Transcript 10/03/17 Chase Magnano
Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2017 2:20 pm
Chase Magnano
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
Whiz Kids Week
Chase fixed his own iPhone as well as others' phones.
$500 :
Which of these is a movie nominated for Best Picture of 2016 and NOT an area of Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom?
A: Fantasyland B: Adventureland
C: Frontierland D: La La Land
$1000 :
Which of these classic children's toys was reportedly taken along on the Apollo 8 space mission, to prevent the astronauts' tools from floating around in zero gravity?
A: Lite Brite B: View-Master
C: Silly Putty D: Snoopy Sno-Cone Machine
$2000 :
Inspiring the book's title, in a classic 1960 novel, a man said "Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a ” what?
A: Toucan B: Ostrich
C: Mockingbird D: Red-breasted sapsucker
$3000 :
In 2005 co-founder Jimmy Wales caused controversy when he edited his own bio on what crowdsourced, 5th-most-trafficked website in the world?
A: DunkinDonuts.com B: Wikipedia.org
C: Kmart.com D: PBSKids.org
$5000 :
Which of these groups of things is NOT, by definition, an ennead?
A: The Justices on the U.S. Supreme Court B: The months of the year
C: The squares on a tic-tac-toe board D: The innings in a baseball game
First break
$7000 :
Animals known as "ungulates" -- which includes horses, pigs and cows -- have what specific physical characteristic?
A: Large teeth B: Hooved feet
C: Two stomachs D: Small ears
$10K :
At what age were you double the age that you were when you were half the age that you were when you were twice as old as you were when you were six?
A: Three B: Six
C: Twelve D: Eighteen
Second break
$20K :
Because he wanted it to look good in a museum, Charles Guiteau bought a revolver with an ivory handle to assassinate what President on July 2, 1881?
A: William Henry Harrison B: James Garfield
C: William McKinley D: Grover Cleveland
$30K :
Only one of the world's continents has three or more countries whose names begin AND end with "A." Which is it?
A: Asia B: South America
C: Europe D: Africa
Third break
QotD: When Bill Gates was asked to write a class scheduling program in high school, he stealthily included code that put him in classes with mostly what?
A: Football players B: Girls
C: Nerds D: Exchange students
$50K :
To honor the contributions of Oak Ridge Nat'l Laboratory to superheavy element research, what name has been given to element 117 on the periodic table?
A: Alabamium B: Tennessine
C: Virgineon D: Kentuckium
Chase will return tomorrow to play for $100K
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
Whiz Kids Week
Chase fixed his own iPhone as well as others' phones.
$500 :
Which of these is a movie nominated for Best Picture of 2016 and NOT an area of Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom?
A: Fantasyland B: Adventureland
C: Frontierland D: La La Land
Spoiler
D: La La Land
$1000 :
Which of these classic children's toys was reportedly taken along on the Apollo 8 space mission, to prevent the astronauts' tools from floating around in zero gravity?
A: Lite Brite B: View-Master
C: Silly Putty D: Snoopy Sno-Cone Machine
Spoiler
C: Silly Putty
$2000 :
Inspiring the book's title, in a classic 1960 novel, a man said "Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a ” what?
A: Toucan B: Ostrich
C: Mockingbird D: Red-breasted sapsucker
Spoiler
C: Mockingbird
$3000 :
In 2005 co-founder Jimmy Wales caused controversy when he edited his own bio on what crowdsourced, 5th-most-trafficked website in the world?
A: DunkinDonuts.com B: Wikipedia.org
C: Kmart.com D: PBSKids.org
Spoiler
B: Wikipedia.org
$5000 :
Which of these groups of things is NOT, by definition, an ennead?
A: The Justices on the U.S. Supreme Court B: The months of the year
C: The squares on a tic-tac-toe board D: The innings in a baseball game
Spoiler
B: The months of the year
First break
$7000 :
Animals known as "ungulates" -- which includes horses, pigs and cows -- have what specific physical characteristic?
A: Large teeth B: Hooved feet
C: Two stomachs D: Small ears
Spoiler
B: Hooved feet
$10K :
At what age were you double the age that you were when you were half the age that you were when you were twice as old as you were when you were six?
A: Three B: Six
C: Twelve D: Eighteen
Spoiler
C: Twelve
Second break
$20K :
Because he wanted it to look good in a museum, Charles Guiteau bought a revolver with an ivory handle to assassinate what President on July 2, 1881?
A: William Henry Harrison B: James Garfield
C: William McKinley D: Grover Cleveland
Spoiler
B: James Garfield
$30K :
Only one of the world's continents has three or more countries whose names begin AND end with "A." Which is it?
A: Asia B: South America
C: Europe D: Africa
Spoiler
C: Europe
Third break
QotD: When Bill Gates was asked to write a class scheduling program in high school, he stealthily included code that put him in classes with mostly what?
A: Football players B: Girls
C: Nerds D: Exchange students
Spoiler
B: Girls
$50K :
To honor the contributions of Oak Ridge Nat'l Laboratory to superheavy element research, what name has been given to element 117 on the periodic table?
A: Alabamium B: Tennessine
C: Virgineon D: Kentuckium
Spoiler
B: Tennessine
Chase will return tomorrow to play for $100K