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Desmond Bullock
Boston, MA

His plan to prep for the show was to get some rest, eat some oatmeal, and work out. He got 1/3 of the way there with the resting.

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Animal Interests
Made to Order
Alien Beings
On Campus
Strange Brew
Social Networking
Novel Office
Song Titles
Day of Faith
You're Surrounded


Question 1 - You're Surrounded

Which of these countries has coastlines on three different oceans?

A: India
B: Canada
C: China
D: Brazil

Spoiler

"Brazil does not. China definitely does not."

He asks the audience.

Spoiler

A: 22%
B: 73%
C: 3%
D: 2%

He goes with audience. The audience gives him some early applause.

Answer and value

B: Canada
Value: $5,000
Bank: $5,000

Question 2 - Day of Faith

One of five daily prayers in the Muslim faith, "Fajr" takes place when?

A: At dawn
B: At noon
C: At sunset
D: At bedtime

He doesn't know much about the Muslim faith, so he jumps the question.

Answer and value

A: At dawn
Value: $25,000 !!!
Bank: $5,000

Question 3 - Song Titles

What is the title of the 1964 hit song that sounds like it could have been written about a present-day Grammy-winning rapper?

A: Do Wah Kanye Kanye
B: Do Wah Missy Missy
C: Do Wah Diddy Diddy
D: Do Wah Snoop Snoop

Answer and value

C: Do Wah Diddy Diddy
Value: $10,000
Bank: $15,000

Question 4 - Novel Office

A tome about boredom, David Foster Wallace's final novel, "The Pale King," is set in the offices of what government agency?

A: IRS
B: OSHA
C: National Weather Service
D: Census Bureau

[Meredith pronounces "tome" as "tomb."]

They all sound pretty boring, so he jumps the question.

Answer and value

A: IRS
Value: $1,000
Bank: $15,000

Question 5 - Social Networking

Before adding your mom or your boss as a friend on Facebook, it is considered wise to do what to incriminating photos of yourself?

A: Unlike
B: Untag
C: Unearth
D: Untake

He answers this one very quickly.

Answer and value

B: Untag
Value: $3,000
Bank: $18,000

Question 6 - Strange Brew

According to legend, what president is credited with inspiring the Maxwell House slogan "Good to the last drop"?

A: William McKinley
B: Theodore Roosevelt
C: William Howard Taft
D: Woodrow Wilson

Spoiler

Taft sounds right to him, but...

He takes (half of) his bank and walks.

Answer and value

B: Theodore Roosevelt
Value: $not revealed
Bank: $(half of) 18,000

Desmond walks with $9,000.

Commercial Break.

Question 1 - You're Surrounded

Which of these countries has coastlines on three different oceans?

A: India
B: Canada
C: China
D: Brazil

Spoiler

"Brazil does not. China definitely does not."

He asks the audience.

Spoiler

A: 22%
B: 73%
C: 3%
D: 2%

He goes with audience. The audience gives him some early applause.

Answer and value

B: Canada
Value: $5,000
Bank: $5,000

Let's see -- India, Indian Ocean. We'll come back to Canada. China, Pacific Ocean. Brazil, Atlantic Ocean. Back to Canada -- Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Arctic Ocean. Canada, final answer.

Question 2 - Day of Faith

One of five daily prayers in the Muslim faith, "Fajr" takes place when?

A: At dawn
B: At noon
C: At sunset
D: At bedtime

He doesn't know much about the Muslim faith, so he jumps the question.

Answer and value

A: At dawn
Value: $25,000 !!!
Bank: $5,000

JTQ.

Question 4 - Novel Office

A tome about boredom, David Foster Wallace's final novel, "The Pale King," is set in the offices of what government agency?

A: IRS
B: OSHA
C: National Weather Service
D: Census Bureau

[Meredith pronounces "tome" as "tomb."]

They all sound pretty boring, so he jumps the question.

