Transcript 9/13/17b Paul Schmalz

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Transcript 9/13/17b Paul Schmalz

#1 Post by BBTranscriptTeam » Thu Sep 14, 2017 5:24 pm

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Paul Schmalz
Sugar Land, Texas

Lives by the motto, "Hard work and perseverance will lead to success."


$500
After discovering that British shoppers didn’t know what the name meant, Coke Zero changed its name in the UK to the more straightforward what?
A: Coca-Cola Zero Gravity B: Coca-Cola Zero Sugar
C: Coca-Cola Zero Tolerance D: Coca-Cola Zero Taste

Spoiler
B: Coca-Cola Zero Sugar


$1,000
Inspired by real-life celebrities at the time, all of the following were special guest characters on “The Flintstones” in the 1960s, except for which?
A: Ann-Margrock B: Stony Curtis
C: Ed Sullystone D: Dwayne “The Rock” Johnstone

Spoiler
D: Dwayne “The Rock” Johnstone


$2,000
Referring to the once-ubiquitous piece of office equipment, the “fax” in “fax machine” is short for what?
A: Factoid B: Facsimile
C: Faculty D: Fascinating

Spoiler
B: Facsimile


$3,000
Offering a top prize of $7 million in 2017, the aptly-named Pegasus World Cup is the richest event in which sport?
A: Golf B: Sailing
C: Tennis D: Horse racing

Spoiler
A: 1% B: 20% C: 1% D: 78%


Spoiler
D: Horse racing


$5,000
Profiling 13 women who changed the U.S., the 2017 New York Times best-selling children’s book “She Persisted” was authored by whom?
A: Jenna Bush Hager B: Chelsea Clinton
C: Malia Obama D: Ivanka Trump

Spoiler
Paul doesn’t think Ivanka or Malia wrote a book. 50/50 leaves Chelsea and Ivanka.


Spoiler
B: Chelsea Clinton


$7,000
In 2017, what legendary rock drummer was knighted by the crown prince of his native Denmark?
A: Alex Van Halen B: Travis Barker
C: Lars Ulrich D: Dave Grohl

Spoiler
Paul's +1 is his friend, Jimmy. Out of these four drummers, Dave Grohl is the only one Jimmy knows. He thinks it's C, and although he doesn't remember where Grohl comes from, he thinks it's not Denmark.


Spoiler
C: Lars Ulrich


Commercial break

$10,000
Of the following American cities, which is the only one to lie farther north than the foreign city it was named after?
A: New Orleans, LA B: Birmingham, AL
C: Memphis, TN D: Naples, FL

Spoiler
C: Memphis, TN


$20,000
Which of the following literary characters was born John Clayton?
A: Dracula B: Tarzan
C: Captain Hook D: Lord Voldemort

Spoiler
B: Tarzan


Commercial break

QotD
Known for his manly beauty, what god of the sun, healing and prophecy has the same name in both Greek and Roman mythology?
A: Bacchus B: Neptune
C: Zeus D: Apollo

Spoiler
D: Apollo


$30,000
A typical can of what contains ingredients like polyvinylpyrrolidone, gum arabic, propylene glycol, isobutane and fragrance?
A: Diet soda B: Hairspray
C: Tear gas D: Shaving cream

Paul doesn't think they'd
Spoiler
add fragrance to diet soda or tear gas. He realizes isobutane is flammable and remembers tossing cans of hairspray into fires as a Boy Scout.


Spoiler
B: Hairspray


The horn
Paul will be back on Thursday.
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Re: Transcript 9/13/17b Paul Schmalz

#2 Post by jarnon » Thu Sep 14, 2017 5:48 pm

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$5,000
Profiling 13 women who changed the U.S., the 2017 New York Times best-selling children’s book “She Persisted” was authored by whom?
A: Jenna Bush Hager B: Chelsea Clinton
C: Malia Obama D: Ivanka Trump

Spoiler
Paul doesn’t think Ivanka or Malia wrote a book. 50/50 leaves Chelsea and Ivanka.


Spoiler
B: Chelsea Clinton
Ivanka's 2017 book, Women Who Work, was 4th on the New York Times Best-Seller List in the Advice, How-To & Miscellaneous category. But she didn't write a children's book.
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Re: Transcript 9/13/17b Paul Schmalz

#3 Post by earendel » Mon Sep 18, 2017 1:12 pm

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Paul Schmalz
Sugar Land, Texas

Lives by the motto, "Hard work and perseverance will lead to success."
Nihil obstat®.
"Elen sila lumenn omentielvo...A star shines on the hour of our meeting."

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