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Double Money Week

Alex Rubin
Plano, TX
College student

Alex is studying rocket science. One time he used his knowledge to help a friend get a date; he did his friend's girlfriend's homework for her and let his friend say he did it.


Topic Tree (Unrandomized)
10: Number Game
9: Foreign Languages
8: Claim to Fame
7: History's Mysteries
6: Newly Held Beliefs
5: DVD Delay
4: Early Attraction
3: Food Fight?
2: Toy Terms
1: Crafty Survival

Topic Tree (Randomized)
9: Foreign Languages
6: Newly Held Beliefs
10: Number Game
5: DVD Delay - DOUBLE MONEY
7: History's Mysteries
4: Early Attraction
1: Crafty Survival
8: Claim to Fame
2: Toy Terms
3: Food Fight?


Question #1 - Level 3: Food Fight?
A Colorado man won $7 million in 2012 because the toxic fumes from his favorite snack food gave him what ailment?

A: Potato chip gout B: Cheez-it tongue
C: Dorito virus D: Popcorn lung

As familiar as Alex is with junk food as a college student, he has to jump this question.

Answer/Value/Bank

D: Popcorn lung
Question Value: $2,000
Bank: $0

Question #2 - Level 2: Toy Terms
A government that's covertly ruled by an outside authority is often referred to as a what?

A: Jack in the box country B: Teddy bear nation
C: Puppet state D: Barbie Dream House kingdom

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Puppet state
Question Value: $5,000
Bank: $5,000

Question #3 - Level 8: Claim to Fame
Embellishing slightly, Kazakhstan once boasted in a four-page ad in the New York Times that it had the world's largest population of what?

A: Mountain goats B: Wolves
C: Turkey vultures D: Hedgehogs

Alex has seen Borat, but he doesn't know much about Kazakhstan. He jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Wolves
Question Value: $7,000
Bank: $5,000

Question #4 - Level 1: Crafty Survival
If you're caught unprepared in a blackout, the blog "HomeKeteer" claims that what children's item can be lit to create an emergency candle?

A: Barbie B: Crayon
C: Teddy bear D: Marble

Alex was an Eagle Scout back in the day, and he knows this.

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Crayon
Question Value: $1,000
Bank: $6,000

-- Commercial Break --


Question #5 - Level 4: Early Attraction
Before The Strip was its main attraction, the Las Vegas tourism industry focused on luring visitors who wanted to see what?

A: Atomic bomb detonations B: Northern Lights
C: Migratory birds D: Space shuttle launches

Answer/Value/Bank

A: Atomic bomb detonations
Question Value: $100
Bank: $6,100

Question #6 - Level 7: History's Mysteries
Thanks to an anatomy school run from the basement, a 1997 excavation of whose London residence turned up the remains of at least 10 bodies?

A: Alexander Hamilton B: Benjamin Franklin
C: George Washington D: Paul Revere

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Benjamin Franklin
Question Value: $3,000
Bank: $9,100

Alex runs up to high-five his parents, who have not been introduced up to this point, and who Cedric still does not talk to.


Question #7 - Level 5: DVD Delay - DOUBLE MONEY
Peppered with '60s hits like "With a Little Help from My Friends," 20th Century Fox has yet to release what full series on DVD due to licensing complications?

A: Seinfeld B: Magnum, P.I.
C: Punky Brewster D: The Wonder Years

Answer/Value/Bank

D: The Wonder Years
Question Value: $25,000 doubled to $50,000
Bank: $59,100

-- Commercial Break --


Cedric asks Alex what this money means to him and Alex says he doesn't even know how much money this is. Alex want to go to grad school, so this means his future. If there's anything left over, maybe he'll buy a motorcycle.

Cedric talks to Alex's parents, June and Allen. June says no motorcycle!


Question #8 - Level 10: Number Game
After his jersey was stolen, Michael Jordan spent one game in 1990 wearing what number, instead of his now famous number 23?

A: 8 B: 12
C: 24 D: 36

Anyone who knows Alex knows he knows nothing about basketball. He says that

Spoiler

24 sounds reasonable, being the number after 23.

Alex asks if this looks like an audience that knows basketball. There's a light scattering of shouts of "yes" from the audience. Cedric looks around and says "maybe two or three, tops." Alex asks the audience.

ATA

A: 12% B: 15% C: 53% D: 20%

Now that he's thinking about it, Alex thinks he might have said an answer and the audience just went with that one. He walks away with $29,550.

Answer

B: 12

-- Commercial Break --

Question #1 - Level 3: Food Fight?
A Colorado man won $7 million in 2012 because the toxic fumes from his favorite snack food gave him what ailment?

A: Potato chip gout B: Cheez-it tongue
C: Dorito virus D: Popcorn lung

As familiar as Alex is with junk food as a college student, he has to jump this question.

Answer/Value/Bank

D: Popcorn lung
Question Value: $2,000
Bank: $0

"You're not supposed to breathe the fumes." So said the popcorn sellers, but it fell on deaf ears.

Question #6 - Level 7: History's Mysteries
Thanks to an anatomy school run from the basement, a 1997 excavation of whose London residence turned up the remains of at least 10 bodies?

