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Justin Street
Passaic, NJ
actor

Justin was in the audience a couple weeks ago and took the test. His wife Anna is in the relationship seat; she encouraged him to take the test. He wasn't sure but she said, "You're going."

Topic Tree: (randomized)
Nobel Doctor
Bubbly Loophole
In the Bathroom
Extreme Earth
Celebrity Pup
Watch and Listen
Dividing Lines
Twin Powers
In Season
Fight the Power

Question #1 (Fight the Power)
The 2011 populist movement known as Occupy Wall Street began at the suggestion of what obscure Canadian organization?
A - Guerilla Girls
B - Negativeland
C - Yomango
D - Adbusters

"Obscure is the key word here," Justin says. "All of my hipster friends are going to be so disappointed in me." He feels like it could probably be

Spoiler

Adbusters

- he's familiar with that group but not any of the others. He decides to jump the question.

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Answer: D (Adbusters)
Value: $3,000
Bank: $0

Question #2 (In Season)
What seasonal bounty derives its name from the Greek word for "ripe, large melon"?
A - nectarine
B - pumpkin
C - rhubarb
D - pear

"Ripe, large melon", Justin repeats. He notes that

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pumpkin is the largest one up there

.

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Answer: B (pumpkin)
Value: $10,000
Bank: $10,000

Question #3 (Twin Powers)
"The Glimmer Twins" was a pseudonym often used as a producing credit by Mick Jagger and what other musician?
A - Jimmy Page
B - Keith Richards
C - Paul McCartney
D - David Bowie

Justin knows that Mick Jagger and

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David Bowie

did the "Dancing in the Streets" cover together and they were closer than...then he notes that

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Keith Richards was in the Rolling Stones

. But "glimmer" sounds more like

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David Bowie than Keith Richards

. He decides to ask the audience.

ATA results

A - 0%
B - 33%
C - 3%
D - 64%

"Glimmer is

Spoiler

Bowie"

, Justin says, and goes with the audience's answer.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Keith Richards)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $1,000 (consolation prize)

commercial break

Millionaire question of the day:
A 1925 advertisement for what product gave us the saying, "Often a bridesmaid, but never a bride"?
A - Listerine
B - Kleenex
C - Ivory
D - Doublemint
Answer:

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A (Listerine)

Question #1 (Fight the Power)
The 2011 populist movement known as Occupy Wall Street began at the suggestion of what obscure Canadian organization?
A - Guerilla Girls
B - Negativeland
C - Yomango
D - Adbusters

"Obscure is the key word here," Justin says. "All of my hipster friends are going to be so disappointed in me." He feels like it could probably be

Spoiler

Adbusters

- he's familiar with that group but not any of the others. He decides to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: D (Adbusters)
Value: $3,000
Bank: $0

JTQ

Question #3 (Twin Powers)
"The Glimmer Twins" was a pseudonym often used as a producing credit by Mick Jagger and what other musician?
A - Jimmy Page
B - Keith Richards
C - Paul McCartney
D - David Bowie

Justin knows that Mick Jagger and

Spoiler

David Bowie

did the "Dancing in the Streets" cover together and they were closer than...then he notes that

Spoiler

Keith Richards was in the Rolling Stones

. But "glimmer" sounds more like

Spoiler

David Bowie than Keith Richards

. He decides to ask the audience.

ATA results

A - 0%
B - 33%
C - 3%
D - 64%

"Glimmer is

Spoiler

Bowie"

, Justin says, and goes with the audience's answer.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Keith Richards)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $1,000 (consolation prize)

My guess would be Keith Richards, but I would never pull the trigger. JTQ2

Ugh! Terrible stack.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Justin Street
Passaic, NJ
actor

Justin was in the audience a couple weeks ago and took the test. His wife Anna is in the relationship seat; she encouraged him to take the test. He wasn't sure but she said, "You're going."

I'm so tired of hearing this "reluctant contestant" hook.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #2 (In Season)
What seasonal bounty derives its name from the Greek word for "ripe, large melon"?
A - nectarine
B - pumpkin
C - rhubarb
D - pear

"Ripe, large melon", Justin repeats. He notes that

Spoiler

pumpkin is the largest one up there

.

Spoiler

Answer: B (pumpkin)
Value: $10,000
Bank: $10,000

Since pumpkin is the only melon on the list, the answer seems obvious.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #3 (Twin Powers)
"The Glimmer Twins" was a pseudonym often used as a producing credit by Mick Jagger and what other musician?
A - Jimmy Page
B - Keith Richards
C - Paul McCartney
D - David Bowie

Justin knows that Mick Jagger and

Spoiler

David Bowie

did the "Dancing in the Streets" cover together and they were closer than...then he notes that

Spoiler

Keith Richards was in the Rolling Stones

. But "glimmer" sounds more like

Spoiler

David Bowie than Keith Richards

. He decides to ask the audience.

ATA results

A - 0%
B - 33%
C - 3%
D - 64%

"Glimmer is

Spoiler

Bowie"

, Justin says, and goes with the audience's answer.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Keith Richards)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $1,000 (consolation prize)

I precalled Keith Richards and didn't even second guess myself when Justin started talking about "glimmer".

earendel wrote:I'm so tired of hearing this "reluctant contestant" hook.

And he's a WE/WE, too!