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Originally broadcast on 9/24/15 in the second time slot.

Jay Savage
English teacher
Scituate, Mass.

$10,000
In 1939, DC Comics paid a whopping $130 to writers Jerry Shuster and Joe Siegel for the rights to what character?
A: Iron Man B: Batman
C: Spider-Man D: Superman

+1

Jay knows Iron Man is a Marvel character. Jay’s +1 is his friend Mike Smith. Mike says Stan Lee created Spider-Man. He thinks it’s Superman because he had a sad history.

Answer

D: Superman

$20,000
Ending in dozens of casualties, a territorial war in Ethiopia that captured global headlines in 1999 was fought between what natural enemies?
A: Lions and hyenas B: Alligators and tigers
C: Gorillas and elephants D: Bears and cheetahs

50/50

Jay says Ethiopia doesn’t have enough water to support alligators.
50/50 leaves lions and hyenas, and alligators and tigers.

Answer

A: Lions and hyenas

Commercial break

$30,000
Which of these U.S. territories is situated south of the equator?
A: Guam B: Puerto Rico
C: American Samoa D: U.S. Virgin Islands

ATA

A: 31% B: 20% C: 28% D: 21%
Jay was thinking American Samoa, but he goes with the audience.

Answer

… and he gets Dursted!
C: American Samoa
Jay wins $5,000.

Why on earth would you be swayed by a 3% audience majority?

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Originally broadcast on 9/24/15 in the second time slot.

Jay Savage
English teacher
Scituate, Mass.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$20,000
Ending in dozens of casualties, a territorial war in Ethiopia that captured global headlines in 1999 was fought between what natural enemies?
A: Lions and hyenas B: Alligators and tigers
C: Gorillas and elephants D: Bears and cheetahs

50/50

Jay says Ethiopia doesn’t have enough water to support alligators.
50/50 leaves lions and hyenas, and alligators and tigers.

Answer

A: Lions and hyenas

I don't think gorillas and elephants are natural enemies, nor are bears and cheetahs (do they even have bears in Ethiopia?). Tigers are Asian, not African, so it has to be A.

20K: Huh? A sounds likeliest to me, & rule out alligator ans, & have never heard of African bears, but start burning lifelines if still have them w/ +1, hoping they've heard of this.

ATA gone.

$30,000
Which of these U.S. territories is situated south of the equator?
A: Guam B: Puerto Rico
C: American Samoa D: U.S. Virgin Islands

ATA

A: 31% B: 20% C: 28% D: 21%
Jay was thinking American Samoa, but he goes with the audience.

Answer

… and he gets Dursted!
C: American Samoa
Jay wins $5,000.

Even if I'd still had my ATA, I would never have asked them a geography question.

I knew the 50/50 would leave Guam and American Samoa and didn't want to use my Plus One this soon. I thought a long moment and finally remembered how "close" Guam is to the Philippines.