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Les Chun
San Francisco, CA


$500 :
Playing on a term about dining discounts, a midnight showing on the day an anticipated sci-fi film is released is called the "early" what special?
A: Nerd B: Jock
C: Homecoming queen D: Hall monitor

Spoiler

A: Nerd

$1000 :
It may not make the younger siblings who get stuck there feel any better, but Esurance.com says that in today's new cars, generally the safest place to sit is where?
A: Driver's seat B: Front passenger seat
C: Rear seat middle D: Rear seat window

Spoiler

C: Rear seat middle

$2000 :
In the 1970s the Washington Post questioned the safety of what "fad" candy that famously blew open the doors of a delivery truck after being overheated?
A: Pop Rocks B: Smarties
C: Swedish Fish D: Jolly Ranchers

Spoiler

A: Pop Rocks

Second break

$3000 :
Though they only sell it to countries who agree to use it solely for peaceful purposes, Australia is home to nearly a third of the world's total supply of what?
A: Aluminum B: Helium
C: Titanium D: Uranium

Spoiler

D: Uranium

$5000 :
At a staggering 13,615 feet, what aptly-named Bolivian city is nearly three times higher than Denver in elevation?
A: El Este B: El Alto
C: El Antiguo D: El Bajo

Spoiler

B: El Alto

$7000 :
If you want to use the precise terminology, the '80s New Wave band that recorded the hit "I Ran" should actually be called what?
A: Male Homo Sapiens at Work B: A Colony of Seagulls
C: Dexy's Midnight Pronators D: Talking Craniums

Spoiler

B: A Colony of Seagulls

$10K :
Volunteers stuffed human hair into 50,000 pairs of pantyhose donated by Hanes in order to assist in the aftermath of what 2010 disaster?
A: Hurricane Sandy B: Balinese tsunami
C: Chilean earthquake D: Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Spoiler

D: Deepwater Horizon oil spill

$20K :
Measuring from the cities in their shows' titles, which of these bravo "Real Housewives" lives nearest to "...of New York" star Bethenny Frankel?
A: Lisa Vanderpump B: Tamra Barney
C: NeNe Leakes D: Teresa Giudice

Spoiler

D: Teresa Giudice

Third break

QotD:
"Rope," "Wedge" and "Stovepipe" are all varieties of what?
A: Furnaces B: Skateboard tricks
C: Ladders D: Tornadoes

Spoiler

D: Tornadoes

Les pleases Chris by saying he has never seen The Real Housewives because he is busy watching the Bachelor franchise

$30K :
People now call him "Your Holiness," but childhood friends of Pope Francis knew him as what?
A: Tomas B: Pablo
C: Jorge D: Bruno

Spoiler

C: Jorge

Les will return tomorrow

7K: I, not knowing the song, would figure it had been done by Dexy's Midnight Runners which the show was giving me as a pun/clue, & been out here.

Let's pretend I ATA'd instead. So I can keep playing here.

20K: Italian name implies NJ but could be meant to mislead. I know this hideously relies on stereotypes, but that's how "Real Housewives of Wherever" franchise works (the "Jersey Shore" series went to town on stereotypes). 50/50. To be sure its still there.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Les Chun
San Francisco, CA

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$7000 :
If you want to use the precise terminology, the '80s New Wave band that recorded the hit "I Ran" should actually be called what?
A: Male Homo Sapiens at Work B: A Colony of Seagulls
C: Dexy's Midnight Pronators D: Talking Craniums

Spoiler

B: A Colony of Seagulls

I'm sure flock knew this one but I didn't. ATA.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$20K :
Measuring from the cities in their shows' titles, which of these bravo "Real Housewives" lives nearest to "...of New York" star Bethenny Frankel?
A: Lisa Vanderpump B: Tamra Barney
C: NeNe Leakes D: Teresa Giudice

Spoiler

D: Teresa Giudice

Since I've already used ATA, I'm hosed - the 50:50 won't help and none of my potential +1s would know either.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$7000 :
If you want to use the precise terminology, the '80s New Wave band that recorded the hit "I Ran" should actually be called what?
A: Male Homo Sapiens at Work B: A Colony of Seagulls
C: Dexy's Midnight Pronators D: Talking Craniums

Spoiler

B: A Colony of Seagulls

ghostjmf wrote:7K: I, not knowing the song, would figure it had been done by Dexy's Midnight Runners which the show was giving me as a pun/clue, & been out here.

earendel wrote:I'm sure flock knew this one but I didn't. ATA.

"Male Home Sapiens" is no more precise than "Men."
"Pronators" is less precise than "Runners."
"Craniums" is less precise than "Heads."

Since the collective noun for seagulls is "colony," that is the only possible answer here.

Estonut: I seriously doubt the Q writers really meant actual precision as a clue. The whole Q was just very punny.

ghostjmf wrote:Estonut: I seriously doubt the Q writers really meant actual precision as as clue. The whole Q was just very punny.

I don't see a pun there at all.