Transcript 5/4/2018 Mark Silvas (returning contestant)

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Transcript 5/4/2018 Mark Silvas (returning contestant)

#1 Post by BBTranscriptTeam » Mon May 07, 2018 9:17 am

Mark Silvas
Los Angeles, CA


Mark is going for $7,000 with all his lifelines available.

$10,000: Thought to be the last surviving member of its on-board crew before his death in 2014, Werner Franz was a 14-year-old employed on what ill-fated vessel in 1937?
A - the USS Arizona
B - the Hindenburg
C - the Lusitania
D - the Titanic

Mark thinks the audience will be able to help him.
Spoiler
Ask the Audience results:
A - 3%
B - 49%
C - 26%
D - 22%

Mark thinks they're right.
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Answer: B (the Hindenburg)


$20,000: Which of these titles from Oprah's Book Club is missing the largest number?
A - "____ Little Pieces"
B - "A Tale of _____ Cities"
C - "____ Years of Solitude"
D - "The ____ Tribes of Hattie"

Mark isn't familiar with these. He thinks
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a "Million Little Pieces" sounds right, but also a "Thousand Years of Solitude" could be the one
. He uses his 50:50.
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"50:50 results": A & D

That confirms what he thought.
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Answer: A ("____ Little Pieces")


$30,000: A threat to the zebra's virtual monopoly on the last page of ABC books, the zebu is what type of animal?
A - cat
B - monkey
C - cow
D - antelope

Mark knows it's either
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a cow or an antelope
. He goes with
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antelope
.
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Answer: C (cow)
Mark wins $5,000.

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Re: Transcript 5/4/2018 Mark Silvas (returning contestant)

#2 Post by earendel » Tue May 15, 2018 5:45 am

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Mark Silvas
Los Angeles, CA


Mark is going for $7,000 with all his lifelines available.
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$10,000: Thought to be the last surviving member of its on-board crew before his death in 2014, Werner Franz was a 14-year-old employed on what ill-fated vessel in 1937?
A - the USS Arizona
B - the Hindenburg
C - the Lusitania
D - the Titanic

Mark thinks the audience will be able to help him.
Spoiler
Ask the Audience results:
A - 3%
B - 49%
C - 26%
D - 22%

Mark thinks they're right.
Spoiler
Answer: B (the Hindenburg)
Arizona 1941, Lusitania 1917, Titanic 1912
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$20,000: Which of these titles from Oprah's Book Club is missing the largest number?
A - "____ Little Pieces"
B - "A Tale of _____ Cities"
C - "____ Years of Solitude"
D - "The ____ Tribes of Hattie"

Mark isn't familiar with these. He thinks
Spoiler
a "Million Little Pieces" sounds right, but also a "Thousand Years of Solitude" could be the one
. He uses his 50:50.
Spoiler
"50:50 results": A & D

That confirms what he thought.
Spoiler
Answer: A ("____ Little Pieces")
I'm only familiar with B & C. I would use my 50:50 and hope.
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$30,000: A threat to the zebra's virtual monopoly on the last page of ABC books, the zebu is what type of animal?
A - cat
B - monkey
C - cow
D - antelope

Mark knows it's either
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a cow or an antelope
.
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Answer: C (cow)
As a crossword puzzle fanatic, this one was a gimme.
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Re: Transcript 5/4/2018 Mark Silvas (returning contestant)

#3 Post by Estonut » Wed May 16, 2018 12:08 am

earendel wrote:
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$10,000: Thought to be the last surviving member of its on-board crew before his death in 2014, Werner Franz was a 14-year-old employed on what ill-fated vessel in 1937?
A - the USS Arizona
B - the Hindenburg
C - the Lusitania
D - the Titanic

Mark thinks the audience will be able to help him.
Spoiler
Ask the Audience results:
A - 3%
B - 49%
C - 26%
D - 22%

Mark thinks they're right.
Spoiler
Answer: B (the Hindenburg)
Arizona 1941, Lusitania 1917, Titanic 1912
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That, and, in 1923, "Werner Franz" was likely to be born a German & the Hindenburg was the only German-owned vessel of the four.
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Re: Transcript 5/4/2018 Mark Silvas (returning contestant)

#4 Post by ghostjmf » Wed May 16, 2018 8:33 am

20K: I don't know the Pieces but know B & C & suspect D. ATA.

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Re: Transcript 5/4/2018 Mark Silvas (returning contestant)

#5 Post by Appa23 » Wed May 16, 2018 9:10 am

Thanks to Veggietales, I can remember that a sick zebu goes “Achoo Moo Moo”.

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