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Transcript 12/6/16 - Michael Rankins (carryover)
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2016 4:52 pm
by BBTranscriptTeam
Michael Rankins
Newark, CA
Started reading dictionaries and encyclopedias at age 2
Has ATA and +1 remaining
$30K :
Which of the following lists the top 3 denominations of U.S. paper currency in decreasing order of the number of bills currently in circulation?
A: $1, $20, $5 B: $1, $100, $20
C: $20, $1, $100 D: $100, $1, $5
Michael verbally ruled out B and D since $100 would not be one of the top two.
+1 is Muffy Marracco a trivia friend. She said her guess would be A based on $1 being the most common, along with his feeling that $100 is not one of the most common.
Michael repeats the he believes there are more $20s in circulation than $100s and you get $20s out of the ATM not $100s.
Michael goes with A.
B: $1, $100, $20
Michael leaves with $5000
First break
Re: Transcript 12/6/16 - Michael Rankins (carryover)
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2016 5:33 pm
by ghostjmf
30K: Like contestant, I would have pretty-much eliminated choices w/ 100s. And therefore eliminated myself. I'd have used my +1 & ATA though.
Re: Transcript 12/6/16 - Michael Rankins (carryover)
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2016 11:52 pm
by Bob78164
This is SwanShadow from the Jeopardy! Board, isn't it? --Bob
Re: Transcript 12/6/16 - Michael Rankins (carryover)
Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2016 12:30 am
by RichmondJ
Bob78164 wrote:This is SwanShadow from the Jeopardy! Board, isn't it? --Bob
Yes.
Re: Transcript 12/6/16 - Michael Rankins (carryover)
Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2016 10:45 am
by andrewjackson
This is interesting.
Here is a chart that has circulation by value:
https://www.federalreserve.gov/payments ... cvalue.htm
You would have to divide by the value to get the number of notes for each.
$1 and $100 are very close.
For 2015 the numbers would be:
$1 - 11.4 billion
$100 - 10.82 billion
$20 - 8.56 billion
$5 - 2.74 billion
$10 - 1.9 billion
$50 - 1.59 billion
$2 - 1.15 billion
Re: Transcript 12/6/16 - Michael Rankins (carryover)
Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2016 3:16 pm
by Bob Juch
andrewjackson wrote:This is interesting.
Here is a chart that has circulation by value:
https://www.federalreserve.gov/payments ... cvalue.htm
You would have to divide by the value to get the number of notes for each.
$1 and $100 are very close.
For 2015 the numbers would be:
$1 - 11.4 billion
$100 - 10.82 billion
$20 - 8.56 billion
$5 - 2.74 billion
$10 - 1.9 billion
$50 - 1.59 billion
$2 - 1.15 billion
Here's their chart with volume:
Re: Transcript 12/6/16 - Michael Rankins (carryover)
Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 1:54 pm
by earendel
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Michael Rankins
Newark, CA
Started reading dictionaries and encyclopedias at age 2
Has ATA and +1 remaining
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$30K :
Which of the following lists the top 3 denominations of U.S. paper currency in decreasing order of the number of bills currently in circulation?
A: $1, $20, $5 B: $1, $100, $20
C: $20, $1, $100 D: $100, $1, $5
Michael verbally ruled out B and D since $100 would not be one of the top two.
+1 is Muffy Marracco a trivia friend. She said her guess would be A based on $1 being the most common, along with his feeling that $100 is not one of the most common.
Michael repeats the he believes there are more $20s in circulation than $100s and you get $20s out of the ATM not $100s.
Michael goes with A.
B: $1, $100, $20
Michael leaves with $5000
I'm pretty sure it's either A or B (more $1s in circulation than any other), but after that it's tough. I still have all my lifelines, so I'll start with the 50:50 and hope A & B aren't the two remaining answers.