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Transcript 04/14/08 Mitch Baker

#1 Post by BBTranscriptTeam » Mon Apr 14, 2008 5:45 pm

Mitch Baker
Philadelphia, PA
IRS Customer Service Rep

Mitch loves cats and being an American Revolution reenactor.


$100 Parents traditionally stand their kids against a wall and make a mark just above their heads in order to record their what?
A. Eye color
B. Height
C. Weight
D. Chances at making the NBA

$200 What section of a bookstore would most likely have “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People”?
A. Mysteries
B. Self-help
C. Travel
D. Cooking

$300 A popular office supply, a “Super Sticky” is a type of what?
A. Wite-Out
B. Bic pen
C. Xerox copier
D. Post-it note

$500 In a well-known variation of tag, players repeatedly shout the word “Polo!” in response to what word?
A. Hugo!
B. Marco!
C. Gino!
D. Rocco!

$1K Which of these classic movie characters is a villain and not a hero?
A. Freddy Kruger
B. Erin Brockovich
C. Atticus Finch
D. Obi-Wan Kenobi

$2K Which of these names for a type of bread is also the name for a type of whiskey?
A. Pumpernickel
B. Lavash
C. Focaccia
D. Rye

$4K By law, a unique 17-character identification number called a VIN is assigned during production of each new what?
A. House
B. Cell phone
C. Automobile
D. Passport

$8K John Lennon’s 1971 song “Imagine” asks listeners to imagine a world without all but which of these things?
A. Politics
B. Possessions
C. Countries
D. Religion

$16K Which of these major cities is located in Pakistan?
A. Kandehar
B. Abu Dhabi
C. Hamadan
D. Islamabad

commercial break

$25K According to a recent U.S. Census report, the median household income in the U.S. in 2006 was approximately what?
A. $28,000
B. $38,000
C. $48,000
D. $58,000

ATA
14% A. $28,000
41% B. $38,000
42% C. $48,000
3% D. $58,000

50/50 leaves B. $38,000 and C. $48,000.

PAF – Walt, a fellow IRS employee

Walt says $38,000 soon after Mitch finishes giving the choices.
Walt says he is 97% sure.

Mitch goes with his friend Walt and makes B. $38,000 his final answer.
Mitch leaves with $1K.


commercial break

Answers:
$100 B. Height
$200 B. Self-help
$300 D. Post-it note
$500 B. Marco!
$1K A. Freddy Kruger
$2K D. Rye
$4K C. Automobile
$8K A. Politics
$16K D. Islamabad
$25K C. $48,000

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#2 Post by gsabc » Mon Apr 14, 2008 6:25 pm

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Mitch Baker
Philadelphia, PA
IRS Customer Service Rep

Mitch loves cats and being an American Revolution reenactor.



$25K According to a recent U.S. Census report, the median household income in the U.S. in 2006 was approximately what?
A. $28,000
B. $38,000
C. $48,000
D. $58,000

ATA
14% A. $28,000
41% B. $38,000
42% C. $48,000
3% D. $58,000

50/50 leaves B. $38,000 and C. $48,000.

PAF – Walt, a fellow IRS employee

Walt says $38,000 soon after Mitch finishes giving the choices.
Walt says he is 97% sure.

Mitch goes with his friend Walt and makes B. $38,000 his final answer.
Mitch leaves with $1K.


$25K C. $48,000
What a truly nasty question! Were they over budget on prizes this year or something? I want to know how recent that report was to the taping date. This guy should ask for a mulligan.
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#3 Post by kayrharris » Mon Apr 14, 2008 6:35 pm

Had Walt used Google, the correct answer comes up as the first hit.
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#4 Post by NellyLunatic1980 » Tue Apr 15, 2008 3:48 am

$16K: It's either Kandahar or Islamabad. One is in Afghanistan, the other is in Pakistan. But I couldn't remember which. PAF.

$25K: Lifelines would not have helped me here. I knew the audience wouldn't have a clue on this one, and I knew that the 50:50 would leave the two answers I was thinking--$38K and $48K. I would've said $38K and lost.

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#5 Post by peacock2121 » Tue Apr 15, 2008 6:41 am

ouch

That is a stoopid question.

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#6 Post by MarleysGh0st » Tue Apr 15, 2008 6:51 am

gsabc wrote:
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Mitch Baker
Philadelphia, PA
IRS Customer Service Rep

Mitch loves cats and being an American Revolution reenactor.



$25K According to a recent U.S. Census report, the median household income in the U.S. in 2006 was approximately what?
A. $28,000
B. $38,000
C. $48,000
D. $58,000

ATA
14% A. $28,000
41% B. $38,000
42% C. $48,000
3% D. $58,000

50/50 leaves B. $38,000 and C. $48,000.

PAF – Walt, a fellow IRS employee

Walt says $38,000 soon after Mitch finishes giving the choices.
Walt says he is 97% sure.

Mitch goes with his friend Walt and makes B. $38,000 his final answer.
Mitch leaves with $1K.


