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Anthony Kim
Flushing, NY

Mere said Anthony came in so psyched and he agreed.

Topic Tree (pre-randomized):
10 Poetic License
9 Rock N Roll Playthings
8 Military Mottos
7 Broadway Tributes
6 Rare Gift
5 Mariners' Terms
4 Oh Alec
3 At the Bar
2 Natural Displays
1 Exclamation Proclamation

Topic Tree: (Randomized)
8 Military Mottos
2 Natural Displays
6 Rare Gift
10 Poetic License
5 Mariners' Terms
3 At the Bar
7 Broadway Tributes
9 Rock N Roll Playthings
1 Exclamation Proclamation
4 Oh Alec



Question 1 - Level 4 Oh Alec
Which of these things has Alec Baldwin never done?
A. Scuffled with a photographer B. Been kicked off a plane
C. Dropped his pants on Letterman D. Spit at the Queen

Spoiler

Anthony figured spitting at the queen would be too crazy.

Answer and value

D. Spit at the Queen
Value: $1000
Bank: $1000

Question 2 - Level 1 Exclamation Proclamation
Guacamole, Toledo, cannoli and cow are all words commonly used in exclamations following what word?
A. Hot B. Golly
C. Jumping D. Holy

Answer and value

D. Holy
Value: $2000
Bank: $3000

After a $25K-like reaction, Mere asked Anthony how he is going to react when it's $25000

Question 3 - Level 9 Rock N Roll Playthings
The band Sugar Ray only became Sugar Ray after Milton Bradley reportedly threatened to sue them for naming themselves after what popular toy?
A. Weebles B. Shrinky Dinks
C. Mr. Potato Head D. Pound Puppies

JTQ 1

Anthony is familiar with Sugar Ray, but figures it would take a real Sugar Ray fan to know this. When prompted for a guess, he said C.

Answer and value

B. Shrinky Dinks
Value: $10K jumped
Bank: $3000

Question 4 - Level 7 Broadway Tributes
The NBC hit series "Smash" is centered around the production of "Bombshell," a fictional Broadway musical about what screen legend?
A. Rita Hayworth B. Marilyn Monroe
C. Jane Russell D. Mae West

JTQ 2

Anthony said they are all bombshells and he is not sure. He decided to JTQ. He started to say something and Mere reminded him the question is out of play. Mere asked him which answer he would have guessed and he said Marilyn Monroe.

Answer and value

B. Marilyn Monroe
Value: $500 jumped
Bank: $3000

Question 5 - Level 3 At the Bar
A healthy amount of tomato juice creates the blood-red coloring of a cocktail aptly named what?
A. Mummo B. Sasquatcho
C. Vampiro D. Godzillo

Answer and value

C. Vampiro
Value: $25K!
Bank: $28K

Commercial break

Anthony brought his girlfriend Kelly

Question 6 - Level 5 Mariners' Terms
If a compass was superimposed on a clock face so that Due North overlaps the 12, at what time would the hour hand most closely correspond with the direction southwest by south?
A. 1:15 B. 9:30
C. 7:00 D. 4:45

Spoiler

Mere asked what Anthony was doing; he was trying to visualize the clock and compass. Anthony said he wanted to make sure he understood the question. He arrived at C. 7:00

Answer and value

C. 7:00
Value: $100
Bank: $28100

Question 7 - Level 10 Poetic License
In 2011, what novelist tweeted a limerick that opened "The marriage of poor kim #kardashian / was krushed like a kar in a krashian"?"
A. Toni Morrison B. Phillip Roth
C. Jonathan Franzen D. Salman Rushdie

ATA

A-24% B-29% C-37% D-10%
Anthony mentioned Twitter is a popular medium.
Mere said the audience has a a great track record, but they are not always correct
Anthony said he is well-aware of this, but he decided to trust the audience (C)

