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Marcus Jackson
Sunderland, NJ
Major, U.S. Air Force
Helicopter pilot


Armed Forces Week

Special for Armed Forces Week, there will be a fourth lifeline - Cut the Question.
If a contestant gets a question he or she doesn’t like, they can cut the question and have it replaced by an easier question.
The Cut the Question lifeline can be used on any question up to and including the $50k question.


$500 Before they can begin boot camp to become U.S. Marines, male recruits must pass an initial strength test that includes doing at least two what?
A. Cartwheels
B. Pull-ups
C. Beer keg tosses
D. Back handsprings into a split

Spoiler

B. Pull-ups

$1K Arguably the most important bicycle accessory there is, “brain bucket” and “skid lid” are both cycling slang for what?
A. Water bottle
B. Sunglasses
C. Helmet
D. Air pump

Spoiler

C. Helmet

$2K It should come as no surprise that David Hasselhoff’s favorite bar in London is The Centre Page, a pub near St. Paul’s Cathedral found on what actual road?
A. Knightrider Street
B. Quantumleap Drive
C. Miamivice Lane
D. A-Team Alley

Spoiler

A. Knightrider Street

$3K Though much of it contained asbestos, in the 1960s and ‘70s a popular spray-on texture called “popcorn” was commonly used on what?
A. Bathtubs
B. Car interiors
C. Ceilings
D. Comforters

Spoiler

C. Ceilings

$5K Which of the following is a slang term for a muscle whose unabbreviated name is seven letters long?
A. Ab
B. Pec
C. Delt
D. Quad

Spoiler

C. Delt

commercial break

$7K Narrowly defeating an Erzherzog Johann in the final round, a Swiss Emmentaler is the most recent winner of the World Championship “what” Contest?
A. Tomato
B. Cheese
C. Chocolate
D. Wine


The Major says he associates

Spoiler

cheese and chocolate

with the Swiss.
He decides to use his Plus One.

+1

The Major’s Plus One is Captain Dick Conrad.

The Captain says he narrowed it down to the same two that he had.

The Major decides to us his Cut the Question.
His Plus One will get to stay for this question

Spoiler

B. Cheese

CTQ

$7K Calling it the “most sophisticated taxonomy of musical information ever collected,” what site can cater to your taste thanks to its Music Genome Project?
A. Hulu
B. IMDb
C. Flickr
D. Pandora

Spoiler

D. Pandora

$10K Leonardo DiCaprio has played all but which of these historical figures on film?
A. J. Edgar Hoover
B. Howard Hughes
C. Louis XIV
D. Buffalo Bill Cody

Spoiler

D. Buffalo Bill Cody

$20K Of the following, which could most likely serve as a home office for a hippologist?
A. An observatory
B. A kitchen
C. A greenhouse
D. A stable

Spoiler

D. A stable

commercial break

$30K Which of the following equals 243?
A. # of Men in the U.S. Congress - # of Women
B. # of U.S. States + # of UN Member States
C. # of Books of the Bible x # of Apostles
D. Age of the Pyramids ÷ Age of Big Ben

50/50

50/50 leaves

B. # of U.S. States + # of UN Member States
C. # of Books of the Bible x # of Apostles

Spoiler

B. # of U.S. States + # of UN Member States

$50K Which of these people has never won a Nobel Prize?
A. Toni Morrison
B. The Dalai Lama
C. Al Gore
D. Stephen Hawking

ATA

ATA results

32% A. Toni Morrison
14% B. The Dalai Lama
37% C. Al Gore
17% D. Stephen Hawking

The Major doesn’t know, but is willing to take a chance since he has $5K locked, so he goes with the audience.

Spoiler

D. Stephen Hawking

commercial break

QOTD
The U.S. Naval Academy’s graduating class of 1912 may have started a tradition when they spontaneously threw their what in the air?
A. gloves
B. Hats
C. Swords
D. Books

Spoiler

B. Hats

Huh. So not only do they get Cut the Question, they get to reuse a lifeline they used prior to it? Wonder if the same will happen for 50:50 and AtA.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Marcus Jackson
Sunderland, NJ
Major, U.S. Air Force
Helicopter pilot

Armed Forces Week

Special for Armed Forces Week, there will be a fourth lifeline - Cut the Question.
If a contestant gets a question he or she doesn’t like, they can cut the question and have it replaced by an easier question.
The Cut the Question lifeline can be used on any question up to and including the $50k question.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$5K Which of the following is a slang term for a muscle whose unabbreviated name is seven letters long?
A. Ab
B. Pec
C. Delt
D. Quad

Spoiler

C. Delt

Marcus eliminated C at first, but then went back and counted the letters.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$10K Leonardo DiCaprio has played all but which of these historical figures on film?
A. J. Edgar Hoover
B. Howard Hughes
C. Louis XIV
D. Buffalo Bill Cody

Spoiler

D. Buffalo Bill Cody

ATA for me and hope for a good result.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$30K Which of the following equals 243?
A. # of Men in the U.S. Congress - # of Women
B. # of U.S. States + # of UN Member States
C. # of Books of the Bible x # of Apostles
D. Age of the Pyramids ÷ Age of Big Ben

50/50

50/50 leaves

B. # of U.S. States + # of UN Member States
C. # of Books of the Bible x # of Apostles

Spoiler

B. # of U.S. States + # of UN Member States

There are 535 members of Congress. No way the men-women could be 243. There are 66 books in the Bible and 12 apostles, so that's too much. 50 states amd around 190 countries - I'll go with that.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$50K Which of these people has never won a Nobel Prize?
A. Toni Morrison
B. The Dalai Lama
C. Al Gore
D. Stephen Hawking

ATA

ATA results

32% A. Toni Morrison
14% B. The Dalai Lama
37% C. Al Gore
17% D. Stephen Hawking

The Major doesn’t know, but is willing to take a chance since he has $5K locked, so he goes with the audience.

Spoiler

D. Stephen Hawking

Yes, even Al Gore has a Nobel Prize. <*sigh*>

$30K Which of the following equals 243?
A. # of Men in the U.S. Congress - # of Women
B. # of U.S. States + # of UN Member States
C. # of Books of the Bible x # of Apostles
D. Age of the Pyramids ÷ Age of Big Ben

50/50

50/50 leaves

B. # of U.S. States + # of UN Member States
C. # of Books of the Bible x # of Apostles

Spoiler

B. # of U.S. States + # of UN Member States

50/50