Staten Island, NY
Sean said his mom is a psychic medium who communicates with the dead
He was paranoid as a child because he was afraid his late grandma would watch him and report to his mom
Question 1 -
During a movie marathon that included "Footloose" and "Quicksilver," a group of friends invented what popular party game?
A. Pictionary B. Charades
C. Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon D. Beer pong
Answer and value
C. Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon
Value: $10K
Bank: $10K
Value: $10K
Bank: $10K
Question 2 -
Peanut butter and cooking oil are commonly recommended as substances helpful for removing what?
A. Wine stains from carpets B. Gum from hair
C. Scratches from windows D. Presidents from office
ATA
Before ATA Sean verbally ruled out the joke answer D, and then said he felt peanut butter would stain carpet.
A. 5% B. 83%
C. 11% D. 1%
A. 5% B. 83%
C. 11% D. 1%
Answer and value
B. Gum from hair
Value: $7000
Bank: $17K
Value: $7000
Bank: $17K
Question 3 -
Getting its name from the number of chromosome pairs in the human genome, what company offers home DNA testing kits?
A. 21andMe B. 23andMe
C. 42andMe D. 48andMe
+1, JTQ
First said 80% A, then B was jumping out at him, then leaning towards B.
Then decided it was a good one for his +1, Ken, whom he knows as "Murph."
Ken said his first thought was 21 and since C is 42, twice 21, that might be a distractor that reinforces it being 21 rather than 23 since D is unrelated to 23.
Ken said it is Sean's call.
Sean JTQ
Then decided it was a good one for his +1, Ken, whom he knows as "Murph."
Ken said his first thought was 21 and since C is 42, twice 21, that might be a distractor that reinforces it being 21 rather than 23 since D is unrelated to 23.
Ken said it is Sean's call.
Sean JTQ
Answer and value
B. 23andMe
Value: $15K jumped
Bank: $17K
Value: $15K jumped
Bank: $17K
Question 4 -
One of Ernest Hemingway's favorite cocktails, the mojito originated in what Latin American country?
A. Mexico B. Brazil
C. Cuba D. Costa Rica
Answer and value
C. Cuba
Value: $3000
Bank: $20K
Value: $3000
Bank: $20K
Question 5 -
Raised by famous vegetarian parents, which designer refuses to use fur or leather in their fashion collections?
A. Derek Lam B. Donatella Versace
C. Isaac Mizrahi D. Stella McCartney
Answer and value
D. Stella McCartney
Value: $5K
Bank: $25K
Value: $5K
Bank: $25K
Question 6 -
Which of these well-known quotes from Shakespearean plays has been adapted to include Oxford Online's 2013 Word of the Year?
A. "All the world's a meme" B. "If you prick us, do we not tweet?"
C. "To twerk or not to twerk: that is the question" D. "To thine own selfie be true"
Spoiler
Sean said he was leaning towards D, but decided to walk
Answer and value
D. "To thine own selfie be true"
Value: $not revealed
Bank: Walk: $12500
Value: $not revealed
Bank: Walk: $12500
Third break
QotD. Because their bodies are so dense, which of these animals can walk or run underwater along the bottom of a river?
A. Lions B. Hippopotamuses
C. Zebras D. Gorillas
QotD
B. Hippopotamuses
