Transcript 4/12/17 Brooke Elliott (carryover)
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2017 2:21 pm
Brooke Elliott
13-year-old
Little Rock, Ark.
$10,000
Considering the total global population as of 2016, if you’re “one in a million,” then theoretically, there are about how many other people just like you?
A: 5,122 B: 7,432
C: 9,008 D: 11,515
CTQ
$10,000
Derived from the Greek for “water silver,” hydrargyrum is the word that was abbreviated to give what element its chemical symbol?
A: Mercury B: Nitrogen
C: Carbon D: Sulfur
$20,000
What three-letter word can be formed by combining, in order, the first name initials of the sixth, seventh and eighth U.S. presidents?
A: Awe B: Jam
C: Mat D: Wag
Commercial break
$30,000
A reference to the mythological figure who created mortals, the full title of Mary Shelley’s novel “Frankenstein” is “Frankenstein: or the Modern” who?
A: Dionysus B: Hyperion
C: Cronus D: Prometheus
“Thanks for the menacing heartbeat music.”
Commercial break
$50,000
If you were to drive in a straight line from the capital of the most populous state to the capital of the least populous state, you’d go through which of the following?
A: Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota B: Oklahoma & Kansas
C: Nevada, Utah, and Colorado D: Idaho & Montana
Brooke walks away.
Commercial break
QotD
With apologies to second-year students, what synonym for “immature” has been used to describe Adam Sandler movies and whoopee cushions?
A: Freshman-y B: Sophomoric
C: Junioresque D: Seniorish
13-year-old
Little Rock, Ark.
$10,000
Considering the total global population as of 2016, if you’re “one in a million,” then theoretically, there are about how many other people just like you?
A: 5,122 B: 7,432
C: 9,008 D: 11,515
CTQ
Answer
B: 7,432
Derived from the Greek for “water silver,” hydrargyrum is the word that was abbreviated to give what element its chemical symbol?
A: Mercury B: Nitrogen
C: Carbon D: Sulfur
Answer
A: Mercury
What three-letter word can be formed by combining, in order, the first name initials of the sixth, seventh and eighth U.S. presidents?
A: Awe B: Jam
C: Mat D: Wag
ATA
A: 13% B: 60% C: 19% D: 8%
Answer
B: Jam
$30,000
A reference to the mythological figure who created mortals, the full title of Mary Shelley’s novel “Frankenstein” is “Frankenstein: or the Modern” who?
A: Dionysus B: Hyperion
C: Cronus D: Prometheus
“Thanks for the menacing heartbeat music.”
+1
Brooke rules out Dionysus and Cronus. She knows Prometheus gave fire to mortals. Her +1 is her dad Brandon. He says whenever he’s heard the name Prometheus, it’s used to describe something new. Brooke goes with Prometheus.
Answer
D: Prometheus
$50,000
If you were to drive in a straight line from the capital of the most populous state to the capital of the least populous state, you’d go through which of the following?
A: Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota B: Oklahoma & Kansas
C: Nevada, Utah, and Colorado D: Idaho & Montana
Brooke walks away.
Answer
C: Nevada, Utah, and Colorado
Brooke wins $30,000.
Brooke wins $30,000.
QotD
With apologies to second-year students, what synonym for “immature” has been used to describe Adam Sandler movies and whoopee cushions?
A: Freshman-y B: Sophomoric
C: Junioresque D: Seniorish
Answer
B: Sophomoric