Transcript 04/02/2013 Agnes Biskup

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Agnes Biskup
Chicago, IL

Children's author

First visit to NYC and got to go to the Met and walk through Central Park
She is an avid birdwatcher and thanks to the NY visit she saw a tufted titmouse for the first time this year
Mere said that sounds like a perverted New Yorker to her



Topic Tree: (Randomized shown only)
Magazine Debut
Yay, Team
In A Band
Colorful Skies
Literary Characters
Blessed Bites
TV Tears
Washington's Washington
Elite Groups
Animal Behavior


Question 1 - Animal Behavior
Citing field observations made by the Fossey Fund, a 2012 article about a certain animal deactivating poachers' snares had what ominous subtitle?
A. Are the Elephants Rising? B. Are the Rabbits Rising?
C. Are the Tigers Rising? D. Are the Apes Rising?

Answer and value

D. Are the Apes Rising?
Value: $2000
Bank: $2000

Question 2 - Elite Groups
With a higher percentile requirement that Mensa, the Triple Nine Society is for people who score in the top 99.9 percent on what test?
A. LSAT B. IQ
C. MCAT D. AP

Answer and value

B. IQ
Value: $500
Bank: $2500

Commercial break

Flashback question
During his 1971 moonwalk, what astronaut hit two golf balls off the surface of the moon?
A. John Glenn B. Neil Armstrong
C. Buzz Aldrin D. Alan Shepard

Flashback answer

D. Alan Shepard

Question 3 - Washington's Washington
A modest man, George Washington preferred to call Washington, D.C. what?
A. Federal City B. Union City
C. National City D. United City

Spoiler

Agnes said she did a book on George Washington but all she knows is that he did not go to Washington
She believes it is Federal City, final answer

Answer and value

A. Federal City
Value: $5000
Bank: $7500

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Time is up; Agnes returns tomorrow

[SportsFan68]

Question 3 - Washington's Washington
A modest man, George Washington preferred to call Washington, D.C. what?
A. Federal City B. Union City
C. National City D. United City

Spoiler

Agnes said she did a book on George Washington but all she knows is that he did not go to Washington
She believes it is Federal City, final answer

Answer and value

A. Federal City
Value: $5000
Bank: $7500

JTQ 1

[MarleysGh0st]

First visit to NYC and got to go to the Met and walk through Central Park
She is an avid birdwatcher and thanks to the NY visit she saw a tufted titmouse for the first time this year
Mere said that sounds like a perverted New Yorker to her

Nice, Mere. A little disappointed that you couldn't get one of standard compliments about NYC's wonderful restaurants and cultural attractions, are you?

[earendel]

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Agnes Biskup
Chicago, IL

Children's author

First visit to NYC and got to go to the Met and walk through Central Park
She is an avid birdwatcher and thanks to the NY visit she saw a tufted titmouse for the first time this year
Mere said that sounds like a perverted New Yorker to her

Nihil obstat®. Agnes was a delight to watch, just the right amount of joy in being on the show.

[Snaxx]

Spoiler for today

Spoiler

The first contestant's story about trying to avoid cursing on air caused deja vu and made me suspect a repeat.
Then a question of hers caused me to transcribe a wrong answer and stop, yes I am transcribing a repeat.
The answer was wrong and not a repeat of question 2 above. Today was asking about the top millionth in IQ as opposed to the top 99.9pct and it was Mega Society instead of the triple nine society I remembered from this Q.

Edit to add:

Spoiler

The wording of the question makes me think it is ambiguous:
Even more elite than Mensa, those who have scored at a "one-in-a-million level" on a general intelligence test can join which club?
A. Prometheus Society B. The Mega Society
C. Triple Nine Society D. High IQ Society

It sounds like a one-in-a-million would have a choice as to whether to join Mensa, Triple Nine, Mega Society, etc., meaning there is more than one right answer, although I'll bet they'll say B is the 'best' right answer. Wording of "only those who have scored" at the 1 in 1M level can join... would be appropriate.

[Bob78164]

Spoiler for today

Spoiler

The first contestant's story about trying to avoid cursing on air caused deja vu and made me suspect a repeat.
Then a question of hers caused me to transcribe a wrong answer and stop, yes I am transcribing a repeat.
The answer was wrong and not a repeat of question 2 above. Today was asking about the top millionth in IQ as opposed to the top 99.9pct and it was Mega Society instead of the triple nine society I remembered from this Q.

It turns out there are a bunch of those societies around. I happen to be familiar with

Spoiler

the Prometheus Society

. --Bob

[jarnon]

Spoiler for today

Spoiler

The first contestant's story about trying to avoid cursing on air caused deja vu and made me suspect a repeat.
Then a question of hers caused me to transcribe a wrong answer and stop, yes I am transcribing a repeat.
The answer was wrong and not a repeat of question 2 above. Today was asking about the top millionth in IQ as opposed to the top 99.9pct and it was Mega Society instead of the triple nine society I remembered from this Q.

Edit to add:

Spoiler

The wording of the question makes me think it is ambiguous:
Even more elite than Mensa, those who have scored at a "one-in-a-million level" on a general intelligence test can join which club?
A. Prometheus Society B. The Mega Society
C. Triple Nine Society D. High IQ Society

It sounds like a one-in-a-million would have a choice as to whether to join Mensa, Triple Nine, Mega Society, etc., meaning there is more than one right answer, although I'll bet they'll say B is the 'best' right answer. Wording of "only those who have scored" at the 1 in 1M level can join... would be appropriate.

Spoiler

I've heard of the Mega Society, so of course I didn't think the question was hard. I was more confused by the later question about capital cities.