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Marnie Hazelton
Freeport, NY
Doctoral student
Former teacher (2nd, 3rd and 4th grades)

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Selective Tombstone
Job Requirements
Leaning Landmark
Fish Food
Capital Letters
Tub Time
Prison Rehab
Flying Machines
Public People
To Do Lists

Question 1 – To Do List
What late singer’s recently auctioned “To Do List” includes items like “Not smoke,””Kiss June” and “Not kiss anyone else”?
A. Elvis Presley
B. Johnny Cash
C. John Lennon
D. Frank Sinatra

Spoiler

B. Johnny Cash
$7K
Bank - $7K

Question 2 – Public People
What social fad often involves people spontaneously showing up in a public place and dancing?
A. Quick crowd
B. Mass attack
C. Boogie bunch
D. Flash mob

Spoiler

D. Flash mob
$10K
Bank - $17K

Question 3 – Flying Machines
With over 650 planes, which of these companies has one of the largest fleets of aircraft in the world?
A. McDonald’s
B. Walmart
C. FedEx
D. ExxonMobil

Spoiler

C. FedEx
$5K
Bank - $22K

Question 4 – Prison Rehab
In a program called Pedal Power from the Pen, inmates at South Dakota’s Mike Durfee State Prison refurbish donated what?
A. Bicycles
B. Skateboards
C. Canoes
D. Skis

Spoiler

A. Bicycles
$500
Bank - $22,500

Question 5 – Tub Time
The nursery rhyme “Rub-a-dub-dub” features three men in a tub, including all but which of the following?
A. Butcher
B. Cobbler
C. Baker
D. Candlestick maker

ATA

ATA results

2% A. Butcher
94% B. Cobbler
1% C. Baker
3% D. Candlestick maker

Spoiler

B. Cobbler
$2K
Bank - $24,500

commercial break

Question 6 – Capital Letters
Which of these countries has three consecutive dotted letters in its capital city’s name?
A. South Africa
B. Finland
C. China
D. Ireland

JTQ 1

Spoiler

C. China
$25K
Bank - $24,500

Question 7 – Fish Food
A popular fish on menus, mahi-mahi gets its name from the Polynesian word for what?
A. Colorful
B. Strong
C. Fast
D. Lean

JTQ 2

Spoiler

B. Strong
$3K
Bank - $24,500

Question 8 – Leaning Landmark
Leaning approximately .26 degress to the northwest, the top of what major landmark is tilted nearly 18 inches out of line?
A. Big Ben Clock Tower
B. Eiffel Tower
C. Space Needle
D. Statue of Liberty

Spoiler

A. Big Ben Clock Tower
$1K
Bank - $25.500

commercial break

Question 9 – Job Requirements
A degree in math, science or engineering and 3 years of “relevant professional experience” are needed to apply to what agency’s class of 2013?
A. CIA
B. FCC
C. IRS
D. NASA

Spoiler

D. NASA
$100
Bank - $25,600

Question 10 –Selective Tombstone
By his own instruction, what president’s tombstone lists several of his achievements but omits any mention of his presidency?
A. Thomas Jefferson
B. John Tyler
C. Martin Van Buren
D. Harry S. Truman

Spoiler

A. Thomas Jefferson
$15K
Bank - $40,600

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Marnie will return for tomorrow’s show.

Whoa! She doesn't know "the butcher, the baker, and the candlestick-maker" even though she's taught several elementary grades, and she can't work out that Beijing has three dotted letters in a row, yet she apparently has no trouble calculating that a lean of .26 degrees that causes an 18 inch displacement at the top translates to a height of approximately (180/(.26*3.14)) * (18 /12), or about 330 ft., which is way too tall to be the Statue of Liberty and way too short to be the Eiffel Tower or the Space Needle.

Or was it just a wild guess, since she was out of lifelines?

plasticene wrote:Whoa! She doesn't know "the butcher, the baker, and the candlestick-maker" even though she's taught several elementary grades, and she can't work out that Beijing has three dotted letters in a row, yet she apparently has no trouble calculating that a lean of .26 degrees that causes an 18 inch displacement at the top translates to a height of approximately (180/(.26*3.14)) * (18 /12), or about 330 ft., which is way too tall to be the Statue of Liberty and way too short to be the Eiffel Tower or the Space Needle.

Or was it just a wild guess, since she was out of lifelines?

Ummm, IIRC, she said something about hearing a news story about Big Ben leaning. If she did any trigonometric calculations to confirm that hunch, she didn't verbalize them.

