Transcript 10/20/2017 - Brandon Turner

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Transcript 10/20/2017 - Brandon Turner

#1 Post by BBTranscriptTeam » Fri Nov 03, 2017 6:18 am

Brandon Turner
Oakland, CA


$500: Which of these is NOT one of the body parts you might be instructed to place on a colored dot in the classic game of Twister?
A - left foot
B - right foot
C - left hand
D - right kidney
Spoiler
Answer: D (right kidney)


$1000: What New York attorney headed west in 1884 to check the legal titles on some mineral claims, and ended up the namesake of a beloved national monument?
A - Charles E. Rushmore
B - Guyzer O'Faithful
C - Saul T. Lake
D - Graham Canyon
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Answer: A (Charles E. Rushmore)


$2000: What do Americans call the medical device that Australians call a "humidicrib"?
A - stethoscope
B - incubator
C - pacemaker
D - catheter
Spoiler
Answer: B (incubator)


$3000: The word "marinade" is borrowed from the French word "mariner," which means what?
A - to steam
B - to slice
C - to burn
D - to pickle
Spoiler
Answer: D (to pickle)


$5000: Though a 1990 film version was dismissed as "paranoid poppycock," critics hailed the 2017 Hulu series based on what dystopian Margaret Atwood novel?
A - Presumed Innocent
B - Bright Lights, Big City
C - The Handmaid's Tale
D - Bonfire of the Vanities

Brandon opts to ask the audience.
Spoiler
Ask the Audience results:
A - 7%
B - 11%
C - 77%
D - 5%

Brandon goes with the audience.
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Answer: C (The Handmaid's Tale)


$7000: Given that the Earth is essentially a circle, what is its approximate rate of rotation in terms of degrees?
A - 5 degrees per hour
B - 15 degrees per hour
C - 30 degrees per hour
D - 60 degrees per hour

Brandon decides to use his 50:50.
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"50:50 results": A & B

Spoiler
Answer: B (15 degrees per hour)

commercial break

$10,000: Which of these is the name of the backing band for hip-hop legend Grandmaster Flash and NOT the title of a street racing action movie starring Vin Diesel?
A - Fast 5
B - The Furious Five
C - The Fast and the Furious
D - Furious 7
Spoiler
Answer: B (The Furious Five)


$20,000: Innovating fashion by dressing women in separates, what American designer's eponymous sportswear brand founded in 1968 features a lion in its logo?
A - Anne Klein
B - Tom Ford
C - Liz Claiborne
D - Isaac Mizrahi
Spoiler
Answer: A (Anne Klein)

Brandon makes B his final answer and leaves with $5000.

commercial break

MILLIONAIRE "QUESTION OF THE DAY": In 1983, Guion Bluford became the first African-American to do what?
A - run for president
B - direct a Best Picture nominee
C - fly in outer space
D - manage a World Series champion
Spoiler
Answer: C (fly in outer space)
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Re: Transcript 10/20/2017 - Brandon Turner

#2 Post by ghostjmf » Fri Nov 03, 2017 8:41 am

7K: 360/15 = 24

10K: ATA

20K: +1, 50/50 if need it

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Re: Transcript 10/20/2017 - Brandon Turner

#3 Post by earendel » Fri Nov 03, 2017 9:11 am

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Brandon Turner
Oakland, CA
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$20,000: Innovating fashion by dressing women in separates, what American designer's eponymous sportswear brand founded in 1968 features a lion in its logo?
A - Anne Klein
B - Tom Ford
C - Liz Claiborne
D - Isaac Mizrahi
Spoiler
Answer: A (Anne Klein)

Brandon makes B his final answer and leaves with $5000.
I worked in a shoe store back in the 80s and one of the brands the store carried was Anne Klein (mainly espadrilles, IIRC). My job was stocking the shelves and I can easily recall the lion logo on the boxes and on the toes of the shoes.
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Re: Transcript 10/20/2017 - Brandon Turner

#4 Post by SpacemanSpiff » Tue Nov 07, 2017 3:51 pm

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:MILLIONAIRE "QUESTION OF THE DAY": In 1983, Guion Bluford became the first African-American to do what?
A - run for president
B - direct a Best Picture nominee
C - fly in outer space
D - manage a World Series champion
Spoiler
Answer: C (fly in outer space)
This is one of those tricky questions that you have to watch the phrasing.

Guion Bluford was indeed the first African-American to go into space.

He was not the first African-American astronaut - that was Robert Lawrence Jr (MOL program), who died before getting into space.

He was not the first black in space -- that belonged to Cuban "guest cosmonaut" Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez, who went to Salyut 6 in 1980.
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