Transcript 09/10/09 - Russell Carmon

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Russell Carmon
Bryan, TX

In these tough economic times, Russell has a recession-proof job. He's an autopsy assistant for the Medical Examiner's office in Harris County. This is the job Russell has always wanted to do. When he tells people what his job is, their reaction is either, "that is so cool," or "that is so sick. What is wrong with you?"

Question Topics:
* Big Brains
* Down Under
* Veto Power
* Search Engines
* Lush Lingo
* Final Edition
* Tween Scene
* Sounds OK
* Going Up?
* Cut It Short
* The Big 5
* Playlists
* Who's Hungry?
* Please Hurry
* On The List

$100 * On The List
Hillary Clinton and Rush Limbaugh are both featured in Time magazine's 2009 list of the "World's Most" what?

A: Endangered Species B: Influential People
C: Brilliant Kids D: Annoying Blind Dates

Answer

B: Influential People ( 3 )

$200 * Please Hurry
What hospital term indicates something that should be done immediately?

A: Prep B: Cath
C: Neg D: Stat

Answer

D: Stat ( 10 )

$300 * Who's Hungry?
Using its local specialty, in 2009 the city of Portland, Maine created a 61-foot long what?

A: Lobster roll B: Cheese steak
C: B.L.T. D: Meatball hero

Answer

A: Lobster roll ( 9 )

$500 * Playlists
Fittingly, what Frank Sinatra song did the Apollo 11 astronauts listen to on their historic 1969 mission?

A: My Way B: Summer Wind
C: Fly Me to the Moon D: Witchcraft

Answer

C: Fly Me to the Moon ( 9 )

$1,000 * The Big 5
Prized by game hunters, "The Big 5" refers to five animals -- rhinos leopards, lions, elephants and buffalo -- that live on what continent?

A: South America B: Africa
C: Australia D: Europe

Answer

B: Africa ( 10 )

$2,000 * Cut It Short
An abbreviaton of the term "hypertext transfer protocol" typically appears at the beginning of a what?

A: Web site address B: Court transcript
C: Drug prescription D: Tax form

Answer

A: Web site address ( 23 )

-- Commercial Break --

Sneak Peak at One of Tomorrow's Questions

Which of these jena makers features a horse's head in profile in its logo?
A: Guess? B: Wrangler
C: Lee D:Jordache

Russell's mom, Leslie, is in the audience. Meredith loves Leslie's accent. Leslie says, "We don't think we have one, but I hear we do." Russell and Leslie saw the sights of New York, yesterday.

$4,000 * Going Up?
In Christianity, Ascension Day is celebrated 40 days after what other holiday?

A: Christmas B: Easter
C: Ash Wednesday D: Epiphany

With 16 seconds left, Russell decides to Ask The Audience.

ATA: A: 2% B: 59% C: 35% D: 4%

Russel was leaning towards Easter, as well.

Answer

B: Easter ( 12 )

$8,000 * Sounds OK
In a Dec. 10, 2008 article about the alleged criminal acts of the governor of Illinois, USA Today printed what phonetic pronunciation of his name?

A: BLUH-goy-uh-vich B: bluh-GOY-uh-vich
C: bluh-goy-UH-vich D: bluh-goy-uh-VICH

Russell: I don't know the exact answer, but I'm going to guess A, final answer.

Russel drops to $1,000.

Answer

B: bluh-GOY-uh-vich ( 18 )

Tournament of Ten Leader Board

1. Will Capp $25,000 - 2:39
2. Karen Geddeis $16,000 - 1:23
3. Melissa Brown $16,000 - 1:34
4. Russell Carmon $1,000 - 0:41
5. Kazia MacLeod $1,000 - 0:42
6. Matt Sittel $1,000 - 0:53
7. Brian Peterkin $1,000 - 1:04


Edited to correct the answer to the $300 question.

[Kazoo65]

Knew the Ascension Day Q-Catholic school again. We would attend Mass on Ascension Day (or the Friday before if it fell on a weekend).

