Transcript 3/9/2018 - Brett Murray

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AMERICAN PRIDE WEEK

Brett Murray
Troy, NH
Former firefighter, EMT and now resident physician

$500: A person who feels revitalized after surviving a hardship is often said to have "a" what "on life"?
A - new lease
B - upgraded membership
C - increased credit limit
D - revised prenup

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Answer: A (new lease)

$1000: The namesake of a popular variety of tea, who served as UK prime minister from 1830 to 1834?
A - Earl Gray
B - Baron von Herbal Chai
C - Prince Oolong
D - The Duke of Snapple

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Answer: A (Earl Gray)

$2000: What classification of shorebirds that includes herons, egrets and storks shares its name with a type of fishing equipment?
A - hooks
B - reels
C - nets
D - waders

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Answer: D (waders)

$3000: In 1959, 21-year-old Joan Knoerzer and 21-year-old Jayne Knoerzer began appearing in ads for which brand of gum?
A - Juicy Fruit
B - Big Red
C - Orbit
D - Doublemint

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Answer: D (Doublemint)

$5000: According to Mirriam-Webster.com, what synonym for friend comes from the Latin for "bread," because it once referred to someone with whom you shared a meal?
A - chum
B - cohort
C - companion
D - comrade

Brett doesn't know the Latin for "bread" but his +1, Chris, is very familiar with it. Chris says the Latin for bread is

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panem

. Brett says that sounds like

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A

and he asks Chris if he should go for it, saying it would be his fault if it's wrong. Chris agrees and Brett makes that his final answer.

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Answer: C (companion)

Brett leaves with nothing.

commercial break

[earendel]

AMERICAN PRIDE WEEK

Brett Murray
Troy, NH
Former firefighter, EMT and now resident physician

$5000: According to Mirriam-Webster.com, what synonym for friend comes from the Latin for "bread," because it once referred to someone with whom you shared a meal?
A - chum
B - cohort
C - companion
D - comrade

Brett doesn't know the Latin for "bread" but his +1, Chris, is very familiar with it. Chris says the Latin for bread is

Spoiler

panem

. Brett says that sounds like

Spoiler

A

and he asks Chris if he should go for it, saying it would be his fault if it's wrong. Chris agrees and Brett makes that his final answer.

Spoiler

Answer: C (companion)

Brett leaves with nothing.

Unbelievable! His friend gave him "panem" and Brett thought it sounded like "chum"???

[jarnon]

Chris says the Latin for bread is

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panem

.

Bread in Latin is panis (subject) or panem (direct object). I wonder if Chris is a Hunger Games fan.

[ghostjmf]

So far so good, though the 5K took thinking. Helps that Au Bon Pain is a local chain.

[Estonut]

Chris says the Latin for bread is

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panem

.

Bread in Latin is panis (subject) or panem (direct object). I wonder if Chris is a Hunger Games fan.

I guess neither of them has heard of the Panera Bread chain.