Transcript 9/27/17b Rich Templeton (carryover)

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Rich Templeton
Chemistry teacher
New York, N.Y.

$10,000
In 1967, when Carl Stokes became the first black mayor of a major U.S. city, the Plain Dealer called what the most “sophisticated city on the face of the earth”?
A: New Orleans B: Cleveland
C: Detroit D: St. Louis

Spoiler

A: 26% B: 17% C: 31% D: 26%

Spoiler

50/50 leaves New Orleans and Cleveland.
Rich goes with the audience.

Spoiler

… and gets dursted!
B: Cleveland
Rich wins $5,000.

[jarnon]

$10,000
In 1967, when Carl Stokes became the first black mayor of a major U.S. city, the Plain Dealer called what the most “sophisticated city on the face of the earth”?
A: New Orleans B: Cleveland
C: Detroit D: St. Louis

Spoiler

A: 26% B: 17% C: 31% D: 26%

Spoiler

50/50 leaves New Orleans and Cleveland.
Rich goes with the audience.

Spoiler

… and gets dursted!
B: Cleveland
Rich wins $5,000.

Rich and the audience were probably led astray because the question was looking for a major U.S. city.

[mrkelley23]

I'd have confidently answered "Detroit," without using lifelines, and gone home. Yet another "false memory."

But I notice most of the audience was with me, too. Wonder if this is another Sinbad-Shaquille-Shazam-Kazaam moment?

[earendel]

Rich Templeton
Chemistry teacher
New York, N.Y.

$10,000
In 1967, when Carl Stokes became the first black mayor of a major U.S. city, the Plain Dealer called what the most “sophisticated city on the face of the earth”?
A: New Orleans B: Cleveland
C: Detroit D: St. Louis

Spoiler

A: 26% B: 17% C: 31% D: 26%

Spoiler

50/50 leaves New Orleans and Cleveland.
Rich goes with the audience.

Spoiler

… and gets dursted!
B: Cleveland
Rich wins $5,000.

No love for "the mistake on the lake".

[andrewjackson]

"Plain Dealer" seems like a huge clue. I can't imagine the

Spoiler

Cleveland

newspaper calling any of the other cities that.