Transcript 10/16/15 Tenysa Santiago

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Tenysa Santiago
Laurel, MD
Sign language interpreter

Tenysa worked the National Christmas Tree lighting.
Plus One is Tenysa's coworker Devon.

$500
Saying "Short answer: cheese grease is ruining everything," The Atlantic's CityLab recently published an article answering what question?
A: "Why can't I train my pet hamster?"
B: "Why can't I live in The White House?"
C: "Why can't I recycle a pizza box?"
D: "Why can't I buy gin at Home Depot?"

Spoiler

C: "Why can't I recycle a pizza box?"

$1,000
Removing the space between the words in the title of what film produces the name of a popular brand of car battery?
A: Home Alone
B: Die Hard
C: Lethal Weapon
D: Pretty Woman

Spoiler

B: Die Hard

$2,000
A person can walk down Ruby Tuesday Drive in Dartford, England, the hometown of two members of what band?
A: Men at Work
B: The Village People
C: The Rolling Stones
D: The Go-Go's

Spoiler

C: The Rolling Stones

$3,000
For those trying to find the perfect place to propose, USA Today suggests Mexico's Playa del Amor, which happens to translate to what?
A: Promise Lake
B: Lover's Beach
C: Forever Canyon
D: Mount Commitment

Spoiler

B: Lover's Beach

$5,000
What hockey team has outfitted its stadium with two Tesla coils in order to produce a certain very fitting special effect every time they score?
A: Carolina Hurricanes
B: Buffalo Sabres
C: Colorado Avalanche
D: Tampa Bay Lightning

Spoiler

D: Tampa Bay Lightning
Chris: "The coil shoots 25-foot lightning bolts out."

First commercial break.

$7,000
Although he lived in Cuba for years, BBC News says the only time Hemingway met Fidel Castro was at an event involving what favorite Hemingway sport?
A: Bowling
B: Fishing
C: Swimming
D: Golf

50:50

Spoiler

B and C

remain, the two Tenysa was debating.

AtA

AtA results:

B: 71%
C: 29%

Spoiler

B: Fishing

Chris: "The Old Man and the Sea says yes!"

$10,000
Likely causing a lot of bad breath in the process, Americans are said to eat around 2 pounds of garlic every year, or about how many 1/5th-ounce cloves?
A: 8
B: 60
C: 160
D: 800

(Editor's note: These question writers must be getting paid by the word.)

Tenysa works the math out.

Spoiler

C: 160

$20,000
A particular fan of work by Charles and Ray Eames, in what field did Ice Cube earn a certificate from a Phoenix trade school before forming N.W.A.?
A: Oil painting
B: Landscape design
C: Abstract sculpture
D: Architectural drafting

Tenysa combines the key words "Charles and Ray Eames" and "trade school" to arrive at

Spoiler

D

.

Spoiler

D: Architectural drafting

Second commercial break.

$30,000
Because of an Inuit belief that they are left-handed, a polar bear is shown lifting its left arm on the coat of arms of what country?
A: Russia
B: Norway
C: Greenland
D: Finland

Plus One

Plus One discussion

Devon rules out Russia. Greenland doesn't have many people there, mostly just ice. She can't remember where the Inuit people were from.
Devon thinks coats of arms are typically Nordic.
Tenysa kind of leans towards Greenland. She doesn't think Russia has a coat of arms.

Tenysa decides to walk with $20,000.

Spoiler

C: Greenland

Tenysa walks with $20,000.

Third commercial break.

QotD:
According to legend, when he was born in 1879, what thinker's misshapen unusually large head caused his mother to worry that he might not be normal?
A: Albert Einstein
B: Jonas Salk
C: Carl Sagan
D: Thomas Edison

Spoiler

A: Albert Einstein

[SportsFan68]

So far, so good.

[ghostjmf]

7K: I didn't know that Hemmingway swam, bowled or golfed, but that doesn't matter in BAM Qs. Use up 50/50. Fish will still be there.

30K: There may be Inuit in Russia (I don't think they're called that even if they are the same tribe) but Russia wouldn't put their beliefs on a flag. The Northernmost indigenous people in Finland are Sami (called Laplanders by the West), not Inuit. Ditto for Norway. Gotta be Greenland.

[earendel]

Tenysa Santiago
Laurel, MD
Sign language interpreter

Tenysa worked the National Christmas Tree lighting.
Plus One is Tenysa's coworker Devon.

$30,000
Because of an Inuit belief that they are left-handed, a polar bear
is shown lifting its left arm on the coat of arms of what country?
A: Russia
B: Norway
C: Greenland
D: Finland

Plus One

Plus One discussion

Devon rules out Russia. Greenland doesn't have many people there, mostly just ice. She can't remember where the Inuit people were from.
Devon thinks coats of arms are typically Nordic.
Tenysa kind of leans towards Greenland. She doesn't think Russia has a coat of arms.

Devon decides to walk with $20,000.

Spoiler

C: Greenland

Tenysa walks with $20,000.

I associate bears with Russia but not polar bears. I'll use my 50:50 and see what's left.

[K.P.]

AtA on $20k.

The key word for $30k was Inuit. When you think of Inuits, you should think of North America. The only option that could even loosely be considered North America was Greenland. Sure, some Inuits could have crossed the Bering Sea into eastern Russia, but is that going to be enough influence to be reflected on their coat of arms? Probably not.