Transcript 2/28/19 Jeremy Cahnmann (carryover)

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Transcript 2/28/19 Jeremy Cahnmann (carryover)

#1 Post by BBTranscriptTeam » Fri Mar 22, 2019 8:39 pm

Jeremy Cahnmann
Trivia company owner
Chicago, Ill.


$10,000
With tuition over $60,000/year for 7th through 12th graders, Rafael Nadal’s tennis academy is located on which island — part of the star’s home country?
A: Crete B: Corsica
C: Mallorca D: Sicily

Jeremy knows Nadal is
Spoiler
Spanish, but Crete is Greek and Sicily is Italian
. He isn’t sure about
Spoiler
Corsica, but Mallorca is definitely Spanish
.

Spoiler
C: Mallorca


$20,000
By definition, where on his body would a pirate wear a baldric?
A: Over his eye B: Across his torso
C: Where his missing hand should be D: In his ear

Spoiler
A: 16% B: 64% C: 18% D: 2%


Spoiler
B: Across his torso


$30,000
One of the best-selling singles ever, Queen’s 1975 hit “Bohemian Rhapsody” opens with “Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?” What is the song’s last line?
A: “Carry on, carry on” B: “Goodbye everybody I’ve got to go”
C: “Just gotta get right out of here” D: “Any way the wind blows”

Spoiler
50/50 leaves C & D. His gut says it’s D.


Spoiler
D: “Any way the wind blows”


Commercial break

$50,000
In degrees Fahrenheit, what is the highest temperature ever recorded on the continent of Antarctica?
A: 19.3 B: 33.4
C: 48.9 D: 63.5

Spoiler
+1 Jonathan Hess says it can get a little warm in Antarctica. They agree on 63.5.


Spoiler
D: 63.5


Commercial break

$100,000
Before it became popular in America, which of these items appeared in Scientific American magazine in 1916, in an article about “Filipino Toys”?
A: Frisbee B: Pogo stick
C: Jump rope D: Yo-yo

Jeremy says
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jump ropes have been around forever, and the frisbee was made by the Wham-O Disk Company. Pogo sticks and yo-yos could be Asian
. He goes with
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pogo stick
.


Spoiler
D: Yo-yo
Jeremy wins $50,000.


Commercial break

QotD
What legendary woman is said to have committed suicide by allowing a poisonous snake to bite her?
A: Lady Guinevere B: Helen of Troy
C: Cleopatra D: Mary Magdalene

Spoiler
C: Cleopatra
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Re: Transcript 2/28/19 Jeremy Cahnmann (carryover)

#2 Post by franktangredi » Fri Mar 22, 2019 9:30 pm

Incidentally, Jeremy is a friend of mine. A fellow Scrabble player.
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Jeremy Cahnmann
Trivia company owner
Chicago, Ill.


$10,000
With tuition over $60,000/year for 7th through 12th graders, Rafael Nadal’s tennis academy is located on which island — part of the star’s home country?
A: Crete B: Corsica
C: Mallorca D: Sicily

Jeremy knows Nadal is
Spoiler
Spanish, but Crete is Greek and Sicily is Italian
. He isn’t sure about
Spoiler
Corsica, but Mallorca is definitely Spanish
.

Spoiler
C: Mallorca


$20,000
By definition, where on his body would a pirate wear a baldric?
A: Over his eye B: Across his torso
C: Where his missing hand should be D: In his ear

Spoiler
A: 16% B: 64% C: 18% D: 2%


Spoiler
B: Across his torso


$30,000
One of the best-selling singles ever, Queen’s 1975 hit “Bohemian Rhapsody” opens with “Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?” What is the song’s last line?
A: “Carry on, carry on” B: “Goodbye everybody I’ve got to go”
C: “Just gotta get right out of here” D: “Any way the wind blows”

Spoiler
50/50 leaves C & D. His gut says it’s D.


Spoiler
D: “Any way the wind blows”


Commercial break

$50,000
In degrees Fahrenheit, what is the highest temperature ever recorded on the continent of Antarctica?
A: 19.3 B: 33.4
C: 48.9 D: 63.5

Spoiler
+1 Jonathan Hess says it can get a little warm in Antarctica. They agree on 63.5.


Spoiler
D: 63.5


Commercial break

$100,000
Before it became popular in America, which of these items appeared in Scientific American magazine in 1916, in an article about “Filipino Toys”?
A: Frisbee B: Pogo stick
C: Jump rope D: Yo-yo

Jeremy says
Spoiler
jump ropes have been around forever, and the frisbee was made by the Wham-O Disk Company. Pogo sticks and yo-yos could be Asian
. He goes with
Spoiler
pogo stick
.

Spoiler
D: Yo-yo
Jeremy wins $50,000.


Commercial break

QotD
What legendary woman is said to have committed suicide by allowing a poisonous snake to bite her?
A: Lady Guinevere B: Helen of Troy
C: Cleopatra D: Mary Magdalene

Spoiler
C: Cleopatra

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Re: Transcript 2/28/19 Jeremy Cahnmann (carryover)

#3 Post by earendel » Wed Mar 27, 2019 8:51 am

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Jeremy Cahnmann
Trivia company owner
Chicago, Ill.
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$30,000
One of the best-selling singles ever, Queen’s 1975 hit “Bohemian Rhapsody” opens with “Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?” What is the song’s last line?
A: “Carry on, carry on” B: “Goodbye everybody I’ve got to go”
C: “Just gotta get right out of here” D: “Any way the wind blows”
Spoiler
50/50 leaves C & D. His gut says it’s D.

Spoiler
D: “Any way the wind blows”
As many times as I've heard this song I didn't know this. So let's use ATA.
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Re: Transcript 2/28/19 Jeremy Cahnmann (carryover)

#4 Post by SpacemanSpiff » Wed Mar 27, 2019 2:34 pm

The last question was one of the few ones I knew cold; it was originally used as a weapon in the Philipines.
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