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Drew Scheeler (drew scheeler)
Sandusky, OH
College freshman
18 years old
Professional balloon sculptor

Drew has been preparing for the show by falling asleep with the show’s music blasting in his headphones at the loudest possible volume.

Today’s ATE is writer and resident expert on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,” John Hodgman.

Topic Tree:

World Records
Perfumers
State Parks
Fledgling Artists
Hamlet
Poets
World Geography
Spoiler Alert!
CELEBRITY Q
Tolkien
U.S. Towns
The Bible
Ticket Sales
In the Cards
Toe Jam

$500 A person would most likely wear a device known as a “toe spreader” when undergoing which of these treatments?
A. Facial
B. Acupuncture
C. Pedicure
D. Tickle torture

Spoiler

C. Pedicure (9)

$1K Until they were replaced by computers, card catalogues were commonly used to keep track of items where?
A. Supermarkets
B. Libraries
C. Hospitals
D. Greenhouses

Spoiler

B. Libraries (9)

$2K Ticketmaster primarily sells which of the following?
A. Airplane tickets
B. Lottery tickets
C. Bus tickets
D. Concert tickets

Spoiler

D. Concert tickets ( 8 )

$3K In the Bible, which of the Apostles is said to have betrayed Jesus with a kiss?
A. Peter
B. Judas
C. Thomas
D. Simon

Spoiler

B. Judas (11)

$5K Known for its obsession with UFOs, what southwestern U.S. town has a McDonald’s restaurant shaped like a flying saucer?
A. Roswell, NM
B. Tempe, AZ
C. Henderson, NV
D. El Paso, TX

Spoiler

A. Roswell, NM (6)

commercial break

Today's "You're in the Hot Seat" winning answer is "Tim McGraw."

Drew says that he’s been having nightmares about his appearance on “Millionaire.” He would be in the Hot Seat and he gets a high-level question right. The walls would then fly away and it becomes this total “Slum Dog Millionaire” dance number. Everyone starts dancing. Meredith dances, the audience dances.

Meredith asks Drew if he gets the $1M question right if he would do a dance on the floor with her.

Drew says that he would do it as a favor to her.

The next question topic is Tolkien.
Meredith asks Drew if he knows much about Tolkien.

Drew: I’m familiar with “The Hobbit,” but…


$7.5K J.R.R. Tolkien’s first novel fittingly begins, “In a hole in the ground there lived a” what?
A. Wizard
B. Hobbit
C. Dragon
D. Ranger

Drew: I’m not sure of this one… Oh, wait, I am.

Spoiler

B. Hobbit (21)

horn

Drew will return for tomorrow’s show.

Answers:
$500 C. Pedicure
$1K B. Libraries
$2K D. Concert tickets
$3K B. Judas
$5K A. Roswell, NM
$7.5K B. Hobbit

Video evidence:

College freshman
18 years old
Professional balloon sculptor

Does this make him a WE?

Teaser for tomorrow

Could be Drew's next question? I hope

Note that Drew's category is the Celebrity question, so it could be just about any topic.
$10K
The "Family Jewels" of the British monarchy are kept under armed guard at what London landmark?
A. Tower of London B. Westminster Abbey
C. Temple Church D. St. Paul's Cathedral

WTG Drew! Awesome start!

I really hope we'll get to see the $50K Hamlet question . . .

Love the lapel pin. Hope its significance is discussed on tomorrow's show.

ulysses5019 wrote:

College freshman
18 years old
Professional balloon sculptor

Does this make him a WE?

Yes, but I'm your WE.

WTG Drew...your video is already viral among my friends

drew scheeler wrote:

ulysses5019 wrote:

College freshman
18 years old
Professional balloon sculptor

Does this make him a WE?

Yes, but I'm your WE.

LOL. Embrace the WEdom!

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Drew Scheeler (drew scheeler)
Sandusky, OH
College freshman
18 years old
Professional balloon sculptor

Yay!

Nice pre-call by Drew on the hobbit.

Nihil obstat®

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Drew Scheeler (drew scheeler)
Sandusky, OH
College freshman
18 years old
Professional balloon sculptor

Drew has been preparing for the show by falling asleep with the show’s music blasting in his headphones at the loudest possible volume.

Today’s ATE is writer and resident expert on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,” John Hodgman.

Who is 0-fer so far. Maybe they should have gotten the "Mac guy" instead.

Oh, and Drew, was that the shout-out you mentioned - talking about "friends who had been on the show" telling you to prepare for the music?

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:The next question topic is Tolkien.
Meredith asks Drew if he knows much about Tolkien.

Drew: I’m familiar with “The Hobbit,” but…[/i]

$7.5K J.R.R. Tolkien’s first novel fittingly begins, “In a hole in the ground there lived a” what?
A. Wizard
B. Hobbit
C. Dragon
D. Ranger

Drew: I’m not sure of this one… Oh, wait, I am.