When the "dotted letters" question was first revealed, I had a moment of confusion, wondering which foreign diacritical marks would count--umlauts only? Then I realized that they were referring to the English names of those foreign capitals and I could stop overthinking the question after "iji".

1. easy-Johnny Cash was married to June Carter Cash.2. I've seen videos of these on TV. 3. once again, an easy one.4. easy-bicycles are the only item with pedals.5. I can't believe a former second grade teacher needed help with this one.  I knew it.  6. I guess she never studied geography-or didn't watch the 2008 Olympics from Beijing.  Another easy one for me.7. I've eaten this in Hawaii. It's very good but I have no idea what the name means. JTQ 1.
8.JTQ 2. No idea here.
9.easy
10.easy

I got a graduation card from President Reagan (Nancy also signed it) in 1984 when I graduated from high school I also have a letter from him that is written on White House stationery. Too bad someone else beat me to using that as an audition hook!

MarleysGh0st wrote:
When the "dotted letters" question was first revealed, I had a moment of confusion, wondering which foreign diacritical marks would count--umlauts only? Then I realized that they were referring to the English names of those foreign capitals and I could stop overthinking the question after "iji".

I did the same thing! Except I didn't figure out my error until after she jumped.

Question 1 – To Do List
What late singer’s recently auctioned “To Do List” includes items like “Not smoke,””Kiss June” and “Not kiss anyone else”?
A. Elvis Presley
B. Johnny Cash
C. John Lennon
D. Frank Sinatra

Spoiler

B. Johnny Cash
$7K
Bank - $7K

Pretty big clue, there -- Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash were very well known as a couple.

Question 3 – Flying Machines
With over 650 planes, which of these companies has one of the largest fleets of aircraft in the world?
A. McDonald’s
B. Walmart
C. FedEx
D. ExxonMobil

Spoiler

C. FedEx
$5K
Bank - $22K

Only one of the answers makes sense.

Question 5 – Tub Time
The nursery rhyme “Rub-a-dub-dub” features three men in a tub, including all but which of the following?
A. Butcher
B. Cobbler
C. Baker
D. Candlestick maker

ATA

ATA results

2% A. Butcher
94% B. Cobbler
1% C. Baker
3% D. Candlestick maker

Spoiler

B. Cobbler
$2K
Bank - $24,500

Rub a dub dub
Three men in a tub
The butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker.
If the tub had been stronger
My story would be longer.

Question 7 – Fish Food
A popular fish on menus, mahi-mahi gets its name from the Polynesian word for what?
A. Colorful
B. Strong
C. Fast
D. Lean

JTQ 2

Spoiler

B. Strong
$3K
Bank - $24,500

Ouch! JTQ.

Question 8 – Leaning Landmark
Leaning approximately .26 degress to the northwest, the top of what major landmark is tilted nearly 18 inches out of line?
A. Big Ben Clock Tower
B. Eiffel Tower
C. Space Needle
D. Statue of Liberty

Spoiler

A. Big Ben Clock Tower
$1K
Bank - $25.500

JTQ 2

Question 10 –Selective Tombstone
By his own instruction, what president’s tombstone lists several of his achievements but omits any mention of his presidency?
A. Thomas Jefferson
B. John Tyler
C. Martin Van Buren
D. Harry S. Truman

Spoiler

A. Thomas Jefferson
$15K
Bank - $40,600

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I know this because of a Discovery program a while back.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Marnie Hazelton
Freeport, NY
Doctoral student
Former teacher (2nd, 3rd and 4th grades)

I don't think they mentioned what she was studying.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 6 – Capital Letters
Which of these countries has three consecutive dotted letters in its capital city’s name?
A. South Africa
B. Finland
C. China
D. Ireland

JTQ 1

Spoiler

C. China
$25K
Bank - $24,500

Marnie couldn't remember the capital of China - had she done so she probably would have figured this one out.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 7 – Fish Food
A popular fish on menus, mahi-mahi gets its name from the Polynesian word for what?
A. Colorful
B. Strong
C. Fast
D. Lean

JTQ 2

Spoiler

B. Strong
$3K
Bank - $24,500

I'll JTQ also.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 10 –Selective Tombstone
By his own instruction, what president’s tombstone lists several of his achievements but omits any mention of his presidency?
A. Thomas Jefferson
B. John Tyler
C. Martin Van Buren
D. Harry S. Truman

Spoiler

A. Thomas Jefferson
$15K
Bank - $40,600

This is pretty standard presidential trivia.