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Transcript 10/20/2017 - Nilanga Amarasinghe (carryover)

Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2017 6:18 am
by BBTranscriptTeam
Nilanga Amarasinghe
Encino, CA


Nilanga is going for $7000, and has used his ATA lifeline.

$7000: HBO's "Westworld" series is based on a 1973 movie written by what author, also famous for his 1990 book about a different kind of theme park gone wrong?
A - Isaac Asimov
B - Ray Bradbury
C - Michael Crichton
D - Philip K. Dick
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Answer: C (Michael Crichton)


$10,000: In competition diving, the 10-meter platform is how much higher than the 3-meter springboard?
A - 203.5 inches
B - 231.9 inches
C - 275.6 inches
D - 308.7 inches

Nilanga uses his 50:50
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"50:50 results": B & C

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Answer: C (275.6 inches)


$20,000: In February 2017, what former Secretary of Labor and civil rights attorney was elected to be the new head of the Democratic National Convention?
A - Ray LaHood
B - Tom Perez
C - Rick Perry
D - Robert Reich

Nilanga uses his +1, his wife Janice. She doesn't think it's
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A or B and says it might be C
. Nilanga thinks that it's
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D
and makes that his final answer.
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Answer: B (Tom Perez)

Nilanga leaves with $5000.

commercial break

Re: Transcript 10/20/2017 - Nilanga Amarasinghe (carryover)

Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2017 8:48 am
by ghostjmf
10K: Depends on if I remember how many inches in a meter. 1 inch = approx. 2.5 cm. Calculate

20K: It isn't Reich, though he & the rest of the DNC have mistaken me for someone with $$ & have me on speed-email. Perry is wrong party. So is LaHood.

Has to be Perez.

Re: Transcript 10/20/2017 - Nilanga Amarasinghe (carryover)

Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2017 9:03 am
by earendel
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Nilanga Amarasinghe
Encino, CA


Nilanga is going for $7000, and has used his ATA lifeline.
Nihil obstatĀ®.