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Ryan Mockler
New York, NY

Ryan is 26 years old and working 70 hours a week, trying to put some money away for business school.

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

Topic Tree (Randomized)
?: Name Game
?: Y Not
?: William or Britney
?: Finger Painting
?: Tell-Alls
?: My Car Died
?: Worth its Weight
?: Capital Letters
?: Breakfast Mascots
?: Common Ideals


Question #1 - Level ?: Common Ideals
With its slogan "a nude horse is a rude horse," the hoax organization SINA stood for the Society for Indecency to what?

A: Naked Animals B: Novel Accessories
C: Nature's Attire D: Nefarious Androgyny

Answer/Value/Bank

A: Naked Animals
Question Value: $25,000
Bank: $25,000

Ryan rushes over to hug some people in the audience who hadn't been introduced, yet. They're his parents, Bill and Judith, and his girlfriend, Katie.


Question #2 - Level ?: Breakfast Mascots
CinnaMon, a "laid back" cinnamon stick with a Jamaican accent, is one of the mascots of what breakfast cereal?

A: Kix B: Apple Jacks
C: Corn Pops D: Alpha Bits

Ryan has had three of these and none of them were cinnamon.

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Apple Jacks
Question Value: $2,000
Bank: $27,000

Question #3 - Level ?: Capital Letters
What is the capital city of the country that is alphabetically first in the United Nations?

A: Kabul B: Oslo
C: Quito D: Nairobi

Ryan knows three of them and knows one of them has an A, but he doesn't know

Spoiler

Quito

. He jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

A: Kabul
Question Value: $7,000
Bank: $27,000

Question #4 - Level ?: Worth its Weight
Which of these annual sporting events gives away an actual solid gold trophy?

A: NFL Super Bowl B: Kentucky Derby
C: MLB World Series D: Daytona 500

Ryan expresses his thoughts about all four trophies, then he asks the audience.

ATA

A: 8% B: 51% C: 12% D: 29%

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Kentucky Derby
Question Value: $5,000
Bank: $32,000

-- Commercial Break --


Question #5 - Level ?: My Car Died
Many in the media couldn't resist using a synonym for "cry" when reporting the 2011 bankruptcy of what automaker?

A: Audi B: Mazda
C: Saab D: Kia

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Saab
Question Value: $1,000
Bank: $33,000

Question #6 - Level ?: Tell-Alls
A tell-all memoir written by Scott Thorson about his relationship with the pianist Liberace was titled "Behind the" what?

A: Samovar B: Davenport
C: Humidor D: Candelabra

Ryan jumps the question. As Meredith says, it was before his time.

Answer/Value/Bank

D: Candelabra
Question Value: $3,000
Bank: $33,000

Question #7 - Level ?: Finger Painting
In 2012, which of these companies released a set of eight nail polishes, featuring colors such as "cotton candy" and "robin's egg blue"?

A: LEGO B: Mattel
C: Crayola D: Wham-O

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Crayola
Question Value: $15,000
Bank: $48,000

Question #8 - Level ?: William or Britney
Which of these is a line from Shakespeare and not a lyric sung by Britney Spears?

A: Taste of a poison paradise B: What's practical is logical
C: The game is up D: Revive my dignity

Ryan: Two of the things I didn't want was Shakespeare and pop music.

Meredith: Oh!

Ryan: So, we're in good shape.

Ryan walks with $24,000.

Answer

C: The game is up

A pop-up says that

Spoiler

"The game is up" is from Shakespeare's Cymbeline.

-- Commercial Break --

Question #8 - Level ?: William or Britney
Which of these is a line from Shakespeare and not a lyric sung by Britney Spears?

A: Taste of a poison paradise B: What's practical is logical
C: The game is up D: Revive my dignity

Ryan: Two of the things I didn't want was Shakespeare and pop music.

Meredith: Oh!

Ryan: So, we're in good shape.

Ryan walks with $24,000.

Answer

C: The game is up

A pop-up says that

Spoiler

"The game is up" is from Shakespeare's Cymbeline.

JTQ

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Ryan Mockler
New York, NY

Ryan is 26 years old and working 70 hours a week, trying to put some money away for business school.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #3 - Level ?: Capital Letters
What is the capital city of the country that is alphabetically first in the United Nations?

A: Kabul B: Oslo
C: Quito D: Nairobi

Ryan knows three of them and knows one of them has an A, but he doesn't know

Spoiler

Quito

. He jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

A: Kabul
Question Value: $7,000
Bank: $27,000

Without seeing the unrandomized stack it's not possible to know whether there is a trick in this question (such as having two countries that start with "A").

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #4 - Level ?: Worth its Weight
Which of these annual sporting events gives away an actual solid gold trophy?

A: NFL Super Bowl B: Kentucky Derby
C: MLB World Series D: Daytona 500

Ryan expresses his thoughts about all four trophies, then he asks the audience.

ATA

A: 8% B: 51% C: 12% D: 29%

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Kentucky Derby
Question Value: $5,000
Bank: $32,000

Easy get.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #6 - Level ?: Tell-Alls
A tell-all memoir written by Scott Thorson about his relationship with the pianist Liberace was titled "Behind the" what?

A: Samovar B: Davenport
C: Humidor D: Candelabra

Ryan jumps the question. As Meredith says, it was before his time.

Answer/Value/Bank

D: Candelabra
Question Value: $3,000
Bank: $33,000

Yeah, it was.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #8 - Level ?: William or Britney
Which of these is a line from Shakespeare and not a lyric sung by Britney Spears?

A: Taste of a poison paradise B: What's practical is logical
C: The game is up D: Revive my dignity

Ryan: Two of the things I didn't want was Shakespeare and pop music.

Meredith: Oh!

Ryan: So, we're in good shape.

Ryan walks with $24,000.

Answer

C: The game is up

A pop-up says that

Spoiler

"The game is up" is from Shakespeare's Cymbeline.

I'd use a JTQ here, not being sure that the audience was up on Britney's hits.