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Levi Evans
Charlotte, NC

Levi and his fiancee shared an interesting dream right before he auditioned for the show. He was holding a big check for a big amount of money on a big show. Cedric interrupts to ask if Levi is married yet. Levi says he isn't; Cedric jokes that Levi was dreaming about holding big money and his fiancee comes into the dream. Levi is a sharing man - and his fiancee is like the government and will get half. Cedric points to Levi's fiancee, who is in the relationship seat.

Topic Tree (unrandomized):
10 - Weird Contests
9 - Famous Hancock
8 - Fit for a King
7 - Root Languages
6 - Crimes Against Food
5 - Mistaken Identity
4 - Who's Tweeting Me?
3 - Trying to Forget
2 - Blowing Up
1 - Faking It

Topic Tree (randomized):
7 - Root Languages
2 - Blowing Up
10 - Weird Contests
1 - Faking It
4 - Who's Tweeting Me?
9 - Famous Hancock
5 - Mistaken Identity
8 - Fit for a King
3 - Trying to Forget
6 - Crimes Against Food

Question #1 (Crimes Against Food - Level 6):
As Boston writer Aaron Goldstein once said, "it isn't illegal in Massachusetts to put" what in clam chowder, "it just feels like it is"?
A - tomato
B - onion
C - celery
D - potato

Levi says he knows that

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onions are in clam chowder and potatoes are a mainstay. Celery is a root vegetable so he thinks that would be right with it

.

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Answer: A (tomato)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $2,000

Question #2 (Trying to Forget - Level 3):
A boardwalk roller coaster on the Jersey Shore destroyed by Sandy will be replaced by a thrill ride with what especially evocative name?
A - Earthquake
B - Super Storm
C - Tornado
D - Blizzard

Levi eliminates two of the answers and then realizes that

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Sandy was a hurricane and they called it a super storm

.

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Answer: B (Super Storm)
Value: $3,000
Bank: $5,000

Question #3 (Fit for a King - Level 8):
Largely funded by Johnny Depp, whose funeral included his ashes being shot from a cannon followed by the playing of Bob Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man"?
A - Hunter S. Thompson
B - Michael Crichton
C - Ian Fleming
D - Ray Bradbury

Levi thinks he's going to have to jump this question.

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Answer: A (Hunter S. Thompson)
Value: $25,000
Bank: $5,000 (unchanged)

Question #4 (Mistaken Identity - Level 5):
Led by an overzealous spelunker, a French youth group that set out to clean up graffiti ended up damaging ancient what?
A - cave paintings
B - Roman temples
C - burial grounds
D - pottery fragments

Levi wonders what a spelunker is. He says they spelunk and thinks they do it

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in caves

.

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Answer: A (cave paintings)
Value: $5,000
Bank: $10,000

Question #5 (Famous Hancock - Level 9):
What company's logo, used since 1886 is modeled after a founder's signature?
A - Budweiser
B - Cartier
C - Johnson & Johnson
D - Lay's

Levi says nothing is really jumping out at him, though he doesn't feel like it's

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Lay's or Budweiser

. He decides to ask the audience to see if they can help him out.

Ask the Audience results

A - 18%
B - 30%
C - 48%
D - 4%

Levi knows that company's logo and hopes the audience isn't going to let him down. He goes with their answer.

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Answer: C (Johnson & Johnson)
Value: $100
Bank: $10,100

commercial break

Question #6 (Who's Tweeting Me? - Level 4):
Listing hair icon, pantsuit aficionado and glass ceiling cracker in her bio, what famous "texter" finally joined Twitter in 2013?
A - Condoleezza Rice
B - Michelle Obama
C - Hilary Clinton
D - Laura Bush

Levi says he doesn't think that

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Laura Bush would text or tweet anything at all, and Michelle Obama is "kinda wicked" so she's probably already part of Twitter nation. And it just doesn't sound like something "Condi" would do

.

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Answer: C (Hilary Clinton)
Value: $15,000
Bank: $25,100

Question #7 (Faking It - Level 1):
So everyone inside can sense its power, the BMW M5 replicates and plays what sounds through the stereo?
A - windshield wipers
B - anti-lock brakes
C - engine
D - muffler

Only one answer makes sense to Levi.

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Answer: C (engine)
Value: $10,000
Bank: $35,100

Question #8 (Weird Contests - Level 10):
"Khar Bii," one of the most popular television programs in Senegal, has been described as an American Idol-style search for Senegal's most perfect what?
A - lion
B - sheep
C - jackal
D - antelope

Levi groans in dismay. He has an idea it might be

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sheep

but he's not 100% sure so he jumps the question.

