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Thom Slattery
West Orange, NJ
When Thom got the call he thought it was a scam - he thought the time had passed for him to be on the show, so he called the number back to make sure it came from ABC.
CindyBAM doesn't air on the ABC affiliate in Louisville, so this wouldn't have helped Thom over his fear of a scam had he called from here.
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$1K - How many U.S. states are not part of the area known as the conterminous United States?
A - 2
B - 3
C - 4
D - 5
I've heard of "continguous" and "coterminous". According to Mirriam-Webster "coterminous" and "conterminous" are not quite the same thing.
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$4K - Which of these fabrics is named for a variety of goat found in a hilly region between India and Pakistan?
A - denim
B - cashmere
C - velvet
D - suede
Thom goes with his gut and says, "B".
Does anyone know why the region is spelled "Kashmir" but the fabric is "cashmere"?
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$16K - If the '70s pop duo Captain & Tennille was "promoted" one rank in the U.S. Army, what would be its new name?
A - Colonel & Tennille
B - Major & Tennille
C - Brigadier General & Tennille
D - Warrant Officer & Tennille
Thom says this is a good time for him to ask the audience.
ATA results:
A - 17%
B - 78%
C - 3%
D - 2%
Thom says that's a very good number and he goes with the audience's answer.
I confess, I'm a fan of C&T.
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$25K - Which of the following is the name for a type of bean and not a type of pasta?
A - lumaconi
B - mostaccioli
C - gemelli
D - borlotti
Thom wants to call his friend Sarah Jane. He reads the question, Sarah Jane sighs and asks him to read the first two again. The only one Sarah Jane knows is a pasta is gemelli. Thom then asks for the 50/50, leaving C and D. Since that's the one Sarah Jane knew was a pasta, Thom is going to trust her and make "D" his final answer.
I know that B and C are pastas, so I'd go with the 50/50 here.
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$50K - In the human body, where is the zonule of Zinn located?
A - under the tongue
B - on the brain stem
C - in the eyeball
D - in the large intestine
Thom says it sounds like some sort of invader that came down and went for the eyeball. He decides to switch the question.
I don't have enough anatomical knowledge for this one, so it's time to use a lifeline. Let's STQ like Thom did. How funny that he should allude to the eyeball.
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$50K (STQ) - Which of these famous lines is associated with a president who was a Democrat?
A - The buck stops here
B - A chicken in every pot
C - Speak softly and carry a big stick
D - A return to normalcy
Thom says that "The buck stops here" was said by Truman and he thinks Truman was a Democrat. He waits, then says, "I'm waiting for some gasps." After he makes that his final answer, Meredith gives him one. "I can't believe it came to me!" Thom remarks.
Bingo! Good choice.
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$100K - At the All English Club, the site of Wimbledon, the players' entrance to Centre Court bears the inscription of a quote by whom?
A - Rudyard Kipling
B - John Milton
C - P.G. Wodehouse
D - Evelyn Waugh
Thom would love to go home with $100K but going home with $50K is not a bad day. It would be a total shot in the dark if he were to guess. He thinks it might be something from Milton, but he decides to walk away.
My first thought was "Dante" (as in "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here"), which elwing thought was funny. I thought it might be Kipling, but at this level it's time to try another lifeline - going to a Google PAF. Turns out the lines are from Kipling's "If":
“If you can meet with triumph and disaster and treat those two impostors just the same”
Thom did a good thing by walking away. I'd be going for $250K with only the ATA still available.