Transcript 5/25/2018 - Andrew Bratsman (carryover)

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Transcript 5/25/2018 - Andrew Bratsman (carryover)

#1 Post by BBTranscriptTeam » Tue May 29, 2018 8:39 am

Andrew Bratsman
Houston, TX
first year medical student


Andrew's wife is pregnant with their first child; they will find out the baby's sex next week. He's going for $20,000 with his 50:50 and +1 (his mom) lifelines still available.

$20,000: Which of the following is NOT one of the four words abbreviated in the common internet acronym HTML?
A - hyper
B - text
C - media
D - language

Andrew wishes he had paid attention in high school. His first thought was
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hyper
so he feels good about that. He thinks using his 50:50 will make it a little easier.
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"50:50 results": A & D

He thinks
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hyper might refer to hyperlink or hypertext
. He practiced the game before and his wife gave him a chocolate chip every time he got a right answer. He goes with his gut.
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Answer: C (media)

Chris says the "M" stands for "markup".
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Re: Transcript 5/25/2018 - Andrew Bratsman (carryover)

#2 Post by ghostjmf » Tue May 29, 2018 9:26 am

so far so good.

I understood contestant to say it *wasn't* hyper that was wrong. Then he went for it anyway.

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Re: Transcript 5/25/2018 - Andrew Bratsman (carryover)

#3 Post by Bob78164 » Tue May 29, 2018 12:37 pm

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Andrew Bratsman
Houston, TX
first year medical student


Andrew's wife is pregnant with their first child; they will find out the baby's sex next week. He's going for $20,000 with his 50:50 and +1 (his mom) lifelines still available.

$20,000: Which of the following is NOT one of the four words abbreviated in the common internet acronym HTML?
A - hyper
B - text
C - media
D - language

Andrew wishes he had paid attention in high school. His first thought was
Spoiler
hyper
so he feels good about that. He thinks using his 50:50 will make it a little easier.
Spoiler
"50:50 results": A & D

He thinks
Spoiler
hyper might refer to hyperlink or hypertext
. He practiced the game before and his wife gave him a chocolate chip every time he got a right answer. He goes with his gut.
Spoiler
Answer: C (media)

Chris says the "M" stands for "markup".
I assume those weren't the actual 50-50 results. --Bob
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Re: Transcript 5/25/2018 - Andrew Bratsman (carryover)

#4 Post by earendel » Wed May 30, 2018 7:08 am

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Andrew Bratsman
Houston, TX
first year medical student
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$20,000: Which of the following is NOT one of the four words abbreviated in the common internet acronym HTML?
A - hyper
B - text
C - media
D - language

Andrew wishes he had paid attention in high school. His first thought was
Spoiler
hyper
so he feels good about that. He thinks using his 50:50 will make it a little easier.
Spoiler
"50:50 results": A & D

He thinks
Spoiler
hyper might refer to hyperlink or hypertext
. He practiced the game before and his wife gave him a chocolate chip every time he got a right answer. He goes with his gut.
Spoiler
Answer: C (media)

Chris says the "M" stands for "markup".
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