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Transcript 10/25/12 - Ron Freshour (shoefresh) (carryover)

Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2012 6:56 pm
by BBTranscriptTeam
Ron Freshour (shoefresh)
Austin, TX

Ron lives in an apartment with only a bed for furniture. He also hosts pub trivia nights in Austin and it's paid off, he now has $250,000 in his bank! All of his lifelines are gone.

Ron shows Meredith that he's still wearing his lucky underwear.



$500,000
The only member of Lewis and Clark's expedition to die during the history journey, Charles Floyd reportedly died from what?

A: Mountain lion attack B: Typhoid fever
C: Gunshot wound D: Appendicitis

Ron says the gamble is different than it was yesterday. He thinks he'd narrow it down to
Spoiler
A and D
, but this is ten years salary to him! Meredith says that, as a gambler, Ron probably has two different voices talking to him, now.

Ron: That's right! One in my head and one in my pants.

Audience: [Laughter]

Meredith: Just keep it in your pants.

Ron wants to say
Spoiler
Mountain lion attack
but he decides he would hate himself more if he guesses wrong than if he had the right answer and walks. He walks away with $250,000.
Answer
D: Appendicitis

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Re: Transcript 10/25/12 - Ron Freshour (shoefresh) (carryover)

Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2012 7:12 pm
by Snaxx

Re: Transcript 10/25/12 - Ron Freshour (shoefresh) (carryover)

Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2012 8:11 pm
by hss501
Oh yeah. That's just common knowledge. Everyone knows it's appendicitis.

Re: Transcript 10/25/12 - Ron Freshour (shoefresh) (carryover)

Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2012 9:12 pm
by littlebeast13
I don't remember appendicitis on The Oregon Trail......

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Re: Transcript 10/25/12 - Ron Freshour (shoefresh) (carryover)

Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2012 9:18 pm
by SportsFan68
littlebeast13 wrote:I don't remember appendicitis on The Oregon Trail......

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Ron said this was a perfect dysentery question. I'm glad it wasn't a distractor, he might have picked it.

Re: Transcript 10/25/12 - Ron Freshour (shoefresh) (carryover)

Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2012 9:52 pm
by etaoin22
I suppose the "reportedly" and that sign and associated datums probably justify the answer, but my recollection is that appendicitis as the origin of death from acute abdominal sepsis was only sorted out in the early aseptic - anesthetic era of surgery in the later part of the 19'th century. The analysis of a previous case record would be fraught with guesswork.

But.....

What Ron has achieved is a heck of an accomplishment. Congratulations!

Re: Transcript 10/25/12 - Ron Freshour (shoefresh) (carryover)

Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2012 1:40 am
by thguy65
etaoin22 wrote:I suppose the "reportedly" and that sign and associated datums probably justify the answer, but my recollection is that appendicitis as the origin of death from acute abdominal sepsis was only sorted out in the early aseptic - anesthetic era of surgery in the later part of the 19'th century. The analysis of a previous case record would be fraught with guesswork.

But.....

What Ron has achieved is a heck of an accomplishment. Congratulations!
My guess on the answer was greatly helped by the "reportedly" aspect of the question. I figured that a person's injuries could tell you fairly conclusively if death was due to gunshot wound or wild animal attack, but a medical illness diagnosis would be only conjecture. Between typhoid fever and appendicitis, the latter would have distinct symptoms that would lead historians to that conclusion, and typhoid fever would be less likely to be distinguished from other possible fatal infections.
I'm still not certain if I would have had the guts to go for that answer if I was in Ron's "shoes".

Great job getting to the point, Ron! Enjoy the $$$!

Re: Transcript 10/25/12 - Ron Freshour (shoefresh) (carryover)

Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2012 5:21 am
by earendel
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Ron Freshour (shoefresh)
Austin, TX

Ron lives in an apartment with only a bed for furniture. He also hosts pub trivia nights in Austin and it's paid off, he now has $250,000 in his bank! All of his lifelines are gone.

Ron shows Meredith that he's still wearing his lucky underwear.
Ron, I was really pulling for you to go all the way. Oh, and if I may ask, I get the "fresh" part of your bored handle, but why "shoefresh"?
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$500,000
The only member of Lewis and Clark's expedition to die during the history journey, Charles Floyd reportedly died from what?

A: Mountain lion attack B: Typhoid fever
C: Gunshot wound D: Appendicitis

Ron says the gamble is different than it was yesterday. He thinks he'd narrow it down to
Spoiler
A and D
, but this is ten years salary to him! Meredith says that, as a gambler, Ron probably has two different voices talking to him, now.

Ron: That's right! One in my head and one in my pants.

Audience: [Laughter]

Meredith: Just keep it in your pants.

Ron wants to say
Spoiler
Mountain lion attack
but he decides he would hate himself more if he guesses wrong than if he had the right answer and walks. He walks away with $250,000.
Answer
D: Appendicitis
The "dysentery" answer made me wonder if you've played too much Oregon Trail. :mrgreen:

Without having the rest of your stack to review I don't know if I would have made it this far, but had I done so, I'd have gotten this one. I'm not sure why I knew it, but elwing (my wife) knew it as well, so it must have been something we read about during the bicentennial celebration of the expedition.

