Transcript 09/15/15 Tony Hightower

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Tony Hightower
Astoria, NY
Tony was the +1 for Ken Jennings, who could not return the favor since Ken is in Seattle.

$500 :
Meaning that they'll sustain you for quite a while, people commonly describe hearty comfort foods by saying they'll do what?
A: Bond to your chin B: Cling to your trachea
C: Adhere to your spine D: Stick to your ribs

Spoiler

D: Stick to your ribs

$1000 :
To make more money from your "yard sale," "This Old House" recommends calling it a what instead?
A: Bake Sale B: White Sale
C: Estate Sale D: Toyotathon

Spoiler

C: Estate Sale

$2000 :
In 2011, what former three-term mayor was probably "feelin' groovy" when New York City's 59th Street bridge was renamed in his honor?
A: Richard Daley B: Marion Barry
C: Ed Koch D: Gavin Newsom

Spoiler

C: Ed Koch

$3000 :
In the 1960s, the volcanic field at Arizona's Cinder Lake was blasted with dynamite to replicate what place that would soon be encountered?
A: The Moon B: Vietnam
C: The Mariana Trench D: Cuba

Spoiler

A: The Moon

$5000 :
Better known for being funny, what "Mean Girls" screenwriter admitted to Entertainment Weekly that she was a mean girl herself in her younger years?
A: Ellen DeGeneres B: Tina Fey
C: Amy Schumer D: Kristen Wiig

Spoiler

B: Tina Fey

First time-out

$7000 :
After debuting in 1950 as a mere 4-year-old, by 1979 which famous comic strip character had grown to the ripe old age of 8 1/2?
A: Little Orphan Annie B: Li'l Abner
C: Calvin of Calvin and Hobbes D: Charlie Brown

Spoiler

D: Charlie Brown

$10K :
If you get regular checkups, you've likely had your doctor use a sphygmomanometer on you, as that's just the fancy word for a what?
A: Syringe B: Blood pressure monitor
C: Stethoscope D: Tongue depressor

Spoiler

B: Blood pressure monitor

$20K :
A "temple" for thirsty travelers, the Angkor What? Bar is aptly located in which of these countries?
A: Indonesia B: Thailand
C: Laos D: Cambodia

Spoiler

D: Cambodia

$30K :
Which of the following singers' stage names is not their given first name?
A: Madonna B: Usher
C: Rihanna D: Prince

Spoiler

50:50
Tony narrowed it to Usher or Rihanna
The 50/50 left Madonna and Rihanna
C: Rihanna

second time-out


$50K :
Though now used extensively for food, what was used during WWII as a way to preserve blood plasma for use on the battlefield?
A: The Ziploc bag B: Freeze-drying technology
C: Ball mason jars D: Tupperware

+1

+1 is Andy Kravis who did not know but they talked it out and Tony was convinced that B stood out from the others.
B: Freeze-drying technology

Third time-out


QotD:
In the 1960s, psychologist Arthur Staats developed what parenting technique after trying it out on his 2-year-old daughter?
A: Grounding B: Time-out
C: Tiger parenting D: Swaddling

Spoiler

B: Time-out

$100K :
Charles "Old Hoss" Radburn is perhaps best known for flipping the bird at the camera in an 1886 photo of what?
A: Baseball players B: Congressmen
C: Harvard graduates D: NYC police officers

Spoiler

A: Baseball players
Tony said he is aware that "Old Hoss" was a baseball player

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Time is up
Tony will return tomorrow

[earendel]

Tony Hightower
Astoria, NY
Tony was the +1 for Ken Jennings, who could not return the favor since Ken is in Seattle.

Tony was also introduced as someone who runs trivia contests. I was afraid that this would be the kiss of death.

$30K :
Which of the following singers' stage names is not their given first name?
A: Madonna B: Usher
C: Rihanna D: Prince

Spoiler

50:50
Tony narrowed it to Usher or Rihanna
The 50/50 left Madonna and Rihanna
C: Rihanna

I'd have probably used my ATA here.

So I'm looking at the $250K question with two lifelines.

[K.P.]

$2000 :
In 2011, what former three-term mayor was probably "feelin' groovy" when New York City's 59th Street bridge was renamed in his honor?
A: Richard Daley B: Marion Barry
C: Ed Koch D: Gavin Newsom

ATA. Didn't get this memo.

$7000 :
After debuting in 1950 as a mere 4-year-old, by 1979 which famous comic strip character had grown to the ripe old age of 8 1/2?
A: Little Orphan Annie B: Li'l Abner
C: Calvin of Calvin and Hobbes D: Charlie Brown

Aaaaaaaaaaand bye-bye. I thought of C before the choices came up, and went with it. Had no idea Charlie Brown did any aging.

[Snaxx]

In the case of the Koch question, knowing where the other three mayors came from would seal the deal.

[K.P.]

Well spotted. I assumed they were all NY mayors. Whoops!

[SpacemanSpiff]

$30K :
Which of the following singers' stage names is not their given first name?
A: Madonna B: Usher
C: Rihanna D: Prince

Spoiler

50:50
Tony narrowed it to Usher or Rihanna
The 50/50 left Madonna and Rihanna
C: Rihanna

I'd have probably used my ATA here.

So I'm looking at the $250K question with two lifelines.

I probably had done the same in the studio, but sitting at the keyboard, I knew Madonna Ciccone and Prince Rogers Nelson were first names; and likely if I had calmed down would have remembered Usher Drake's last name as well.

[SportsFan68]

$30K :
Which of the following singers' stage names is not their given first name?
A: Madonna B: Usher
C: Rihanna D: Prince

Spoiler

50:50
Tony narrowed it to Usher or Rihanna
The 50/50 left Madonna and Rihanna
C: Rihanna

ATA

$50K :
Though now used extensively for food, what was used during WWII as a way to preserve blood plasma for use on the battlefield?
A: The Ziploc bag B: Freeze-drying technology
C: Ball mason jars D: Tupperware

+1

+1 is Andy Kravis who did not know but they talked it out and Tony was convinced that B stood out from the others.
B: Freeze-drying technology

Plus One