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Posted: **Thu Jan 21, 2016 10:48 am**

Second Chance Week

José Ruiz
Oakley, CA

$500: Letting you wear cutoffs in your cubicle, many workplaces relax their dress code on a day commonly known as what?
A - easygoing Wednesday
B - casual Friday
C - relaxed Thursday
D - topless Tuesday

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Answer: B (casual Friday)

$1000: First published in the 1970s, what popular foreign comic features a crime-fighting superhero with a maple leaf on his forehead?
A - Captain Canuck
B - Admiral Aussie
C - the Kiwi Avenger
D - Bosnia & Herzegovina Man

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Answer: A (Captain Canuck)

$2000: A New York magazine article notes that due to increasing 2-wheeled traffic in major cities, there's been a rise in aggression from car drivers, nicknamed what?
A - skatehate
B - snomo-bullying
C - bikelash
D - unicycle fury

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Answer: C (bikelash)

$3000: Calling them "mythologized, demonized, celebrated", a Vogue article names the likes of Jessica Chastain and Amy Adams today's what?
A - beautiful blondes
B - gorgeous grays
C - reigning redheads
D - marvelous mullets

"Right off the bat I can't believe I'm going to use this," José says, and asks the audience.

Spoiler

Ask the Audience results:
A - 17%
B - 12%
C - 67%
D - 4%

José goes with the audience.

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Answer: C (reigning redheads)

$5000: Despite its being subject to federal regulation, market research shows that more than half of shoppers think that what label is "just an excuse to charge more"?
A - hearty
B - organic
C - classic
D - homemade

José says he's a victim of this.

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Answer: B (organic)

$7000: Until they're at least one week old, kittens generally won't what?
A - nurse
B - open their eyes
C - meow
D - have fur

It's been a long time since José was a pet owner. He uses his 50:50 to confirm the answer he thinks he knows.

50:50 results[/spoiler

The choices remaining are B and C.

José goes with

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B

.

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Answer: B (open their eyes)

commercial break

José wants to use the money to start a family - adoptive, foster or whatever.

$10,000: Despite an outcry and a lawsuit from players, the 2015 Women's World Cup was the first one to be played how?
A - in the winter
B - with a new, smaller ball
C - on artificial turf
D - with mandatory faceguards

José says there was a big back and forth between FIFA and sports group. He adds that

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soccer should be played on grass

.

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Answer: C (on artificial turf)

$20,000: Lending its name to the Golden Gate Bridge, the Golden Gate Strait was named for its resemblance to a harbor at what "golden gate" to the East?
A - Athens, Greece
B - Cairo, Egypt
C - Venice, Italy
D - Istanbul, Turkey

José knows that

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Athens and Cairo

are somewhat inland. He calls down his +1, his wife Debra. She doesn't have any idea what the answer is. José wants to try and answer the question but he doesn't want to lose what he's already won. Debra says he should walk away, and he does.

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Answer: D (Istanbul, Turkey)

MILLIONAIRE "QUESTION OF THE DAY" All but which of the following are visible in "The Last Supper" by Leonardo da Vinci?
A - bread rolls
B - cups
C - plates
D - napkins

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Answer: D (napkins)

Posted: **Thu Jan 21, 2016 12:39 pm**

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Second Chance Week

José Ruiz
Oakley, CA

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$1000: First published in the 1970s, what popular foreign comic features a crime-fighting superhero with a maple leaf on his forehead?
A - Captain Canuck
B - Admiral Aussie
C - the Kiwi Avenger
D - Bosnia & Herzegovina Man
Spoiler
Answer: A (Captain Canuck)
Marvel has a superhero team called Alpha Flight, made up of Canadian superheroes. The leader is Guardian, who has a stylized maple leaf on his costume, but not on his forehead.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$10,000: Despite an outcry and a lawsuit from players, the 2015 Women's World Cup was the first one to be played how?
A - in the winter
B - with a new, smaller ball
C - on artificial turf
D - with mandatory faceguards

José says there was a big back and forth between FIFA and sports group. He adds that
Spoiler
soccer should be played on grass
.
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Answer: C (on artificial turf)
José was right - there was quite the uproar over this.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$20,000: Lending its name to the Golden Gate Bridge, the Golden Gate Strait was named for its resemblance to a harbor at what "golden gate" to the East?
A - Athens, Greece
B - Cairo, Egypt
C - Venice, Italy
D - Istanbul, Turkey

José knows that
Spoiler
Athens and Cairo
are somewhat inland. He calls down his +1, his wife Debra. She doesn't have any idea what the answer is. José wants to try and answer the question but he doesn't want to lose what he's already won. Debra says he should walk away, and he does.
Spoiler
Answer: D (Istanbul, Turkey)

"'Golden gate' to the East" practically screams Istanbul out of the four choices.

