Transcript 04/12/2012 Alex Corrado

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Alex Corrado
Hoboken, NJ
Studied to be a doctor, but in the 90s reimbursments were going down and hours were going up. So he ditched medicine to become an actor.
Eaten by wild boars at the end of Hannibal.
Wife Lisa Marie is there with him.

Topic Tree (pre-randomized):
10. Big Money
9. Depressing Worlds
8. Soda Pop
7. Hack Attack
6. Federal Photo
5. I'll Do It
4. Fashion Phrases
3. Little Stars
2. That's Whack
1. Bill & the Bible


Topic Tree: (Randomized)
8. Soda Pop
7. Hack Attack
10. Big Money
5. I'll Do It
3. Little Stars
9. Depressing Worlds
2. That's Whack
4. Fashion Phrases
6. Federal Photo
1. Bill & the Bible

Question 1 - Level 1. Bill & the Bible

Which of the following is the nickname of a house owned by Bill Gates and not the name of a section of the Bible?

A: Psalms 4.5
B: Exodus 3.7
C: Xanadu 2.0
D: Genesis 1.2

Answer and value

C: Xanadu 2.0
Value: $10,000
Bank: $10,000

Question 2 - Level 6. Federal Photo

In inches, what are the legally required dimensions of a United States passport photo?

A: 1 X 1
B: 2 x 2
C: 3 x 3
D: 4 x 4

Answer and value

b: 2 x 2
Value: $7,000
Bank: $17,000

Question 3 - Level 4. Fashion Phrases

A type of short-heeled, slender women's shoe has what baby animal related name?

A: Bunny heel
B: Kitten heel
C: Fawn heel
D: Puppy heel

ATA

Spoiler

A: 19%
B: 51%
C: 11%
D: 19%

Answer and value

B: Kitten heel
Value: $100
Bank: $17,100

Question 4 - Level 2. That's Whack

A popular carnival game invites players to use a mallet to "whack" what furry member of the Talpidae family?

A: Beavers
B: Hamsters
C: Squirrels
D: Moles

Answer and value

D: Moles
Value: $3,000
Bank: $20,100

Commercial break.

Alex fancies himself something of a trivia expert.

Question 5 - Level 9. Depressing Worlds

What dystopian novel features the famous lines "War is peace," "Ignorance is strength," and "Freedom is slavery"?

A: Atlas Shrugged
B: 1984
C: Lord of the Flies
D: A Clockwork Orange

He's familiar with A Clockwork Orange and 1984, not so much with Atlas Shrugged and Lord of the Flies.

He jumps the question.

Answer and value

B: 1984
Value: $2,000
Bank: $20,100

Question 6 - Level 3. Little Stars

Volkswagen scored a hit commercial during the 2011 Super Bowl thanks in large part to a little boy dressed as whom?

A: The Hulk
B: Batman
C: Darth Vader
D: Iron Man

Answer and value

C: Darth Vader
Value: $500
Bank: $20,600

Question 7 - Level 5. I'll Do It

What state earned the nickname "The Volunteer State" in part because of its residents' willingness to fight in the War of 1812?

A: Maine
B: Louisiana
C: Pennsylvania
D: Tennessee

His cousin Lou is a fan of this college team. "You do learn things from sports."

Answer and value

D: Tennessee
Value: $15,000
Bank: $35,600

Lisa Marie get a hug! The audience gets a demonstration of the ol' Jackie Gleason hucklebuck.

Question 8 - Level 10. Big Money

Taking its metric prefix literally, a "mega million" would be equal to what number?

A: One billion
B: One trillion
C: Ten billion
D: One hundred million

JTQ

Answer and value

B: One trillion (He'd have guessed One billion.)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $35,600

Commercial break.

Question 9 - Level 7. Hack Attack

What actor helped bring England's phone hacking scandal to light by taping confessions by a former News of the World reporter?

A: Ricky Gervais
B: Colin Firth
C: Hugh Grant
D: Daniel Craig

"Meredith, I have an inclination, but I'm not an idiot, so I have to walk. Final answer."

Answer and value

C: Hugh Grant
Value: $ecret
Bank: (half of) $35,600

Alex leaves with $17,800.

No break, new contestant.

[themanwho]

Question 3 - Level 4. Fashion Phrases

A type of short-heeled, slender women's shoe has what baby animal related name?

