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Note- comments incomplete due to recorder crash. I no longer have a copy of this show

Jon Field
Las Vegas, NV
(mentioned a number of occupations but Dad is the most important one. His wife is in the audience and they have a six year old son)


Topic Tree (pre-randomized):
10 Before They Were Big
9 King Me
8 Cover Art
7 Heroic Bill
6 Understudy
5 Man of Science
4 Blogging the Past
3 App Time
2 Critter Cohabitation
1 Fundraising Methods



Topic Tree: (Randomized)
5 Man of Science
1 Fundraising Methods
8 Cover Art
9 King Me
3 App Time
6 Understudy
2 Critter Cohabitation
4 Blogging the Past
10 Before They Were Big
7 Heroic Bill



Question 1 - Level 7 Heroic Bill
As if inspired by a superhero film, the 2011 debt deal created a powerful committee called the what?
A. Mega senate B. Mighty caucus
C. Super congress D. Wonder committee

ATA

A-4% B-13% C-63% D-20%

Answer and value

C. Super congress
Value: $15K
Bank: $15K

Question 2 - Level 10 Before They Were Big
Before hitting it big, Quentin Tarantino had a bit part on TV's "The Golden Girls" in an unlikely role as a what?
A. Undertaker B. Department store Santa
C. Kindergarten teacher D. Elvis impersonator

JTQ

Jon did not watch The Golden Girls

Answer and value

D. Elvis impersonator
Value: $7000
Bank: $15K

Question 3 - Level 4 Blogging the Past
The Victorian Peeper is the name of a blog that covers what time and place?
A. 16th-century France B. 17th-century Germany
C. 18th-century Russia D. 19th-century Britain

JTQ

Jon had it down to France or Britain

Answer and value

D. 19th-century Britain
Value: $5000
Bank: $15K

Question 4 - Level 2 Critter Cohabitation
What is the only place in the world where a person can see alligators and crocodiles coexisting in their natural habitat?
A. Swiss Alps B. Amazon rainforest
C. Florida Everglades D. French Riviera

Walk

Answer and value

C. Florida Everglades
Value: not revealed
Bank: Jon walked with $7500

Commercial break

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 2 - Level 10 Before They Were Big
Before hitting it big, Quentin Tarantino had a bit part on TV's "The Golden Girls" in an unlikely role as a what?
A. Undertaker B. Department store Santa
C. Kindergarten teacher D. Elvis impersonator

Being a huge Golden Girls fan, watching this, I was a bit upset I didn't get this in my stack. But even if you're familiar with Tarantino, this is definitely esoteric so a jump is in order.

This guy passed the test?

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 4 - Level 2 Critter Cohabitation
What is the only place in the world where a person can see alligators and crocodiles coexisting in their natural habitat?
A. Swiss Alps B. Amazon rainforest
C. Florida Everglades D. French Riviera

Walk

Answer and value

C. Florida Everglades
Value: not revealed
Bank: Jon walked with $7500

Okay, the Amazon is a reasonable distractor, but the Swiss Alps???

Hannibal would never have gotten his llamas across the Alps if it was filled with gators and crocs!

Bob Juch wrote:This guy passed the test?

He did

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Note- comments incomplete due to recorder crash. I no longer have a copy of this show

Jon Field
Las Vegas, NV
(mentioned a number of occupations but Dad is the most important one. His wife is in the audience and they have a six year old son)

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 1 - Level 7 Heroic Bill
As if inspired by a superhero film, the 2011 debt deal created a powerful committee called the what?
A. Mega senate B. Mighty caucus
C. Super congress D. Wonder committee

ATA

A-4% B-13% C-63% D-20%

Answer and value

C. Super congress
Value: $15K
Bank: $15K

I'm kinda surprised that the audience knew this one.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 2 - Level 10 Before They Were Big
Before hitting it big, Quentin Tarantino had a bit part on TV's "The Golden Girls" in an unlikely role as a what?
A. Undertaker B. Department store Santa
C. Kindergarten teacher D. Elvis impersonator

JTQ

Jon did not watch The Golden Girls

Answer and value

D. Elvis impersonator
Value: $7000
Bank: $15K

Time to JTQ because I don't think the audience would know this.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 4 - Level 2 Critter Cohabitation
What is the only place in the world where a person can see alligators and crocodiles coexisting in their natural habitat?
A. Swiss Alps B. Amazon rainforest
C. Florida Everglades D. French Riviera

Walk

Answer and value

C. Florida Everglades
Value: not revealed
Bank: Jon walked with $7500

I knew the answer but elwing was wondering whether crocodiles are actually native to the Everglades or whether they were introduced long ago.

earendel wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 4 - Level 2 Critter Cohabitation
What is the only place in the world where a person can see alligators and crocodiles coexisting in their natural habitat?
A. Swiss Alps B. Amazon rainforest
C. Florida Everglades D. French Riviera

Walk

Answer and value

C. Florida Everglades
Value: not revealed
Bank: Jon walked with $7500

I knew the answer but elwing was wondering whether crocodiles are actually native to the Everglades or whether they were introduced long ago.

No, they're a native species. The Everglades is the northern limit of their range, which extends through the Caribbean and Central America to the northern edge of South America.

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

peacock2121 wrote:

Bob Juch wrote:This guy passed the test?

He did

Someone else may have taken it for him.

MarleysGh0st wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 4 - Level 2 Critter Cohabitation
What is the only place in the world where a person can see alligators and crocodiles coexisting in their natural habitat?
A. Swiss Alps B. Amazon rainforest
C. Florida Everglades D. French Riviera

Walk

Answer and value

C. Florida Everglades
Value: not revealed
Bank: Jon walked with $7500

Okay, the Amazon is a reasonable distractor, but the Swiss Alps???

Hannibal would never have gotten his llamas across the Alps if it was filled with gators and crocs!

I suppose the Amazon is a reasonable distractor (more so than the Alps! Or even the French Riviera for that matter unless purses, shoes and suitcases count...) but I was surprised to learn many years ago that neither alligators nor crocodiles are found in the Amazon. Caimans are the only representative of the order of crocodilians found there. They are of course a genus within the alligator family but are not true alligators of which there are only two, the American alligator found in the SE coast of the US and the smaller Chinese alligator which is increasingly rare in the wild in China but does well in captivity.

The American crocodile on the other hand is typically only found in the Everglades in the US but is pretty wide spread through out the Caribbean to the northern shores of South America and both coasts of Central America. But it isn't found in the Amazon. There are several other smaller rare species of crocs in the same area including the Cuban, Mexican and Orinoco crocodiles.

Fascinating, if somewhat creepy, creatures!

Note- comments incomplete due to recorder crash. I no longer have a copy of this show

I do still have my copy of this show. Is there anything else needed for the transcripts?

-M