Transcript 3/9/2011 - David Hankins (carryover)

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David Hankins
Cambridge, MA
medical student - Harvard

Topic tree (randomized)
Numbers indicate prerandomized level
10 Cat Fancy
5 Mane Man
4 In Uniform
6 Classic Car
7 Under Pressure
2 Ring Around the World
9 Nicknames
3 Spiritual Leaders
(8 Back to School - $7,000)
(1 Odd Inventions - $100)

Question 3 (3 - Spiritual Leaders)
Which of these leaders is commonly called "Mahatma," an honorific meaning "Great Soul"?
a. Mao Zedong
b. Nelson Mandela
c. Ho Chi Minh
d. Mohandas Gandhi

value/answer/bank

d. Mohandas Gandhi
value: $1,000
bank: $8,100

Question 4 (9 - Nicknames)
Which of these great painters is commonly known by the name of his home town, not by his birth name?
a. Velazquez
b. Caravaggio
c. Goya
d. Degas

Jump the question 1 used

value/answer/bank

b. Caravaggio
value: ($5,000)
bank: $8,100

Question 5 (2 - Ring Around the World)
Known for its volcanoes and earthquake activity, the region surrounding the Pacific Ocean is called the "Ring of" what?
a. Darkness
b. Fire
c. Iron
d. Thunder

value/answer/bank

b. Fire
value: $10,000
bank: $18,100

Question 6 (7 - Under Pressure)
Which of these substances, if subjected to enough heat and pressure, could theoretically be turned into a diamond?
a. Table salt
b. Talcum powder
c. Sand
d. Pencil graphite

Ask the audience used

ATA results

a:5% b:3% c:25% d:67%

value/answer/bank

d. Pencil graphite
value: $2,000
bank: $20,100

Question 7 (6 - Classic Car)
Featuring rear-hinged passenger doors, what classic car model is showcased in the opening credits of the TV series "Entourage"?
a. Pontiac GTO
b. Lincoln Continental
c. Ford Mustang
d. Cadillac Eldorado

Jump the question 2 used

value/answer/bank

b. Lincoln Continental
value: ($15,000)
bank: $20,100

Question 8 (4 - In Uniform)
A "zoomie" is a slang term for a cadet in what branch of the US military?
a. Air Force
b. Army
c. Navy
d. Marines

value/answer/bank

a. Air Force
value: $500
bank: $20,600

Question 9 (5 - Mane Man)
As any lexicomane could tell you, a "lexicomane" is a lover of what?
a. Dictionaries
b. Cold weather
c. Red wine
d. Puppets

value/answer/bank

a. Dictionaries
value: $25,000
bank: $45,600

Question 10 (10 - Cat Fancy)
A common striped fur pattern seen on tabby cats shares its name with what breed of fish?
a. Mackerel
b. Halibut
c. Cod
d. Herring

value/answer/bank

a. Mackerel
value: $3,000
bank: $48,600

Question 11 ($100,000)
Who once wrote, "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent"?
a. Susan B. Anthony
b. Eleanor Roosevelt
c. Amelia Earhart
d. Rosa Parks

answer and result

b. Eleanor Roosevelt

David answers correctly.
bank: $100,000

Question 12 ($250,000)
What country's flag is the only national flag in the world whose front and back sides feature different emblems?
a. Indonesia
b. Kazakhstan
c. Gabon
d. Paraguay

answer and result

d. Paraguay

David decides to walk away and leaves with $100,000.

Flashback question ($100,000 - 2006)
According to the Oxford University Press, what is the most commonly used noun in the English language?
a. Word
b. Time
c. Man
d. Thing

answer

b. Time

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Bumped.

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Question 7 (6 - Classic Car)
Featuring rear-hinged passenger doors, what classic car model is showcased in the opening credits of the TV series "Entourage"?
a. Pontiac GTO
b. Lincoln Continental
c. Ford Mustang
d. Cadillac Eldorado

These television Qs are gonna kill me.

Or maybe they could ask questions about shows I watch. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is on right now.

SteelersFan is watching March Madness in the other room.

