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Anthony Giron
Chicago, IL
Minister

Even though he's a minister he loves to gamble.

Topic Tree: (randomized)
Hard to Tell
Sad Music
Car Numbers
What is It?
Political Greetings
Possible Candidates
TV Dramas
Special Diets
Exotic Mascot
Signs of Health

Question #1 (Signs of Health)
For decades, a major U.S. health insurer has been represented by what two "Blue" symbols?
A - star and heart
B - crown and cup
C - moon and sea
D - cross and shield

"This is my insurer so I'd better get it right", Anthony says.

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Answer: D (cross and shield)
Value: $10,000
Bank: $10,000

Question #2 (Exotic Mascot)
Reportedly from the Galapagos Islands, what beloved MLB mascot is a fuzzy, green creature with a megaphone-like mouth?
A - Bernie Brewer
B - Lou Seal
C - Mr. Met
D - Phillie Phanatic

Anthony thinks

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the Phillie Phanatic has the big megaphone mouth and he knows it's green

.

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Answer: D (Phillie Phanatic)
Value: $5,000
Bank: $15,000

Question #3 (Special Diets)
carnivores eat meat and herbivores eat grass and other plants, but what do frugivores primarily feed on?
A - liquid
B - fruit
C - dairy
D - grain

Anthony's never heard of a frugivore. He hopes he doesn't regret it but he's jumping the question

Spoiler

Answer: B (fruit)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $15,000 (unchanged)

Question #4 (TV Dramas)
Characters jump ahead in time five years in between seasons 4 and 5 of which of these TV dramas?
A - Nip/Tuck
B - Desperate Housewives
C - Grey's Anatomy
D - Gossip Girl

Anthony doesn't watch any of these shows but he's pretty sure that

Spoiler

Desperate Housewives

jumped ahead 5 years.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Desperate Housewives)
Value: $25,000
Bank: $40,000

commercial break

Millionaire question of the day:
"The Story of America's Only Left-Handed, Gay, Jewish Congressman" is a 2009 book about whom?
A - Tom Harkin
B - Chuch Schumer
C - Barney Frank
D - Henry Waxman
Answer:

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C (Barney Frank)

Question #5 (Possible Candidates)
Prompting claims that he was "born to run," what celebrity did well in a hypothetical poll listing him as a candidate for Governor in NJ's 2013 election?
A - Bruce Springsteen
B - Danny DeVito
C - Jon Bon Jovi
D - Jack Nicholson

Anthony thinks that

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"Born to Run" is a Springsteen song and Springsteen is from New Jersey

.

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Answer: A (Bruce Springsteen)
Value: $15,000
Bank: $55,000

Question #6 (Political Greetings)
Known more for his role during World War II, what public figure once allowed his paintings to be used for Hallmark greeting cards?
A - George Marshall
B - Douglas MacArthur
C - Winston Churchill
D - George S. Patton

Anthony knows that three of them were involved in World War II but he's going to have to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Winston Churchill)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $55,000 (unchanged)

Question #7 (What is It?)
Piz Bernina is the name of a what?
A - dog breed
B - celebrity chef
C - Swiss alp
D - upper thigh muscle
Anthony doesn't know this but he thinks the audience might so he decides to ask them.

ATA results

A - 54%
B - 7%
C - 34%
D - 5%

Anthony is a gambler but this is a lot to gamble with. He's never heard of a Piz Bernina. He decides to go with the audience.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Swiss alp)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $1,000 (consolation prize)

THE END OF GAME "NOISE"

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #6 (Political Greetings)
Known more for his role during World War II, what public figure once allowed his paintings to be used for Hallmark greeting cards?
A - George Marshall
B - Douglas MacArthur
C - Winston Churchill
D - George S. Patton

Anthony knows that three of them were involved in World War II but he's going to have to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Winston Churchill)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $55,000 (unchanged)

Trivia synchronicity. This was Friday's Final Jeopardy:

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Nobel Prize Winners
Among the many books he wrote were "The World Crisis", "The Second World War" & "Painting as a Pastime".

