Transcript 11/23/2018 - John Dale Beety (carryover)

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Transcript 11/23/2018 - John Dale Beety (carryover)

#1 Post by BBTranscriptTeam » Mon Dec 24, 2018 1:22 pm

John Dale Beety
Roanoke, VA


John has reached the $5000 plateau but has burned two of his lifelines - ATA & 50:50.

$7000: If the department store Macy's had used its founder's first name instead of his last, what would it be called?
A - Mortimer's
B - Franklin's
C - Rowland's
D - Bartholomew's

What John had in his brain isn't up there and that's bad. He has no idea so he's calling his mom down as his +1. He tells her this hasn't gone as well as he had hoped. She says to think back to the time he was born. Macy's has been in business for years. John thinks
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Mortimer is old-fashioned but "too cutsey"
. Mom says she doesn't think it's
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Rowland or Franklin
. He makes
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A
his final answer.
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Answer: C (Rowland's)

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Re: Transcript 11/23/2018 - John Dale Beety (carryover)

#2 Post by jarnon » Mon Dec 24, 2018 2:11 pm

I'd have answered Franklin's, confusing R.H. Macy with F.W. Woolworth. (Bored young'uns: Woolworth's was a 5 & 10¢ store.)
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Re: Transcript 11/23/2018 - John Dale Beety (carryover)

#3 Post by earendel » Wed Dec 26, 2018 7:47 am

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:John Dale Beety
Roanoke, VA


John has reached the $5000 plateau but has burned two of his lifelines - ATA & 50:50.
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$7000: If the department store Macy's had used its founder's first name instead of his last, what would it be called?
A - Mortimer's
B - Franklin's
C - Rowland's
D - Bartholomew's

What John had in his brain isn't up there and that's bad. He has no idea so he's calling his mom down as his +1. He tells her this hasn't gone as well as he had hoped. She says to think back to the time he was born. Macy's has been in business for years. John thinks
Spoiler
Mortimer is old-fashioned but "too cutsey"
. Mom says she doesn't think it's
Spoiler
Rowland or Franklin
. He makes
Spoiler
A
his final answer.
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Answer: C (Rowland's)
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