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Jeanine McKinney
Cheraw, SC
If she wins, she gets a tractor parade.
(There will only be 2 tractors, but the parade's only a block long.)

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Saucy Animal
Silly Slogans
Rock Theme
Fun with Science
Marked Bills
Taking the Plunge
Side Projects
Rated Ouch
Peak Logo

Question 1 - Peak Logo

According to local legend, Ben Lomond peak in Ogden, Utah, was the inspiration for what company's logo?

A: TriStar Pictures
B: Universal Studios
C: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
D: Paramount Pictures

Spoiler

She thinks of that woman holding the torch, but she doesn't know.

JTQ

Answer and value

D: Paramount Pictures
Value: $7,000
Bank: $0

Question 2 - Rated Ouch

Personally tested and developed by entomologist Justin Schmidt, the Schmidt Pain index measures the effects of what?

A: Chemical burns
B: Spicy foods
C: Weight training
D: Insect stings

Answer and value

D: Insect stings
Value: $500
Bank: $500

Question 3 - Side Projects

Thirteen years before coming to power, what famed dictator wrote a romance novel entitled "The Cardinal's Mistress"?

A: Benito Mussolini
B: Idi Amin
C: Augusto Pinochet
D: Joseph Stalin

Spoiler

She connects Mussolini to Italy (and presumably then to Catholicism)

Answer and value

A: Benito Mussolini
Value: $1,000
Bank: $1,500

Question 4 - Taking the Plunge

An annual winter event held in Maryland's Sandy Point State Park, PlungeFest involves an ice-cold dip into what body of water?

A: Chesapeake Bay
B: Lake Havasu
C: Hudson River
D: Lake Tahoe

Answer and value

A: Chesapeake Bay
Value: $10,000
Bank: $11,500

Commecial break.

Question 5 - Marked Bills

Acollectible today, a dollar bill with "HAWAII" printed on it was issued by the U.S. during what war?

A: World War I
B: World War II
C: Korean War
D: Vietnam War

Answer and value

B: World War II
Value: $3,000
Bank: $13,500

Question 6 - Fun with Science

What candy's name is formed by combining the symbols for the 17th, 18th and 19th elements on the Periodic Table?

A: Twix
B: Clark
C: Rolo
D: Dots

Answer and value

B: Clark (Cl=Chlorine, Ar=Argon, K=Potassium)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $16,500

Commercial Break.

Not Club Millionaire Question

In one of his most famous and controversial declarations, what did Karl Marx dub "the opium of the people"?

A: Art
B: Democracy
C: Entertainment
D: Religion

Spoiler

D

Question 7 - Rock Theme

What rock group wrote the theme song for "The Colbert Report"?

A: The Cars
B: Def Leppard
C: ZZ Top
D: Cheap Trick

She feared a question on movies or music. She asks the audience.

Spoiler

A: 29%
B: 13%
C: 34%
D: 24%

She jumps the Q.

Answer and value

D: Cheap Trick
Value: $100
Bank: $16,500

Question 8 - Silly Slogans

"Like we need your support" is a slogan seen on posters that promote which of the following?

A: National Sincerity Society
B: Nation Skepticism Society
C: National Sarcasm Society
D: National Optimism Society

Answer and value

C: National Sarcasm Society
Value: $5,000
Bank: $21,500

End of show noise. Jeanine and her $21,500 bank go for the 2 big-money amounts tomorrow with no lifelines left.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Jeanine McKinney
Cheraw, SC
If she wins, she gets a tractor parade.
(There will only be 2 tractors, but the parade's only a block long.)

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 1 - Peak Logo

According to local legend, Ben Lomond peak in Ogden, Utah, was the inspiration for what company's logo?

A: TriStar Pictures
B: Universal Studios
C: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
D: Paramount Pictures

Spoiler

She thinks of that woman holding the torch, but she doesn't know.

JTQ

Answer and value

D: Paramount Pictures
Value: $7,000
Bank: $0

I could see the mountain, the stars swirling in to form a semicircle and the words "Paramount Pictures" on the screen.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 4 - Taking the Plunge

An annual winter event held in Maryland's Sandy Point State Park, PlungeFest involves an ice-cold dip into what body of water?

A: Chesapeake Bay
B: Lake Havasu
C: Hudson River
D: Lake Tahoe

Answer and value

A: Chesapeake Bay
Value: $10,000
Bank: $11,500

Given that none of the others are even close to Maryland, I'm guessing this was a low-level question.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 5 - Marked Bills

Acollectible today, a dollar bill with "HAWAII" printed on it was issued by the U.S. during what war?

A: World War I
B: World War II
C: Korean War
D: Vietnam War

Answer and value

B: World War II
Value: $3,000
Bank: $13,500

Meredith said that it was so that in case the Japanese invaded the bills could be declared worthless.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 6 - Fun with Science

What candy's name is formed by combining the symbols for the 17th, 18th and 19th elements on the Periodic Table?

A: Twix
B: Clark
C: Rolo
D: Dots

Answer and value

B: Clark (Cl=Chlorine, Ar=Argon, K=Potassium)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $16,500

Chlorine, argon, potassium. No problem here.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 7 - Rock Theme

What rock group wrote the theme song for "The Colbert Report"?

A: The Cars
B: Def Leppard
C: ZZ Top
D: Cheap Trick

She feared a question on movies or music. She asks the audience.

