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Double Your Money Week

Steve Albrecht
Las Vegas, NV
Teacher

Topic Tree:

10 Campus Leader
9 Gun Slinger
8 You Must Remember This
7 Woman Warrior
6 Celebrated Writers
5 First Lady Firsts
4 They’re Everywhere
3 Table Manners
2 Celebrity Cats
1 Sharing Rooms

Topic Tree: (randomized)

1 Sharing Rooms
2 Celebrity Cats
6 Celebrated Writers
9 Gun Slinger
8 You Must Remember This
5 First Lady Firsts
7 Woman Warrior (Double Money)
4 They’re Everywhere
3 Table Manners
10 Campus Leader

Question 1 – 10 Campus Leaders
With 61,561 freshman applications for fall 2011 admission, what college calls itself “the most popular campus in the nation”?
A. University of Michigan
B. Duke University
C. UCLA
D. University of Florida

JTQ 1

Spoiler

C. UCLA
$3K
Bank - $0

Question 2 – 3 Table Manners
Often very annoying to people dining nearby, pagophagia is the compulsive chewing of what?
A. Bread
B. Salt
C. Ice
D. Butter

ATA

ATA results

1% A. Bread
1% B. Salt
98% C. Ice
0% D. Butter

Spoiler

C. Ice
$7K
Bank - $7K

Question 3 – 4 They’re Everywhere
Tree, flying and ground are three of the most common groups of what animal?
A. Fox
B. Squirrel
C. Beaver
D. Weasel

Spoiler

B. Squirrel
$100
Bank - $7,100

commercial break

Question 4 – 7 Woman Warrior (Double Money)
Because of her role defending a French city during the Hundred Years’ War, Joan of Arc is sometimes called “The Maid of” where?
A. Marseilles
B. Bordeaux
C. Dijon
D. Orléans

Spoiler

D. Orléans
$25K doubles to $50K
Bank - $57,100

Question 5 – 5 First Lady Firsts
Which first lady gave her husband’s concession speech after he lost the election to Jimmy Carter and lost his voice?
A. Pat Nixon
B. Betty Ford
C. Nancy Reagan
D. Lady Bird Johnson

Spoiler

B. Betty Ford
$10K
Bank - $67,100

commercial break

Question 6 – 8 You Must Remember This
“May I have a large container of coffee?” is a popular mnemonic for remembering what?
A. Geologic time periods
B. Digits of pi
C. State capitals
D. Federal holidays

JTQ 2

Spoiler

B. Digits of pi
$15K
Bank - $67,100

Question 7 – 9 Gun Slinger
According to legend, Jesse James earned what nickname after losing the tip of his finger in a gun accident?
A. Bazoo
B. Mudsill
C. Dingus
D. Saphead

Steve decides to leave with $33,550.

Spoiler

C. Dingus

end of show noise

Question 1 – 10 Campus Leaders
With 61,561 freshman applications for fall 2011 admission, what college calls itself “the most popular campus in the nation”?
A. University of Michigan
B. Duke University
C. UCLA
D. University of Florida

JTQ 1

Spoiler

C. UCLA
$3K
Bank - $0

Westwood, ho!

Question 2 – 3 Table Manners
Often very annoying to people dining nearby, pagophagia is the compulsive chewing of what?
A. Bread
B. Salt
C. Ice
D. Butter

ATA

ATA results

1% A. Bread
1% B. Salt
98% C. Ice
0% D. Butter

Spoiler

C. Ice
$7K
Bank - $7K

MatiasMom said she had this when she was pregnant with him. With HeidiAlice, no cravings.

Question 4 – 7 Woman Warrior (Double Money)
Because of her role defending a French city during the Hundred Years’ War, Joan of Arc is sometimes called “The Maid of” where?
A. Marseilles
B. Bordeaux
C. Dijon
D. Orléans

Spoiler

D. Orléans
$25K doubles to $50K
Bank - $57,100

Yay! A double! Of the $25K no less!

Question 5 – 5 First Lady Firsts
Which first lady gave her husband’s concession speech after he lost the election to Jimmy Carter and lost his voice?
A. Pat Nixon
B. Betty Ford
C. Nancy Reagan
D. Lady Bird Johnson

Spoiler

B. Betty Ford
$10K
Bank - $67,100

In other words, who was Jimmy Carter's Presidential opponent?

Question 6 – 8 You Must Remember This
“May I have a large container of coffee?” is a popular mnemonic for remembering what?
A. Geologic time periods
B. Digits of pi
C. State capitals
D. Federal holidays

OK, can't be time periods, state capitals (only 31, even counting letters), or Federal holidays. 3.1416 . . . OK 3.14157. Pi it is.

Question 7 – 9 Gun Slinger
According to legend, Jesse James earned what nickname after losing the tip of his finger in a gun accident?
A. Bazoo
B. Mudsill
C. Dingus
D. Saphead

I dunno this. I leave too. Oh wait -- I still have a JTQ.

Back to regular contestants !

Here's how I'd play this stack:

1. I figure it's either C or D-since they are both located in warmer locales. Ann Arbor can get pretty cold in January! I'm not sure, so I JTQ right off the bat.

2. the only thing that makes noise when you chew it is C-ice.

3. did ES submit this one?

4. very easy for me.

5. easy.

6. ouch. I'd ATA here and hope.

7. Definitely a WWOQ for me. JTQ here.

Steve's Double Money Question, from Mecha03 on YouTube.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRTCv5bTVGc

Brit Canuck wrote:Steve's Double Money Question, from Mecha03 on YouTube.

I don't know if Mecha03 is doing any special tricks or not, but the new HD broadcast makes the quality of that clip spectacular!

