Transcript 1/12/2011 - Alex Gonzalez

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Alex Gonzalez
Long Island City, NY
waiter/actor

Topic tree (unrandomized)
* Connected Men
* Spicy Morsels
* Joey's Crush
* Dog Breeds
* World Travel
* Book the Movie
* Scary Shows
* English Time
* Super Twins
* Boy Toy

Topic tree (randomized)
* Connected Men
* Super Twins
* Giant Food
* World Travel
* Book the Movie
* English Time
* Joey's Crush
* Dog Breeds
* Boy Toy
* Scary Shows

Question 1 (Scary Shows)
What TV drama is based on a collection of Charlaine Harris novels called "The Southern Vampire Series"?
a. Dexter
b. Supernatural
c. Breaking Bad
d. True Blood

value/answer/bank

d. True Blood
value: $15,000
bank: $15,000

Question 2 (Boy Toy)
"Built for Boyhood!" is a slogan used by what toy brand?
a. Etch a Sketch
b. Slinky
c. Tonka
d. Magic 8 Ball

value/answer/bank

c. Tonka
value: $100
bank: $15,100

Question 3 (Dog Breeds)
The Lhasa apso is a dog originally bred to guard temples and monasteries in what part of the world?
a. India
b. Greece
c. Egypt
d. Tibet

Ask the audience used

ATA results

a:7% b:3% c:9% d:81%

value/answer/bank

d. Tibet
value: $10,000
bank: $25,100

Question 4 (Spicy Morsels)
The unique culinary dish featuring pitted prunes wrapped in bacon and covered in spices is known by what sinister name?
a. Angels of Death
b. Hell’s Bells
c. Fire and Brimstone
d. Devils on Horseback

Jump the question 1 used

value/answer/bank

d. Devils on Horseback
value: ($500)
bank: $25,100

Question 5 (Joey's Crush)
In 2002, a posthumous album by punk icon Joey Ramone was released, featuring a song inspired by what news personality?
a. Maria Bartiromo
b. Paula Zahn
c. Katie Couric
d. Diane Sawyer

Jump the question 2 used

value/answer/bank

a. Maria Bartiromo
value: ($2,000)
bank: $25,100

Question 6 (English Time)
The sounds of what London landmark were first broadcast live over BBC radio on New Year's Eve to ring in 1924?
a. Buckingham Palace
b. Big Ben
c. Piccadilly Circus
d. Trafalgar Square

value/answer/bank

b. Big Ben
value: $1,000
bank: $26,100

Question 7 (Book the Movie)
True to its title, the 2007 movie "The Jane Austen Book Club" depicts six friends reading which of these classic novels?
a. Mrs. Dalloway
b. Pride and Prejudice
c. Madame Bovary
d. Tess of the D'Urbervilles

answer and result

b. Pride and Prejudice
Alex answers incorrectly (a. Mrs. Dalloway) and leaves with $1,000.

previous summary notes

It sounded like he knew or at least thought that Pride and Prejudice was by Jane Austen. He said it is the obvious one but it might not be the obvious one so maybe he assumed all four of them were by Jane Austen.
Anyway, while his companion grimaced, he went with A final answer and dropped to $1000. Maybe if he knew the unrandomized level he would have realized it was simply asking which of four works by four different authors were by Jane Austen.

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Bump!

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Question 4 (Spicy Morsels)
The unique culinary dish featuring pitted prunes wrapped in bacon and covered in spices is known by what sinister name?
a. Angels of Death
b. Hell’s Bells
c. Fire and Brimstone
d. Devils on Horseback

Jump the question 1 used

value/answer/bank

d. Devils on Horseback
value: ($500)
bank: $25,100

I don't recall hearing of this recipe, before. Wikipedia categorizes these as English cuisine and Christmas food. Are they common anywhere else?

[earendel]

Alex Gonzalez
Long Island City, NY
waiter/actor

He hit the trifecta as a WE®.

Question 3 (Dog Breeds)
The Lhasa apso is a dog originally bred to guard temples and monasteries in what part of the world?
a. India
b. Greece
c. Egypt
d. Tibet

Ask the audience used

ATA results

a:7% b:3% c:9% d:81%

value/answer/bank

d. Tibet
value: $10,000
bank: $25,100

I play a board game called "China Rails" and Lhasa is one of the cities in the game, counted as part of China, not Tibet.

Question 4 (Spicy Morsels)
The unique culinary dish featuring pitted prunes wrapped in bacon and covered in spices is known by what sinister name?
a. Angels of Death
b. Hell’s Bells
c. Fire and Brimstone
d. Devils on Horseback

Jump the question 1 used

value/answer/bank

d. Devils on Horseback
value: ($500)
bank: $25,100

I'd use a lifeline here also - probably JTQ. I've never heard of this "delicacy".

Question 5 (Joey's Crush)
In 2002, a posthumous album by punk icon Joey Ramone was released, featuring a song inspired by what news personality?
a. Maria Bartiromo
b. Paula Zahn
c. Katie Couric
d. Diane Sawyer

Jump the question 2 used

value/answer/bank

a. Maria Bartiromo
value: ($2,000)
bank: $25,100

I might as well ATA on this one.

Question 7 (Book the Movie)
True to its title, the 2007 movie "The Jane Austen Book Club" depicts six friends reading which of these classic novels?
a. Mrs. Dalloway
b. Pride and Prejudice
c. Madame Bovary
d. Tess of the D'Urbervilles

answer and result

b. Pride and Prejudice
Alex answers incorrectly (a. Mrs. Dalloway) and leaves with $1,000.

previous summary notes

It sounded like he knew or at least thought that Pride and Prejudice was by Jane Austen. He said it is the obvious one but it might not be the obvious one so maybe he assumed all four of them were by Jane Austen.
Anyway, while his companion grimaced, he went with A final answer and dropped to $1000. Maybe if he knew the unrandomized level he would have realized it was simply asking which of four works by four different authors were by Jane Austen.

Yeah, this couldn't have been very hard since only one of the four is by Austen.

[tlynn78]

I don't recall hearing of this recipe, before. Wikipedia categorizes these as English cuisine and Christmas food. Are they common anywhere else?

Didn't know they were of English extraction, but they've been on the hors d'oeuvres circuit for some time, as have "Angels on Horseback" (bacon-wrapped oysters).


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