Transcript 6/11/2009 - Andy Ross (carryover contestant)

[BBTranscriptTeam]

Guest host Shaun Robinson, co-host of Access Hollywood

Andy Ross
Monroe, WI

Andy really comes alive as the world's greatest dancer at weddings. He may not have the technical moves but he has the spirit. Give him a tux and some Earth, Wind and Fire. If he wins $25K he and Shaun will dance. Andy's wife Colleen is in the relationship seat. Shaun asks Colleen if he dances as well as he says; she hesitates and finally says that he's the life of the party.

Topic Tree:
- Baaa!
- Famous Firsts
- Oscar Night
- Facts About Myths
- Superman
- Personal Finance
- Big Country
- Test Your Metal
- Political Scandals
- Dictators
- States of the Union
- Croquet, Anyone?
- Long Ago
- On the Dance Floor
- Keep It Real

Andy has earned the Ask the Expert lifeline; today's expert is $100K winner Tom Spencer.

$2000 - Adolf Hitler spent his final days in an underground bunker in what European city?
A - Warsaw
B - Zurichy
C - Vienna
D - Berlin

Andy immediately says he'll have to ask the audience, stopping the clock with 23 seconds remaining.

ATA results

ATA results:
A - 8%
B - 11%
C - 25%
D - 56%

Andy goes with the audience's answer.

Spoiler

D - Berlin (17)

$4000 - During a highly publicized government scandal, who gave the famously evasive answer, "It depends on...the meaning of the word 'is'"?
A - Bill Clinton
B - Gen. David Petraeus
C - Oliver North
D - Jose Canseco

Spoiler

A - Bill Clinton (19)

$8000 - Despite their silvery appearance, most nickles are made up of 75 percent what?
A - tin
B - copper
C - iron
D - zinc

Andy thinks he knows this and gives his answer.

Spoiler

B - copper (16)

Unfortunately Andy is incorrect and goes home with $1K.
commercial break

[silvercamaro]

$2000 - Adolf Hitler spent his final days in an underground bunker in what European city?
A - Warsaw
B - Zurich
C - Vienna
D - Berlin

Andy immediately says he'll have to ask the audience, stopping the clock with 23 seconds remaining.

What, what, what? Was this guy alive in the 20th century? Did he ever go to school? Did he ever read a book? Does he have any excuse at all?

[kayrharris]

$2000 - Adolf Hitler spent his final days in an underground bunker in what European city?
A - Warsaw
B - Zurich
C - Vienna
D - Berlin

Andy immediately says he'll have to ask the audience, stopping the clock with 23 seconds remaining.

What, what, what? Was this guy alive in the 20th century? Did he ever go to school? Did he ever read a book? Does he have any excuse at all?

But 44% of the audience also got it wrong!!

[Millionaire Fan]

$8000 - Despite their silvery appearance, most nickles are made up of 75 percent what?
A - tin
B - copper
C - iron
D - zinc

This was a very easy question. I can't believe this guy took a blind guess leaving 3 lifelines left on the table.

[Bob Juch]

$8000 - Despite their silvery appearance, most nickles are made up of 75 percent what?
A - tin
B - copper
C - iron
D - zinc

This was a very easy question. I can't believe this guy took a blind guess leaving 3 lifelines left on the table.

Not really! Pennies are now mostly zinc. Why use copper instead of zinc in nickles?

[earendel]

Guest host Shaun Robinson, co-host of Access Hollywood

Andy Ross
Monroe, WI

$2000 - Adolf Hitler spent his final days in an underground bunker in what European city?
A - Warsaw
B - Zurichy
C - Vienna
D - Berlin

Andy immediately says he'll have to ask the audience, stopping the clock with 23 seconds remaining.

ATA results

ATA results:
A - 8%
B - 11%
C - 25%
D - 56%

Andy goes with the audience's answer.

Spoiler

D - Berlin (17)

OK, now I confess to being a WWII trivia geek, but is this question all that hard for the average person? I mean, 25% said Vienna and 44% overall said something other than the right answer.

$8000 - Despite their silvery appearance, most nickles are made up of 75 percent what?
A - tin
B - copper
C - iron
D - zinc

Andy thinks he knows this and gives his answer.

Spoiler

B - copper (16)

Unfortunately Andy is incorrect and goes home with $1K.

"Despite their silvery appearance" should have been a dead giveway - all three of the other answers are "silvery" metals.

Nihil obstat®.

[Bob Juch]

Guest host Shaun Robinson, co-host of Access Hollywood

Andy Ross
Monroe, WI

$2000 - Adolf Hitler spent his final days in an underground bunker in what European city?
A - Warsaw
B - Zurichy
C - Vienna
D - Berlin

Andy immediately says he'll have to ask the audience, stopping the clock with 23 seconds remaining.

ATA results

ATA results:
A - 8%
B - 11%
C - 25%
D - 56%

Andy goes with the audience's answer.

Spoiler

D - Berlin (17)

OK, now I confess to being a WWII trivia geek, but is this question all that hard for the average person? I mean, 25% said Vienna and 44% overall said something other than the right answer.

