BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Rob Worman
BB: doitneatly
Edina, MN
Computer programmer
All lifelines remaining
Rob uses juggling to prepare himself for stressful situations. Mere thinks that would be stressful in itself but Rob assures her that once you learn it, juggling is a relaxing activity. He says his pulse is about 80 right now.
Rob is playing for his 4-year-old daughter who is in the autism spectrum.
Yes, call it a medical hook if you want. I wasn't planning to bring it up, and the producers didn't ask me to. Meredith was expecting me to give a generic "saving for college" answer when she asked about playing for my daughter. But I had a fit of honesty...
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:
Expert: Bill Finan, a member of the 2008 College Bowl winning team from the University of Rochester.
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!)
I will go to my grave wondering what that $250k question might've been, about "Comic Legends". Comic Books? Famous Comedians? I suspect the question would have suited me well. But I'll probably never know.
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:
$16K
(The Money Men):
Which of these U.S. banknotes features a portrait of a man who is bearded?
A. $10 B. $20
C. $50 D. $100
C. $50 (:21)
As I referenced in Max's transcript from 04/10, here is the second on-air question I saw that also happened to be a factoid that was discussed in the green room just a few hours beforehand. I am 90% certain I knew this answer before I flew to New York to tape, but the green room review meant I didn't even have to think about it.
Advice to anyone who manages to get on the show:
swap trivia in the green room!
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:
$25K
(It’s Your Move):
The Skullcracker, the Double Cross and the Octopus are all opening maneuvers in what game?
A. Backgammon B. Checkers
C. Parcheesi D. Dominoes
ATA at :18
A-22% B-13% C-37% D-28%
I was fully prepared for the audience to be useless here, but I proceeded under the assumption that the later questions would be no better. In hindsight, I can't help but think that the ATA could've made a difference at $50k.
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:
PAF (:17)
Choices brother-in-law Joe, Venice, CA
friend Jay, Austin, TX
co-worker Robert, Huntley, IL
Rob chooses Joe saying he is smart and funny.
Not that frogman042 wasn't also smart and funny, but family is family! (and I wanted to get Joe's amusing photo on the big screen)
FWIW, any one of my PAFs would've had no problem with this question - it was an easy Google. I'm not ashamed to admit that I picked all of my PAFs for Googling skills above all else, and we PRACTICED the PAF process. I daresay mine was a textbook example... no opening greetings or niceties, no reading the question, just the distilled keywords. Repeat the keywords, then a few seconds of quiet... Then start repeating the answers, but don't bother with A B C D. Time updates as the clock ticks. (note that I fibbed to Joe about the clock, to give myself a few seconds of padding; "15 seconds left!" when there was actually 18..)
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:
Rob also promotes a web site called Smile Train (
http://www.smiletrain.org/) that helps children around the world with cleft lip.
Thanks for adding the website here, mister transcriber! I didn't get a chance to plug the URL, and I really do think it's an amazing charity. They are VERY highly regarded for their operational efficiency - you can donate $250 and know that you will change someone's life forever.
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:
$50K
(And the Winner Is…):
Similar to the Oscars, the "Genies" are the highest honors awarded to movies in what country?
A. Canada B. Israel
C. Australia D. Sweden
Rob says he thinks it is a good time to double-dip (:36)
First answer, Australia, is incorrect
Second answer, Sweden, is incorrect
A. Canada (:23)
Rob leaves with $25000
Before I make my final choice, you can actually hear me murmur,
"I don't think it's Canada" ["because I would've heard of it" was the rest of that thought process, fyi...
]
My ego is soothed a bit by the fact that I have yet to speak to any non-Canadians that know this answer. Also note that, as of this writing, a search on wikipedia for "genies" will only produce a page about the mythical Arabian spirit, with zero mention of Canadian film awards.
Some may ask, why didn't I ATE?
Three reasons:
-I liked my chances with the DD, and $50k is the "free guess" level so it felt like the right choice
-Saving the ATE lifeline for later (naturally...)
-I had been told that my expert's strengths were Science and Geography, and his weaknesses were Pop Culture and History; so I wasn't so confident he'd be able to help with this pop culture question. (and I was probably right, see below)
In the spirit of trying to figure out "what if...", I actually managed to look up my expert on Facebook and ask him what he would've done with this particular question. His answer:
"i saw the question and Canada is what i would have guessed; but i would
only have been about 30% sure - and keep in mind I'm typing this in hindsight
too."
So I think I'll be able to sleep okay with the stategic decisions I made.
FYI, If you wanna catch the rerun, you can see it on YT, just look for my username