Transcript 1/23/19 Charlie Pevey (MPW42)
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2019 4:29 pm
Charlie Pevey (BB MPW42)
Accountant
Los Angeles, Cal.
$500
Because rising temperatures are causing ragweed pollen to grow for a longer period of time, Vox.com says “It’s not your imagination” what “gets worse every year”?
A: Allergy season B: Awards season
C: Baseball season D: Duck hunting season
$1,000
According to the linguistics journal “Language,” the average rate of speech for a fluent English speaker (auctioneers excluded) is about six syllables per what?
A: Second B: Minute
C: Hour D: Day
$2,000
Losing contestants on what reality competition show are typically told to “Sashay away”?
A: RuPaul’s Drag Race B: RuPaul’s Got Talent
C: RuPaul’s Biggest Loser D: RuPaul’s Treehouse Masters
Commercial break
Charlie is wearing a Millionaire Play it! jacket that he won in Disneyland. He also won a cruise to the Bahamas. He took his girlfriend Kelly. They’ve now been married for ten years.
$3,000
“Life’s too short to be living somebody else’s dream” is a quote attributed to what often pajama-clad magazine publisher who died in 2017 at age 91?
A: Rupert Murdoch B: Martha Stewart
C: Hugh Hefner D: William Randolph Hearst
$5,000
Former hunting grounds for the Maharajahs of Jaipur, Ranthambore National Park in India is now a sanctuary for what indigenous animals?
A: Pandas B: Tigers
C: Llamas D: Koalas
$7,000
Seen on such movie characters as Kylo Ren and the Bond villain Blofeld, a “keloid” is another word for a what?
A: Leather glove B: Double chin
C: Cape D: Scar
Commercial break
$10,000
In total, how many different opening moves are possible for the first player in a standard game of chess?
A: 8 B: 20
C: 164 D: 1,024,000
$20,000
What president who was baptized while in office, signed laws adding “under God” to the Pledge of Allegiance and making “In God We Trust” the official U.S. motto?
A: Dwight Eisenhower B: Lyndon Johnson
C: Harry Truman D: Richard Nixon
Commercial break
QotD (read by Frank Mickens from WTTV in Indianapolis)
American fashion icon Ralph Lauren was born with what less fashionable surname?
A: Lifshitz B: Lebowski
C: Lumpkin D: Looney
$30,000
Still the record for the fastest crossing by a civil aircraft, on February 7, 1996, how long did it take the Concorde to fly from London to New York?
A: 2 hours 16 minutes 51 seconds B: 2 hours 52 minutes 59 seconds
C: 3 hours 24 minutes 31 seconds D: 4 hours 2 minutes 3 seconds
The horn
Charlie will be back on Thursday.
Accountant
Los Angeles, Cal.
$500
Because rising temperatures are causing ragweed pollen to grow for a longer period of time, Vox.com says “It’s not your imagination” what “gets worse every year”?
A: Allergy season B: Awards season
C: Baseball season D: Duck hunting season
Spoiler
A: Allergy season
$1,000
According to the linguistics journal “Language,” the average rate of speech for a fluent English speaker (auctioneers excluded) is about six syllables per what?
A: Second B: Minute
C: Hour D: Day
Spoiler
A: Second
$2,000
Losing contestants on what reality competition show are typically told to “Sashay away”?
A: RuPaul’s Drag Race B: RuPaul’s Got Talent
C: RuPaul’s Biggest Loser D: RuPaul’s Treehouse Masters
Spoiler
A: RuPaul’s Drag Race
Commercial break
Charlie is wearing a Millionaire Play it! jacket that he won in Disneyland. He also won a cruise to the Bahamas. He took his girlfriend Kelly. They’ve now been married for ten years.
$3,000
“Life’s too short to be living somebody else’s dream” is a quote attributed to what often pajama-clad magazine publisher who died in 2017 at age 91?
A: Rupert Murdoch B: Martha Stewart
C: Hugh Hefner D: William Randolph Hearst
Spoiler
C: Hugh Hefner
$5,000
Former hunting grounds for the Maharajahs of Jaipur, Ranthambore National Park in India is now a sanctuary for what indigenous animals?
A: Pandas B: Tigers
C: Llamas D: Koalas
Spoiler
B: Tigers
$7,000
Seen on such movie characters as Kylo Ren and the Bond villain Blofeld, a “keloid” is another word for a what?
A: Leather glove B: Double chin
C: Cape D: Scar
Spoiler
D: Scar
Commercial break
$10,000
In total, how many different opening moves are possible for the first player in a standard game of chess?
A: 8 B: 20
C: 164 D: 1,024,000
Spoiler
B: 20
$20,000
What president who was baptized while in office, signed laws adding “under God” to the Pledge of Allegiance and making “In God We Trust” the official U.S. motto?
A: Dwight Eisenhower B: Lyndon Johnson
C: Harry Truman D: Richard Nixon
Spoiler
Charlie knows it was when Communism became a threat, so Johnson and Nixon are too late. His +1, his dad Carl, is old enough to know this. Carl thinks it’s Eisenhower.
Spoiler
A: Dwight Eisenhower
Commercial break
QotD (read by Frank Mickens from WTTV in Indianapolis)
American fashion icon Ralph Lauren was born with what less fashionable surname?
A: Lifshitz B: Lebowski
C: Lumpkin D: Looney
Spoiler
A: Lifshitz
$30,000
Still the record for the fastest crossing by a civil aircraft, on February 7, 1996, how long did it take the Concorde to fly from London to New York?
A: 2 hours 16 minutes 51 seconds B: 2 hours 52 minutes 59 seconds
C: 3 hours 24 minutes 31 seconds D: 4 hours 2 minutes 3 seconds
Spoiler
A: 13% B:37% C: 32% D: 18%
Spoiler
50/50 leaves B & C.
Spoiler
B: 2 hours 52 minutes 59 seconds
The horn
Charlie will be back on Thursday.
