Transcript 6/24/2011 - Phil Cantwell

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D.L. Hugeley guest host

Phil Cantwell
Malvern, PA

Phil wants to win because he lives with his parents and he wants to move out. He loves them, but it's time. D.L. jokes that he might be moving out whether he wins or loses.

Topic Tree: (unrandomized)
10 - Fossil Finds
9 - The Summer Games
8 - Iconic Images
7 - Film Food
6 - Old Rap
5 - Beloved Houseguests
4 - Sweet Science
3 - Show Tunes
2 - Power Up
1 - One Square Idea

Topic Tree: (randomized)
7 - Film Food
5 - Beloved Houseguests
9 - The Summer Games
6 - Old Rap
10 - Fossil Finds
3 - Show Tunes
8 - Iconic Images
2 - Power Up
4 - Sweet Science
1 - One Square Idea

Question #1 (One Square Idea - Level 1)
In 2007 Sheryl Crow proposed a Global Warning initiative that would limit Americans to "one square" of what "per restroom visit"?
A - toilet paper
B - toothpick
C - Band-Aids
D - cotton swabs

Phil says she was known as

Spoiler

"one square to spare"

.

Spoiler

Answer: A (toilet paper)
Value: $10,000
Bank: $10,000

Question #2 (Sweet Science - Level 4)
Which of these confections is often made in a machine that uses centrifugal force to spin the treat until completion?
A - candy cane
B - jelly bean
C - cotton candy
D - licorice

Phil says that it's

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carney approved

.

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Answer: C (cotton candy)
Value: $500
Bank: $10,500

Question #3 (Power Up - Level 2)
Which of these products is typically powered by a button cell battery?
A - watch
B - mobile phone
C - TV remote
D - boom box

Phil is going to assume that a button cell battery is a small round one that looks like a button.

Spoiler

Answer: A (watch)
Value: $3,000
Bank: $13,500

commercial break

D.L. calls Phil a "millionaire bad boy" and says he's living up to his name. Phil was also a former Boy Scout, always prepared. He carries a pad with winning lotto numbers on it, in case he travels back in time. Just in case. If he went back two weeks he'd feel pretty dumb not having the numbers with him. D.L. says his parents are probably anxious to have him move out. D.L. also jokes that if he won the lottery he'd keep working - but he'd come in two hours late, take a four-hour lunch and leave four hours early. They'd fire him and he'd get two checks - the lottery and unemployment.

Question #4 (Iconic Images - Level 8)
In the iconic statue "The Thinker," which of these correctly describes the pose of the man's arm touching his head?
A - left elbow on left knee
B - left elbow on right knee
C - right elbow on right knee
D - right elbow on left knee

Phil has seen Rodin's masterpiece a lot but he doesn't feel confident that he knows the answer so he wants to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: D (right elbow on left knee)
Value: $100
Bank: $13,500

Question #5 (Show Tunes - Level 3)
As popularized by a famous show tune, socialites are often referred to as "ladies who" do what?
A - laugh
B - lunch
C - launder
D - listen

Phil says, "As hard as it is to believe that the millionaire bad boy doesn't know a lot about show tunes it's the case." He hopes the audience is up on its Broadway.

ATA results

A - 6%
B - 88%
C - 3%
D - 3%

Spoiler

Answer: B (lunch)
Value: $15,000
Bank: $28,500

D.L. jokes that he's been married to a beautiful woman for many years but listening is not one of the things she does.

Question #6 (Fossil Finds - Level 10)
The oldest-known human fossils are the so-called Omo skulls, which were discovered in 1967 in what country?
A - Ethiopia
B - Mozambique
C - Tanzania
D - Indonesia

Phil's first instinct was

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Ethiopia, because that's where people came from

. Since he was thinking that before the answers came up he's going to go with it.

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Answer: A (Ethiopia)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $30,500

Question #7 (Old Rap - Level 6)
The rap groups Kris Kross and House of Pain both had huge hits in 1992 with songs urging listeners to do what?
A - run
B - yell
C - jump
D - slide

Phil's 90% certain that it's

Spoiler

jump

and that's better than the 88 he saw before.

Spoiler

Answer: C (jump)
Value: $7,000
Bank: $37,500

commercial break

The "Blast from the past" question was worth $250,000 in 2005:
What French painter is credited as the inventor of chocolate mousse, originally named "mayonnaise au chocolat"?
A - Claude Monet
B - Henri de Tolouse-Lautrec
C - Georges Seurat
D - Paul Cezanne

Spoiler

B (Henri de Tolouse-Lautrec)

When the show came back from commercial, an entirely different question was shown on the screen:

Influenza was named in the 15th century by Italians who believed it was caused by the "influence" of what?
A - evil spirits
B - stars and planets
C - ocean tides
D - rain and thunder

Spoiler

B (stars and planets)

Phil is doing extraordinarily well.

Question #8 (The Summer Games - Level 9)
Which of these sports made its Olympic debut at the 2008 Beijing games?
A - inline skating
B - BMX biking
C - hang gliding
D - skateboarding

Phil's inclination is to say

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BMX biking

but that's only a 30% answer. He decides to jump this question.

Spoiler

Answer: B (BMX biking)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $37,500

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Phil says that 30 was way less than 88

.

