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Transcript 10/23/17 Roy Green

Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2017 8:13 pm
by BBTranscriptTeam
Roy Green
Houston, TX
Roy is a high school math teacher

$500
What ingredient is added to a regular martini to make it a "dirty" martini?
A: Potting soil B: Week-old laundry
C: Diesel exhaust D: Olive brine

Spoiler
D: Olive brine

$1,000
According to HeckleDepot.com, "Maybe you're a left" and "Where did you get that arm, a garage sale?" are suggested taunts to yell at whom?
A: A nanny B: A baseball pitcher
C: A wedding planner D: A priest

Spoiler
B: A baseball pitcher

$2,000
Which of these is the offspring of a famous celebrity couple, and NOT the namesake of a major Catholic university in the U.S.?
A: Saint Mary B: Saint Joseph
C: Saint West D: Saint John

Spoiler
C: Saint West

$3,000
Skynet, Samantha and HAL 9000 are all included in which of the following Wikipedia articles?
A: List of fictional computers B: List of fictional companies
C: List of fictional planets D: List of fictional automobiles

Spoiler
A: List of fictional computers

$5,000
A study in The Journal of the American Medical Association found that older people were much less likely to fracture their hip if they had undergone what procedure?
A: Appendectomy B: Gallstone removal
C: Cataract surgery D: Coronary bypass

Roy immediately rules out
Spoiler
cataract surgery but isn't sure beyond that

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50/50 leaves Cataract surgery & Gallstone removal.

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Roy guesses Gallstone removal.
The correct answer is C: Cataract surgery (better eyesight = fewer falls)
Roy goes home with nothing

Third commercial break
QotD wrote: What nursery rhyme's title did Margaret Mitchell consider as an alternate title for her classic novel "Gone with the Wind"?
A: Baa, Baa, Black Sheep B: Sing a Song of Sixpence
C: Little Bo Peep D: Hickory Dickory Dock

Spoiler
A: Baa, Baa, Black Sheep

Re: Transcript 10/23/17 Roy Green

Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2017 5:01 am
by ghostjmf
5K: This is crap; I was going for some medical reason & would probably have gone down here. Hope I'd have used 50/50

Re: Transcript 10/23/17 Roy Green

Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2017 5:39 am
by Estonut
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$5,000
A study in The Journal of the American Medical Association found that older people were much less likely to fracture their hip if they had undergone what procedure?
A: Appendectomy B: Gallstone removal
C: Cataract surgery D: Coronary bypass

Roy immediately rules out
Spoiler
cataract surgery but isn't sure beyond that

Spoiler
50/50 leaves Cataract surgery & Gallstone removal.

Spoiler
Roy guesses Gallstone removal.
The correct answer is C: Cataract surgery (better eyesight = fewer falls)
Roy goes home with nothing
Spoiler
I recently learned about this as I was helping my mom prepare for her cataract surgery last week. It is not exactly the better eyesight, but the improved depth perception that comes with it. That was one reason we decided that she should spring for the more expensive multifocal lenses.

Re: Transcript 10/23/17 Roy Green

Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2017 5:51 am
by earendel
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Roy Green
Houston, TX
Roy is a high school math teacher
Nihil obstatĀ®.