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BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Matt Saunier
Castle Rock, CO
Traveled 14 hours to Vegas to try out, so he deserves a great chance

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 1 - Top of the Charts

In 1998, what band's "One Week" was a #1 hit on Billboard's Hot 100 chart for one week?

A: Savage Garden
B: Goo Goo Dolls
C: Barenaked Ladies
D: Hanson

Answer and value

C: Barenaked Ladies
Value: $15,000
Bank: $15,000

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 6 - Underwater Signals

According to standard scuba diving hand signals, cupping both of your hands together is the sign for what?

A: Boat
B: Shark
C: Land
D: Oxygen

Matt leaves with $14,000.

Answer and value

A: Boat
Value: not revealed
Bank: half of $28,000

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Matt Saunier
Castle Rock, CO
Traveled 14 hours to Vegas to try out, so he deserves a great chance[/spoiler]

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Matt Saunier
Castle Rock, CO

Matt's last name is quite common in Canada as "saulnier" (more frequently). I wouldn't be surprised if the French-Canadian diaspora is in his genealogy.


Question 1 - Top of the Charts

In 1998, what band's "One Week" was a #1 hit on Billboard's Hot 100 chart for one week?

A: Savage Garden
B: Goo Goo Dolls
C: Barenaked Ladies
D: Hanson

Answer and value

C: Barenaked Ladies
Value: $15,000
Bank: $15,000

Spoiler

Canadian

content. Genealogy if present did not help.

Question 2 - Tourism Boon

Expected to eclipse the Singapore Flyer by almost 100 feet, the world's largest what is planned for construction on Staten Island, NY in 2015?

A: Carousel
B: Tilt-A-Whirl
C: Scrambler
D: Ferris Wheel

ATA

Spoiler

A: 5%
B: 3%
C: 3%
D: 89%

He goes with it.

Answer and value

D: Ferris Wheel
Value: $3,000
Bank: $18,000

Gotta put something on top of that old stinking landfill to tamp it down, eh!?

The Singapore Flyer is one of the sights seen near to the track, on TV coverage of the Singapore F1 Grand Prix.


Question 3 - Serves Him Right

According to Greek mythology, Zeus created what as a way to torment Prometheus for bringing fire to man?

A: Hailstorms
B: Woman
C: Hiccups
D: Vanity

JTQ

Answer and value

B: Woman
Value: $100
Bank: $18,000

I suppose.

Commercial break.

Question 4 - Good Gaming

Launching in 2002 with the nomination of 21 players for induction, what gaming Hall of Fame can be found at the Barona Casino in San Diego?

A: Blackjack Hall of Fame
B: Craps Hall of Fame
C: Texas Hold 'Em Hall of Fame
D: Baccarat Hall of Fame

Answer and value

A: Blackjack Hall of Fame
Value: $10,000
Bank: $28,000

OK, the number is the clue. The notion of such a hall-of-fame is peculiar, nevertheless.

Question 5 - Sophomore Seasons

In 2012, a 19-city bus tour promoted what show's second season with "Schmidt Happens" t-shirts?

A: 2 Broke Girls
B: Whitney
C: New Girl
D: Suburgatory

JTQ

Answer and value

C: New Girl
Value: $25,000!
Bank: $28,000

NO IDEA ATA!!!!!

Question 6 - Underwater Signals

According to standard scuba diving hand signals, cupping both of your hands together is the sign for what?

A: Boat
B: Shark
C: Land
D: Oxygen

Matt leaves with $14,000.

Answer and value

A: Boat
Value: $not revealed
Bank: $half of $28,000

Logical, although I might chicken out and JTQ.

QotD
A jackass is a male donkey, but a female donkey is called a what?

A: Judy ass
B: Julie ass
C: Jenny ass
D: Jane ass

Spoiler

C

Question 3 - Serves Him Right

According to Greek mythology, Zeus created what as a way to torment Prometheus for bringing fire to man?

A: Hailstorms
B: Woman
C: Hiccups
D: Vanity

JTQ

Answer and value

B: Woman
Value: $100
Bank: $18,000

Question 5 - Sophomore Seasons

In 2012, a 19-city bus tour promoted what show's second season with "Schmidt Happens" t-shirts?

A: 2 Broke Girls
B: Whitney
C: New Girl
D: Suburgatory

JTQ

Answer and value

C: New Girl
Value: $25,000!
Bank: $28,000

Question 6 - Underwater Signals

According to standard scuba diving hand signals, cupping both of your hands together is the sign for what?

A: Boat
B: Shark
C: Land
D: Oxygen

Matt leaves with $14,000.

Answer and value

A: Boat
Value: $not revealed
Bank: $half of $28,000

SportsFan68 wrote:

Question 3 - Serves Him Right

According to Greek mythology, Zeus created what as a way to torment Prometheus for bringing fire to man?

A: Hailstorms
B: Woman
C: Hiccups
D: Vanity

JTQ

Answer and value

B: Woman
Value: $100
Bank: $18,000

I thought this was the guy who got his liver ate. Eated. Every night.

JTQ 1

Pandora was fashioned by Hephaestus out of clay and brought to life by the four winds, with all the goddesses of Olympus assembled to adorn her. "From her is the race of women and female kind," Hesiod writes; "of her is the deadly race and tribe of women who live amongst mortal men to their great trouble, no helpmeets in hateful poverty, but only in wealth."

MarleysGh0st wrote:

SportsFan68 wrote:

Question 3 - Serves Him Right

According to Greek mythology, Zeus created what as a way to torment Prometheus for bringing fire to man?

A: Hailstorms
B: Woman
C: Hiccups
D: Vanity

JTQ

Answer and value

B: Woman
Value: $100
Bank: $18,000

I thought this was the guy who got his liver ate. Eated. Every night.

JTQ 1

That's the part I remembered, too, but there are apparently different versions of the story, with many (sometimes contradictory) details.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prometheus

The part about creating woman is from Hesiod, who called the first woman Pandora.

Pandora was fashioned by Hephaestus out of clay and brought to life by the four winds, with all the goddesses of Olympus assembled to adorn her. "From her is the race of women and female kind," Hesiod writes; "of her is the deadly race and tribe of women who live amongst mortal men to their great trouble, no helpmeets in hateful poverty, but only in wealth."

Not a modern, New Age kind of guy, Hesiod...