Transcript 12/13/2013 - Abby Brantley

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Abby Brantley
Pearland, TX
accountant

Abby is excited to be here. She's an accountant (she calls herself a "number-cruncher") and knows about money.

Topic Tree (randomized):
Famous Americans
Put a Ring Around It
For the Birds
Rock and a Hot Place
Plot Checkpoint
International Rollers
Cupid Misfires
Man and Machine
Better and Better
No Last Names

Question #1 (No Last Names):
With surnames that are often followed by "dottir" or "son," what country's phone book lists people by their first name?
A - Germany
B - Iceland
C - Russia
D - Switzerland

Abby says, "Wow." Cedric jokes that until he saw the word "country" he was thinking "Brooklyn" and riffs about calling people "son". Abby hates to do it but she doesn't know so she's going to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Iceland)
Value: $3,000
Bank: $0

Question #2 (Better and Better):
Wine, cheese and wisdom appear on Prevention magazine's list of "50 Things That Get Better With" what?
A - Fresh Air
B - Another Drink
C - Age
D - A Dab of Hot Sauce

Abby is sure about this one.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Age)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $1,000

Question #3 (Man and Machine):
Not exactly Tour de France material, an early version of the bicycle required to push yourself along with your feet and was called a what?
A - Rockin' Rider
B - Scuttle Cart
C - Shove-n-Push
D - Dandy Horse

Abby doesn't know this offhand but she's going to try and make sense of it. She says

Spoiler

Shove-n-Push doesn't really sound like using feet, while Scuttle Cart could

. She decides to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: D (Dandy Horse)
Value: $500
Bank: $1,000

Question #4 (Cupid Misfires):
According to Psychology Today, what is the most frequently cited location of a Craigslist Missed Connection?
A - Home Depot
B - Walmart
C - Olive Garden
D - Victoria's Secret

"Wow, OK!" Abby says. She says that Craigslist is an interesting place to visit. She decides to ask the audience.

Ask the Audience results

A - 16%
B - 57%
C - 6%
D - 21%

That was Abby's initial gut feeling on this question. She adds that the audience looks pretty smart.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Walmart)
Value: $7,000
Bank: $8,000

commercial break

Question #5 (International Rollers):
Classes in medical "cannabusiness" are offered at what California institution of "higher learning"?
A - The Shangainatti Institute
B - Oaksterdam University
C - Honolong Kong State College
D - University of Romahoma City

Abby has never heard of any of these but she can say that

Spoiler

Shanghai, Hong Kong and Oklahoma City are not in California

so she's going with

Spoiler

B

.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Oaksterdam University)
Value: $100
Bank: $8,100

Question #6 (Plot Checkpoint):
"The black guy dies first," "the girl always trips while running" and "sex gets you killed" are common clichés of which genre?
A - romantic comedies
B - biopics
C - period dramas
D - horror

Abby has seen a few

Spoiler

horror movies and unfortunately all of these seem to be true

.

Spoiler

Answer: D (horror)
Value: $10,000
Bank: $18,100

Question #7 (Rock and a Hot Place):
Which early geological time period got its name because of the assumption that, at the time, it was like hell on Earth?
A - Cenozoic era
B - Hadean eon
C - Triassic period
D - Cambrian period

Abby believes that

Spoiler

Hades is another name for hell and doesn't see anything in any of the other answers that looks like "hell"

.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Hadean eon)
Value: $5,000
Bank: $23,100

commercial break

Question #8 (For the Birds):
The Scientist Magazine unveils a bright side to litter, reporting that birds suffer from fewer mites and lice when they line their nests with discarded what?
A - candy wrapperws
B - bottle caps
C - paper napkins
D - cigarette butts

Abby thinks she's just going to go with

Spoiler

D

.

