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Ricky Hudson
New York, NY

Ricky is an Olympian and a record-holder with a rare talent. It was an "Olympic" egg-toss competition at his college. Ricky has brought some eggs with him, today, and he demonstrates his egg catching technique while Meredith tosses the eggs across the set to him. Meredith asks "what else can you do with those hands?" Ricky replies that he's a physical therapist.

Topic Tree (Unrandomized)
10: Dangerous Animals
9: Nothing to Lose
8: Presidential Commitment
7: Pardon My French
6: Big Birthdays
5: X Marks the Celeb
4: Early Versions
3: Narrow Lovers
2: Shut It
1: Historical Hits

Meredith asks the computer to randomize the money and the questions. The unrandomized Topic Tree is not shown.

Topic Tree (Randomized)
1: Historical Hits
5: X Marks the Celeb
8: Presidential Commitment
9: Nothing to Lose
10: Dangerous Animals
7: Pardon My French
4: Early Version
6: Big Birthdays
3: Narrow Lovers
2: Shut It


Question #1 - Level 2: Shut It
A creative way to tell someone to be quiet, people can often be heard saying "shut your" what?

A: Beef hole B: Pie hole
C: Soy hole D: Sorbet hole

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Pie hole
Question Value: $100
Bank: $100

Question #2 - Level 3: Narrow Lovers
Fittingly, what unique matchmaking website encourages users to "find a partner to ride off into the sunset with"?

A: Readingtogether.com B: Birdloverdate.com
C: Cowboydatingservice.com D: Firefighterhookup.com

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Cowboydatingservice.com
Question Value: $500
Bank: $600

Question #3 - Level 6: Big Birthdays
In honor of what would have been her 100th birthday in 2012, what beloved woman was celebrated in articles offering "A tip of the toque" and "Toques off" to her?

A: Lucille Ball B: Ella Fitzgerald
C: Julia Child D: Zora Neale Hurston

Ricky: Well, Meredith, this is a problematic question. I don't know what a toque is.

Ricky asks the audience.

ATA

A: 12% B: 13% C: 73% D: 2%

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Julia Child
Question Value: $7,000
Bank: $7,600

Question #4 - Level 4: Early Version
"Roamin' Tootsie" was the name of an early prototype for what classic game?

A: Hungry Hungry Hippos B: Jenga
C: Monopoly D: Twister

Ricky is torn between

Spoiler

Monopoly and Twister, because he can see the Shoe token in Monopoly roaming around the board.

He decided not to risk it and jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

D: Twister
Question Value: $25,000
Bank: $7,600

Question #5 - Level 7: Pardon My French
Which of the following phrases is known in France as "rouler une pelle" or "rolling a shovel"?

A: French braid B: French dip
C: French kiss D: French mustard

Nothing here jumps out at Ricky. He jumps this question, as well.

Answer/Value/Bank

C: French kiss
Question Value: $2,000
Bank: $7,600

Question #6 - Level 10: Dangerous Animals
Which of the following creatures got it name because it produces a chemical used by people to make their weapons more deadly?

A: Toxic Arrow Spider B: Venom Spear Snake
C: Poison Dart Frog D: Acid Pike Scorpion

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Poison Dart Frog
Question Value: $5,000
Bank: $12,600

-- Commercial Break --


Question #7 - Level 9: Nothing to Lose
A trick techies call the "thermo challenge," failed hard drives can occasionally reboot when temporarily placed in what?

A: Freezer B: Sauna
C: Microwave D: Clothes dryer

Ricky rules out three of the answers. Everything in his gut is telling him not to do this, but Ricky is going to go for it. He say

Spoiler

D: Clothes dryer,

final answer.

Answer

A: Freezer

Ricky leaves with "total winnings" of $1,000.

I'm a little confused. If the unrandomized topic tree wasn't shown, how is it that we have the unrandomized topic tree? --Bob

Bob78164 wrote:I'm a little confused. If the unrandomized topic tree wasn't shown, how is it that we have the unrandomized topic tree? --Bob

<sigh>

Either:

1. It was a quantum mechanic thing where every event that can possibly happen does happen in some alternate dimension. Schrödinger's cat is both alive and dead.

Or:

2. That phrase is in my standard transcript template and I forgot to delete it.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Ricky Hudson
New York, NY

Ricky is an Olympian and a record-holder with a rare talent. It was an "Olympic" egg-toss competition at his college. Ricky has brought some eggs with him, today, and he demonstrates his egg catching technique while Meredith tosses the eggs across the set to him. Meredith asks "what else can you do with those hands?" Ricky replies that he's a physical therapist.

He "just happened to have some eggs with him". Yeah. And what would have happened if he'd dropped one?

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #4 - Level 4: Early Version
"Roamin' Tootsie" was the name of an early prototype for what classic game?

A: Hungry Hungry Hippos B: Jenga
C: Monopoly D: Twister

Ricky is torn between

Spoiler

Monopoly and Twister, because he can see the Shoe token in Monopoly roaming around the board.

He decided not to risk it and jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

D: Twister
Question Value: $25,000
Bank: $7,600

There was a FJ! question last week about "Twister" and "sex in a box".

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #5 - Level 7: Pardon My French
Which of the following phrases is known in France as "rouler une pelle" or "rolling a shovel"?

A: French braid B: French dip
C: French kiss D: French mustard

Nothing here jumps out at Ricky. He jumps this question, as well.

Answer/Value/Bank

C: French kiss
Question Value: $2,000
Bank: $7,600

I'd JTQ also, being torn between A and C.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #7 - Level 9: Nothing to Lose
A trick techies call the "thermo challenge," failed hard drives can occasionally reboot when temporarily placed in what?

A: Freezer B: Sauna
C: Microwave D: Clothes dryer

Ricky rules out three of the answers. Everything in his gut is telling him not to do this, but Ricky is going to go for it. He say

Spoiler

D: Clothes dryer,

final answer.

Answer

A: Freezer

"Occasionally" is the right word - I've tried this four times and only once did it actually succeed.

MarleysGh0st wrote:

Bob78164 wrote:I'm a little confused. If the unrandomized topic tree wasn't shown, how is it that we have the unrandomized topic tree? --Bob

<sigh>

Either:

1. It was a quantum mechanic thing where every event that can possibly happen does happen in some alternate dimension. Schrödinger's cat is both alive and dead.

Or:

2. That phrase is in my standard transcript template and I forgot to delete it.

Interestingly I saw an article last week addressing the Schrödinger's cat dilemma. The article said that by taking constant but weak measurements of a quantum system it can be probed without destroying it.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn2 ... alive.html

Question #5 - Level 7: Pardon My French
Which of the following phrases is known in France as "rouler une pelle" or "rolling a shovel"?

A: French braid B: French dip
C: French kiss D: French mustard

Nothing here jumps out at Ricky. He jumps this question, as well.

Answer/Value/Bank

C: French kiss
Question Value: $2,000
Bank: $7,600

JTQ