Transcript 9/13/18a Sam Stubblefield

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Sam Stubblefield
Pediatric hospitalist
Wilmington, Del.

$500
Which of these is a nickname for the D.C. headquarters of the U.S. State Department, and NOT a common condition treated by Pepto-Bismol?
A: Heartburn B: Indigestion
C: Foggy Bottom D: Upset stomach

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C: Foggy Bottom

$1,000
Feathers flew on April 7, 2018 as mischief makers in over 50 cities around the globe participated in what playful “combat” event?
A: International Pillow Fight Day B: International Slap Fight Day
C: International Snowball Fight Day D: International Knife Fight Day

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A: International Pillow Fight Day

$2,000
The very first day of operations for which of the following involved sorting 186 packages around a card table and loading them onto 14 jets?
A: Pony Express B: Domino’s
C: FedEx D: Santa Claus

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C: FedEx

$3,000
Which of these James Bond film titles might set off your spellcheck, because one of the words uses the British spelling instead of the American one?
A: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service B: Licence to Kill
C: Quantum of Solace D: Diamonds Are Forever

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B: Licence to Kill

$5,000
New Hampshire might be “The Granite State,” but what neighbor immediately to its west is home to “Rock of Ages,” one of the world’s largest granite quarries?
A: Maine B: Connecticut
C: Rhode Island D: Vermont

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D: Vermont

$7,000
The phrase “I shall hear in Heaven” is attributed to which person, who died in 1827?
A: Helen Keller B: Thomas Edison
C: Ludwig von Beethoven D: Galileo

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C: Ludwig von Beethoven

$10,000
NBA superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks is known by what rhyming nickname?
A: The Haitian Sensation B: The Senegalese Breeze
C: The Greek Freak D: The Bulgarian Barbarian

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A: 8% B: 7% C: 84% D: 1%

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C: The Greek Freak

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$20,000
Uniting the houses of Lancaster and York, the marriage of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York in 1486 was the first to take place under which royal dynasty?
A: Plantagenet B: Tudor
C: Hanover D: Stuart

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+1 Robin knows his English history and says it’s Tudor.

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B: Tudor

$30,000
If a single bee produces 1/12 of a teaspoon of honey in its lifetime, how many bees would be required to make a gallon of honey?
A: 4,608 B: 6,144
C: 9,216 D: 12,288

Sam (a pediatrician) knows a teaspoon is

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5 ml

and a gallon is about

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4000 ml

. He does the math.

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C: 9,216

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QotD
Which of these does NOT correctly match a U.S. state with an animal that appears on its flag?
A: Oregon & Beaver B: Wyoming & Bison
C: Michigan & Elk D: California & Condor

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D: California & Condor

$50,000
From the late 1920s until the early 1950s, most stop signs were not red, but what color?
A: White B: Blue
C: Yellow D: Brown

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Sam remarks that pictures from then were black and white. He says blue and brown signs wouldn’t stand out.
50/50 leaves white and yellow.
Sam remembers a Kodachrome picture of a yellow stop sign.

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C: Yellow

The horn
Sam will be back on Friday.

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$7,000
The phrase “I shall hear in Heaven” is attributed to which person, who died in 1827?
A: Helen Keller B: Thomas Edison
C: Ludwig von Beethoven D: Galileo

Spoiler

C: Ludwig von Beethoven

Keller and Edison died much later, and Galileo much earlier.

$30,000
If a single bee produces 1/12 of a teaspoon of honey in its lifetime, how many bees would be required to make a gallon of honey?
A: 4,608 B: 6,144
C: 9,216 D: 12,288

Sam (a pediatrician) knows a teaspoon is

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5 ml

and a gallon is about

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4000 ml

. He does the math.

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C: 9,216

As it happens, I gave my grandson Tylenol last Sunday, and didn't have a measuring dropper, so I found out a teaspoon is 5 ml.

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Sam Stubblefield
Pediatric hospitalist
Wilmington, Del.

$30,000
If a single bee produces 1/12 of a teaspoon of honey in its lifetime, how many bees would be required to make a gallon of honey?
A: 4,608 B: 6,144
C: 9,216 D: 12,288

Sam (a pediatrician) knows a teaspoon is

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5 ml

and a gallon is about

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4000 ml

. He does the math.

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C: 9,216

OK, there are 3 teaspoons in a tablespoon, and 16 tablespoons in a cup. So that's 48. Two cups in a pint, so 96. Two pints in a quart, so 192. Four quarts in a gallon, so 768. Multiply that by 12, and you get the answer. That's how I would have approached it.

$50,000
From the late 1920s until the early 1950s, most stop signs were not red, but what color?
A: White B: Blue
C: Yellow D: Brown

Spoiler

Sam remarks that pictures from then were black and white. He says blue and brown signs wouldn’t stand out.
50/50 leaves white and yellow.
Sam remembers a Kodachrome picture of a yellow stop sign.

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C: Yellow

Some towns had them later than that - I worked in Miami, Oklahoma in 1971 and they still had yellow stop signs, being held by a caricature of a friendly policeman.