Transcript 9/27/16b Joe Taglic (new BB jctags1)
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2016 7:19 pm
(shown in the first slot on 1/10/17)
Joe Taglic
College student
Valley Stream, N.Y.
Joe’s a 19-year-old junior at M.I.T.
$500
Created in 2001 in a lab at Texas A&M University, the first genetically-cloned cat is known to friends and fans by what apt name?
A: Alley Cat B: Scaredy Cat
C: Copy Cat D: Cat in the Hat
$1,000
The game “that ties you up in knots,” what recent Toy Hall of Fame inductee was once considered too risqué to be sold in the Sears catalog?
A: Monopoly B: Twister
C: Connect Four D: Candy Land
$2,000
According to Money magazine, you should usually tip all but which of these people 15-20% of your total bill?
A: Taxi driver B: Waiter
C: Hair stylist D: Real estate agent
Commercial break
$3,000
Which of these actresses’ mother played Fantine in the original U.S. tour of “Les Misérables,” decades before the actress herself won an Oscar for the same role?
A: Jessica Chastain B: Rachel McAdams
C: Anne Hathaway D: Natalie Portman
$5,000
Located in present-day Syria, what city is believed to be the world’s oldest continuously inhabited city, with humans having lived there for about 11,000 years?
A: Tehran B: Damascus
C: Riyadh D: Alexandria
$7,000
Used by climate scientists, a pyranometer measures the amount of what at a given place and time?
A: Fog B: Wind velocity
C: Sunlight hitting the ground D: Snow accumulation
$10,000
Fostering longer-distance romances and genetic diversity, the invention of what device has been called “the most important event in recent human evolution”?
A: Typewriter B: Bicycle
C: Air conditioner D: Phonograph
Commercial break
QotD
What outdated yet still theoretically usable objects are found by each seat of the U.S. Supreme Court justices?
A: Spittoons B: Gas lamps
C: Telegraphs D: Bedpans
Joe Taglic
College student
Valley Stream, N.Y.
Joe’s a 19-year-old junior at M.I.T.
$500
Created in 2001 in a lab at Texas A&M University, the first genetically-cloned cat is known to friends and fans by what apt name?
A: Alley Cat B: Scaredy Cat
C: Copy Cat D: Cat in the Hat
Answer
C: Copy Cat
The game “that ties you up in knots,” what recent Toy Hall of Fame inductee was once considered too risqué to be sold in the Sears catalog?
A: Monopoly B: Twister
C: Connect Four D: Candy Land
Answer
B: Twister
According to Money magazine, you should usually tip all but which of these people 15-20% of your total bill?
A: Taxi driver B: Waiter
C: Hair stylist D: Real estate agent
Answer
D: Real estate agent
$3,000
Which of these actresses’ mother played Fantine in the original U.S. tour of “Les Misérables,” decades before the actress herself won an Oscar for the same role?
A: Jessica Chastain B: Rachel McAdams
C: Anne Hathaway D: Natalie Portman
Answer
C: Anne Hathaway
Located in present-day Syria, what city is believed to be the world’s oldest continuously inhabited city, with humans having lived there for about 11,000 years?
A: Tehran B: Damascus
C: Riyadh D: Alexandria
Answer
B: Damascus
Used by climate scientists, a pyranometer measures the amount of what at a given place and time?
A: Fog B: Wind velocity
C: Sunlight hitting the ground D: Snow accumulation
Answer
C: Sunlight hitting the ground
Fostering longer-distance romances and genetic diversity, the invention of what device has been called “the most important event in recent human evolution”?
A: Typewriter B: Bicycle
C: Air conditioner D: Phonograph
ATA
“It has to do with either travel or communication, but I don’t think it’s going to be bicycle because bicycle’s not really long-distance.”
A: 48% B: 1% C: 3% D: 48%
A: 48% B: 1% C: 3% D: 48%
Answer
Joe answers A: Typewriter.
The right answer is B: Bicycle.
Joe wins $5,000.
The right answer is B: Bicycle.
Joe wins $5,000.
QotD
What outdated yet still theoretically usable objects are found by each seat of the U.S. Supreme Court justices?
A: Spittoons B: Gas lamps
C: Telegraphs D: Bedpans
Answer
A: Spittoons
