Transcript 12/09/13 John Didato

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John Didato
New York, NY

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It’s All Latin to Me
Reboot
Film Food
Early Uses
Appropriate Namesakes
Weird Write-off
Nice Try
Jessie’s Girl
Meet the Beetles
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Question 1 –
Because it has wet surfaces and humid clouds, scientists believe that rainbows exist on Titan, one of which planet’s moons?
A. Saturn
B. Mercury
C. Neptune
D. Venus

Spoiler

A. Saturn
$5K
Bank - $5K

Question 2 – Meet the Beetles
Able to lift as much as 850 times their own body weight, rhinoceros beetles are also commonly known by which of these mythological names?
A. Poseidon beetles
B. Mercury beetles
C. Hercules beetles
D. Mr. T beetles

Spoiler

C. Hercules beetles
$10K
Bank - $15K

Question 3 - Jessie’s Girl
If Rick Springfield used the actual name of the friend who inspired his hit song “Jessie’s Girl,” he would be singing “I wish that I had” whose “girl”?
A. Gary’s
B. Arthurs’s
C. Doug’s
D. Avery’s

JTQ 1

Spoiler

A. Gary’s
$1K
Bank - $15K

Question 4 - Nice Try
A 900-foot-tall guillotine was one of many designs proposed for the site where what landmark was eventually built in 1889?
A. Statue of Liberty
B. Eiffel Tower
C. Taj Mahal
D. Tower of London

Spoiler

B. Eiffel Tower
$2K
Bank - $17K

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Question 5 - Weird Write-off
“Amount of credit per carcass” is a line item on which of the following South Carolina state tax forms?
A. Corporate Headquarters Credit
B. Scenic Rivers Tax Credit
C. Venison for Charity Credit
D. Health Insurance Credit

Spoiler

C. Venison for Charity Credit
$7K
Bank - $24K

Question 6 - Appropriate Namesakes
Clearly able to laugh at his own unusual name, law professor William Falik had what named in his honor after donating $100,000 to Harvard law School?
A. A lecture hall
B. A water fountain
C. A men’s bathroom
D. A law library

JTQ 2

Spoiler

C. A men’s bathroom
$25K
Bank - $24K

commercial break

Question 7 - Early Uses
Released in 1884, what soda was once marketed as a medicinal aid for such issues as “loss of manhood” and “nervous exhaustion”?
A. RC Cola
B. Moxie
C. Fresca
D. Mr. PiBB

Spoiler

B. Moxie
$100
Bank - $24,100

Question 8 - Film Food
In a scene from “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom,” Indy and friends are served all but which of these unusual dishes?
A. Tongue salad
B. Chilled monkey brains
C. Eyeball soup
D. Snake surprise

Spoiler

A. Tongue salad
$3K
Bank - $27,100

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John will return on tomorrow’s show.

[Kazoo65]

1. I get mixed up on which planet has which moons, so I use JTQ here.

2. easy.

3. here goes my second JTQ already.

4. easy-if you hear the word "guillotine" you should think France.

5. easy.

6. easy.

7. I use ATA and hope they can figure it out.

[SportsFan68]

Question 3 - Jessie’s Girl
If Rick Springfield used the actual name of the friend who inspired his hit song “Jessie’s Girl,” he would be singing “I wish that I had” whose “girl”?
A. Gary’s
B. Arthurs’s
C. Doug’s
D. Avery’s

JTQ 1

Spoiler

A. Gary’s
$1K
Bank - $15K

JTQ 1

Question 7 - Early Uses
Released in 1884, what soda was once marketed as a medicinal aid for such issues as “loss of manhood” and “nervous exhaustion”?
A. RC Cola
B. Moxie
C. Fresca
D. Mr. PiBB

Spoiler

B. Moxie
$100
Bank - $24,100

JTQ 2. I'm doomed.

Question 8 - Film Food
In a scene from “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom,” Indy and friends are served all but which of these unusual dishes?
A. Tongue salad
B. Chilled monkey brains
C. Eyeball soup
D. Snake surprise

Spoiler

A. Tongue salad
$3K
Bank - $27,100

I remember the chilled monkey brains and the eyeball soup, but the other two are beyond me. ATA and pretend they get it.

[TheConfessor]

Question 5 - Weird Write-off
“Amount of credit per carcass” is a line item on which of the following South Carolina state tax forms?
A. Corporate Headquarters Credit
B. Scenic Rivers Tax Credit
C. Venison for Charity Credit
D. Health Insurance Credit

Spoiler

C. Venison for Charity Credit
$7K
Bank - $24K

In case anyone was wondering, the credit is $50 per carcass. It applies only to licensed butchers and meat packers who have a contract with an approved charity to process donated deer carcasses to feed the hungry. Pretty obscure question, but not hard to answer.
http://www.sctax.org/nr/rdonlyres/0ae8c ... 0/tc51.pdf

[thejeopardyfan]

JTQ questions 1 and 3. ATA question 7. I lost on question 8.

[earendel]

John Didato
New York, NY

Question 3 - Jessie’s Girl
If Rick Springfield used the actual name of the friend who inspired his hit song “Jessie’s Girl,” he would be singing “I wish that I had” whose “girl”?
A. Gary’s
B. Arthurs’s
C. Doug’s
D. Avery’s

JTQ 1

Spoiler

A. Gary’s
$1K
Bank - $15K

I'd JTQ also. This might be too obscure for the audience.