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Answer: B (sheep)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $35,100 (unchanged)

Question #9 (Blowing Up - Level 2):
Derived from the Irish word for fragment, something that has violently exploded is often said to be "blown to" what?
A - ladidas
B - smithereens
C - woebegones
D - scoobydoos

Levi says he likes the sound of

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scoobydoos because he liked Scooby Doo as a child, prompting Cedric to do his Scooby imitation

.

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Answer: B (smithereens)
Value: $7,000
Bank: $42,100

commercial break

Cedric asks if Levi's dream check was this big ($42,100). Levi spoke about the size of the physical check - it was big, big, big.

Question #10 (Root Languages - Level 7):
The linguistic root of the Romance group of languages has what not-so-romantic name?
A - gross Latin
B - profane Latin
C - rough Latin
D - vulgar Latin

Levi toys with the answers, eliminating

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gross and rough. He thinks it might be vulgar

, but he's not sure enough so he walks away

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Answer: D (vulgar Latin)
Value: $500
Bank: $ 21,050 (half the bank)

commercial break

MILLIONAIRE "QUESTION OF THE DAY":
When it was introduced to consumers in the 1930s, the garbage disposal was nicknamed what?
A - ravenous raven
B - gaping shark
C - vibrating goat
D - electric pig

Question of the Day answer

D (electric pig)

Does anybody know if the rollercoaster mentioned in question 2 was destroyed (again) in the fire that hit the Jersey shore last Friday? If so, they should rename it Phoenix.

Question #8 (Weird Contests - Level 10):
"Khar Bii," one of the most popular television programs in Senegal, has been described as an American Idol-style search for Senegal's most perfect what?
A - lion
B - sheep
C - jackal
D - antelope

Levi groans in dismay. He has an idea it might be

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sheep

but he's not 100% sure so he jumps the question.

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Answer: B (sheep)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $35,100 (unchanged)

JTQ 1

ATA question 1, JTQ questions 5 and 8.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #10 (Root Languages - Level 7):
The linguistic root of the Romance group of languages has what not-so-romantic name?
A - gross Latin
B - profane Latin
C - rough Latin
D - vulgar Latin

Levi toys with the answers, eliminating

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gross and rough. He thinks it might be vulgar

, but he's not sure enough so he walks away

Spoiler

Answer: D (vulgar Latin)
Value: $500
Bank: $ 21,050 (half the bank)

My high school Latin teacher used to say that French was vulgar Latin. My French teacher replied that Latin was primitive French.

Kazoo65 wrote:Does anybody know if the rollercoaster mentioned in question 2 was destroyed (again) in the fire that hit the Jersey shore last Friday? If so, they should rename it Phoenix.

I looked it up. The new Super Storm ride is on the Casino Pier. The fire destroyed the Fun Town Pier.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Levi Evans
Charlotte, NC

Levi and his fiancee shared an interesting dream right before he auditioned for the show. He was holding a big check for a big amount of money on a big show. Cedric interrupts to ask if Levi is married yet. Levi says he isn't; Cedric jokes that Levi was dreaming about holding big money and his fiancee comes into the dream. Levi is a sharing man - and his fiancee is like the government and will get half. Cedric points to Levi's fiancee, who is in the relationship seat.

Cedric, Levi called her his fiancee - so no, he's not married yet.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #3 (Fit for a King - Level :
Largely funded by Johnny Depp, whose funeral included his ashes being shot from a cannon followed by the playing of Bob Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man"?
A - Hunter S. Thompson
B - Michael Crichton
C - Ian Fleming
D - Ray Bradbury

Levi thinks he's going to have to jump this question.

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Answer: A (Hunter S. Thompson)
Value: $25,000
Bank: $5,000 (unchanged)

A woman in my Bible study class dated Hunter S. Thompson briefly when they were in high school.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #8 (Weird Contests - Level 10):
"Khar Bii," one of the most popular television programs in Senegal, has been described as an American Idol-style search for Senegal's most perfect what?
A - lion
B - sheep
C - jackal
D - antelope

Levi groans in dismay. He has an idea it might be

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sheep

but he's not 100% sure so he jumps the question.

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Answer: B (sheep)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $35,100 (unchanged)

Since a sheep is the only domesticated animal of the four, I'd go with that for my answer.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #10 (Root Languages - Level 7):
The linguistic root of the Romance group of languages has what not-so-romantic name?
A - gross Latin
B - profane Latin
C - rough Latin
D - vulgar Latin

Levi toys with the answers, eliminating

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gross and rough. He thinks it might be vulgar

, but he's not sure enough so he walks away

Spoiler

Answer: D (vulgar Latin)
Value: $500
Bank: $ 21,050 (half the bank)

The first significant Latin translation of the Bible was called the "Vulgate" because it was written in "vulgar Latin".