Transcript 10/18/2011 Michael Borelli

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Michael Borelli
Closter, NJ


Topic Tree (pre-randomized):
10 Historical Papers
9 New Numbers
8 Unknown Authors
7 Building Blocks
6 The Old is New Again
5 Far from Home
4 Botox
3 What's Your Major?
2 Brand History
1 The Right Fit



Topic Tree: (Randomized)
3 What's Your Major?
1 The Right Fit
4 Botox (revealed as "Maytag")
6 The Old is New Again
2 Brand History
7 Building Blocks
10 Historical Papers
5 Far from Home
9 New Numbers
8 Unknown Authors



Question 1 - Level 8 Unknown Authors
As the source remains unknown to this day, which of the following classic works is credited to "Anonymous"?
A. Beowulf B. The Canterbury Tales
C. Don Quixote D. Paradise Lost

Answer and value

A. Beowulf
Value: $2000
Bank: $2000

Question 2 - Level 9 New Numbers
In 2010, what number joined 800, 888, 877, and 866 as the latest toll-free phone code?
A. 840 B. 855
C. 876 D. 880

ATA

A-1% B-28% C-27% D-44%

Michael was thinking C

JTQ #1

Answer and value

B. 855 (Mere said it makes sense 888, 877, 866, then 855)
Value: $15K jumped
Bank: $2000

Question 3 - Level 5 Far from Home
For several years in the early 1800s, the South American city of Rio de Janiero served as the capital of what European empire?
A. Italian B. German
C. Danish D. Portuguese

Answer and value

D. Portuguese
Value: $10K
Bank: $12K

Commercial break
Michael's wife Danielle is in the audience, Mere lets him go over and give her a hug

Michael was laid off as a stockbroker and then he started a portable restroom business with a friend.


Question 4 - Level 10 Historical Papers
Kept at the White House, the Bliss copy is one of the five existing manuscripts of what famous work?
A. Declaration of Independence C. U.S. Constitution
C. Gettysburg Address D. Emancipation Proclamation

JTQ (Michael said there's gotta be a clue in there but did not see one)

Answer and value

C. Gettysburg Address
Value: $100 jumped
Bank: $12K

Question 5 - Level 7 Building Blocks
Frank Lloyd Wright is the most famous member of a group of Chicago architects whose similar design style was known as what?
A. Shingle Style B. Prairie School
C. Pueblo Style D. Colonial Revival

Michael said he should walk because he does not have any idea on this, but he then went for it...

Spoiler

said B

Answer and value

B. Prairie School
Value: $25K
Bank: $37K

Question 6 - Level 2 Brand History
Going west in 1849 to mine for gold, James Folger instead formed a company in San Francisco that became famous for its what?
A. Clocks B. Pencils
C. Coffee D. Firearms

Answer and value

C. Coffee
Value: $500
Bank: $37500

Question 7 - Level 6 The Old is New Again
Coinciding with the 100-year anniversary of the event that inspired it, what Oscar-winning film will be released in 3D in 2012?
A. Lawrence of Arabia B. Titanic
C. Apollo 13 D. Braveheart

Answer and value

B. Titanic
Value: $1000
Bank: $38500

Commercial break

Question 8 - Level 4 Botox ("Maytag")
Doctors warn that getting Botox to stave off wrinkles often results in the formation of other wrinkles, known as "bunny lines," where?
A. Chin B. Ears
C. Nose D. Forehead

Spoiler

Michael tried to figure it out and touched each part of his face. This drew a laugh from the audience.
Michael said "Bunny" lines would refer to ears, but where on the ears would one get wrinkles?
He was leaning nose. He decided to walk.

Answer and value

C. Nose
Value: not shown
Bank: Walk ($19250)

[SportsFan68]

Question 1 - Level 8 Unknown Authors
As the source remains unknown to this day, which of the following classic works is credited to "Anonymous"?
A. Beowulf B. The Canterbury Tales
C. Don Quixote D. Paradise Lost

Answer and value

A. Beowulf
Value: $2000
Bank: $2000

My poor audience, if by some miracle I ever get on the show... "Let's see, we'll come back to Beowulf. Canterbury Tales is Chaucer, Don Quixote is Cervantes, and Paradise Lost is Milton. Beowulf, final answer."

Question 2 - Level 9 New Numbers
In 2010, what number joined 800, 888, 877, and 866 as the latest toll-free phone code?
A. 840 B. 855
C. 876 D. 880

ATA

A-1% B-28% C-27% D-44%

Michael was thinking C

JTQ #1

Answer and value

B. 855 (Mere said it makes sense 888, 877, 866, then 855)
Value: $15K jumped
Bank: $2000

I JTQ immediately on this one. I don't think the audience will know.

[MarleysGh0st]

Question 1 - Level 8 Unknown Authors
As the source remains unknown to this day, which of the following classic works is credited to "Anonymous"?
A. Beowulf B. The Canterbury Tales
C. Don Quixote D. Paradise Lost

Answer and value

A. Beowulf
Value: $2000
Bank: $2000

My poor audience, if by some miracle I ever get on the show... "Let's see, we'll come back to Beowulf. Canterbury Tales is Chaucer, Don Quixote is Cervantes, and Paradise Lost is Milton. Beowulf, final answer."

Why should the audience object to that? It's short, concise reasoning, far better than much of the banter we hear.

[earendel]

Michael Borelli
Closter, NJ

I'm guessing almost anywhere in NJ is WE® territory.

Question 2 - Level 9 New Numbers
In 2010, what number joined 800, 888, 877, and 866 as the latest toll-free phone code?
A. 840 B. 855
C. 876 D. 880

ATA

A-1% B-28% C-27% D-44%

Michael was thinking C

JTQ #1

Answer and value

B. 855 (Mere said it makes sense 888, 877, 866, then 855)
Value: $15K jumped
Bank: $2000

One of my jobs is to enter vendor information into various databases and I've seen this.

Question 4 - Level 10 Historical Papers
Kept at the White House, the Bliss copy is one of the five existing manuscripts of what famous work?
A. Declaration of Independence C. U.S. Constitution
C. Gettysburg Address D. Emancipation Proclamation

JTQ (Michael said there's gotta be a clue in there but did not see one)

Answer and value

C. Gettysburg Address
Value: $100 jumped
Bank: $12K

This is a pretty tough question (not surprisingly since it's the hardest question in the unrandomized stack). elwing thought it was the Constitution and when she saw the answer she asked how that could be since the Gettysburg Address was written on the back of an envelope. I told her that was a legend.

Question 8 - Level 4 Botox ("Maytag")
Doctors warn that getting Botox to stave off wrinkles often results in the formation of other wrinkles, known as "bunny lines," where?
A. Chin B. Ears
C. Nose D. Forehead

Spoiler

Michael tried to figure it out and touched each part of his face. This drew a laugh from the audience.
Michael said "Bunny" lines would refer to ears, but where on the ears would one get wrinkles?
He was leaning nose. He decided to walk.

Answer and value

C. Nose
Value: not shown
Bank: Walk ($19250)

I'd JTQ because I'd have thought it could be either "ears" or "nose".

[MarleysGh0st]

Michael Borelli
Closter, NJ

I'm guessing almost anywhere in NJ is WE® territory.

Not so. Southern NJ is in the Philadelphia viewing area; not the NYC viewing area, which is the more general definition of "Where Else". However, Closter happens to be in Bergen County, just a mile or so across the Hudson river from Yonkers, so it is, indeed, Where Else.