Transcript 10/12/2012 - Lester Marks
Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 7:53 pm
Lester Marks
Monroe, MI
Lester was out until 1AM this morning. He was studying. Meredith asks what and he replied "shots". He's a trained professional partyer. He couldn't bring his companion because he's not a good traveler. It's his pet pig, Ned. [The big screen shows a photo of Lester and Ned.] Lester says Ned is "awesome". He takes Ned for walks and sleeps with him. Lester says "you have to get lucky to be in my bed." Meredith asks if Lester has had a lot of pigs in his bed.
Topic Tree: (randomized)
Game Division
Potty Trained
Presidential Pants
Job Listings
Smart and Hot
Nuclear Testing
Laboratory Blunders
Internet History
Italian Astronomy
Song Book
Question #1 (Song Book)
Which of these songs listed in the book "1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die" was released most recently?
A - Good Vibrations
B - You Keep Me Hangin' On
C - Toxic
D - Leader of the Pack
Lester is not that good at music trivia; in fact it's probably his weakest area. And there it is right off the bat. He asks the audience.
Lester might recognize the song if he heard it.
Question #2 (Italian Astronomy)
Seen here with their Italian names, which of these planets is farthest from "il Sole"?
A - Mercurio
B - Terra
C - Venere
D - Nettuno
Lester is going to have to go with logic on this question. He's going to guess that "il Sole" is the Sun. He thinks. He opts to jump the question because he doesn't know it.
Question #3 (Internet History)
Reflecting its own "check-in" format, what popular site explains its history through a list of NYC locations that played a part in its creation?
A - Pinterest
B - Foursquare
C - Pandora
D - Tumblr
Lester loves checking in.
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Lester is sure that Ned is oinking and squealing somewhere for him. [The big screen shows the same photo of Lester and Ned.]
Question #4 (Laboratory Blunders)
What food substitute's sweet flavor was discovered by accident in 1976 when a chemistry student misheard an instruction to "test" a chemical
substance and tasted it instead?
A - Truvia
B - Splenda
C - Sweet N'Low
D - NutraSweet
Lester thinks it's. Meredith asks if that's his final answer and he says "I don't know". He doesn't know when sweeteners came out so he says he'd better jump the question.
Question #5 (Nuclear Testing)
Beginning in 1964, the only nuclear detonation tests ever conducted in the southeastern U.S. took place at the Tatum Salt Dome in what state?
A - Florida
B - Tennessee
C - West Virginia
D - Mississippi
Lester doesn't know and asks, rhetorically, "Do I want to take a gamble?" Meredith asks what Ned would do and Lester replies, "He's a hog; he'd go for everything." [The big screen shows Ned's picture again.] He can't even make an educated guess so he walks away.
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Millionaire question of the day:
What iconic 20th-century figure once quipped, "Computers are useless. They can only give you answers"?
A - John Lennon
B - Mahatma Gandhi
C - Pablo Picasso
D - Mother Teresa
Answer:
Monroe, MI
Lester was out until 1AM this morning. He was studying. Meredith asks what and he replied "shots". He's a trained professional partyer. He couldn't bring his companion because he's not a good traveler. It's his pet pig, Ned. [The big screen shows a photo of Lester and Ned.] Lester says Ned is "awesome". He takes Ned for walks and sleeps with him. Lester says "you have to get lucky to be in my bed." Meredith asks if Lester has had a lot of pigs in his bed.
Topic Tree: (randomized)
Game Division
Potty Trained
Presidential Pants
Job Listings
Smart and Hot
Nuclear Testing
Laboratory Blunders
Internet History
Italian Astronomy
Song Book
Question #1 (Song Book)
Which of these songs listed in the book "1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die" was released most recently?
A - Good Vibrations
B - You Keep Me Hangin' On
C - Toxic
D - Leader of the Pack
Lester is not that good at music trivia; in fact it's probably his weakest area. And there it is right off the bat. He asks the audience.
ATA results
A - 23%
B - 9%
C - 59%
D - 9%
B - 9%
C - 59%
D - 9%
Spoiler
Answer: C (Toxic)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $1,000
Value: $1,000
Bank: $1,000
Seen here with their Italian names, which of these planets is farthest from "il Sole"?
A - Mercurio
B - Terra
C - Venere
D - Nettuno
Lester is going to have to go with logic on this question. He's going to guess that "il Sole" is the Sun. He thinks
Spoiler
A is Mercury and C is Venus and D is Neptune. But he has no idea what Terra is
Spoiler
Answer: D (Nettuno)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $1,000
Value: $2,000
Bank: $1,000
Reflecting its own "check-in" format, what popular site explains its history through a list of NYC locations that played a part in its creation?
A - Pinterest
B - Foursquare
C - Pandora
D - Tumblr
Lester loves checking in.
Spoiler
Answer: B (Foursquare)
Value: $5,000
Bank: $6,000
Value: $5,000
Bank: $6,000
Lester is sure that Ned is oinking and squealing somewhere for him. [The big screen shows the same photo of Lester and Ned.]
Question #4 (Laboratory Blunders)
What food substitute's sweet flavor was discovered by accident in 1976 when a chemistry student misheard an instruction to "test" a chemical
substance and tasted it instead?
A - Truvia
B - Splenda
C - Sweet N'Low
D - NutraSweet
Lester thinks it's
Spoiler
A
Spoiler
Answer: B (Splenda)
Value: $100
Bank: $6,000 (no change)
Value: $100
Bank: $6,000 (no change)
Beginning in 1964, the only nuclear detonation tests ever conducted in the southeastern U.S. took place at the Tatum Salt Dome in what state?
A - Florida
B - Tennessee
C - West Virginia
D - Mississippi
Lester doesn't know and asks, rhetorically, "Do I want to take a gamble?" Meredith asks what Ned would do and Lester replies, "He's a hog; he'd go for everything." [The big screen shows Ned's picture again.] He can't even make an educated guess so he walks away.
Spoiler
Answer: D (Mississippi)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $3,000 (half the bank)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $3,000 (half the bank)
Millionaire question of the day:
What iconic 20th-century figure once quipped, "Computers are useless. They can only give you answers"?
A - John Lennon
B - Mahatma Gandhi
C - Pablo Picasso
D - Mother Teresa
Answer:
Spoiler
C (Pablo Picasso)