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David Hankins
Cambridge, MA
medical student - Harvard

Question 4 (9 - Nicknames)
Which of these great painters is commonly known by the name of his home town, not by his birth name?
a. Velazquez
b. Caravaggio
c. Goya
d. Degas

Jump the question 1 used

value/answer/bank

b. Caravaggio
value: ($5,000)
bank: $8,100

There were several Caravaggio paintings in a church in Milan that elwing and I saw while there a few years ago, along with some biographical stuff that mentioned this.

Question 7 (6 - Classic Car)
Featuring rear-hinged passenger doors, what classic car model is showcased in the opening credits of the TV series "Entourage"?
a. Pontiac GTO
b. Lincoln Continental
c. Ford Mustang
d. Cadillac Eldorado

Jump the question 2 used

value/answer/bank

b. Lincoln Continental
value: ($15,000)
bank: $20,100

When I was dating elwing her family owned a Lincoln Continental with the rear-hinged doors.

Question 8 (4 - In Uniform)
A "zoomie" is a slang term for a cadet in what branch of the US military?
a. Air Force
b. Army
c. Navy
d. Marines

value/answer/bank

a. Air Force
value: $500
bank: $20,600

My first thought was "D", with "zoomie" coming from "Montezuma" (as in "...the halls of..."). Then I realized what the "zoom" was for.

Question 10 (10 - Cat Fancy)
A common striped fur pattern seen on tabby cats shares its name with what breed of fish?
a. Mackerel
b. Halibut
c. Cod
d. Herring

value/answer/bank

a. Mackerel
value: $3,000
bank: $48,600

No idea. I might have gone with "herring" (as in the herringbone pattern). But assuming I didn't pull the trigger, I'd use a JTQ on this one.

Question 11 ($100,000)
Who once wrote, "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent"?
a. Susan B. Anthony
b. Eleanor Roosevelt
c. Amelia Earhart
d. Rosa Parks

answer and result

b. Eleanor Roosevelt

David answers correctly.
bank: $100,000

Time for my second JTQ.

Question 12 ($250,000)
What country's flag is the only national flag in the world whose front and back sides feature different emblems?
a. Indonesia
b. Kazakhstan
c. Gabon
d. Paraguay

answer and result

d. Paraguay

David decides to walk away and leaves with $100,000.

This is a pretty standard trivia question, so I'd be going for $500K. David had a good run, though.

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David Hankins
Cambridge, MA
medical student - Harvard
Question 6 (7 - Under Pressure)
Which of these substances, if subjected to enough heat and pressure, could theoretically be turned into a diamond?
a. Table salt
b. Talcum powder
c. Sand
d. Pencil graphite

Ask the audience used

ATA results

a:5% b:3% c:25% d:67%

value/answer/bank

d. Pencil graphite
value: $2,000
bank: $20,100

A bit disappointing that a med student can't get this one. Then again it is a Haaaah-vud med student so they probably focus on students who know a bunch of artsy fartsy crap and don't have time to be bothered with basic science when they interview applicants...

Question 12 ($250,000)
What country's flag is the only national flag in the world whose front and back sides feature different emblems?
a. Indonesia
b. Kazakhstan
c. Gabon
d. Paraguay

answer and result

d. Paraguay

David decides to walk away and leaves with $100,000.

This is a pretty standard trivia question, so I'd be going for $500K. David had a good run, though.

May well be a fairly standard trivia question but doesn't seem entirely correct to me. While Paraguay has 2 different seals on each side the flag of Saudi Arabia also has a different emblem on each side as well. The script is reversed to read correctly on each side and the sword always points in the direction of the script (right to left for arabic) So it points towards the hoist on one side and the fly on the other. The emblem is in fact identical on each side but it is not a flag where if the color on one side continued through to the other side it would be correct as is the case for the US flag for example. A bit more subtle but a different emblem just the same. The PHS flag has a similar characteristic as the words on the seal part of the design are reversed so that they appear in correct orientation and readable on the back side but the central design is not reversed as compared to the obverse.

At least Saudi Arabia isn't an option so I suppose it is the "most correct" of the available options.

Probably could have gotten it right if I got that far. Which is unlikely given I didn't have a clue about the 100K Q.