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Victor English
Brooklyn, NY
Mere read his bio: studying to be a pharmacy technician but in his free time likes to waterski and snorkel, but does not know how to swim
In response he said he can swim, but is told by his friends that he does not relax and is too tense to float.


Topic Tree (pre-randomized):
10 Pricey Jewelry
9 Classic Videos
8 Walden Pond
7 Space Names
6 City Names
5 Mouthy Comedian
4 Snack Man
3 Television Traditions
2 Rough Draft
1 Strange Museums



Topic Tree: (Randomized)
6 City Names
9 Classic Videos
2 Rough Draft
8 Walden Pond
5 Mouthy Comedian
4 Snack Man
10 Pricey Jewelry
1 Strange Museums
3 Television Traditions
7 Space Names



Question 1 - Level 7 Space Names
Unveiled in 2009, NASA's Combined Operational Load-Bearing External Resistance Treadmill is named for a well-known what?
A. Late-night talk show host B. Movie director
C. Basketball player D. Fashion designer

JTQ # 1

Answer and value

A. Late-night talk show host. Mere pointed out that the first letters of the words spelled COLBERT, and then revealed the amount...
Value: $15K jumped
Bank: 0

Question 2 - Level 3 Television Traditions
In 1997, the TNT cable network began a holiday tradition by celebrating Christmas with a 24-hour "marathon" of what movie?
A. Scrooged B. The Santa Clause
C. Home Alone D. A Christmas Story

Spoiler

"well, the game has really gone tough"... Mere reminds him that the early questions could be the most difficult

ATA result

A-8% B-3% C-15% D-74%

Answer and value

D. A Christmas Story
Value: $2000
Bank: $2000

Question 3 - Level 1 Strange Museums
Located in Texas, the Devil's Rope Museum specializes primarily in teaching visitors about what ranching innovation?
A. Reins B. Spurs
C. Barbed wire D. Saddle

Spoiler

"I guess I'm gonna have to jump that question too"

JTQ #2

Answer and value

C. Barbed wire
Value: $3000 jumped
Bank: $2000

Question 4 - Level 10 Pricey Jewelry
Because they contain trace levels of nitrogen, diamonds in a special 2010 Tiffany and Co. collection are what color?
A. Yellow B. Green
C. Pink D. Purple

Spoiler

"Aw, geez, well, I guess it will be a complete guess and I am going to say C, Pink final answer"

Answer and value

A. Yellow
Value: not shown
Bank: $1K consolation

Flashback is listed as $500,000 from 2004 (they got the value and year right this time!)
After nitrogen and oxygen, what is the third most abundant gas in the air?
A. Xenon B. Argon
C. Helium D. Neon

OK, this might be the highlight of the show

since it originally went to a BB, also the one who filled in recently on Wednesday transcribing...

Answer

B. Argon

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 4 - Level 10 Pricey Jewelry
Because they contain trace levels of nitrogen, diamonds in a special 2010 Tiffany and Co. collection are what color?
A. Yellow B. Green
C. Pink D. Purple

Spoiler

"Aw, geez, well, I guess it will be a complete guess and I am going to say C, Pink final answer"

Answer and value

A. Yellow
Value: not shown
Bank: $1K consolation

And he could afford to take a complete guess here, because after using up his three lifelines, walking with half of his bank would have been the same amount as the consolation prize.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Victor English
Brooklyn, NY
Mere read his bio: studying to be a pharmacy technician but in his free time likes to waterski and snorkel, but does not know how to swim
In response he said he can swim, but is told by his friends that he does not relax and is too tense to float.

So it's sink or swim time, right?

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 4 - Level 10 Pricey Jewelry
Because they contain trace levels of nitrogen, diamonds in a special 2010 Tiffany and Co. collection are what color?
A. Yellow B. Green
C. Pink D. Purple

Spoiler

"Aw, geez, well, I guess it will be a complete guess and I am going to say C, Pink final answer"

Answer and value

A. Yellow
Value: not shown
Bank: $1K consolation

<Sheesh®>

Question 2 - Level 3 Television Traditions
In 1997, the TNT cable network began a holiday tradition by celebrating Christmas with a 24-hour "marathon" of what movie?
A. Scrooged B. The Santa Clause
C. Home Alone D. A Christmas Story

I dunno if I woulda been able to resist yelling out the answer before the choices came up on this one.

You'll shoot your eye out, kid!

SportsFan68 wrote:Question 2 - Level 3 Television Traditions
In 1997, the TNT cable network began a holiday tradition by celebrating Christmas with a 24-hour "marathon" of what movie?
A. Scrooged B. The Santa Clause
C. Home Alone D. A Christmas Story

I dunno if I woulda been able to resist yelling out the answer before the choices came up on this one.

You'll shoot your eye out, kid!

Last night's pub trivia had a round about "Daisys" and one of the questions was about the Daisy bb gun model name in the movie.

Spoiler

Red Ryder

ulysses5019 wrote:

SportsFan68 wrote:Question 2 - Level 3 Television Traditions
In 1997, the TNT cable network began a holiday tradition by celebrating Christmas with a 24-hour "marathon" of what movie?
A. Scrooged B. The Santa Clause
C. Home Alone D. A Christmas Story

I dunno if I woulda been able to resist yelling out the answer before the choices came up on this one.

You'll shoot your eye out, kid!

Last night's pub trivia had a round about "Daisys" and one of the questions was about the Daisy bb gun model name in the movie.

Spoiler

Red Ryder

I wouldn'tna been able to resist shouting that one out either.

Red Ryder artist Fred Harman spent a pretty good share of his life in the Pagosa Springs, CO area. One of these days when I'm out that way I'll drop in on the Fred Harman museum.

SportsFan68 wrote:Question 2 - Level 3 Television Traditions
In 1997, the TNT cable network began a holiday tradition by celebrating Christmas with a 24-hour "marathon" of what movie?
A. Scrooged B. The Santa Clause
C. Home Alone D. A Christmas Story

I dunno if I woulda been able to resist yelling out the answer before the choices came up on this one.

You'll shoot your eye out, kid!

Ah, but what would really take some effort would be to set up a dramatic usage of one of their quotes. Like, acting uncertain about the answer, then saying "go ahead and try a fake-out, Meredith. I triple dog dare you!"

MarleysGh0st wrote:

SportsFan68 wrote:Question 2 - Level 3 Television Traditions
In 1997, the TNT cable network began a holiday tradition by celebrating Christmas with a 24-hour "marathon" of what movie?
A. Scrooged B. The Santa Clause
C. Home Alone D. A Christmas Story

I dunno if I woulda been able to resist yelling out the answer before the choices came up on this one.

You'll shoot your eye out, kid!

Ah, but what would really take some effort would be to set up a dramatic usage of one of their quotes. Like, acting uncertain about the answer, then saying "go ahead and try a fake-out, Meredith. I triple dog dare you!"

LOL! What a great scenario!

ulysses5019 wrote:

SportsFan68 wrote:Question 2 - Level 3 Television Traditions
In 1997, the TNT cable network began a holiday tradition by celebrating Christmas with a 24-hour "marathon" of what movie?
A. Scrooged B. The Santa Clause
C. Home Alone D. A Christmas Story

I dunno if I woulda been able to resist yelling out the answer before the choices came up on this one.

You'll shoot your eye out, kid!

Last night's pub trivia had a round about "Daisys" and one of the questions was about the Daisy bb gun model name in the movie.

Spoiler

Red Ryder

That's only part of it. While being kicked down the chute, Ralphie tell Santa he wants a

Spoiler

n "Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rifle."