Wendell Robinson
Gainesville FL
warehouse technician
100 - The annual Mrs. America pageant features fifty-one contestants who are all what?
A brunette
B vegetarian
C married
D minivan enthusiasts
200 - Running the knife down the length of the cob to remove the kernels is a common way of handling what food item?
A loaf of bread
B ear of corn
C stick of butter
D wheel of cheese
300 - The smallest puppy in a litter is commonly called a what?
A sprout
B tot
C peanut
D runt
500 - Pop star Rihanna sings "there's no distance in between our love, so go on and let the rain pour" in a 2007 hit with what apt title?
A Chandelier
B Umbrella
C Handkerchief
D Stiletto
1K - A doctor who asks, "Are you ambulatory?" is essentially asking what question?
A can you eat?
B can you talk?
C can you walk?
D can you sleep?
2K - The popular Disney channel sitcom "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody" centers on identical twins who live where?
A in a posh hotel
B on a farm
C at a boarding school
D in a lighthouse
4K - Nuclear reactors generate energy by splitting the atoms of which of these elements?
A uranium
B xenon
C phosphorous
D titanium
8K - Which of these landmarks was not among those selected among "The New 7 Wonders of the World" in 2007?
A Great Wall of China
B Taj Mahal
C Machu Picchu
D Eiffel Tower
16K - If you walk due north from San Antonio, Texas to Canada, which of these states would you not pass through?
A Kansas
B Iowa
C South Dakota
D Nebraska
50/50 leaves B & D.
25K - Which of these noted character actors was once a New York City firefighter?
A Steve Buscemi
B John C. Reilly
C William H. Macy
D Danny Glover
Meredith asks what the money means to him, and he says more than the money is the chance to tell his son that if he believes in a thing he can achieve it.
50K - What was the name of the first chimpanzee sent into space by NASA?
A Bear
B Daisy
C Ham
D Ginger
100K - Thought we now know it as "The Thinker," sculptor Auguste Rodin once gave his iconic statue what other title?
A The Artist
B The Poet
C The Philosopher
D The Mathematician
ATA
A 5
B 10
C 72
D 13
Wendell trusts the audience, and leaves with 25K.
100 C married
200 B ear of corn
300 D runt
500 B Umbrella
1K C can you walk?
2K A in a posh hotel
4K A uranium
8K D Eiffel Tower
16K B Iowa
25K A Steve Buscemi
50K C Ham
100K B The Poet
Transcript 1/17/08 Wendell Robinson
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Re: Transcript 1/17/08 Wendell Robinson
$25K: NAFC®. Try the audience and see if they give a definitive answer. PAF as well only if nothing pans out.
$100K: Well, we on the Bored know for sfbazoodee's $500K question that "The Thinker" was based on Dante Alighieri. That automatically eliminates Artist and Mathematician. Since Dante was more of a poet than a philosopher, I lock in with B and play for $250K.
To the average player and watcher, Philosopher stuck out like a sore thumb... and that's why I cringed when Wendell took the ATA. Seeing 72% of the audience go for that answer made me yell out "Dursted®!"
$100K: Well, we on the Bored know for sfbazoodee's $500K question that "The Thinker" was based on Dante Alighieri. That automatically eliminates Artist and Mathematician. Since Dante was more of a poet than a philosopher, I lock in with B and play for $250K.
To the average player and watcher, Philosopher stuck out like a sore thumb... and that's why I cringed when Wendell took the ATA. Seeing 72% of the audience go for that answer made me yell out "Dursted®!"
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Perhaps you are too close but it was that high because we are, generally speaking, a country of geo nit wits. This guy, who did reasonably well otherwise until dursted, seems a good example.Appa23 wrote:I am shocked that this guy needed to use a 50-50 for the geography question.
SD, NE, and KS are all in a row, and have very similar widths.
This seemed like a $4,000 question, at best.
(Of course, I may be too close to the question.)
Geography questions are often overvalued.
They did have an interesting one on "Whose dumber than a fifth grade actor" the other night.
How many states border Lake Superior? I think it was a second grade geography question. Give me a 100 randomly selected second graders and I bet random chance will have a greater percentage correct than they would. Hardly seemed a second grade level question.
Not necessarily hard, but not second grade.
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Sure it is, just make the kiddies memorize "3".tanstaafl2 wrote:They did have an interesting one on "Whose dumber than a fifth grade actor" the other night.
How many states border Lake Superior? I think it was a second grade geography question. Give me a 100 randomly selected second graders and I bet random chance will have a greater percentage correct than they would. Hardly seemed a second grade level question.
Not necessarily hard, but not second grade.
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Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
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8K: I "knew" this but was plenty unsure when the Q came up. On the other hand, I was certain about the others. Recent Smithsonian article? Somewhere, anyway.
16K: I have driven through all of these places, but not on that route. Being sure took a while.
25K: I know from interviews its not Glover or Macy. I think its Buscemi, but I don't even know who Reilly is. 50/50
50K: Complete blank. I'd STQ it. Wow on the contestant knowing it.
100K: Make this my STQ 50K: I was pretty sure it was not the obvious, "The Philosopher". And I was pretty sure it was "The Poet", but pretty is not close enough. And I've used my 50/50 already. And my STQ. So PAF.
The audience is about the last source I'd trust on this one. Why was this otherwise great contestant so intent on showing his son what ballsiness, or whatever, was, that he did not STQ or PAF here?
16K: I have driven through all of these places, but not on that route. Being sure took a while.
25K: I know from interviews its not Glover or Macy. I think its Buscemi, but I don't even know who Reilly is. 50/50
50K: Complete blank. I'd STQ it. Wow on the contestant knowing it.
100K: Make this my STQ 50K: I was pretty sure it was not the obvious, "The Philosopher". And I was pretty sure it was "The Poet", but pretty is not close enough. And I've used my 50/50 already. And my STQ. So PAF.
The audience is about the last source I'd trust on this one. Why was this otherwise great contestant so intent on showing his son what ballsiness, or whatever, was, that he did not STQ or PAF here?