Transcript 6/11/08 Alan Smith
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Transcript 6/11/08 Alan Smith
Transcript 6/11/2008
Alan Smith
Manchester, NH
His two cats have a Pavlovian response to Millionaire. The music tells them its lunch time,
so they run to their food dish when they hear it.
Meredith mentions if he gets to a million dollars, he would get a Capital One check with his name spelled properly. This must have been the contestant who followed Sunflower.
$100
What are the Florida Keys?
A; A series of glaciers
B: A cluster of asteroids
C: A group of vacation islands
D: The keys to Jeb Bush's car
$200
In the home, a dustpan is typically used in conjunction with a what?
A: Spatula
B: Broom
C: Hammer
D: Spray bottle
$300
At the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, KY, what equipment is on display at the "Train
with Ali" exhibit?
A: Hockey Stick
B: Tennis racket
C: Punching bag
D: Golf bag
$500
A dance craze of the 1960's was named after which of these foods?
A: String bean
B: Wild rice
C: Apple sauce
D: Mashed potato
$1000
Which of these idioms derives from a phrase once commonly used by film editors?
A: Go with the flow
B: Cut to the chase
C: Turn on a dime
D: Grind to a half
$2000
Fittingly, which of these bands is not mentioned in Bowling for Soup's hit song "1985"?
A: Duran Duran
B: Wham!
C: Pearl Jam
D: Blondie
$4000
The mythological founders of Rome, the twins Romulus and Remus are said to have been
nursed as infants by what type of animal?
A: Wolf
B: Lion
C: Eagle
D: Bear
$8000
From 1885 to 1908, the former African state known as Congo Free State was controlled
by Leopold II, the king of what country?
A: Spain
B: Norway
C: Hungary
D: Belgium
ATA:
A: 13%
B: 13%
C: 12%
D: 62%
$16,000
Eggs will cause silverware to tarnish rapidly, as tarnish forms when silver interacts with
compounds of what element?
A: Sulfur
B: Potassium
C: Phosphorus
D: Nitrogen
Commercial break
Moved from Connecticut to New Hampshire to help his sister with his nieces. He
wants to use some of the money to take the girls on a nice vacation or set them up
with a little college fund.
$25,000
Unlike the English word "email", which refers to a type of electronic message,
the French word "émail" literally means what?
(sorry about that, but I couldn't figure out how to make the French accent mark! It's fixed, now.)
A: Energy
B: Enamel
C: Engine
D: Envy
Phones his friend Richard. Richard is not sure but he thinks it's envy. Alan asks how sure
and Richard says 20%!
50/50 leaves
a: Energy
B: Enamel
He's still not sure and he promised himself if he got to that level he couldn't
gamble with $16,000 so he walks.
Answers:
$100 C - A group of vacation islands
$200 B - broom
$300 C - Punching Bag
$500 C - the mashed potato
$1000 B - Cut to the chase
$2000 C - Pearl Jam
$4000 A - A Wolf
$8000 D - Belgium
$16000 A - Sulfur
$25000 B - Enamel
Alan Smith
Manchester, NH
His two cats have a Pavlovian response to Millionaire. The music tells them its lunch time,
so they run to their food dish when they hear it.
Meredith mentions if he gets to a million dollars, he would get a Capital One check with his name spelled properly. This must have been the contestant who followed Sunflower.
$100
What are the Florida Keys?
A; A series of glaciers
B: A cluster of asteroids
C: A group of vacation islands
D: The keys to Jeb Bush's car
$200
In the home, a dustpan is typically used in conjunction with a what?
A: Spatula
B: Broom
C: Hammer
D: Spray bottle
$300
At the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, KY, what equipment is on display at the "Train
with Ali" exhibit?
A: Hockey Stick
B: Tennis racket
C: Punching bag
D: Golf bag
$500
A dance craze of the 1960's was named after which of these foods?
A: String bean
B: Wild rice
C: Apple sauce
D: Mashed potato
$1000
Which of these idioms derives from a phrase once commonly used by film editors?
A: Go with the flow
B: Cut to the chase
C: Turn on a dime
D: Grind to a half
$2000
Fittingly, which of these bands is not mentioned in Bowling for Soup's hit song "1985"?
A: Duran Duran
B: Wham!
C: Pearl Jam
D: Blondie
$4000
The mythological founders of Rome, the twins Romulus and Remus are said to have been
nursed as infants by what type of animal?
A: Wolf
B: Lion
C: Eagle
D: Bear
$8000
From 1885 to 1908, the former African state known as Congo Free State was controlled
by Leopold II, the king of what country?
