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Corey Lerner
New York, NY

Cedric said Corey found about the auditions on a taxi cab ad on the way home after a party where he got drunk.

Topic Tree (pre-randomized):
10 Professional Conduct
9 Late Start
8 Bootlegger's Secrets
7 Title Characters
6 Celebrities Gone Wild
5 Don't be Modest
4 Shaking it Up
3 Friendliness Famine
2 Spells Trouble
1 Getting Away

Topic Tree: (Randomized)
3 Friendliness Famine
6 Celebrities Gone Wild
8 Bootlegger's Secrets
10 Professional Conduct
4 Shaking it Up
1 Getting Away (DOUBLE MONEY)
9 Late Start
2 Spells Trouble
7 Title Characters
5 Don't be Modest



Question 1 - Level 5 Don't be Modest
Showing no shortage of confidence, One Direction scored a hit in 2013 with a song named what?
A. Track of the Year B. The Awesomest Tune
C. Best Song Ever D. Your Favorite Hit

Spoiler

Corey "Unfortunately I don't agree with them, but..."

Answer and value

C. Best Song Ever
Value: $10K
Bank: $10K

Question 2 - Level 7 Title Characters
In J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy series, which character is "The Lord of the Rings"?
A. Saruman B. Gandalf
C. Sauron D. Aragorn

ATA

Corey said he's never read this and may be the only trivia nerd who has not done so. He said he thinks this is a good audience question.
A. 10% B. 45%
C. 22% D. 23%

Not overwhelming and thinks Gandalf is the most recognizable character
JTQ 1

Answer and value

C. Sauron
Value: $1000 jumped
Bank: $10K

Question 3 - Level 2 Spells Trouble
At a 2013 football game, what college sold 50-ounce souvenir cups that were mistakenly labeled "Figthing Irish"?
A. Stanford B. Notre Dame
C. Texas A&M D. Harvard

Answer and value

B. Notre Dame
Value: $100
Bank: $10100

Question 4 - Level 9 Late Start
Who didn't become an actual citizen of the country he ruled until less than a year before rising to power?
A. Neville Chamberlain B. Adolf Hitler
C. Francisco Franco D. Benito Mussolini

JTQ 2

Corey said he's gonna jump this question and hopes he knows the rest.

Answer and value

B. Adolf Hitler
Value: $7000 jumped
Bank: $10100

Question 5 - Level 1 Getting Away (DOUBLE MONEY)
Allowing criminals to keep their jobs, judges often let offenders serve their prison sentences during which of the following?
A. Lunch hours B. Federal holidays
C. Weekends D. Retirement

Spoiler

Corey said he does not know the answer but would take a reasoned guess.

Answer and value

C. Weekends
Value: $3000 x 2
Bank: $16100

Commercial break

Question 6 - Level 4 Shaking it Up
Following Pakistan's 2013 earthquake, NBC News said a "mud volcano" was to blame in the creation of a new offshore what?
A. Canyon B. Waterfall
C. Sinkhole D. Island

Answer and value

D. Island
Value: $5000
Bank: $21100

Question 7 - Level 10 Professional Conduct
While doctors today are still guided by its general principles, the original Hippocratic Oath specifically forbade physicians from doing what?
A. Removing bladder stones B. Seeing their patients nude
C. Removing tonsils D. Accepting payment

Spoiler

Corey said his dad would be very upset if he got this wrong since he is a physician. He said he thinks the oath was a moral code so he would go with D. Accepting payment final answer

Answer and value

A. Removing bladder stones
Value: $not revealed
Bank: Consolation $1000

(no break)

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Cedric said Corey found about the auditions on a taxi cab ad on the way home after a party where he got drunk.