Answer and value

A: IRS
Value: $1,000
Bank: $15,000

Death rides the pale horse . . . No idea. JTQ.

Question 6 - Strange Brew

According to legend, what president is credited with inspiring the Maxwell House slogan "Good to the last drop"?

A: William McKinley
B: Theodore Roosevelt
C: William Howard Taft
D: Woodrow Wilson

Spoiler

Taft sounds right to him, but...

He takes (half of) his bank and walks.

Answer and value

B: Theodore Roosevelt
Value: $not revealed
Bank: $(half of) 18,000

ATA, and if they don't know, I'm outta there.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 2 - Day of Faith

One of five daily prayers in the Muslim faith, "Fajr" takes place when?

A: At dawn
B: At noon
C: At sunset
D: At bedtime

He doesn't know much about the Muslim faith, so he jumps the question.

Answer and value

A: At dawn
Value: $25,000 !!!
Bank: $5,000

I've often heard about the requirement to pray five times a day. I can't recall hearing that the
five times have distinct names. But I suppose it's like the traditional names of the prayer times for Christian monks, Vespers, Lauds, etc. which I've read about but can't keep straight, either. JTQ.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Question 4 - Novel Office

A tome about boredom, David Foster Wallace's final novel, "The Pale King," is set in the offices of what government agency?

A: IRS
B: OSHA
C: National Weather Service
D: Census Bureau

[Meredith pronounces "tome" as "tomb."]

They all sound pretty boring, so he jumps the question.

Answer and value

A: IRS
Value: $1,000
Bank: $15,000

David Foster Wallace? Who was he?

After wasting some time pondering whether title might have some logical connection to one of the choice, I'd JTQ again.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 5 - Social Networking

Before adding your mom or your boss as a friend on Facebook, it is considered wise to do what to incriminating photos of yourself?

A: Unlike
B: Untag
C: Unearth
D: Untake

He answers this one very quickly.

Answer and value

B: Untag
Value: $3,000
Bank: $18,000

I don't Facebook, but I guess that's the only reasonable answer.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 6 - Strange Brew

According to legend, what president is credited with inspiring the Maxwell House slogan "Good to the last drop"?

A: William McKinley
B: Theodore Roosevelt
C: William Howard Taft
D: Woodrow Wilson

Spoiler

Taft sounds right to him, but...

He takes (half of) his bank and walks.

Answer and value

B: Theodore Roosevelt
Value: $not revealed
Bank: $(half of) 18,000

Is this standard Presidential trivia? I've got a vague idea, but don't really remember it. ATA without any real confidence in the, to see if they agree with my hunch, I suppose.

MarleysGh0st wrote: Is this standard Presidential trivia? I've got a vague idea, but don't really remember it. ATA without any real confidence in the, to see if they agree with my hunch, I suppose.

I would say that yes, this is in the "Presidential Trivia Canon," as far as it goes. I learned it sometime in the mid-80s when it was a Final Jeopardy clue.

The coffee question answer was mentioned in one of Morris' books about TR.

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Question 4 - Novel Office

A tome about boredom, David Foster Wallace's final novel, "The Pale King," is set in the offices of what government agency?

A: IRS
B: OSHA
C: National Weather Service
D: Census Bureau

[Meredith pronounces "tome" as "tomb."]

They all sound pretty boring, so he jumps the question.

Answer and value

A: IRS
Value: $1,000
Bank: $15,000

I did not hear of it, so I would have JTQ myself figuring it could be any of the other three. I googled and found out it was unfinished at the time of his death. I also saw the date of release. If like prime-time they actually wanted to hand out dough, they would have added "fittingly released on April 15, 2011..."

At least the IRS isn't the only Boring agency....

Snaxx wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Question 4 - Novel Office

A tome about boredom, David Foster Wallace's final novel, "The Pale King," is set in the offices of what government agency?

A: IRS
B: OSHA
C: National Weather Service
D: Census Bureau

[Meredith pronounces "tome" as "tomb."]