Answer and value

D. Salman Rushdie
Value: $not shown
Bank: $1000, consolation

Commercial break

Flashback question: (was 2/18/2011, Level 10, Artistic Families)
Which of these painters had a son who received an honorary Academy Award for his lifetime contribution to cinema?
A. Edgar Degas B. Pierre-Auguste Renoir
C. Vincent Van Gogh D. Claude Monet

Flashback answer

B. Pierre-Auguste Renoir

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Question 1 - Level 4 Oh Alec
Which of these things has Alec Baldwin never done?
A. Scuffled with a photographer B. Been kicked off a plane
C. Dropped his pants on Letterman D. Spit at the Queen

It's hard to prove a negative. There are lots of queens in the world.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Question 3 - Level 9 Rock N Roll Playthings
The band Sugar Ray only became Sugar Ray after Milton Bradley reportedly threatened to sue them for naming themselves after what popular toy?
A. Weebles B. Shrinky Dinks
C. Mr. Potato Head D. Pound Puppies

Wikipedia says the threat was from Hasbro and the band's name was spelled

Spoiler

Shrinky Dinx

Spoiler

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

TheConfessor wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Question 1 - Level 4 Oh Alec
Which of these things has Alec Baldwin never done?
A. Scuffled with a photographer B. Been kicked off a plane
C. Dropped his pants on Letterman D. Spit at the Queen

It's hard to prove a negative. There are lots of queens in the world.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Question 3 - Level 9 Rock N Roll Playthings
The band Sugar Ray only became Sugar Ray after Milton Bradley reportedly threatened to sue them for naming themselves after what popular toy?
A. Weebles B. Shrinky Dinks
C. Mr. Potato Head D. Pound Puppies

Wikipedia says the threat was from Hasbro and the band's name was spelled

Spoiler

Shrinky Dinx

Spoiler

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

Hasbro now owns Milton Bradley.

Bob Juch wrote:

TheConfessor wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Question 1 - Level 4 Oh Alec
Which of these things has Alec Baldwin never done?
A. Scuffled with a photographer B. Been kicked off a plane
C. Dropped his pants on Letterman D. Spit at the Queen

It's hard to prove a negative. There are lots of queens in the world.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Question 3 - Level 9 Rock N Roll Playthings
The band Sugar Ray only became Sugar Ray after Milton Bradley reportedly threatened to sue them for naming themselves after what popular toy?
A. Weebles B. Shrinky Dinks
C. Mr. Potato Head D. Pound Puppies

Wikipedia says the threat was from Hasbro and the band's name was spelled

Spoiler

Shrinky Dinx

Spoiler

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

Hasbro now owns Milton Bradley.

Thanks for stating the obvious. It still doesn't tell me which one threatened to sue.

After a $25K-like reaction, Mere asked Anthony how he is going to react when it's $25000

Question 3 - Level 9 Rock N Roll Playthings
The band Sugar Ray only became Sugar Ray after Milton Bradley reportedly threatened to sue them for naming themselves after what popular toy?
A. Weebles B. Shrinky Dinks
C. Mr. Potato Head D. Pound Puppies

JTQ 1

Anthony is familiar with Sugar Ray, but figures it would take a real Sugar Ray fan to know this. When prompted for a guess, he said C.

Answer and value

B. Shrinky Dinks
Value: $10K jumped
Bank: $3000

ATA

Question 7 - Level 10 Poetic License
In 2011, what novelist tweeted a limerick that opened "The marriage of poor kim #kardashian / was krushed like a kar in a krashian"?"
A. Toni Morrison B. Phillip Roth
C. Jonathan Franzen D. Salman Rushdie

ATA

A-24% B-29% C-37% D-10%
Anthony mentioned Twitter is a popular medium.
Mere said the audience has a a great track record, but they are not always correct
Anthony said he is well-aware of this, but he decided to trust the audience (C)

Answer and value

D. Salman Rushdie
Value: $not shown
Bank: $1000, consolation

JTQ

TheConfessor wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Question 1 - Level 4 Oh Alec
Which of these things has Alec Baldwin never done?
A. Scuffled with a photographer B. Been kicked off a plane
C. Dropped his pants on Letterman D. Spit at the Queen

It's hard to prove a negative. There are lots of queens in the world.

