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Phyllis Meiner
Staten Island, NY

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Oxford Dictionary
NJ Anthems
Movie Food
Beauty Terms
Russian Roads
Navigation
Cat Gifts
Arthurian Legends
Fukushima
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Question 1 – ?
Perhaps judging them on their clothes, a 2013 NY Times article wrongly called Nintendo’s Mario Brothers what instead of plumbers?
A. Ballerinas
B. Sandwich artists
C. Janitors
D. Cops

Spoiler

C. Janitors
$7K
Bank - $7K

Question 2 - Fukushima
Flying off store shelves following the Fukushima nuclear meltdown, what item has been rumored to guard against radiation exposure when consumed?
A. Grapeseed oil
B. Iodized Salt
C. Apple cider
D. Tonic water

JTQ 1

Spoiler

B. Iodized Salt
$15K
Bank - $7K

commercial break

Question 3 - Arthurian Legends
What term is never actually mentioned in the Christian Bible, but rather originates from medieval Arthurian legends?
A. The Holy Grail
B. The Ten Commandments
C. The Ark of the Covenant
D. The Crown of Thorns

JTQ 2

Spoiler

A. The Holy Grail
$100
Bank - $7K

Question 4 - Cat Gifts
Because house cats believe their humans are terrible hunters, they’ll bring them gifts like what to ensure they don’t starve?
A. Balls of yarn
B. Litter
C. Dead mice
D. Gift certificates

Spoiler

C. Dead mice
$1K
Bank - $8K

Question 5 – Navigation
With some still visible today, 70-foot concrete arrows once dotted the American landscape as a navigation aid for the country’s first what?
A. Cattle ranchers
B. Airmail aviators
C. Frontier pioneers
D. Railroad workers

ATA

ATA results

4% A. Cattle ranchers
66% B. Airmail aviators
6% C. Frontier pioneers
24% D. Railroad workers

Spoiler

B. Airmail aviators
$3K
Bank - $11K

commercial break

Question 6 - Russian Roads
Using only Russian roads, one could drive between which two countries?
A. Ukraine and Uzbekistan
B. Armenia and Azerbaijan
C. Norway and North Korea
D. Mongolia and Moldova

Phyllis makes

Spoiler

Ukraine and Uzbekistan

her final answer.

Spoiler

C. Norway and North Korea
Phyllis leaves with $1K.

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BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Question 4 - Cat Gifts
Because house cats believe their humans are terrible hunters, they’ll bring them gifts like what to ensure they don’t starve?

How did the writers determine the beliefs and motivations of cats?

TheConfessor wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Question 4 - Cat Gifts
Because house cats believe their humans are terrible hunters, they’ll bring them gifts like what to ensure they don’t starve?

How did the writers determine the beliefs and motivations of cats?

They read an article by someone who claims to. Bullshit!

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 5 – Navigation
With some still visible today, 70-foot concrete arrows once dotted the American landscape as a navigation aid for the country’s first what?
A. Cattle ranchers
B. Airmail aviators
C. Frontier pioneers
D. Railroad workers

ATA

ATA results

4% A. Cattle ranchers
66% B. Airmail aviators
6% C. Frontier pioneers
24% D. Railroad workers

Spoiler

B. Airmail aviators
$3K
Bank - $11K

Here's how I knew this:

I knew about the concrete arrows because Ken Jennings wrote about them. And I think they were the subject of a question on some other game show at about the same time.
http://www.cntraveler.com/daily-travele ... n-jennings

Question 2 - Fukushima
Flying off store shelves following the Fukushima nuclear meltdown, what item has been rumored to guard against radiation exposure when consumed?
A. Grapeseed oil
B. Iodized Salt
C. Apple cider
D. Tonic water

JTQ 1

Spoiler

B. Iodized Salt
$15K
Bank - $7K

JTQ 1

Question 4 - Cat Gifts
Because house cats believe their humans are terrible hunters, they’ll bring them gifts like what to ensure they don’t starve?
A. Balls of yarn
B. Litter
C. Dead mice
D. Gift certificates

Spoiler

C. Dead mice
$1K
Bank - $8K

Bigfoot brought me a dozen mice one night. Ick! Some of them were the hantavirus kind. I made sure not to touch any of those and to soak the remains in a bleach solution before I picked them up with rubber gloves.

Question 6 - Russian Roads
Using only Russian roads, one could drive between which two countries?
A. Ukraine and Uzbekistan
B. Armenia and Azerbaijan
C. Norway and North Korea
D. Mongolia and Moldova

Phyllis makes

Spoiler

Ukraine and Uzbekistan

her final answer.

Spoiler

C. Norway and North Korea
Phyllis leaves with $1K.

JTQ 2

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Phyllis Meiner
Staten Island, NY

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 6 - Russian Roads
Using only Russian roads, one could drive between which two countries?
A. Ukraine and Uzbekistan
B. Armenia and Azerbaijan
C. Norway and North Korea
D. Mongolia and Moldova

Phyllis makes

Spoiler

Ukraine and Uzbekistan

her final answer.

Spoiler

C. Norway and North Korea
Phyllis leaves with $1K.

This seems like a pretty tough question - probably 9 or 10 on the unrandomized stack. It's basically a geography question - what countries border Russia.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Phyllis Meiner
Staten Island, NY

In their opening banter, Cedric said that he knew that Phyllis had been waiting to be on the show for a long time.

Of course, that was the end of the discussion and we learned nothing more about her quest.

Bob Juch wrote:

TheConfessor wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Question 4 - Cat Gifts
Because house cats believe their humans are terrible hunters, they’ll bring them gifts like what to ensure they don’t starve?

How did the writers determine the beliefs and motivations of cats?

They read an article by someone who claims to. Bullshit!

Humans are so stupid. We cats learned that trick from The Godfather.

So far, LB hasn't heeded our warning... maybe next time it'll be a squirrel's head I leave on his computer desk....

TheConfessor wrote:I knew about the concrete arrows because Ken Jennings wrote about them. And I think they were the subject of a question on some other game show at about the same time.
http://www.cntraveler.com/daily-travele ... n-jennings

Here's another article about them, including more pics:
http://www.core77.com/blog/transportati ... _25236.asp

The last comment in the article above has this URL to Google Maps. Pick a marker and zoom all the way in. Very cool!!
https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=21 ... 281f&msa=0

Estonut wrote:

TheConfessor wrote:I knew about the concrete arrows because Ken Jennings wrote about them. And I think they were the subject of a question on some other game show at about the same time.
http://www.cntraveler.com/daily-travele ... n-jennings

Here's another article about them, including more pics:
http://www.core77.com/blog/transportati ... _25236.asp

The last comment in the article above has this URL to Google Maps. Pick a marker and zoom all the way in. Very cool!!
https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=21 ... 281f&msa=0

Here's the shot from Google's satellite over Hyrule....



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