Transcript 9/30/15 Colin Yost
Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2016 2:10 pm
Colin Yost
Student
Portsmouth, N.H.
Colin is a Princeton freshman. His high school valedictorian speech ended with a flash mob. It was viral on YouTube.
$500
According to the Mayo Clinic, in order to stay healthy, most teens need to do what for about nine hours every day?
A: Read B: Sleep
C: Fix their hair D: Look at their phones
$1,000
In “textspeak,” G2G is often used as an abbreviation for what?
A: Grandma-to-grandma B: Got to go
C: Gobbled too greedily D: Grab two geese
$2,000
Multiplying 21,978 times what number gives you 21,978 in reverse?
A: 4 B: 5
C: 6 D: 7
$3,000
Based on maps from a recent Cornell study, what remote, sparsely populated location would be the best pace of these four to survive a zombie apocalypse?
A: New Orleans French Quarter B: Hollywood
C: New England D: Rocky Mountains
$5,000
When not debating on the Senate floor, ophthalmologist Rand Paul often offers free what to disadvantaged constituents?
A: Eye surgeries B: Psychiatric evaluations
C: Dental procedures D: Chiropractic adjustments
Commercial break
Colin wants to be a heart surgeon. He’s volunteered at his local hospital.
$7,000
In 2014, a series of Google Doodles featuring overlapping circles were used to celebrate the 180th birthday of what mathematician?
A: Blaise Pascal B: Jakob Bernoulli
C: Pierre de Fermat D: John Venn
$10,000
The home country of which of the following artists used to rule over the home countries of the remaining three?
A: Justin Bieber B: Lorde
C: Sam Smith D: Iggy Azalea
$20,000
Which of these “crimes” could warrant a “Hawaii Five-O” episode where the villain is a protozoologist, one of the few words in English to have five O’s?
A: Kidnapping blue whales B: Stealing amoebas
C: Blackmailing pterodactyls D: Smuggling butterflies
Commercial break
$30,000
Maybe because it’s also the all-time leader among U.S. presidents, what’s been the most popular baby name for boys over the last hundred years?
A: John B: James
C: William D: George
Commercial break
QotD
What “Blah Blah Blah” singer once claimed she got a nearly perfect score on her SATs?
A: Norah Jones B: Miley Cyrus
C: Alicia Keys D: Kesha
Student
Portsmouth, N.H.
Colin is a Princeton freshman. His high school valedictorian speech ended with a flash mob. It was viral on YouTube.
$500
According to the Mayo Clinic, in order to stay healthy, most teens need to do what for about nine hours every day?
A: Read B: Sleep
C: Fix their hair D: Look at their phones
Answer
B: Sleep
In “textspeak,” G2G is often used as an abbreviation for what?
A: Grandma-to-grandma B: Got to go
C: Gobbled too greedily D: Grab two geese
Answer
B: Got to go
Multiplying 21,978 times what number gives you 21,978 in reverse?
A: 4 B: 5
C: 6 D: 7
Answer
A: 4
Based on maps from a recent Cornell study, what remote, sparsely populated location would be the best pace of these four to survive a zombie apocalypse?
A: New Orleans French Quarter B: Hollywood
C: New England D: Rocky Mountains
Answer
D: Rocky Mountains
When not debating on the Senate floor, ophthalmologist Rand Paul often offers free what to disadvantaged constituents?
A: Eye surgeries B: Psychiatric evaluations
C: Dental procedures D: Chiropractic adjustments
Answer
A: Eye surgeries
Colin wants to be a heart surgeon. He’s volunteered at his local hospital.
$7,000
In 2014, a series of Google Doodles featuring overlapping circles were used to celebrate the 180th birthday of what mathematician?
A: Blaise Pascal B: Jakob Bernoulli
C: Pierre de Fermat D: John Venn
Answer
D: John Venn
The home country of which of the following artists used to rule over the home countries of the remaining three?
A: Justin Bieber B: Lorde
C: Sam Smith D: Iggy Azalea
50/50
Colin knows Justin is Canadian and Lorde is from New Zealand.
50/50 leaves Lorde and Sam Smith.
50/50 leaves Lorde and Sam Smith.
Answer
C: Sam Smith
Which of these “crimes” could warrant a “Hawaii Five-O” episode where the villain is a protozoologist, one of the few words in English to have five O’s?
A: Kidnapping blue whales B: Stealing amoebas
C: Blackmailing pterodactyls D: Smuggling butterflies
Answer
B: Stealing amoebas
$30,000
Maybe because it’s also the all-time leader among U.S. presidents, what’s been the most popular baby name for boys over the last hundred years?
A: John B: James
C: William D: George
+1
Colin’s +1 is Miss Carpenter, his history teacher. She can think of three Georges.
Answer
B: James
Colin wins $5,000.
Colin wins $5,000.
QotD
What “Blah Blah Blah” singer once claimed she got a nearly perfect score on her SATs?
A: Norah Jones B: Miley Cyrus
C: Alicia Keys D: Kesha
Answer
D: Kesha
