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Tony Hightower
Astoria, NY
Tony was the +1 for Ken Jennings, who could not return the favor since Ken is in Seattle.

$500 :
Meaning that they'll sustain you for quite a while, people commonly describe hearty comfort foods by saying they'll do what?
A: Bond to your chin B: Cling to your trachea
C: Adhere to your spine D: Stick to your ribs

Spoiler

D: Stick to your ribs

$1000 :
To make more money from your "yard sale," "This Old House" recommends calling it a what instead?
A: Bake Sale B: White Sale
C: Estate Sale D: Toyotathon

Spoiler

C: Estate Sale

$2000 :
In 2011, what former three-term mayor was probably "feelin' groovy" when New York City's 59th Street bridge was renamed in his honor?
A: Richard Daley B: Marion Barry
C: Ed Koch D: Gavin Newsom

Spoiler

C: Ed Koch

$3000 :
In the 1960s, the volcanic field at Arizona's Cinder Lake was blasted with dynamite to replicate what place that would soon be encountered?
A: The Moon B: Vietnam
C: The Mariana Trench D: Cuba

Spoiler

A: The Moon

$5000 :
Better known for being funny, what "Mean Girls" screenwriter admitted to Entertainment Weekly that she was a mean girl herself in her younger years?
A: Ellen DeGeneres B: Tina Fey
C: Amy Schumer D: Kristen Wiig

Spoiler

B: Tina Fey

First time-out

$7000 :
After debuting in 1950 as a mere 4-year-old, by 1979 which famous comic strip character had grown to the ripe old age of 8 1/2?
A: Little Orphan Annie B: Li'l Abner
C: Calvin of Calvin and Hobbes D: Charlie Brown

Spoiler

D: Charlie Brown

$10K :
If you get regular checkups, you've likely had your doctor use a sphygmomanometer on you, as that's just the fancy word for a what?
A: Syringe B: Blood pressure monitor
C: Stethoscope D: Tongue depressor

Spoiler

B: Blood pressure monitor

$20K :
A "temple" for thirsty travelers, the Angkor What? Bar is aptly located in which of these countries?
A: Indonesia B: Thailand
C: Laos D: Cambodia

Spoiler

D: Cambodia

$30K :
Which of the following singers' stage names is not their given first name?
A: Madonna B: Usher
C: Rihanna D: Prince

Spoiler

50:50
Tony narrowed it to Usher or Rihanna
The 50/50 left Madonna and Rihanna
C: Rihanna

second time-out


$50K :
Though now used extensively for food, what was used during WWII as a way to preserve blood plasma for use on the battlefield?
A: The Ziploc bag B: Freeze-drying technology
C: Ball mason jars D: Tupperware

+1

+1 is Andy Kravis who did not know but they talked it out and Tony was convinced that B stood out from the others.
B: Freeze-drying technology

Third time-out


QotD:
In the 1960s, psychologist Arthur Staats developed what parenting technique after trying it out on his 2-year-old daughter?
A: Grounding B: Time-out
C: Tiger parenting D: Swaddling

Spoiler

B: Time-out

$100K :
Charles "Old Hoss" Radburn is perhaps best known for flipping the bird at the camera in an 1886 photo of what?
A: Baseball players B: Congressmen
C: Harvard graduates D: NYC police officers

Spoiler

A: Baseball players
Tony said he is aware that "Old Hoss" was a baseball player

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Time is up
Tony will return tomorrow

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Tony Hightower
Astoria, NY
Tony was the +1 for Ken Jennings, who could not return the favor since Ken is in Seattle.

Tony was also introduced as someone who runs trivia contests. I was afraid that this would be the kiss of death.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$30K :
Which of the following singers' stage names is not their given first name?
A: Madonna B: Usher
C: Rihanna D: Prince

Spoiler

50:50
Tony narrowed it to Usher or Rihanna
The 50/50 left Madonna and Rihanna
C: Rihanna

I'd have probably used my ATA here.

So I'm looking at the $250K question with two lifelines.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: $2000 :
In 2011, what former three-term mayor was probably "feelin' groovy" when New York City's 59th Street bridge was renamed in his honor?
A: Richard Daley B: Marion Barry
C: Ed Koch D: Gavin Newsom

ATA. Didn't get this memo.

$7000 :
After debuting in 1950 as a mere 4-year-old, by 1979 which famous comic strip character had grown to the ripe old age of 8 1/2?
A: Little Orphan Annie B: Li'l Abner
C: Calvin of Calvin and Hobbes D: Charlie Brown

Aaaaaaaaaaand bye-bye. I thought of C before the choices came up, and went with it. Had no idea Charlie Brown did any aging.

In the case of the Koch question, knowing where the other three mayors came from would seal the deal.

Well spotted. I assumed they were all NY mayors. Whoops!

earendel wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$30K :
Which of the following singers' stage names is not their given first name?
A: Madonna B: Usher
C: Rihanna D: Prince

Spoiler

50:50
Tony narrowed it to Usher or Rihanna
The 50/50 left Madonna and Rihanna
C: Rihanna

I'd have probably used my ATA here.

So I'm looking at the $250K question with two lifelines.

I probably had done the same in the studio, but sitting at the keyboard, I knew Madonna Ciccone and Prince Rogers Nelson were first names; and likely if I had calmed down would have remembered Usher Drake's last name as well.

$30K :
Which of the following singers' stage names is not their given first name?
A: Madonna B: Usher
C: Rihanna D: Prince

Spoiler

50:50
Tony narrowed it to Usher or Rihanna
The 50/50 left Madonna and Rihanna
C: Rihanna

ATA

$50K :
Though now used extensively for food, what was used during WWII as a way to preserve blood plasma for use on the battlefield?
A: The Ziploc bag B: Freeze-drying technology
C: Ball mason jars D: Tupperware

+1

+1 is Andy Kravis who did not know but they talked it out and Tony was convinced that B stood out from the others.
B: Freeze-drying technology

Plus One