Transcript 09/27/10 Peter Gallagher

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Celebrity Edition

Peter Gallagher
Actor

Meredith tells us the show ended Friday before Jean Smart finished her turn, so they let her finish her play and Jean won a total of $27,500 for the Alzheimer’s Association.

So far the celebrities have won nearly $125,000.
Meredith says that’s not enough and that they’ve decided to do one more day of the Celebrity Edition.

Topic Tree:

Famous Paintings
Odd Couples
Towering Corporation
Foreign Food
Name Game
Fashion Icons
Film Geography
Long Names
Brand Logos
Law Lexicon

Topic Tree: (randomized)

Famous Paintings
Odd Couples
Foreign Food
Fashion Icons
Towering Corporation
Brand Logos
Name Game
Long Names
Law Lexicon
Film Geography

Question 1 – Film Geography
Since 1946, a famous international film festival has been held in Cannes, a city in what European country?
A. Italy
B. Spain
C. Greece
D. France

Spoiler

D. France
$100
Bank - $100

Question 2 – Law Lexicon
What familiar game show phrase is also a legal term meaning that a person cannot be prosecuted twice for the same crime?
A. Survey says
B. Double jeopardy
C. Final answer
D. Showcase showdown

Spoiler

B. Double jeopardy
$15K
Bank - $15,100

Question 3 – Long Names
Which of these actresses has three names whose initials are in alphabetical order?
A. Sarah Jessica Parker
B. Jamie Lee Curtis
C. Jada Pinkett Smith
D. Sarah Michelle Geller

Spoiler

C. Jada Pinkett Smith
$3K
Bank - $18,100

commercial break

Question 4 – Name Game
If actress Katherine Heigl had a daughter and named her Leigh Heigl, Leigh’s first and last names would be what?
A. Palindromes
B. Oxymorons
C. Anagrams
D. Antonyms

Spoiler

C. Anagrams
$7K
Bank - $25,100

Question 5 - Brand Logos
Behr is a popular brand of paint whose logo fittingly depicts an animal known to what?
A. Spin webs
B. Pollinate flowers
C. Hibernate
D. Build dams

Before the choices are given…
Peter: I won’t say that! There’s something in the woods. I don’t know.
Meredith: Hi – Stop it!
Peter: What are you gonna do at your next job?

Spoiler

C. Hibernate
$1K
Bank - $26,100

Question 6 - Towering Corporation
What Fortune 500 company’s name is inspired by an active volcano in Italy?
A. Alcoa
B. Sysco
C. Aetna
D. Chevron

Spoiler

C. Aetna
$25K
Bank - $51,100

commercial break

Question 7 - Fashion Icons
Before starting a successful shoe company, Klaus Maertens held what position in the German army?
A. Pilot
B. Doctor
C. Sniper
D. Priest

Spoiler

B. Doctor
$10K
Bank - $61,100

Question 8 - Foreign Food
Traditional in the cuisine of Andalusia in southern Spain, gazpacho is what kind of food?
A. Fruit dessert
B. Spiced wine
C. Roast meat
D. Cold soup

Spoiler

D. Cold soup
$2K
Bank - $63,100

Question 9 - Odd Couples
On her 20th anniversary show, Oprah revealed that she briefly dated what surprising suitor in the ‘80s?
A. Alex Trebek
B. Roger Ebert
C. Michael Bolton
D. Rahm Emanuel

ATA

ATA results

6% A. Alex Trebek
48% B. Roger Ebert
20% C. Michael Bolton
26% D. Rahm Emanuel

Spoiler

B. Roger Ebert
$5K
Bank - $68,100

Question 10 – Famous Paintings
The house in the background of the painting “American Gothic” stood in the artist’s home state of what?
A. Iowa
B. Nebraska
C. Kansas
D. Oklahoma

JTQ 1

Spoiler

A. Iowa
$500
Bank - $68,100

$100K Michael Jackson’s autobiography “Moonwalk” was edited and featured a foreword by which of these celebrities?
A. Mr. Rogers
B. Rodney Dangerfield
C. Pat Sajak
D. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

JTQ 2

Spoiler

D. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Bank - $68,100

$250K Which of these animals was not one of the “original nine” Beanie Babies introduced in 1993?
A. Chocolate the Moose
B. Splash the Orca Whale
C. Legs the Frog
D. Nibble the Bunny

Peter decides to leave with $68,100.