A: Spain
B: Norway
C: Hungary
D: Belgium
ATA:
A: 13%
B: 13%
C: 12%
D: 62%
$16,000
Eggs will cause silverware to tarnish rapidly, as tarnish forms when silver interacts with
compounds of what element?
A: Sulfur
B: Potassium
C: Phosphorus
D: Nitrogen
Commercial break
Moved from Connecticut to New Hampshire to help his sister with his nieces. He
wants to use some of the money to take the girls on a nice vacation or set them up
with a little college fund.
$25,000
Unlike the English word "email", which refers to a type of electronic message,
the French word "émail" literally means what?
(sorry about that, but I couldn't figure out how to make the French accent mark! It's fixed, now.)
A: Energy
B: Enamel
C: Engine
D: Envy
Phones his friend Richard. Richard is not sure but he thinks it's envy. Alan asks how sure
and Richard says 20%!
50/50 leaves
a: Energy
B: Enamel
He's still not sure and he promised himself if he got to that level he couldn't
gamble with $16,000 so he walks.
Answers:
$100 C - A group of vacation islands
$200 B - broom
$300 C - Punching Bag
$500 C - the mashed potato
$1000 B - Cut to the chase
$2000 C - Pearl Jam
$4000 A - A Wolf
$8000 D - Belgium
$16000 A - Sulfur
$25000 B - Enamel
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Re: Transcript 6/11/08 Alan Smith
Where I work. A neighbor!BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Transcript 6/11/2008
Alan Smith
Manchester, NH
12:30 PM, from BostonBBTranscriptTeam wrote:His two cats have a Pavlovian response to Millionaire. The music tells them it's lunch time, so they run to their food dish when they hear it.
I'd probably have ATA'd here before realizing that "soup" and "jam" don't mix well. I assume that's what made the non-mention "fitting".BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$2000
Fittingly, which of these bands is not mentioned in Bowling for Soup's hit song "1985"?
A: Duran Duran
B: Wham!
C: Pearl Jam
D: Blondie
From MS Word, menu "Insert", click on "Symbol", search the listings for the accented 'e'.BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$25,000
Unlike the English word "email", which refers to a type of electronic message,
the French word "e'mail" Literally means what?
(sorry about that, but I couldn't figure out how to make the French accent mark!)
Leaning toward the right answer, but not sure if I would have gone for it or used my Googling PAF (though it's not an easy Google if you don't have a translator open). Not a real good stack for me.BBTranscriptTeam wrote:A: Energy
B: Enamel
C: Engine
D: Envy
I just ordered chicken and an egg from Amazon. I'll let you know.
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Re: Transcript 6/11/08 Alan Smith
I think that Pearl Jam was not around in 1985. But I could be wrong.gsabc wrote:Where I work. A neighbor!BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Transcript 6/11/2008
Alan Smith
Manchester, NH
12:30 PM, from BostonBBTranscriptTeam wrote:His two cats have a Pavlovian response to Millionaire. The music tells them it's lunch time, so they run to their food dish when they hear it.
I'd probably have ATA'd here before realizing that "soup" and "jam" don't mix well. I assume that's what made the non-mention "fitting".BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$2000
Fittingly, which of these bands is not mentioned in Bowling for Soup's hit song "1985"?
A: Duran Duran
B: Wham!
C: Pearl Jam
D: Blondie
From MS Word, menu "Insert", click on "Symbol", search the listings for the accented 'e'.BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$25,000
Unlike the English word "email", which refers to a type of electronic message,
the French word "e'mail" Literally means what?
(sorry about that, but I couldn't figure out how to make the French accent mark!)
Leaning toward the right answer, but not sure if I would have gone for it or used my Googling PAF (though it's not an easy Google if you don't have a translator open). Not a real good stack for me.BBTranscriptTeam wrote:A: Energy
B: Enamel
C: Engine
D: Envy
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Re: Transcript 6/11/08 Alan Smith
Hmmm. That's the second time this week that they've used the King of Hungary as a distractor, regarding a historical period where that was one of the titles of the Emperor of Austria.BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$8000
From 1885 to 1908, the former African state known as Congo Free State was controlled
by Leopold II, the king of what country?
A: Spain
B: Norway
C: Hungary
D: Belgium
Not that these contestants appeared to have any inkling of that.
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Re: Transcript 6/11/08 Alan Smith
Here's the word with an accent: émailBBTranscriptTeam wrote:$25,000
Unlike the English word "email", which refers to a type of electronic message,
the French word "e'mail" Literally means what?
(sorry about that, but I couldn't figure out how to make the French accent mark!)
