Transcript 01/09/14 - Scott Bateman (carryover)

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Cruise In And Win Week

Scott Bateman
Sunnyside, NY

Scott, a professional trivia writer, has already won his Disney cruise. He thinks he was born to be a trivia writer. On his first job in high school, as a grocery store bagger, he was fired after one day.

Scott has $28,000 in his bank (plus the cruise), with his ATA and one JTQ lifelines left.

Topic Tree (Randomized)
?: President Bush
?: Leaning Towers
?: In the Classroom
?: Justin Bieber
?: TV Locations
?: Hangover Cure
?: $2,000
?: [Jumped]
?: $1,000 + Cruise
?: $25,000


Question #5 - Level ?: Hangover Cure
Suggesting you fight fire with fire, a popular saying about hangover recovery recommends the "hair of the dog that" did what?

A: Licked your face B: Ate your loafers
C: Barked at you D: Bit you

Answer/Value/Bank

D: Bit you
Question Value: $5,000
Bank: $33,000

Question #6 - Level ?: TV Locations
Fans of a popular TV drama learn about the true history of Highclere Castle in the bestseller "Lady Almina and the Real" what?

A: Alcatraz B: Downton Abbey
C: Homeland D: Game of Thrones

Scott doesn't watch any of these shows. He asks the audience.

ATA

A: 0% B: 65% C: 8% D: 27%

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Downton Abbey
Question Value: $3,000
Bank: $36,000

Question #7 - Level ?: Justin Bieber
Justin Bieber reportedly did all of the following in 2013 except what?

A: Had a monkey confiscated B: Peed in a mop bucket
C: Cursed at the White House D: Skipped the Grammys

Scott

Spoiler

remembers both A and D happening. He's just going to go for this one and say C, final answer.

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Cursed at the White House
Question Value: $500
Bank: $36,500

Question #8 - Level ?: In the Classroom
A classroom "no-no," studies show that doing what repetitive motion before taking a test actually improves one's performance?

A: Making spitballs B: Smoking cigarettes
C: Passing notes D: Chewing gum

Answer/Value/Bank

D: Chewing gum
Question Value: $15,000
Bank: $51,500

-- Commercial Break --


Question #9 - Level ?: Leaning Towers
Beating Pisa's lean by 1.2 degrees, which country has its own less famous Leaning Tower of Suurhusen?

A: Egypt B: Germany
C: Ireland D: China

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Germany
Question Value: $100
Bank: $51,600

Question #10 - Level ?: President Bush
In 2003, President Bush infamously declared that "major combat operations in Iraq have ended" while standing in front of a banner that said what?

A: That Was Easy B: Job Well Done
C: Nice Work D: Mission Accomplished

Answer/Value/Bank

D: Mission Accomplished
Question Value: $10,000
Bank: $61,600

It's time to play Classic Millionaire!


$100,000
To honor the Grateful Dead for financially supporting them, what country's men's basketball team wore tie-dyed uniforms at the 1992 Olympics medal ceremony?

A: Croatia B: Ukraine
C: Lithuania D: Serbia

Answer

C: Lithuania

-- Commercial Break --


$250,000
Just prior to hijacking Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305 in 1971, D.B. Cooper reportedly lit a cigarette and ordered what drink from the flight attendant?

A: A bourbon and soda B: A vodka on ice
C: a Michelob beer D: A glass of water

Scott jumps the question.

Answer

A: A bourbon and soda

$500,000
In 2008's "Slumdog Millionaire," Jamal escapes a locked outhouse by jumping into the poop pit to get an autograph from whom?

A: Akshay Kumar B: Sachin Tendulkar
C: Amitabh Bachchan D: Shah Rukh Khan

Scott hasn't seen this movie, either. He walks away with $100,000.

Answer

C: Amitabh Bachchan

-- Commercial Break --

[jarnon]

Scott Bateman
Sunnyside, NY

Sunnyside is in Queens, 7 miles from the studio. So he's a WE™.

Scott, a professional trivia writer

Does that make him a WE/WE™?

Question #10 - Level ?: President Bush

This topic was in Belle's topic tree on Monday, but she never got to see it. Naturally, it made me curious. I'm glad they reused it.