I wouldn't have known it had I not seen the Jeopardy clue first, since I didn't know he was a painter before that. I was able to get the Jeopardy clue correct based on the book titles.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #7 (What is It?)
Piz Bernina is the name of a what?
A - dog breed
B - celebrity chef
C - Swiss alp
D - upper thigh muscle
Anthony doesn't know this but he thinks the audience might so he decides to ask them.

ATA results

A - 54%
B - 7%
C - 34%
D - 5%

Anthony is a gambler but this is a lot to gamble with. He's never heard of a Piz Bernina. He decides to go with the audience.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Swiss alp)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $1,000 (consolation prize)

Okay, so what does Piz mean?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piz

Piz is also part of the name of many mountains in places where Romansh is spoken, as it means "peak" in that language.

Aha! Although Romansh is one of those topics that may be as obscure as Piz Bernina, I know about that one!

Question #4 (TV Dramas)
Characters jump ahead in time five years in between seasons 4 and 5 of which of these TV dramas?
A - Nip/Tuck
B - Desperate Housewives
C - Grey's Anatomy
D - Gossip Girl

Anthony doesn't watch any of these shows but he's pretty sure that

Spoiler

Desperate Housewives

jumped ahead 5 years.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Desperate Housewives)
Value: $25,000
Bank: $40,000

ATA

Question #6 (Political Greetings)
Known more for his role during World War II, what public figure once allowed his paintings to be used for Hallmark greeting cards?
A - George Marshall
B - Douglas MacArthur
C - Winston Churchill
D - George S. Patton

Anthony knows that three of them were involved in World War II but he's going to have to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Winston Churchill)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $55,000 (unchanged)

JTQ

Question #7 (What is It?)
Piz Bernina is the name of a what?
A - dog breed
B - celebrity chef
C - Swiss alp
D - upper thigh muscle
Anthony doesn't know this but he thinks the audience might so he decides to ask them.

ATA results

A - 54%
B - 7%
C - 34%
D - 5%

Anthony is a gambler but this is a lot to gamble with. He's never heard of a Piz Bernina. He decides to go with the audience.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Swiss alp)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $1,000 (consolation prize)

JTQ 2

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Anthony Giron
Chicago, IL
Minister

Even though he's a minister he loves to gamble.

I was reminded of the NPR story about the Christian blackjack players that aired a couple weeks ago.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #6 (Political Greetings)
Known more for his role during World War II, what public figure once allowed his paintings to be used for Hallmark greeting cards?
A - George Marshall
B - Douglas MacArthur
C - Winston Churchill
D - George S. Patton

Anthony knows that three of them were involved in World War II but he's going to have to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Winston Churchill)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $55,000 (unchanged)

Interestingly enough Friday's Final Jeopardy question was similar to this.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #7 (What is It?)
Piz Bernina is the name of a what?
A - dog breed
B - celebrity chef
C - Swiss alp
D - upper thigh muscle
Anthony doesn't know this but he thinks the audience might so he decides to ask them.

ATA results

A - 54%
B - 7%
C - 34%
D - 5%

Anthony is a gambler but this is a lot to gamble with. He's never heard of a Piz Bernina. He decides to go with the audience.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Swiss alp)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $1,000 (consolation prize)

I figured he'd either walk away or miss the question, given the amount of time that was left and that the show was going into reruns again.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Anthony Giron
Chicago, IL
Minister

Question #7 (What is It?)
Piz Bernina is the name of a what?
A - dog breed
B - celebrity chef
C - Swiss alp
D - upper thigh muscle
Anthony doesn't know this but he thinks the audience might so he decides to ask them.

Somehow it's buzzing around my head that Bernina is a Swiss sewing machine company, so <maybe> I go against the audience? Assuming I'd still have that available to me.

Good stack, too bad; he'd been doing really pretty well.

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