Transcript 9/28/2012 John Exumé (carryover contestant)

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John Exumé
Jamaica, NY

John banked $50,000 on his "double money" question yesterday and has $52,500 in his bank and two lifelines (ATA and JTQ) remaining. John almost didn't make it to the audition because his kitten Snowball gave him "a liquid surprise" that day. He picked her up to say goodbye and she "left some liquid" on his pants leg. He didn't have time to change so he went to the audition and his friend Anjani (in the relationship seat) doused him with perfume. He framed the pants, believing them

Topic Tree: (randomized)
Lunar Surface
From the French
Math Haters
Comedy Traditions
Artistic Expressions
Game Off

Question #5 (Game Off)
Which of the following games was illegal in New York City from 1942 to 1976?
A - darts
B - ping pong
C - billiards
D - pinball

John doesn't think that

Spoiler

pinball

was invented then. He decides to ask the audience.

ATA results

A - 41%
B - 2%
C - 45%
D - 12%

Two of the answers are so close statistically that he decides to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: D (pinball)
Value: $3,000
Bank: $52,500 (no change)

Question #6 (Artistic Expressions)
French artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir once said, "I never think I have finished a" what "until I think I could pinch it?"
A - still life
B - landscape
C - nude
D - self portrait

John says that if he

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painted a picture so real that people would want to pinch it it's probably a nude

.

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Answer: C (nude)
Value: $10,000
Bank: $62,500

Question #7 (Comedy Traditions)
Norm MacDonald joked that Bob Saget had a face like "a flower...a cauliflower," in a comedy tradition that shares its name with what cooking term?
A - roasting
B - caramelizing
C - grilling
D - searing

John knows that some cooks

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roast cauliflower

.

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Answer: A (roasting)
Value: $7,000
Bank: $69,500

Question #8 (Math History)
In 2012, it can be said that what historic event took place "fourscore and seven years ago"?
A - stock market crash
B - Scopes monkey trial
C - repeal of Prohibition
D - end of World War I

John knows how many years "fourscore and seven" equals. He knows the stock market crash was

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1929

and believes World War I ended in

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1918

. He thinks Prohibition

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started in 1929

. He says that Kenny Rogers is one of his favorite singers and he sang, "You've got to know when to hold, when to fold, when to walk away and when to run." So he folds. He's done.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Scopes monkey trial)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $34,700 (half the bank)

commercial break

[MarleysGh0st]

Question #5 (Game Off)
Which of the following games was illegal in New York City from 1942 to 1976?
A - darts
B - ping pong
C - billiards
D - pinball

John doesn't think that

Spoiler

pinball

was invented then. He decides to ask the audience.

ATA results

A - 41%
B - 2%
C - 45%
D - 12%

Two of the answers are so close statistically that he decides to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: D (pinball)
Value: $3,000
Bank: $52,500 (no change)

Behold the power of leading the audience!

But why did 41% get distracted by darts?

[jarnon]

Question #5 (Game Off)
Which of the following games was illegal in New York City from 1942 to 1976?
A - darts
B - ping pong
C - billiards
D - pinball

John doesn't think that

Spoiler

pinball

was invented then.

Maybe he's thinking of modern pinball machines that are like video games. I played traditional pinball long before 1976.

[Kazoo65]

6. Ugh, I JTQ here. 
7. I'm guessing it's nude.
8. Roasting, final answer.

9. JTQ. I know history, so I know when these things happened, but throw in math and I've got trouble.

[hss501]

Once he identified the year as 1925 I'm surprised he didn't try to reason it out. Not sure how solid is his knowledge of historical dates, but he should know WWI, and there's a good chance he could tease out the market crash and the end of prohibition as well, even if he doesn't know those dates cold. I thought this was a good question: required some assorted knowledge, but not likely to inspire a confident wrong answer.

[SportsFan68]

So far, so good.

Question #5 (Game Off)
Which of the following games was illegal in New York City from 1942 to 1976?
A - darts
B - ping pong
C - billiards
D - pinball

John doesn't think that

Spoiler

pinball

was invented then. He decides to ask the audience.

ATA results

A - 41%
B - 2%
C - 45%
D - 12%

Two of the answers are so close statistically that he decides to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: D (pinball)
Value: $3,000
Bank: $52,500 (no change)

This is a New York audience. ATA.

Question #8 (Math History)
In 2012, it can be said that what historic event took place "fourscore and seven years ago"?
A - stock market crash
B - Scopes monkey trial
C - repeal of Prohibition
D - end of World War I

John knows how many years "fourscore and seven" equals. He knows the stock market crash was

Spoiler

1929

and believes World War I ended in

Spoiler

1918

. He thinks Prohibition

Spoiler

started in 1929

. He says that Kenny Rogers is one of his favorite singers and he sang, "You've got to know when to hold, when to fold, when to walk away and when to run." So he folds. He's done.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Scopes monkey trial)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $34,700 (half the bank)

Good grief. OK, fourscore and seven = 87. 2012 - 87 = 1925. Stock market crash was 1929. End of WWI was 1918 or 1919. Repeal of Prohibtion was 1930 something. B, final answer.

[hss501]

So far, so good.

Question #5 (Game Off)
Which of the following games was illegal in New York City from 1942 to 1976?
A - darts
B - ping pong
C - billiards
D - pinball

John doesn't think that

Spoiler

pinball

was invented then. He decides to ask the audience.

ATA results

A - 41%
B - 2%
C - 45%
D - 12%

Two of the answers are so close statistically that he decides to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: D (pinball)
Value: $3,000
Bank: $52,500 (no change)

This is a New York audience. ATA.