Spoiler

A: 29%
B: 13%
C: 34%
D: 24%

She jumps the Q.

Answer and value

D: Cheap Trick
Value: $100
Bank: $16,500

From my recliner I guessed correctly (I've seen The Colbert Report occasionally but not enough to even recall the theme song) but at the Hot Podium I also would have used ATA figuring they would know it, then JTQ when the results came in.

Question 5 - Marked Bills

A collectible today, a dollar bill with "HAWAII" printed on it was issued by the U.S. during what war?

A: World War I
B: World War II
C: Korean War
D: Vietnam War

Answer and value

B: World War II
Value: $3,000
Bank: $13,500

Probably should know this but don't. JTQ

Question 6 - Fun with Science

What candy's name is formed by combining the symbols for the 17th, 18th and 19th elements on the Periodic Table?

A: Twix
B: Clark
C: Rolo
D: Dots

Answer and value

B: Clark (Cl=Chlorine, Ar=Argon, K=Potassium)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $16,500

Good grief, now I gotta memorize the periodic table. JTQ 2

Question 7 - Rock Theme

What rock group wrote the theme song for "The Colbert Report"?

A: The Cars
B: Def Leppard
C: ZZ Top
D: Cheap Trick

She feared a question on movies or music. She asks the audience.

Spoiler

A: 29%
B: 13%
C: 34%
D: 24%

She jumps the Q.

Answer and value

D: Cheap Trick
Value: $100
Bank: $16,500

I hope I wouldn't ATA and get dursted. I might ATA just because I have it left. It's either that or walk, final decision.

Question 8 - Silly Slogans

"Like we need your support" is a slogan seen on posters that promote which of the following?

A: National Sincerity Society
B: Nation Skepticism Society
C: National Sarcasm Society
D: National Optimism Society

Answer and value

C: National Sarcasm Society
Value: $5,000
Bank: $21,500

My neighbor across the street wears a T-shirt with this slogan on it.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 7 - Rock Theme

What rock group wrote the theme song for "The Colbert Report"?

A: The Cars
B: Def Leppard
C: ZZ Top
D: Cheap Trick

She feared a question on movies or music. She asks the audience.

Spoiler

A: 29%
B: 13%
C: 34%
D: 24%

She jumps the Q.

Answer and value

D: Cheap Trick
Value: $100
Bank: $16,500

This WWOQ was way too obscure to hope for help from the audience. Even if you were intimately familiar with the musical styles of each of these bands (which I'm not) could you identity the Colbert Report theme as belonging to that style? It's just a standard (if deliberately pompous) TV news/commentary instrumental, right?

Did Cheap Trick do the graphics, including the eagle flying and Colbert leaping with the flag, too?

Cheraw, SC is just up the road from here

MarleysGh0st wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 7 - Rock Theme

What rock group wrote the theme song for "The Colbert Report"?

A: The Cars
B: Def Leppard
C: ZZ Top
D: Cheap Trick

She feared a question on movies or music. She asks the audience.

Spoiler

A: 29%
B: 13%
C: 34%
D: 24%

She jumps the Q.

Answer and value

D: Cheap Trick
Value: $100
Bank: $16,500

This WWOQ was way too obscure to hope for help from the audience. Even if you were intimately familiar with the musical styles of each of these bands (which I'm not) could you identity the Colbert Report theme as belonging to that style? It's just a standard (if deliberately pompous) TV news/commentary instrumental, right?

Did Cheap Trick do the graphics, including the eagle flying and Colbert leaping with the flag, too?

I just went and listened to it on YouTube. Given the four choices, it had to be Cheap Trick, though as you may have guessed, I am familiar with the styles of all four bands....

lb13

littlebeast13 wrote:

MarleysGh0st wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 7 - Rock Theme

What rock group wrote the theme song for "The Colbert Report"?

A: The Cars
B: Def Leppard
C: ZZ Top
D: Cheap Trick

She feared a question on movies or music. She asks the audience.

Spoiler

A: 29%
B: 13%
C: 34%
D: 24%

She jumps the Q.

Answer and value

D: Cheap Trick
Value: $100
Bank: $16,500

This WWOQ was way too obscure to hope for help from the audience. Even if you were intimately familiar with the musical styles of each of these bands (which I'm not) could you identity the Colbert Report theme as belonging to that style? It's just a standard (if deliberately pompous) TV news/commentary instrumental, right?

Did Cheap Trick do the graphics, including the eagle flying and Colbert leaping with the flag, too?

I just went and listened to it on YouTube. Given the four choices, it had to be Cheap Trick, though as you may have guessed, I am familiar with the styles of all four bands....

lb13

I happened to remember seeing it in the credits - other than that, not sure I would've guessed with confidence.

themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:Cheraw, SC is just up the road from here

Are you invited to the tractor parade?

1.  Paramount Pictures is the only one with a mountain in its' logo.2. Entomologists study insects. D, final answer.3. I use my first JTQ here.
4. Cheasapeake Bay is in Maryland. Easy geography.
5. Easy. Pearl Harbor is in Hawaii.
6. another easy one.
7. I don't know. If the ATA results are as iffy as they were for this lady, I'd do the same thing she did and JTQ.
8. C-sarcasm, final answer.

So I'm also out of lifelines. We'll see what happens in the next transcript.