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Transcript 01/06/2009 Darrel Fasano (carryover contestant)

#1 Post by BBTranscriptTeam » Tue Jan 06, 2009 9:16 pm

Darrel Fasano
Cape Coral, FL
Owns a construction company
Father of two, work has been poor due to the economy but he has had more time with his kids

Two lifelines remain: PAF, DD

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$16K (No Can Do):
By definition, people with the medical condition anosmia have a hard time doing what?
A. Crying B. Chewing
C. Blinking D. Smelling

PAF (:23)
Choices Eric, Kittery, ME, brother-in-law, football coach
Trevor, Durham, NC, cousin, musician
Barry, Orlando, FL friend, chiropractor

PAF=Barry
PAF result
Barry asks for choices to be repeated then says Smelling, pretty definitely
Spoiler
D. Smelling (15)

$25K (Crack the Code):
An Internet error code meaning "not found," "404" is also a telephone area code for which of these U.S. cities?
A. Atlanta, GA B. Philadelphia, PA
C. Seattle, WA D. Baltimore, MD

Double Dip (13)
Spoiler
First answer, D, incorrect
Second answer, A, Atlanta, given in a pessimistic tone at :08, is right
Meredith says not to be sad you got it right
Commercial break

Darrel admits he thought he knew Baltimore and after hearing Baltimore was wrong he had no idea and guessed out of the other three.

$50K (Credit Check):
The person often credited with firing the first shot for the North in the Civil War was also credited with doing what?
A. Taking the first photograph B. Writing "The Star-Spangled Banner"
C. Inventing baseball D. Founding the Jehovah's Witnesses
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C. Inventing baseball (Darrel guessed D at :17)

Darrel left with $25K.

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#2 Post by macrae1234 » Tue Jan 06, 2009 10:45 pm

$50K (Credit Check):
The person often credited with firing the first shot for the North in the Civil War was also credited with doing what?
A. Taking the first photograph B. Writing "The Star-Spangled Banner"
C. Inventing baseball D. Founding the Jehovah's Witnesses
What a crock Doubleday's invention of baseball has less credibility than Al Gore's invention of the internet. The whole story was fabricated by baseball and sports mogul A G Spaulding and has no basis in truth. As a matter of fact West Point records show Cadet Doubleday never left West Point on leave at the time he invented baseball in Copperstown.
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#3 Post by NellyLunatic1980 » Wed Jan 07, 2009 5:39 am

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$50K (Credit Check):
The person often credited with firing the first shot for the North in the Civil War was also credited with doing what?
A. Taking the first photograph B. Writing "The Star-Spangled Banner"
C. Inventing baseball D. Founding the Jehovah's Witnesses
Darrel got sca-rewed.

Abner Doubleday may have been credited with inventing baseball, but he sure as hell didn't actually invent baseball. Although games similar to baseball have been around since the 14th century, Alexander Cartwright invented the modern version of baseball.

I wonder if it would be possible to file a protest on the validity of this question.

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#4 Post by MarleysGh0st » Wed Jan 07, 2009 6:28 am

NellyLunatic1980 wrote:
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$50K (Credit Check):
The person often credited with firing the first shot for the North in the Civil War was also credited with doing what?
A. Taking the first photograph B. Writing "The Star-Spangled Banner"
C. Inventing baseball D. Founding the Jehovah's Witnesses
Darrel got sca-rewed.

Abner Doubleday may have been credited with inventing baseball, but he sure as hell didn't actually invent baseball. Although games similar to baseball have been around since the 14th century, Alexander Cartwright invented the modern version of baseball.

I wonder if it would be possible to file a protest on the validity of this question.
TPTB probably covered themselves with that often credited phrasing.

So was the the baseball promoters who invented that first shot fired for the North business? I can't recall ever hearing that.

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#5 Post by MarleysGh0st » Wed Jan 07, 2009 7:11 am

Here's another article about Darrel's appearance, posted before his shows aired.

http://www.winknews.com/news/local/37124019.html

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#6 Post by MarleysGh0st » Wed Jan 07, 2009 7:18 am

Another article, from after his appearance:

http://www.news-press.com/article/20090 ... 06077/1013
“It was just a great way to get some extra cash to get through these terrible times,” Fasano said.

