Transcript 09/24/12 Phyllis Jackson

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Phyllis Jackson
New York, NY

Double Your Money Week

Topic Tree:

10 Fruit Facts
9 Secret Spies
8 Get Your Vaccines
7 Proud Papa
6 Empire States
5 Famous Posters
4 Bold Claims
3 Special Serenade
2 Spectacular Stunts
1 Doing Time

Topic Tree: (randomized)

3 Special Serenade
8 Get Your Vaccines
4 Bold Claims (Double Money)
7 Proud Papa
10 Fruit Facts
2 Spectacular Stunts
1 Doing Time
5 Famous Posters
9 Secret Spies
6 Empire States

Question 1 – 6 Empire States
Possibly due to its confusing ceremonies and laws, what medieval empires name became an adjective meaning “complicated”?
A. Macedonian
B . Assyrian
C. Byzantine
D. Phoenician

Spoiler

C. Byzantine
$7K
Bank - $7K

Question 2 – 9 Secret Spies
Often disguised as a poor farm wife, whose intelligence work for the Union army earned her a place at the International Spy Museum?
A. Susan B. Anthony
B. Harriet Beecher Stowe
C. Mary Todd Lincoln
D. Harriet Tubman

JTQ 1

Spoiler

D. Harriet Tubman
$3K
Bank - $7K

Question 3 – 5 Famous Posters
Now seen on everything from coffee cups to t-shirts, what morale-boosting slogan was originally issued as a poster by the British government in 1939?
A. Keep calm and cheerio
B. Keep calm and chin up
C. Keep calm and tally-ho
D. Keep calm and carry on

Spoiler

D. Keep calm and carry on
$2K
Bank - $9K

Question 4 – 1 Doing Time
A person who’s given “25-to-life” is being sent to prison for what minimum amount of time?
A. 25 hours
B. 25 days
C. 25 minutes
D. 25 years

Spoiler

D. 25 years
$500
Bank - $9,500

Question 5 – 2 Spectacular Stunts
Because he was crossing an international border, Nik Wallenda carried a passport on his tightrope walk over what tourist destination this year?
A. Niagara Falls
B. Hoover Dam
C. Grand Canyon
D. Mount Rushmore

Spoiler

A. Niagara Falls
$25K
Bank - $34,500

Question 6 – 10 Fruit Facts
Giving the “Peach State” a bit of an identity crisis, Georgia’s best-selling fruit crop since 2010 has been what?
A. Cherries
B. Watermelon
C. Blueberries
D. Grapefruit

ATA

ATA results

24% A. Cherries
34% B. Watermelon
22% C. Blueberries
20% D. Grapefruit

JTQ 2

Spoiler

C. Blueberries
$1K
Bank - $34,500

Question 7 – 7 Proud Papa
What TV news anchor joked that he felt “unmitigated joy” at watching his daughter’s awkward lovemaking scenes in the HBO series “Girls”?
A. Bill O’Reilly
B. Sean Hannity
C. Brian Williams
D. Wolf Blitzer

Spoiler

C. Brian Williams
$100
Bank - $34,600

Question 8 – 4 Bold Claims (Double Money)
Scientists at a 2011 conference declared they were “95% sure” that what mythical creature is real and lives in the Russian tundra?
A Bigfoot
B. El Chupacabra
C. Unicorn
D. Griffin

Spoiler

A. Bigfoot
$15K doubles to $30K
Bank - $64,600

Question 9 – 8 Get Your Vaccines
Edward Jenner was led to his vaccine for smallpox from an old wives’ tale that claied what workers were immune to the disease?
A. Tanners
B. Milkmaids
C. Fishermen
D. Brewers

Spoiler

B. Milkmaids
Phyllis decides to leave with $32,300

[MarleysGh0st]

Question 3 – 5 Famous Posters
Now seen on everything from coffee cups to t-shirts, what morale-boosting slogan was originally issued as a poster by the British government in 1939?
A. Keep calm and cheerio
B. Keep calm and chin up
C. Keep calm and tally-ho
D. Keep calm and carry on

Spoiler

D. Keep calm and carry on
$2K
Bank - $9K

This summer, I saw someone wearing a shirt saying "Keep calm and chive on". I had no idea what it meant, at the time, but apparently The Chive is a popular website.

Question 8 – 4 Bold Claims (Double Money)
Scientists at a 2011 conference declared they were “95% sure” that what mythical creature is real and lives in the Russian tundra?
A Bigfoot
B. El Chupacabra
C. Unicorn
D. Griffin

Spoiler

A. Bigfoot
$15K doubles to $30K
Bank - $64,600

95% sure? And what evidence do they have for that assertion?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2 ... ti-bigfoot

A two-day expedition to the region's Azassky cave and Karatag peak over the weekend "collected irrefutable evidence" of the yeti's existence there, the Kemerovo government claimed in a statement. "In one of the detected tracks, Russian scientist Anatoly Fokin noted several hairs that might belong to the yeti," it added. Scientists also found footprints, a presumed bed and various other markers.

Unidentified hairs, footprints and other markers, huh? And what kind of "scientists" are these people?

"I know they exist – I see them every day," a conference participant, Robin Lynn, said by telephone from Kemerovo. She says she has a family of 10 yeti-like creatures living on her land in the US state of Michigan.

Uh huh.

Last month, it welcomed former heavyweight boxing champion Nikolai Valuev on a search for the yeti. The 7ft "beast from the east" reportedly failed in his quest.

You probably scared them off, Nikolai!

