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Transcript 11/01/12 - Bill Weed

#1 Post by BBTranscriptTeam » Thu Nov 01, 2012 6:29 pm

Bill Weed
Berkeley, IL

Bill's wife, Jaime, and his grandson, Christian, are in the audience. Bill is here because of Christian. They watch the show together every afternoon, after Christian gets home from school. One day, Christian told Bill that they were having auditions and said he had to go!

Christian's advice was to take his time and win a lot of money.


Meredith asks the computer to randomize the money and the questions. The unrandomized Topic Tree is not shown.

Topic Tree (Randomized)
?: Alternate Titles
?: Famous Places
?: It's Complicated
?: Reporting Reunion
?: Hello, Dolly
?: Disney's Dancers
?: Sexy Science
?: Double Trouble
?: Fried Food
?: Births of a Nation


Question #1 - Level ?: Births of a Nation
Taking advantage of its name, what Ohio town hosts an annual festival "open to all multiples -- identical, fraternal, young and old"?

A: Fairlawn B: Orrville
C: Twinsburg D: Springboro
Answer/Value/Bank
C: Twinsburg
Question Value: $500
Bank: $500

Question #2 - Level ?: Fried Food
In its first documented mention, Washington Irving wrote in 1809 that what treat was basically "balls of sweetened dough fried in hog's fat"?

A: Pancake B: Doughnut
C: Knish D: Scone

Bill is torn between two, and to be honest, he doesn't know what a knish is. However, he thinks this New York audience does know what it is. He asks the audience.
ATA
A: 0% B: 91% C: 5% D: 4%
Answer/Value/Bank
B: Doughnut
Question Value: $100
Bank: $600

Question #3 - Level ?: Double Trouble
Unveiled in NYC in 2012, what sport star's wax figure features his "size-15 Jordan Brand Nike" shoes and "meticulous recreation" of his tattoos?

A: Carmelo Anthony B: Dwayne Wade
C: Steve Nash D: Tim Duncan

Bill is a big sports fans, but he's not sure about the tattoos. He's torn between
Spoiler
Carmelo Anthony and Dwayne Wade
.

Bill checks his Crystal Ball, which reveals that the value of this question is
Spoiler
$25,000.


Bill decides that he has to try for that money, so he goes with the "size-15" shoes and decides that
Spoiler
Dwayne Wade's
feet aren't that big. Meredith gives him a fake-out by saying his feet are pretty big, aren't they?
Answer/Value/Bank
A: Carmelo Anthony
Question Value: $25,000
Bank: $25,600

-- Commercial Break --


Question #4 - Level ?: Sexy Science
According to a bawdy bumper sticker, what scientists like to "Do it in the dirt"?

A: Astronomers B: Geneticists
C: Archaeologists D: Physicists
Answer/Value/Bank
C: Archaeologists
Question Value: $7,000
Bank: $32,600

Question #5 - Level ?: Disney's Dancers
Belly dancers entertain visitors at which of these Epcot them park areas?

A: Japan Pavilion B: Mexico Pavilion
C: Morocco Pavilion D: Italy Pavilion
Answer/Value/Bank
C: Morocco Pavilion
Question Value: $10,000
Bank: $42,600

Question #6 - Level ?: Hello, Dolly
Dolly Parton has said her husband first eyed her in 1964 when she was walking out of Wishy Washy, a Nashville what?

A: Pharmacy B: Florist
C: Laundromat D: Pizzeria
Answer/Value/Bank
C: Laundromat
Question Value: $15,000
Bank: $57,600

-- The End of Game "Noise" --


Bill will return on tomorrow's show.

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Re: Transcript 11/01/12 - Bill Weed

#2 Post by SportsFan68 » Thu Nov 01, 2012 7:52 pm

Question #3 - Level ?: Double Trouble
Unveiled in NYC in 2012, what sport star's wax figure features his "size-15 Jordan Brand Nike" shoes and "meticulous recreation" of his tattoos?

