Transcript 12/17/2010 - Mike Beeman

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Mike Beeman
Indianapolis, IN
Retired postal worker

He came to pick up a few bucks.

Topic Tree: (unrandomized)
- Heavy Metal
- Superstitions
- Monk-y Business
- Nice Wheels
- Reality TV
- Where It's Worn
- Close Race
- With the Band
- Free Food
- That's a Wrap

Topic Tree: (randomized)
- Reality TV
- Where It's Worn
- Nice Wheels
- Free Food
- Monk-y Business
- Superstitions
- That's A Wrap
- Close Race
- With the Band
- Heavy Metal

Question #1 (Heavy Metal)
In 2010, the 112th element on the periodic table was officially named in honor of what noted scientist?
A - Nicholas Copernicus
B - Max Planck
C - Blaise Pascal
D - Johannes Kepler

Mike is thinking along the lines of

Spoiler

A

and he makes that his final answer

Spoiler

Answer: A (Nicholas Copernicus)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $1,000

Question #2 (With the Band)
The Silver Bullet Band is the longtime backing band of what popular musician?
A - Van Morrison
B - John Mellencamp
C - Tom Petty
D - Bob Seger

Mike says he can't go wrong on this one.

Spoiler

Answer: D (Bob Seger)
Value: $500
Bank: $1,500

Question #3 (Close Race)
After narrowly winning office, what U.S. president faced rumors that his rich father, Joseph, "bought" the election?
A - Herbert Hoover
B - Rutherford B. Hayes
C - Theodore Roosevelt
D - John F. Kennedy

Mike is pretty solid on this one, too.

Spoiler

Answer: D (John F. Kennedy)
Value: $7,000
Bank: $8,500

Question #4 (That's A Wrap)
A popular offering of spas, a kelp wrap involves covering a person's skin with what?
A - wax
B - seaweed
C - wood
D - oatmeal

Spoiler

Answer: B (seaweed)
Value: $3,000
Bank: $11,500

Question #5 (Superstitions)
According to legend, what historic London landmark has superstitiously housed ravens for at least a century?
A - Tower of London
B - Big Ben
C - Buckingham Palace
D - Westminster Abbey

Mike thinks he'd better jump this question.

Spoiler

Answer: A (Tower of London)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $11,500 (no change)

Question #6 (Monk-y Business)
The first Westerner to become an ordained Tibetan Buddhist monk is also the father of what famous actress?
A - Winona Ryder
B - Geena Davis
C - Alicia Silverstone
D - Uma Thurman

Mike is going to have to jump this one also.

Spoiler

Answer: D (Uma Thurman)
Value: $100
Bank: $11,500 (no change)

Question #7 (Free Food)
Every July 11th a national convenience store chain marks its anniversary by giving out free what?
A - Happy Meals
B - Slurpees
C - Munchkins
D - Polar Pops

This is harder than Mike thought it was going to be. He figures out that the chain is

Spoiler

7-Eleven

and then associates the product with the store.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Slurpees)
Value: $10,000
Bank: $21,500

commercial break

He came with his wife Kim, who is in the relationship seat. On a scale of 1 to 10 for excitement Mike is a 9.5.

Question #8 (Nice Wheels)
A 1959 Cadillac Miller-Meteor ambulance, dubbed the "Ecto-1" famously appeared in what '80s comedy?
A - The Blues Brothers
B - Ghostbusters
C - Sixteen Candles
D - Weird Science

He can rule out two of them but can't choose between the others. Meredith reminds him of his Ask the Audience lifeline and Mike says it would be a good idea to use it.

ATA results

A - 2%
B - 92%
C - 3%
D - 3%

He's glad he asked the audience.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Ghostbusters)
Value: $5,000
Bank: $26,500

Question #9 (Where It's Worn)
In a nod to the venue where they were traditionally worn, women's gloves that extend to the elbow are called what?
A - circus gloves
B - bullfight gloves
C - opera gloves
D - casino gloves

Mike is going to have to do some eliminating.

Spoiler

Bullfight gloves

is off the table; as for

Spoiler

casino gloves

Mike can't see someone getting dice hot wearing gloves.

Spoiler

Circus gloves

doesn't make any sense. By process of elimination he makes

Spoiler

opera gloves

his final answer.

Spoiler

Answer: C (opera gloves)
Value: $15,000
Bank: $41,500

The "blast from the past" question was worth $100,000 in 2004.

