Transcript 9/27/17b Rich Templeton (carryover)

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Transcript 9/27/17b Rich Templeton (carryover)

#1 Post by BBTranscriptTeam » Thu Sep 28, 2017 12:46 pm

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Rich Templeton
Chemistry teacher
New York, N.Y.


$10,000
In 1967, when Carl Stokes became the first black mayor of a major U.S. city, the Plain Dealer called what the most “sophisticated city on the face of the earth”?
A: New Orleans B: Cleveland
C: Detroit D: St. Louis

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A: 26% B: 17% C: 31% D: 26%


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50/50 leaves New Orleans and Cleveland.
Rich goes with the audience.


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… and gets dursted!
B: Cleveland
Rich wins $5,000.
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Re: Transcript 9/27/17b Rich Templeton (carryover)

#2 Post by jarnon » Thu Sep 28, 2017 1:15 pm

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$10,000
In 1967, when Carl Stokes became the first black mayor of a major U.S. city, the Plain Dealer called what the most “sophisticated city on the face of the earth”?
A: New Orleans B: Cleveland
C: Detroit D: St. Louis

Spoiler
A: 26% B: 17% C: 31% D: 26%


Spoiler
50/50 leaves New Orleans and Cleveland.
Rich goes with the audience.


Spoiler
… and gets dursted!
B: Cleveland
Rich wins $5,000.
Rich and the audience were probably led astray because the question was looking for a major U.S. city.
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Re: Transcript 9/27/17b Rich Templeton (carryover)

#3 Post by mrkelley23 » Thu Sep 28, 2017 1:37 pm

I'd have confidently answered "Detroit," without using lifelines, and gone home. Yet another "false memory." :(

But I notice most of the audience was with me, too. Wonder if this is another Sinbad-Shaquille-Shazam-Kazaam moment?
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Re: Transcript 9/27/17b Rich Templeton (carryover)

#4 Post by earendel » Thu Sep 28, 2017 1:41 pm

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Rich Templeton
Chemistry teacher
New York, N.Y.
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$10,000
In 1967, when Carl Stokes became the first black mayor of a major U.S. city, the Plain Dealer called what the most “sophisticated city on the face of the earth”?
A: New Orleans B: Cleveland
C: Detroit D: St. Louis
Spoiler
A: 26% B: 17% C: 31% D: 26%

Spoiler
50/50 leaves New Orleans and Cleveland.
Rich goes with the audience.

Spoiler
… and gets dursted!
B: Cleveland
Rich wins $5,000.
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Re: Transcript 9/27/17b Rich Templeton (carryover)

#5 Post by andrewjackson » Thu Sep 28, 2017 3:06 pm

"Plain Dealer" seems like a huge clue. I can't imagine the
Spoiler
Cleveland
newspaper calling any of the other cities that.
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