Question #8 (Math History)
In 2012, it can be said that what historic event took place "fourscore and seven years ago"?
A - stock market crash
B - Scopes monkey trial
C - repeal of Prohibition
D - end of World War I

John knows how many years "fourscore and seven" equals. He knows the stock market crash was

Spoiler

1929

and believes World War I ended in

Spoiler

1918

. He thinks Prohibition

Spoiler

started in 1929

. He says that Kenny Rogers is one of his favorite singers and he sang, "You've got to know when to hold, when to fold, when to walk away and when to run." So he folds. He's done.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Scopes monkey trial)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $34,700 (half the bank)

Good grief. OK, fourscore and seven = 87. 2012 - 87 = 1925. Stock market crash was 1929. End of WWI was 1918 or 1919. Repeal of Prohibtion was 1930 something. B, final answer.

Yeah, but Prohibition and the market crash are tougher to date for an immigrant.

[SportsFan68]

So far, so good.

Question #5 (Game Off)
Which of the following games was illegal in New York City from 1942 to 1976?
A - darts
B - ping pong
C - billiards
D - pinball

John doesn't think that

Spoiler

pinball

was invented then. He decides to ask the audience.

ATA results

A - 41%
B - 2%
C - 45%
D - 12%

Two of the answers are so close statistically that he decides to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: D (pinball)
Value: $3,000
Bank: $52,500 (no change)

This is a New York audience. ATA.

Question #8 (Math History)
In 2012, it can be said that what historic event took place "fourscore and seven years ago"?
A - stock market crash
B - Scopes monkey trial
C - repeal of Prohibition
D - end of World War I

John knows how many years "fourscore and seven" equals. He knows the stock market crash was

Spoiler

1929

and believes World War I ended in

Spoiler

1918

. He thinks Prohibition

Spoiler

started in 1929

. He says that Kenny Rogers is one of his favorite singers and he sang, "You've got to know when to hold, when to fold, when to walk away and when to run." So he folds. He's done.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Scopes monkey trial)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $34,700 (half the bank)

Good grief. OK, fourscore and seven = 87. 2012 - 87 = 1925. Stock market crash was 1929. End of WWI was 1918 or 1919. Repeal of Prohibtion was 1930 something. B, final answer.

Yeah, but Prohibition and the market crash are tougher to date for an immigrant.

I wasn't goodgriefing about the contestant; sorry it sounded that way. I was goodgriefing with Kazoo about the math and the difficulty of getting to one of those dates.

[earendel]

John Exumé
Jamaica, NY

John banked $50,000 on his "double money" question yesterday and has $52,500 in his bank and two lifelines (ATA and JTQ) remaining. John almost didn't make it to the audition because his kitten Snowball gave him "a liquid surprise" that day. He picked her up to say goodbye and she "left some liquid" on his pants leg. He didn't have time to change so he went to the audition and his friend Anjani (in the relationship seat) doused him with perfume. He framed the pants, believing them to be lucky.

Question #5 (Game Off)
Which of the following games was illegal in New York City from 1942 to 1976?
A - darts
B - ping pong
C - billiards
D - pinball

John doesn't think that

Spoiler

pinball

was invented then. He decides to ask the audience.

ATA results

A - 41%
B - 2%
C - 45%
D - 12%

Two of the answers are so close statistically that he decides to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: D (pinball)
Value: $3,000
Bank: $52,500 (no change)

This was true in Oklahoma when I was growing up.

Question #8 (Math History)
In 2012, it can be said that what historic event took place "fourscore and seven years ago"?
A - stock market crash
B - Scopes monkey trial
C - repeal of Prohibition
D - end of World War I

John knows how many years "fourscore and seven" equals. He knows the stock market crash was

Spoiler

1929

and believes World War I ended in

Spoiler

1918

. He thinks Prohibition

Spoiler

started in 1929

. He says that Kenny Rogers is one of his favorite singers and he sang, "You've got to know when to hold, when to fold, when to walk away and when to run." So he folds. He's done.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Scopes monkey trial)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $34,700 (half the bank)

After doing the math myself I knew the answer right away. If I hadn't, I could have deduced it from the dates of the others.

[earendel]

Question #5 (Game Off)
Which of the following games was illegal in New York City from 1942 to 1976?
A - darts
B - ping pong
C - billiards
D - pinball

John doesn't think that

Spoiler

pinball

was invented then. He decides to ask the audience.

ATA results

A - 41%
B - 2%
C - 45%
D - 12%

Two of the answers are so close statistically that he decides to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: D (pinball)
Value: $3,000
Bank: $52,500 (no change)

Behold the power of leading the audience!

But why did 41% get distracted by darts?

Maybe they thought about pointy objects being dangerous and thus illegal.

[Bob78164]

Yeah, but Prohibition and the market crash are tougher to date for an immigrant.

Given the economy the last several years, I would think the start of the Great Depression is relatively easy. For Prohibition it helps to watch Boardwalk Empire. --Bob

[elwoodblues]

John knows that some cooks

Spoiler

roast cauliflower.

Somebody please, please, please tell me this was not how he actually arrived at that answer.

[Bob78164]

John knows that some cooks

Spoiler

roast cauliflower.

Somebody please, please, please tell me this was not how he actually arrived at that answer.

That's what he said (at least as it was aired). Who knows what may have been edited from his ruminations. --Bob

[geoffil]

How many MAWG's would have easily gotten this question correct?

[MarleysGh0st]

How many MAWG's would have easily gotten this question correct?

Which one?

[geoffil]

Which one?

I should have said both.

[kmills]

Question #5 (Game Off)

Behold the power of leading the audience!

But why did 41% get distracted by darts?

Maybe they thought about pointy objects being dangerous and thus illegal.

That's why I thought it was probably darts....although now pinball will always seem a little more sinister.