[earendel]

Phyllis Jackson
New York, NY

Double Your Money Week

Question 2 – 9 Secret Spies
Often disguised as a poor farm wife, whose intelligence work for the Union army earned her a place at the International Spy Museum?
A. Susan B. Anthony
B. Harriet Beecher Stowe
C. Mary Todd Lincoln
D. Harriet Tubman

JTQ 1

Spoiler

D. Harriet Tubman
$3K
Bank - $7K

I figured it was either Tubman or Stowe (although if Abe Lincoln can be a vampire hunter why couldn't Mary be a spy? ). I'd have to JTQ also.

Question 3 – 5 Famous Posters
Now seen on everything from coffee cups to t-shirts, what morale-boosting slogan was originally issued as a poster by the British government in 1939?
A. Keep calm and cheerio
B. Keep calm and chin up
C. Keep calm and tally-ho
D. Keep calm and carry on

Spoiler

D. Keep calm and carry on
$2K
Bank - $9K

I've never seen this, and "British" makes me think of either "cheerio" or "tally-ho". I'd have to ATA on this one and hope that it's more well known in NYC than it is in the sticks.

Question 6 – 10 Fruit Facts
Giving the “Peach State” a bit of an identity crisis, Georgia’s best-selling fruit crop since 2010 has been what?
A. Cherries
B. Watermelon
C. Blueberries
D. Grapefruit

ATA

ATA results

24% A. Cherries
34% B. Watermelon
22% C. Blueberries
20% D. Grapefruit

JTQ 2

Spoiler

C. Blueberries
$1K
Bank - $34,500

JTQ for me as well. I associate blueberries more with northern states.

Question 7 – 7 Proud Papa
What TV news anchor joked that he felt “unmitigated joy” at watching his daughter’s awkward lovemaking scenes in the HBO series “Girls”?
A. Bill O’Reilly
B. Sean Hannity
C. Brian Williams
D. Wolf Blitzer

Spoiler

C. Brian Williams
$100
Bank - $34,600

Time for me to walk away. No idea and no lifelines remaining.

Question 8 – 4 Bold Claims (Double Money)
Scientists at a 2011 conference declared they were “95% sure” that what mythical creature is real and lives in the Russian tundra?
A Bigfoot
B. El Chupacabra
C. Unicorn
D. Griffin

Spoiler

A. Bigfoot
$15K doubles to $30K
Bank - $64,600

Really? What "scientists" and what conference? Probably a gathering of cryptozoologists.

Question 9 – 8 Get Your Vaccines
Edward Jenner was led to his vaccine for smallpox from an old wives’ tale that claied what workers were immune to the disease?
A. Tanners
B. Milkmaids
C. Fishermen
D. Brewers

Spoiler

B. Milkmaids
Phyllis decides to leave with $32,300

No doubt about this one - supposedly those who contracted cowpox were later immune to smallpox.

This would have been a very rough stack for me.

[MarleysGh0st]

Question 3 – 5 Famous Posters
Now seen on everything from coffee cups to t-shirts, what morale-boosting slogan was originally issued as a poster by the British government in 1939?
A. Keep calm and cheerio
B. Keep calm and chin up
C. Keep calm and tally-ho
D. Keep calm and carry on

Spoiler

D. Keep calm and carry on
$2K
Bank - $9K

I've never seen this, and "British" makes me think of either "cheerio" or "tally-ho". I'd have to ATA on this one and hope that it's more well known in NYC than it is in the sticks.

"1939" should have been a hint that it was a war-time morale poster. Cheerio and tally-ho don't quite work under those circumstance.

Spoiler

[MarleysGh0st]

Reading the Wikipedia article further is interesting. The poster was rediscovered by someone in 2000. Because the Crown trademark had expired by then, people were free to reproduce and sell it (and various derivative versions). Now some company has trademarked it and is trying to keep all the rights to themselves.

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

[earendel]

Question 3 – 5 Famous Posters
Now seen on everything from coffee cups to t-shirts, what morale-boosting slogan was originally issued as a poster by the British government in 1939?
A. Keep calm and cheerio
B. Keep calm and chin up
C. Keep calm and tally-ho
D. Keep calm and carry on

Spoiler

D. Keep calm and carry on
$2K
Bank - $9K

I've never seen this, and "British" makes me think of either "cheerio" or "tally-ho". I'd have to ATA on this one and hope that it's more well known in NYC than it is in the sticks.

"1939" should have been a hint that it was a war-time morale poster. Cheerio and tally-ho don't quite work under those circumstance.

Spoiler

Oh, I dunno - I can see something like "cheerio and keep a stiff upper lip". Funny, I'm reading Connie Willis' science fiction dyad "Blackout" and "All Clear" and there hasn't been a mention of that slogan.

[SportsFan68]

Question 3 – 5 Famous Posters
Now seen on everything from coffee cups to t-shirts, what morale-boosting slogan was originally issued as a poster by the British government in 1939?
A. Keep calm and cheerio
B. Keep calm and chin up
C. Keep calm and tally-ho
D. Keep calm and carry on

Spoiler

D. Keep calm and carry on
$2K
Bank - $9K

JTQ

Question 6 – 10 Fruit Facts
Giving the “Peach State” a bit of an identity crisis, Georgia’s best-selling fruit crop since 2010 has been what?
A. Cherries
B. Watermelon
C. Blueberries
D. Grapefruit

ATA

ATA results

24% A. Cherries
34% B. Watermelon
22% C. Blueberries
20% D. Grapefruit

JTQ 2

Spoiler

C. Blueberries
$1K
Bank - $34,500

JTQ 2