Transcript 11/21/17 William Hill

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Transcript 11/21/17 William Hill

#1 Post by BBTranscriptTeam » Sun Nov 26, 2017 10:32 pm

William Hill
Los Angeles, CA
Martial Arts instructor


$500 :
Often played at weddings, "The Way You Look Tonight" featuring Frank Sinatra complimenting all but which of these things?
A: Your cheeks so soft B: Your smile so warm
C: That breathless charm D: That junk in your trunk


Spoiler
D: That junk in your trunk



$1000 :
Ironically, friends of what classic game's creator once launched an online fundraiser on his behalf because he couldn't afford surgery?
A: Stratego B: Pictionary
C: Operation D: Clue

Spoiler
C: Operation


$2000 :
What's the only U.S. state whose official postal abbreviation is two vowels?
A: Alaska B: Oregon
C: Iowa D: Utah

Spoiler
C: Iowa



$3000 :
What term is commonly used to refer to a storefront retailer, in order to differentiate it from an online one?
A: Brick and mortar B: Board and masonry
C: Box and merchandise D: Building and manager

Spoiler
A: Brick and mortar



$5000 :
If you ate soba and then drank a doba, which two ethnicities' food and drink did you consume respectively?
A: Australian and Indian B: Spanish and French
C: Swedish and Russian D: Japanese and Taiwanese

Spoiler
D: Japanese and Taiwanese


$7000 :
When "Breaking Bad" ended, Bryan Cranston celebrated by getting tattoos of the chemical symbols in the show's logo, which represent what?
A: Beryllium and Radium B: Bismuth and Neon
C: Berkelium and Gold D: Bromine and Barium

Spoiler
D: Bromine and Barium



$10K :
Sailing from Sydney to London via the Suez Canal, Azamara's 102-day, 29-country "World Journey" cruise passes through all but which of these?
A: Strait of Gibraltar B: Indian Ocean
C: Red Sea D: Black Sea


Spoiler
D: Black Sea


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$20K :
The movie "GoodFellas" was adapted from an acclaimed Nicholas Pileggi book, which borrowed its title from what slang term for an organized crime figure?
A: Mobster B: Hoodlum
C: Gangster D: Wiseguy


Spoiler
A: 33% B: 2%
C: 11% D: 54%


Spoiler
D: Wiseguy


$30K :
The brightest planet visible from Earth, what is variably called the "evening star" or "morning star" depending on its orbital position?
A: Venus B: Jupiter
C: Mars D: Saturn

Spoiler
A: Venus



$50K :
According to its multi-millionaire inventor, Nick Woodman, the GoPro camera was originally designed to capture him and his friends participating in which activity?
A: Snowboarding B: Bungee jumping
C: Freestyle BMX biking D: Surfing

Spoiler
Left A and D, which is what he narrowed it to


Spoiler
brings his wife Pamela who says it is OK for him to go for it with his gut which is D.


Spoiler
D: Surfing


break

$100K :
Changing her name from Svetlana Alliluyeva to Lana Peters, whose daughter moved to the U.S. in 1967, living here for years?
A: Vladimir Lenin B: Grigori Rasputin
C: Joseph Stalin D: Nikita Khrushchev


Spoiler
guess was D, based on when Khrushchev ruled the Soviet Union.

C: Joseph Stalin


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QotD: What country's flag has more stars on it than any other?
A: Israel B: United States
C: Australia D: China

Spoiler
B: United States

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Re: Transcript 11/21/17 William Hill

#2 Post by ghostjmf » Mon Nov 27, 2017 10:32 am

5K: Never heard of doba but soba makes answer obvious

7K: Never saw show. Have seen logo. Has 2 Bs. Dunno what you do w/ these chems to make meth. Just as well.

10K: My geog isn't great but I know Black Sea not en route.

50K: Have read about this & am pretty sure its surfing. Burn 50/50 to be sure.

100K: A no-brainer for anyone old enough to be aware of national news when this happened. So sorry to see it get contestant.

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Re: Transcript 11/21/17 William Hill

#3 Post by Estonut » Tue Nov 28, 2017 1:03 am

ghostjmf wrote:7K: Never saw show. Have seen logo. Has 2 Bs. Dunno what you do w/ these chems to make meth. Just as well.
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They just lend "Br" and "Ba" to the logo.
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Re: Transcript 11/21/17 William Hill

#4 Post by earendel » Tue Nov 28, 2017 8:59 am

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:William Hill
Los Angeles, CA
Martial Arts instructor
Nihil obstat®.
"Elen sila lumenn omentielvo...A star shines on the hour of our meeting."

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