A: Bunny heel
B: Kitten heel
C: Fawn heel
D: Puppy heel

ATA

Spoiler

A: 19%
B: 51%
C: 11%
D: 19%

Answer and value

B: Kitten heel
Value: $100
Bank: $17,100

From almost exactly 2 years ago:

Transcript 04/08/10 - Bill Pilkington

$10,000 * Fashion
Popularized by Audrey Hepburn, women's shoes with short, slender heels are known as what?

A: Puppy heels B: Duckling heels
C: Bunny heels D: Kitten heels

With 20 seconds left, Bill decides to Ask The Expert.

Jeff Corwin: Okay, Audrey Hepburn--I'm trying to think of some of the movies she's done. Umm, I wouldn't say duckling heels, never heard of anything called a duckling heel. Duckling, they don't have heels, they have toes. They're webbed. So, ahh--

Bill: Kitten heels, you know, sound kind of--nyeah.

Jeff: No, kitten, you know--I'm gonna say it's either puppy heels or bunny heels. I'm guessing it's either A or C.

Bill: That's process of elimination?

Jeff: But puppy--Meredith, how much time do I have?

Meredith: Your time ran out, actually.

Jeff: I'm gonna say--

Bill: You're thinking puppy or bunny, really, duckling--not so much?

Jeff: I'm going to say--puppy dog tails is a guy sort of thing, so--bunny heels?

Bill: I've heard of bunny slippers.

Meredith: Oh, the two of you are a trip! God!

Jeff: If I was a cross-dresser, you know--

Meredith: There's always time.

Jeff: I know, I'm gonna say bunny heels. That's my guess. Bunny heels.

Meredith: Okay. That was good.

Meredith reminds Bill that it's clear that Jeff is guessing.

With 19 seconds left, Bill decides to Double Dip.

Bill's first answer is

Spoiler

A: Puppy heels

.
Bill's second answer is

Spoiler

C: Bunny heels

.

Answer

D: Kitten heels ( 17 )

Bill falls to $5,000.

-- Commercial Break --

And now back to our current contestant:

Alex fancies himself something of a trivia expert.

Question 5 - Level 9. Depressing Worlds

What dystopian novel features the famous lines "War is peace," "Ignorance is strength," and "Freedom is slavery"?

A: Atlas Shrugged
B: 1984
C: Lord of the Flies
D: A Clockwork Orange

He's familiar with A Clockwork Orange and 1984, not so much with Atlas Shrugged and Lord of the Flies.

He jumps the question.

Answer and value

B: 1984
Value: $2,000
Bank: $20,100

You don't see many softballs like this at Level 9. Level 10 was also quite gettable.

[MarleysGh0st]

Alex Corrado
Hoboken, NJ
Studied to be a doctor, but in the 90s reimbursments were going down and hours were going up. So he ditched medicine to become an actor.
Eaten by wild boars at the end of Hannibal.

Going from medical studies to acting? And with such a dramatic credit? What Else with and oak leaf cluster!

Or maybe that should be with fava beans and a nice chianti.

Question 1 - Level 1. Bill & the Bible

Which of the following is the nickname of a house owned by Bill Gates and not the name of a section of the Bible?

A: Psalms 4.5
B: Exodus 3.7
C: Xanadu 2.0
D: Genesis 1.2

Answer and value

C: Xanadu 2.0
Value: $10,000
Bank: $10,000

None of those choices are sections of the bible, since the convention is to use colons instead of periods between chapter and verse.

Question 3 - Level 4. Fashion Phrases

A type of short-heeled, slender women's shoe has what baby animal related name?

A: Bunny heel
B: Kitten heel
C: Fawn heel
D: Puppy heel

ATA

Spoiler

A: 19%
B: 51%
C: 11%
D: 19%

Answer and value

B: Kitten heel
Value: $100
Bank: $17,100

I know I learned about these on the Bored. Was that because they appeared in another WWTBAM question or did the topic come up some other way?

Question 4 - Level 2. That's Whack

A popular carnival game invites players to use a mallet to "whack" what furry member of the Talpidae family?

A: Beavers
B: Hamsters
C: Squirrels
D: Moles

Answer and value

D: Moles
Value: $3,000
Bank: $20,100

Dang! What a perfect opportunity to talk about Sonny's favorite game of Squash a Hamster! And then there was the Little Darth Vader question to talk about --I would have loved this stack!

(I'd have jumped the actor/wiretapping one, but still.)

Question 8 - Level 10. Big Money

Taking its metric prefix literally, a "mega million" would be equal to what number?