There are! Yet, by the celebrity-driven rules that the question writers base their unwritten assumptions on, "the Queen" always refers to Elizabeth II.

You'd almost think that a certain revolution hadn't happened.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Anthony Kim
Flushing, NY

Mere said Anthony came in so psyched and he agreed.

He did seem very exuberant.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 3 - Level 9 Rock N Roll Playthings
The band Sugar Ray only became Sugar Ray after Milton Bradley reportedly threatened to sue them for naming themselves after what popular toy?
A. Weebles B. Shrinky Dinks
C. Mr. Potato Head D. Pound Puppies

JTQ 1

Anthony is familiar with Sugar Ray, but figures it would take a real Sugar Ray fan to know this. When prompted for a guess, he said C.

Answer and value

B. Shrinky Dinks
Value: $10K jumped
Bank: $3000

I'd JTQ also.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 7 - Level 10 Poetic License
In 2011, what novelist tweeted a limerick that opened "The marriage of poor kim #kardashian / was krushed like a kar in a krashian"?"
A. Toni Morrison B. Phillip Roth
C. Jonathan Franzen D. Salman Rushdie

ATA

A-24% B-29% C-37% D-10%
Anthony mentioned Twitter is a popular medium.
Mere said the audience has a a great track record, but they are not always correct
Anthony said he is well-aware of this, but he decided to trust the audience (C)

Answer and value

D. Salman Rushdie
Value: $not shown
Bank: $1000, consolation

No idea, and I doubt the audience does, so I'll use my other JTQ. I would never have thought Rushdie would be the one.

earendel wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 7 - Level 10 Poetic License
In 2011, what novelist tweeted a limerick that opened "The marriage of poor kim #kardashian / was krushed like a kar in a krashian"?"
A. Toni Morrison B. Phillip Roth
C. Jonathan Franzen D. Salman Rushdie

ATA

A-24% B-29% C-37% D-10%
Anthony mentioned Twitter is a popular medium.
Mere said the audience has a a great track record, but they are not always correct
Anthony said he is well-aware of this, but he decided to trust the audience (C)

Answer and value

D. Salman Rushdie
Value: $not shown
Bank: $1000, consolation

No idea, and I doubt the audience does, so I'll use my other JTQ. I would never have thought Rushdie would be the one.

I'm not sure which was more shocking, that Rushdie tweets or that he tweets about the Kardashians.

MarleysGh0st wrote:

earendel wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 7 - Level 10 Poetic License
In 2011, what novelist tweeted a limerick that opened "The marriage of poor kim #kardashian / was krushed like a kar in a krashian"?"
A. Toni Morrison B. Phillip Roth
C. Jonathan Franzen D. Salman Rushdie

ATA

A-24% B-29% C-37% D-10%
Anthony mentioned Twitter is a popular medium.
Mere said the audience has a a great track record, but they are not always correct
Anthony said he is well-aware of this, but he decided to trust the audience (C)

Answer and value

D. Salman Rushdie
Value: $not shown
Bank: $1000, consolation

No idea, and I doubt the audience does, so I'll use my other JTQ. I would never have thought Rushdie would be the one.

I'm not sure which was more shocking, that Rushdie tweets or that he tweets about the Kardashians.

Rushdie tends to have a sense of humor and to be aware of pop culture. His fourth wife was the star of a reality TV show.

Phillip Roth could easily be the subject of a WWOQ this season. Wikipedia refused to accept his input and corrections to its article about a book he wrote, saying that he was not a credible source of information about his own work.
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2012/09/10/ ... -own-book/