Transcript 10/03/12 Jason Faris

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Jason Faris
Rohnert Park, CA
18 years in the Coast Guard

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At the Pet Store
Hitmaker
Play It Again, Robot
Ask Not Notes
Off Broadway
Gross Marriage
Children Who Hunt
Famous Phrases
Party Pooper
Branded Travel

Question 1 - Branded Travel

Catering to thrill-seekers who wish to walk on lava fields & ice sheets, a National Geographic cruise will circumnavigate what country in 2013?

A: Iceland
B: Vanuatu
C: Tonga
D: St. Lucia

ATA

Spoiler

A: 78%
B: 12%
C: 7%
D: 3%

Answer and value

A: Iceland
Value: $2,000
Bank: $2,000

Question 2 - Party Pooper

Rachel Dratch made what perpetually negative character famous on Saturday Night Live?

A: Sally Stinker
B: Gloria Gloomy
C: Betty Bleak
D: Debbie Downer

One is popping out at him...

Spoiler

Debbie Downer

...but he's not confident enough. JTQ.

Answer and value

D. Debbie Downer
Value: $100
Bank: $2,000

Question 3 - Famous Phrases

What expression served as the title of a popular 1978 Donna Summer disco film?

A: A Case of the Mondays
B: Working for the Weekend
C: Sunday Funday
D: Thank God It's Friday

He's thinking...

Spoiler

Working for the Weekend

...but he wants to stay in the game. JTQ.

Answer and value

D: Thank God It's Friday
Value: $10,000
Bank: $2,000

Question 4 - Children Who Hunt

Which of these holidays often involves sending children into a field to hunt?

A: Christmas
B: Fourth of July
C: Hanukkah
D: Easter

Answer and value

D: Easter (eggs)
Value: $3,000
Bank: $5,000

Commercial break.

Daughter Andrea (and almost an entire row of other family and friends) are in the audience.

Question 5 - Gross Marriage

Before marrying Mark Antony, it is believed that Cleopatra was married to both Ptolemy XIII & Ptolemy XIV, who were her what?

A: Uncles
B: Brothers
C: Nephews
D: Cousins

Answer and value

B: Brothers
Value: $25,000
Bank: $30,000

Question 6 - Off Broadway

With a 17-block span of theaters holding over 12,000 seats, what city boasts its theater district is second in the nation to New York's Broadway?

A: Seattle
B: Minneapolis
C: Houston
D: Miami

Spoiler

C

is jumping out at him, but he chooses to walk. He leaves with $15,000 dollars.

Answer and value

C: Houston (he would have been right.)
Value: $not revealed

Commercial Break.

QOTD (not found in archive): A 2010 study claims that the maximum number of moves needed to solve a Rubik's Cube from any starting position is what?

A: 9
B: 20
C: 43
D: 72

Spoiler

B

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Jason Faris
Rohnert Park, CA
18 years in the Coast Guard

And before that he was in the Army. Props to someone as dedicated as that.

Question 3 - Famous Phrases

What expression served as the title of a popular 1978 Donna Summer disco film?

A: A Case of the Mondays
B: Working for the Weekend
C: Sunday Funday
D: Thank God It's Friday

He's thinking...

Spoiler

Working for the Weekend

...but he wants to stay in the game. JTQ.

Answer and value

D: Thank God It's Friday
Value: $10,000
Bank: $2,000

Wow - three questions and three lifelines gone. On this one I would have been leaning toward "Working for the Weekend" because of her song "She Works Hard for the Money". But I wouldn't be confident enough to go for it. JTQ #1 for me.

Question 6 - Off Broadway

With a 17-block span of theaters holding over 12,000 seats, what city boasts its theater district is second in the nation to New York's Broadway?

A: Seattle
B: Minneapolis
C: Houston
D: Miami

Spoiler

C

is jumping out at him, but he chooses to walk. He leaves with $15,000 dollars.

Answer and value

C: Houston (he would have been right.)
Value: not revealed

I wouldn't have thought of that. JTQ #2 for me.

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Question 1 - Branded Travel

Catering to thrill-seekers who wish to walk on lava fields & ice sheets, a National Geographic cruise will circumnavigate what country in 2013?

A: Iceland
B: Vanuatu
C: Tonga
D: St. Lucia

ATA

Spoiler

A: 78%
B: 12%
C: 7%
D: 3%

Answer and value

A: Iceland
Value: $2,000
Bank: $2,000

There goes another geography question I knew. I think I'm running about 25/75.

Question 2 - Party Pooper

Rachel Dratch made what perpetually negative character famous on Saturday Night Live?

A: Sally Stinker
B: Gloria Gloomy
C: Betty Bleak
D: Debbie Downer

One is popping out at him...

Spoiler

Debbie Downer

...but he's not confident enough. JTQ.

Answer and value

D. Debbie Downer
Value: $100
Bank: $2,000

ATA

Question 3 - Famous Phrases

Question 6 - Off Broadway

With a 17-block span of theaters holding over 12,000 seats, what city boasts its theater district is second in the nation to New York's Broadway?

A: Seattle
B: Minneapolis
C: Houston
D: Miami

Spoiler

C

is jumping out at him, but he chooses to walk. He leaves with $15,000 dollars.

Answer and value

C: Houston (he would have been right.)
Value: $not revealed

JTQ