Are We Dead Yet?

The recording confirms a French question relating to the Hartford Whalers, with no English clarification. Its exact wording remains unrecovered. Curtis first says New England Whalers, revises to Hartford Whalers and receives two points. He credits Judge John Hodgman for the association.

The owner cannot recover the exact French question and confirms there is no English clarification; no translation is invented. Ryan answers “the Jonestown guys.” Brad substitutes Heaven’s Gate and accepts it, bringing the stated score level at two each. Acceptance is recorded without treating the two named groups as the same factual answer.

Curtis tries Coke with lime, then Squirt after the English rereading. Ryan guesses Original Coke. Ryan also gives the final guess, “Mellow yellow,” preserving owner wording. His attribution is confirmed by the owner’s explicit correction. Brad reveals Surge. The score remains 2–2.

After accidentally reading an animal question, Brad asks about the shoe line created by Stefan Marbury. Ryan identifies it only as Marbury’s shoe. Curtis’s “Surge shoes” steal is rejected. Brad reveals a brand transcribed “Starberry.” Neither player receives an announced point.

Curtis requests the previously misread animal question and guesses pterodactyl. Ryan’s velociraptor steal is rejected. After the English prehistoric-shark question, Curtis answers what is transcribed “Megadon” and is accepted. Brad initially awards one point; Curtis challenges this, and it is corrected to half a point, making 2½–2.

Ryan guesses Montreal Expos, then Winnipeg after the English question. Curtis offers Olympics, then Ottawa. Brad reveals the Washington Nationals. Both turns are rejected. This preserves the quiz’s recorded question and answer without checking present-day sports facts.

The question asks for the Order of the Solar Temple’s two main countries. Curtis jokes “Charles Manson and friends,” then gives Cambodia and Laos after the English wording. Ryan’s Israel-and-the-US answer is also rejected. Brad supplies France and Switzerland.

The actual question is absent from the transcript. The owner cannot recover Brad’s French wording and confirms no English clarification; Ryan recalls hearing elephant and 10,000. His mastodon answer is rejected. Curtis offers woolly mammoth and is accepted. The group consults online summaries and one person admits searching the wrong comparison. The announced score becomes 4½–2.

The recording identifies Curtis’s early answer as “Zap Brannigan,” the Futurama character, and Ryan’s steal as “Uggs,” preserving the owner’s wording. After Brad restates the question as an early-2000s velour tracksuit brand, Curtis answers “Juicy” and is accepted. The owner confirms no local point amount is explicitly stated; the stated half-point rule and later total do not settle that award.

Ryan guesses the George burger for a McDonald’s product promoted by Jason Alexander. Curtis steals with McDLT and is accepted. They discuss its separate hot and cool compartments. Brad then announces Curtis 8½, Ryan 2; the local McDLT award is not separately stated.

Ryan assigns clothing and animals. Curtis gives the jeans-brand answer transcribed “Junko,” which is accepted for four points. “Foxtrot uniform Charlie Kilo” for FCUK is rejected. The recording identifies Curtis’s final answer as “Sabertooth tiger” and notes that Brad repeatedly struggled to pronounce “canine.” Brad accepts it and declares the time finished. Someone disputes whether it was in time, and Brad says there was still time. The announced final score is Curtis 16½ to Ryan 14.