Transcript 5/11/2018 Dan Dollbaum

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Dan Dollbaum
Elmwood Park, NJ

$500: According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, only 2.5% of Americans are doing it at 6 PM, but 95.1% are doing it at 3 AM. What is it?
A - betting on dog races
B - eating Double Stuf Oreos
C - sleeping
D - trying on swimsuits

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Answer: C (sleeping)

$1000: Before doing actual hands-on work with Habitat for Humanity, what did President Jimmy Carter have built for his daughter Amy on the White House grounds?
A - tree house
B - outhouse
C - a NASCAR racetrack
D - igloo

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Answer: A (tree house)

$2000: Which of these is a word meaning "foolish things" and NOT a sign over a theater, a French nobleman or the frontman of the '90s hip-hop group the Funky Bunch?
A - marquis
B - marquee
C - Marky Mark
D - malarky

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Answer: D (malarky)

$3000: As you might guess from their names, Santa Fe Grande and Devil's Tongue are two common varieties of what?
A - cherry tomatoes
B - hot peppers
C - baby carrots
D - purple kale

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Answer: B (hot peppers)

$5000: Which director has helmed two blockbuster films whose titles can be defined as "the incarnation of a Hindu deity" and "having great magnitude, force, or power"?
A - Steven Spielberg
B - George Lucas
C - James Cameron
D - Tim Burton

Dan is not a movie buff so he asks the audience.

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Ask the Audience results:
A - 22%
B - 59%
C - 10%
D - 9%

Dan says when he thinks of

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George Lucas he thinks of Star Wars

. He decides to use his 50:50.

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"50:50 results": C & D

"Very interesting," Dan says. "This has taken quite the turn." Dan knows

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James Cameron did "Titanic"

. He hates to do it but he calls down his +1, his nephew J.T., who says he honestly does not know. J.T. thinks that

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Tim Burton did "The Princess Bride" and James Cameron did "Avatar"

. Dan wonders if that could be the title of a Hindu deity.

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Answer: C (James Cameron)

commercial break

$7000: As Rihanna could probably tell you, Bridgetown is the capital of what Caribbean nation?
A - The Bahamas
B - Barbados
C - Haiti
D - Dominican Republic

Dan knows it's not

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Haiti, because that's Port-au-Prince, and he doesn't think it's the Dominican Republic

. He goes with

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The Bahamas

.

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Answer: B (Barbados)
Dan wins $5,000.

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So far so good

[earendel]

Dan Dollbaum
Elmwood Park, NJ

$5000: Which director has helmed two blockbuster films whose titles can be defined as "the incarnation of a Hindu deity" and "having great magnitude, force, or power"?
A - Steven Spielberg
B - George Lucas
C - James Cameron
D - Tim Burton

Dan is not a movie buff so he asks the audience.

Spoiler

Ask the Audience results:
A - 22%
B - 59%
C - 10%
D - 9%

Dan says when he thinks of

Spoiler

George Lucas he thinks of Star Wars

. He decides to use his 50:50.

Spoiler

"50:50 results": C & D

"Very interesting," Dan says. "This has taken quite the turn." Dan knows

Spoiler

James Cameron did "Titanic"

. He hates to do it but he calls down his +1, his nephew J.T., who says he honestly does not know. J.T. thinks that

Spoiler

Tim Burton did "The Princess Bride" and James Cameron did "Avatar"

. Dan wonders if that could be the title of a Hindu deity.

Spoiler

Answer: C (James Cameron)

He had the answer but didn't make the association.