Transcript 06/12/08 - Francesco Caporusso (carryover)
Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 7:11 pm
Francesco Caporusso
New York, NY
Francesco has used up all his lifelines, but he still has one ace in the hole; he's been reading through his wife's celebrity gossip magazines.
$25,000
In the classic film, "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington," Jimmy Stewart passionately argues against legislation that would result in what?
A: Imposition of a tax B: Repeal of a treaty
C: Building of a dam D: Dismantling of a company
Francesco is pretty sure it wasn't the tax or the treaty. His gut says it's the dam. Trusting his gut usually works out well.
Francesco: I'm gonna trust my gut on this one, again. I'm gonna go with building of a dam, final answer.
Meredith: [grimacing] Your gut can't always be right.
Francesco: Awwww!
Meredith: It's right! It's right!
$50,000
Who was the only U.S. president to get married at the White House?
A: Grover Cleveland B: Benjamin Harrison
C: William H. Taft D: Ulysses S. Grant
Francesco thinks it may be Grover Cleveland, but he switches the question.
STQ $50,000
What chemical compound is also a word meaning "a boring person"?
A: Sulfate B: Nitrate
C: Phenol D: Bromide
Francesco: I really have no idea, so I'm just gonna trust my gut again. I'm gonna go with bromide, final answer.
Meredith: You have an incredible gut! It is bromide.
$100,000
What country's capital city has a name that means "capital" in its native tongue?
A: Indonesia B: Afghanistan
C: Cambodia D: South Korea
Francesco's wife was in Seoul, South Korea, this morning, coming back from China.
Francesco: Too bad I didn't ask her what that meant.
Francesco is going to risk it. He's going to go with Cambodia.
Meredith: You know what's so funny? You wife was in the right answer.
Francesco falls to $25,000.
-- Commercial Break --
Answers:
$25,000: C: Building of a dam
$50,000: A: Grover Cleveland
STQ $50,000: D: Bromide
$100,000: D: South Korea
New York, NY
Francesco has used up all his lifelines, but he still has one ace in the hole; he's been reading through his wife's celebrity gossip magazines.
$25,000
In the classic film, "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington," Jimmy Stewart passionately argues against legislation that would result in what?
A: Imposition of a tax B: Repeal of a treaty
C: Building of a dam D: Dismantling of a company
Francesco is pretty sure it wasn't the tax or the treaty. His gut says it's the dam. Trusting his gut usually works out well.
Francesco: I'm gonna trust my gut on this one, again. I'm gonna go with building of a dam, final answer.
Meredith: [grimacing] Your gut can't always be right.
Francesco: Awwww!
Meredith: It's right! It's right!
$50,000
Who was the only U.S. president to get married at the White House?
A: Grover Cleveland B: Benjamin Harrison
C: William H. Taft D: Ulysses S. Grant
Francesco thinks it may be Grover Cleveland, but he switches the question.
STQ $50,000
What chemical compound is also a word meaning "a boring person"?
A: Sulfate B: Nitrate
C: Phenol D: Bromide
Francesco: I really have no idea, so I'm just gonna trust my gut again. I'm gonna go with bromide, final answer.
Meredith: You have an incredible gut! It is bromide.
$100,000
What country's capital city has a name that means "capital" in its native tongue?
A: Indonesia B: Afghanistan
C: Cambodia D: South Korea
Francesco's wife was in Seoul, South Korea, this morning, coming back from China.
Francesco: Too bad I didn't ask her what that meant.
Francesco is going to risk it. He's going to go with Cambodia.
Meredith: You know what's so funny? You wife was in the right answer.
Francesco falls to $25,000.
-- Commercial Break --
Answers:
$25,000: C: Building of a dam
$50,000: A: Grover Cleveland
STQ $50,000: D: Bromide
$100,000: D: South Korea