Transcript 5/11/16 Rachel Sandberg

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Rachel Sandberg
Upper West Side, N.Y.C.

$500
According to ABC News, more than three out of every four Americans think what holiday treat should be eaten “ears first”?
A: Snowman cookie B: Chocolate bunny
C: Candy heart D: Thanksgiving turkey

Answer

B: Chocolate bunny
“And I love that ABC News apparently did a report on that.”
“Hard-hitting story.”

$1,000
In a fitting celebration of its 206th episode, in 2015 what drama’s characters mentioned everything from the mandible to the metatarsals in a single show?
A: Bones B: Pretty Little Liars
C: The Blacklist D: Law & Order: SVU

Answer

A: Bones
Chris says the human body has 206 bones.

$2,000
The words “congratulate” and “gratify” are derived from the Latin word “gratus,” which is also the root word for “thank you” in what European language?
A: Spanish B: Mandarin
C: Punjabi D: French

Answer

A: Spanish
“That’s right. Gracias.”
“De nada.”

Commercial break

QotD
According to FareCompare.com, because there tend to be more empty seats, the cheapest day to fly within the U.S. is usually what?
A: Wednesday B: Thursday
C: Friday D: Saturday

Answer

A: Wednesday

$3,000
In 1996 columnist Ann Landers warned of what being “tailor-made for con men, the lonely and the bored”?
A: Pagers B: Portable CD players
C: The Internet D: Sony Playstations

Answer

C: The Internet

$5,000
Designer jeans aside, who did Business Insider say seemed to excel only in “inheriting and spending” a fortune on real estate after “Billy” died in 1885?
A: The Rockefellers B: The Kennedys
C: The Carnegies D: The Vanderbilts

ATA

A: 30% B: 8% C: 6% D: 56%

Answer

D: The Vanderbilts

The horn
Rachel will be back on Thursday.

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$3,000
In 1996 columnist Ann Landers warned of what being “tailor-made for con men, the lonely and the bored”?
A: Pagers B: Portable CD players
C: The Internet D: Sony Playstations

Answer

C: The Internet

If Ann Landers was less genteel, she could have added child molesters. But she was right about the Bored!

[ghostjmf]

So far so good. What do Gloria V & Anderson Cooper have to say about that.

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Rachel Sandberg
Upper West Side, N.Y.C.

Is there really a town called Upper West Side?

Nihil obstat®.

[SportsFan68]

$5,000
Designer jeans aside, who did Business Insider say seemed to excel only in “inheriting and spending” a fortune on real estate after “Billy” died in 1885?
A: The Rockefellers B: The Kennedys
C: The Carnegies D: The Vanderbilts

ATA

A: 30% B: 8% C: 6% D: 56%

Answer

D: The Vanderbilts

Don't include Horace in that! He was on a long cruise including the Panama Canal and invented the game of contract bridge as we play it today.