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Karah Rempe
New York, NY
Stay at home mom

Guest host D.L. Hughley

Topic Tree: (randomized)

8 Written By
9 Blast-off
4 Border Regions
1 Tongue Twister
6 U.S. History
5 Singing Siblings
7 Big Name Friends
2 Bear Hugs
3 Proper Texting
10 Arts vs. Science

Question 1 – 10 Arts vs. Science
What iconic 20th-century figure once quipped, “Computers are useless, They can only give you answers”?
A. John Lennon
B. Mahatma Gandhi
C. Pablo Picasso
D. Mother Teresa

JTQ 1

Spoiler

C. Pablo Picasso
$500
Bank - $0

Question 2 – 3 Proper Texting
Which of these letters, when used in text messaging shorthand, takes the place of a pronoun?
A. C
B. R
C. U
D. K

Spoiler

C. U
$100
Bank - $100

Question 3 – 2 Bear Hugs
Betty White got a congratulatory hug from Smokey Bear at a 2010 ceremony naming her an honorary what?
A. Forest ranger
B. Astronaut
C. Lifeguard
D. FBI agent

Spoiler

A. Forest ranger
$15K
Bank - $15,100

commercial break

Question 4 – 7 Big Name Friends
The infamous “Rat Pack” originated in the ‘50s as a circle of what famous actor’s friends?
A. Clark Gable
B. James Cagney
C. Bing Crosby
D. Humphrey Bogart

ATA

ATA results

6% A. Clark Gable
18% B. James Cagney
54% C. Bing Crosby
22% D. Humphrey Bogart

Spoiler

Karah goes with the audience and makes Bing Crosby her final answer.

Spoiler

D. Humphrey Bogart

Karah leaves with $1K

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Question 4 – 7 Big Name Friends
The infamous “Rat Pack” originated in the ‘50s as a circle of what famous actor’s friends?
A. Clark Gable
B. James Cagney
C. Bing Crosby
D. Humphrey Bogart

Crosby was the only one I felt safe eliminating.

SportsFan68 wrote:Question 4 – 7 Big Name Friends
The infamous “Rat Pack” originated in the ‘50s as a circle of what famous actor’s friends?
A. Clark Gable
B. James Cagney
C. Bing Crosby
D. Humphrey Bogart

Crosby was the only one I felt safe eliminating.

The contestant mused before using ATA that

Spoiler

Crosby

was a likely answer because most members of the Rat Pack

Spoiler

were singers

. This may well have pushed the audience. --Bob

Bob78164 wrote:

SportsFan68 wrote:Question 4 – 7 Big Name Friends
The infamous “Rat Pack” originated in the ‘50s as a circle of what famous actor’s friends?
A. Clark Gable
B. James Cagney
C. Bing Crosby
D. Humphrey Bogart

Crosby was the only one I felt safe eliminating.

The contestant mused before using ATA that

Spoiler

Crosby

was a likely answer because most members of the Rat Pack

Spoiler

were singers

. This may well have pushed the audience.

She was thinking about the Sinatra/Martin Rat Pack, not the originals.

Estonut wrote:

Bob78164 wrote:

SportsFan68 wrote:Question 4 – 7 Big Name Friends
The infamous “Rat Pack” originated in the ‘50s as a circle of what famous actor’s friends?
A. Clark Gable
B. James Cagney
C. Bing Crosby
D. Humphrey Bogart

Crosby was the only one I felt safe eliminating.

The contestant mused before using ATA that

Spoiler

Crosby

was a likely answer because most members of the Rat Pack

Spoiler

were singers

. This may well have pushed the audience.

She was thinking about the Sinatra/Martin Rat Pack, not the originals.

There's another Rat Pack? My thinking would have been the same as the contestant's.....

lb13

littlebeast13 wrote:

Estonut wrote:

Bob78164 wrote:The contestant mused before using ATA that

Spoiler

Crosby

was a likely answer because most members of the Rat Pack

Spoiler

were singers

. This may well have pushed the audience.

She was thinking about the Sinatra/Martin Rat Pack, not the originals.

There's another Rat Pack? My thinking would have been the same as the contestant's.....

That's what makes it a shitty question. I would suspect an overwhelming percentage of people would consider the Sinatra/Martin Rat Pack to be the "infamous" one (or only know of that one). The question would have been more fair and accurate had it been something like "Prior to Frank Sinatra and his pals, the term "Rat Pack" originated in the ‘50s as a circle of what famous actor’s friends?"

Estonut wrote:

littlebeast13 wrote:

Estonut wrote:She was thinking about the Sinatra/Martin Rat Pack, not the originals.

There's another Rat Pack? My thinking would have been the same as the contestant's.....

That's what makes it a shitty question. I would suspect an overwhelming percentage of people would consider the Sinatra/Martin Rat Pack to be the "infamous" one (or only know of that one). The question would have been more fair and accurate had it been something like "Prior to Frank Sinatra and his pals, the term "Rat Pack" originated in the ‘50s as a circle of what famous actor’s friends?"

So who were the original Rat Pack?

littlebeast13 wrote:

Estonut wrote:

Bob78164 wrote:The contestant mused before using ATA that

Spoiler

Crosby

was a likely answer because most members of the Rat Pack

Spoiler

were singers

. This may well have pushed the audience.

She was thinking about the Sinatra/Martin Rat Pack, not the originals.

There's another Rat Pack? My thinking would have been the same as the contestant's.....

lb13

Yes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_Pack

MarleysGh0st wrote:

Estonut wrote:

littlebeast13 wrote:There's another Rat Pack? My thinking would have been the same as the contestant's.....

That's what makes it a shitty question. I would suspect an overwhelming percentage of people would consider the Sinatra/Martin Rat Pack to be the "infamous" one (or only know of that one). The question would have been more fair and accurate had it been something like "Prior to Frank Sinatra and his pals, the term "Rat Pack" originated in the ‘50s as a circle of what famous actor’s friends?"

So who were the original Rat Pack?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_Pack

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Karah Rempe
New York, NY
Stay at home mom

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 2 – 3 Proper Texting
Which of these letters, when used in text messaging shorthand, takes the place of a pronoun?
A. C
B. R
C. U
D. K

Spoiler

C. U
$100
Bank - $100

I hate when they do things like this. When Karah answered, I thought she said "C, final answer" but that could refer to either the letter for the answer (which would be "U") or the letter choice (answer "A").

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 4 – 7 Big Name Friends
The infamous “Rat Pack” originated in the ‘50s as a circle of what famous actor’s friends?
A. Clark Gable
B. James Cagney
C. Bing Crosby
D. Humphrey Bogart

ATA

ATA results

6% A. Clark Gable
18% B. James Cagney
54% C. Bing Crosby
22% D. Humphrey Bogart

Spoiler

Karah goes with the audience and makes Bing Crosby her final answer.

Spoiler

D. Humphrey Bogart

Karah leaves with $1K

Pretty tough - given the most widely known constituency of the group, one would think they were singers, and thus Bing Crosby would be the answer (I suspect that was the audience's reasoning). I don't know what I would have done in that situation - probably JTQ.