Question #9 (Beloved Houseguests - Level 5)
What popular children's book character made frequent visits to a family that lived on 17 Cherry Tree Lane?
A - Peter Pan
B - Mary Poppins
C - The Cat in the Hat
D - Curious George

Phil has no idea. He says that

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Mary Poppins is out because she worked there and didn't make frequent visits. The same is true for Curious George - he lived with the man in the yellow hat. That brings it down to Peter Pan or The Cat in the Hat. He thinks that if it were The Cat in the Hat the address would be Two Kabloozle Floozle Street - D.L. jokes that that's right around the corner from where he lives now.

. D.L. says the question could be worth $25,000 and that would surely get Phil out of his parents' house. Phil says that $18,750 would get him well on his way. D.L. jokes that his parents might double that amount. Phil says it's either

Spoiler

Peter Pan

or walk away. He decides to walk away.

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Answer: B (Mary Poppins)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $18,750 (half the bank)

THE END OF GAME "NOISE"

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Question #9 (Beloved Houseguests - Level 5)
What popular children's book character made frequent visits to a family that lived on 17 Cherry Tree Lane?
A - Peter Pan
B - Mary Poppins
C - The Cat in the Hat
D - Curious George

I think this is a recycled question. IIRC, the old Q was something like, Which book opens, "It was a quiet day at 17 Cherry Tree Lane."

[vettech]

I was really hoping the season would end on a high note instead of a whimper.

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Phil Cantwell
Malvern, PA

Phil wants to win because he lives with his parents and he wants to move out. He loves them, but it's time. D.L. jokes that he might be moving out whether he wins or loses.

Question #1 (One Square Idea - Level 1)
In 2007 Sheryl Crow proposed a Global Warning initiative that would limit Americans to "one square" of what "per restroom visit"?
A - toilet paper
B - toothpick
C - Band-Aids
D - cotton swabs

Phil says she was known as

Spoiler

"one square to spare"

.

Spoiler

Answer: A (toilet paper)
Value: $10,000
Bank: $10,000

I believe this was discussed here.

Question #4 (Iconic Images - Level
In the iconic statue "The Thinker," which of these correctly describes the pose of the man's arm touching his head?
A - left elbow on left knee
B - left elbow on right knee
C - right elbow on right knee
D - right elbow on left knee

Phil has seen Rodin's masterpiece a lot but he doesn't feel confident that he knows the answer so he wants to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: D (right elbow on left knee)
Value: $100
Bank: $13,500

I had to try and visualize this - I could see the right arm and the fist balled and set on the forehead, but couldn't figure out whether it was on the left or right knee. Having it on the left knee would require that the torso be somewhat contorted. I finally recalled the statue from the second "Night at the Museum" movie ("Boom! Boom! Firepower!").

Question #7 (Old Rap - Level 6)
The rap groups Kris Kross and House of Pain both had huge hits in 1992 with songs urging listeners to do what?
A - run
B - yell
C - jump
D - slide

Phil's 90% certain that it's

Spoiler

jump

and that's better than the 88 he saw before.

Spoiler

Answer: C (jump)
Value: $7,000
Bank: $37,500

Despite my fossilized movie tastes I actually knew this one because one of my children was a fan of Kris Kross.

The "Blast from the past" question was worth $250,000 in 2005:
What French painter is credited as the inventor of chocolate mousse, originally named "mayonnaise au chocolat"?
A - Claude Monet
B - Henri de Tolouse-Lautrec
C - Georges Seurat
D - Paul Cezanne

Spoiler

B (Henri de Tolouse-Lautrec)

When the show came back from commercial, an entirely different question was shown on the screen:

Influenza was named in the 15th century by Italians who believed it was caused by the "influence" of what?
A - evil spirits
B - stars and planets
C - ocean tides
D - rain and thunder

Spoiler

B (stars and planets)

Oops! When I saw this I was afraid that they were going to come back with a different contestant and end to the show.

Phil is doing extraordinarily well.

Yes, he is, but time is short and I doubt that he'll carry over (in fact we know he won't because these shows were taped earlier in the season and held out until now).

Question #9 (Beloved Houseguests - Level 5)
What popular children's book character made frequent visits to a family that lived on 17 Cherry Tree Lane?
A - Peter Pan
B - Mary Poppins
C - The Cat in the Hat
D - Curious George

Phil has no idea. He says that

Spoiler

Mary Poppins is out because she worked there and didn't make frequent visits. The same is true for Curious George - he lived with the man in the yellow hat. That brings it down to Peter Pan or The Cat in the Hat. He thinks that if it were The Cat in the Hat the address would be Two Kabloozle Floozle Street - D.L. jokes that that's right around the corner from where he lives now.

. D.L. says the question could be worth $25,000 and that would surely get Phil out of his parents' house. Phil says that $18,750 would get him well on his way. D.L. jokes that his parents might double that amount. Phil says it's either

Spoiler

Peter Pan

or walk away. He decides to walk away.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Mary Poppins)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $18,750 (half the bank)

He's either going to miss it or walk away. Good thing he did the latter.

elwing and I had a problem with the phrasing of this question. Mary Poppins didn't make "frequent visits" to the Banks house. She lived there for the duration of her employment - or at least she did in the movie version. I can understand why Phil discounted that answer and thought it was either Peter Pan or The Cat in the Hat, both of whom only visitied the houses mentioned in their respective books.

EDIT: Checking Wikipedia I learned that in the series of books featuring Mary Poppins she does arrive and depart from 17 Cherry Tree Lane at the beginning and end of each of the first three books.