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David Juliano
Mesquite, NV
Casino dealer

Meredith notes that it's Double Your Money week and there have been some big payoffs.

David is ready to rock and roll. He has $13,000 in his bank and is 2 away from the Double Money question. David needs the money to help his daughter with her education. Meredith says that David is a casino dealer and wonders how much he'll be willing to gamble. David also gives a shout-out to the whole town of Mesquite, NV. He hopes they're watching.

Topic Tree: (randomized)
Where's the Trench
Beethoven's Bane
Natural Defense
Write to Life
Cash Cows [DOUBLE MONEY question]
Early Work
Wacky Events
Greasy Speak
Hats Off to Astronomy
Visiting Mascots

Question #5 (Early Work - Level ??)
Before hitting it big, what star was paid $200 to be an extra in Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl" music video?
A - KeSha
B - Lady Gaga
C - Nicki Minaj
D - Taylor Swift

David would like to say

Spoiler

Gaga - he's pretty sure it's not Taylor Swift. Nicki Minaj scares him in more ways than one.

He's going to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: A (KeSha)
Value: $500
Bank: $13,000

Question #6 (Cash Cows - Level ??) (DOUBLE MONEY question)
A company that provides funds for newly launched businesses is known as a "VC" firm, which is short for "venture" what?
A - capital
B - craft
C - certificate
D - cuisine

"Finally, one I know," David says. "It took a while."

Spoiler

Answer: A (capital)
Value: $10,000 (doubled to $20,000)
Bank: $33,000

Question #7 (Write to Life - Level ??)
What author's writing career might never have happened had he not escaped the cannibals who captured him in his early twenties?
A - Robert Louis Stevenson
B - Edgar Allan Poe
C - Herman Melville
D - Ernest Hemingway

"It's not

Spoiler

Poe and it's not Papa. I'm really torn between Melville and Stevenson."

David's daughter told him not to guess but he's going to guess anyway.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Herman Melville)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $1,000 (consolation prize)

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #7 (Write to Life - Level ??)
What author's writing career might never have happened had he not escaped the cannibals who captured him in his early twenties?
A - Robert Louis Stevenson
B - Edgar Allan Poe
C - Herman Melville
D - Ernest Hemingway

"It's not

Spoiler

Poe and it's not Papa. I'm really torn between Melville and Stevenson."

David's daughter told him not to guess but he's going to guess anyway.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Herman Melville)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $1,000 (consolation prize)

So he guessed

Spoiler

Stevenson

?

MarleysUncle stopped by for a visit just before SyndieBAM aired yesterday, so I missed this episode.

MarleysGh0st wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #7 (Write to Life - Level ??)
What author's writing career might never have happened had he not escaped the cannibals who captured him in his early twenties?
A - Robert Louis Stevenson
B - Edgar Allan Poe
C - Herman Melville
D - Ernest Hemingway

"It's not

Spoiler

Poe and it's not Papa. I'm really torn between Melville and Stevenson."

David's daughter told him not to guess but he's going to guess anyway.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Herman Melville)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $1,000 (consolation prize)

So he guessed

Spoiler

Stevenson

?

MarleysUncle stopped by for a visit just before SyndieBAM aired yesterday, so I missed this episode.

From wiki:

On January 3, 1841, he sailed from New Bedford, Massachusetts on the whaler Acushnet, which was bound for the Pacific Ocean. He was later to comment that his life began that day. The vessel sailed around Cape Horn and traveled to the South Pacific. Melville left little direct information about the events of this 18-month cruise, although his whaling romance, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, probably gives many pictures of life on board the Acushnet. Melville deserted the Acushnet in the Marquesas Islands in July 1842. For three weeks he lived among the Typee natives, who were called cannibals by the two other tribal groups on the island—though they treated Melville very well.

Here's an article about David's run.

http://www.mesquitelocalnews.com/viewne ... =8780&id=6

The start of the article:

David Juliano sees people’s hopes for the Big Bucks dashed all the time.

The 54-year-year-old Mesquite resident works at the CasaBlanca and for the past 30 years he’s dealt blackjack and worked the roulette and craps tables

And the end:

Compared to the possible $1 million, $1,000 may not seem like much. But Juliano has seen players who didn’t win the Big Bucks leave the CasaBlanca with far less.

