Transcript 01/30/12 Tony Willging

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Tony Willging
Personal trainer

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Room Renovation
Wing It
Dear John
So Many Words
College Sports
Middle Names
Museum Mix-up
Scare Tactics
Super Mario
It’s a Cold Fact

Question 1 – It’s a Cold Fact
Technically speaking, the vast majority of Antarctica is covered by a what?
A. Ice cap
B. Mountain glacier
C. Ice sheet
D. Valley glacier

JTQ 1

Spoiler

C. Ice sheet
$3K
Bank - $0

Question 2 – Super Mario
Which of the following items traditionally makes Mario “grow” in Nintendo’s hit game Super Mario Bros.?
A. Egg
B. Mushroom
C. Star
D. Bullet

ATA

ATA results

4% A. Egg
84% B. Mushroom
10% C. Star
2% D. Bullet

Spoiler

B. Mushroom
$100
Bank - $100

Question 3 – Scare Tactics
What famous villain is said to have affixed burning fuses to his hat in order to create a terrifying smoky appearance?
A. Al Capone
B. Jack the Ripper
C. Jesse James
D. Blackbeard

Spoiler

D. Blackbeard
$5K
Bank - $5,100

Question 4 – Museum Mix-up
A fashion lover visiting Paris’s Musée d’Orsay might be disappointed because it contains paintings and not d’Orsays, which are what?
A. High-heeled shoes
B. Bridal gowns
C. Sunglasses
D. Handbags

JTQ 2

Spoiler

A. high-heeled shoes
$500
Bank - $5,100

Question 5 – Middle Names
As an 11-year-old, which of these inventors gave himself the middle name “Graham” in honor of a family friend?
A. Eli Whitney
B. Samuel Morse
C. Alexander Bell
D. Thomas Edison

Spoiler

C. Alexander Bell
$1K
Bank - $6,100

commercial break

Question 6 – College Sports
Appropriately, what sport is played at UCLA’s Jackie Robinson Stadium?
A. Tennis
B. Hockey
C. Baseball
D. Basketball

Spoiler

C. Baseball
$15K
Bank - $21,100

Question 7 – So Many Words
If “a picture is worth a thousand words,’ approximately how many “pictures” are in the King James edition of the Bible?
A. 315
B. 520
C. 770
D. 1,100

Spoiler

C. 770
$2K
Bank - $23,100

Question 8 – Dear John
Just as Uncle Sam represents the United States, a beefy gentleman known as John Bull is the personification of what country?
A. France
B. Germany
C. Italy
D. England

Spoiler

D. England
$25K
Bank - $48,100

commercial break

Question 9 – Wing It
In the last U.S. presidential election, what restaurant chain printed T-shirts that read, “Right Wing, Left Wing, Tastes the Same to Me”?
A. Taco Bell
B. KFC
C. Wendy’s
D. Olive Garden

Spoiler

B. KFC
$10K
Bank - $58,100

Question 10 –Room Renovation
Converted from a cloakroom by Franklin D. Roosevelt, the White House’s “Hat Box” is a small what?
A. Wine cellar
B. Bowling alley
C. Sauna
D. Movie theater

Tony decides to leave with $29,050

Spoiler

D. Movie theater
$7K
Leaves with $29,050

end of show noise

[MarleysGh0st]

Question 1 – It’s a Cold Fact
Technically speaking, the vast majority of Antarctica is covered by a what?
A. Ice cap
B. Mountain glacier
C. Ice sheet
D. Valley glacier

JTQ 1

Spoiler

C. Ice sheet
$3K
Bank - $0

Yeesh! Is there a difference between ice cap and ice sheet?

Well...Wikipedia says there is.

An ice sheet is a mass of glacier ice that covers surrounding terrain and is greater than 50,000 km2 (19,000 sq mi),[1] thus also known as continental glacier.[2] The only current ice sheets are in Antarctica and Greenland; during the last glacial period at Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) the Laurentide ice sheet covered much of North America, the Weichselian ice sheet covered northern Europe and the Patagonian Ice Sheet covered southern South America.

Ice sheets are bigger than ice shelves or alpine glaciers. Masses of ice covering less than 50,000 km2 are termed an ice cap. An ice cap will typically feed a series of glaciers around its periphery.

[Kazoo65]

1. I was torn between A and C. Where's that 50/50 when you need it? JTQ.

2. ATA like he did.

3. No idea. Here goes my second JTQ.

4. Figuring it's France and the question mentions "fashion" I guessed A. Up there I'd probably walk, because I'm out of lifelines.

5. easy.

6. another easy one. This randomization is sure tricky.

7. OUCH. I'd definitely walk if I saw this one.

8. easy

9. easy.

10. If I'm still around, walk here.

[Snaxx]

Question 1 – It’s a Cold Fact
Technically speaking, the vast majority of Antarctica is covered by a what?
A. Ice cap
B. Mountain glacier
C. Ice sheet
D. Valley glacier

JTQ 1

Spoiler

C. Ice sheet
$3K
Bank - $0

Yeesh! Is there a difference between ice cap and ice sheet?

The question made me expect Level 1 kind of choices with only one being ice. Not! "Ice cap" was more familiar to me than "Ice sheet" but the "Technically Speaking" spelled caution.

[SportsFan68]

Question 1 – It’s a Cold Fact
Technically speaking, the vast majority of Antarctica is covered by a what?
A. Ice cap
B. Mountain glacier
C. Ice sheet
D. Valley glacier

JTQ 1

Spoiler

C. Ice sheet
$3K
Bank - $0

Dang! Ice cap or ice sheet?

