Transcript 6/10/09: Andy Ross

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Andy Ross
Monroe, WI

Andy is being rooted on by his wife, Colleen, in the audience. Colleen's advice to Andy was to "calm down, take a breath, and play the game."

Andy's category tree:

Baaa!
Famous Firsts
Oscar Night
Facts About Myths
Superman
Personal Finance
Big Country
Test Your Metal
Political Scandals
Dictators
States of the Union
Croquet, Anyone?
Long Ago
On the Dance Floor
Keep It Real

$100 (Keep It Real): "Sewer Inspector" and "Sludge Cleaner" are episodes of what popular reality series?
A. Dirty Jobs B. Top Chef
C. Project Runway D. Trump After Dark

Spoiler

A. Dirty Jobs (7)

$200 (On the Dance Floor): Which of these dances was named for a city in South Carolina?
A. Foxtrot B. Charleston
C. Jitterbug D. Cha-cha

Spoiler

B. Charleston (8)

$300 (Long Ago): Fought long ago between England and France, the Hundred Years' War lasted roughly 1.2 what?
A. Decades B. Centuries
C. Millennia D. Weeks

Spoiler

B. Centuries (7)

$500 (Croquet, Anyone?): According to the U.S. Croquet Association's official rules, "play is made by striking a ball with a" what?
A. Paddle B. Racket
C. Mallet D. Baton

Spoiler

C. Mallet (7)

$1,000 (States of the Union): Which of these direction-themed words does not begin the name of any U.S. state?
A. North B. East
C. South D. West

Spoiler

B. East (7)

THE HORN SOUNDS. Andy will return tomorrow to go for $2,000 with all of his lifelines intact.

[KillerTomato]

Gee, I wonder if that $1MM question is the same one you'd have seen if anyone had gotten to see the "Hello, Dolly!" question?

What kind of sheep was Dolly?

FTR, Dolly was a Finn Dorset sheep

How old did she live to be?

Dolly lived to be 6 (quite young)

How did she die?

She was euthanized due to a progressive lung disease

Where did she live?

She lived her entire life at the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh.

Andy's category tree:

Baaa!
Famous Firsts
Oscar Night

[hanzz]

Ooh, love Oscar Night.

[ulysses5019]

Ooh, love Oscar Night.

Here's our final question from our pub trivia tonight:

What actress has been nominated five times for an Oscar in the 1980's but has never won?

Spoiler

Glenn Close

Damn I must be tired. It is indeed five times. Thanks Ed.

[TheConfessor]

Ooh, love Oscar Night.

Here's our final question from our pub trivia tonight:

What actress has been nominated three times for an Oscar in the 1980's but has never won?

Spoiler

Glenn Close

But

Spoiler

no cigar?

She was actually nominated

Spoiler

five times in the 1980s, and none since.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000335/awards

[NellyLunatic1980]

So far, so good for me.

[gsabc]

Gee, I wonder if that $1MM question is the same one you'd have seen if anyone had gotten to see the "Hello, Dolly!" question?

What kind of sheep was Dolly?

FTR, Dolly was a Finn Dorset sheep

How old did she live to be?

Dolly lived to be 6 (quite young)

How did she die?

She was euthanized due to a progressive lung disease

Where did she live?

She lived her entire life at the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh.

I was wondering the same thing. Thanks for the trivial info on her. That first tidbit looks like a really good $1MM value.

[earendel]

Andy Ross
Monroe, WI

Andy is being rooted on by his wife, Colleen, in the audience. Colleen's advice to Andy was to "calm down, take a breath, and play the game."

Hmmm...has Colleen been reading the Bored? What is the first thing that BB contestants are advised to do? Breathe!

Nihil obstat®.

[ulysses5019]

Andy Ross
Monroe, WI

Andy is being rooted on by his wife, Colleen, in the audience. Colleen's advice to Andy was to "calm down, take a breath, and play the game."

Hmmm...has Colleen been reading the Bored? What is the first thing that BB contestants are advised to do? Breathe!

Nihil obstat®.

I've always advised everyone to get the answers right.