Transcript 9/13/17a Tyler Crosby (carryover)
Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2017 2:45 pm
Tyler Crosby
Teacher
Boston, Mass.
$10,000
Since 1886, about 40% of all the gold mined worldwide has come from Witwatersrand Basin, which is found in what country?
A: India B: South Africa
C: Brazil D: Australia
$20,000
What comes next in this sequence: Harvey Milk, Bad Blake, King George VI, George Valentin, ___?
A: Napoleon Bonaparte B: William Shakespeare
C: Abraham Lincoln D: Thomas Edison
Tyler recognizes the names as
$30,000
Sixteenth-century Italian scientist Bartolomeo Eustachi is the namesake of an anatomical structure most closely associated with which body part?
A: The eye B: The nose
C: The ear D: The mouth
Commercial break
$50,000
National Geographic reports that about 4,000 people have summited Mt. Everest, meaning that more people have reached the top than have done what?
A: Run in the NYC Marathon B: Become an Eagle Scout
C: Won Olympic Gold Medals D: Been a U.S. Senator
Commercial break
$100,000
While it takes the Earth 24 hours to make one full rotation on its axis, about how long does it take the Sun, at its equator, to do the same thing?
A: 25 hours B: 25 days
C: 25 months D: 25 years
Commercial break
QotD
Of all the 12 zodiac signs, which one is symbolized by the creature with the most legs?
A: Capricorn, the goat B: Cancer, the crab
C: Scorpio, the scorpion D: Gemini, the twins
$250,000
Which of the following people was alive during the lifetimes of both the 2nd president - John Adams - and the 40th - Ronald Reagan?
A: Karl Marx B: Charles Dickens
C: Harriet Tubman D: John D. Rockefeller
Teacher
Boston, Mass.
$10,000
Since 1886, about 40% of all the gold mined worldwide has come from Witwatersrand Basin, which is found in what country?
A: India B: South Africa
C: Brazil D: Australia
Spoiler
B: South Africa
$20,000
What comes next in this sequence: Harvey Milk, Bad Blake, King George VI, George Valentin, ___?
A: Napoleon Bonaparte B: William Shakespeare
C: Abraham Lincoln D: Thomas Edison
Tyler recognizes the names as
Spoiler
roles that won Oscars.
Spoiler
C: Abraham Lincoln
$30,000
Sixteenth-century Italian scientist Bartolomeo Eustachi is the namesake of an anatomical structure most closely associated with which body part?
A: The eye B: The nose
C: The ear D: The mouth
Spoiler
C: The ear
Commercial break
$50,000
National Geographic reports that about 4,000 people have summited Mt. Everest, meaning that more people have reached the top than have done what?
A: Run in the NYC Marathon B: Become an Eagle Scout
C: Won Olympic Gold Medals D: Been a U.S. Senator
Spoiler
Tyler reasons that over 4,000 people run the NYC Marathon every year, there are lots of Eagle Scouts, and hundreds of Olympic gold medals are given out every two years. He teaches about the Senate in civics class, and getting this wrong would be embarrassing.
Spoiler
D: Been a U.S. Senator
Commercial break
$100,000
While it takes the Earth 24 hours to make one full rotation on its axis, about how long does it take the Sun, at its equator, to do the same thing?
A: 25 hours B: 25 days
C: 25 months D: 25 years
Spoiler
50/50 leaves 25 days and 25 months. Tyler says the Sun does things fast.
Spoiler
B: 25 days
Commercial break
QotD
Of all the 12 zodiac signs, which one is symbolized by the creature with the most legs?
A: Capricorn, the goat B: Cancer, the crab
C: Scorpio, the scorpion D: Gemini, the twins
Spoiler
B: Cancer, the crab
$250,000
Which of the following people was alive during the lifetimes of both the 2nd president - John Adams - and the 40th - Ronald Reagan?
A: Karl Marx B: Charles Dickens
C: Harriet Tubman D: John D. Rockefeller
Spoiler
Tyler says Adams died in the 1820s and Reagan was born around 1910. His +1 Ginny thinks it’s Tubman because she lived to be almost 100 years old. Tyler can’t risk losing $50,000, so he walks away.
Spoiler
C: Harriet Tubman
Tyler wins $100,000.
Tyler wins $100,000.