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James Batey
Seattle, WA

In the last week, James has gotten married, moved across the country and started a new job. Could winning $1 million be next?

James has an idea of what he'd like to do with the money: buy a nice, old van, throw his new wife in the back, and drive to South America.

Cedric asks the computer to randomize the money and the questions. The unrandomized Topic Tree is not shown.

Topic Tree (Randomized)
?: Film Awards
?: Being Proactive
?: To Buy Or Not To Buy
?: Cracking The Earth
?: Power Plants
?: To the Letter
?: Head in the Clouds
?: Buck It
?: Yay No, Wait. Boo
?: Little Rascal


Question #1 - Level ?: Little Rascal
Wikipedia defines "Little Bunny Foo Foo" as "a children's poem involving a rabbit harrassing a population of" what?

A: Earthworms B: Barn owls
C: Field mice D: Fruit flies

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Field mice
Question Value: $5,000
Bank: $5,000

Question #2 - Level ?: Yay No, Wait. Boo
Despite making TV history with an all-Latino cast, what show, produced by Eva Longoria, faced backlash for perpetuating a stereotype?

A: Shady Nannies B: Flaming Cooks
C: Touchy Masseuses D: Devious Maids

James asks the audience.

ATA

A: 3% B: 2% C: 3% D: 92%

Answer/Value/Bank

D: Devious Maids
Question Value: $2,000
Bank: $7,000

Question #3 - Level ?: Buck It
Competitors flock to Hayward, WI, to single buck, underhand chop, hot saw and boom run for their shot at being what "World Champion"?

A: Eating B: Coal Mining
C: Lumberjack D: Sauna

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Lumberjack
Question Value: $100
Bank: $7,100

Question #4 - Level ?: Head in the Clouds
All but which of the following people have played God in a feature film?

A: Morgan Freeman B: Tom Hanks
C: George Burns D: Whoopi Goldberg

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Tom Hanks
Question Value: $10,000
Bank: $17,100

-- Commercial Break --


Question #5 - Level ?: To the Letter
Which of these musically inspired phrases has two words that are anagrams of each other?

A: Elvis lives B: Tupac lives
C: John lives D: Biggie lives

Answer/Value/Bank

A: Elvis lives
Question Value: $1,000
Bank: $18,100

Question #6 - Level ?: Power Plants
Long before the Toyota Prius, what was the name of Henry Ford's 1941 experimental "green" vehicle whose plastic body was made from crops?

A: Soybean car B: Peanut sedan
C: Corn truck D: Potato coupe

James jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

A: Soybean car
Question Value: $18,100
Bank: $25,000

Question #7 - Level ?: Cracking The Earth
Which of the following is a controversial environmental issue and not a type of dance?

A: Jerking B: Twerking
C: Fracking D: Krumping

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Fracking
Question Value: $500
Bank: $18,600

Question #8 - Level ?: To Buy Or Not To Buy
Sounding like one of Shakespeare's plays, which of the following is a Toronto sporting goods store that fittingly sells items like ball hoppers and racquet bags?

A: As You Bike It B: Much Ado About Punting
C: The Merchant of Tennis D: The Training of the Shoe

Answer/Value/Bank

C: The Merchant of Tennis
Question Value: $15,000
Bank: $33,600

-- Commercial Break --


Question #9 - Level ?: Being Proactive
As the old joke goes, what did the man do after he heard mst auto accidents occur within 25 miles of home?

A: He stayed home B: He took the bus
C: He bought a bike D: He moved

Answer/Value/Bank

D: He moved
Question Value: $3,000
Bank: $36,600

Question #10 - Level ?: Film Awards
Spain's equivalent to the Academy Awards, the Goyas are named not after a film actor or director, but a famous what?

A: Composer B: Dancer
C: Painter D: Novelist

James: Goya? The only thing that comes to mind right now is a can of black beans.

James jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Painter
Question Value: $7,000
Bank: $$36,600

It's time to play Classic Millionaire!


$100,000
In 2012, "The Artist" bumped what movie from being the last entirely black-and-white film to win an Oscar for Best Picture?

