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Ted Villa
Fort Mill, SC

Topic Tree:

10 Sports Showdowns
9 Detective Firsts
8 Internet Firsts
7 Nature Lovers
6 Hated Handle
5 Life-Saving Toy
4 Behind Four Eyes
3 Cool Colors
2 Songs of the ‘70s
1 Tasteful Trophies

Topic Tree: (randomized)

1 Tasteful Trophies
6 Hated Handle
8 Internet Firsts
7 Nature Lovers
10 Sports Showdowns (Maytag)
9 Detective Firsts
2 Songs of the ‘70s
4 Behind Four Eyes
5 Life-Saving Toy
3 Cool Colors



Question 1 – 3 Cool Colors
“Gingerbread Man” is a Benjamin Moore paint color classified as a shade of what?
A. Green
B. Black
C. White
D. Brown

Spoiler

D. Brown
$500
Bank - $500

Question 2 – 5 Life-Saving Toy
When projected into the air, what common toy helps soldiers detect trip-wires an booby traps?
A. Slinky
B. Silly String
C. Yo-Yo
D. Silly Putty

JTQ 1

Spoiler

B. Silly String
$10K
Bank - $500

Question 3 – 4 Behind Four Eyes
In the classic Disney movie “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” which of the dwarfs wears glasses?
A. Happy
B. Doc
C. Grumpy
D. Sneezy

Spoiler

B. Doc
$1K
Bank - $1,500

Question 4 – 2 Songs of the ‘70s
In a 1974 hit song, Elton John sings about a woman with “electric boots” and “a mohair suit” named “B-B-B” what?
A. Billie
B. Bertie
C. Bennie
D. Bessie

Spoiler

C. Bennie
$2K
Bank - $3,500

Question 5 – 9 Detective Firsts
Allan Pinkerton, founder of one of the first U.S. detective agencies, is credited with inventing what current police standard?
A. Fingerprinting
B. Lie detector tests
C. Mug shots
D. Wanted posters

JTQ 2

Spoiler

C. Mug shots
$15K
Bank - $3,500

Question 6 – 10 Sports Showdown (Maytag)
With 48.5% of U.S. households watching, the showdown between which rivals was the most watched non-Super Bowl sporting event?
A. Ali and Frazier
B. Harding and Kerrigan
C. Magic and Bird
D. Agassi and Sampras

ATA

ATA results

51% A. Ali and Frazier
24% B. Harding and Kerrigan
6% C. Magic and Bird
19% D. Agassi and Sampras

Ted makes

Spoiler

Ali and Frazier

his final answer.

Spoiler

B. Harding and Kerrigan
Ted leaves with $1K.

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BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Question 6 – 10 Sports Showdown (Maytag)
With 48.5% of U.S. households watching, the showdown between which rivals was the most watched non-Super Bowl sporting event?
A. Ali and Frazier
B. Harding and Kerrigan
C. Magic and Bird
D. Agassi and Sampras

ATA

ATA results

51% A. Ali and Frazier
24% B. Harding and Kerrigan
6% C. Magic and Bird
19% D. Agassi and Sampras

Ted makes

Spoiler

Ali and Frazier

his final answer.

Spoiler

B. Harding and Kerrigan

THis question was the FJ! in game 3 of the quarter finals of the 2001 J! TofC, giving the date and asking for the sport in question, it was a triple stumper there too.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 2 – 5 Life-Saving Toy
When projected into the air, what common toy helps soldiers detect trip-wires an booby traps?
A. Slinky
B. Silly String
C. Yo-Yo
D. Silly Putty

JTQ 1

Spoiler

B. Silly String
$10K
Bank - $500

Logical enough. Spray the silly string around and it will drape over any unseen trip-wires without being heavy enough to trigger them.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 6 – 10 Sports Showdown (Maytag)
With 48.5% of U.S. households watching, the showdown between which rivals was the most watched non-Super Bowl sporting event?
A. Ali and Frazier
B. Harding and Kerrigan
C. Magic and Bird
D. Agassi and Sampras

ATA

ATA results

51% A. Ali and Frazier
24% B. Harding and Kerrigan
6% C. Magic and Bird
19% D. Agassi and Sampras

Ted makes

Spoiler

Ali and Frazier

his final answer.