A: Carmelo Anthony B: Dwayne Wade
C: Steve Nash D: Tim Duncan

Bill is a big sports fans, but he's not sure about the tattoos. He's torn between
Spoiler
Carmelo Anthony and Dwayne Wade
.

Bill checks his Crystal Ball, which reveals that the value of this question is
Spoiler
$25,000.


Bill decides that he has to try for that money, so he goes with the "size-15" shoes and decides that
Spoiler
Dwayne Wade's
feet aren't that big. Meredith gives him a fake-out by saying his feet are pretty big, aren't they?
Answer/Value/Bank
A: Carmelo Anthony
Question Value: $25,000
Bank: $25,600
Fan woulda known this before the answers came up. I JTQ anyway despite its value so as to preserve some chance of getting to Round 2.
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Re: Transcript 11/01/12 - Bill Weed

#3 Post by jarnon » Thu Nov 01, 2012 9:02 pm

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #2 - Level ?: Fried Food
In its first documented mention, Washington Irving wrote in 1809 that what treat was basically "balls of sweetened dough fried in hog's fat"?

A: Pancake B: Doughnut
C: Knish D: Scone

Bill is torn between two, and to be honest, he doesn't know what a knish is. However, he thinks this New York audience does know what it is. He asks the audience.
ATA
A: 0% B: 91% C: 5% D: 4%
Answer/Value/Bank
B: Doughnut
Question Value: $100
Bank: $600
Knishes are well known in New York today, but not in Washington Irving's time. And they're often fried, but never in hog fat.
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Re: Transcript 11/01/12 - Bill Weed

#4 Post by Beavis & Butthead » Thu Nov 01, 2012 9:36 pm

Huh, huh, huh!!!! Huh, huh, huh!!!! Huh, huh, huh!!!! Huh, huh, huh!!!! Huh, huh, huh!!!! Huh, huh, huh!!!! Huh, huh, huh!!!!

Ummmmmmm, oh, Bill.

Nevermind. Huh huh huh!!!

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Re: Transcript 11/01/12 - Bill Weed

#5 Post by MarleysGh0st » Fri Nov 02, 2012 6:35 am

jarnon wrote:Knishes are well known in New York today, but not in Washington Irving's time. And they're often fried, but never in hog fat.
A Jewish delicacy isn't fried in hog fat?

Ya think? :mrgreen:

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#6 Post by Bob Juch » Sat Nov 03, 2012 11:45 am

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Re: Transcript 11/01/12 - Bill Weed

#7 Post by earendel » Mon Nov 05, 2012 9:15 am

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Bill Weed
Berkeley, IL

Bill's wife, Jaime, and his grandson, Christian, are in the audience. Bill is here because of Christian. They watch the show together every afternoon, after Christian gets home from school. One day, Christian told Bill that they were having auditions and said he had to go!

Christian's advice was to take his time and win a lot of money.
Surely Bill didn't really need his grandson's encouragement.
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #3 - Level ?: Double Trouble
Unveiled in NYC in 2012, what sport star's wax figure features his "size-15 Jordan Brand Nike" shoes and "meticulous recreation" of his tattoos?

A: Carmelo Anthony B: Dwayne Wade
C: Steve Nash D: Tim Duncan

Bill is a big sports fans, but he's not sure about the tattoos. He's torn between
Spoiler
Carmelo Anthony and Dwayne Wade
.

Bill checks his Crystal Ball, which reveals that the value of this question is
Spoiler
$25,000.


Bill decides that he has to try for that money, so he goes with the "size-15" shoes and decides that
Spoiler
Dwayne Wade's
feet aren't that big. Meredith gives him a fake-out by saying his feet are pretty big, aren't they?
Answer/Value/Bank
A: Carmelo Anthony
Question Value: $25,000
Bank: $25,600
Which one of them plays for the Knicks? That's all you need to know.

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