Broadcast 1/1/14 in first slot but pre-empted in many places for New Year's Day programming
Rebroadcast 6/11/14 in first slot
Jerry O'Brien
Pleasantville, NY
Parrothead who would travel to more Jimmy Buffett concerts if he wins
Topic Tree (pre-randomized):
10 State of Hunger
9 Second Time Around
8 Modern Man
7 Country-Hop
6 Parts from the Past
5 Technology Trends
4 Based on a True Story
3 On a Roll
2 Enough is Enough
1 Double Duty
Topic Tree: (Randomized)
10 State of Hunger
2 Enough is Enough
3 On a Roll
7 Country-Hop
6 Parts from the Past
5 Technology Trends
9 Second Time Around
4 Based on a True Story
8 Modern Man
1 Double Duty
Question 1 - Level 1 Double Duty
What product is advertised as a way to "Turn your A-cups into double-Ds" and secretly carry booze at the same time?
A. The WineRack B. The BeerBelt
C. The VodkaFanny D. The ScotchSock
Answer and value
A. The WineRack
Value: $1000
Bank: $1000
Value: $1000
Bank: $1000
Suggested by da Vinci's "Vitruvian Man" diagram, the length of a person's wingspan, on average, is equal to their what?
A. Weight B. IQ
C. Height D. Age
Answer and value
C. Height
Value: $500
Bank: $1500
Value: $500
Bank: $1500
Question 3 - Level 4 Based on a True Story
In a case of art imitating life, what 2013 sitcom's lead character returns to television after being diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease?
A. Sean Saves the World B. Trophy Wife
C. Brooklyn Nine-Nine D. The Michael J. Fox Show
Answer and value
D. The Michael J. Fox Show
Value: $2000
Bank: $3500
Value: $2000
Bank: $3500
Question 4 - Level 9 Second Time Around
Because the Jewish faith defines a life as 70 years, some Jews celebrate a second bar mitzvah at what age?
A. 81 B. 83
C. 85 D. 86
ATA
Jerry said he had an idea but was not sure and did not want to taint the audience in case he needs them.
ATA
A. 9% B. 75%
C. 6% D. 10%
That was where he was leaning
ATA
A. 9% B. 75%
C. 6% D. 10%
That was where he was leaning
Answer and value
B. 83
Value: $25K!
Bank: $28500
Value: $25K!
Bank: $28500
Jerry brought his wife Robyn who said they would buy a house if he wins a million, and he would take her somewhere, right? Right.
Question 5 - Level 5 Technology Trends
A person's diminished ability to remember things they know they can look up on the Internet has been approximately termed what?
A. The Wi-Fi Predicament B. The Google Effect
C. The Broadband Conundrum D. The Facebook Phenomenon
Answer and value
B. The Google Effect
Value: $15K
Bank: $43500
Value: $15K
Bank: $43500
Question 6 - Level 6 Parts from the Past
Located at the bottom of the sacrum, the coccyx is a fusion of up to five vertebrae that are thought to be remnants of our long-lost what?
A. Hooves B. Whiskers
C. Tails D. Paws
Answer and value
C. Tails
Value: $3000
Bank: $46500
Value: $3000
Bank: $46500
Question 7 - Level 7 Country-Hop
Which hip-hop star returned to his "Country Grammar" roots, dueting with both Tim McGraw and Florida Georgia Line?
A. Akon B. T-Pain
C. Nelly D. Timbaland
Answer and value
C. Nelly
Value: $5000
Bank: $51500
Value: $5000
Bank: $51500
Hearing the Guinness Book of World Records was going to name him the world's "most litigious person," Jonathan Lee Riches responded by doing what?
A. Thanking them B. Suing them
C. Interviewing them D. Funding them
Answer and value
B. Suing them
Value: $7000
Bank: $58500
Value: $7000
Bank: $58500
Question 9- Level 2 Enough is Enough
More media-friendly than "rat" or "snitch," what word describes an informant who alerts the public about corrupt activities?
A. Bellringer B. Horntooter
C. Whistleblower D. Gongbanger
Answer and value
C. Whistleblower
Value: $10K
Bank: $68500
Value: $10K
Bank: $68500
Question 10 - Level 10 State of Hunger
In a poster of the United States called the "United Shapes," South Carolina is shown to resemble what food item?
A. A meatball B. A candy cane
C. A cheese straw D. A slice of pizza
JTQ 1
Answer and value
D. A slice of pizza
Value: $100 jumped
Bank: still $68500
Value: $100 jumped
Bank: still $68500
QotD
Though it might sound like a children's book character, which of the following names belongs to the current President of Nigeria?
A. Successful Peter B. Niceguy Abraham
C. Handsome Alan D. Goodluck Jonathan
QotD answer
D. Goodluck Jonathan
Question 11 - $100K
What pair of animals was never alive at the same time?
A. Modern humans & Neanderthals B. Dodos & Aurochs
C. Wooly mammoths & saber-toothed cats D. T. Rex & Stegosaurus
JTQ 2
Answer
D. T. Rex & Stegosaurus
Bank remains $68500
Bank remains $68500
Question 12 - $250K
Schooling his listeners, the Jay-Z line "Is pious pious 'cause God loves pious?" alludes to the "Euthyphro dilemma" as proposed by what thinker?
A. Friedrich Nietzsche B. Voltaire
C. St. Thomas Aquinas D. Plato
Walk
Answer
D. Plato
Walk with $68500
Walk with $68500
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Time's up, no carryover.
