Transcript 01/20/2015 Abraham Thornton

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Abraham Thornton
Timberlake, NC



Question 1 -
While deodorant is probably a good idea, what does Forbes recommend NOT wearing to a job interview?
A. Glasses B. Perfume
C. Wristwatch D. Tie

Answer and value

B. Perfume
Value: $5000
Bank: $5000

Question 2 -
In a 2014 Vanity Fair survey, most people named what potentially very public method as the worst way to break up with someone?
A. A Facebook post B. A sticky note
C. A text message D. An email

Answer and value

A. A Facebook post
Value: $1000
Bank: $6000

Question 3 -
Popular ceramics maker LennyMud sells a cheese plate featuring Lionel Richie's face along with what phrase?
A. "Hello, is it brie you're looking for?" B. "I just called to say I love Jarlsberg"
C. "Havarti in the U.S.A." D. "Ain't no muenster high enough"

ATA

A. 78% B. 13%
C. 2% D. 7%

Answer and value

A. "Hello, is it brie you're looking for?"
Value: $500
Bank: $6500

Third break

QotD. Originally considered children's wear, what is the name of the loose-fitting one-piece shorts/top combination now popular with fashionable women?
A. Romper B. Peekalot
C. Toddlertog D. Playpants

QotD

A. Romper

Question 4 -
According to Scientific American, what "greedy" organ accounts for only two percent of the human body's weight but consumes a fifth of its energy?
A. Heart B. Brain
C. Kidney D. Pancreas

Answer and value

B. Brain
Value: $7000
Bank: $13500

Question 5 -
After atomic number 86, every element on the periodic table ends in what three letters?
A. -con B. -alt
C. -ese D. -ium

Answer and value

D. -ium
Value: $3K
Bank: $16500

Question 6 -
In Angola, LA, if you pass a mandatory background check, you can play golf on what Sports Illustrated calls "the only course in the country" on the grounds of a what?
A. Military base B. College campus
C. Maximum security prison D. U.S. national park

JTQ

Abraham says the mandatory background check leads him to either A or C and would guess C

Answer and value

C. Maximum security prison (Terry: Prison View is a public course built and maintaned by the inmates)
Value: $15K jumped
Bank: $16500

Abraham will return tomorrow

[Kazoo65]

1. easy. As Abraham mentioned, perfume can irritate people.

2. ATA.

3. easy (if you're old enough to remember the 80's)

4. easy.

5. easy.

6. easy. I saw a video on YouTube of the Periodic Table Song, and there were a lot of -ium words in it.

7. I've heard of the prison in Angola, so I figured this one out. I'm not sure I'd want to play golf on a course at a prison, though.

[SportsFan68]

So far, so good.

[earendel]

Abraham Thornton
Timberlake, NC

Nihil obstat®.