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#7 Post by earendel » Wed Jan 07, 2009 7:42 am

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Darrel Fasano
Cape Coral, FL
Owns a construction company
Father of two, work has been poor due to the economy but he has had more time with his kids
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$16K (No Can Do):
By definition, people with the medical condition anosmia have a hard time doing what?
A. Crying B. Chewing
C. Blinking D. Smelling

PAF (:23)
Choices Eric, Kittery, ME, brother-in-law, football coach
Trevor, Durham, NC, cousin, musician
Barry, Orlando, FL friend, chiropractor

PAF=Barry
PAF result
Barry asks for choices to be repeated then says Smelling, pretty definitely
Spoiler
D. Smelling (15)
This question looks familiar - has it been asked in another way recently? In any event, knowing that the chemical element osmium gets its name because it's the only metallic element that actually has an odor makes this an easy one for me.
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$25K (Crack the Code):
An Internet error code meaning "not found," "404" is also a telephone area code for which of these U.S. cities?
A. Atlanta, GA B. Philadelphia, PA
C. Seattle, WA D. Baltimore, MD

Double Dip (13)
Spoiler
First answer, D, incorrect
Second answer, A, Atlanta, given in a pessimistic tone at :08, is right
Meredith says not to be sad you got it right
Seattle is 206, Philadelphia is 215 and Baltimore is 401. I call other Corps districts in these cities often enough to know.
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$50K (Credit Check):
The person often credited with firing the first shot for the North in the Civil War was also credited with doing what?
A. Taking the first photograph B. Writing "The Star-Spangled Banner"
C. Inventing baseball D. Founding the Jehovah's Witnesses
Spoiler
C. Inventing baseball (Darrel guessed D at :17)
I can come to a reasonable guess - it's not Francis Scott Key because he died before the war; JWs were founded by Charles Taze Russell in the 1870s. So it's time to use the Double Dip and make C my first answer, followed by A if I'm not right.
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#8 Post by themanintheseersuckersuit » Wed Jan 07, 2009 7:54 am

would've been a good stack for a South Carolina boy since we have to call Atlanta and we're steeped in Ft. Sumter mythology, even the Yankee stuff.
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feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive

The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.

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#9 Post by ulysses5019 » Wed Jan 07, 2009 8:11 am

macrae1234 wrote:
$50K (Credit Check):
The person often credited with firing the first shot for the North in the Civil War was also credited with doing what?
A. Taking the first photograph B. Writing "The Star-Spangled Banner"
C. Inventing baseball D. Founding the Jehovah's Witnesses
What a crock Doubleday's invention of baseball has less credibility than Al Gore's invention of the internet. The whole story was fabricated by baseball and sports mogul A G Spaulding and has no basis in truth. As a matter of fact West Point records show Cadet Doubleday never left West Point on leave at the time he invented baseball in Copperstown.

WHAT? Al Gore didn't invent the internet?????
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#10 Post by macrae1234 » Wed Jan 07, 2009 9:31 am

So was the the baseball promoters who invented that first shot fired for the North business? I can't recall ever hearing that.
Captain Abner Doubleday was the 2IC at the fort and as such was responsible for aiming the cannon that fired the first retalitory shot by the north
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#11 Post by Rafferbee » Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:07 am

earendel wrote:
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$25K (Crack the Code):
An Internet error code meaning "not found," "404" is also a telephone area code for which of these U.S. cities?
A. Atlanta, GA B. Philadelphia, PA
C. Seattle, WA D. Baltimore, MD

Double Dip (13)
Spoiler
First answer, D, incorrect
Second answer, A, Atlanta, given in a pessimistic tone at :08, is right
Meredith says not to be sad you got it right
Seattle is 206, Philadelphia is 215 and Baltimore is 401. I call other Corps districts in these cities often enough to know.
Baltimore is 410. 401 is Rhode Island. But you probably just mistyped.

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#12 Post by ulysses5019 » Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:23 am

So I went to wiki to find out more about Abner:

"Abner Doubleday (June 26, 1819 – January 26, 1893) was a career United States Army officer and Union general in the American Civil War. He fired the first shot in defense of Fort Sumter, the opening battle of the war, and had a pivotal role in the early fighting at the Battle of Gettysburg. Gettysburg was his finest hour, but his relief by Maj. Gen. George G. Meade caused lasting enmity between the two men.
In San Francisco, after the war, he obtained a patent on the cable car railway that still runs there. In his final years in New Jersey, he was a prominent member and later president of the Theosophical Society. In addition, he is known for a popular myth that he invented baseball, which has been debunked by almost all sports historians. Moreover, Doubleday himself never made such a claim."


Oh, and his father's first name was Ulysses.
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#13 Post by MarleysGh0st » Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:30 am

ulysses5019 wrote: Oh, and his father's first name was Ulysses.
Did you catch the shout-out on Jeopardy! this week?

