Transcript 12/6/16 - Michael Rankins (carryover)

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Michael Rankins
Newark, CA

Started reading dictionaries and encyclopedias at age 2

Has ATA and +1 remaining

$30K :
Which of the following lists the top 3 denominations of U.S. paper currency in decreasing order of the number of bills currently in circulation?
A: $1, $20, $5 B: $1, $100, $20
C: $20, $1, $100 D: $100, $1, $5

+1

Michael verbally ruled out B and D since $100 would not be one of the top two.
+1 is Muffy Marracco a trivia friend. She said her guess would be A based on $1 being the most common, along with his feeling that $100 is not one of the most common.
Michael repeats the he believes there are more $20s in circulation than $100s and you get $20s out of the ATM not $100s.

Michael goes with A.

Spoiler

B: $1, $100, $20

Michael leaves with $5000

First break

[ghostjmf]

30K: Like contestant, I would have pretty-much eliminated choices w/ 100s. And therefore eliminated myself. I'd have used my +1 & ATA though.

[Bob78164]

This is SwanShadow from the Jeopardy! Board, isn't it? --Bob

[RichmondJ]

This is SwanShadow from the Jeopardy! Board, isn't it? --Bob

Yes.

[andrewjackson]

This is interesting.

Here is a chart that has circulation by value:

https://www.federalreserve.gov/payments ... cvalue.htm

You would have to divide by the value to get the number of notes for each.

Spoiler

$1 and $100 are very close.

For 2015 the numbers would be:

$1 - 11.4 billion
$100 - 10.82 billion
$20 - 8.56 billion
$5 - 2.74 billion
$10 - 1.9 billion
$50 - 1.59 billion
$2 - 1.15 billion

[Bob Juch]

This is interesting.

Here is a chart that has circulation by value:

https://www.federalreserve.gov/payments ... cvalue.htm

You would have to divide by the value to get the number of notes for each.

Spoiler

$1 and $100 are very close.

For 2015 the numbers would be:

$1 - 11.4 billion
$100 - 10.82 billion
$20 - 8.56 billion
$5 - 2.74 billion
$10 - 1.9 billion
$50 - 1.59 billion
$2 - 1.15 billion

Here's their chart with volume:

Spoiler

https://www.federalreserve.gov/payments ... volume.htm

[earendel]

Michael Rankins
Newark, CA

Started reading dictionaries and encyclopedias at age 2

Has ATA and +1 remaining

$30K :
Which of the following lists the top 3 denominations of U.S. paper currency in decreasing order of the number of bills currently in circulation?
A: $1, $20, $5 B: $1, $100, $20
C: $20, $1, $100 D: $100, $1, $5

+1

Michael verbally ruled out B and D since $100 would not be one of the top two.
+1 is Muffy Marracco a trivia friend. She said her guess would be A based on $1 being the most common, along with his feeling that $100 is not one of the most common.
Michael repeats the he believes there are more $20s in circulation than $100s and you get $20s out of the ATM not $100s.

Michael goes with A.

Spoiler

B: $1, $100, $20

Michael leaves with $5000

I'm pretty sure it's either A or B (more $1s in circulation than any other), but after that it's tough. I still have all my lifelines, so I'll start with the 50:50 and hope A & B aren't the two remaining answers.