Transcript 10/17/17 Dan North (carryover)

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Transcript 10/17/17 Dan North (carryover)

#1 Post by BBTranscriptTeam » Wed Oct 18, 2017 6:55 pm

Dan North
Shrewsbury, MA
19-year-old college student

One lifeline, ATA, previously used.

$10K :
Who is missing from this sequence of former U.S. vice-presidents: Harry Truman, Alben Barkley, ___, Lyndon B. Johnson, Hubert Humphrey?
A: Adlai Stevenson B: Richard Nixon
C: Barry Goldwater D: Spiro Agnew

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Dan initially ruled out D as Nixon's VP while they are looking pre-Kennedy
+1 is his mom Julie who was inclined to guess either A or D
They figured it was Eisenhower's VP they are seeking and that Eisenhower is a Republican.
Did not think Nixon or Goldwater was a VP and was not sure if Goldwater was a Republican, while Dan was thinking a Democrat


Spoiler
left B and C
Went with B due to uncertainty about Goldwater's political party


Spoiler
B: Richard Nixon



$20K :
Making news in 2017, Always Dreaming is which of the following?
A: Google's new slogan B: Kim Kardashian's yacht
C: Kentucky Derby winner D: Latest Bruno Mars hit

Spoiler
C: Kentucky Derby winner


First break

$30K :
What 3200-foot-tall Venezuelan waterfall was named after an American aviator who crash-landed nearby in 1937?
A: Victoria Falls B: Sutherland Falls
C: Angel Falls D: Iguazu Falls

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Walk with $20K

would have guessed B

C: Angel Falls

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Re: Transcript 10/17/17 Dan North (carryover)

#2 Post by earendel » Thu Oct 19, 2017 6:12 am

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Dan North
Shrewsbury, MA
19-year-old college student

One lifeline, ATA, previously used.
Nihil obstat®.
"Elen sila lumenn omentielvo...A star shines on the hour of our meeting."

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Re: Transcript 10/17/17 Dan North (carryover)

#3 Post by ghostjmf » Thu Oct 19, 2017 7:36 am

10K: Boy, was watching this sad. They both thought Goldwater Democrat, huh.

20K: Guessed right, but ATA to be sure.

30K: Take a breath & go for it.

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Re: Transcript 10/17/17 Dan North (carryover)

#4 Post by frogman042 » Thu Oct 19, 2017 10:52 am

ghostjmf wrote:10K: Boy, was watching this sad. They both thought Goldwater Democrat, huh.

20K: Guessed right, but ATA to be sure.

30K: Take a breath & go for it.
In today's political climate he might be - or at least a RINO (same may apply to Richard Nixon as well) :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

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