Transcript 1/22/2016 - Neil Davis
Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2016 10:06 am
Neil Davis
Falls Church, VA
Neil has played in over 1000 trivia competitions in the past 10 years. He's part of a regular trivia team named "High School Prom" that travels up to 3 hours to compete in Virginia and Maryland. The name came from another player who uses that as a catchphrase: "Everybody turned me down, just like my high school prom." Neil went to one competition by himself and used that for his "team" name.
$500: Which of the following is a classic John Coltrane jazz album and NOT something you'd see on the Taco Bell menu?
A - A Burrito Supreme
B - A Taco Supreme
C - A Chalupa Supreme
D - A Love Supreme
$1000: The USPS says that which of the following items "don't work and that if you mail them, you may be committing a federal crime"?
A - birth announcements
B - sympathy cards
C - thank-you notes
D - chain letters
Neil remembers seeing these in the 1980s but didn't know it was illegal.
$2000: The African cicada can thank its mating habits for the fact that it holds what Guinness World Record among all insects?
A - fastest
B - strongest
C - loudest
D - hippest
Neil says that they.
$3000: Countering The Perfect Body campaign by Victoria's Secret, in 2015 plus-size retailer Lane Bryant unveiled its own ads featuring what slogan?
A - #I'm no mermaid
B - #I'm no angel
C - #I'm no princess
D - #I'm no swan
Neil says that don't seem to apply and that Victoria's Secret does those .
$5000: In order to counteract an abundance of sebum created by our sebaceous glands, we use which of the following products?
A - shampoo
B - eyedrops
C - aspirin
D - toothpaste
Neil isn't sure so he calls for his +1, his wife Emily. She says she would guess because she can't connect any of the others with glands. Neil says could be useful for an abundance of some things. He uses his 50:50.
They decide to go with .
END OF SHOW "NOISE"
Neil will return on Monday going for $7,000 with only his ATA lifeline remaining.
MILLIONAIRE "QUESTION OF THE DAY" According to the American Heart Association, what aptly-named disco hit provides a good pace for chest compressions during CPR?
A - Born to be Alive
B - Give It to Me Baby
C - Stayin' Alive
D - Don't Leave Me This Way
Falls Church, VA
Neil has played in over 1000 trivia competitions in the past 10 years. He's part of a regular trivia team named "High School Prom" that travels up to 3 hours to compete in Virginia and Maryland. The name came from another player who uses that as a catchphrase: "Everybody turned me down, just like my high school prom." Neil went to one competition by himself and used that for his "team" name.
$500: Which of the following is a classic John Coltrane jazz album and NOT something you'd see on the Taco Bell menu?
A - A Burrito Supreme
B - A Taco Supreme
C - A Chalupa Supreme
D - A Love Supreme
Spoiler
Answer: D (A Love Supreme)
A - birth announcements
B - sympathy cards
C - thank-you notes
D - chain letters
Neil remembers seeing these in the 1980s but didn't know it was illegal.
Spoiler
Answer: D (chain letters)
A - fastest
B - strongest
C - loudest
D - hippest
Neil says that they
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make that awful, awful sound
Spoiler
Answer: C (loudest)
A - #I'm no mermaid
B - #I'm no angel
C - #I'm no princess
D - #I'm no swan
Neil says that
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A, C and D
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angel commercials
Spoiler
Answer: B (#I'm no angel)
A - shampoo
B - eyedrops
C - aspirin
D - toothpaste
Neil isn't sure so he calls for his +1, his wife Emily. She says she would guess
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D
Spoiler
aspirin
50:50 results
The 50:50 leaves A and D.
Spoiler
A
Spoiler
Answer: A (shampoo)
Neil will return on Monday going for $7,000 with only his ATA lifeline remaining.
MILLIONAIRE "QUESTION OF THE DAY" According to the American Heart Association, what aptly-named disco hit provides a good pace for chest compressions during CPR?
A - Born to be Alive
B - Give It to Me Baby
C - Stayin' Alive
D - Don't Leave Me This Way
Spoiler
Answer: C (Stayin' Alive)