A: Energy
B: Enamel
C: Engine
D: Envy
I took three years of high school French, but I never ran into émail as a word. I think I could have eliminated "engine," but this seems hard to figure out if you don't know it.
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Re: Transcript 6/11/08 Alan Smith
That was my other thought, and it's correct. Wikipedia has them formed in 1990. I was looking for wordplay on the band names, not the song title.ulysses5019 wrote:I think that Pearl Jam was not around in 1985. But I could be wrong.gsabc wrote:I'd probably have ATA'd here before realizing that "soup" and "jam" don't mix well. I assume that's what made the non-mention "fitting".BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$2000
Fittingly, which of these bands is not mentioned in Bowling for Soup's hit song "1985"?
A: Duran Duran
B: Wham!
C: Pearl Jam
D: Blondie
I just ordered chicken and an egg from Amazon. I'll let you know.
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Re: Transcript 6/11/08 Alan Smith
I can't remember anything like that from my high school French, either; it does seem pretty obscure to use in a foreign language question. Ironically, I do recall a similar spelling in German, appearing in the movie Schindler's List.TheConfessor wrote:Here's the word with an accent: émailBBTranscriptTeam wrote:$25,000
Unlike the English word "email", which refers to a type of electronic message,
the French word "e'mail" Literally means what?
(sorry about that, but I couldn't figure out how to make the French accent mark!)
A: Energy
B: Enamel
C: Engine
D: Envy
I took three years of high school French, but I never ran into émail as a word. I think I could have eliminated "engine," but this seems hard to figure out if you don't know it.
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Re: Transcript 6/11/08 Alan Smith
If it was wordplay, wouldn't the other choices have to "fittingly" mix with soup?gsabc wrote:That was my other thought, and it's correct. Wikipedia has them formed in 1990. I was looking for wordplay on the band names, not the song title.ulysses5019 wrote:I think that Pearl Jam was not around in 1985. But I could be wrong.gsabc wrote: I'd probably have ATA'd here before realizing that "soup" and "jam" don't mix well. I assume that's what made the non-mention "fitting".
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Since I'm discussing the other questions, I suppose I should admit that I was clueless about the Mashed Potato.BBTranscriptTeam wrote: $500
A dance craze of the 1960's was named after which of these foods?
A: String bean
B: Wild rice
C: Apple sauce
D: Mashed potato
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I have encountered the word in reading about Fabergé eggs, although it didn't come to mind immediately while watching the show. In the hot seat, it probably would have taken even longer.MarleysGh0st wrote:I can't remember anything like that from my high school French, either; it does seem pretty obscure to use in a foreign language question. Ironically, I do recall a similar spelling in German, appearing in the movie Schindler's List.TheConfessor wrote:Here's the word with an accent: émailBBTranscriptTeam wrote:$25,000
Unlike the English word "email", which refers to a type of electronic message,
the French word "e'mail" Literally means what?
(sorry about that, but I couldn't figure out how to make the French accent mark!)
A: Energy
B: Enamel
C: Engine
D: Envy
I took three years of high school French, but I never ran into émail as a word. I think I could have eliminated "engine," but this seems hard to figure out if you don't know it.
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Re: Transcript 6/11/08 Alan Smith
I'm sure they'd give you as much time as you needed in the Hot Seat, Annie.AnnieCamaro wrote:I have encountered the word in reading about Fabergé eggs, although it didn't come to mind immediately while watching the show. In the hot seat, it probably would have taken even longer.MarleysGh0st wrote:I can't remember anything like that from my high school French, either; it does seem pretty obscure to use in a foreign language question. Ironically, I do recall a similar spelling in German, appearing in the movie Schindler's List.TheConfessor wrote: Here's the word with an accent: émail
I took three years of high school French, but I never ran into émail as a word. I think I could have eliminated "engine," but this seems hard to figure out if you don't know it.
You could keep the audience entertained by humming something from your opera!
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I didn't even know Annie had an interest in bejeweled Russian treasures. Still, I am not surprised to find out that she knows how to make an e with an accent mark and I don't.MarleysGh0st wrote:
I'm sure they'd give you as much time as you needed in the Hot Seat, Annie.
You could keep the audience entertained by humming something from your opera!
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How are you wasting all your time while Annie is studying?silvercamaro wrote:I didn't even know Annie had an interest in bejeweled Russian treasures. Still, I am not surprised to find out that she knows how to make an e with an accent mark and I don't.MarleysGh0st wrote:
I'm sure they'd give you as much time as you needed in the Hot Seat, Annie.
You could keep the audience entertained by humming something from your opera!