Spoiler

D. Nibble the Bunny

Alzheimer’s Bank - $191,650

end of show noise

[MarleysGh0st]

So far the celebrities have won nearly $125,000.
Meredith says that’s not enough and that they’ve decided to do one more day of the Celebrity Edition.

Nice fake explanation for the extra day, Meredith. Why not just admit that, unlike the extra contestants on other special weeks, you can't bring yourself to just send a celebrity home?

Despite Drew's earlier evaluation in the spoiler thread, Peter just seemed to get a cream puff stack, up to question nine. Even he couldn't believe how easy some of these questions were. Initials in alphabetical order? Really!?

I'd have needed the ATA for Oprah, then I'd have jumped the Moonwalk and Beanie Baby questions, to take a look at the $500K question.

[Bob78164]

So far the celebrities have won nearly $125,000.
Meredith says that’s not enough and that they’ve decided to do one more day of the Celebrity Edition.

Nice fake explanation for the extra day, Meredith. Why not just admit that, unlike the extra contestants on other special weeks, you can't bring yourself to just send a celebrity home?

Despite Drew's earlier evaluation in the spoiler thread, Peter just seemed to get a cream puff stack, up to question nine. Even he couldn't believe how easy some of these questions were. Initials in alphabetical order? Really!?

I'd have needed the ATA for Oprah, then I'd have jumped the Moonwalk and Beanie Baby questions, to take a look at the $500K question.

The $100k question was solveable. Jackie O. worked as a book editor for one of the major publishing houses for a while. --Bob

[Brit Canuck]

Forget the nitpicking and the I-knew-that-one-ing -- we finally reached Round Two!

[themanwho]

No problems until the Beanie Baby question. I'd have jumped it.

-M

[earendel]

Celebrity Edition

Peter Gallagher
Actor

Meredith tells us the show ended Friday before Jean Smart finished her turn, so they let her finish her play and Jean won a total of $27,500 for the Alzheimer’s Association.

I guess it wasn't "must see TV" or else they'd have attached it to today's show.

Question 6 - Towering Corporation
What Fortune 500 company’s name is inspired by an active volcano in Italy?
A. Alcoa
B. Sysco
C. Aetna
D. Chevron

Spoiler

C. Aetna
$25K
Bank - $51,100

elwing's insurance company!

Question 9 - Odd Couples
On her 20th anniversary show, Oprah revealed that she briefly dated what surprising suitor in the ‘80s?
A. Alex Trebek
B. Roger Ebert
C. Michael Bolton
D. Rahm Emanuel

ATA

ATA results

6% A. Alex Trebek
48% B. Roger Ebert
20% C. Michael Bolton
26% D. Rahm Emanuel

Spoiler

B. Roger Ebert
$5K
Bank - $68,100

I would have been torn between B and D, so it's time to ATA.

$100K Michael Jackson’s autobiography “Moonwalk” was edited and featured a foreword by which of these celebrities?
A. Mr. Rogers
B. Rodney Dangerfield
C. Pat Sajak
D. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

JTQ 2

Spoiler

D. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Bank - $68,100

A second-tier question at last! Given the lifelines, I'd JTQ this one. My thought was A, just because it seems like the most absurd choice. And I thought the book came out after Jackie died, so it couldn't have been her.

$250K Which of these animals was not one of the “original nine” Beanie Babies introduced in 1993?
A. Chocolate the Moose
B. Splash the Orca Whale
C. Legs the Frog
D. Nibble the Bunny

Peter decides to leave with $68,100.

Spoiler

D. Nibble the Bunny

Alzheimer’s Bank - $191,650

This would be an easy question for a Google PAF, but since that's no longer available, I think I JTQ on this one also, so I can at least look at the $500K question.

