Transcript 11/18/15 Brian Yost

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Brian Yost
Philadelphia, Pa.
Aerospace engineer

Brian’s +1 is his father Pete.

$500
The tag line of what nautically-themed dating site promises it’ll help you “find your first mate”?
A: GlutenFreeSingles.com B: SeaCaptainDate.com
C: LonelyLumberjacks.com D: ClownHookups.com

Answer

B: SeaCaptainDate.com

$1,000
In 2015, Taco Bell released its hottest salsa yet, a limited edition sauce, one notch above “Fire”, called what?
A: “Bland” B: “Meh”
C: “Tame” D: “Diablo”

Answer

D: “Diablo”

$2,000
Helping measure the moon’s distance from Earth, the only Apollo experiment still running involves what type of item placed on the lunar surface in 1969?
A: Lunar laser bird feeder B: Lunar laser Jacuzzi
C: Lunar laser retroreflector D: Lunar laser toaster oven

Answer

C: Lunar laser retroreflector

$3,000
Espousing one of its 10 Commandments of Style, GQ says that the “right” what “can make a $100 suit look like” a thousand bucks?
A: Socks B: Beret
C: Tailor D: Gloves

Answer

C: Tailor

$5,000
Opened in the Hungarian capital just a few years after the London Underground, the world’s second-oldest metro system can be found in what city?
A: Minsk B: Warsaw
C: Budapest D: Kiev

Answer

C: Budapest

Commercial break

$7,000
A sort of “backwards palindrome,” all but which of the following are examples of a semordnilap?
A: Diaper B: Desserts
C: Drawer D: Diver

Spoiler

Brian observes that semordnilap is palindromes spelled backwards, and diaper, desserts and drawer are also other words spelled backwards.

Answer

D: Diver

$10,000
Car and Driver says it’s partly due to chronic mechanical failures that the 2004 Corvette was one of the last cars with what feature popular in the ’60s & ’70s?
A: Power seats B: Cassette player
C: Pop-up headlights D: Dual exhaust pipes

Answer

C: Pop-up headlights

$20,000
Obvious once you decipher its abbreviation, what computer program is actually a “Turing Test” designed to ensure that the user is human?
A: RSS B: CAPTCHA
C: ISDN D: WYSIWYG

+1

Pete remarks that usually the younger generation knows more about computers, but he has an idea of what each of these programs do. Brian was leaning toward CAPTCHA, but needed Pete’s help to rule out WYSIWYG.

Answer

B: CAPTCHA

Commercial break

$30,000
Which of these alliterative assertions is NOT a correct claim about that particular president’s time in office?
A: Buchanan was a bachelor B: Taft topped 320 pounds
C: Wilson was a widower D: McKinley had a mustache

50/50

Brian is able to rule out A & B.
50/50 leaves C & D, so it isn’t any help.

Answer

Brian answers C.
D is the right answer.
Brian wins $5,000.

Commercial break

QotD
As reported in the Daily Mail, it takes an average of 14 dates or about 7 weeks of dating before couples first say what?
A: “Can I use your bathroom?” B: “Do you have protection?”
C: “I love you.” D: “Do you mind if I drive?”

Answer

C: “I love you.”

[jarnon]

$20,000
Obvious once you decipher its abbreviation, what computer program is actually a “Turing Test” designed to ensure that the user is human?
A: RSS B: CAPTCHA
C: ISDN D: WYSIWYG

+1

Pete remarks that usually the younger generation knows more about computers, but he has an idea of what each of these programs do. Brian was leaning toward CAPTCHA, but needed Pete’s help to rule out WYSIWYG.

Answer

B: CAPTCHA

Spoiler

I didn't know CAPTCHA was an abbreviation. Wikipedia says it stand for Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart.

[K.P.]

Nihil Obstat® over here. A few of these had me reading them three or four times however.

[SportsFan68]

$20,000
Obvious once you decipher its abbreviation, what computer program is actually a “Turing Test” designed to ensure that the user is human?
A: RSS B: CAPTCHA
C: ISDN D: WYSIWYG

+1

Pete remarks that usually the younger generation knows more about computers, but he has an idea of what each of these programs do. Brian was leaning toward CAPTCHA, but needed Pete’s help to rule out WYSIWYG.

Answer

B: CAPTCHA

I've seen a couple lately that say the entry is required to make sure you're a human.

$30,000
Which of these alliterative assertions is NOT a correct claim about that particular president’s time in office?
A: Buchanan was a bachelor B: Taft topped 320 pounds
C: Wilson was a widower D: McKinley had a mustache

50/50

Brian is able to rule out A & B.
50/50 leaves C & D, so it isn’t any help.

Answer

Brian answers C.
D is the right answer.
Brian wins $5,000.

I'm doomed. I have no idea what McKinley looked like, and I thought you weren't a widower anymore after you remarry, and it says it's about his time in office. Ugh!

[earendel]

Brian Yost
Philadelphia, Pa.
Aerospace engineer

Brian’s +1 is his father Pete.

$30,000
Which of these alliterative assertions is NOT a correct claim about that particular president’s time in office?
A: Buchanan was a bachelor B: Taft topped 320 pounds
C: Wilson was a widower D: McKinley had a mustache

50/50

Brian is able to rule out A & B.
50/50 leaves C & D, so it isn’t any help.

Answer

Brian answers C.
D is the right answer.
Brian wins $5,000.

A is common Presidential trivia; I attended William Howard Taft Junior High and learned a lot about him so I know B is correct. I know that Wilson had a stroke and his wife allegedly exercised presidential power during his incapacity, but did he have a previous wife who died? I don't know. I don't think McKinley had a moustache. I'll try my 50:50 and hope those aren't the two left behind. Unfortunately, they are, so I'll have to consult my +1.