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Transcript 05/08/18 Ruben Mancillas

Posted: Tue May 22, 2018 5:48 pm
by BBTranscriptTeam
Ruben Mancillas
Long Beach, CA

Teacher and father of triplets who just turned 14


$500 :
In recent years, many U.S. cities have upgraded their traditional coin-operated parking meters to take what modern form of payment?
A: Credit cards B: Magic beans
C: Gold bars D: Squirrel pelts

Spoiler
A: Credit cards



$1000 :
After the surgery that made him the first recipient of an artificial heart, Barney Clark professed to his wife, "Even though I have no heart, I still...," what?
A: Have heartburn B: Want a divorce
C: Should go easy on the deep-fried Oreos D: Love you

Spoiler
D: Love you



$2000 :
Downloaded more than a billion times, what music app used to identify songs shares its name with the DC Comics superhero who's Billy Batson's alter ego?
A: Shazam B: Kazaam
C: Shiraz D: Bazinga

Spoiler
A: Shazam


Second break

$3000 :
Adding one letter to the end of which hotel chain's name will spell the name of a holy month of Islam?
A: Marriott B: Westin
C: Hyatt D: Ramada

Spoiler
D: Ramada


$5000 :
Also the author of a memoir and a book of poetry, 1971's "Tarantula," who won the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature on the strength of his song lyrics?
A: Neil Young B: Bob Dylan
C: Leonard Cohen D: Bruce Springsteen

Spoiler
B: Bob Dylan



$7000 :
By writing "stet" beside it and placing a series of dots under it, a copy editor is suggesting the writer do what to an edited word?
A: Put it in boldface B: Leave it unchanged
C: Delete it D: Add quotation marks

Spoiler
A: 22% B: 24%
C: 29% D: 25%


Spoiler
50/50 left B and D, leaving out the 25%


Spoiler
Ruben said his reasoning is that if you were going to leave it unchanged, you would not put marks around it so he will go with D


Spoiler
B: Leave it unchanged

Ruben left with $5000


Third break

QotD
Claiming to have the most cheesemakers per capita in the U.S., what state launched its first Cheesemakers Festival in 2009?
A: Vermont B: Idaho
C: Virginia D: Louisiana


Spoiler
A: Vermont

Re: Transcript 05/08/18 Ruben Mancillas

Posted: Tue May 22, 2018 6:13 pm
by ghostjmf
7K: +1

Re: Transcript 05/08/18 Ruben Mancillas

Posted: Tue May 22, 2018 11:33 pm
by Estonut
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$7000 :
By writing "stet" beside it and placing a series of dots under it, a copy editor is suggesting the writer do what to an edited word?
A: Put it in boldface B: Leave it unchanged
C: Delete it D: Add quotation marks

Spoiler
A: 22% B: 24%
C: 29% D: 25%


Spoiler
50/50 left B and D, leaving out the 25%


Spoiler
Ruben said his reasoning is that if you were going to leave it unchanged, you would not put marks around it so he will go with D


Spoiler
B: Leave it unchanged

Ruben left with $5000
Spoiler
Key here is "edited word," meaning someone else already had a go at it.

Re: Transcript 05/08/18 Ruben Mancillas

Posted: Wed May 23, 2018 12:23 am
by jarnon
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$2000 :
Downloaded more than a billion times, what music app used to identify songs shares its name with the DC Comics superhero who's Billy Batson's alter ego?
A: Shazam B: Kazaam
C: Shiraz D: Bazinga


Spoiler
A: Shazam
Originally Billy's alter ego was called Captain Marvel. Shazam was the name of his mentor, a wizard.

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DC Comics sued the original publisher of the comic book, saying it was a ripoff of Superman. The case was nicknamed Kent v. Batson. When DC re-introduced the character, there were other heroes named Captain Marvel, so they called him Shazam.

Re: Transcript 05/08/18 Ruben Mancillas

Posted: Wed May 23, 2018 6:23 am
by triviawayne
Ruben Mancillas
Long Beach, CA

Teacher and father of triplets who just turned 14


a teacher and a father of triplets at the age of 14??? now he's on Millionaire??? wow, very accomplished guy :lol:

Re: Transcript 05/08/18 Ruben Mancillas

Posted: Wed May 23, 2018 8:08 am
by earendel
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Ruben Mancillas
Long Beach, CA

Teacher and father of triplets who just turned 14
Nihil obstatĀ®.