Transcript 12/14/17 Dan Defigio (Beginner's Luck)

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Transcript 12/14/17 Dan Defigio (Beginner's Luck)

#1 Post by BBTranscriptTeam » Tue Dec 19, 2017 8:51 pm

Beginner's Luck week features people who have never been to Las Vegas before.
Any player who correctly answers the $5,000 question will also win tickets to see Jennifer Lopez at Planet Hollywood.

Dan Defigio
Nashville, TN
Dan is getting the honeymoon he never had.

$500
According to the Mayo Clinic, all but which of these are good to do if you want to relieve ear pressure when your plane is climbing or descending?
A: Yawn B: Suck on a hard candy
C: Open a window D: Chew gum

Spoiler
C: Open a window

$1,000
Although it's not illegal, many Las Vegas casinos ban gamblers from using what strategy when playing blackjack?
A: Counting sheep B: Counting cards
C: Counting electoral votes D: Counting their chickens before they hatch

Spoiler
B: Counting cards

$2,000
Just hours before the Cuban trade embargo went into effect in 1962, President Kennedy had his press secretary go out and buy him 1,200 what?
A: Cigars B: Plantains
C: Shots of rum D: Salsa lessons

Spoiler
A: Cigars

$3,000
In each of these pairs of athletic siblings, both siblings have won Olympic medals—except for who?
A: Beth and Eric Heiden B: Al Joyner and Jackie Joyner-Kersee
C: Peyton and Eli Manning D: Serena and Venus Williams

Spoiler
C: Peyton and Eli Manning

$5,000
Matching labor with local demand, what online service founded by Leah Busque is promoted with a faux fur-covered, animal-shaped van?
A: TaskRabbit B: OddJobOtter
C: ChoreSquirrel D: ErrandBeaver

Spoiler
A: TaskRabbit

Second commercial break

$7,000
If you wake up in a strange motel room to find you're the victim of a metatarsal osteotomy, what's been surgically removed from your body?
A: A wart on your hand B: A bunion on your foot
C: A rib D: Your gall bladder

Spoiler
B: A bunion on your foot

$10,000
Interstate 495 is a 64-mile road that famously loops around what East Coast city?
A: Atlanta B: Miami
C: Philadelphia D: Washington, DC

Spoiler
A: 17% B: 3% C: 17% D: 63%

Spoiler
D: Washington, DC

Third commercial break
QotD wrote: If you're in a casino and you spot a riffle, you have just seen a type of what?
A: Slot machine B: Cocktail
C: Shuffle D: Showgirl

Spoiler
C: Shuffle
$20,000
Born with the last name Tomalin, who still uses the name of her ex-husband, "The Princess Bride" and "Dog Day Afternoon" actor Chris?
A: Susan Sarandon B: Goldie Hawn
C: Jessica Lange D: Sigourney Weaver

Spoiler
Dan's +1 is his friend, Hari. Hari knows that Chris Sarandon was in "The Princess Bride."

Spoiler
A: Susan Sarandon

$30,000
If someone shouted "Hey, nice jabot!" when Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg walked by, they would be complimenting her what?
A: Gold brooch B: Black judge's robe
C: Eyeglasses chain D: Fancy collar

Spoiler
50/50 leaves Eyeglasses chain & Fancy collar.

Spoiler
D: Fancy collar

The horn
Dan will return on Friday
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Re: Transcript 12/14/17 Dan Defigio (Beginner's Luck)

#2 Post by ghostjmf » Tue Dec 19, 2017 9:46 pm

3K: dunno who Heidens are but there is no Olympic football medal for Mannings

20K: Weaver has famous Weaver relatives; paternal line; pretty sure has to be Sarandon but ATA

30K: like collar but 50/50

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Re: Transcript 12/14/17 Dan Defigio (Beginner's Luck)

#3 Post by earendel » Thu Dec 28, 2017 10:30 am

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Dan Defigio
Nashville, TN
Dan is getting the honeymoon he never had.
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$5,000
Matching labor with local demand, what online service founded by Leah Busque is promoted with a faux fur-covered, animal-shaped van?
A: TaskRabbit B: OddJobOtter
C: ChoreSquirrel D: ErrandBeaver
Spoiler
A: TaskRabbit
I've never heard of this, so let's hope the audience has.
"Elen sila lumenn omentielvo...A star shines on the hour of our meeting."

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