Nihil obstat®.

Posted: **Thu Jan 21, 2016 3:50 pm**

20K: I've never heard term before, but of choices only Istanbul is in "the east".

Posted: **Fri Jan 22, 2016 3:24 pm**

$2000: A New York magazine article notes that due to increasing 2-wheeled traffic in major cities, there's been a rise in aggression from car drivers, nicknamed what?
A - skatehate
B - snomo-bullying
C - bikelash
D - unicycle fury
Spoiler
Answer: C (bikelash)

I can easily see that happening here, except it doesn't. The State of Colorado loves its image as one of the Mountain Biking Capitals of the World and guards its bicyclists zealously with bike lanes and a law requiring that motorists give cyclists a three-foot berth when passing them. Or maybe it does happen on the Front Range, I dunno.

$3000: Calling them "mythologized, demonized, celebrated", a Vogue article names the likes of Jessica Chastain and Amy Adams today's what?
A - beautiful blondes
B - gorgeous grays
C - reigning redheads
D - marvelous mullets

"Right off the bat I can't believe I'm going to use this," José says, and asks the audience.
Spoiler
Ask the Audience results:
A - 17%
B - 12%
C - 67%
D - 4%
José goes with the audience.
Spoiler
Answer: C (reigning redheads)

ATA

$20,000: Lending its name to the Golden Gate Bridge, the Golden Gate Strait was named for its resemblance to a harbor at what "golden gate" to the East?
A - Athens, Greece
B - Cairo, Egypt
C - Venice, Italy
D - Istanbul, Turkey

José knows that
Spoiler
Athens and Cairo
are somewhat inland. He calls down his +1, his wife Debra. She doesn't have any idea what the answer is. José wants to try and answer the question but he doesn't want to lose what he's already won. Debra says he should walk away, and he does.
Spoiler
Answer: D (Istanbul, Turkey)

Plus One.

Posted: **Fri Jan 22, 2016 4:40 pm**

SportsFan68 wrote:
$3000: Calling them "mythologized, demonized, celebrated", a Vogue article names the likes of Jessica Chastain and Amy Adams today's what?
A - beautiful blondes
B - gorgeous grays
C - reigning redheads
D - marvelous mullets

"Right off the bat I can't believe I'm going to use this," José says, and asks the audience.
Spoiler
Ask the Audience results:
A - 17%
B - 12%
C - 67%
D - 4%
José goes with the audience.
Spoiler
Answer: C (reigning redheads)
ATA

Spoiler

Really? You've never seen pictures of either of these stars?

Posted: **Sun Jan 24, 2016 12:24 pm**

Estonut wrote:
SportsFan68 wrote:
$3000: Calling them "mythologized, demonized, celebrated", a Vogue article names the likes of Jessica Chastain and Amy Adams today's what?
A - beautiful blondes
B - gorgeous grays
C - reigning redheads
D - marvelous mullets

"Right off the bat I can't believe I'm going to use this," José says, and asks the audience.
Spoiler
Ask the Audience results:
A - 17%
B - 12%
C - 67%
D - 4%
José goes with the audience.
Spoiler
Answer: C (reigning redheads)
ATA
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Really? You've never seen pictures of either of these stars?

Really. If I ever by some miracle get a chance to be on the show, I'll have to read three years of back issues of People. Although I've seen The Help, it did not dawn on me that Jessica Chastain was the redhead.

And as for Amy Adams, I would have bet money she was a brunette. This is how I remember seeing her.

Posted: **Sun Jan 24, 2016 3:45 pm**

SportsFan68 wrote:
Estonut wrote:Really? You've never seen pictures of either of these stars?[/spoiler]
Really. If I ever by some miracle get a chance to be on the show, I'll have to read three years of back issues of People. Although I've seen The Help, it did not dawn on me that Jessica Chastain was the redhead.

And as for Amy Adams, I would have bet money she was a brunette. This is how I remember seeing her.

Me too! You need to look at bigger images :)

Posted: **Sun Jan 24, 2016 4:01 pm**

$3000: Calling them "mythologized, demonized, celebrated", a Vogue article names the likes of Jessica Chastain and Amy Adams today's what?
A - beautiful blondes
B - gorgeous grays
C - reigning redheads
D - marvelous mullets

"Right off the bat I can't believe I'm going to use this," José says, and asks the audience.
Spoiler
Ask the Audience results:
A - 17%
B - 12%
C - 67%
D - 4%
José goes with the audience.
Spoiler
Answer: C (reigning redheads)

For a while, it seemed as if there was always a "go to" redhead for high-profile movie roles. First, it was Julianne Moore, then Amy Adams, then Emma Stone (natural blonde). Now, you've got Jessica Chastain and Dallas Bryce Howard thrown in the mix, too.

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