Question 2 – Super Mario
Which of the following items traditionally makes Mario “grow” in Nintendo’s hit game Super Mario Bros.?
A. Egg
B. Mushroom
C. Star
D. Bullet

ATA

ATA results

4% A. Egg
84% B. Mushroom
10% C. Star
2% D. Bullet

Spoiler

B. Mushroom
$100
Bank - $100

I've played this game something like twice, but I can tell you it's mushrooms.

Question 5 – Middle Names
As an 11-year-old, which of these inventors gave himself the middle name “Graham” in honor of a family friend?
A. Eli Whitney
B. Samuel Morse
C. Alexander Bell
D. Thomas Edison

Spoiler

C. Alexander Bell
$1K
Bank - $6,100

?? Who hasn't heard the name Alexander Graham Bell more often than Alexander Bell?

Question 7 – So Many Words
If “a picture is worth a thousand words,’ approximately how many “pictures” are in the King James edition of the Bible?
A. 315
B. 520
C. 770
D. 1,100

Spoiler

C. 770
$2K
Bank - $23,100

WWOQ IMHO. JTQ.

Question 10 –Room Renovation
Converted from a cloakroom by Franklin D. Roosevelt, the White House’s “Hat Box” is a small what?
A. Wine cellar
B. Bowling alley
C. Sauna
D. Movie theater

Tony decides to leave with $29,050

Spoiler

D. Movie theater
$7K
Leaves with $29,050

Ugh. Well, it wouldn't be wine cellar because a cloakroom wouldn't be in the cellar. A bowling alley would never fit in anything described as a cloakroom. A sauna wouldn't be in the same area that a cloakroom would have been in. OK, I've given reasons why it should be a small movie theater. Would I pull the trigger in the hot seat? I dunno.

[earendel]

Tony Willging
Personal trainer

Question 1 – It’s a Cold Fact
Technically speaking, the vast majority of Antarctica is covered by a what?
A. Ice cap
B. Mountain glacier
C. Ice sheet
D. Valley glacier

JTQ 1

Spoiler

C. Ice sheet
$3K
Bank - $0

So what's the difference between an ice cap and an ice sheet?

Question 4 – Museum Mix-up
A fashion lover visiting Paris’s Musée d’Orsay might be disappointed because it contains paintings and not d’Orsays, which are what?
A. High-heeled shoes
B. Bridal gowns
C. Sunglasses
D. Handbags

JTQ 2

Spoiler

A. high-heeled shoes
$500
Bank - $5,100

I'll JTQ also because I have no idea.

Question 7 – So Many Words
If “a picture is worth a thousand words,’ approximately how many “pictures” are in the King James edition of the Bible?
A. 315
B. 520
C. 770
D. 1,100

Spoiler

C. 770
$2K
Bank - $23,100

By an odd coincidence the Trivia Knights had a question last Saturday that was very poorly phrased - the question was "What word appears 773,000 times in the King James Bible?" The answer was "amen". It was a flawed question because that was the total number of words in the Bible. I don't know if any team got it right, but it was a bad question.

Question 9 – Wing It
In the last U.S. presidential election, what restaurant chain printed T-shirts that read, “Right Wing, Left Wing, Tastes the Same to Me”?
A. Taco Bell
B. KFC
C. Wendy’s
D. Olive Garden

Spoiler

B. KFC
$10K
Bank - $58,100

Meredith repeated "right wing, left wing", leading Tony to say that the key to this question was "wing". Sure, Meredith, just give him the answer next time.

Question 10 –Room Renovation
Converted from a cloakroom by Franklin D. Roosevelt, the White House’s “Hat Box” is a small what?
A. Wine cellar
B. Bowling alley
C. Sauna
D. Movie theater

Tony decides to leave with $29,050

Spoiler

D. Movie theater
$7K
Leaves with $29,050

I thought it might have been "bowling alley" since I knew there was one at the WH in the past, but I wouldn't have been confident enough to go for it, so I'll JTQ again.

[wintergreen48]

Question 4 – Museum Mix-up
A fashion lover visiting Paris’s Musée d’Orsay might be disappointed because it contains paintings and not d’Orsays, which are what?
A. High-heeled shoes
B. Bridal gowns
C. Sunglasses
D. Handbags

JTQ 2

Spoiler

A. high-heeled shoes
$500
Bank - $5,100

I was disappointed because I saw a !@#$%^&*() painting there that cost me $4,500 on Jeopardy! because I didn't ~!@#$%^&*() know the ~!@#$%^&*() name of the ~!@#$%^&*() artist.

[plasticene]

Question 1 – It’s a Cold Fact
Technically speaking, the vast majority of Antarctica is covered by a what?
A. Ice cap
B. Mountain glacier
C. Ice sheet
D. Valley glacier

JTQ 1

Spoiler

C. Ice sheet
$3K
Bank - $0

Yeesh! Is there a difference between ice cap and ice sheet?

Well...Wikipedia says there is.

An ice sheet is a mass of glacier ice that covers surrounding terrain and is greater than 50,000 km2 (19,000 sq mi),[1] thus also known as continental glacier.[2] The only current ice sheets are in Antarctica and Greenland; during the last glacial period at Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) the Laurentide ice sheet covered much of North America, the Weichselian ice sheet covered northern Europe and the Patagonian Ice Sheet covered southern South America.

Ice sheets are bigger than ice shelves or alpine glaciers. Masses of ice covering less than 50,000 km2 are termed an ice cap. An ice cap will typically feed a series of glaciers around its periphery.

Even the Jeopardy! writers must be unclear about the distinction. Just last week on Monday's show, the $1000 clue under "The Arctic Environment" was

After Antarctica & Greenland, many consider Nordaustland in Svalbard to be covered with the third-largest in volume of this form of slow-moving glacier

Their answer was icecap.