Transcript 1/29/08 Tony Mitchell (carryover)
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Transcript 1/29/08 Tony Mitchell (carryover)
Tony Mitchell
Brownsburg IN
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2K - Which of the following has an approximate diameter of 1.75 inches?
A Olympic discus
B U.S. dime
C Oreo cookie
D PGA golf hole
4K - "Vik," a term meaning "bay," is used in the name for places such as Husavik, Keflavik and the capital city of what country?
A Iceland
B Australia
C Russia
D Greece
8K - What one-hit wonder song of the 80s features the lyrics, "Toora loora toora loo rye aye"?
A Mickey
B Come On Eileen
C Der Kommissar
D Too Shy
ATA
A 4
B 83
C 7
D 6
16K - Which of these words means "dramatic" or "theatrical"?
A abstemious
B taciturn
C perspicacious
D histrionic
Tony was a Latin major, and thinks the root of perspicacious means "to be seen," and he misses the question.
2K C Oreo cookie
4K A Iceland
8K B Come On Eileen
16K D histrionic
Edited to correct spelling of perspicacious.
Brownsburg IN
all LL available
2K - Which of the following has an approximate diameter of 1.75 inches?
A Olympic discus
B U.S. dime
C Oreo cookie
D PGA golf hole
4K - "Vik," a term meaning "bay," is used in the name for places such as Husavik, Keflavik and the capital city of what country?
A Iceland
B Australia
C Russia
D Greece
8K - What one-hit wonder song of the 80s features the lyrics, "Toora loora toora loo rye aye"?
A Mickey
B Come On Eileen
C Der Kommissar
D Too Shy
ATA
A 4
B 83
C 7
D 6
16K - Which of these words means "dramatic" or "theatrical"?
A abstemious
B taciturn
C perspicacious
D histrionic
Tony was a Latin major, and thinks the root of perspicacious means "to be seen," and he misses the question.
2K C Oreo cookie
4K A Iceland
8K B Come On Eileen
16K D histrionic
Edited to correct spelling of perspicacious.
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The question would have been better had they worked the Going My Way angle instead.
Funny coincidence. Saturday night, out of the blue, my nephew asks me if I know how "that Eileen song" goes. I immediately broke into song, my sister joined in and then we started in on the Dexy dance.
I never did ask him why he wanted to know. I just hope there isn't some new girl named Eileen in his class and he was planning on using it for nefarious purposes.
You mean "one of the greatest songs EVER!", right?Appa23 wrote:"Come On Eileen" was selected as the "class song" for my law school class.
A perfectly-bad one hit wonder song.
Funny coincidence. Saturday night, out of the blue, my nephew asks me if I know how "that Eileen song" goes. I immediately broke into song, my sister joined in and then we started in on the Dexy dance.
I never did ask him why he wanted to know. I just hope there isn't some new girl named Eileen in his class and he was planning on using it for nefarious purposes.
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There is a version by a ska group called Save Ferris, with a female lead, that changes the way you look at the song. For one thing, you can understand a few more of the words....
It is nearly as enjoyable as the original, in a different way.
It is nearly as enjoyable as the original, in a different way.
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I also enjoyed the Save Ferris version.Ritterskoop wrote:There is a version by a ska group called Save Ferris, with a female lead, that changes the way you look at the song. For one thing, you can understand a few more of the words....
It is nearly as enjoyable as the original, in a different way.
Another future game show contestant (one-day champ on Jeopardy, winner on Debt, and maybe another show) and I spearheaded the nostaglia movement for "Eileen". We also wanted to get Billy Zabka as the commencement speaker for the entire university, but they went with Chip Davis instead.
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Re: Transcript 1/29/08 Tony Mitchell (carryover)
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Tony Mitchell
Brownsburg IN
He almost talked himself into a wrong answer on this one.BBTranscriptTeam wrote:2K - Which of the following has an approximate diameter of 1.75 inches?
A Olympic discus
B U.S. dime
C Oreo cookie
D PGA golf hole
Never heard the song but figured it would be the one with "Eileen" in the title, since it sounded the most Irish.BBTranscriptTeam wrote:8K - What one-hit wonder song of the 80s features the lyrics, "Toora loora toora loo rye aye"?
A Mickey
B Come On Eileen
C Der Kommissar
D Too Shy
ATA
A 4
B 83
C 7
D 6
I watched him answer this question and experienced a sad sense of deja vu.BBTranscriptTeam wrote:16K - Which of these words means "dramatic" or "theatrical"?
A abstemious
B taciturn
C persipacious
D histrionic
Tony was a Latin major, and thinks the root of persipacious means "to be seen," and he misses the question.
"Elen sila lumenn omentielvo...A star shines on the hour of our meeting."
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Re: Transcript 1/29/08 Tony Mitchell (carryover)
Ironic that this may be the only payoff for adding Latin to his quadruple major.BBTranscriptTeam wrote: 16K - Which of these words means "dramatic" or "theatrical"?
A abstemious
B taciturn
C perspicacious
D histrionic
Tony was a Latin major, and thinks the root of perspicacious means "to be seen," and he misses the question.