Transcript 09/29/15 Nikki Haririan

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Off to College week, college freshmen
Nikki Haririan
Baltimore, MD



$500 :
"Work with the windows open," "Play hardcore metal music" and "Try hard not to yawn" are all tips wikiHow gives students in its article on how to do what?
A: Improve your reading comprehension
B: Pull an all-nighter
C: Make the Honor Roll
D: Get expelled

Spoiler

B: Pull an all-nighter

$1000 :
According to Guinness World Records, what's the longest word in the English language whose letters are in reverse alphabetical order?
A: Trumpeting
B: Purloined
C: Tickle
D: Spoonfeed

Spoiler

D: Spoonfeed

$2000 :
While his face now graces the $20 bill, ironically, what President was known for opposing paper money, preferring gold and silver currency?
A: Andrew Jackson
B: Abraham Lincoln
C: George Washington
D: Ulysses S. Grant

Spoiler

A: Andrew Jackson

$3000 :
Mark Ruffalo described what character as "my generation's Hamlet" because he's been played by many actors, including Ruffalo himself?
A: Batman
B: The Hulk
C: Spider-Man
D: Superman

Spoiler

B: The Hulk

$5000 :
While the aurora borealis occurs around one of the earth's poles, the aurora australis occurs around the other and is nicknamed the what?
A: Northern tide
B: Southern lights
C: Northern winds
D: Southern Gulf Stream

Spoiler

B: Southern lights

Third time out

QotD
A major campus fad was sparked in 1939 when a Harvard freshman swallowed what animal on a $10 bet?

A: Sea horse
B: Goldfish
C: Earthworm
D: Tadpole

Spoiler

B: Goldfish

$7000 :
In ancient Greek & Roman plays, the common spectacle of gods suddenly appearing to resolve the plot is known by what Latin phrase?
A: Cogito, ergo sum
B: Carpe diem
C: Caveat emptor
D: Deus ex machina

Spoiler

50/50
C: Caveat emptor
D: Deus ex machina

Nikki guessed C, final, and said at least she leaves with $5000 even if wrong

D: Deus ex machina

Time is up

[Coupon Boy]

$3k: I didn't know about Mark Ruffalo so ATA already.

$7k: This I did know, as another forum I post on uses the term Deus Ex Machina to refer to big wins on a game show that are manufactured.

Sadly another player didn't think the question through properly and left with lifelines still on the table as a result.

[SportsFan68]

I watched this and was rolling right along until this:

$3000 :
Mark Ruffalo described what character as "my generation's Hamlet" because he's been played by many actors, including Ruffalo himself?
A: Batman
B: The Hulk
C: Spider-Man
D: Superman

Spoiler

B: The Hulk

ATA

[ghostjmf]

3K I get only by default as am pretty sure Ruffalo didn't play the other roles.

7K: Sad that student didn't know the phrases & also didn't know "deus" means "god".

Also, this phrase is also related to my internet name, as there's also "spiritus ex machina", "ghost in the machine",

[earendel]

Off to College week, college freshmen
Nikki Haririan
Baltimore, MD

$7000 :
In ancient Greek & Roman plays, the common spectacle of gods suddenly appearing to resolve the plot is known by what Latin phrase?
A: Cogito, ergo sum
B: Carpe diem
C: Caveat emptor
D: Deus ex machina

Spoiler

50/50
C: Caveat emptor
D: Deus ex machina

Nikki guessed C, final, and said at least she leaves with $5000 even if wrong

D: Deus ex machina

<*Sigh*>
Nihil obstat®.