Transcript 2/22/2019 - Collin Myers

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Transcript 2/22/2019 - Collin Myers

#1 Post by BBTranscriptTeam » Tue Mar 19, 2019 7:40 am

Collin Myers
KTRK, Houston, TX


Collin is playing for Living Water International. He's a meteorologist and is expected to get some of them right.

$500: "Where do you get your protein from?", "But what about bacon?", and "Then what do you eat?" are all on TheKitchn.com's list of thiNgs not to say to whom?
A - vegans
B - valets
C - ventriloquists
D - vice presidents

Collin says he looks forward to the first few questions because they're supposed to be funny
Spoiler
Answer: A (vegans)


$1000: Bjork, Keith Urban and Annie Lennox are some of the performers who've had to cancel concerts due to "Singer's Nodes," which are polyps found where?
A - between the toes
B - on the vocal cords
C - on the back of the wrist
D - behind the knees
Spoiler
Answer: B (on the vocal cords)


$2000: When she won the Miss America Pageant in 1945, Bess Myerson became the first - and to date, only - winner who was what?
A - Jewish
B - over 120 years old
C - over 8 feet tall
D - a U.S. citizen

Collin says
Spoiler
120 years old would be remarkable, and it's not "8 feet tall"
. He hates to do it but he's going to ask the audience.
Spoiler
Ask the Audience results:
A - 90%
B - 1%
C - 3%
D - 6%

Spoiler
Answer: A (Jewish)


$3000: In government slang, unwanted but un-fireable civil servants are often warehoused in non-essential agencies that are referred to by what avian term?
A - apple orchards
B - turkey farms
C - cabbage patches
D - lemming ranches

Collin asks to use his 50:50.
Spoiler
"50:50 results": A & B

Collin realizes he missed the word "avian".
Spoiler
Answer: B (turkey farms)


$5000: If you filled in the blanks in the titles of the following famous TV shows, which blank would have the second-highest number?
A - "_____ Jump Street"
B - "Beverly Hills, ______"
C - "_____ Broke Girls"
D - "_____ Rock"
Spoiler
Answer: D "_____ Rock"

commercial break

Collin & Chris discuss the devastation from Hurricane Harvey.

$7000: First opening in 1923, what stadium is the only facility in the world to have hosted two Summer Olympic Games (and might host a third in 2028)?
A - Lambeau Field
B - Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
C - Soldier Field
D - Giants Stadium

Collin has a hunch on this one. He doesn't want to use his last lifeline.
Spoiler
Answer: B (Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum)


$10,000: Ultimately falling back to Earth with the rain, the dust from what desert travels across the Atlantic Ocean to provide vital nutrients for the Amazon rainforest?
A - Mojave Desert
B - Patagonian Desert
C - Sahara Desert
D - Gobi Desert

Collin, as a meteorologist, says this has been discussed in the past few weeks.
Spoiler
Answer: C (Sahara Desert)

commercial break

MILLIONAIRE "QUESTION OF THE DAY": In the "Babar" children's book series, which of the following is not one of Babar's children?
A - Flora
B - Arthur
C - Pom
D - Alexander
Spoiler
Answer: B (Arthur)

commercial break

$20,000: In 1998, who became the first woman to win the Tony Award for Direction of a Musical?
A - Susan Stroman for "The Producers"
B - Anna D. Shapiro for "August: Osage County"
C - Marianne Elliott for "War Horse"
D - Julie Taymor for "The Lion King"

Collin says he doesn't recognize any of the names. "This is tricky," he says. He calls his +1, Katelyn. She says she was 6 years old in 1998; Collin was 7. The only one she recognizes is D. She thinks the movie "The Lion King" was around that time.
Spoiler
Answer: D (Julie Taymor for "The Lion King")


END OF SHOW "NOISE"

Collin will be back on Monday to complete his run.

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Re: Transcript 2/22/2019 - Collin Myers

#2 Post by earendel » Tue Mar 19, 2019 10:14 am

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Collin Myers
KTRK, Houston, TX


Collin is playing for Living Water International. He's a meteorologist and is expected to get some of them right.
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$3000: In government slang, unwanted but un-fireable civil servants are often warehoused in non-essential agencies that are referred to by what avian term?
A - apple orchards
B - turkey farms
C - cabbage patches
D - lemming ranches

Collin asks to use his 50:50.
Spoiler
"50:50 results": A & B

Collin realizes he missed the word "avian".
Spoiler
Answer: B (turkey farms)
35 years working for the Federal government and I've never heard that slang term. (Of course, maybe I'm working for one of them :mrgreen: )
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$20,000: In 1998, who became the first woman to win the Tony Award for Direction of a Musical?
A - Susan Stroman for "The Producers"
B - Anna D. Shapiro for "August: Osage County"
C - Marianne Elliott for "War Horse"
D - Julie Taymor for "The Lion King"

Collin says he doesn't recognize any of the names. "This is tricky," he says. He calls his +1, Katelyn. She says she was 6 years old in 1998; Collin was 7. The only one she recognizes is D. She thinks the movie "The Lion King" was around that time.
Spoiler
Answer: D (Julie Taymor for "The Lion King")
I would be burning lifelines on this one, and was surprised at the answer. I thought "The Lion King" movie came out after 1998.
"Elen sila lumenn omentielvo...A star shines on the hour of our meeting."

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Re: Transcript 2/22/2019 - Collin Myers

#3 Post by Estonut » Wed Mar 20, 2019 1:15 am

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$2000: When she won the Miss America Pageant in 1945, Bess Myerson became the first - and to date, only - winner who was what?
A - Jewish
B - over 120 years old
C - over 8 feet tall
D - a U.S. citizen

Collin says
Spoiler
120 years old would be remarkable, and it's not "8 feet tall"
. He hates to do it but he's going to ask the audience.
Spoiler
Ask the Audience results:
A - 90%
B - 1%
C - 3%
D - 6%

Spoiler
Answer: A (Jewish)
Spoiler
He couldn't figure out whether there's only ever been ONE Miss America who was Jewish vs. who was an American citizen? Sheesh!

How was he ever able to eliminate the ridiculous height & age?
A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five.
Groucho Marx

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