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Bill Patschak
Frederick, MD
College student

Bill wants to win enough, so he can move out of his parent’s house.

Topic Tree:

10 Title Sounds Familiar
9 History’s Mysteries
8 Name Game
7 Knock Knock
6 Famous Firsts
5 Sporting Goods
4 Dairy Queen
3 Car Classifications
2 Frank Advice
1 Words of Defeat

Topic Tree: (randomized)

10 Title Sounds Familiar
8 Name Game
6 Famous Firsts
4 Dairy Queen
2 Frank Advice
1 Words of Defeat
9 History’s Mysteries
7 Knock Knock
3 Car Classifications
5 Sporting Goods

Question 1 - 5 Sporting Goods
Used in the national sport of Malaysia, what piece of equipment is made of “sixteen feathers fixed in a cork base covered in kid leather”?
A. Shuttlecock
B. Paddle
C. Arrow
D. Discus

Spoiler

A. Shuttlecock
$10K
Bank - $10K

Question 2 - 3 Car Classifications
Before shortening the name to “G.P.” and eventually just “Jeep,” multifunctional military vehicles were originally classified as what?
A. Great price
B. Ground predator
C. Guzzles petrol
D. General purpose

Spoiler

D. General purpose
$100
Bank - $10,100

Question 3 - 7 Knock Knock
In 2009, what celebrity lost a bet that he could show up at the White House unannounced and be allowed to see the President?
A. Ryan Seacrest
B. Shaquille O’Neal
C. Leonardo DiCaprio
D. Kanye West

ATA

ATA results

7% A. Ryan Seacrest
31% B. Shaquille O’Neal
5% C. Leonardo DiCaprio
57% D. Kanye West

Bill was thinking Shaq, so he decides to JTQ.

JTQ 1

Spoiler

B. Shaquille O’Neal
$500
Bank - $10,100

Question 4 - 9 History’s Mysteries
Amidst ongoing rumors that polonium poisoning caused his unexpected death, what world leaders widow requested that his body be exhumed?
A. Kim Jong-il
B. Yasser Arafat
C. Muammar Gaddafi
D. Augusto Pinochet

JTQ 2

Spoiler

B. Yasser Arafat
$7K
Bank - $10,100

Question 5 - 1 Words of Defeat
A person who has been defeated is often said to have been “brought to his” what?
A. Ears
B. Ankles
C. Knees
D. Fingers

Spoiler

C. Knees
$3K
Bank - $13,100

commercial break

Question 6 - 2 Frank Advice
Echoing a warning parents often give their kids, a 1974 song by Frank Zappa advises “Don’t Eat the” what?
A. Blue Snow
B. Pink Snow
C. Yellow Snow
D. Purple Snow

Spoiler

C. Yellow Snow
$2K
Bank - $15,100

Question 7 - 4 Dairy Queen
In 2011, a young woman named Laurel Gordon competed to be the Washington State dairy princess while suffering from what ironic medical condition?
A. Iron deficiency
B. Lactose intolerance
C. Asthma
D. Nearsightedness

Spoiler

B. Lactose intolerance
$5K
Ban - $20,100

Question 8 - 6 Famous Firsts
One hundred years before the Freedom Riders sparked riots there, what city became the first capital of the Confederacy in 1861?
A. Atlanta, Georgia
B. Columbia, South Carolina
C. Montgomery, Alabama
D. Richmond, Virginia

Bill isn’t familiar with the Freedom Riders, but he believes he knows the first capital of the Confederacy and he just has to go for it, so he makes

Spoiler

Richmond, Virginia

his final answer.

Spoiler

C. Montgomery, Alabama

Bill leaves with $1K.

Question 3 - 7 Knock Knock
In 2009, what celebrity lost a bet that he could show up at the White House unannounced and be allowed to see the President?
A. Ryan Seacrest
B. Shaquille O’Neal
C. Leonardo DiCaprio
D. Kanye West

ATA

ATA results

7% A. Ryan Seacrest
31% B. Shaquille O’Neal
5% C. Leonardo DiCaprio
57% D. Kanye West

Bill was thinking Shaq, so he decides to JTQ.

JTQ 1

Spoiler

B. Shaquille O’Neal
$500
Bank - $10,100

JTQ 1

Not such a great stack for me.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Bill Patschak
Frederick, MD
College student

Bill wants to win enough, so he can move out of his parent’s house.

That seems to be the latest hook - Sara on Friday's show wanted the same thing.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 3 - 7 Knock Knock
In 2009, what celebrity lost a bet that he could show up at the White House unannounced and be allowed to see the President?
A. Ryan Seacrest
B. Shaquille O’Neal
C. Leonardo DiCaprio
D. Kanye West

ATA

ATA results

7% A. Ryan Seacrest
31% B. Shaquille O’Neal
5% C. Leonardo DiCaprio
57% D. Kanye West

Bill was thinking Shaq, so he decides to JTQ.

JTQ 1

Spoiler

B. Shaquille O’Neal
$500
Bank - $10,100

I didn't hear about this and thought the answer might be Kanye West, his ego being what it is. But I wouldn't have gone for it; I'd have used a JTQ.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 6 - 2 Frank Advice
Echoing a warning parents often give their kids, a 1974 song by Frank Zappa advises “Don’t Eat the” what?
A. Blue Snow
B. Pink Snow
C. Yellow Snow
D. Purple Snow

Spoiler

C. Yellow Snow
$2K
Bank - $15,100

Unless it's used in lemon snow cones (Monsters, Inc. reference).

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 8 - 6 Famous Firsts
One hundred years before the Freedom Riders sparked riots there, what city became the first capital of the Confederacy in 1861?
A. Atlanta, Georgia
B. Columbia, South Carolina
C. Montgomery, Alabama
D. Richmond, Virginia

Bill isn’t familiar with the Freedom Riders, but he believes he knows the first capital of the Confederacy and he just has to go for it, so he makes

Spoiler

Richmond, Virginia

his final answer.

Spoiler

C. Montgomery, Alabama

Bill leaves with $1K.

It doesn't surprise me that he went with Richmond. Too bad - I doubt $1000 will be enough to get him out of his parents' house.