A: The Bridge on the River Kwai B: Ben-Hur
C: The Apartment D: Lawrence of Arabia

James knows or thinks that three of these were in color, but he hasn't heard of the fourth one. He takes a risk and guesses that that one is the answer.

Answer

C: The Apartment

-- Commercial Break --


$250,000
Over a decade before Rosa Parks' famous protest, which of these African-Americans was arrested for refusing to move to the back of a bus?

A: Langston Hughes B: Jesse Owens
C: Jackie Robinson D: Thurgood Marshall

James decides to go with

Spoiler

D: Thurgood Marshall

.

Answer

C: Jackie Robinson

James leaves with $25,000.


-- The End of Game "Noise" --

At least this guy stood still while at the Hot Podium, unlike some of the people we've seen so far this season.Here's how I'd play his stack:1. easy.  This is a popular camp song.2. easy.  I've heard of this show. 3. The word "saw" in the question pretty much gives the answer away.  4. easy.  I guess he's too young to remember George Burns in "Oh God", co-starring John Denver.  It's a pretty funny movie.  The 2 sequels Burns did weren't as funny.5. easy.6. OK, I've lived in Michigan my whole life and I've never heard of this.  I eliminated peanut sedan because peanuts are grown in the South.  I was sure it wasn't potato coupe because Idaho is where potatos are grown.  Michigan DOES grow corn (a lot is grown around here) and soybeans, so I was confused about which one to pick  I use JTQ number one here.7. easy. Fracking is controversial here and there will probably be a ballot proposal about it next year.
8. easy-once again a word in the question gives the answer away. They must be desperate for a big winner.
9.easy.
10.easy. Goya comes up on J! a lot.

$100K-This also comes up on J! a lot, so I knew the correct answer was The Apartment.
$250K-Ugh. I know who all these people are and why they are famous, but I've never heard this factoid. I JTQ here. Is this mentioned in the movie "42"?

Question #1 - Level ?: Little Rascal
Wikipedia defines "Little Bunny Foo Foo" as "a children's poem involving a rabbit harrassing a population of" what?

A: Earthworms B: Barn owls
C: Field mice D: Fruit flies

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Field mice
Question Value: $5,000
Bank: $5,000

I had this song sung to me about a million years ago by MatiasMom. I suspect her kids are never gonna hear it. From her, anyway.

Question #4 - Level ?: Head in the Clouds
All but which of the following people have played God in a feature film?

A: Morgan Freeman B: Tom Hanks
C: George Burns D: Whoopi Goldberg

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Tom Hanks
Question Value: $10,000
Bank: $17,100

I hate "not" questions. Lessee, Morgan Freeman in Bruce Almighty, George Burns in Oh God, and Whoopi Goldberg in a Little Bit of Heaven. Tom Hanks, final answer.

Question #6 - Level ?: Power Plants
Long before the Toyota Prius, what was the name of Henry Ford's 1941 experimental "green" vehicle whose plastic body was made from crops?

A: Soybean car B: Peanut sedan
C: Corn truck D: Potato coupe

James jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

A: Soybean car
Question Value: $18,100
Bank: $25,000

Ouch! Have to jump and bye bye $25,000.

Question #7 - Level ?: Cracking The Earth
Which of the following is a controversial environmental issue and not a type of dance?

A: Jerking B: Twerking
C: Fracking D: Krumping

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Fracking
Question Value: $500
Bank: $18,600

You heard it here first . . .

$100,000
In 2012, "The Artist" bumped what movie from being the last entirely black-and-white film to win an Oscar for Best Picture?

A: The Bridge on the River Kwai B: Ben-Hur
C: The Apartment D: Lawrence of Arabia

James knows or thinks that three of these were in color, but he hasn't heard of the fourth one. He takes a risk and guesses that that one is the answer.

Answer

C: The Apartment

Yay! Jumping the $25K didn't matter for my total bank.

$250,000
Over a decade before Rosa Parks' famous protest, which of these African-Americans was arrested for refusing to move to the back of a bus?

A: Langston Hughes B: Jesse Owens
C: Jackie Robinson D: Thurgood Marshall

James decides to go with

Spoiler

D: Thurgood Marshall

.