Re: Transcript 10/25/12 - Ron Freshour (shoefresh) (carryover)

Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2012 6:44 am
by MarleysGh0st
thguy65 wrote:My guess on the answer was greatly helped by the "reportedly" aspect of the question. I figured that a person's injuries could tell you fairly conclusively if death was due to gunshot wound or wild animal attack, but a medical illness diagnosis would be only conjecture. Between typhoid fever and appendicitis, the latter would have distinct symptoms that would lead historians to that conclusion, and typhoid fever would be less likely to be distinguished from other possible fatal infections.
I'm still not certain if I would have had the guts to go for that answer if I was in Ron's "shoes".
Hmmmm. Yeah, that's a good analysis for finding clues in the question wording. Can we count on the question writers when this much money's on the line, though?

Re: Transcript 10/25/12 - Ron Freshour (shoefresh) (carryover)

Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2012 7:20 am
by Bob Juch
etaoin22 wrote:I suppose the "reportedly" and that sign and associated datums probably justify the answer, but my recollection is that appendicitis as the origin of death from acute abdominal sepsis was only sorted out in the early aseptic - anesthetic era of surgery in the later part of the 19'th century. The analysis of a previous case record would be fraught with guesswork.

But.....

What Ron has achieved is a heck of an accomplishment. Congratulations!
You are correct.

Re: Transcript 10/25/12 - Ron Freshour (shoefresh) (carryover)

Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2012 7:52 am
by Appa23
thguy65 wrote:
etaoin22 wrote:I suppose the "reportedly" and that sign and associated datums probably justify the answer, but my recollection is that appendicitis as the origin of death from acute abdominal sepsis was only sorted out in the early aseptic - anesthetic era of surgery in the later part of the 19'th century. The analysis of a previous case record would be fraught with guesswork.

But.....

What Ron has achieved is a heck of an accomplishment. Congratulations!
My guess on the answer was greatly helped by the "reportedly" aspect of the question. I figured that a person's injuries could tell you fairly conclusively if death was due to gunshot wound or wild animal attack, but a medical illness diagnosis would be only conjecture.
Of course, there was more than one wild animal on the Great Plains. :) "Reportedly" would cover that they think that it was a moutain lion, but it could have been a coyote, bear, feral dog, or even bison.

Re: Transcript 10/25/12 - Ron Freshour (shoefresh) (carryover)

Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2012 7:58 am
by Appa23
I am trying to figure out if I had learned about the appendicitis during our celebration of the Corps of Discovery or from my older two kids' reading a book for school about Merriwether's dog, Seaman.

Re: Transcript 10/25/12 - Ron Freshour (shoefresh) (carryover)

Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2012 9:04 am
by kmills
I was totally distracted by reportedly, thinking maybe it was a tip towards a gunshot's "report", but also thought a little bit of the idea you had that everything else could be more clearly explained, so one of the two diseases.

This one would've thrown me, for sure. Unless I had recently seen that sign, of course. ;)

Unbelievable job, Ron......congratulations! You must be thrilled!

Reply to: Ron Freshour (shoefresh) (carryover)

Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2012 7:46 pm
by rgcviper
Fantastic job, Ron. You make us all proud!

Re: Transcript 10/25/12 - Ron Freshour (shoefresh) (carryover)

Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2012 1:36 am
by shoefresh
earendel wrote:
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Ron Freshour (shoefresh)
Austin, TX

Ron lives in an apartment with only a bed for furniture. He also hosts pub trivia nights in Austin and it's paid off, he now has $250,000 in his bank! All of his lifelines are gone.

Ron shows Meredith that he's still wearing his lucky underwear.
Ron, I was really pulling for you to go all the way. Oh, and if I may ask, I get the "fresh" part of your bored handle, but why "shoefresh"?
Shoe was a nickname my sister gave me when I was six years old, and it has just stuck. I told TPTB about my nickname for possible inclusion in the show, but knew it would never happen, because the nickname came from my sister mishearing lyrics in a song about female masturbation...

... and I still have this nickname. :oops:

Re: Transcript 10/25/12 - Ron Freshour (shoefresh) (carryover)

Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2012 7:43 am
by littlebeast13
shoefresh wrote:
earendel wrote:
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Ron Freshour (shoefresh)
Austin, TX

Ron lives in an apartment with only a bed for furniture. He also hosts pub trivia nights in Austin and it's paid off, he now has $250,000 in his bank! All of his lifelines are gone.

Ron shows Meredith that he's still wearing his lucky underwear.
Ron, I was really pulling for you to go all the way. Oh, and if I may ask, I get the "fresh" part of your bored handle, but why "shoefresh"?
Shoe was a nickname my sister gave me when I was six years old, and it has just stuck. I told TPTB about my nickname for possible inclusion in the show, but knew it would never happen, because the nickname came from my sister mishearing lyrics in a song about female masturbation...

... and I still have this nickname. :oops:

There are songs about female masturbation!?!?!?!?!?!?!? :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

lb13

Re: Transcript 10/25/12 - Ron Freshour (shoefresh) (carryover)

Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2012 6:19 pm
by SportsFan68
That is a horrible avatar. It will not win.