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BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 2 - Level 7 Title Characters
In J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy series, which character is "The Lord of the Rings"?
A. Saruman B. Gandalf
C. Sauron D. Aragorn

ATA

Corey said he's never read this and may be the only trivia nerd who has not done so. He said he thinks this is a good audience question.
A. 10% B. 45%
C. 22% D. 23%

Not overwhelming and thinks Gandalf is the most recognizable character
JTQ 1

Answer and value

C. Sauron
Value: $1000 jumped
Bank: $10K

I don't think "The Lord of the Rings" is a character at all. The poem that begins the trilogy (I believe the poem is called "The Lord of the Rings" also) suggests that "The Lord of the Rings" is the One Ring itself. Earendel can say if I'm being picky or totally off base. Still, given the popularity of the books and movies, you'd expect most of the audience to get this question right.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 4 - Level 9 Late Start
Who didn't become an actual citizen of the country he ruled until less than a year before rising to power?
A. Neville Chamberlain B. Adolf Hitler
C. Francisco Franco D. Benito Mussolini

E. Ted Cruz

jarnon wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 2 - Level 7 Title Characters
In J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy series, which character is "The Lord of the Rings"?
A. Saruman B. Gandalf
C. Sauron D. Aragorn

ATA

Corey said he's never read this and may be the only trivia nerd who has not done so. He said he thinks this is a good audience question.
A. 10% B. 45%
C. 22% D. 23%

Not overwhelming and thinks Gandalf is the most recognizable character
JTQ 1

Answer and value

C. Sauron
Value: $1000 jumped
Bank: $10K

I don't think "The Lord of the Rings" is a character at all. The poem that begins the trilogy (I believe the poem is called "The Lord of the Rings" also) suggests that "The Lord of the Rings" is the One Ring itself. Earendel can say if I'm being picky or totally off base. Still, given the popularity of the books and movies, you'd expect most of the audience to get this question right.

Yes, the inscription on the ring (which I soooo would have loved to recite on air, if this had been my question) was One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them, In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie, but that One Ring belongs to Sauron and the two are connected, which is the entire reason for Frodo's quest to destroy it.

MarleysGh0st wrote: Yes, the inscription on the ring (which I soooo would have loved to recite on air, if this had been my question) was One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them, In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie, but that One Ring belongs to Sauron and the two are connected, which is the entire reason for Frodo's quest to destroy it.

Can you recite it in the language of Mordor?

The poem can also be sewn on a scarf:
http://wwtbambored.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=44830

Question 1 - Level 5 Don't be Modest
Showing no shortage of confidence, One Direction scored a hit in 2013 with a song named what?
A. Track of the Year B. The Awesomest Tune
C. Best Song Ever D. Your Favorite Hit

Spoiler

Corey "Unfortunately I don't agree with them, but..."

Answer and value

C. Best Song Ever
Value: $10K
Bank: $10K

ATA

Question 2 - Level 7 Title Characters
In J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy series, which character is "The Lord of the Rings"?
A. Saruman B. Gandalf
C. Sauron D. Aragorn

ATA

Corey said he's never read this and may be the only trivia nerd who has not done so. He said he thinks this is a good audience question.
A. 10% B. 45%
C. 22% D. 23%

Not overwhelming and thinks Gandalf is the most recognizable character
JTQ 1

Answer and value

C. Sauron
Value: $1000 jumped
Bank: $10K

I'm answering this after reading the thread discussion, and I was surprised there was even a question. I said Sauron as soon as I read the question. I cringed when I read the audience response, but I guess they haven't seen all the movies six or eight times, in pieces at least.

Question 3 - Level 2 Spells Trouble
At a 2013 football game, what college sold 50-ounce souvenir cups that were mistakenly labeled "Figthing Irish"?
A. Stanford B. Notre Dame
C. Texas A&M D. Harvard

Answer and value

B. Notre Dame
Value: $100
Bank: $10100

Fishie's team!

