Transcript 04/13/09 Rob Worman (doitneatly)

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Rob Worman doitneatly
Edina, MN
Computer programmer

Topic Tree:

Passing the Buck
On the Road
Comic Legends
Vocals
And the Winner Is…
It’s Your Move
The Money Men
Moving Pictures
Deep Thinkers
Name Calling
The Debunker
The Windy city
Foreign Conflicts
Fight Club
Ah-choo!

$100 In reference to the U.S. economy’s impact on global markets, a common cliché warns, “When America sneezes, the world” does what?
A. Catches a cold
B. Gains weight
C. Loses sleep
D. Reaches for the Purell

Spoiler

A. Catches a cold (9)

$200 Debuting on the History channel in 2008, the TV show “Jurassic Fight Club” recreates bloody battles between what animals?
A. Lions
B. Whales
C. Ants
D. Dinosaurs

Spoiler

D. Dinosaurs (9)

$300 Which of these wars did not involve the U.S. fighting against a foreign country?
A. World War II
B. U.S. Civil War
C. American Revolution
D. Spanish-American War

Spoiler

B. U.S. Civil War ( 8 )

$500 The trains of Chicago’s mass transit system are commonly known as the “L,” a shortened form of what word?
A. Elementary
B. Elliptical
C. Elastic
D. Elevated

Spoiler

D. Elevated ( 8 )

$1K Known for debunking urban legends, the Web site Snopes.com has what apt tagline?
A. Rumor Has It
B. When in Rome
C. If the Show Fits
D. Break a Leg

Spoiler

A. Rumor Has It (7)

horn

Rob will return for tomorrow’s show.

Answers:
$100 A. Catches a cold
$200 D. Dinosaurs
$300 B. U.S. Civil War
$500 D. Elevated
$1K A. Rumor Has It

[ulysses5019]

Rob Worman doitneatly
Edina, MN
Computer programmer

Topic Tree:

Passing the Buck
On the Road
Comic Legends
Vocals
And the Winner Is…
It’s Your Move
The Money Men
Moving Pictures
Deep Thinkers
Name Calling
The Debunker
The Windy city
Foreign Conflicts
Fight Club
Ah-choo!

$100 In reference to the U.S. economy’s impact on global markets, a common cliché warns, “When America sneezes, the world” does what?
A. Catches a cold
B. Gains weight
C. Loses sleep
D. Reaches for the Purell

Spoiler

A. Catches a cold (9)

$200 Debuting on the History channel in 2008, the TV show “Jurassic Fight Club” recreates bloody battles between what animals?
A. Lions
B. Whales
C. Ants
D. Dinosaurs

Spoiler

D. Dinosaurs (9)

$300 Which of these wars did not involve the U.S. fighting against a foreign country?
A. World War II
B. U.S. Civil War
C. American Revolution
D. Spanish-American War

Spoiler

B. U.S. Civil War ( 8 )

$500 The trains of Chicago’s mass transit system are commonly known as the “L,” a shortened form of what word?
A. Elementary
B. Elliptical
C. Elastic
D. Elevated

Spoiler

D. Elevated ( 8 )

$1K Known for debunking urban legends, the Web site Snopes.com has what apt tagline?
A. Rumor Has It
B. When in Rome
C. If the Show Fits
D. Break a Leg

Spoiler

A. Rumor Has It (7)

horn

Rob will return for tomorrow’s show.

Answers:
$100 A. Catches a cold
$200 D. Dinosaurs
$300 B. U.S. Civil War
$500 D. Elevated
$1K A. Rumor Has It

I didn't see this. Was the contestant devastatingly handsome?

[Estonut]

Was the contestant devastatingly handsome?

Aren't all computer programmers?

[ulysses5019]

Was the contestant devastatingly handsome?

Aren't all computer programmers?

Those that get their beauty sleep.

[NellyLunatic1980]

Rob Worman doitneatly

Yay!

So far so good for me.

[earendel]

Rob Worman doitneatly
Edina, MN
Computer programmer

All right! A BB to root for!

$300 Which of these wars did not involve the U.S. fighting against a foreign country?
A. World War II
B. U.S. Civil War
C. American Revolution
D. Spanish-American War

Spoiler

B. U.S. Civil War ( 8 )

Not to split hairs or anything, but wasn't the Confederate States of America a "foreign" country after they seceded and formed their own government?