A: Alexander Hamilton B: Benjamin Franklin
C: George Washington D: Paul Revere

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Benjamin Franklin
Question Value: $3,000
Bank: $9,100

Never heard of this. JTQ.

Question #7 - Level 5: DVD Delay - DOUBLE MONEY
Peppered with '60s hits like "With a Little Help from My Friends," 20th Century Fox has yet to release what full series on DVD due to licensing complications?

A: Seinfeld B: Magnum, P.I.
C: Punky Brewster D: The Wonder Years

Answer/Value/Bank

D: The Wonder Years
Question Value: $25,000 doubled to $50,000
Bank: $59,100

Never heard of this either. I've seen about a dozen Seinfelds and none of the others. ATA

Question #8 - Level 10: Number Game
After his jersey was stolen, Michael Jordan spent one game in 1990 wearing what number, instead of his now famous number 23?

A: 8 B: 12
C: 24 D: 36

Anyone who knows Alex knows he knows nothing about basketball. He says that

Spoiler

24 sounds reasonable, being the number after 23.

Alex asks if this looks like an audience that knows basketball. There's a light scattering of shouts of "yes" from the audience. Cedric looks around and says "maybe two or three, tops." Alex asks the audience.

ATA

A: 12% B: 15% C: 53% D: 20%

Now that he's thinking about it, Alex thinks he might have said an answer and the audience just went with that one. He walks away with $29,550.

Answer

B: 12

I know he wore #45 for a while when he came back to the NBA after the Birmingham Barons because #23 had been retired, bu I didn't know this. JTQ 2.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #1 - Level 3: Food Fight?
A Colorado man won $7 million in 2012 because the toxic fumes from his favorite snack food gave him what ailment?

A: Potato chip gout B: Cheez-it tongue
C: Dorito virus D: Popcorn lung

As familiar as Alex is with junk food as a college student, he has to jump this question.

Answer/Value/Bank

D: Popcorn lung
Question Value: $2,000
Bank: $0

I've heard of this disease, but even though Alex hadn't, "toxic fumes" is a big clue. This may have been a case of proterotetiphobia™. Too bad; he could have used the jump later.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question Value: $25,000 doubled to $50,000

This must have produced a huge cheer.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #8 - Level 10: Number Game
After his jersey was stolen, Michael Jordan spent one game in 1990 wearing what number, instead of his now famous number 23?

A: 8 B: 12
C: 24 D: 36

Anyone who knows Alex knows he knows nothing about basketball. He says that

Spoiler

24 sounds reasonable, being the number after 23.

Alex asks if this looks like an audience that knows basketball. There's a light scattering of shouts of "yes" from the audience. Cedric looks around and says "maybe two or three, tops." Alex asks the audience.

ATA

A: 12% B: 15% C: 53% D: 20%

Now that he's thinking about it, Alex thinks he might have said an answer and the audience just went with that one. He walks away with $29,550.

What a WWOQ! He wore the number for one game! Only a Jordan expert could get this.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Double Money Week

Alex Rubin
Plano, TX
College student

Alex is studying rocket science. One time he used his knowledge to help a friend get a date; he did his friend's girlfriend's homework for her and let his friend say he did it.

A cyber-Cyrano (Cedric made a similar joke).

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #3 - Level 8: Claim to Fame
Embellishing slightly, Kazakhstan once boasted in a four-page ad in the New York Times that it had the world's largest population of what?

A: Mountain goats B: Wolves
C: Turkey vultures D: Hedgehogs

Alex has seen Borat, but he doesn't know much about Kazakhstan. He jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Wolves
Question Value: $7,000
Bank: $5,000

I don't know much about Kazakhstan either, so I'll JTQ.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #8 - Level 10: Number Game
After his jersey was stolen, Michael Jordan spent one game in 1990 wearing what number, instead of his now famous number 23?

A: 8 B: 12
C: 24 D: 36

Anyone who knows Alex knows he knows nothing about basketball. He says that

Spoiler

24 sounds reasonable, being the number after 23.

Alex asks if this looks like an audience that knows basketball. There's a light scattering of shouts of "yes" from the audience. Cedric looks around and says "maybe two or three, tops." Alex asks the audience.

ATA

A: 12% B: 15% C: 53% D: 20%

Now that he's thinking about it, Alex thinks he might have said an answer and the audience just went with that one. He walks away with $29,550.

Answer

B: 12

No idea, and since I still have a JTQ I'll use it here.

SportsFan68 wrote:

Question #6 - Level 7: History's Mysteries
Thanks to an anatomy school run from the basement, a 1997 excavation of whose London residence turned up the remains of at least 10 bodies?

A: Alexander Hamilton B: Benjamin Franklin
C: George Washington D: Paul Revere

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Benjamin Franklin
Question Value: $3,000
Bank: $9,100

Never heard of this. JTQ.

By coincidence, I just started listening to an audiobook that I downloaded last week, before seeing this episode: Craven Street: Ben Franklin in London. This was originally a radio drama, broadcast in 1993. It's quite well done, with a number of famous names among the cast.



For a number of years before the start of the Revolution, Franklin worked as an "agent" for some of the colonies to the British government. In today's terms, we'd probably call him a lobbyist.