Transcript 10/15/07 Scott Steehn

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Transcript 10/15/07 Scott Steehn

#1 Post by BBTranscriptTeam » Mon Oct 15, 2007 9:14 pm

Scott Steehn
Kansas City, Mo
Casino Supervisor


$100 Which of the following is a playful nickname for a person who is intent on having a tan/
A. Moon-worshipper
B. Sun-worshipper
C. Venus-worshipper
D. Bronzy McLeatherface

$200 The word "gobbledygook" derives from the signature sound made by what animals?
A. Sheep
B. Cows
C. Pigs
D. Turkeys

$300 Of the world's seven continents, four have names that begin with what letter?
A. N
B. A
C. E
D. S

$500 Bone Suckin' Sauce is a popular brand of what?
A. Cranberry sauce
B. Tartar sauce
C. Barbecue sauce
D. Apple sauce

$1K Which of these TV sitcoms debuted most recently?
A. Alice
B. Ellen
C. Maude
D. Roseanne

$2K What is the punch line to a popular math joke that asks, "What did the zero say to the eight?"
A. Nice hat!
B. Nice gloves!
C. Nice Belt!
D. Nice shoes1

Scott makes “A. Nice hat!” his final answer.
Scott leaves with $1K.


Answers:
$100 B. Sun-worshipper
$200 D. Turkeys
$300 B. A
$500 C. Barbecue sauce
$1K B. Ellen
$2K C. Nice belt!

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#2 Post by NellyLunatic1980 » Tue Oct 16, 2007 3:47 am

$500: I'm surprised that most of the banter on this question got past the censors.

$2K: "Nice hat" was a nasty distractor for such an early question.

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#3 Post by MarleysGh0st » Tue Oct 16, 2007 6:17 am

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$2K What is the punch line to a popular math joke that asks, "What did the zero say to the eight?"
A. Nice hat!
B. Nice gloves!
C. Nice Belt!
D. Nice shoes1

Scott makes “A. Nice hat!” his final answer.
Scott leaves with $1K.
Ouch! Scott leaves as a thousandaire because he doesn't get a "popular" math joke.

I wonder if any reasoning out got cut from the tape?

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#4 Post by earendel » Tue Oct 16, 2007 6:32 am

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Scott Steehn
Kansas City, Mo
Casino Supervisor
And another contestant outside of the regular demographic. How nice.
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$1K Which of these TV sitcoms debuted most recently?
A. Alice
B. Ellen
C. Maude
D. Roseanne
Reminds me of the good old days of The Old Phone Game®. I can just hear Fred saying, "Put these TV sitcoms in the order in which they debuted, starting with the most recent."
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$2K What is the punch line to a popular math joke that asks, "What did the zero say to the eight?"
A. Nice hat!
B. Nice gloves!
C. Nice Belt!
D. Nice shoes
Does anyone care to speculate why Scott went for A? It wasn't that he didn't take the time to think about it.
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#5 Post by plasticene » Tue Oct 16, 2007 12:25 pm

earendel wrote: Does anyone care to speculate why Scott went for A? It wasn't that he didn't take the time to think about it.
He was apparently thinking, not unreasonably, of an 8 as a 0 with a round hat on top, rather than as a 0 with a belt cinched tight around its waist. A nasty question for $2000, usually a total gimme level.

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#6 Post by tanstaafl2 » Tue Oct 16, 2007 2:13 pm

plasticene wrote:
earendel wrote: Does anyone care to speculate why Scott went for A? It wasn't that he didn't take the time to think about it.
He was apparently thinking, not unreasonably, of an 8 as a 0 with a round hat on top, rather than as a 0 with a belt cinched tight around its waist. A nasty question for $2000, usually a total gimme level.
A round hat? Really? Not familiar with the joke as it sounds as though you would need to be a real math nerd or perhaps a fourth grader to be familiar with it but it didn't seem that hard.
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#7 Post by slam » Tue Oct 16, 2007 2:19 pm

Despite being familiar with too many math jokes, I had never heard this one before. Nonetheless, I thought it was easy to figure out if one just took one's time.

A sample of math jokes (in order of increasing complexity of the math):

Why was 6 afraid of 7?
Spoiler
Because 7 ate 9
What's the square root of 69?
Spoiler
Eight something
What's the integral of d(cabin)/cabin?
Spoiler
log cabin + C
What's purple and commutes?
Spoiler
an Abelian grape
I can hear the groans already. :)

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#8 Post by ghostjmf » Tue Oct 16, 2007 4:02 pm

2K: "Nice Hat!" works for me. But I've never heard this. Sounds like a kindergarten joke, & their minds are a little diff than mine. Do I really ATA here & avoid being a thousandaire????? We'll never know!

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#9 Post by plasticene » Tue Oct 16, 2007 5:48 pm

tanstaafl2 wrote:A round hat? Really?
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#10 Post by peacock2121 » Fri Oct 19, 2007 5:10 am

poor guy

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