Transcript 5/15/18 Darby Saxbe

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Transcript 5/15/18 Darby Saxbe

#1 Post by BBTranscriptTeam » Wed Jun 27, 2018 1:41 pm

Darby Saxbe
Psychology professor
Los Angeles, Cal.


$500
In “Moby-Dick,” Captain Ahab longs to kill the white whale named Moby Dick because the whale once did what to him?
A: Egged his boat B: Took his leg
C: Ate his last donut D: Called his wife a “sea cow”

Spoiler
B: Took his leg


$1,000
Though his family later sold lots of it, John Harvey Kellogg once said eating an early version of what high-fiber cereal was like consuming “a whisk broom”?
A: Count Chocula B: Lucky Charms
C: Shredded Wheat D: Cap’n Crunch’s Crunch Berries

Spoiler
C: Shredded Wheat


$2,000
Honoring heroes like Paul Revere (not Tom Brady), what state holiday is celebrated in Massachusetts on the third Monday in April?
A: Patriots’ Day B: Bunker Hill Day
C: Constitution Day D: Take Your Supermodel to Work Day

Spoiler
A: Patriots’ Day


$3,000
Thanks to the unpredictable weather on Mauna Kea, you can actually participate in what unlikely vacation activity?
A: Whale watching in Kansas B: Ice skating on the Amazon River
C: Skiing in Hawaii D: Building sand castles in Antarctica

Spoiler
C: Skiing in Hawaii


$5,000
Although it originally referred only to devoted bullfighting enthusiasts, which word can now mean a lover of pretty much anything?
A: Aficionado B: Buff
C: Connoisseur D: Fanatic

Spoiler
A: 77% B: 2% C: 11% D: 10%
That’s where Darby was leaning.


Spoiler
A: Aficionado


Commercial break

$7,000
Since to was technically a sequel to his 1968 film “The Detective,” Frank Sinatra was reportedly contractually required to be offered the lead role in which movie?
A: Independence Day B: The Terminator
C: Die Hard D: The Matrix

Spoiler
C: Die Hard


$10,000
A 1917 letter from British admiral Lord Fisher to Winston Churchill is said to contain the first recorded use of what abbreviation, that’s also the title of an Usher hit?
A: LOL B: BRB
C: OMG D: LMAO

Spoiler
Darby knows what LOL, BRB & OMG stand for. Her brother Tom knows what LMAO means. They decide on OMG.


Spoiler
C: OMG


Commercial break

QotD
In August 2003, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko became the first person to do what while in space?
A: Be put under arrest B: Get married
C: Have surgery D: Get elected into office

Spoiler
B: Get married


$20,000
According to the Institute for International Education, the vast majority of foreign students enrolled at American colleges come from what country?
A: India B: Canada
C: China D: Germany

Spoiler
50/50 leaves Canada and China. Those were the ones Darby was deciding between. She picks Canada.


Spoiler
C: China
Darby wins $5,000.

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Re: Transcript 5/15/18 Darby Saxbe

#2 Post by ghostjmf » Wed Jun 27, 2018 2:03 pm

so far so good

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Re: Transcript 5/15/18 Darby Saxbe

#3 Post by earendel » Thu Jun 28, 2018 6:07 am

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Darby Saxbe
Psychology professor
Los Angeles, Cal.
Nihil obstat®.
"Elen sila lumenn omentielvo...A star shines on the hour of our meeting."

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