Transcript 05/12/15 Emerald Lucas

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Emerald Lucas
Rich Square, NC

Started college at 13


Question 1 -
Partly due to its high concentration of menthone, which oil is so noxious to rodents it is sometimes used for pest control?
A. Peanut B. Peppermint
C. Olive D. Sunflower

ATA

A. 6% B. 85%
C. 1% D. 8%
That was what Emerald was thinking

Answer and value

B. Peppermint
Value: $5000
Bank: $5000

Question 2 -
Already known for people sometimes napping in its model bedrooms, what chain recently hosted a sleepover in one of its Australian branches?
A. The Home Depot B. The Apple Store
C. IKEA D. Williams-Sonoma

Answer and value

C. IKEA
Value: $100
Bank: $5100

Question 3 -
While we're more likely to just call it annoying, in Germany, "kabelsalat" is a slang term for what?
A. Tangled wires B. Traffic jam
C. Noisy neighbors D. Leaky faucet

JTQ

Emerald said when she reads "kabel" she thinks wires but does not want to guess.

Answer and value

A. Tangled wires (Terry: literally cable salad)
Value: $500 jumped
Bank: $5100

First break

Question 4 -
Ascending to the same heights as John McCain's father and grandfather, in 2014 Michelle Howard became the first woman to be named a what?
A. Majority Whip B. Four-star Admiral
C. President Pro Tempore of the Senate D. Five-star General

Spoiler

Emerald said she is pretty sure we have had women in the senate and that John McCain's family has a military background rather than a political one and that she is pretty sure he served in the Army rather than the Navy.
Based on that knowledge she guessed Five-star General.

Answer and value

B. Four-star Admiral
Value: $not revealed
Bank: Lost, consolation $1000

no commercial break

[themanintheseersuckersuit]

Navy pilot


During the Vietnam War, the USS Forrestal was often stationed off the coast of North Vietnam, conducting combat operations. On the morning of July 29, the ship was preparing to attack when a rocket from one of its own F-4 Phantom jet fighters was accidentally launched. The rocket streaked across the deck and hit a parked A-4 Skyhawk jet. The Skyhawk, which was waiting to take off, was piloted by John McCain, the future senator from Arizona.

[SportsFan68]

Question 4 -
Ascending to the same heights as John McCain's father and grandfather, in 2014 Michelle Howard became the first woman to be named a what?
A. Majority Whip B. Four-star Admiral
C. President Pro Tempore of the Senate D. Five-star General

Spoiler

Emerald said she is pretty sure we have had women in the senate and that John McCain's family has a military background rather than a political one and that she is pretty sure he served in the Army rather than the Navy.
Based on that knowledge she guessed Five-star General.

Answer and value

B. Four-star Admiral
Value: $not revealed
Bank: Lost, consolation $1000

JTQ

[TheConfessor]

Navy pilot


During the Vietnam War, the USS Forrestal was often stationed off the coast of North Vietnam, conducting combat operations. On the morning of July 29, the ship was preparing to attack when a rocket from one of its own F-4 Phantom jet fighters was accidentally launched. The rocket streaked across the deck and hit a parked A-4 Skyhawk jet. The Skyhawk, which was waiting to take off, was piloted by John McCain, the future senator from Arizona.

But the question was about his father and grandfather.

[MarleysGh0st]

But the question was about his father and grandfather.

I think tmitsss was referring to Emerald's statement that she thought McCain was in the Army (and, by implication, that he had followed his ancestors into that branch of the service).

Even if one did not recall these details of McCain's biography, there was another clue in the question. Five-star generals are rare, far rarer than four-star admirals. If there had been a father and son who had both attained that rank, it would have been a memorable bit of trivia. It also would have been a major news story for anyone to have been granted that rank in 2014.

[ghostjmf]

Q3: seems obvious by sound-like-English words, but I 'd guess & hold breath anyway.

[earendel]

Emerald Lucas
Rich Square, NC

Started college at 13

Nihil obstat®.