Transcript 2/26/08 Joanna Walker
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Transcript 2/26/08 Joanna Walker
Joannna Walker
Queen Creek AZ
50/50 and PAF remain
8K - What classic country tune features the name of a 1957 Jack Kerouac novel in its title?
A Walkin' After Midnight
B On the Road Again
C I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
D Forever & Ever, Amen
16K - A British handyman would use the word "spanner" when referring to a what?
A hammer
B crowbar
C screwdriver
D wrench
PAF Stinger is a family friend. He is certain it is a wrench.
25K - Which of the following is equal in number to the total number of days in a fortnight?
A minutes in an NFL quarter
B lines in a sonnet
C signs of the Zodiac
D stripes on the U.S. flag
50/50 leaves A and B.
Joanna does not know how many days are in a fortnight, and walks away with 16K.
8K B On the Road Again
16K D wrench
25K B lines in a sonnet
Queen Creek AZ
50/50 and PAF remain
8K - What classic country tune features the name of a 1957 Jack Kerouac novel in its title?
A Walkin' After Midnight
B On the Road Again
C I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
D Forever & Ever, Amen
16K - A British handyman would use the word "spanner" when referring to a what?
A hammer
B crowbar
C screwdriver
D wrench
PAF Stinger is a family friend. He is certain it is a wrench.
25K - Which of the following is equal in number to the total number of days in a fortnight?
A minutes in an NFL quarter
B lines in a sonnet
C signs of the Zodiac
D stripes on the U.S. flag
50/50 leaves A and B.
Joanna does not know how many days are in a fortnight, and walks away with 16K.
8K B On the Road Again
16K D wrench
25K B lines in a sonnet
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Re: Transcript 2/26/08 Joanna Walker
We had weather-related issues with yesterday's show (a brief interruption in electric service threw off the recorder so I didn't get it).BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Joannna Walker
Queen Creek AZ
50/50 and PAF remain
Too bad...15 minutes in a quarter, 12 signs of the Zodiac, 13 stripes in the flag, and 14 lines in a sonnet, and 14 days in a fortnight.BBTranscriptTeam wrote:25K - Which of the following is equal in number to the total number of days in a fortnight?
A minutes in an NFL quarter
B lines in a sonnet
C signs of the Zodiac
D stripes on the U.S. flag
50/50 leaves A and B.
Joanna does not know how many days are in a fortnight, and walks away with 16K.
"Elen sila lumenn omentielvo...A star shines on the hour of our meeting."
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16K - A British handyman would use the word "spanner" when referring to a what?
A hammer
B crowbar
C screwdriver
D wrench
I remember learning of spanners from Neutron Tide a story by Aurthur C. Clarke with a really bad pun.
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feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
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Lack of basic trivia knowledge costs her another 9K and a shot at more. Any basic trivia geek who ever played the phone game would likely know how long a fortnight is and even if you don't know how many lines there are in a sonnet the rest are easy to figure out leaving only one option.
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Agreed. Furthermore, "spanner" is common enough in British parlance that I think it should be familiar to anyone who has watched at least one BBC television program (on PBS, if not on BBC) or read so much as a single British novel written more recently than, say, Pride and Prejudice.tanstaafl2 wrote:Lack of basic trivia knowledge costs her another 9K and a shot at more. Any basic trivia geek who ever played the phone game would likely know how long a fortnight is and even if you don't know how many lines there are in a sonnet the rest are easy to figure out leaving only one option.
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Here's an article about Joanna's run.
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/ ... 27-ON.html
This web site apparently allows unmoderated comments.
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/ ... 27-ON.html
This web site apparently allows unmoderated comments.
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She got the fast track to the HS, apparently:MarleysGh0st wrote:Here's an article about Joanna's run.
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/ ... 27-ON.html
This web site apparently allows unmoderated comments.
[About two weeks later] I got a call from the show that said they were interested in having me come out (to New York).
"Elen sila lumenn omentielvo...A star shines on the hour of our meeting."