$25K C. $48,000
What a truly nasty question! Were they over budget on prizes this year or something? I want to know how recent that report was to the taping date. This guy should ask for a mulligan.
Yes, that was a WWOQ. That figure is one of countless statistics that may get mentioned in the newspaper that nobody bothers to remember. And how can you reason it out? First, you need to estmate how many households have two incomes, then estimate the median individual income, then...

Ironic, though, that two employees of the IRS should be tripped up over this. If there's one organization that knows the answer... :roll:


Earlier on, I had the "Imagine" question down to a 50/50 in my head--politics or countries--but I'd probably have to burn the ATA on that, rather than risk having the 50/50 leave those same two choices.

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#7 Post by slam » Tue Apr 15, 2008 7:11 am

MarleysGh0st wrote:
gsabc wrote:
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Mitch Baker
Philadelphia, PA
IRS Customer Service Rep

Mitch loves cats and being an American Revolution reenactor.



$25K According to a recent U.S. Census report, the median household income in the U.S. in 2006 was approximately what?
A. $28,000
B. $38,000
C. $48,000
D. $58,000

ATA
14% A. $28,000
41% B. $38,000
42% C. $48,000
3% D. $58,000

50/50 leaves B. $38,000 and C. $48,000.

PAF – Walt, a fellow IRS employee

Walt says $38,000 soon after Mitch finishes giving the choices.
Walt says he is 97% sure.

Mitch goes with his friend Walt and makes B. $38,000 his final answer.
Mitch leaves with $1K.


$25K C. $48,000
What a truly nasty question! Were they over budget on prizes this year or something? I want to know how recent that report was to the taping date. This guy should ask for a mulligan.
Yes, that was a WWOQ. That figure is one of countless statistics that may get mentioned in the newspaper that nobody bothers to remember. And how can you reason it out? First, you need to estmate how many households have two incomes, then estimate the median individual income, then...

Ironic, though, that two employees of the IRS should be tripped up over this. If there's one organization that knows the answer... :roll:


Earlier on, I had the "Imagine" question down to a 50/50 in my head--politics or countries--but I'd probably have to burn the ATA on that, rather than risk having the 50/50 leave those same two choices.
There's no way I'd miss the "Imagine" question, but instead of immediately thinking of the song, I thought of the scene from "Forrest Gump" where Forrest and John Lennon are both guests on the "Dick Cavett Show".

And believe it or not, I actually knew the $48,000 number close enough to be confident in that choice. I didn't know the number exactly, of course, but from reading those articles year after year, I did know that the median income was creeping up on $50,000 but had not yet passed it.

I agree that it's ironic that two IRS employees didn't get this one. Those articles invariably cite IRS statistics.

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

slam wrote: There's no way I'd miss the "Imagine" question, but instead of immediately thinking of the song, I thought of the scene from "Forrest Gump" where Forrest and John Lennon are both guests on the "Dick Cavett Show".
Do they specifically mention "countries" in that scene? I had a pretty strong hunch about that, from remembering the "all one people, living life in peace" bit, but me trusting a hunch on a Lyrically Speaking question would be asking for a Walhal moment.

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#9 Post by Appa23 » Tue Apr 15, 2008 7:22 am

MarleysGh0st wrote:
slam wrote: There's no way I'd miss the "Imagine" question, but instead of immediately thinking of the song, I thought of the scene from "Forrest Gump" where Forrest and John Lennon are both guests on the "Dick Cavett Show".
Do they specifically mention "countries" in that scene? I had a pretty strong hunch about that, from remembering the "all one people, living life in peace" bit, but me trusting a hunch on a Lyrically Speaking question would be asking for a Walhal moment.
A quick Google check says "no".

Gump mentions that the people in China don't have anything, Lennon says "No possessions?". Gump says that the people do not go to church, and Lennon says "No religion too?" Dick Cavett says "Hard to imagine", and Lennon says, "It's easy if you try, Dick."

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#10 Post by earendel » Tue Apr 15, 2008 10:03 am

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Mitch Baker
Philadelphia, PA
IRS Customer Service Rep

Mitch loves cats and being an American Revolution reenactor.
How interesting to have him on the day before Tax Day.
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$8K John Lennon’s 1971 song “Imagine” asks listeners to imagine a world without all but which of these things?
A. Politics
B. Possessions
C. Countries
D. Religion
"Imagine there's no countries
it isn't hard to do.
Nothing to kill or die for
and no religion too."

"Imagine no possessions.
I wonder if you can."
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$25K According to a recent U.S. Census report, the median household income in the U.S. in 2006 was approximately what?
A. $28,000
B. $38,000
C. $48,000
D. $58,000

ATA
14% A. $28,000
41% B. $38,000
42% C. $48,000
3% D. $58,000

50/50 leaves B. $38,000 and C. $48,000.

PAF – Walt, a fellow IRS employee

Walt says $38,000 soon after Mitch finishes giving the choices. Walt says he is 97% sure. Mitch goes with his friend Walt and makes B. $38,000 his final answer. Mitch leaves with $1K.
This is a tough one without Google to help - using "2006 median income" produces a Wikipedia entry for the first hit, and it says $48,201.

I'd have had to use the PAF for this one.
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