WWTBAM Bored

Tom Colocci (new BB TomC)
Management consultant
London, England

$100,000
Warren Buffett says he swore off sending emails after the very first one he sent ended up in court. The recipient was Jeff Raikes — who at the time, was what?
A: A Microsoft executive B: A golf instructor
C: His congressman D: His son-in-law

Spoiler

Tom guesses D: His son-in-law.
The correct answer is A: A Microsoft executive.
Tom wins $50,000.

I remembered that.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Tom Colocci (new BB TomC)
Management consultant
London, England

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$100,000
Warren Buffett says he swore off sending emails after the very first one he sent ended up in court. The recipient was Jeff Raikes — who at the time, was what?
A: A Microsoft executive B: A golf instructor
C: His congressman D: His son-in-law

Spoiler

Tom guesses D: His son-in-law.
The correct answer is A: A Microsoft executive.
Tom wins $50,000.

Having used my 50:50 already, I'd be left with ATA and +1; unfortunately neither of those is likely to be of much use, but I'll try ATA and see what the results are. "Ended up in court" is the key, and I would not expect it to be his congressman. Any of the others are plausible.

100K: Only ATA left. Use it but they won't know it. Its a free guess so I would guess Microsoft.. Maybe only because an in-law suit would have made his bios.

Tom, you had a great run.

Well done, Tom.

Thanks guys.
This is one where you can really make a case for any of them. In retrospect, it's easy to see he was a Microsoft Exec, but at the time it's just a 1 in 4 gutshot. Really no way into the question at all except to use logic. But at the 100k level, they often try to trick you so even that doesn't get you far...

TomC wrote:Thanks guys.
This is one where you can really make a case for any of them. In retrospect, it's easy to see he was a Microsoft Exec, but at the time it's just a 1 in 4 gutshot. Really no way into the question at all except to use logic. But at the 100k level, they often try to trick you so even that doesn't get you far...

I remember the story. Buffett sent an email to Jeff Raikes asking about Microsoft's internal information. Raikes replied with details and so Buffett was accused of getting insider information.

NICE job!!