Transcript 02/13/17 Naman Shah

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Naman Shah
Peatchtree Corners, GA
13-years-old

Naman’s Plus one is his dad Amil.

This week the contestants will have a fourth lifeline, Cut the Question, which they can use up to and including the $50K question.


Whiz Kids Week

$500 According to the American Dental Association, it’s important to teach kids that twice a day, they need to spend two minutes doing what?
A. Communicating with evil spirits
B. Learning how to play the kettledrum
C. Trying to build a helicopter
D. Brushing their teeth

Spoiler

D. Brushing their teeth

$1K Saying, “He is a bird of bad moral Character. He does not get his Living honestly,” Ben Franklin argued unsuccessfully against what being our national animal?
A. The emperor penguin
B. The bald eagle
C. The toucan
D. The ostrich

Spoiler

B. The bald eagle

$2K What frozen food duo has said their friendship began when they bonded over being the two “slowest, fattest kids in the gym class”?
A. Barnes & Noble
B. Ben & Jerry
C. Procter & Gamble
D. Abercrombie & Fitch

Spoiler

B. Ben & Jerry

$3K Though it looks simple, the word “usher” is unique in that it contains four different smaller words that are all what?
A. Verbs
B. Pronouns
C. Adjectives
D. Adverbs

Spoiler

B. Pronouns

$5K Which of the following is an optical phenomenon created by light reflecting off water droplets at an angle of 42 degrees?
A. Hologram
B. Mirage
C. Rainbow
D. Apparition

Spoiler

C. Rainbow

commercial break

$7K Inspired by the flag of Spain, the flag of New Mexico consists entirely of what two colors?
A. Blue and white
B. Red and yellow
C. Green and orange
D. White and black

50/50

50/50 leaves

B. Red and yellow
C. Green and orange

Spoiler

B. Red and yellow

$10K According to the UK Tea & Infusion Association, the British drink an estimated 165 million cups of tea per day – or about how many cups per year?
A. Between 15-20 billion
B. Between 30-35 billion
C. Between 45-50 billion
D. Between 60-65 billion

CTQ

Spoiler

D. Between 60-65 billion

$10K Parthenogenesis, the means by which some all-female species of whiptail lizards reproduce, loosely translates to what in Greek?
A. Girls rule
B. Happy accident
C. Miracle of miracles
D. Virgin creation

+1

Amil thinks it is between

Spoiler

miracle of miracles and virgin creation.

Naman says

Spoiler

if it were “C”, wouldn’t the word repeat itself?

Amil says he would go with

Spoiler

”B.”

Spoiler

D. Virgin creation

commercial break

$20K In 2016, the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry announced that it plans to name element 113 “Nihonium,” as it was discovered where?
A. In Finland
B. In India
C. In Japan
D. In Egypt

ATA

ATA results

15% A. In Finland
13% B. In India
56% C. In Japan
16% D. In Egypt

Spoiler

C. In Japan

$30K The Jefferson Memorial was opened on what would have been Thomas Jefferson’s 200th birthday, with which president dedicating this “shrine to freedom”?
A. Theodore Roosevelt
B. Woodrow Wilson
C. Franklin D. Roosevelt
D. John F. Kennedy

Naman decides to walk

Spoiler

C. Franklin D. Roosevelt
Naman leaves with $20K.

commercial break

QOTD

J.M. Barrie’s classic novel “Peter Pan” opens with this short, simple sentence: “All children, except one,” do what?
A. Get dirty
B. Hate spinach
C. Grow up
D. Play Xbox

Spoiler

C. Grow up

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20K: 50/50 leaves my guess.

[SportsFan68]

I watched part of this episode. This kid was great.

$7K Inspired by the flag of Spain, the flag of New Mexico consists entirely of what two colors?
A. Blue and white
B. Red and yellow
C. Green and orange
D. White and black

50/50

50/50 leaves

B. Red and yellow
C. Green and orange

Spoiler

B. Red and yellow

They've changed their license plates, which also used to be red on yellow. They're now yellow letters on a turquoise background

$20K In 2016, the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry announced that it plans to name element 113 “Nihonium,” as it was discovered where?
A. In Finland
B. In India
C. In Japan
D. In Egypt

ATA

ATA results

15% A. In Finland
13% B. In India
56% C. In Japan
16% D. In Egypt

Spoiler

C. In Japan

Plus One

$30K The Jefferson Memorial was opened on what would have been Thomas Jefferson’s 200th birthday, with which president dedicating this “shrine to freedom”?
A. Theodore Roosevelt
B. Woodrow Wilson
C. Franklin D. Roosevelt
D. John F. Kennedy

Naman decides to walk

Spoiler

C. Franklin D. Roosevelt
Naman leaves with $20K.

50/50

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Naman Shah
Peatchtree Corners, GA
13-years-old

Naman’s Plus one is his dad Amil.

This week the contestants will have a fourth lifeline, Cut the Question, which they can use up to and including the $50K question.

Nihil obstat®.