Transcript 10/31/18 Andrew Bloomberg
Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2018 7:17 pm
Andrew Bloomberg
Madison, Wis.
$500
In his nomination acceptance speech in 1932, Franklin D. Roosevelt famously said, “I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new” what “for the American people”?
A: Deal B: Kitten
C: Flat-screen TV D: Jay-Z album
$1,000
Doing it over 200 times since the 1940s (and not afraid of the needle), 95-year-old Beatrice “Granny Bea” Janyk is known as Canada’s oldest what?
A: Political donor B: Blood donor
C: Food donor D: Organ donor
$2,000
The advertising for which of the following often features the tag line, “As Much Fun To Make As It Is To Eat”?
A: Campbell’s soups B: Spam
C: Jiffy Pop popcorn D: Ice
$3,000
Though he never did in fact fall down a well in any of the 500-plus episodes, which of these classic TV shows starred a young boy named Timmy and his Collie friend?
A: Mr. Ed B: Dragnet
C: Lassie D: The Honeymooners
$5,000
A dusting brush, extension wand and crevice tool are all common pieces of what?
A: An art kit B: A vacuum cleaner
C: A magic set D: Scuba diving equipment
$7,000
Leaving his hometown team as a free agent for the second time in his career, in 2018 LeBron James signed a 4-year, $154 million deal with what NBA franchise?
A: New York Knicks B: Los Angeles Lakers
C: San Antonio Spurs D: Chicago Bulls
$10,000
Some buildings in China skip floors that contain the unlucky number 4. Such a building that bills itself as “100 stories” would really have how many floors?
A: 69 B: 77
C: 81 D: 92
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Andrew and his wife Lara are expecting their first kid.
$20,000
If you keep your cool and correctly answer this question despite the pressure, you’ll be demonstrating the quality embodied by which of these French terms?
A: Noblesse oblige B: Sangfroid
C: Esprit de corps D: Carte blanche
$30,000
Of the four layers that make up a rainforest, which is highest in elevation?
A: Canopy layer B: Emergent layer
C: Forest floor layer D: Understory layer
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Madison, Wis.
$500
In his nomination acceptance speech in 1932, Franklin D. Roosevelt famously said, “I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new” what “for the American people”?
A: Deal B: Kitten
C: Flat-screen TV D: Jay-Z album
Spoiler
A: Deal
$1,000
Doing it over 200 times since the 1940s (and not afraid of the needle), 95-year-old Beatrice “Granny Bea” Janyk is known as Canada’s oldest what?
A: Political donor B: Blood donor
C: Food donor D: Organ donor
Spoiler
B: Blood donor
$2,000
The advertising for which of the following often features the tag line, “As Much Fun To Make As It Is To Eat”?
A: Campbell’s soups B: Spam
C: Jiffy Pop popcorn D: Ice
Spoiler
C: Jiffy Pop popcorn
$3,000
Though he never did in fact fall down a well in any of the 500-plus episodes, which of these classic TV shows starred a young boy named Timmy and his Collie friend?
A: Mr. Ed B: Dragnet
C: Lassie D: The Honeymooners
Spoiler
C: Lassie
$5,000
A dusting brush, extension wand and crevice tool are all common pieces of what?
A: An art kit B: A vacuum cleaner
C: A magic set D: Scuba diving equipment
Spoiler
B: A vacuum cleaner
$7,000
Leaving his hometown team as a free agent for the second time in his career, in 2018 LeBron James signed a 4-year, $154 million deal with what NBA franchise?
A: New York Knicks B: Los Angeles Lakers
C: San Antonio Spurs D: Chicago Bulls
Spoiler
B: Los Angeles Lakers
$10,000
Some buildings in China skip floors that contain the unlucky number 4. Such a building that bills itself as “100 stories” would really have how many floors?
A: 69 B: 77
C: 81 D: 92
Spoiler
Andrew has a “brain fart,” so he asks the audience.
A: 1% B: 7% C: 69% D: 23%
A: 1% B: 7% C: 69% D: 23%
Spoiler
C: 81
Commercial break
Andrew and his wife Lara are expecting their first kid.
$20,000
If you keep your cool and correctly answer this question despite the pressure, you’ll be demonstrating the quality embodied by which of these French terms?
A: Noblesse oblige B: Sangfroid
C: Esprit de corps D: Carte blanche
Spoiler
B: Sangfroid
$30,000
Of the four layers that make up a rainforest, which is highest in elevation?
A: Canopy layer B: Emergent layer
C: Forest floor layer D: Understory layer
Spoiler
Andrew says it isn’t the forest floor or understory layer. His friend Nathan asks if new (emergent) growth is above the canopy or beneath it. Andrew picks the canopy layer.
Spoiler
B: Emergent layer
Andrew wins $5,000.
Andrew wins $5,000.
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