Spoiler

B. Hobbit (21)

Cute, Drew, very cute. I laughed when, right after your comment about being familiar with "The Hobbit" the question was the first line of that very book. But please tell me you're familiar with more than just that one book.

Nihil obstat®.

Yay Drew!

So far so good!

Fingers crossed for today.

And thanks for posting the YouTube link Chad.

Good start, Drew! I wish they'd put a Tolkien question in the upper tier, instead of wasting the category for $7.5K.

earendel wrote:Oh, and Drew, was that the shout-out you mentioned - talking about "friends who had been on the show" telling you to prepare for the music?

This was going to be my question, too. If you're referring to advice you picked up from the Bored, the most important thing you learned was to prepare for the music? By blasting it into your ears while you sleep!?

If you earned that Play It! pin, you should already be familiar with listening to the music from the Hot Seat, anyway. I join KT in hoping that the pin gets discussed on today's show.

earendel wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Drew Scheeler (drew scheeler)
Sandusky, OH
College freshman
18 years old
Professional balloon sculptor

Drew has been preparing for the show by falling asleep with the show’s music blasting in his headphones at the loudest possible volume.

Today’s ATE is writer and resident expert on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,” John Hodgman.

Who is 0-fer so far. Maybe they should have gotten the "Mac guy" instead.

I'm a big fan of Mr. Hodgman, and had high hopes that he'd be a useful expert.
I can only hope he redeems himself as the week goes on. (all it will take is a $100k question about hobo names...)

doitneatly wrote:

earendel wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Today’s ATE is writer and resident expert on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,” John Hodgman.

Who is 0-fer so far. Maybe they should have gotten the "Mac guy" instead.

I'm a big fan of Mr. Hodgman, and had high hopes that he'd be a useful expert.
I can only hope he redeems himself as the week goes on. (all it will take is a $100k question about hobo names...)

At least John isn't playing up his know-it-all shtick from The Daily Show.

Now, to play up his PC persona, could Skype display a blue screen of death when John doesn't know the answer?

Great job so far Drew! So, on the Tolkien question, the whole "I’m not sure of this one… Oh, wait, I am. " was that a real moment of uncertainity or was that just to fake-out Meredith? I got the sense that it was the latter and kudos to you if it was. Is this the first time that a contestant pulled a fake-out - usually it is Meredith doing that trick?

You seemed to be having the time of you life up there. Congrats and I can't wait for a trip report!

---Jay

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Drew Scheeler (drew scheeler)
Sandusky, OH

Did Meredith have the right pronunciation for your hometown? San-doo-sky and not San-dus-ky?

What a fine omen for your final question to be the beginning of something which turned out so well as Tolkien's middle earth novels. Retroactively, may your quest be as complex, interesting and successful.

I hope we see the "Toe Jam" question.

Bob Juch wrote:I hope we see the "Toe Jam" question.

We did. First thing.

Bob Juch wrote:I hope we see the "Toe Jam" question.

We did - it was his $500 question. I guess "toe spreader" brought "toe jam" to mind.

MarleysGh0st wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Drew Scheeler (drew scheeler)
Sandusky, OH

Did Meredith have the right pronunciation for your hometown? San-doo-sky and not San-dus-ky?

What does she know, she's from Rhode Island. It's San-DUSK-y. At least to us Western PAers. And whoever does the voiceovers for the Cedar Point commercials.

KillerTomato wrote:

MarleysGh0st wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Drew Scheeler (drew scheeler)
Sandusky, OH

Did Meredith have the right pronunciation for your hometown? San-doo-sky and not San-dus-ky?

What does she know, she's from Rhode Island. It's San-DUSK-y. At least to us Western PAers. And whoever does the voiceovers for the Cedar Point commercials.

Yeah-- my New Yawker husband and I fight over SanDUSKy SanDOOsky. But we've learned the Nevahda Nevada rule...

earendel wrote:

Bob Juch wrote:I hope we see the "Toe Jam" question.

We did - it was his $500 question. I guess "toe spreader" brought "toe jam" to mind.

Never mind. I was running too fast this morning.

Vague Mini wrote:

KillerTomato wrote:

MarleysGh0st wrote:
Did Meredith have the right pronunciation for your hometown? San-doo-sky and not San-dus-ky?

What does she know, she's from Rhode Island. It's San-DUSK-y. At least to us Western PAers. And whoever does the voiceovers for the Cedar Point commercials.

Yeah-- my New Yawker husband and I fight over SanDUSKy SanDOOsky. But we've learned the Nevahda Nevada rule...

So which is it? Nevahda or Nevada?