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#14 Post by earendel » Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:30 am

Rafferty Barnes wrote:
earendel wrote:
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$25K (Crack the Code):
An Internet error code meaning "not found," "404" is also a telephone area code for which of these U.S. cities?
A. Atlanta, GA B. Philadelphia, PA
C. Seattle, WA D. Baltimore, MD

Double Dip (13)
Spoiler
First answer, D, incorrect
Second answer, A, Atlanta, given in a pessimistic tone at :08, is right
Meredith says not to be sad you got it right
Seattle is 206, Philadelphia is 215 and Baltimore is 401. I call other Corps districts in these cities often enough to know.
Baltimore is 410. 401 is Rhode Island. But you probably just mistyped.
Indeed I did. Thanks for the correction.
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#15 Post by Carmelo Anthony » Wed Jan 07, 2009 1:20 pm

Rafferty Barnes wrote:
earendel wrote:
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$25K (Crack the Code):
An Internet error code meaning "not found," "404" is also a telephone area code for which of these U.S. cities?
A. Atlanta, GA B. Philadelphia, PA
C. Seattle, WA D. Baltimore, MD

Double Dip (13)
Spoiler
First answer, D, incorrect
Second answer, A, Atlanta, given in a pessimistic tone at :08, is right
Meredith says not to be sad you got it right
Seattle is 206, Philadelphia is 215 and Baltimore is 401. I call other Corps districts in these cities often enough to know.
Baltimore is 410. 401 is Rhode Island. But you probably just mistyped.
There's no way I could ever forget that B-More is 410 because it's tatted on my forearm. :)
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#16 Post by themanintheseersuckersuit » Wed Jan 07, 2009 1:41 pm

Stephen Jay Gould the author and natural historian wrote about Doubleday and Baseball and that's were I remember it from.
Suitguy is not bitter.

feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive

The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.

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#17 Post by ulysses5019 » Wed Jan 07, 2009 2:30 pm

MarleysGh0st wrote:
ulysses5019 wrote: Oh, and his father's first name was Ulysses.
Did you catch the shout-out on Jeopardy! this week?
Ulysses Doubleday was an answer?
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#18 Post by MarleysGh0st » Wed Jan 07, 2009 2:37 pm

ulysses5019 wrote:
MarleysGh0st wrote:
ulysses5019 wrote: Oh, and his father's first name was Ulysses.
Did you catch the shout-out on Jeopardy! this week?
Ulysses Doubleday was an answer?
You're half right. :wink:

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#19 Post by ulysses5019 » Wed Jan 07, 2009 4:13 pm

MarleysGh0st wrote:
ulysses5019 wrote:
MarleysGh0st wrote: Did you catch the shout-out on Jeopardy! this week?
Ulysses Doubleday was an answer?
You're half right. :wink:

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#20 Post by WheresFanny » Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:45 pm

earendel wrote:
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:By definition, people with the medical condition anosmia have a hard time doing what?
A. Crying B. Chewing
C. Blinking D. Smelling

PAF (:23)
Choices Eric, Kittery, ME, brother-in-law, football coach
Trevor, Durham, NC, cousin, musician
Barry, Orlando, FL friend, chiropractor

PAF=Barry
PAF result
Barry asks for choices to be repeated then says Smelling, pretty definitely
Spoiler
D. Smelling (15)
This question looks familiar - has it been asked in another way recently? In any event, knowing that the chemical element osmium gets its name because it's the only metallic element that actually has an odor makes this an easy one for me.
Knowing that it sounds like the word nose makes it easy for me. But I'm brilliant like that.
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#21 Post by clem21 » Thu Jan 08, 2009 12:21 am

WheresFanny wrote:
earendel wrote:
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:By definition, people with the medical condition anosmia have a hard time doing what?
A. Crying B. Chewing
C. Blinking D. Smelling

PAF (:23)
Choices Eric, Kittery, ME, brother-in-law, football coach
Trevor, Durham, NC, cousin, musician
Barry, Orlando, FL friend, chiropractor

PAF=Barry
PAF result
Barry asks for choices to be repeated then says Smelling, pretty definitely
Spoiler
D. Smelling (15)
This question looks familiar - has it been asked in another way recently? In any event, knowing that the chemical element osmium gets its name because it's the only metallic element that actually has an odor makes this an easy one for me.
Knowing that it sounds like the word nose makes it easy for me. But I'm brilliant like that.
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#22 Post by WheresFanny » Thu Jan 08, 2009 9:41 am

clem21 wrote:
WheresFanny wrote:
earendel wrote: This question looks familiar - has it been asked in another way recently? In any event, knowing that the chemical element osmium gets its name because it's the only metallic element that actually has an odor makes this an easy one for me.
Knowing that it sounds like the word nose makes it easy for me. But I'm brilliant like that.
I knew it because it was on an episode of Scrubs...Just sayin'
My New Coat. I'm just sayin'.......

Ha!
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