Transcript 4/20/16 Adam Neill (audience contestant)

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Adam Neill
Originally from Rockland County, N.Y.

$1,000
With over a million living there, many in the Liberdade district of Sao Paulo, what country is home to the most Japanese people outside of Japan?
A: Mexico B: Brazil
C: Chile D: Venezuela

Answer

B: Brazil
Chris pays Adam 50 Harriets (no, 10 Benjamins).

[jarnon]

There was no tilde over the "a" in Sao. I think that was intentional, to make the question a bit harder.

[TheConfessor]

There was no tilde over the "a" in Sao. I think that was intentional, to make the question a bit harder.

Either that, or because the U.S. version of WWTBAM is in English, not Portuguese. (I'm not a fan of occasional foreign alphabet letters and diacritics appearing in English language text. I know it happens increasingly often these days, but where do you draw the line?)

[Estonut]

There was no tilde over the "a" in Sao. I think that was intentional, to make the question a bit harder.

Either that, or because the U.S. version of WWTBAM is in English, not Portuguese. (I'm not a fan of occasional foreign alphabet letters and diacritics appearing in English language text. I know it happens increasingly often these days, but where do you draw the line?)

Draw it above the "a," like jarnon said.

[MarleysGh0st]

Draw it above the "a," like jarnon said.

Where's the rec button?



And getting back to the audience question, Adam seemed lucky to stumble onto the correct answer. He said he thought that the Brazilians spelled their city names differently, but he never recognized--out loud, at least--that Sao (or São) Paulo is spelled differently than the Spanish "San Pablo".