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Transcript 04/14/08 John O'Connor

#1 Post by BBTranscriptTeam » Mon Apr 14, 2008 5:44 pm

John O’Connor
Rockville, MD
Bartender and student studying criminology at the University of Maryland

John has all of his lifelines.


$2K Before becoming the comic book superhero The Incredible Hulk, Bruce Banner was a prominent what?
A. Reporter
B. Professor
C. Lawyer
D. Scientist

$4K Which of these country names can be spelled by placing three U.S. state postal abbreviations in a row?
A. Angola
B. Canada
C. Malawi
D. Panama

$8K Though she’s better known for singing than modeling, what sultry star graced the cover of Sports Illustrated’s 2007 swimsuit issue?
A. Jennifer Lopez
B. Beyoncé Knowles
C. Shakira
D. Jessica Simpson

ATA
5% A. Jennifer Lopez
84% B. Beyoncé Knowles
3% C. Shakira
8% D. Jessica Simpson


$16K Which of these animals is also known as a polecat?
A. Skunk
B. Opossum
C. Hedgehog
D. Squirrel

John says, since opossums and squirrels climb, they might be called polecats.

50/50 leaves A. Skunk and B. Opossum

John makes B. Opossum his final answer.
John leaves with $1K.


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Answers:
$2K D. Scientist
$4K C. Malawi
$8K B. Beyoncé Knowles
$16K A. Skunk

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#2 Post by ontellen » Mon Apr 14, 2008 10:56 pm

I guess it's always a case of what you know and don't know. I thought this was a very easy question but then asked hubby and son and they had no idea.

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Re: Transcript 04/14/08 John O'Connor

#3 Post by NellyLunatic1980 » Tue Apr 15, 2008 3:44 am

Nihil obstat®

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#4 Post by peacock2121 » Tue Apr 15, 2008 6:38 am

I think we had a conversation about polecats and skunks a few years back.

I didn't know it before that conversation happened here.

I think Uday was talking to someone.

Just like I knew Breaking Away was filmed in Bloomington because of a conversation Mikey was having with aj.

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#5 Post by MarleysGh0st » Tue Apr 15, 2008 6:56 am

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: $16K Which of these animals is also known as a polecat?
A. Skunk
B. Opossum
C. Hedgehog
D. Squirrel

John says, since opossums and squirrels climb, they might be called polecats.

50/50 leaves A. Skunk and B. Opossum

John makes B. Opossum his final answer.
John leaves with $1K.
If he's never heard of the term, at least that was a pretty fair attempt at reasoning it out. But having done that, the only way the 50/50 could have saved him was if hedgehog had been left as the distractor.

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#6 Post by MarleysGh0st » Tue Apr 15, 2008 7:50 am

Here's an article about John's carry-over appearance.

http://media.www.diamondbackonline.com/ ... 5274.shtml
Senior criminology and criminal justice major John O'Connor certainly wanted to become a millionaire. He just came up $999,000 short.
Ouch!

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#7 Post by peacock2121 » Tue Apr 15, 2008 9:57 am

MarleysGh0st wrote:Here's an article about John's carry-over appearance.

http://media.www.diamondbackonline.com/ ... 5274.shtml
Senior criminology and criminal justice major John O'Connor certainly wanted to become a millionaire. He just came up $999,000 short.
Ouch!
You got that right.

It hurts me and I am not him.

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#8 Post by earendel » Tue Apr 15, 2008 9:57 am

My DVR box died yesterday, so I wasn't able to watch. It should be fixed or replaced before Friday, so I shouldn't miss my turn as transcriptionist.
BBTranscriptTeam wrote: John O’Connor
Rockville, MD
Bartender and student studying criminology at the University of Maryland

John has all of his lifelines.
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$4K Which of these country names can be spelled by placing three U.S. state postal abbreviations in a row?
A. Angola
B. Canada
C. Malawi
D. Panama
MA (Massachusetts) LA (Louisiana) WI (Wisconsin)
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$8K Though she’s better known for singing than modeling, what sultry star graced the cover of Sports Illustrated’s 2007 swimsuit issue?
A. Jennifer Lopez
B. Beyoncé Knowles
C. Shakira
D. Jessica Simpson

ATA
5% A. Jennifer Lopez
84% B. Beyoncé Knowles
3% C. Shakira
8% D. Jessica Simpson
I don't read SI, even for the swimsuit issue, but I had heard this.
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$16K Which of these animals is also known as a polecat?
A. Skunk
B. Opossum
C. Hedgehog
D. Squirrel

John says, since opossums and squirrels climb, they might be called polecats.

50/50 leaves A. Skunk and B. Opossum

John makes B. Opossum his final answer.
John leaves with $1K.
Too bad - "polecat" was what my aunt and uncle in Arkansas used to call skunks. I figure it's either a Southernism or a Southwesternism (although my mother never said "polecat").

I'd still have all my lifelines available.
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#9 Post by ulysses5019 » Tue Apr 15, 2008 11:27 am

I don't read SI, even for the swimsuit issue, but I had heard this.

Who "reads" the swimsuit issue? Oh, the same people who read Playboy for the articles.
I believe in the usefulness of useless information.

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#10 Post by kusch » Tue Apr 15, 2008 11:40 am

earendel wrote:My DVR box died yesterday, so I wasn't able to watch. It should be fixed or replaced before Friday, so I shouldn't miss my turn as transcriptionist.
BBTranscriptTeam wrote: John O’Connor
Rockville, MD
Bartender and student studying criminology at the University of Maryland

John has all of his lifelines.
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$4K Which of these country names can be spelled by placing three U.S. state postal abbreviations in a row?
A. Angola
B. Canada
C. Malawi
D. Panama
MA (Massachusetts) LA (Louisiana) WI (Wisconsin)
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$8K Though she’s better known for singing than modeling, what sultry star graced the cover of Sports Illustrated’s 2007 swimsuit issue?
A. Jennifer Lopez
B. Beyoncé Knowles
C. Shakira
D. Jessica Simpson

ATA
5% A. Jennifer Lopez
84% B. Beyoncé Knowles
3% C. Shakira
8% D. Jessica Simpson
I don't read SI, even for the swimsuit issue, but I had heard this.
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$16K Which of these animals is also known as a polecat?
A. Skunk
B. Opossum
C. Hedgehog
D. Squirrel

John says, since opossums and squirrels climb, they might be called polecats.

50/50 leaves A. Skunk and B. Opossum

John makes B. Opossum his final answer.
John leaves with $1K.
Too bad - "polecat" was what my aunt and uncle in Arkansas used to call skunks. I figure it's either a Southernism or a Southwesternism (although my mother never said "polecat").

I'd still have all my lifelines available.
It could be a Southernism, but we use it up here, my golfing buddies anyway. When someone is shall we say scoring a little better than his handicap, we say there is a polecat around, or a polecat in the shithouse.

I will admit to being called a polecat before. :D But then, so have most of the other golfers.

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#11 Post by themanintheseersuckersuit » Tue Apr 15, 2008 11:46 am

Polecat is a term learned from watching Saturday morning cartoons*



*note to Skip the Intern, once upon a time cartoons were only shown on television on Saturday mornings, so the kids would watch them while the parents slept in or ran errands. Felix was not a polecat.
Suitguy is not bitter.

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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