Transcript 11/1/17 Aaron Gold

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Transcript 11/1/17 Aaron Gold

#1 Post by BBTranscriptTeam » Thu Nov 02, 2017 3:53 pm

Aaron Gold
Podcast host
New York City, N.Y.


$500
According to Good Housekeeping, most homeowners have to do all but which of these chores just once a year?
A: Deep-clean the furniture B: Empty the gutters
C: Dry-clean the curtains D: Scoop out the cat’s litter box

Spoiler
D: Scoop out the cat’s litter box


$1,000
“There is a Sucker Born Ev’ry Minute” and “Join the Circus” are two songs in what Broadway musical?
A: Barnum B: Annie
C: Beauty and the Beast D: Grease

Spoiler
A: Barnum


Commercial break

$2,000
Until it adopted the euro in 2002, fittingly, what nation’s coins featured the year depicted in Roman numerals?
A: Germany B: Greece
C: Turkey D: Vatican City

Spoiler
D: Vatican City


$3,000
Which of these is the correct spelling of what one poll found to be the most commonly misspelled word in the English language?
A: Separate B: Beleive
C: Suprise D: Recieve

Aaron says hi to his mom in the audience, who’s an English professor and editor. He jokes that he’ll give her a heart attack. He recites “i before e, except after c,” observes that recieve has a c, and makes it his final answer.

Spoiler
A: Separate
Aron is a lama.

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Re: Transcript 11/1/17 Aaron Gold

#2 Post by ghostjmf » Thu Nov 02, 2017 5:00 pm

So far so good

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Re: Transcript 11/1/17 Aaron Gold

#3 Post by earendel » Fri Nov 03, 2017 6:38 am

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Aaron Gold
Podcast host
New York City, N.Y.
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$3,000
Which of these is the correct spelling of what one poll found to be the most commonly misspelled word in the English language?
A: Separate B: Beleive
C: Suprise D: Recieve

Aaron says hi to his mom in the audience, who’s an English professor and editor. He jokes that he’ll give her a heart attack. He recites “i before e, except after c,” observes that recieve has a c, and makes it his final answer.
Spoiler
A: Separate
Aron is a lama.
Did he just misread the question? He quoted the rule, and should have recognized that "recieve" wasn't correct.
"Aron is a lama" - what happened to the extra "a" and "l"? :mrgreen:
"Elen sila lumenn omentielvo...A star shines on the hour of our meeting."

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