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We are both studying. I am playing a game of my own invention called "Just In Case Jeopardy! Ever Calls," and Annie is studying all the subjects for which she thinks I need extra help. Obviously, she has an unlimited area to cover.MarleysGh0st wrote:
How are you wasting all your time while Annie is studying?
Sometimes we take breaks. I come here, and Annie goes outside to yell at Evil Squirrels who try to steal the grass seed.
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I don't have MS Word. i looked it up online & of course it did not work!
I even locked up the keyboard & had a mini panic attack. Had to shut down and restart to fix it!
I had someone picking up my laptop at 12:15 to work on it so I really needed to get it posted. i am posting this from my blackberry.
I even locked up the keyboard & had a mini panic attack. Had to shut down and restart to fix it!
I had someone picking up my laptop at 12:15 to work on it so I really needed to get it posted. i am posting this from my blackberry.
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Re: Transcript 6/11/08 Alan Smith
Sorry marley, you gotta give back your babyboomer membership card.MarleysGh0st wrote:Since I'm discussing the other questions, I suppose I should admit that I was clueless about the Mashed Potato.BBTranscriptTeam wrote: $500
A dance craze of the 1960's was named after which of these foods?
A: String bean
B: Wild rice
C: Apple sauce
D: Mashed potato
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The Mashed Potato craze started in 1962? I was a bit young to be tuned in to pop culture then.ulysses5019 wrote:Sorry marley, you gotta give back your babyboomer membership card.MarleysGh0st wrote:Since I'm discussing the other questions, I suppose I should admit that I was clueless about the Mashed Potato.BBTranscriptTeam wrote: $500
A dance craze of the 1960's was named after which of these foods?
A: String bean
B: Wild rice
C: Apple sauce
D: Mashed potato
Not that I bothered tuning in after that...
And what about the desirable demographics? Were they expected to be aware of this ancient dance fad?
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I have heard The Contours' "Do You Love Me?" twice in the past day. Those lyrics will help lock in the mashed potato.MarleysGh0st wrote:Since I'm discussing the other questions, I suppose I should admit that I was clueless about the Mashed Potato.BBTranscriptTeam wrote: $500
A dance craze of the 1960's was named after which of these foods?
A: String bean
B: Wild rice
C: Apple sauce
D: Mashed potato
It's one of those songs that was always around, but then its popularity soared with a new generation because of the movie "Dirty Dancing." "The Big Chill" re-introduced us to a lot of 60s songs the same way.
You broke my heart
'Cause I couldn't dance
You didn't even want me around
And now I'm back, to let you know
I can really shake 'em down
Do you love me? (I can really move)
Do you love me? (I'm in the groove)
Ah do you love? (Do you love me)
Now that I can dance (dance)
Watch me now, oh (work, work)
Ah, work it all baby (work, work)
Well, you're drivin' me crazy (work, work)
With a little bit of soul now (work)
I can mash-potatoe (I can mash-potatoe)
And I can do the twist (I can do the twist)
Now tell me baby (tell me baby)
Mmm, do you like it like this (do you like it like this)
Tell me (tell me)
Tell me
Do you love me? (Do you love me)
Now, do you love me? (Do you love me)
Now, do you love me? (Do you love me)
Now that I can dance (dance)
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Re: Transcript 6/11/08 Alan Smith
You posted the Dan Quayle version.Ritterskoop wrote: I can mash-potatoe (I can mash-potatoe)
And I can do the twist (I can do the twist)
Now tell me baby (tell me baby)
Mmm, do you like it like this (do you like it like this)
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I recall the song without remembering that the associated dance step was called the mashed potato.Ritterskoop wrote: I have heard The Contours' "Do You Love Me?" twice in the past day. Those lyrics will help lock in the mashed potato.
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MarleysGh0st wrote:The Mashed Potato craze started in 1962? I was a bit young to be tuned in to pop culture then.ulysses5019 wrote:Sorry marley, you gotta give back your babyboomer membership card.MarleysGh0st wrote: Since I'm discussing the other questions, I suppose I should admit that I was clueless about the Mashed Potato.
Not that I bothered tuning in after that...
And what about the desirable demographics? Were they expected to be aware of this ancient dance fad?
Yo could have least mentioned that it was a #1 hit in 1962 by Dee Dee Sharp.
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Here is what it's really supposed to look like. In Uly's video, the girl keeps her arms stiff as if they are paralyzed or, heaven forbid, she's an Irish dancer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQBKpV9e ... re=related
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i subscribe to the e e cummings school of writingMarleysGh0st wrote:Just curious, uly, do you not notice capital letters? Or should I "make up a story," as Pea would say?ulysses5019 wrote:This is for you marley:
spelling, the bane of my existence
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