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Transcript 12/8/16 Joe Tabasco

#1 Post by BBTranscriptTeam » Wed Jun 07, 2017 9:47 am

Joe Tabasco
Math teacher
Philadelphia, Pa.

Joe’s +1 is his college friend Steven Marson.


$500
Informing readers that “Arizona is relatively close to the equator,” AZCentral.com published an article titled what on an apparently slow news day in 2016?
A: Why is Phoenix So Hot? B: What’s That Wet Stuff in the Ocean?
C: The Sky: Blue or Light Blue? D: How Many Fingers Should You Have?

Spoiler
A: Why is Phoenix So Hot?


$1,000
With the superstitious believing it brings good luck, it’s common in Spain to eat exactly 12 what in the 12 seconds after midnight on New Year’s?
A: Loaves of rye bread B: Grapes
C: Double bacon cheeseburgers D: Giant turkey legs

Spoiler
B: Grapes


$2,000
Also the name of an over-the-counter allergy medicine, what girls’ name popular in Italy literally means “cheerful”?
A: Allegra B: Cepacol
C: Robitussin D: Mucinex

Spoiler
A: Allegra


$3,000
If you know that a liter is roughly approximate to a quart, then you know that a gallon is about how many liters?
A: 1.8 B: 3.8
C: 7.8 D: 11.8

Spoiler
B: 3.8


$5,000
Long before she’d star on “The Big Bang Theory,” Mayim Bialik played a young Bette Midler in what classic chick flick?
A: Steel Magnolias B: Thelma & Louise
C: Beaches D: Dirty Dancing

Spoiler
C: Beaches


Commercial break

$7,000
Which of the following religions was founded in the 7th century AD, at least a thousand years after any of the others?
A: Islam B: Judaism
C: Hinduism D: Buddhism

Spoiler
A: Islam


$10,000
Which of the following is neither the leader of a troop of gorillas, nor a slang term for the U.S. dollar bill, nor the last name of Kansas’ controversial governor?
A: Greenback B: Silverback
C: Brownback D: Redback

Spoiler
A: 4% B: 7% C: 20% D: 69%


Spoiler
D: Redback


$20,000
Over the course of a hockey career that didn’t end until he was 52, Gordie Howe won what NHL Most Valuable Player trophy a then-record six times?
A: Hart Trophy B: Claret Jug
C: Borg-Warner Trophy D: Grey Cup

Spoiler
50/50 leaves Hart Trophy and Grey Cup.


Spoiler
A: Hart Trophy


Commercial break

$30,000
Which of the following is NOT made primarily of granite?
A: Stonehenge B: Vietnam Veterans Memorial
C: Mount Rushmore D: Plymouth Rock

Spoiler
Steven says the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is darker than the others, but he’s not sure. Joe walks away.


Spoiler
A: Stonehenge
Joe wins $20,000.


Commercial break

QotD
While the United States has the most stars on its national flag with 50, what country has the second most with 27?
A: Australia B: Brazil
C: China D: Turkey

Spoiler
B: Brazil

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Re: Transcript 12/8/16 Joe Tabasco

#2 Post by earendel » Wed Jun 07, 2017 10:15 am

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Joe Tabasco
Math teacher
Philadelphia, Pa.

Joe’s +1 is his college friend Steven Marson.
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Re: Transcript 12/8/16 Joe Tabasco

#3 Post by andrewjackson » Wed Jun 07, 2017 12:18 pm

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:
$30,000
Which of the following is NOT made primarily of granite?
A: Stonehenge B: Vietnam Veterans Memorial
C: Mount Rushmore D: Plymouth Rock

Spoiler
Steven says the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is darker than the others, but he’s not sure. Joe walks away.


Spoiler
A: Stonehenge
Joe wins $20,000.

Just for completeness,
Spoiler
Stonehenge is made of sarsens and bluestones. The sarsens are sandstone and make up the outer ring including the lintels, the trilithons (the inner arches), and some of the other stones. The smaller bluestones which are in between the sarsen structures are mostly dolerite (aka diabase in North America) which is similar to basalt. The sarsens are common to the area but the origin of the bluestones was mysterious for a long time. It is now known they were moved to the site from Wales.
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Re: Transcript 12/8/16 Joe Tabasco

#4 Post by SpacemanSpiff » Wed Jun 07, 2017 3:07 pm

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$20,000
Over the course of a hockey career that didn’t end until he was 52, Gordie Howe won what NHL Most Valuable Player trophy a then-record six times?
A: Hart Trophy B: Claret Jug
C: Borg-Warner Trophy D: Grey Cup

Spoiler
50/50 leaves Hart Trophy and Grey Cup.


Spoiler
A: Hart Trophy
It helps that the Hart Trophy was the only hockey trophy of the bunch - Claret Jug goes to the winner of The (British) Open; Borg-Warner goes to the Indy 500 champ; and the Grey Cup is for the champion of the CFL.

Now, if you'd thrown out Lady Bing, Conn Smythe, and Vezena Trophies along with a few others for choices, this might make a good $500,000 question.
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Re: Transcript 12/8/16 Joe Tabasco

#5 Post by ghostjmf » Wed Jun 07, 2017 6:56 pm

30K: +1

I was leaning toward Memorial, unfortunately.

I knew about those Stonehenge bluestones, too. In another part of my brain, apparently.

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