The next one was hard for me. I've heard his name pronounced many ways. It's time to Ask The Expert.

[silvercamaro]

Russell Carmon
Bryan, TX


$300 * Who's Hungry?
Using its local specialty, in 2009 the city of Portland, Maine created a 61-foot long what?

A: Lobster roll B: Cheese steak
C: B.L.T. D: Meatball hero

Answer

D: Meatball hero ( 9 )

This isn't correct, is it? If so, how in the world could this be a $300 question?

Spoiler

I think "A. Lobster roll" seems more logical.

[MarleysGh0st]

Russell Carmon
Bryan, TX


$300 * Who's Hungry?
Using its local specialty, in 2009 the city of Portland, Maine created a 61-foot long what?

A: Lobster roll B: Cheese steak
C: B.L.T. D: Meatball hero

Answer

D: Meatball hero ( 9 )

This isn't correct, is it? If so, how in the world could this be a $300 question?

Spoiler

I think "A. Lobster roll" seems more logical.

D'oh!

Like I said, doitneatly, when you make a mistake, people will kindly point it out to you.

Gimme a second...

[silvercamaro]

D'oh!

Like I said, doitneatly, when you make a mistake, people will kindly point it out to you.

Gimme a second...

I wasn't picking on you. I was stunned.

Thank you.

[MarleysGh0st]

D'oh!

Like I said, doitneatly, when you make a mistake, people will kindly point it out to you.

Gimme a second...

I wasn't picking on you. I was stunned.

Thank you.

I said you did it kindly.

[MarleysGh0st]

While I had most of my mind focused on doing the transcribing, the city actually registered in my mind as "Portland, Oregon" for a moment and I had a brief panic attack ("What the heck is that town famous for?") before re-reading the question. Maine! Duh.

The incorrect cut-and-paste took place while I was recovering from that.

[Jeemie]

That $8K was a ridiculous WWOQ.

I would call it a WFWOQ.

I am definitely thinking they don't want any million-dollar winners fucking up their ToT.

[Bob78164]

That $8K was a ridiculous WWOQ.

I would call it a WFWOQ.

I am definitely thinking they don't want any million-dollar winners fucking up their ToT.

I didn't see anything wrong with it. It's simply asking which syllable of Blagojevich's name is emphasized. --Bob

[Jeemie]

That $8K was a ridiculous WWOQ.

I would call it a WFWOQ.

I am definitely thinking they don't want any million-dollar winners fucking up their ToT.

I didn't see anything wrong with it. It's simply asking which syllable of Blagojevich's name is emphasized. --Bob

I'm sorry- that's not easy to figure out in 30 seconds.

I knew it, but that would have stressed me.

[MarleysGh0st]

That $8K was a ridiculous WWOQ.

I would call it a WFWOQ.

I am definitely thinking they don't want any million-dollar winners fucking up their ToT.

I didn't see anything wrong with it. It's simply asking which syllable of Blagojevich's name is emphasized. --Bob

I remember the pronunciation primarily from the way Jon Stewart exaggerates it on The Daily Show.

[AlphaDummy]

Knew the Ascension Day Q-Catholic school again. We would attend Mass on Ascension Day (or the Friday before if it fell on a weekend).

I am assuming that the Friday situation didn't come up very often...........

[Appa23]

Knew the Ascension Day Q-Catholic school again. We would attend Mass on Ascension Day (or the Friday before if it fell on a weekend).

I am assuming that the Friday situation didn't come up very often...........

What day was Easter Sunday this year?

[Appa23]

I guess that the "40 days" aspect might make it a math question, so maybe I should cut Kazoo some slack about Ascension Thursday not falling on a weekend. (The Vatican did give permission for it to be celebrated on the Sunday after Ascension Thursday, which is the Sunday before Pentecost.)

[Snaxx]

I guess that the "40 days" aspect might make it a math question, so maybe I should cut Kazoo some slack about Ascension Thursday not falling on a weekend. (The Vatican did give permission for it to be celebrated on the Sunday after Ascension Thursday, which is the Sunday before Pentecost.)

