song to what long-running TV drama?
A. One Tree Hill
B. Grey’s Anatomy
C. Bones
D. Desperate Housewives

I'll do the same -- ATA and then JTQ. And I'm outta lifelines.

Question 5 – 3 Late Night Bits
Chewing gum and sporting an unkempt beard, what actor told a mystified Dave Letterman in 2009 that he was becoming a rapper?
A. Keanu Reeves
B. Robert Downey Jr.
C. Joaquin Phoenix
D. Kevin Bacon

Spoiler

C. Joaquin Phoenix
$3K
Bank - $12,500

I'm trying to remember how I knew this since I don't watch Letterman. Musta read it someplace, I guess.

Still alive!

Question 6 – 8 Are You Covered?
Often purchased by organizers of large events, pluvius insurance protects against losses caused by which of the following?
A. Heavy traffic
B. Bad weather
C. Unruly behavior
D. Low attendance

JTQ 2

Spoiler

B. Bad weather
$15K
Bank - $12,500

A nice vocabulary Q. Still alive!

Question 7 – 9 The Feds
Which of these landmarks has its own police department run by the government’s Bureau of Reclamation?
A Mount Rushmore
B. Golden Gate Bridge
C. White House
D. Hoover Dam

Spoiler

D. Hoover Dam
$10K
Bank - $22,500

And they stopped me when I was trying to get home after a lovely Vegas BB fest! Still alive!

commercial break

Question 8 – 2 The World’s Worst…
Cosmopolitan.com ran the headline “Eau, No” when it slammed the world’s worst what?
A. Lipsticks
B. Shoes
C. Lingerie
D. Perfumes

Spoiler

D. Perfumes
$1K
Bank - $23,500

Another great Q that you can figure out! Still alive!

Question 9 – 10 Name Check
O’Shea Jackson is the birth name of what rapper?
A. Ice Cube
B. Flavor Flav
C. Ice-T
D. Busta Rhymes

Sayonara... (I'm outta there.)