As a percentage of what they had in their bank?

ulysses5019 wrote:From wiki:

On January 3, 1841, he sailed from New Bedford, Massachusetts on the whaler Acushnet, which was bound for the Pacific Ocean. He was later to comment that his life began that day. The vessel sailed around Cape Horn and traveled to the South Pacific. Melville left little direct information about the events of this 18-month cruise, although his whaling romance, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, probably gives many pictures of life on board the Acushnet. Melville deserted the Acushnet in the Marquesas Islands in July 1842. For three weeks he lived among the Typee natives, who were called cannibals by the two other tribal groups on the island—though they treated Melville very well.

More from the Wikipedia article about his first book, "Typee":

Typee was "in fact, neither literal autobiography nor pure fiction." Melville "drew his material from his experiences, from his imagination, and from a variety of travel books when the memory of his experiences were inadequate." The three week stay on which Typee is based takes place over the course of four months in the narrative. Melville drew extensively on contemporary accounts by Pacific explorers to add cultural detail to what might otherwise have been a straightforward story of escape, capture, and re-escape. Most American reviewers accepted the authenticity of the narrative, though it provoked disbelief among some British readers. Two years after its publication many of the novel's events were corroborated by Melville's fellow castaway, Richard T. Greene.

So it was more like a "Reality" show.

Question #5 (Early Work - Level ??)
Before hitting it big, what star was paid $200 to be an extra in Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl" music video?
A - KeSha
B - Lady Gaga
C - Nicki Minaj
D - Taylor Swift

David would like to say

Spoiler

Gaga - he's pretty sure it's not Taylor Swift. Nicki Minaj scares him in more ways than one.

He's going to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: A (KeSha)
Value: $500
Bank: $13,000

I have one JTQ left, and this is it.

Question #6 (Cash Cows - Level ??) (DOUBLE MONEY question)
A company that provides funds for newly launched businesses is known as a "VC" firm, which is short for "venture" what?
A - capital
B - craft
C - certificate
D - cuisine

"Finally, one I know," David says. "It took a while."

Spoiler

Answer: A (capital)
Value: $10,000 (doubled to $20,000)
Bank: $33,000

Yay! $20,000!

Question #7 (Write to Life - Level ??)
What author's writing career might never have happened had he not escaped the cannibals who captured him in his early twenties?
A - Robert Louis Stevenson
B - Edgar Allan Poe
C - Herman Melville
D - Ernest Hemingway

"It's not

Spoiler

Poe and it's not Papa. I'm really torn between Melville and Stevenson."

David's daughter told him not to guess but he's going to guess anyway.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Herman Melville)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $1,000 (consolation prize)

Thank you, Drs. Fox and Peterson! All that Melville study paid off.

I think I have a pic of David in our room at Jipterwest when we had the party in our room on Friday night. I think he came with Uly. Any confirmation?

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:David Juliano
Mesquite, NV
Casino dealer

Meredith notes that it's Double Your Money week and there have been some big payoffs.

David is ready to rock and roll. He has $13,000 in his bank and is 2 away from the Double Money question. David needs the money to help his daughter with her education. Meredith says that David is a casino dealer and wonders how much he'll be willing to gamble. David also gives a shout-out to the whole town of Mesquite, NV. He hopes they're watching.

Wikipedia says that as of the 2010 census the population is 15,277.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #5 (Early Work - Level ??)
Before hitting it big, what star was paid $200 to be an extra in Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl" music video?
A - KeSha
B - Lady Gaga
C - Nicki Minaj
D - Taylor Swift

David would like to say

Spoiler

Gaga - he's pretty sure it's not Taylor Swift. Nicki Minaj scares him in more ways than one.

He's going to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: A (KeSha)
Value: $500
Bank: $13,000

I have no idea. I'll JTQ also.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #7 (Write to Life - Level ??)
What author's writing career might never have happened had he not escaped the cannibals who captured him in his early twenties?
A - Robert Louis Stevenson
B - Edgar Allan Poe
C - Herman Melville
D - Ernest Hemingway

"It's not

Spoiler

Poe and it's not Papa. I'm really torn between Melville and Stevenson."

David's daughter told him not to guess but he's going to guess anyway.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Herman Melville)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $1,000 (consolation prize)

He should have listened to his daughter.