Transcript 10/05/17 Abhinav Karthikeyan (carryover)

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Transcript 10/05/17 Abhinav Karthikeyan (carryover)

#1 Post by BBTranscriptTeam » Thu Oct 05, 2017 5:24 pm

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Abhinav Karthikeyan
Clarksburg, MD
Abhinav is a Maryland State Geography Bee winner.
Abhinav has his 50/50 & +1 lifelines left

$30,000
Hungary's flag has horizontal stripes of red, white and green from top to bottom. Rotating Italy's flag in what way gives it the same orientation?
A: 180 degrees B: 90 degrees clockwise
C: 90 degrees counterclockwise D: No change

Abhinav tries imagining Italy's flag and says
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it is green on the top & red on the bottom—or the opposite. He rules out the two 90° options but then says he has no idea.

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50/50 leaves 90 degrees clockwise & 90 degrees counterclockwise.

Abhinav really has no idea—Chris re-reads the question and Abhinav says
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he now believes Italy's flag is Green, White, Red moving left to right...

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C: 90 degrees counterclockwise

$50,000
Which statement about Alexander Hamilton's oldest son Philip is true?
A: He married Thomas Jefferson's daughter B: He died in a duel
C: He designed the first $1 bill D: He was convicted of treason

Abhinav
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reads "died in a duel" and says, "That's actually Alexander Hamilton, I'm pretty sure." He's pretty sure he didn't marry Thomas Jefferson's daughter.

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Abhinav's +1 is his father. He really doesn't know much about this. Abhinav says he is 100% sure that B isn't true.

Abhinav decides to walk.
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Abhinav would have guessed C: He designed the first $1 bill.
The correct answer is B: He died in a duel.
Abhinav wins $30,000.

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Re: Transcript 10/05/17 Abhinav Karthikeyan (carryover)

#2 Post by jarnon » Thu Oct 05, 2017 5:53 pm

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$30,000
Hungary's flag has horizontal stripes of red, white and green from top to bottom. Rotating Italy's flag in what way gives it the same orientation?
A: 180 degrees B: 90 degrees clockwise
C: 90 degrees counterclockwise D: No change

Abhinav tries imagining Italy's flag and says
Spoiler
it is green on the top & red on the bottom—or the opposite. He rules out the two 90° options but then says he has no idea.

Spoiler
50/50 leaves 90 degrees clockwise & 90 degrees counterclockwise.

Abhinav really has no idea—Chris re-reads the question and Abhinav says
Spoiler
he now believes Italy's flag is Green, White, Red moving left to right...

Spoiler
C: 90 degrees counterclockwise
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Re: Transcript 10/05/17 Abhinav Karthikeyan (carryover)

#3 Post by ghostjmf » Thu Oct 05, 2017 6:18 pm

so far so good

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Re: Transcript 10/05/17 Abhinav Karthikeyan (carryover)

#4 Post by earendel » Fri Oct 06, 2017 6:32 am

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Abhinav Karthikeyan
Clarksburg, MD
Abhinav is a Maryland State Geography Bee winner.
Abhinav has his 50/50 & +1 lifelines left
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$30,000
Hungary's flag has horizontal stripes of red, white and green from top to bottom. Rotating Italy's flag in what way gives it the same orientation?
A: 180 degrees B: 90 degrees clockwise
C: 90 degrees counterclockwise D: No change

Abhinav tries imagining Italy's flag and says
Spoiler
it is green on the top & red on the bottom—or the opposite. He rules out the two 90° options but then says he has no idea.

Spoiler
50/50 leaves 90 degrees clockwise & 90 degrees counterclockwise.

Abhinav really has no idea—Chris re-reads the question and Abhinav says
Spoiler
he now believes Italy's flag is Green, White, Red moving left to right...

Spoiler
C: 90 degrees counterclockwise
I totally misread this question - I thought they wanted to know which direction to rotate the Hungarian flag. I probably would have said B and gone home.
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$50,000
Which statement about Alexander Hamilton's oldest son Philip is true?
A: He married Thomas Jefferson's daughter B: He died in a duel
C: He designed the first $1 bill D: He was convicted of treason

Abhinav
Spoiler
reads "died in a duel" and says, "That's actually Alexander Hamilton, I'm pretty sure." He's pretty sure he didn't marry Thomas Jefferson's daughter.

Spoiler
Abhinav's +1 is his father. He really doesn't know much about this. Abhinav says he is 100% sure that B isn't true.

Abhinav decides to walk.
Spoiler
Abhinav would have guessed C: He designed the first $1 bill.
The correct answer is B: He died in a duel.
Abhinav wins $30,000.
Assuming I'm still around, I'd be burning lifelines here, although I don't know if any of them would help. My thought was C, since Hamilton was Secretary of the Treasury, but "like father, like son" I guess.
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Re: Transcript 10/05/17 Abhinav Karthikeyan (carryover)

#5 Post by Appa23 » Fri Oct 06, 2017 11:26 am

I guess so much for Hamilton being a nationwide phenomenon.

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The dueling death of his son is the subject of a song (or two) in the musical and serves as foreshadowing of the more famous Hamilton-Burr duel.

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Re: Transcript 10/05/17 Abhinav Karthikeyan (carryover)

#6 Post by ghostjmf » Fri Oct 06, 2017 12:05 pm

Only reason I was sure of answer was massive coverage of musical, even though I *don't* know songs Appa23 mentions.

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