Spoiler

Answer: D (cigarette butts)
Value: $25,000
Bank: $48,100

Question #9 (Put a Ring Around It):
Looking at the Olympic rings, which of these color pairings do not intersect?
A - blue and yellow
B - red and green
C - black and yellow
D - red and black

Spoiler

Answer: D (red and black)

Abby says that as many times as she's seen the Olympic rings she can't visualize them so she's going to take her bank and walk away.
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $24,050 (half the bank)

END OF SHOW "NOISE"


MILLIONAIRE "QUESTION OF THE DAY":
During which of these celestial events are the Sun, Moon and Earth aligned in a straight line, a condition astronomers call "syzygy"?
A - half moon
B - meteor shower
C - comet passing
D - solar eclipse

Question of the Day answer

D (solar eclipse)

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Question #3 (Man and Machine):
Not exactly Tour de France material, an early version of the bicycle required to push yourself along with your feet and was called a what?
A - Rockin' Rider
B - Scuttle Cart
C - Shove-n-Push
D - Dandy Horse

Abby doesn't know this offhand but she's going to try and make sense of it. She says

Spoiler

Shove-n-Push doesn't really sound like using feet, while Scuttle Cart could

. She decides to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: D (Dandy Horse)
Value: $500
Bank: $1,000

The only reason I knew this was because somebody discussed it on the Bored last week. JTQ 1.

Question #4 (Cupid Misfires):
According to Psychology Today, what is the most frequently cited location of a Craigslist Missed Connection?
A - Home Depot
B - Walmart
C - Olive Garden
D - Victoria's Secret

"Wow, OK!" Abby says. She says that Craigslist is an interesting place to visit. She decides to ask the audience.

Ask the Audience results

A - 16%
B - 57%
C - 6%
D - 21%

That was Abby's initial gut feeling on this question. She adds that the audience looks pretty smart.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Walmart)
Value: $7,000
Bank: $8,000

ATA

Question #8 (For the Birds):
The Scientist Magazine unveils a bright side to litter, reporting that birds suffer from fewer mites and lice when they line their nests with discarded what?
A - candy wrappers
B - bottle caps
C - paper napkins
D - cigarette butts

Abby thinks she's just going to go with

Spoiler

D

.

Spoiler

Answer: D (cigarette butts)
Value: $25,000
Bank: $48,100

This blows me away, a bright side to the toxins in cigarette litter. Still, I'd like to see a long-term study of incidences of tumors, malignancies, hatching defects, and on and on. I'm guessing that it's really a dark side.

Question #9 (Put a Ring Around It):
Looking at the Olympic rings, which of these color pairings do not intersect?
A - blue and yellow
B - red and green
C - black and yellow
D - red and black

Spoiler

Answer: D (red and black)

Abby says that as many times as she's seen the Olympic rings she can't visualize them so she's going to take her bank and walk away.
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $24,050 (half the bank)

JTQ 2

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Here's an article about Abby's appearance. She works for the Houston Astros, who gave her a great viewing party.

The Astros aired the episode on Minute Maid Park's "El Grande" video screen and staged a viewing party for Brantley and co-workers.

http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas ... 067449.php

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Abby Brantley
Pearland, TX
accountant

Abby is excited to be here. She's an accountant (she calls herself a "number-cruncher") and knows about money.

Question #3 (Man and Machine):
Not exactly Tour de France material, an early version of the bicycle required to push yourself along with your feet and was called a what?
A - Rockin' Rider
B - Scuttle Cart
C - Shove-n-Push
D - Dandy Horse

Abby doesn't know this offhand but she's going to try and make sense of it. She says

Spoiler

Shove-n-Push doesn't really sound like using feet, while Scuttle Cart could

. She decides to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: D (Dandy Horse)
Value: $500
Bank: $1,000

I'll JTQ.

Question #9 (Put a Ring Around It):
Looking at the Olympic rings, which of these color pairings do not intersect?
A - blue and yellow
B - red and green
C - black and yellow
D - red and black

Spoiler

Answer: D (red and black)

Abby says that as many times as she's seen the Olympic rings she can't visualize them so she's going to take her bank and walk away.
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $24,050 (half the bank)

I tried to visualize the colors of the rings but couldn't come up with them, so I JTQ.