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Brett Keen
New York, NY

Magical Family Getaway Week

Contestants and home viewers will have a chance to win a vacation to the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida where they can visit New Fantasyland.

Topic Tree:

10 Electric Looks
9 Open House
8 Middle America
7 Puppy Presents
6 Amazed
5 Speed of Sound
4 Line Please
3 Civic Duties
2 Flip It & Reverse It
1 Holiday Hints

Topic Tree: (randomized)

9 Open House
3 Civic Duties
7 Puppy Presents Disney New Fantasyland
10 Electric Looks
5 Speed of Sound
2 Flip It & Reverse It
8 Middle America
6 Amazed
4 Line Please
1 Holiday Hints

Question 1 - 1 Holiday Hints
A USDA Poultry Prep website recommends using cold water, the refrigerator or the microwave to safely do what with your frozen turkey?
A. Thaw it
B. Stuff it
C. Slice it
D. Baste it

Spoiler

A. Thaw it
$3K
Bank - $3K

Question 2 - 4 Line Please
When Al Pacino screams “Say hello to my little friend” in the film “Scarface,” the “little friend” he is referring to is his what?
A. Knife
B. Gun
C. Throwing star
D. Nunchucks

Spoiler

B. Gun
$15K
Bank - $18K

Question 3 - 6 Amazed
The lucrative trend of farmers converting their fields into corn mazes popular with tourists was written about in a Time magazine article titled “That’s” what?
A. Labyrinthdustry!
B. Plowbusiness!
C. Field of Dreaming!
D. Agritainment!


Brett is thinking it might be

Spoiler

agritainment

.

ATA

ATA results

7% A. Labyrinthdustry!
7% B. Plowbusiness!
10% C. Field of Dreaming!
76% D. Agritainment!

Brett is now thinking

Spoiler

“That’s plowbusiness” may be a play on “That’s show business.”

JTQ 1

Spoiler

D. Agritainment!
$7K
Bank - $18K

Question 4 - 8 Middle America
While many know Barack Obama’s middle name is Hussein, few know Michelle Obama’s middle name is what?
A. Devi
B. Bowman
C. Glapion
D. LaVaughn

JTQ 2

Spoiler

D. LaaVaughn
$5K
Bank - $18K

Question 5 - 2 Flip It & Reverse It
In a linguistic inversion or “inversion linguistic,” what station aired episodes of Dora the Explorer in which she speaks in Spanish and teaches viewers “Ingles”?
A. Discovery
B. Cartoon Network
C. ABC Family
D. Telemundo

Spoiler

D. Telemundo
$500
Bank - $18,500

commercial break

Question 6 - 5 Speed of Sound
What vehicle’s name is said to be an example of onomatopoeia, , reputedly derived from the sound made when an inspector flicked his finger on its surface?
A. Blimp
B. Gondola
C. Hummer
D. Zeppelin

Spoiler

A. Blimp
$1K
Bank - $19,500

Question 7 - 10 Electric Looks
Looking for a “bright and optimistic face,” Iraq’s Electricity Ministry used what celeb on billboards for its daily electricity bulletin?
A. Jennifer Aniston
B. Britney Spears
C. Katie Couric
D. Reese Witherspoon

Brett feels that

Spoiler

Jennifer Aniston

would be known by more people in Iraq, so he makes her his final answer.

Spoiler

C. Katie Couric
Brett leaves with $1K

Question 4 - 8 Middle America
While many know Barack Obama’s middle name is Hussein, few know Michelle Obama’s middle name is what?
A. Devi
B. Bowman
C. Glapion
D. LaVaughn

JTQ 2

Spoiler

D. LaaVaughn
$5K
Bank - $18K

JTQ 1

Question 7 - 10 Electric Looks
Looking for a “bright and optimistic face,” Iraq’s Electricity Ministry used what celeb on billboards for its daily electricity bulletin?
A. Jennifer Aniston
B. Britney Spears
C. Katie Couric
D. Reese Witherspoon

Brett feels that

Spoiler

Jennifer Aniston

would be known by more people in Iraq, so he makes her his final answer.

Spoiler

C. Katie Couric
Brett leaves with $1K

JTQ 2

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Brett Keen
New York, NY

Magical Family Getaway Week

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 3 - 6 Amazed
The lucrative trend of farmers converting their fields into corn mazes popular with tourists was written about in a Time magazine article titled “That’s” what?
A. Labyrinthdustry!
B. Plowbusiness!
C. Field of Dreaming!
D. Agritainment!

Brett is thinking it might be

Spoiler

agritainment

.
ATA

ATA results

7% A. Labyrinthdustry!
7% B. Plowbusiness!
10% C. Field of Dreaming!
76% D. Agritainment!

Brett is now thinking

Spoiler

“That’s plowbusiness” may be a play on “That’s show business.”

JTQ 1

Spoiler

D. Agritainment!
$7K
Bank - $18K

I'd have gone straight to the JTQ.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 6 - 5 Speed of Sound
What vehicle’s name is said to be an example of onomatopoeia, , reputedly derived from the sound made when an inspector flicked his finger on its surface?
A. Blimp
B. Gondola
C. Hummer
D. Zeppelin

Spoiler

A. Blimp
$1K
Bank - $19,500

Brett's reasoning was good - he said that the sound would be short, so he eliminated the multisyllabic words.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 7 - 10 Electric Looks
Looking for a “bright and optimistic face,” Iraq’s Electricity Ministry used what celeb on billboards for its daily electricity bulletin?
A. Jennifer Aniston
B. Britney Spears
C. Katie Couric
D. Reese Witherspoon

Brett feels that

Spoiler

Jennifer Aniston

would be known by more people in Iraq, so he makes her his final answer.

Spoiler

C. Katie Couric
Brett leaves with $1K

From the comfort of my recliner I guessed correctly, but had I been at the Hot Podium I'd have used my 2nd JTQ.