Transcript 6/3/2016 - Grace MacMillan

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Transcript 6/3/2016 - Grace MacMillan

#1 Post by BBTranscriptTeam » Tue Sep 13, 2016 9:13 am

Grace MacMillan
Derry, NH
teacher

$500: Using the border fence that separates the town as a net, for years Neco, Arizona famously played Neco, Mexico, in a game of what?
A - volleyball
B - golf
C - kickball
D - Chinese checkers
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Answer: A (volleyball)
$1000: Despite what you may have heard, the USDA says you can "shield" your food with a small sheet of what to prevent overcooking in the microwave?
A - aluminum foil
B - kryptonite
C - lead paint
D - enriched uranium
Spoiler
Answer: A (aluminum foil)
$2000: During a visit to the Bavarian Alps in 2015, President Obama joked to the traditionally dressed locals, "I forgot to bring my" what?
A - dashiki
B - lederhosen
C - hakama
D - serape

Grace says she should know this but she's nervous, so she asks the audience.
Spoiler
Ask the Audience results:
A - 13%
B - 73%
C - 7%
D - 7%
She agrees with the audience.
Spoiler
Answer: B (lederhosen)
$3000: What wrestler was once drafted for France's peacetime army, but ended up not joining because they didn't have beds big enough for him?
A - "Macho Man" Randy Savage
B - "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
C - André the Giant
D - The Rock
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Answer: C (André the Giant)
$5000: What common prescription drug was named after a chemist's wife Marguerite, who frequently took the stimulant before playing tennis?
A - Ambien
B - Prozac
C - Dramamine
D - Ritalin

Grace thinks that
Spoiler
Prozac is a stimulant
but isn't certain. She calls down her +1, her mother, Barbara. Barbara thinks she knows because
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she worked with pediatric patients and knows what was prescribed for ADHD
.
Spoiler
Answer: D (Ritalin)
commercial break

$7000: In one of his earliest parodies, Weird Al riffed on a 1979 hit with the lyrics, "Oooh I think the toast is done, the toast is done, top it off with a little of" what?
A - my grilled swordfish
B - my string cheese
C - my bologna
D - my Greek salad
Spoiler
Answer: C (my bologna)
$10,000: When their acronyms are fully written out, all but which of the following end up having a redundant word in them?
A - ATM machine
B - PIN number
C - LCD display
D - DVR remote
Spoiler
Answer: D (DVR remote)
$20,000: Which human body part is the hardest?
A - fingernails
B - tooth enamel
C - bone
D - hair

Grace isn't sure, so she uses her 50:50.
50:50 results
: A and B
Grace chooses
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A
as her final answer.
Spoiler
Answer: B (tooth enamel)

MILLIONAIRE "QUESTION OF THE DAY": Saying it helps keep her powerful vocal cords in top shape, what singer once told interviewers that she sleeps up to 15 hours per night?
A - Mariah Carey
B - Nikki Minaj
C - Katy Perry
D - Madonna
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Answer: A (Mariah Carey)
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Re: Transcript 6/3/2016 - Grace MacMillan

#2 Post by earendel » Tue Sep 13, 2016 10:18 am

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Grace MacMillan
Derry, NH
teacher
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$2000: During a visit to the Bavarian Alps in 2015, President Obama joked to the traditionally dressed locals, "I forgot to bring my" what?
A - dashiki
B - lederhosen
C - hakama
D - serape

Grace says she should know this but she's nervous, so she asks the audience.
Spoiler
Ask the Audience results:
A - 13%
B - 73%
C - 7%
D - 7%
She agrees with the audience.
Spoiler
Answer: B (lederhosen)
A pity she used her ATA so soon.
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$5000: What common prescription drug was named after a chemist's wife Marguerite, who frequently took the stimulant before playing tennis?
A - Ambien
B - Prozac
C - Dramamine
D - Ritalin

Grace thinks that
Spoiler
Prozac is a stimulant
but isn't certain. She calls down her +1, her mother, Barbara. Barbara thinks she knows because
Spoiler
she worked with pediatric patients and knows what was prescribed for ADHD
.
Spoiler
Answer: D (Ritalin)
"Rita" points to Marguerite.
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$10,000: When their acronyms are fully written out, all but which of the following end up having a redundant word in them?
A - ATM machine
B - PIN number
C - LCD display
D - DVR remote
Spoiler
Answer: D (DVR remote)
Not to be too pedantic, but these aren't acronyms, they're initialisms.

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Re: Transcript 6/3/2016 - Grace MacMillan

#3 Post by Estonut » Wed Sep 14, 2016 2:45 am

earendel wrote:
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$10,000: When their acronyms are fully written out, all but which of the following end up having a redundant word in them?
A - ATM machine
B - PIN number
C - LCD display
D - DVR remote
Spoiler
Answer: D (DVR remote)
Not to be too pedantic, but these aren't acronyms, they're initialisms.
You say PIN number funnily.
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Re: Transcript 6/3/2016 - Grace MacMillan

#4 Post by earendel » Wed Sep 14, 2016 5:32 am

Estonut wrote:
earendel wrote:
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$10,000: When their acronyms are fully written out, all but which of the following end up having a redundant word in them?
A - ATM machine
B - PIN number
C - LCD display
D - DVR remote
Spoiler
Answer: D (DVR remote)
Not to be too pedantic, but these aren't acronyms, they're initialisms.
You say PIN number funnily.
You're right - I should have said that A, C and D are initialisms.
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Re: Transcript 6/3/2016 - Grace MacMillan

#5 Post by ghostjmf » Wed Sep 14, 2016 6:30 am

So far so good
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Re: Transcript 6/3/2016 - Grace MacMillan

#6 Post by SportsFan68 » Wed Sep 14, 2016 8:53 pm

So far, so good.
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