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Rick Marianetti
Las Vegas, NV
Poker room supervisor

Meredith says that she hears that Rick thinks they have similar professions. She asks him in what way. He says they both run games, both try to make the person comfortable when they come in and show them how to play. Rick is a shift supervisor in a poker room. Meredith asks what that means. He trains dealers how to deal and conduct a game efficiently, helps customers learn how to play, arranges to get them cocktails, etc. Meredith asks if most people leave as winners or losers. Rick says it depends upon how you look at it.

$100 - In the standard "A-B-C-D-F" grading system, "F" stands for what?

A - fickle
B - failure
C - fortunate
D - future head of state

$200 - A lady often says "I'm going to the powder my nose" when she is actually going to do what?

A - write a letter
B - prepare a meal
C - listen to music
D - visit the restroom

$300 - In the winter, prudent homeowners install weather stripping around what parts of the house?

A - washers & dryers
B - windows & doors
C - refrigerators & freezers
D - toilets & showers

$500 - in a 1976 hit, the Eagles sing about an ominous place called the "Hotel" what?

A - Texas
B - Montana
C - California
D - Colorado

$1K - The National Toy Train Museum in Strasburg, PA displays toys with which of these brand names?

A - Matchbox
B - Duncan
C - Lionel
D - Radio Flyer

Rick says that this is the greatest game in the world

$2K - What first lady was the daughter of Janet Lee and John Vernon Bouvier III?

A - Jacqueline Kennedy
B - Lady Bird Johnson
C - Pat Nixon
D - Betty Ford

$4K - Euro coins minted in Ireland feature an image of what traditional Irish musical instrument?

A - drum
B - trumpet
C - banjo
D - harp

Rick has a pretty good idea but he thinks the audience looks smart so he wants to ask what they think.

ATA results:
A - 10%
B - 4%
C - 7%
D - 79%

Rick thought so, too.

$8K - Debuting in 2007, the TV series "Journeyman" features a title character with the unique ability to do what?

A - move objects with his mind
B - travel through time
C - resurrect the dead
D - read people's minds

Rick believes that would be "travel through time" and makes B his final answer. As the show breaks for commercial Rick says he doesn't know how he knew that.

Commercial break

During the break Rick told Meredith that he was feeling nervous but she said he didn't show it. He's perfected the poker face.

$16K - Made from braised veal shanks, "osso buco" is an Italian dish whose name literally means what in English?

A - bone hole
B - muscle hunk
C - fat piece
D - beef chop

Rick knows that it's associated with bone marrow, right from the middle of the bone.

$25K - Which of these dog breeds derives part of its name from the name of a sacred city in Tibet where it originated?

A - shar-pei
B - bichon frise
C - lhasa apso
D - chow chow

Rick says that Lhasa is a sacred city so he makes C his final answer.

Rick will be back on Monday with his 50/50 and PAF still available.

THE HORN!!!!!


ANSWERS:
$100 - B (failure)
$200 - D (visit the restroom)
$300 - B (windows & doors)
$500 - C (California)
$1K - C (Lionel)
$2K - A (Jacqueline Kennedy)
$4K - D (harp)
$8K - B (travel through time)
$16K - A (bone hole)
$25K - C (Lhasa apso)

color me impressed.

He was on right after me and suffice it to say, I'm glad I didn't have his questions. I might not know my pears from my pineapples, but I would have started to get stumped on his $4k question and probably would have run out of life lines and/or left before reaching $25k.

I was ushered out quickly so I don't know how he ultimately did, so my fingers are crossed!!!

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Meredith asks if most people leave as winners or losers. Rick says it depends upon how you look at it.

The gaming industry spin doctors must have worked a long time on the answer he gave. In terms of time spent having fun, they're all winners.

And I bet BobJuch loves playing with winners like that!



Nihil obstat®

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Rick Marianetti
Las Vegas, NV
Poker room supervisor

Holy crap! Telly Savalas is back from the dead!

Nihil obstat® for me.

And Rick has a serious chance at getting really deep in the stack.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Rick Marianetti
Las Vegas, NV
Poker room supervisor

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$100 - In the standard "A-B-C-D-F" grading system, "F" stands for what?

A - fickle
B - failure
C - fortunate
D - future head of state

I didn't think that the letters stood for anything - if "F" is "failure", then what do the others stand for?

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$8K - Debuting in 2007, the TV series "Journeyman" features a title character with the unique ability to do what?

A - move objects with his mind
B - travel through time
C - resurrect the dead
D - read people's minds

Rick believes that would be "travel through time" and makes B his final answer. As the show breaks for commercial Rick says he doesn't know how he knew that.

He must be one of the dozen or so fans of the show (count me as one also).

Count this as a nihil obstat® stack for me.

A rare smooth run with no problems to 25K for me. No real ball busters that are usually found around the 8-25K level as the pop culture Q at 8K was a gimmie as was the 25K even if I hadn't just been there last summer!