No idea why I knew Jesse James was dingus.

We visited his home in St. Joseph, Missouri and saw the bullet hole in the wall, so maybe I learned it there.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Double Your Money Week

Steve Albrecht
Las Vegas, NV
Teacher

What grade?

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 3 – 4 They’re Everywhere
Tree, flying and ground are three of the most common groups of what animal?
A. Fox
B. Squirrel
C. Beaver
D. Weasel

Spoiler

B. Squirrel
$100
Bank - $7,100

Hey, what about "evil" as the most common?

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 4 – 7 Woman Warrior (Double Money)
Because of her role defending a French city during the Hundred Years’ War, Joan of Arc is sometimes called “The Maid of” where?
A. Marseilles
B. Bordeaux
C. Dijon
D. Orléans

Spoiler

D. Orléans
$25K doubles to $50K
Bank - $57,100

OK, I know it's random, but somehow it seems more than coincidental that the first person to reach the "Double Money" question gets $50,000.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 6 – 8 You Must Remember This
“May I have a large container of coffee?” is a popular mnemonic for remembering what?
A. Geologic time periods
B. Digits of pi
C. State capitals
D. Federal holidays

JTQ 2

Spoiler

B. Digits of pi
$15K
Bank - $67,100

At first I looked at the letters, but M-I-H-A-L... didn't seem to be conveying anything - certainly not any of the four answers. Then when I saw B, I did some quick counting. May, that's 3, I is 1, have is 4...aha!

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 7 – 9 Gun Slinger
According to legend, Jesse James earned what nickname after losing the tip of his finger in a gun accident?
A. Bazoo
B. Mudsill
C. Dingus
D. Saphead

Steve decides to leave with $33,550.

Spoiler

C. Dingus

From my recliner I guessed "dingus" but at the Hot Podium I probably would have used a JTQ. I thought of the movie "Dirty Dingus Magee" but I didn't think it had anything to do with fingers.

earendel wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 7 – 9 Gun Slinger
According to legend, Jesse James earned what nickname after losing the tip of his finger in a gun accident?
A. Bazoo
B. Mudsill
C. Dingus
D. Saphead

Steve decides to leave with $33,550.

Spoiler

C. Dingus

From my recliner I guessed "dingus" but at the Hot Podium I probably would have used a JTQ. I thought of the movie "Dirty Dingus Magee" but I didn't think it had anything to do with fingers.

I saw Dirty Dingus Magee when it came out - we went specifically because someone that my Mom knew was related to to one of the screenwriters (I can't recall the relationship).

Meridith, I think, said it was slang for a dumb person/doing something dumb or something of that nature but I wonder if Steve had known that Dingus is also slang in Yiddish for penis that it might have been a

Spoiler

tip-off?

frogman042 wrote:

earendel wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 7 – 9 Gun Slinger
According to legend, Jesse James earned what nickname after losing the tip of his finger in a gun accident?
A. Bazoo
B. Mudsill
C. Dingus
D. Saphead

Steve decides to leave with $33,550.

Spoiler

C. Dingus

From my recliner I guessed "dingus" but at the Hot Podium I probably would have used a JTQ. I thought of the movie "Dirty Dingus Magee" but I didn't think it had anything to do with fingers.

I saw Dirty Dingus Magee when it came out - we went specifically because someone that my Mom knew was related to to one of the screenwriters (I can't recall the relationship).

Meridith, I think, said it was slang for a dumb person/doing something dumb or something of that nature but I wonder if Steve had known that Dingus is also slang in Yiddish for penis that it might have been a

Spoiler

tip-off?

I'll leave your spoiler to the mohel. But in the Maltese Falcon, the Sam Spade calls the bird "this dingus".

Amusing to see these Q's as compared to the ones the pseudolebrities get. If they had questions like this the charity might end up owing CindyBAM money...

frogman042 wrote: Meridith, I think, said it was slang for a dumb person/doing something dumb or something of that nature but I wonder if Steve had known that Dingus is also slang in Yiddish for penis that it might have been a

Spoiler

tip-off?

I've heard "dingus" used in both of these contexts. However, I'm still not convinced I would've pulled the trigger, being unsure of its usage during that time period. Then again, it is a fun word to say, so maybe...

Likeable guy. Glad he did pretty well.

Q 2 - Was aggravated that he wasted ATA on a Q that he could have figured out the same way the audience did. What ELSE makes noise? Now if "Breadsticks" was the choice, it would have been a tougher call.

Q 3- Most certainly one of the writers having a giggle.

Q 6 - Good call on the JtQ. At first I thought - jeez, another wasted LL when I saw M and thought Mesozoic- etc. I woulda crashed & burned...

Very good job, in general.


I do find it a bit, oh, coincidental that the very first Double Money hit was the largest amount...

secondchance wrote:Q 6 - Good call on the JtQ. At first I thought - jeez, another wasted LL when I saw M and thought Mesozoic- etc. I woulda crashed & burned...

Yeah, Mesozoic and then what?

I think I've seen versions of this before, so noticing the 3.14... didn't take more than a few seconds for me. But this was another lost dream question for me, only because it would have given me a chance to use the coolest mnemonic I know for the geological periods (and epochs):

Camels often sit down carefully. Perhaps their joints creak? Persistent early oiling might prevent permanent rheumatism.

Cambrian,
Ordovician,
Silurian,
Devonian,
Carboniferous,
Permian,
Triassic,
Jurassic,
Cretaceous,
Paleocene,
Eocene,
Oligocene,
Miocene,
Pliocene,
Pleistocene,
Recent.