$100,000
To honor the Grateful Dead for financially supporting them, what country's men's basketball team wore tie-dyed uniforms at the 1992 Olympics medal ceremony?

A: Croatia B: Ukraine
C: Lithuania D: Serbia

Answer

C: Lithuania

Scott knew this right away, but I would have had to figure it out. Ukraine was part of the post-Soviet Unified Team in 1992. Serbia was so reviled after the breakup of Yugoslavia that their athletes had to compete as independents. Would I have remembered that Lithuania wasn't in the Unified Team?

$500,000
In 2008's "Slumdog Millionaire," Jamal escapes a locked outhouse by jumping into the poop pit to get an autograph from whom?

A: Akshay Kumar B: Sachin Tendulkar
C: Amitabh Bachchan D: Shah Rukh Khan

Scott hasn't seen this movie, either. He walks away with $100,000.

Answer

C: Amitabh Bachchan

An easy question for most BBs.

[Estonut]

$100,000
To honor the Grateful Dead for financially supporting them, what country's men's basketball team wore tie-dyed uniforms at the 1992 Olympics medal ceremony?

A: Croatia B: Ukraine
C: Lithuania D: Serbia

Answer

C: Lithuania

Spoiler

These were all over the place. I remember Best Buy selling knockoffs.

[earendel]

Cruise In And Win Week

Scott Bateman
Sunnyside, NY

Scott, a professional trivia writer, has already won his Disney cruise. He thinks he was born to be a trivia writer. On his first job in high school, as a grocery store bagger, he was fired after one day.

Scott has $28,000 in his bank (plus the cruise), with his ATA and one JTQ lifelines left.

Now that's a job I'd like to have. I wonder what it pays?

Question #9 - Level ?: Leaning Towers
Beating Pisa's lean by 1.2 degrees, which country has its own less famous Leaning Tower of Suurhusen?

A: Egypt B: Germany
C: Ireland D: China

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Germany
Question Value: $100
Bank: $51,600

Figured this one based on the name.

$100,000
To honor the Grateful Dead for financially supporting them, what country's men's basketball team wore tie-dyed uniforms at the 1992 Olympics medal ceremony?

A: Croatia B: Ukraine
C: Lithuania D: Serbia

Answer

C: Lithuania

From my recliner I guessed correctly, but had I been at the Hot Podium I'd have used a JTQ (assuming I still had one - Scott's Wednesday performance was interrupted by a "breaking news story" about the hiring of the new University of Louisville football coach).

$250,000
Just prior to hijacking Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305 in 1971, D.B. Cooper reportedly lit a cigarette and ordered what drink from the flight attendant?

A: A bourbon and soda B: A vodka on ice
C: a Michelob beer D: A glass of water

Scott jumps the question.

Answer

A: A bourbon and soda

Time for my 2nd JTQ if I still have it.

$500,000
In 2008's "Slumdog Millionaire," Jamal escapes a locked outhouse by jumping into the poop pit to get an autograph from whom?

A: Akshay Kumar B: Sachin Tendulkar
C: Amitabh Bachchan D: Shah Rukh Khan

Scott hasn't seen this movie, either. He walks away with $100,000.

Answer

C: Amitabh Bachchan

If I have it, I'll ATA but be prepared to walk away.

[SportsFan68]

Question #7 - Level ?: Justin Bieber
Justin Bieber reportedly did all of the following in 2013 except what?

A: Had a monkey confiscated B: Peed in a mop bucket
C: Cursed at the White House D: Skipped the Grammys

Scott

Spoiler

remembers both A and D happening. He's just going to go for this one and say C, final answer.

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Cursed at the White House
Question Value: $500
Bank: $36,500

It's ATA or JTQ. . . . JTQ

$100,000
To honor the Grateful Dead for financially supporting them, what country's men's basketball team wore tie-dyed uniforms at the 1992 Olympics medal ceremony?

A: Croatia B: Ukraine
C: Lithuania D: Serbia

Answer

C: Lithuania

JTQ

$250,000
Just prior to hijacking Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305 in 1971, D.B. Cooper reportedly lit a cigarette and ordered what drink from the flight attendant?

A: A bourbon and soda B: A vodka on ice
C: a Michelob beer D: A glass of water

Scott jumps the question.

Answer

A: A bourbon and soda

ATA just because I still have it, then leave.