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James Perri
Huntersville, NC
Emergency Room Doctor

Topic Tree:

10 Words of Change
9 Serious Debut
8 Nicknames
7 Sad Music
6 Fighting Words
5 Space Misdemeanors
4 Word Origins
3 Summer Foods
2 Silly Speeches
1 Villainous Drinks

Topic Tree: (randomized)

9 Serious Debut
1 Villainous Drinks
10 Words of Change
8 Nicknames
7 Sad Music
2 Silly Speeches
3 Summer Foods
4 Word Origins
5 Space Misdemeanors
6 Fighting Words

Question 1 – 6 Fighting Words
Which of these phrases was famously used as a battle cry during the Battle of San Jacinto?
A. Remember the Alamo!
B. Don’t give up the ship!
C. Remember the Maine!
D. Full speed ahead!

Spoiler

A. Remember the Alamo!
$500
Bank - $500

Question 2 – 5 Space Misdemeanors
After the Skylab satellite fell in Australia in 1979, local authorities fined NASA $400 for what?
A. Jaywalking
B. Speeding
C. Trespassing
D. Littering

Spoiler

D. Littering
$15K
Bank - $15,500

Question 3 – 4 Word Origins
Given its intent, the word curtsy appropriately derives from what noun?
A. Curfew
B. Currency
C. Courier
D. Courtesy

Spoiler

D. Courtesy
$7K
Bank - $22,500

Question 4 – 3 Summer Foods
A popular concession at carnivals and state fairs, elephant ears are what type of food?
A. Cotton candy
B. Fried pastry
C. Smoked sausage
D. Frozen pop

Spoiler

B. Fried pastry
$1K
Bank - $23,500

Question 5 – 2 Silly Speeches
In a 2011 humor article on thespoof.com, who gives a speech on the Mall in Washington, D.C. to rallying cheers of “We shall overcomb”?
A. Ashton Kutcher
B. Al Roker
C. Donald Trump
D. Kobe Bryant

Spoiler

C. Donald Trump
$3K
Bank - $26,500

Question 6 – 7 Sad Music
In a letter to his brothers, Ludwig van Beethoven once wrote of being “flung back by the doubly sad experience of my bad” what?
A. Eyesight
B. Memory
C. Speech
D. Hearing

Spoiler

D. Hearing
$5K
Bank - $31,500

Question 7 – 8 Nicknames
Which of these prominent figures enjoyed referring to himself as the “Prince of Humbugs”?
A. P.T. Barnum
B. Wyatt Earp
C. Charlie Chaplin
D. Harry Houdini

ATA

ATA results

53% A. P.T. Barnum
13% B. Wyatt Earp
26% C. Charlie Chaplin
8% D. Harry Houdini

JTQ 1

Spoiler

A. P.T. Barnum
$25K
Bank - $31,500

commercial break

Question 8 – 10 Word of Change
Which of these words appears on the front side of all newly minted pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters?
A. Pluribus
B. Liberty
C. America
D. Cents

JTQ 2

Spoiler

B. Liberty
$10K
Bank - $31,500

Question 9 – 1 Villainous Drinks
What classic horror villain utters the ominous line, “I never drink… wine”?
A. The Mummy
B. Count Dracula
C. Godzilla
D. Frankenstein

Spoiler

B. Count Dracula
$100
Bank - $31,600

Question 10 – 9 Serious Debut
Before it started running lighter fare, what magazine’s debut issue featured the writing of Soviet dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn?
A. Cosmopolitan
B. Redbook
C. People
D. Us Weekly

James decides to leave with $15,800.

Spoiler

C. People
$2K

commercial break

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 10 – 9 Serious Debut
Before it started running lighter fare, what magazine’s debut issue featured the writing of Soviet dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn?
A. Cosmopolitan
B. Redbook
C. People
D. Us Weekly

James decides to leave with $15,800.

Spoiler

C. People
$2K

A WWOQ to finish off what was otherwise a good stack for me.

Question 8 – 10 Word of Change
Which of these words appears on the front side of all newly minted pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters?
A. Pluribus
B. Liberty
C. America
D. Cents

JTQ 2

Spoiler

B. Liberty
$10K
Bank - $31,500

JTQ.

Question 10 – 9 Serious Debut
Before it started running lighter fare, what magazine’s debut issue featured the writing of Soviet dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn?
A. Cosmopolitan
B. Redbook
C. People
D. Us Weekly

James decides to leave with $15,800.

Spoiler

C. People
$2K

ATA

MarleysGh0st wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 10 – 9 Serious Debut
Before it started running lighter fare, what magazine’s debut issue featured the writing of Soviet dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn?
A. Cosmopolitan
B. Redbook
C. People
D. Us Weekly

James decides to leave with $15,800.

Spoiler

C. People
$2K

A WWOQ to finish off what was otherwise a good stack for me.

Pretty easy if you consider when the debut of each magazine was. I knew Mia Farrow was on the cover of the first People. I didn't know about Solzhenitsyn, but he is also mentioned on the cover.

People Magazine Debut Issue

TheConfessor wrote:

MarleysGh0st wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 10 – 9 Serious Debut
Before it started running lighter fare, what magazine’s debut issue featured the writing of Soviet dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn?
A. Cosmopolitan
B. Redbook
C. People
D. Us Weekly

James decides to leave with $15,800.

Spoiler

C. People
$2K

A WWOQ to finish off what was otherwise a good stack for me.

Pretty easy if you consider when the debut of each magazine was. I knew Mia Farrow was on the cover of the first People. I didn't know about Solzhenitsyn, but he is also mentioned on the cover.

