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Transcript April 30, 2008

Andrew Parks
St Charles, Il

Student studying video game design at Columbia University in Chicago.


$100
In a popular 1960s sitcom, seven characters including Ginger, the Skipper and Gilligan are all trapped where?

A: In outer space
B: On an island
C: Inside an office building
D: Chicago O'Hare Airport

$200
A small inexpensive diner is often referred to an a "greasy" what?

A: Chair
B: Plate
C: Mug
D: Spoon

$300
An indispensable assistant is often referred to as a what?

A: Right-hand man
B: Left-leg man
C: Sideburn man
D: Front-tooth man

$500
In a 1978 love song, Eric Clapton sings, "And then she asks me, "Do I look alright?" and I say "Yes, you look", what?

A: Terrific tonight
B: Fantastic tonight
C: Marvelous tonight
D: Wonderful tonight

ATA:

A: 6%
B: 3%
C: 4%
D: 87%

Meredith says 87% say Wonderful tonight. Andrew said yes, but 6% said terrific!

$1000
Which of these major cities is on a U.S. roadway once known as the Dixie Overland Highway?

A: Seattle
B: Minneapolis
C: Savannah
D: Boston

$2000
In the movie "The Sound of Music", the Von Trapps escape the Nazis by trekking through what mountain range?

A: Alps
B: Himalayas
C: Pyrenees
D: Urals

$4000
For many years, "The New York Times" was referred to by what old-timey nickname?

A: The Distinguished Gentleman
B: The Elder Statesman
C: The Worldly Fellow
D: The Gray Lady

$8000
In 2007, Orbit released Mint Mojito chewing gum, which pairs mint with what other flavor?

A: Cranberry
B: Lime
C: Coconut
D: Cherry

Andrew says it doesn't taste good...but he gets it right.

$16000
Which of the following are the names of "families" used by scientists to classify seals?

A: Tails & tailless
B: Finned & finless
C: Eared & earless
D: Whiskered & whiskerless

Andrew makes a big sigh and goes for it and goes home with $1000.



















Answers:
$100 B - on a island
$200 D - spoon
$300 A - right-hand man
$500 D - wonderful tonight
$1000 C - Savannah
$2000 A - Alps
$4000 D - The Gray Lady
$8000 B - Lime
$16000 C - Earred & Earless

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$2000
In the movie "The Sound of Music", the Von Trapps escape the Nazis by trekking through what mountain range?

A: Alps
B: Himalayas
C: Pyrenees
D: Urals

It would have been an easier trek if they could have ridden llamas.

$16K: I'd be gone on this question, too. I thought for sure it was finned/finless. Eared/earless was the last answer I ever would've picked.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Andrew Parks
St Charles, Il

Student studying video game design at Columbia University in Chicago.

His "hook" was that his father helped him pick up his girlfriend, who evidently was more interested in the dad than the son at the time.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$16000
Which of the following are the names of "families" used by scientists to classify seals?

A: Tails & tailless
B: Finned & finless
C: Eared & earless
D: Whiskered & whiskerless

Andrew makes a big sigh and goes for it and goes home with $1000.

I think that technically one group is "sea lions" and the other is "seals". Funny thing - when Andrew sat in the chair I said to elwing, "He looks like a $16K winner." I guess I overestimated him.

If I was quick on the LL trigger, might have used ATA on the $8K gum question. A little thought on mojitos would have sent me to the citrus fruit and the $25K question with all LL's intact.

earendel wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$16000
Which of the following are the names of "families" used by scientists to classify seals?

A: Tails & tailless
B: Finned & finless
C: Eared & earless
D: Whiskered & whiskerless

Andrew makes a big sigh and goes for it and goes home with $1000.

I think that technically one group is "sea lions" and the other is "seals".

That's how I remembered it, too, but Wikipedia says that fur seals also have ears.

Under Sea lion:

Together with the fur seal, they comprise the Otariidae family, collectively known as eared seals.

Earless seals (true seals) are in the family Phocidae.