Question 7 - Level 10 Professional Conduct
While doctors today are still guided by its general principles, the original Hippocratic Oath specifically forbade physicians from doing what?
A. Removing bladder stones B. Seeing their patients nude
C. Removing tonsils D. Accepting payment

Spoiler

Corey said his dad would be very upset if he got this wrong since he is a physician. He said he thinks the oath was a moral code so he would go with D. Accepting payment final answer

Answer and value

A. Removing bladder stones
Value: $not revealed
Bank: Consolation $1000

JTQ

JTQ questions 2 and 4. I lost on question 7.

jarnon wrote:

MarleysGh0st wrote: Yes, the inscription on the ring (which I soooo would have loved to recite on air, if this had been my question) was One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them, In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie, but that One Ring belongs to Sauron and the two are connected, which is the entire reason for Frodo's quest to destroy it.

Can you recite it in the language of Mordor?

The poem can also be sewn on a scarf:
http://wwtbambored.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=44830

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Corey Lerner
New York, NY

Cedric said Corey found about the auditions on a taxi cab ad on the way home after a party where he got drunk.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 2 - Level 7 Title Characters
In J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy series, which character is "The Lord of the Rings"?
A. Saruman B. Gandalf
C. Sauron D. Aragorn

ATA

Corey said he's never read this and may be the only trivia nerd who has not done so. He said he thinks this is a good audience question.
A. 10% B. 45%
C. 22% D. 23%

Not overwhelming and thinks Gandalf is the most recognizable character
JTQ 1

Answer and value

C. Sauron
Value: $1000 jumped
Bank: $10K

At first I was bemoaning the audience's lack of knowledge, but then I realized that Sauron is directly called "The Lord of the Ring" only twice in the books (and in dialogue that I don't think made it into the movies).

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 7 - Level 10 Professional Conduct
While doctors today are still guided by its general principles, the original Hippocratic Oath specifically forbade physicians from doing what?
A. Removing bladder stones B. Seeing their patients nude
C. Removing tonsils D. Accepting payment

Spoiler

Corey said his dad would be very upset if he got this wrong since he is a physician. He said he thinks the oath was a moral code so he would go with D. Accepting payment final answer

Answer and value

A. Removing bladder stones
Value: not revealed
Bank: Consolation $1000

So I wonder how upset his dad was. Honestly I probably would have done the same thing since I thought that D was the answer.

jarnon wrote:

MarleysGh0st wrote: Yes, the inscription on the ring (which I soooo would have loved to recite on air, if this had been my question) was One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them, In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie, but that One Ring belongs to Sauron and the two are connected, which is the entire reason for Frodo's quest to destroy it.

Can you recite it in the language of Mordor?

Ash nazg durbatuluk,
Ash nazg gimbatul,
Ash nazg thrakatuluk,
Agh burzum-ishi krimpatul.

jarnon wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 2 - Level 7 Title Characters
In J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy series, which character is "The Lord of the Rings"?
A. Saruman B. Gandalf
C. Sauron D. Aragorn

ATA

Corey said he's never read this and may be the only trivia nerd who has not done so. He said he thinks this is a good audience question.
A. 10% B. 45%
C. 22% D. 23%

Not overwhelming and thinks Gandalf is the most recognizable character
JTQ 1

Answer and value

C. Sauron
Value: $1000 jumped
Bank: $10K

I don't think "The Lord of the Rings" is a character at all. The poem that begins the trilogy (I believe the poem is called "The Lord of the Rings" also) suggests that "The Lord of the Rings" is the One Ring itself. Earendel can say if I'm being picky or totally off base. Still, given the popularity of the books and movies, you'd expect most of the audience to get this question right.

Well, since you put it that way...

The poem states that there is One Ring that controls all the others, and in the books it's called the "Ruling Ring" on several occasions. However the One Ring was created by Sauron alone which would make him the "lord" of the rings. As I said in another post, that term ("Lord of the Rings") is used only twice in the books.

earendel wrote:As I said in another post, that term ("Lord of the Rings") is used only twice in the books.

But as I said, it's clear that Sauron and the One Ring are connected.

If we do not understand that, nothing good can come from this story.