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Isaac Dabkowski
Tucson, AZ

14-years-old

Isaac was Student of the Year. He takes all A.P. classes and has an I.Q. in the top 0.1%.

Isaac’s +1 is his very good friend Neil Godbole.

Millionaire Whiz Kids Week

This week the contestants will have an additional lifeline, the Cut It.
If a contestant doesn’t know the answer, they can use the Cut It and the question will be replaced.

Question 1 – In 1926, the very first SAT asked, “If a man’s salary is $20 a week, and he spends $14 a week, how long will it take him to save $300?” What was the answer?
A. 10 weeks
B. 30 weeks
C. 50 weeks
D. 70 weeks

Spoiler

C. 50 weeks
$3K
Bank - $3K

Question 2 – Used all the way back in 1971, a primitive system of wireless networking was developed at the University of Hawaii and given what name?
A. HOWDYnet
B. G’DAYnet
C. HOLAnet
D. ALOHAnet

Spoiler

D. ALOHAnet
$2K
Bank - $5K

Question 3 – Not realizing the character was supposed to speak with a British accent, Jake Gyllenhall says he bombed his audition for what role?
A. Borat
B. Superman
C. Frodo Baggins
D. Forrest Gump

JTQ

Spoiler

C. Frodo Baggins
5K$
Bank - $5K

commercial break

Question 4 – What would SpongBob SquarePants’ first name be if he used the scientific name for “sponge?”
A. ArthropodaBob
B. FelidaeBob
C. PoriferaBob
D. AmphibiaBob

Spoiler

C. PoriferaBob
$100
Bank - $5,100

Question 5 – In the course of a conventional chess match, you could potentially move all of these pieces to any square on the board, except for which?
A. King
B. Knight
C. Rook
D. Bishop

Spoiler

Bishop
$10K
Bank - $15,100

Question 6 – According to legend, what author was inspired to write a children’s book after his son Christopher saw a bear named Winnipeg at the zoo?
A. A.A. Milne
B. E.B. White
C. Ludwig Bemelmans
D. Eric Carle

Cut It

Spoiler

A. A.A. Milne

New Question 6 – With a steep “learning curve” keeping many from switching to Casios, Texas Instruments has a 93 percent market share of what electronic device?
A. Stopwatches
B. Alarm Clocks
C. Graphing calculators
D. Computer mice

Spoiler

C. Graphing calculators
$7K
Bank - $22,100

commercial break

Question 7 – Which of the following is a mnemonic used to remember the major Roman numerals 50, 100, 500, 1000?
A. Dull Birds Love Chirping
B. Mean Dogs Will Bite
C. Lazy Cats Don’t Move
D. Vapid Kardashians Love Fame

Spoiler

C. Lazy Cats Don’t Move
$15K
Bank - $37,100

Question 8 – George Orwell’s “1984” opens with the line, “It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking” what?
A. Eight
B. Twelve
C. Thirteen
D. Twenty

ATA

ATA results

12% A. Eight
72% B. Twelve
10% C. Thirteen
6% D. Twenty

+1

Both Isaac and Neil believe the answer is

Spoiler

13

.
Isaac makes it his final answer.

Spoiler

C. Thirteen
$500
Bank - $37,600

commercial break

Question 9 – A user with what Twitter handle tweets “BONG BONG BONG BONG BONG” every day at 5 o’clock?
A. @thetoweroflondon
B. @wabbey
C. @britishmuseum
D. @big_ben_clock

Spoiler

D. @big_ben_clock
$25K
Bank - $62,600

end of show noise

Isaac will return on tomorrow’s show.

Question 3 – Not realizing the character was supposed to speak with a British accent, Jake Gyllenhall says he bombed his audition for what role?
A. Borat
B. Superman
C. Frodo Baggins
D. Forrest Gump

JTQ

Spoiler

C. Frodo Baggins
5K$
Bank - $5K

Good grief -- he's a little tall for the role, isn't he? OK, nevermind -- Jonathan Rhys-Davies is 6-1, and he played Gimli.

Question 9 – A user with what Twitter handle tweets “BONG BONG BONG BONG BONG” every day at 5 o’clock?
A. @thetoweroflondon
B. @wabbey
C. @britishmuseum
D. @big_ben_clock

Spoiler

D. @big_ben_clock
$25K
Bank - $62,600

Cut it.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:This week the contestants will have an additional lifeline, the Cut It.
If a contestant doesn’t know the answer, they can use the Cut It and the question will be replaced.

This was a very generous gift to the kids, this week, and a potent antidote to the WWOQs, which this stack seems not to have. I wish Isaac had gone with his gut instead of using his JTQ and Cut.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Isaac Dabkowski
Tucson, AZ

14-years-old

Isaac was Student of the Year. He takes all A.P. classes and has an I.Q. in the top 0.1%.

Isaac’s +1 is his very good friend Neil Godbole.

Millionaire Whiz Kids Week

This week the contestants will have an additional lifeline, the Cut It.
If a contestant doesn’t know the answer, they can use the Cut It and the question will be replaced.

In other words, Switch the Question.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 3 – Not realizing the character was supposed to speak with a British accent, Jake Gyllenhall says he bombed his audition for what role?
A. Borat
B. Superman
C. Frodo Baggins
D. Forrest Gump

JTQ

Spoiler

C. Frodo Baggins
5K$
Bank - $5K

Too bad he jumped this. He had it figured out. But I don't see Gyllenhall as Frodo. Too creepy.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 6 – According to legend, what author was inspired to write a children’s book after his son Christopher saw a bear named Winnipeg at the zoo?
A. A.A. Milne
B. E.B. White
C. Ludwig Bemelmans
D. Eric Carle

Cut It

Spoiler

A. A.A. Milne

Again he had this one but couldn't bring himself to go for it.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 8 – George Orwell’s “1984” opens with the line, “It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking” what?
A. Eight
B. Twelve
C. Thirteen
D. Twenty

ATA

ATA results

12% A. Eight
72% B. Twelve
10% C. Thirteen
6% D. Twenty

+1

Both Isaac and Neil believe the answer is

Spoiler

13

.
Isaac makes it his final answer.

Spoiler

C. Thirteen
$500
Bank - $37,600

Terry made a point of mentioning that Isaac was smarter than 99.9% of the population, which made me wonder why he'd ask the audience. He and Neil discussed it and decided that the audience was wrong. Good for them. On a related note, I knew this because after watching the movie Fahrenheit 451 and reading the book I decided that I would be "1984" and so I tried to memorize the book. All I recall are the first few lines, including this one.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 9 – A user with what Twitter handle tweets “BONG BONG BONG BONG BONG” every day at 5 o’clock?
A. @thetoweroflondon
B. @wabbey
C. @britishmuseum
D. @big_ben_clock

Spoiler

D. @big_ben_clock
$25K
Bank - $62,600

I was rather surprised that Isaac couldn't eliminate the Tower of London when given Big Ben. I thought he was going to walk away, but he went for it.

I didn't get to see this because of Mayor Menino's funeral's coverage. They may have run BAM on the overnight, but I forgot to check. So thanks, transcribers.


Q3: it has to be Frodo by elimination; Baron Cohen created Borat, Superman & Gump don't have British accents.

Q5: Admit I don't know chess, JTQ