Rob will return for tomorrow’s show.

I figured he'd carry over, given how little time was left. I'm actually surprised that he got to the $1K level before the horn sounded.

OK, Rob, you're off to a great start. Let's bring it home today.

[MarleysGh0st]

$300 Which of these wars did not involve the U.S. fighting against a foreign country?
A. World War II
B. U.S. Civil War
C. American Revolution
D. Spanish-American War

Spoiler

B. U.S. Civil War ( 8 )

Not to split hairs or anything, but wasn't the Confederate States of America a "foreign" country after they seceded and formed their own government?

That's what the war was all about, wasn't it?

And since history is written by the victors...

[earendel]

$300 Which of these wars did not involve the U.S. fighting against a foreign country?
A. World War II
B. U.S. Civil War
C. American Revolution
D. Spanish-American War

Spoiler

B. U.S. Civil War ( 8 )

Not to split hairs or anything, but wasn't the Confederate States of America a "foreign" country after they seceded and formed their own government?

That's what the war was all about, wasn't it?

And since history is written by the victors...

I guess I've been reading too much Turtledove (if such a thing is possible).

[gsabc]

Not to split hairs or anything, but wasn't the Confederate States of America a "foreign" country after they seceded and formed their own government?

That's what the war was all about, wasn't it?

And since history is written by the victors...

I guess I've been reading too much Turtledove (if such a thing is possible).

Well, yes actually. I recently picked up the first book in his juvenile series about historians who time-hop and mix in with the locals. Mom gets sick, parents head to home time, time machine gets broken and kids (16-17 year old brother, slightly younger sister) get stranded in ancient Italy. Nice history lesson and some interesting morality debates, but I didn't care about the characters terribly much. Also thought they were a bit too resourceful. I won't bother with the rest.

[MarleysGh0st]

I guess I've been reading too much Turtledove (if such a thing is possible).

Well, yes actually. I recently picked up the first book in his juvenile series about historians who time-hop and mix in with the locals. Mom gets sick, parents head to home time, time machine gets broken and kids (16-17 year old brother, slightly younger sister) get stranded in ancient Italy. Nice history lesson and some interesting morality debates, but I didn't care about the characters terribly much. Also thought they were a bit too resourceful. I won't bother with the rest.

I read that one, too. Like you said, it is a juvenile series.

So how can Turtledove manage to write all those novels faster than I can read them?

[earendel]

That's what the war was all about, wasn't it?

And since history is written by the victors...

I guess I've been reading too much Turtledove (if such a thing is possible).

Well, yes actually. I recently picked up the first book in his juvenile series about historians who time-hop and mix in with the locals. Mom gets sick, parents head to home time, time machine gets broken and kids (16-17 year old brother, slightly younger sister) get stranded in ancient Italy. Nice history lesson and some interesting morality debates, but I didn't care about the characters terribly much. Also thought they were a bit too resourceful. I won't bother with the rest.

I've avoided that series, as well as the thinly-veiled retelling of the Civil War in a fantasy realm series.

[gsabc]

I guess I've been reading too much Turtledove (if such a thing is possible).

Well, yes actually. I recently picked up the first book in his juvenile series about historians who time-hop and mix in with the locals. Mom gets sick, parents head to home time, time machine gets broken and kids (16-17 year old brother, slightly younger sister) get stranded in ancient Italy. Nice history lesson and some interesting morality debates, but I didn't care about the characters terribly much. Also thought they were a bit too resourceful. I won't bother with the rest.

I've avoided that series, as well as the thinly-veiled retelling of the Civil War in a fantasy realm series.

I've gone through the latter. Good internal logic for the fantasy parts, and the characters were engaging. Fun to figure out which fighting nation had which real-life counterpart. Same for the people.

[tanstaafl2]

$300 Which of these wars did not involve the U.S. fighting against a foreign country?
A. World War II
B. U.S. Civil War
C. American Revolution
D. Spanish-American War

Spoiler

B. U.S. Civil War ( 8 )

Not to split hairs or anything, but wasn't the Confederate States of America a "foreign" country after they seceded and formed their own government?

That's what the war was all about, wasn't it?

And since history is written by the victors...

I think that history being written by the victors is key here. No doubt as far as the British were concerned the American Revolution was merely an internal dispute and had they won it would not be viewed as being fought between foreign countries.

Of course if they had it might have negated the rest of the options as well...