They all sound pretty boring, so he jumps the question.

Answer and value

A: IRS
Value: $1,000
Bank: $15,000

I did not hear of it, so I would have JTQ myself figuring it could be any of the other three. I googled and found out it was unfinished at the time of his death. I also saw the date of release. If like prime-time they actually wanted to hand out dough, they would have added "fittingly released on April 15, 2011..."

At least the IRS isn't the only Boring agency....

Found it!

MarleysGh0st wrote:David Foster Wallace? Who was he?

Ithaca-born writer who battled depression most of his life. Hanged himself at a fairly early age (46).

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Desmond Bullock
Boston, MA

His plan to prep for the show was to get some rest, eat some oatmeal, and work out. He got 1/3 of the way there with the resting.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 1 - You're Surrounded
Which of these countries has coastlines on three different oceans?
A: India
B: Canada
C: China
D: Brazil

Spoiler

"Brazil does not. China definitely does not."

He asks the audience.

Spoiler

A: 22%
B: 73%
C: 3%
D: 2%

He goes with audience. The audience gives him some early applause.

Answer and value

B: Canada
Value: $5,000
Bank: $5,000

Maybe if he'd had his oatmeal he could have gotten this one.

Question 2 - Day of Faith
One of five daily prayers in the Muslim faith, "Fajr" takes place when?
A: At dawn
B: At noon
C: At sunset
D: At bedtime

He doesn't know much about the Muslim faith, so he jumps the question.

Answer and value

A: At dawn
Value: $25,000 !!!
Bank: $5,000

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I know something about Islam but I don't know this. I also JTQ.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 4 - Novel Office
A tome about boredom, David Foster Wallace's final novel, "The Pale King," is set in the offices of what government agency?
A: IRS
B: OSHA
C: National Weather Service
D: Census Bureau

[Meredith pronounces "tome" as "tomb."]

They all sound pretty boring, so he jumps the question.

Answer and value

A: IRS
Value: $1,000
Bank: $15,000

I'd go with E - Army Corps of Engineers. In reality I'd have to JTQ this one also.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 6 - Strange Brew
According to legend, what president is credited with inspiring the Maxwell House slogan "Good to the last drop"?
A: William McKinley
B: Theodore Roosevelt
C: William Howard Taft
D: Woodrow Wilson

Spoiler

Taft sounds right to him, but...

He takes (half of) his bank and walks.

Answer and value

B: Theodore Roosevelt
Value: not revealed
Bank: (half of) 18,000

I knew this one but I'm not sure why.

Estonut wrote:

MarleysGh0st wrote:David Foster Wallace? Who was he?

Ithaca-born writer

Oops!

He apparently moved west, long before I came to town.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:
Question 1 - You're Surrounded

Which of these countries has coastlines on three different oceans?

A: India
B: Canada
C: China
D: Brazil

Spoiler

"Brazil does not. China definitely does not."

He asks the audience.

Spoiler

A: 22%
B: 73%
C: 3%
D: 2%

He goes with audience. The audience gives him some early applause.

Answer and value

B: Canada
Value: $5,000
Bank: $5,000

Some solid geo nitwit-ism there! Exactly which three oceans are around India??? To make it even better the audience has a very respectable 27% geo nitwit quotient. Or perhaps the 5% voting for the two already eliminated were just being mean to punish him. Seems fair...

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:
Question 5 - Social Networking

Before adding your mom or your boss as a friend on Facebook, it is considered wise to do what to incriminating photos of yourself?

A: Unlike
B: Untag
C: Unearth
D: Untake

He answers this one very quickly.

Answer and value

B: Untag
Value: $3,000
Bank: $18,000

Of course I would be a Facebook nitwit (and be perfectly happy with it). Except I would probably have chosen the correct answer from the safety and comfort of the La-Z-Boy.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Desmond walks with $9,000.

2 for 5 and both are pop culture-ish. I guess $9K is a pretty good pay day for knowing almost nothing!