Transcript 1/9/19 Mike Chearney

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Transcript 1/9/19 Mike Chearney

#1 Post by BBTranscriptTeam » Wed Jan 09, 2019 10:20 pm

Mike Chearney
Plant operator at Hoover Dam
Baltimore, Md.


$500
According to Brides magazine’s most recent American Wedding Study, 36% of grooms choose to wear a suit on their wedding day, while 54% wear what?
A: Bermuda shorts B: Overalls
C: Tuxedo D: Naughty nurse costume

Spoiler
C: Tuxedo


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Due to some of Earth’s mass moving closer to its axis, making it spin faster, what world-rocking 2010 event may have shortened the length of a day by 1.26 microseconds?
A: The Chilean earthquake B: The ScarJo/Ryan Reynolds divorce
C: The launch of Instagram D: Lady Gaga wearing that meat dress

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A: The Chilean earthquake


$2,000
“Position your liquid assets in your oral cavity” is another way of expressing the suggestion contained in which common idiom?
A: Don’t count your chickens until they hatch B: Look before you leap
C: Go back to the drawing board D: Put your money where your mouth is

Spoiler
D: Put your money where your mouth is


$3,000
Arguably the best in the world at the beginning of WWII, which country’s air force was known as the Luftwaffe?
A: Japan B: Germany
C: Italy D: France

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B: Germany


Commercial break

Mike served in the Navy for 12 years. He was a nuclear reactor operator on the USS Truman, and was also on the USS Enterprise.

$5,000
The orange has not cornered the market on being orange. In nature, which of these other fruits is also typically orange?
A: Kumquat B: Pomegranate
C: Guava D: Boysenberry

Spoiler
Mike feels like a kumquat is orange.
A: 79% B:3% C: 17% D: 1%


Spoiler
A: Kumquat


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Expanding on the original’s theme, “Out of the Maze” is the 2018 posthumously-published sequel to what 1998 self-help classic by Spencer Johnson?
A: The Secret B: Awaken the Giant Within
C: Who Moved My Cheese? D: Blink

Spoiler
C: Who Moved My Cheese?


Commercial break

QotD (read by anchor Frank Mickens from WTTV in Indianapolis)
By definition, a “doula” provides assistance during which of these events?
A: Childbirth B: Bar mitzvah ceremony
C: Exorcism D: Acupuncture session

Spoiler
A: Childbirth


$10,000
As he approached 50 in 2017, what band’s lead singer who’s usually known by the first name Billy released an album as William Patrick Corgan?
A: Smashing Pumpkins B: Nine Inch Nails
C: Weezer D: Rage Against the Machine

Spoiler
A: Smashing Pumpkins


$20,000
Perhaps a bit too delicious, what dish was partly responsible for making its namesake ingredient extinct in 1914?
A: Mourning dove soup B: Turkey vulture stew
C: Roast Arctic tern D: Passenger pigeon pie

Spoiler
D: Passenger pigeon pie


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Mike will be back on Thursday.
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Re: Transcript 1/9/19 Mike Chearney

#2 Post by jarnon » Wed Jan 09, 2019 11:54 pm

Mike's name is nearly identical to Michael Charney, a local rabbi who passed away last month.
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Re: Transcript 1/9/19 Mike Chearney

#3 Post by earendel » Thu Jan 10, 2019 6:28 am

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Mike Chearney
Plant operator at Hoover Dam
Baltimore, Md.
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$10,000
As he approached 50 in 2017, what band’s lead singer who’s usually known by the first name Billy released an album as William Patrick Corgan?
A: Smashing Pumpkins B: Nine Inch Nails
C: Weezer D: Rage Against the Machine
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A: Smashing Pumpkins
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Re: Transcript 1/9/19 Mike Chearney

#4 Post by Estonut » Thu Jan 10, 2019 6:47 am

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Mike Chearney
Plant operator at Hoover Dam
Baltimore, Md.
Did they discuss his commute?
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Re: Transcript 1/9/19 Mike Chearney

#5 Post by jarnon » Thu Jan 10, 2019 6:51 am

Estonut wrote:
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Mike Chearney
Plant operator at Hoover Dam
Baltimore, Md.
Did they discuss his commute?
Chris said he recently left the service and got the job at Hoover Dam. So today is an all-Nevada day.
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