Transcript 02/26/09 - Alan Isenberg

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Alan Isenberg
Philadelphia, PA
Graduate student in business

Alan's claim to fame is that he does a really mean Borat.

Alan [as Borat]: I would like to win the one million dollars! One million! High five!

Question Topics:
* Hello, Dolly!
* Down Under
* Check Your Mailbox
* Surreal Paintings
* Use Your Head
* Who Am I?
* Great Heights
* Buzzwords
* TV Trailblazers
* On Broadway
* For Good Measure
* Taylor-Made
* Apples to Apples
* Traffic Signs
* Mice Will Play


$100 * Mice Will Play
"The mice will play" is the second half of a well-known idiom that begins, "When the" what?

A: Sky's okay B: Day's today
C: Cat's away D: Cheese is sold on eBay

Answer

C: Cat's away ( 7 )

$200 * Traffic Signs
While on the job, a school crossing guard typically holds a sign that reads what?

A: Stop B: Weight Limit
C: Falling Rocks D: Merging Lanes

Answer

A: Stop ( 10 )

$300 * Apples to Apples
Which of these apple varieties shares its name with a well-know mountain in Japan?

A: McIntosh B: Cortland
C: Fuji D: Baldwin

Answer

C: Fuji ( 10 )

$500 * Taylor-Made
In a 1970 hit song, James Taylor sings, "I've seen fire and I've seen" what?

A: Snow B: Rain
C: Fog D: Lava

Answer

B: Rain ( 9 )

$1,000 * For Good Measure
What aptly named unit of measure was once calculated by dragging a tied-up length of rope behind a boat?

A: Mile B: Foot
C: Knot D: Yard

Answer

C: Knot ( 10 )

$2,000 * On Broadway
The aptly named 2008 Broadway play "Boeing-Boeing" is a comedy about an architect who is engaged to three different what?

A: Flight attendants B: Nurses
C: Hotel concierges D: Secretaries

Answer

A: Flight attendants ( 24 )

-- The Horn --

Alan will return on tomorrow's show.

[gsabc]

I see "Hello Dolly" is back in the $1MM question. I will be doing some study on sheep cloning, in case it stays around for next season.

[NellyLunatic1980]

Alan Isenberg
Philadelphia, PA
Graduate student in business

Alan's claim to fame is that he does a really mean Borat.

Alan [as Borat]: I would like to win the one million dollars! One million! High five!

I guess we know how he passed the second stage of the audition. <grumble>®

* Hello, Dolly!
* Down Under
* Check Your Mailbox
* Surreal Paintings
* Use Your Head
* Who Am I?
* Great Heights
* Buzzwords
* TV Trailblazers
* On Broadway
* For Good Measure
* Taylor-Made
* Apples to Apples
* Traffic Signs
* Mice Will Play

The evil paintings question rears its ugly head once again.

So far, so good.

[earendel]

Alan Isenberg
Philadelphia, PA
Graduate student in business

Alan's claim to fame is that he does a really mean Borat.

Alan [as Borat]: I would like to win the one million dollars! One million! High five!

I don't "get" Borat, so this doesn't seem like much of a hook.

$2,000 * On Broadway
The aptly named 2008 Broadway play "Boeing-Boeing" is a comedy about an architect who is engaged to three different what?

A: Flight attendants B: Nurses
C: Hotel concierges D: Secretaries

Answer

A: Flight attendants ( 24 )

Of course this is another play-that-became-a-movie-that-became-a-play. The 1965 film starred Jerry Lewis and Tony Curtis.

Nihil obstat® so far.