Transcript 09/10/2013 Casey Switzer (carryover)

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Casey Switzer
Dallas, TX

Completed the first round with $52,600 banked.
Says this pays a lot better than her trivia hosting.
Wants to use her winnings to buy a puppy and a kitten, naming them Stanley and Stella.
Cedric laughs about a $50,000 puppy.

$100K
A marathon runner would have to complete how many marathons to say they've run the circumference of the Earth?
A. 650 B. 750
C. 850 D. 950

Spoiler

Casey says sports and math are two of her weaknesses, and only knows that a marathon is about 30 miles and that the earth is a lot wider than that.
Walk

Answer

D. 950
Cedric mentioned the earth's circumference is 24900 miles

[SportsFan68]

$100K
A marathon runner would have to complete how many marathons to say they've run the circumference of the Earth?
A. 650 B. 750
C. 850 D. 950

Spoiler

Casey says sports and math are two of her weaknesses, and only knows that a marathon is about 30 miles and that the earth is a lot wider than that.
Walk

Answer

D. 950
Cedric mentioned the earth's circumference is 24900 miles

Oh good grief. OK, 26 times 900 is 25 times 900, or 180,000 plus 4,500 is 225,000, plus 900. That's 23,900. Circumference of the earth is about 25,000 miles. OK, the biggest one is still too short, unless I've done the math wrong, always a possibility. Oh, wait, the .2. D, final answer.

[Estonut]

$100K
A marathon runner would have to complete how many marathons to say they've run the circumference of the Earth?
A. 650 B. 750
C. 850 D. 950

Spoiler

Casey says sports and math are two of her weaknesses, and only knows that a marathon is about 30 miles and that the earth is a lot wider than that.
Walk

Answer

D. 950
Cedric mentioned the earth's circumference is 24900 miles

Oh good grief. OK, 26 times 900 is 25 times 900, or 180,000 plus 4,500 is 225,000, plus 900. That's 23,900. Circumference of the earth is about 25,000 miles. OK, the biggest one is still too short, unless I've done the math wrong, always a possibility. Oh, wait, the .2. D, final answer.

It's not the .2 that makes up the difference. Answer D is 950, not 900.

Also, your first equation goes off by a power of 10 in 2 places, but you come back from it at the end.

[thejeopardyfan]

I missed a question on this contestant's first show.

[earendel]

Casey Switzer
Dallas, TX

Completed the first round with $52,600 banked.
Says this pays a lot better than her trivia hosting.
Wants to use her winnings to buy a puppy and a kitten, naming them Stanley and Stella.
Cedric laughs about a $50,000 puppy.

$100K
A marathon runner would have to complete how many marathons to say they've run the circumference of the Earth?
A. 650 B. 750
C. 850 D. 950

Spoiler

Casey says sports and math are two of her weaknesses, and only knows that a marathon is about 30 miles and that the earth is a lot wider than that.
Walk

Answer

D. 950
Cedric mentioned the earth's circumference is 24900 miles

This is the easiest $100K question I've seen this season - or at least it's easy if you know (a) the circumference of the earth (approximately 25,000 miles) and (b) the length of a marathon (26.2 miles).