[MarleysGh0st]

Forget the nitpicking and the I-knew-that-one-ing -- we finally reached Round Two!

And such is the state of the show, after the first two weeks of the season, that this milestone earned a standing ovation.

[vettech]

No problems until the Beanie Baby question. I'd have jumped it.

-M

Same here. I loved when after his third softball, Peter Gallagher is like "Am I missing something here?". It's refreshing to see a celebrity actually smart enough to realize his intelligence is being insulted.

[lv42day]

I wonder if it is generally true that the last contestant on the last day, in a special week, or in this case a special week plus one, gets slightly easier questions...Not that I would have known either the beanie baby question or the MJ question. I probably would have skipped to the 500 grand question, but I am sure that question would have been impossibly difficult as well.

[themanwho]

Can any other Qrank players confirm my memory that the Michael Jackson question was used a couple of days ago?

[Bob Juch]

Can any other Qrank players confirm my memory that the Michael Jackson question was used a couple of days ago?

Nope

[frogman042]

No problems until the Beanie Baby question. I'd have jumped it.

-M

Same here. I loved when after his third softball, Peter Gallagher is like "Am I missing something here?". It's refreshing to see a celebrity actually smart to realize his intelligence is being insulted.

I've always like Mr. Gallagher, ever since I first saw him in 'The Idol Maker'.

[vettech]

Can any other Qrank players confirm my memory that the Michael Jackson question was used a couple of days ago?

I didn't see it.

[Thousandaire]

I knew the answer to the Beanie Baby question. It was part of a trivia quiz I wrote.

[goongas]

I knew the answer to the Beanie Baby question. It was part of a trivia quiz I wrote.

I knew it too as I used to collect them. Another dream high level question gone for me.

[AlphaDummy]

Can any other Qrank players confirm my memory that the Michael Jackson question was used a couple of days ago?

Didn't see it myself. Unless they put it in the easiest tier (unlikely but not impossible) and I didn't play the question, I don't think it was there.

[Phil Ken Sebbin]

I deduced (blind lucked?) my answer of Jackie O. because of JFK's promise to get to the moon by the end of the '60s. I didn't see any other simple connections with her or anyone else so that was where I would've gone. Has anyone read it and know what her connection was?

And if Peter got that question wrong he would've dropped to what? $25,000?

[SportsFan68]

I deduced (blind lucked?) my answer of Jackie O. because of JFK's promise to get to the moon by the end of the '60s. I didn't see any other simple connections with her or anyone else so that was where I would've gone. Has anyone read it and know what her connection was?

And if Peter got that question wrong he would've dropped to what? $25,000?

I think someone had the answer earlier -- Jackie worked as a book editor the last few years of her life. I believe she worked until she was too ill to continue. I wouldn't have hesitated on that one.

After she died, one of her old friends mentioned a book he had always intended to write. He kept bringing it up with Jackie, who finally said, "Let's not talk any more about that book you're not going to write."

[JerseyRose]

No problems until the Beanie Baby question. I'd have jumped it.

-M

Same here. I loved when after his third softball, Peter Gallagher is like "Am I missing something here?". It's refreshing to see a celebrity actually smart enough to realize his intelligence is being insulted.

Loved his reaction! I sat & watched this one, been a fan of his since Guys & Dolls. Ended up sounding off on Twitter about it - and got a reply from the gentleman himself

[Phil Ken Sebbin]

No problems until the Beanie Baby question. I'd have jumped it.

-M

Same here. I loved when after his third softball, Peter Gallagher is like "Am I missing something here?". It's refreshing to see a celebrity actually smart enough to realize his intelligence is being insulted.

Loved his reaction! I sat & watched this one, been a fan of his since Guys & Dolls. Ended up sounding off on Twitter about it - and got a reply from the gentleman himself

Really?!?! What did you say and what was his reply?

[JerseyRose]

comment: Watching @petergallagher_ kick ass on Millionaire - hot DAMN! Everyone should be so cool

response: It's coming across alright? It was a wee bit nerve-wracking....but a lot of fun.