$8000 - Despite their silvery appearance, most nickles are made up of 75 percent what?
A - tin
B - copper
C - iron
D - zinc

Andy thinks he knows this and gives his answer.

Spoiler

B - copper (16)

Unfortunately Andy is incorrect and goes home with $1K.

"Despite their silvery appearance" should have been a dead giveway - all three of the other answers are "silvery" metals.

Nihil obstat®.

Canadian nickles are zinc plated; they look silvery.

[wintergreen48]

Guest host Shaun Robinson, co-host of Access Hollywood

Andy Ross
Monroe, WI

$8000 - Despite their silvery appearance, most nickles are made up of 75 percent what?
A - tin
B - copper
C - iron
D - zinc

Andy thinks he knows this and gives his answer.

Spoiler

B - copper (16)

Unfortunately Andy is incorrect and goes home with $1K.
commercial break

I don't understand why this is wrong-- copper IS the correct answer. US nickels are 75% copper, 25% nickel (the copper is in their to soften the alloy; nickel is very hard, and pure nickel coins would mess up the dies).

[earendel]

Guest host Shaun Robinson, co-host of Access Hollywood

Andy Ross
Monroe, WI

$8000 - Despite their silvery appearance, most nickles are made up of 75 percent what?
A - tin
B - copper
C - iron
D - zinc

Andy thinks he knows this and gives his answer.

Spoiler

B - copper (16)

Unfortunately Andy is incorrect and goes home with $1K.
commercial break

I don't understand why this is wrong-- copper IS the correct answer. US nickels are 75% copper, 25% nickel (the copper is in their to soften the alloy; nickel is very hard, and pure nickel coins would mess up the dies).

Methinks the transcriber failed to include Andy's answer, which was A - tin.

[Bob Juch]

Guest host Shaun Robinson, co-host of Access Hollywood

Andy Ross
Monroe, WI

$8000 - Despite their silvery appearance, most nickles are made up of 75 percent what?
A - tin
B - copper
C - iron
D - zinc

Andy thinks he knows this and gives his answer.

Spoiler

B - copper (16)

Unfortunately Andy is incorrect and goes home with $1K.
commercial break

I don't understand why this is wrong-- copper IS the correct answer. US nickels are 75% copper, 25% nickel (the copper is in their to soften the alloy; nickel is very hard, and pure nickel coins would mess up the dies).

Methinks the transcriber failed to include Andy's answer, which was A - tin.

I thought he said D. Zinc?

[earendel]

I don't understand why this is wrong-- copper IS the correct answer. US nickels are 75% copper, 25% nickel (the copper is in their to soften the alloy; nickel is very hard, and pure nickel coins would mess up the dies).

Methinks the transcriber failed to include Andy's answer, which was A - tin.

I thought he said D. Zinc?

Could be - I can't recall. I think we should fire the transcriptionist.

[themanintheseersuckersuit]

Could be - I can't recall. I think we should fire the transcriptionist.

Snort, we don't fire transcriptionist we make them do an extra season.

[earendel]

Could be - I can't recall. I think we should fire the transcriptionist.

Snort, we don't fire transcriptionist we make them do an extra season.

Yeah, I know - and I can joke because I was last night's transcriptionist.

[themanintheseersuckersuit]

Yeah, I know - and I can joke because I was last night's transcriptionist.

That was my assumption.

[tanstaafl2]

$2000 - Adolf Hitler spent his final days in an underground bunker in what European city?
A - Warsaw
B - Zurich
C - Vienna
D - Berlin

Andy immediately says he'll have to ask the audience, stopping the clock with 23 seconds remaining.

What, what, what? Was this guy alive in the 20th century? Did he ever go to school? Did he ever read a book? Does he have any excuse at all?

But 44% of the audience also got it wrong!!

Not sure that makes it any better for the cast member.

Wait, let me reconsider whether I am sure!

Yep, I am sure it definitely doesn't make it any better for the cast member.

[15QuestionsAway]

Canadian nickles are zinc plated; they look silvery.

Nope. Modern Canadian coins from 5c to 50c are nickel plated steel.

Canadian 5c history: http://www.mint.ca/store/mint/learn/cir ... cy-1100028

[bazodee]

Just to close the open question here, Andy responded (D) zinc, which was incorrect.

[Estonut]

$8000 - Despite their silvery appearance, most nickles are made up of 75 percent what?
A - tin
B - copper
C - iron
D - zinc

This was a very easy question. I can't believe this guy took a blind guess leaving 3 lifelines left on the table.

Not really! Pennies are now mostly zinc. Why use copper instead of zinc in nickles?

To my knowledge, tin, iron and zinc could all be described as "silvery." Not so with copper. And it's spelled "nickel."

[MarleysGh0st]

$2000 - Adolf Hitler spent his final days in an underground bunker in what European city?
A - Warsaw
B - Zurich
C - Vienna
D - Berlin

Andy immediately says he'll have to ask the audience, stopping the clock with 23 seconds remaining.

What, what, what? Was this guy alive in the 20th century? Did he ever go to school? Did he ever read a book? Does he have any excuse at all?

Maybe the contestant is one of those conspiracy theorists who think Adolf escaped to a retirement in South America?

[NellyLunatic1980]

Nihil obstat®