Transcript 10/27/2017 - Liz Farley (carryover)

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Liz Farley
Sunnyside, CA

Liz is known as "the otter lady". She's going for $250,000 with no lifelines remaining.

$250,000: While the nations are neighbors, which of these countries' capitals lie the farthest apart, with over 2000 miles separating them?
A - Norway and Russia
B - Mexico and the United States
C - Brazil and Colombia
D - India and Pakistan

Liz can't come up with an answer so she decides to walk away with $100,000.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Brazil and Colombia)

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[ghostjmf]

250K: Not Mexico & US. Not India & Pakistan. +1 if have it, 50/50 if have it & still need it.

[earendel]

Liz Farley
Sunnyside, CA

Liz is known as "the otter lady". She's going for $250,000 with no lifelines remaining.

$250,000: While the nations are neighbors, which of these countries' capitals lie the farthest apart, with over 2000 miles separating them?
A - Norway and Russia
B - Mexico and the United States
C - Brazil and Colombia
D - India and Pakistan

Liz can't come up with an answer so she decides to walk away with $100,000.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Brazil and Colombia)

Not B or D and would gamble on C.

[Estonut]

250K: Not Mexico & US. Not India & Pakistan. +1 if have it, 50/50 if have it & still need it.

How do you confidently rule out "B - Mexico and the United States," yet consider "A - Norway and Russia?"

[Estonut]

$250,000: While the nations are neighbors, which of these countries' capitals lie the farthest apart, with over 2000 miles separating them?
A - Norway and Russia
B - Mexico and the United States
C - Brazil and Colombia
D - India and Pakistan

Liz can't come up with an answer so she decides to walk away with $100,000.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Brazil and Colombia)

Not B or D and would gamble on C.

How do you confidently rule out "B - Mexico and the United States," yet consider "A - Norway and Russia?"

[jarnon]

$250,000: While the nations are neighbors, which of these countries' capitals lie the farthest apart, with over 2000 miles separating them?
A - Norway and Russia
B - Mexico and the United States
C - Brazil and Colombia
D - India and Pakistan

Liz can't come up with an answer so she decides to walk away with $100,000.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Brazil and Colombia)

Not B or D and would gamble on C.

How do you confidently rule out "B - Mexico and the United States," yet consider "A - Norway and Russia?"

On a Mercator map A, B & C are about the same.

Spoiler

[Estonut]

Not B or D and would gamble on C.

How do you confidently rule out "B - Mexico and the United States," yet consider "A - Norway and Russia?"

On a Mercator map A, B & C are about the same.

Spoiler

OK, but Mercator projections, by design, distort distances. Since the actual distances are A = 1,021 miles, B = 1,883 miles and C = 2,277 miles, I was wondering why 2 people confidently ruled out B, but still considered A, which is about half the distance represented by B.

[ghostjmf]

Estonut:

I know exactly where DC is & approximately where Mexico City is. I've driven cross-country in the US, though never into Mexico further than just across the border. But I could deduce how much farther Mexico City was.

I didn't have this kind of info on Oslo & Moscow.

[earendel]

$250,000: While the nations are neighbors, which of these countries' capitals lie the farthest apart, with over 2000 miles separating them?
A - Norway and Russia
B - Mexico and the United States
C - Brazil and Colombia
D - India and Pakistan

Liz can't come up with an answer so she decides to walk away with $100,000.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Brazil and Colombia)

Not B or D and would gamble on C.

How do you confidently rule out "B - Mexico and the United States," yet consider "A - Norway and Russia?"

Call me a map geek. I have a pretty good ability to visualize a map or globe in my head.

[Estonut]

Not B or D and would gamble on C.

How do you confidently rule out "B - Mexico and the United States," yet consider "A - Norway and Russia?"

Call me a map geek. I have a pretty good ability to visualize a map or globe in my head.

Well, except for the distance between Norway and Russia...