Brett Anthony and JiaoJiao Shen
KNSB-TV, Kansas City
Brett is the morning meteorologist, working from 4:30-7. JiaoJiao is the morning anchor. They've been working together for only a few months because JiaoJiao just started at the station in July. They are playing for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure of Greater Kansas City. Brett says that they practiced playing the game upstairs.
Topic Tree: (unrandomized)
10 - On Marriage
9 - Rock N Health
8 - Lost in Translation
7 - Foreign Versions
6 - Political Phrases
5 - Popularity Contest
4 - Toys for Tots
3 - Workout Animal
2 - Pretty Proverbs
1 - Cutest Census Ever
Topic Tree: (randomized)
8 - Lost in Translation
2 - Pithy Proverbs
6 - Political Phrases
10 - On Marriage
5 - Popularity Contest
3 - Workout Animal
7 - Foreign Versions
9 - Rock N Health
1 - Cutest Census Ever
4 - Toys for Tots
Question #1 (Toys for Tots - Level 4)
Feder-Bear is a Beanie Baby that is holding a what?
A - golf club
B - baseball mitt
C - tennis racket
D - soccer ball
JiaoJiao says that
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Roger Federer is a tennis player,
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Answer: C (tennis racket)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $1,000
Value: $1,000
Bank: $1,000
In 2011, what country began its once-a-decade census of its wild giant pandas?
A - Indonesia
B - China
C - India
D - Russia
Brett thinks that it's
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China, since they're famous for their giant pandas. JiaoJiao adds that she thinks they're only in the wild in China.
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Answer: B (China)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $3,000
Value: $2,000
Bank: $3,000
Believe it or not, which of these hard-living rock stars is a health columnist for The Sunday Times of London?
A - Ozzy Osborne
B - Johnny Rotten
C - Keith Richards
D - David Bowie
JiaoJiao says she doesn't know and Brett says he's not 100% sure either. They decide to jump the question just to be safe.
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Answer: A (Ozzy Osborne)
Value: $10,000
Bank: $3,000 (unchanged)
Meredith says he's known as "Dr. Ozzy".
Value: $10,000
Bank: $3,000 (unchanged)
Meredith says he's known as "Dr. Ozzy".
Likely to poke fun at Prime Minister Yoshihoko Noda rather than President Obama, what country debuted its version of SNL in 2011?
A - China
B - Japan
C - South Korea
D - Indonesia
JiaoJiao thinks that Yoshihoko Noda would be a
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Japanese
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Answer: B (Japan)
Value: $500
Bank: $3,500
Value: $500
Bank: $3,500
Someone who is constantly at the gym is known by what unflattering name?
A - gym pig
B - gym dog
C - gym rat
D - gym roach
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Answer: C (gym rat)
Value: $25,000
Bank: $28,500
Value: $25,000
Bank: $28,500
Meredith shows the reaction when Brett and JiaoJiao saw the $25,000 and asks if they are that way when a big story comes across the desk. They talk about how excited they get when the humane society brings animals, and when one gets adopted. JiaoJiao says that when they researched the work of the local chapter of the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure they learned that for only $5,000 the society could provide 31 women with mammograms. Early detection is the key to survival. Brett and JiaoJiao have a coworker who is undergoing treatment and Brett's wife's grandmother and JiaoJiao's aunt are cancer survivors. Meredith says her mother and grandmother are also.
Question #6 (Popularity Contest - Level 5)
Often involving elaborate mailings and publicity, a compaign to win votes for an award in Hollywood is referred to as what type of ad?
A - For Your Deliberation
B - For Your Contemplation
C - For Your Consideration
D - For Your Examination
Brett knows this. There was a movie by this title. That's the one that hit JiaoJiao first also.
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Answer: C (For Your Consideration)
Value: $100
Bank: $28,600
Value: $100
Bank: $28,600
What thinker made a pro and con list about marriage, with "friend in old age" under "Marry" and "anxiety of children" under "Not Marry"?
A - Albert Einstein
B - Sigmund Freud
C - Karl Marx
D - Charles Darwin
Brett says that one sticks out.
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"Sigmund Freud?" JiaoJiao asks, and Brett replies, "Yes." That stuck out to her also, but she's not 100% sure. Neither is Brett. It makes sense to her because "we're talking about relationships and marriage and Freud wrote a lot about family relationships with each other."
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Freud.
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Answer: D (Charles Darwin)
Value: $3,000
Bank: $28,600
Brett says that that would have been their last choice of the four.
Value: $3,000
Bank: $28,600
Brett says that that would have been their last choice of the four.
In 2011, a national poll found that only 51 percent of Republicans knew that GOP stands for what?
A - Grand Old Party
B - Government of the People
C - General Opportunity Politics
D - Grant Officials Power
JiaoJiao says this sounds like one she should know. Brett says he does know it.
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Answer: x (Grand Old Party)
Value: $5,000
Bank: $33,600
Value: $5,000
Bank: $33,600
Question #9 (Pithy Proverbs - Level 2)
According to an old proverb, what kind of "hands" are "the devil's workshop"?
A - greedy
B - helping
C - dirty
D - idle
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Answer: D (idle)
Value: $7,000
Bank: $40,600
Value: $7,000
Bank: $40,600
Some linguists argue that by saying "Ich bin ein Berliner" in a 1963 Berlin speech, JFK accidentally identified himself as a what?
A - unidentified flying object
B - powerful superhero
C - high-speed train
D - jelly-filled doughnut
Brett has heard this. He had two years of German in high school and his teacher talked about that speech. JiaoJiao says it's all up to Brett. They really want to get to the next round. JiaoJiao wants to win the million. Of the four,
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jelly-filled doughnut
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is the name of a high-speed train because of the capitalization.
ATA results
A - 1%
B - 3%
C - 57%
D - 39%
B - 3%
C - 57%
D - 39%
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C
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D.
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Answer: D (jelly-filled doughnut)
Value: $15,000
Bank: $20,300 (half the bank)
Value: $15,000
Bank: $20,300 (half the bank)
