Transcript 01/25/16 Neil Davis (carryover contestant)

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Neil Davis
Falls Church, VA

Neil still has his ATA.

$7K In 2006, the U.S. government ended a federal tax on long-distance phone calls that had originally been imposed to help fund what war just over a century earlier?
A. World War I
B. Civil War
C. Spanish-American War
D. Mexican-American War

Spoiler

C. Spanish-American War

$10K Though one’s in California and one’s in Florida, both Disneyland and Disney World lie in counties with what name?
A. Riverside County
B. Lake County
C. Highlands County
D. Orange County

Spoiler

D. Orange County

$20K Up until their death, who signed nearly all their tweets with “LLAP”?
A. Joan Rivers
B. Maya Angelou
C. Robin Williams
D. Leonard Nimoy

Spoiler

D. Leonard Nimoy

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$30K While in the dugout, Babe Ruth was known to keep cool by lining the inside of his hat with chilled what?
A. Bologna slices
B. Cabbage leaves
C. Lasagna sheets
D. Corn tortillas

Spoiler

B. Cabbage leaves

$50K Referring to a weapon that was widely used in the 16th century, the phrase “hoist by your own petard” literally means which of the following?
A. Stabbed by your own sword
B. Shot by your own gun
C. Launched by your own catapult
D. Blown up by your own bomb

Neil says this would be in the 1500s, so he believes that would rule out

Spoiler

guns and bombs

.
He says that

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swords

existed long before the 16th century.
He decides to take a chance and makes

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launched by your own catapult

his final answer.

Spoiler

D. Blown up by your own bomb
Neil leaves with $5K

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[MarleysGh0st]

So much for 10 years and 25,000 practice trivia questions...

[SportsFan68]

$50K Referring to a weapon that was widely used in the 16th century, the phrase “hoist by your own petard” literally means which of the following?
A. Stabbed by your own sword
B. Shot by your own gun
C. Launched by your own catapult
D. Blown up by your own bomb

Neil says this would be in the 1500s, so he believes that would rule out

Spoiler

guns and bombs

.
He says that

Spoiler

swords

existed long before the 16th century.
He decides to take a chance and makes

Spoiler

launched by your own catapult

his final answer.

Spoiler

D. Blown up by your own bomb
Neil leaves with $5K

How I knew this one is boring, but I'm gonna tell anyway. A million years ago, I used to read just about anything that came along, and I read a book called Wonderful, Colorado. It was very cute and was actually about Salida, CO which is across the Great Divide. I tried to find it not long ago but there was no record of it anywhere. Anyway, one of the characters in the book commits a small blunder and says, "Hoist by my own petard!" So I can see where C. came from. I looked up petard, and it turns out, IIRC, that a petard is a small, incendiary bomb launched by pirates onto the deck of a victim ship where it would set the victim ship on fire and terrify the sailors. "Hoist the petard!" -- isn't that from some famous pirate movie? I don't know either . . .

[Estonut]

... which is across the Great Divide. I tried to find it not long ago but there was no record of it anywhere.

It's still there :)

[earendel]

Neil Davis
Falls Church, VA

Neil still has his ATA.

$30K While in the dugout, Babe Ruth was known to keep cool by lining the inside of his hat with chilled what?
A. Bologna slices
B. Cabbage leaves
C. Lasagna sheets
D. Corn tortillas

Spoiler

B. Cabbage leaves

I can eliminate C and D. If I still have it, I use my 50:50 and hope I'm not left with A and B.

[ghostjmf]

So far so good

I don't claim to be scholar of the era but have read this answer various places

[Estonut]

$30K While in the dugout, Babe Ruth was known to keep cool by lining the inside of his hat with chilled what?
A. Bologna slices
B. Cabbage leaves
C. Lasagna sheets
D. Corn tortillas

Spoiler

B. Cabbage leaves

I can eliminate C and D. If I still have it, I use my 50:50 and hope I'm not left with A and B.

Spoiler

A guy who binges on pre-game hot dogs is not going to waste bologna by lining his hat with it. Also, cabbage is a much more suitable shape and price for such use.

[K.P.]

$30K While in the dugout, Babe Ruth was known to keep cool by lining the inside of his hat with chilled what?
A. Bologna slices
B. Cabbage leaves
C. Lasagna sheets
D. Corn tortillas

Spoiler

B. Cabbage leaves

I can eliminate C and D. If I still have it, I use my 50:50 and hope I'm not left with A and B.

Spoiler

A guy who binges on pre-game hot dogs is not going to waste bologna by lining his hat with it. Also, cabbage is a much more suitable shape and price for such use.

ISTR this question being in the Millionaire computer game. One of the distractor answers was "wet dollar bills," which I thought was a bit more clever.

[SportsFan68]

... which is across the Great Divide. I tried to find it not long ago but there was no record of it anywhere.

It's still there :)

By airplane!