"Ascension Day" looked funny to me as I only recall it being known as "Ascension Thursday." The Assumption can fall on any day of the week, maybe Kazoo was thinking of that.


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[Snaxx]

Russell's mom, Leslie, is in the audience. Meredith loves Leslie's accent. Leslie says, "We don't think we have one, but I hear we do." Russell and Leslie saw the sights of New York, yesterday.

Since we have a new member "supportive mom" I will keep wondering if each contestant's mom is the "supportive mom" here.



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[themanwho]

would have stressed me.

bluh-goy-ME-vich?

[jarnon]

Ironic that this episode aired today, when the a-hole former Governor was making the rounds of talk shows promoting his book.

[NellyLunatic1980]

$8K: I didn't read the USA Today that day, so I have no idea what the answer is. A, B, and C all made sense. This looks like a WWOQ®. I don't even know what lifeline would be best here. PAF, maybe?

[NellyLunatic1980]

Ironic that this episode aired today, when the a-hole former Governor was making the rounds of talk shows promoting his book.

He was on Bill Press' radio show just a few minutes ago.

I had forgotten just how slimy Blago is.

[mntetn]

I guess that the "40 days" aspect might make it a math question, so maybe I should cut Kazoo some slack about Ascension Thursday not falling on a weekend. ...

Complicating the math here is that you have to count Easter Sunday to make 40 days come out on Thursday. Normally, 40 days after Easter would be Friday.

Similarly, Pentecost (50 days after Easter) is only 49 days unless you add Easter Sunday.

OTOH, Lent is 40 days long, but they don't count Sundays. Thus, Easter Sunday is actually 46 days after Ash Wednesday.

[Jeemie]

$8K: I didn't read the USA Today that day, so I have no idea what the answer is. A, B, and C all made sense. This looks like a WWOQ®. I don't even know what lifeline would be best here. PAF, maybe?

You would have to have a special PAF to make this work.

The best bet, in my mind, would be to have the PAF go to Youtube and find a video where they're talking about Blago, and hope to God he/she clicks on one where his name is spoken.

And even THAT might be hard, because they don't even give you the guy's name in the question, so you couldn't even SPELL it. That makes it WORSE.

This question was very undervalued, IMNSHO.

[mntetn]

We would attend Mass on Ascension Day (or the Friday before if it fell on a weekend).

I am assuming that the Friday situation didn't come up very often...........

The Vatican did give permission for it to be celebrated on the Sunday after Ascension Thursday, which is the Sunday before Pentecost.

Looks like they made this (optional) change in 1998, so now the Friday situation comes up quite a bit. Depending on when Kazoo graduated, she could have experienced both.

In any event, whether it's Thursday or Sunday, it's not 40 days "after" Easter. I think this makes it a flawed question. Russell should be given a restart at $4k with his ATA restored.

[Jeemie]

In any event, whether it's Thursday or Sunday, it's not 40 days "after" Easter. I think this makes it a flawed question. Russell should be given a restart at $4k with his ATA restored.

You're not serious, are you?

The number of days is actually quite un-related to getting the question right.

Understanding what event Ascension Day commemorates is far more important.

And he got the question RIGHT, for crying out loud.

[NellyLunatic1980]

$8K: I didn't read the USA Today that day, so I have no idea what the answer is. A, B, and C all made sense. This looks like a WWOQ®. I don't even know what lifeline would be best here. PAF, maybe?

You would have to have a special PAF to make this work.

The best bet, in my mind, would be to have the PAF go to Youtube and find a video where they're talking about Blago, and hope to God he/she clicks on one where his name is spoken.

And even THAT might be hard, because they don't even give you the guy's name in the question, so you couldn't even SPELL it. That makes it WORSE.

This question was very undervalued, IMNSHO.

Well... maybe I could give the writers the benefit of the doubt. Maybe this question really was a glorified version of "What syllable in stressed in Blagojevich?" Maybe I was focused too much on trying to turn the individual syllables into interjections. "BLUH!" "GOY!" "UH!" They all sound like appropriate interjections for Blago.