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Gene Hult
New York, NY
children's book author


$43,600 and the ATA and 1 jump the Q lifelines remain.

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The Tribe
Scooby Song
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Question 8 - Members Only

Which if the following is a usual topic of conversation at meetings of the American Malacological Society

A: Mushrooms
B: Hats
C: Seashells
D: Vinyl records

Spoiler

He connects "Mala-" with evil, and is leaning toward mushrooms, since they're underground.

He jumps the question.

Answer and value

C: Seashells
Value: $7,000
Bank: $43,600

Question 9 - Scooby Song

Scooby-Doo's name was inspired by a lyric from what Frank Sinatra song?

A: Strangers in the Night
B: That's Life
C: My Way
D: Fly Me to the Moon

He says he listens to Sinatra. He asks the audience, after eliminating

Spoiler

C

and leaning away from

Spoiler

B

.

Spoiler

A: 83%
B: 7%
C: 2%
D: 8%

He goes with audience.

Answer and value

A: Strangers in the Night
Value: $1,000
Bank: $44,600

Question 10 - The Tribe

The Seminole tribe operates seven casinos, including two Hard Rock Hotel & Casinos in what U.S. state?

A: Colorado
B: Mississippi
C: Arizona
D: Florida

Answer and value

D: Florida
Value: $15,000
Bank: $59,600

CLASSIC MILLIONAIRE

Question 11 - $100K

Having failed to return two books to the New York Society Library, what president owes more than $300,000 in overdue fines?

A: George Washington
B: John Adams
C: Thomas Jefferson
D: James Madison

Gene finds this question mean, because he doesn't know it. He walks with his bank.

Answer

a: George Washington

Bump.

I'd wager that if this guy had worked out the Scooby Doo question, the audience would have given him the right answer on the president question. Also, I'd swear I saw this president question somewhere last night at work, but I can't for the life of me work out where.

Question 8 - Members Only

Which if the following is a usual topic of conversation at meetings of the American Malacological Society

A: Mushrooms
B: Hats
C: Seashells
D: Vinyl records

Spoiler

He connects "Mala-" with evil, and is leaning toward mushrooms, since they're underground.

He jumps the question.

Answer and value

C: Seashells
Value: $7,000
Bank: $43,600

I dunno if I coulda got there or not. Mal de Mer is seasickness, but mal is the sickness, not the sea.

Question 9 - Scooby Song

Question 10 - The Tribe

The Seminole tribe operates seven casinos, including two Hard Rock Hotel & Casinos in what U.S. state?

A: Colorado
B: Mississippi
C: Arizona
D: Florida

Answer and value

D: Florida
Value: $15,000
Bank: $59,600

We usta have Apaches, Arapahos, Cheyenne, Ancestral Puebloans, Shoshone, and Utes. Officially, we now have only Utes. That's all moot, though. The Seminoles are widely identified with Florida.

CLASSIC MILLIONAIRE

Question 11 - $100K

Having failed to return two books to the New York Society Library, what president owes more than $300,000 in overdue fines?

A: George Washington
B: John Adams
C: Thomas Jefferson
D: James Madison

Gene finds this question mean, because he doesn't know it. He walks with his bank.

Answer

a: George Washington

Ouch! I'm outta there too.

SportsFan68 wrote:

Question 8 - Members Only

Which if the following is a usual topic of conversation at meetings of the American Malacological Society

A: Mushrooms
B: Hats
C: Seashells
D: Vinyl records

Spoiler

He connects "Mala-" with evil, and is leaning toward mushrooms, since they're underground.

He jumps the question.

Answer and value

C: Seashells
Value: $7,000
Bank: $43,600

I dunno if I coulda got there or not. Mal de Mer is seasickness, but mal is the sickness, not the sea.

I think it derives from "mollusks or Mollusca," not "mal."

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Gene Hult
New York, NY
children's book author

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 8 - Members Only
Which if the following is a usual topic of conversation at meetings of the American Malacological Society

A: Mushrooms
B: Hats
C: Seashells
D: Vinyl records

Spoiler

He connects "Mala-" with evil, and is leaning toward mushrooms, since they're underground.

He jumps the question.

Answer and value

C: Seashells
Value: $7,000
Bank: $43,600

I could eliminate mushrooms because they are myconids. My guess was seashells.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:CLASSIC MILLIONAIRE

Question 11 - $100K
Having failed to return two books to the New York Society Library, what president owes more than $300,000 in overdue fines?

A: George Washington
B: John Adams
C: Thomas Jefferson
D: James Madison

Gene finds this question mean, because he doesn't know it. He walks with his bank.

Answer

a: George Washington

I associate Adams with Boston and Madison and Jefferson with Virginia. That only leaves Washington.