Answer

C: Jackie Robinson

Jackie Robinson would be my guess, but no way I pull the trigger. JTQ 2

Kazoo65 wrote:6. OK, I've lived in Michigan my whole life and I've never heard of this.  I eliminated peanut sedan because peanuts are grown in the South.  I was sure it wasn't potato coupe because Idaho is where potatos are grown.  Michigan DOES grow corn (a lot is grown around here) and soybeans, so I was confused about which one to pick  I use JTQ number one here.

It's curious, Kazoo, that James said he was originally from Michigan and he used the same reasoning you did, narrowing the choices down to the two crops he said grew in Michigan. But why would either of you think Ford would limit his choices to a local crop? The automobile industry is global in reach; they'll import their raw materials from anywhere they can find them.

Now as for the "right" answer to the question, it seems that's a bit in dispute.

What was it made of?
The frame, made of tubular steel, had 14 plastic panels attached to it. The car weighed 2000 lbs., 1000 lbs. lighter than a steel car. The exact ingredients of the plastic panels are unknown because no record of the formula exists today. One article claims that they were made from a chemical formula that, among many other ingredients, included soybeans, wheat, hemp, flax and ramie; while the man who was instrumental in creating the car, Lowell E. Overly, claims it was "…soybean fiber in a phenolic resin with formaldehyde used in the impregnation" (Davis, 51).

http://www.thehenryford.org/research/soybeancar.aspx

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: James Batey
Seattle, WA

In the last week, James has gotten married, moved across the country and started a new job. Could winning $1 million be next?

James has an idea of what he'd like to do with the money: buy a nice, old van, throw his new wife in the back, and drive to South America.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #1 - Level ?: Little Rascal
Wikipedia defines "Little Bunny Foo Foo" as "a children's poem involving a rabbit harrassing a population of" what?

A: Earthworms B: Barn owls
C: Field mice D: Fruit flies

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Field mice
Question Value: $5,000
Bank: $5,000

"Hare today, goon tomorrow!"

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$100,000
In 2012, "The Artist" bumped what movie from being the last entirely black-and-white film to win an Oscar for Best Picture?

A: The Bridge on the River Kwai B: Ben-Hur
C: The Apartment D: Lawrence of Arabia

James knows or thinks that three of these were in color, but he hasn't heard of the fourth one. He takes a risk and guesses that that one is the answer.

Answer

C: The Apartment

I'm pretty sure I saw "Lawrence" in color. Other than that, I can't be certain so I'll JTQ.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$250,000
Over a decade before Rosa Parks' famous protest, which of these African-Americans was arrested for refusing to move to the back of a bus?

A: Langston Hughes B: Jesse Owens
C: Jackie Robinson D: Thurgood Marshall

James decides to go with

Spoiler

D: Thurgood Marshall

.

Answer

C: Jackie Robinson

Parks' protest was in 1955, so "over a decade" earlier would push it to the 1940s. Jackie Robinson seems like the most likely answer of the four. I imagine this was covered in the movie "42".

ATA question 1 (should I have heard of this?!), JTQ question 6. I lost on 100K.

thejeopardyfan wrote:ATA question 1 (should I have heard of this?!)

I was familiar with the title, but not the content. It depends on what children's literature was read to you--or that you read to your kids--and how well you remember it.

earendel wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$250,000
Over a decade before Rosa Parks' famous protest, which of these African-Americans was arrested for refusing to move to the back of a bus?

A: Langston Hughes B: Jesse Owens
C: Jackie Robinson D: Thurgood Marshall

James decides to go with

Spoiler

D: Thurgood Marshall

.

Answer

C: Jackie Robinson

Parks' protest was in 1955, so "over a decade" earlier would push it to the 1940s. Jackie Robinson seems like the most likely answer of the four. I imagine this was covered in the movie "42".

It wasn't, directly, but you got the idea from the movie that the answer could have been Robinson and with the timeline, he seemed like the most likely answer to me as well. Although, I understand why he said Marshall, I doubt the first Black Supreme Court Justice had a record of any kind. Even if the arrest was political.