A: One billion
B: One trillion
C: Ten billion
D: One hundred million

JTQ

Answer and value

B: One trillion (He'd have guessed One billion.)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $35,600

Did he not know the meaning of "mega"? Or couldn't he do the math? He didn't say what the problem was.

[MarleysGh0st]

Ah, it was another WWTBAM question--and almost an exact duplicate, too! The question writers are getting lazy!

Thanks for looking it up, themanwho!

[MarleysGh0st]

Here's an article about Alex's appearance.

http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ssf/ ... miles.html

The episode he appeared on was filmed on August 22, and the only person to accompany him to the filming was his wife, Lisa-Marie.

One of the early taping dates.

“It’s very different from watching it in your living room, but I’d definitely recommend to anyone trying to get on it. It’s a whole lot of fun,” he said.

Thanks, that's a great idea! Do I have to get eaten by wild boars before the APs pick me?

[silvercamaro]

Thanks, that's a great idea! Do I have to get eaten by wild boars before the APs pick me?

That might not be enough, Marley, but it's a start.

[Bob78164]

Question 8 - Level 10. Big Money

Taking its metric prefix literally, a "mega million" would be equal to what number?

A: One billion
B: One trillion
C: Ten billion
D: One hundred million

JTQ

Answer and value

B: One trillion (He'd have guessed One billion.)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $35,600

I thought that they really should have specified that they're talking about U.S. usage, but in checking, I find that most English-speaking countries that had used the "long scale" (in which one billion would be the correct answer) switched to the "short scale" back in the '70s, in both official and popular usage. --Bob

[MarleysGh0st]

Here's Alex's IMDB page.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0180675/

[SportsFan68]

Question 3 - Level 4. Fashion Phrases

A type of short-heeled, slender women's shoe has what baby animal related name?

A: Bunny heel
B: Kitten heel
C: Fawn heel
D: Puppy heel

ATA

Spoiler

A: 19%
B: 51%
C: 11%
D: 19%

Answer and value

B: Kitten heel
Value: $100
Bank: $17,100

We had this on FNGD about a million years ago.

Question 4 - Level 2. That's Whack

A popular carnival game invites players to use a mallet to "whack" what furry member of the Talpidae family?

A: Beavers
B: Hamsters
C: Squirrels
D: Moles

Answer and value

D: Moles
Value: $3,000
Bank: $20,100

Pogo has a Whack-a-Mole game.

Question 9 - Level 7. Hack Attack

What actor helped bring England's phone hacking scandal to light by taping confessions by a former News of the World reporter?

A: Ricky Gervais
B: Colin Firth
C: Hugh Grant
D: Daniel Craig

"Meredith, I have an inclination, but I'm not an idiot, so I have to walk. Final answer."

Answer and value

C: Hugh Grant
Value: $ecret
Bank: (half of) $35,600

JTQ

Good stack.

[earendel]

Alex Corrado
Hoboken, NJ
Studied to be a doctor, but in the 90s reimbursments were going down and hours were going up. So he ditched medicine to become an actor.
Eaten by wild boars at the end of Hannibal.
Wife Lisa Marie is there with him.

Alex fancies himself something of a trivia expert.

That remains to be seen.

Question 5 - Level 9. Depressing Worlds

What dystopian novel features the famous lines "War is peace," "Ignorance is strength," and "Freedom is slavery"?

A: Atlas Shrugged
B: 1984
C: Lord of the Flies
D: A Clockwork Orange

He's familiar with A Clockwork Orange and 1984, not so much with Atlas Shrugged and Lord of the Flies.

He jumps the question.

Answer and value

B: 1984
Value: $2,000
Bank: $20,100

I'm surprised he didn't know this one if he was familiar with 1984.

Question 8 - Level 10. Big Money

Taking its metric prefix literally, a "mega million" would be equal to what number?

A: One billion
B: One trillion
C: Ten billion
D: One hundred million

JTQ

Answer and value

B: One trillion (He'd have guessed One billion.)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $35,600

"Mega" means "million", and a "million million" is a trillion. A trivia expert should know this, I think.

Question 9 - Level 7. Hack Attack

What actor helped bring England's phone hacking scandal to light by taping confessions by a former News of the World reporter?

A: Ricky Gervais
B: Colin Firth
C: Hugh Grant
D: Daniel Craig

"Meredith, I have an inclination, but I'm not an idiot, so I have to walk. Final answer."

Answer and value

C: Hugh Grant
Value: $ecret
Bank: (half of) $35,600

I don't know this one. I'm not sure the audience would, either, so I'll jump it.