People Magazine Debut Issue

Time to bring out the old transcript to see who else knew that.

Old transcript

WW2BAM Prime Time transcripts 01/18/2000
Episode 40

Dan Blonsky
Lawyer

Dan uses his PAF on the following:

$500K In 1974, what celebrity appeared on the first cover of "People" magazine?
a. Elizabeth Taylor b. Jane Fonda
c. Mary Tyler Moore D. Mia Farrow

His friend Jeff is positive. Mia Farrow

$1MIL The Earth is approximately how many miles from the sun?
a. 9.3 million b. 39 million
C. 93 million d. 193 million


500K D
1MIL C

TheConfessor wrote:

MarleysGh0st wrote:A WWOQ to finish off what was otherwise a good stack for me.

Pretty easy if you consider when the debut of each magazine was. I knew Mia Farrow was on the cover of the first People. I didn't know about Solzhenitsyn, but he is also mentioned on the cover.

Despite that previous question, I haven't memorized the first covers of magazines, particularly not the text of featured articles that accompanies the feature photo.

So, without Googling it, do you know when Cosmo and Redbook debuted? I don't.

Here's an article about James' appearance.

http://www.wbtv.com/story/17666878/man- ... to-charity

When James Perri applied and took the test to be on the show, that was it. He didn't hear from the producers of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire", until more than a year later.

Surely, they sent him a Happy Card?

James has beat a very rare type of brain tumor not only once, but twice.

His wife Nancy helped set up a foundation to help others who've also battled the rare tumor type. Oligocure.org is a non-profit set up to fund research into the disease. Monday night, the episode aired where James won $15,800 to go to the cause.

MarleysGh0st wrote:

TheConfessor wrote:

MarleysGh0st wrote:A WWOQ to finish off what was otherwise a good stack for me.

Pretty easy if you consider when the debut of each magazine was. I knew Mia Farrow was on the cover of the first People. I didn't know about Solzhenitsyn, but he is also mentioned on the cover.

Despite that previous question, I haven't memorized the first covers of magazines, particularly not the text of featured articles that accompanies the feature photo.

So, without Googling it, do you know when Cosmo and Redbook debuted? I don't.

I couldn't give you an exact date, but I'm confident they both existed decades before anyone in the U.S. ever heard of Solzhenitsyn.

TheConfessor wrote:

MarleysGh0st wrote:

TheConfessor wrote: Pretty easy if you consider when the debut of each magazine was. I knew Mia Farrow was on the cover of the first People. I didn't know about Solzhenitsyn, but he is also mentioned on the cover.

Despite that previous question, I haven't memorized the first covers of magazines, particularly not the text of featured articles that accompanies the feature photo.

So, without Googling it, do you know when Cosmo and Redbook debuted? I don't.

I couldn't give you an exact date, but I'm confident they both existed decades before anyone in the U.S. ever heard of Solzhenitsyn.

I just looked it up. Turns out they debuted in

Spoiler

1886 and 1903

, respectively.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:James Perri
Huntersville, NC
Emergency Room Doctor

Meredith asked if he'd done any preparation for the show but although he had planned to, he didn't.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 1 – 6 Fighting Words
Which of these phrases was famously used as a battle cry during the Battle of San Jacinto?
A. Remember the Alamo!
B. Don’t give up the ship!
C. Remember the Maine!
D. Full speed ahead!

Spoiler

A. Remember the Alamo!
$500
Bank - $500

And another Alamo question. Are the writers getting lazy?

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Question 8 – 10 Word of Change
Which of these words appears on the front side of all newly minted pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters?
A. Pluribus
B. Liberty
C. America
D. Cents

JTQ 2

Spoiler

B. Liberty
$10K
Bank - $31,500

I guess the "front side" is "heads". I wouldn't have thought that. I thought the "obverse" was the decorative side and the "reverse" was the portrait side.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Question 10 – 9 Serious Debut
Before it started running lighter fare, what magazine’s debut issue featured the writing of Soviet dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn?
A. Cosmopolitan
B. Redbook
C. People
D. Us Weekly

James decides to leave with $15,800.

Spoiler

C. People
$2K

James made a joke about how Redbook would be appropriate given Solzhenitsyn's country of origin. As for me I guessed correctly but at the Hot Podium I'd have used a JTQ.

Here's another article about James' appearance.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/2 ... 49494.html

The story about James donating his winnings to fight cancer has gone international. Here are two more articles, from the UK and Australia.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... ds-newsxml

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/845826 ... to-charity

earendel wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Question 8 – 10 Word of Change
Which of these words appears on the front side of all newly minted pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters?
A. Pluribus
B. Liberty
C. America
D. Cents

JTQ 2

Spoiler

B. Liberty
$10K
Bank - $31,500

I guess the "front side" is "heads". I wouldn't have thought that. I thought the "obverse" was the decorative side and the "reverse" was the portrait side.

Are you saying all of our dead Presidents on US coins have their heads up their ass?

I'd never equate front side with anything other than "heads", but then again, I've always had this problem with cars. When I was a kid, I'd think of cars from the perspective of standing behind them, so I always called the rear end the front, and the front end the rear.... and still do on occasion when I'm not thinking....

lb13

littlebeast13 wrote:. When I was a kid, I'd think of cars from the perspective of standing behind them, so I always called the rear end the front, and the front end the rear.... and still do on occasion when I'm not thinking....

lb13

Well, elephants have their trunks in front, why not cars? VW bugs must have been really confusing.