Spoiler

B. Harding and Kerrigan
Ted leaves with $1K.

Ouch. The audience is racking up some big durstings.

I don't recall the Ali v. Frazier fight, specifically, but these days big prize fights are show on pay-per-view or other limited venues that wouldn't get nearly that big an audience. The Olympics, on the other hand...

MarleysGh0st wrote: I don't recall the Ali v. Frazier fight, specifically, but these days big prize fights are show on pay-per-view or other limited venues that wouldn't get nearly that big an audience. The Olympics, on the other hand...

That fight was from 1974 and TV was a five channel universe back then for most people. By 1994 most people had at least a few dozen stations, and far more with satellite. And the latter was during the Olympics, as you said.

zachhoran1 wrote:

MarleysGh0st wrote: I don't recall the Ali v. Frazier fight, specifically, but these days big prize fights are show on pay-per-view or other limited venues that wouldn't get nearly that big an audience. The Olympics, on the other hand...

That fight was from 1974 and TV was a five channel universe back then for most people. By 1994 most people had at least a few dozen stations, and far more with satellite. And the latter was during the Olympics, as you said.

You're right that they didn't have all the cable/satellite channels, but I still don't think they broadcast this on one of the networks.

Okay, Wikipedia agrees with me.

Burt Lancaster served as a color commentator for the closed-circuit broadcast.

MarleysGh0st wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 6 – 10 Sports Showdown (Maytag)
With 48.5% of U.S. households watching, the showdown between which rivals was the most watched non-Super Bowl sporting event?
A. Ali and Frazier
B. Harding and Kerrigan
C. Magic and Bird
D. Agassi and Sampras

ATA

ATA results

51% A. Ali and Frazier
24% B. Harding and Kerrigan
6% C. Magic and Bird
19% D. Agassi and Sampras

Ted makes

Spoiler

Ali and Frazier

his final answer.

Spoiler

B. Harding and Kerrigan
Ted leaves with $1K.

Ouch. The audience is racking up some big durstings.

I don't recall the Ali v. Frazier fight, specifically, but these days big prize fights are show on pay-per-view or other limited venues that wouldn't get nearly that big an audience. The Olympics, on the other hand...

I do. All three of them. None of them were televised live. --Bob

ouch

I was torn between the boxing and the ice skating. They years tipped me toward ice skating, but I am not sure what I would have done.

Tough question made worse by the dursting. Didn't even think about the fact that the fight wouldn't have been on TV live. But the correct answer is a pretty sad commentary on the TV watching population! I guess that's why the Enquirer still sells and Jersey Shore is a "hit".

Of course the cast member might have avoided it all together if they hadn't burned a JTQ lifeline on the second question. I had never heard of this use before but what else could have possibly made sense?

I had two good reasons for not watching Nancy and Tonya at the Olympics that year: 1) I refused to give in to the hype for an event that we were practically ordered to watch, and 2) it would have meant having to watch figure skating.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Ted Villa
Fort Mill, SC

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 5 – 9 Detective Firsts
Allan Pinkerton, founder of one of the first U.S. detective agencies, is credited with inventing what current police standard?
A. Fingerprinting
B. Lie detector tests
C. Mug shots
D. Wanted posters

JTQ 2

Spoiler

C. Mug shots
$15K
Bank - $3,500

I'd JTQ also. I could have ruled out "A" and "B" but not the others.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 6 – 10 Sports Showdown (Maytag)
With 48.5% of U.S. households watching, the showdown between which rivals was the most watched non-Super Bowl sporting event?
A. Ali and Frazier
B. Harding and Kerrigan
C. Magic and Bird
D. Agassi and Sampras

ATA

ATA results

51% A. Ali and Frazier
24% B. Harding and Kerrigan
6% C. Magic and Bird
19% D. Agassi and Sampras

Ted makes

Spoiler

Ali and Frazier

his final answer.

Spoiler

B. Harding and Kerrigan
Ted leaves with $1K.

Ouch! I didn't think it would be boxing (A) or tennis (D), and basketball is usually more watched than figure skating. I guess the kneecapping incident brought enough hype to carry over to the Olympics.

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