Despite its nickname, Howard Hughes's so-called "Spruce Goose" was an airplane built mainly out of what wood?
A - birch
B - ash
C - oak
D - pine

Spoiler

A (birch)

Question #10 (Reality TV)
What 1980s TV star spent a year teaching English in a Philadelphia high school for a 2010 reality series?
A - Soleil Moon Frye
B - Tony Danza
C - Scott Baio
D - Justine Bateman

Of all the times for Mike to watch television the '80s would have been the poorest. He's heard of 3 of the 4 people. If he still had the 50:50 available he might gamble, but since it's not, he's going to walk.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Tony Danza)
Value: $25,000
Bank: $20,750 (final winnings)

[earendel]

Mike Beeman
Indianapolis, IN
Retired postal worker

He came to pick up a few bucks.

At least $1K.

Question #1 (Heavy Metal)
In 2010, the 112th element on the periodic table was officially named in honor of what noted scientist?
A - Nicholas Copernicus
B - Max Planck
C - Blaise Pascal
D - Johannes Kepler

Mike is thinking along the lines of

Spoiler

A

and he makes that his final answer

Spoiler

Answer: A (Nicholas Copernicus)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $1,000

I'm thinking this was a FJ question a while back.

Question #6 (Monk-y Business)
The first Westerner to become an ordained Tibetan Buddhist monk is also the father of what famous actress?
A - Winona Ryder
B - Geena Davis
C - Alicia Silverstone
D - Uma Thurman

Mike is going to have to jump this one also.

Spoiler

Answer: D (Uma Thurman)
Value: $100
Bank: $11,500 (no change)

Hmmm...do I ATA or JTQ? This doesn't sound like one the audience would know, so JTQ.

Question #10 (Reality TV)
What 1980s TV star spent a year teaching English in a Philadelphia high school for a 2010 reality series?
A - Soleil Moon Frye
B - Tony Danza
C - Scott Baio
D - Justine Bateman

Of all the times for Mike to watch television the '80s would have been the poorest. He's heard of 3 of the 4 people. If he still had the 50:50 available he might gamble, but since it's not, he's going to walk.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Tony Danza)
Value: $25,000
Bank: $20,750 (final winnings)

Might as well ATA on this one. My thought was that it would be someone from one of the school-based shows like "Welcome Back, Kotter" or "Head of the Class".

[themanintheseersuckersuit]

Question #5 (Superstitions)
According to legend, what historic London landmark has superstitiously housed ravens for at least a century?
A - Tower of London
B - Big Ben
C - Buckingham Palace
D - Westminster Abbey

A Century? what the French?

The Legend of the Ravens in the Tower of London
The Legend of the Ravens in the Tower of London was instigated, in the main, to a Medieval chronicler called Geoffrey of Monmouth. The stories of many Welsh Celtic legends and Myths, and their authenticity, were raised by Geoffrey of Monmouth. In 1136 Geoffrey of Monmouth wrote a book called Historia Regum Britanniae - the History of the King's of Britain. In this book Geoffrey of Monmouth refers to an early British King called King Bran Hen of Bryneich (born c.485). The Welsh word for Raven is Bran. This ancient King of the Dark Ages was killed in a battle and requested that his head was buried, as a talisman against invasion, on Gwynfryn (the 'White Mount') where The Tower of London now stands. To this day ravens are accepted as highly important and necessary occupants of the Tower of London. Legend has it that should the ravens ever leave the Tower of London the White Tower will crumble and a great disaster shall befall England.

[takinover]

The "blast from the past" question was worth $100,000 in 2004.

Despite its nickname, Howard Hughes's so-called "Spruce Goose" was an airplane built mainly out of what wood?
A - birch
B - ash
C - oak
D - pine

Spoiler

A (birch)

Looks awfully familiar. Maybe it was a cosmic message but I was FF as I usually do through the commercials (yes I still use VCRs) and since the question caught my eye, I stopped the tape to go back and the cassette tape broke off.

[Kazoo65]

Q 1-no idea. JTQ

Q 2-Bob Seger is from Detroit, so I know this one.

Q 3-easy.

Q 4-easy

Q 5-easy. I've been to London and have seen the Tower of London (and the ravens)

Q 6-JTQ or ATA. Might go with ATA because it's sort of pop culture.

Q 7-easy. In fact, I'd be going for $100K with at least one LL left.