Transcript 04/14/2010 - Nick Wierda

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Nick Wierda
Jersey City NJ
26-year-old whose profession is never mentioned

Steve Harvey is guest hosting this week.
The expert this week is Mayim Bialik.

Nick got on the show via an audience audition after he came to see the show with his girlfriend.


Question Topics:
Detective Work
Science Class
Pitchmen
Same Name
Mountain Ranges
The Grammys
Memoirs
Wealthy Families
CELEBRITY Q
Who am I?
Lawsuits
In the News
Abbreviations
Mathematics
Words & Phrases

$500 - Words & Phrases
The phrase "shut your pie hole" is a rude way of asking someone to do what?
A: Move faster B: Stop talking
C: Get dressed D: Take it easy on the Sara Lee

Spoiler

B: Stop talking (5)

$1000 - Mathematics
According to a well-known rule in mathematics, "the shortest distance between two points is a" what?
A: Squiggly line B: Perpendicular line
C: Straight line D: Cylindrical line [which Steve host chooses to pronounce as, "CHILL-in-DRICK-el"]

Spoiler

C: Straight line (5)

$2000 - Abbreviations
the first letter and the last letter of the English alphabet are featured in the postal abbreviation of what U.S. state?
A: Alabama B: Alaska
C: Arizona D: Arkansas

Spoiler

C: Arizona (8)

$3,000 - In the News
An article on Slate.com titled "Frying Nemo" considers whether what animals can truly feel pain?
A: Beetles B: Fish
C: Lizards D: Birds

Spoiler

B: Fish (8)

$5,000 - Lawsuits
A 2009 lawsuit accused what prominent author of plagiarizing a little-known book called "The Adventures of Willy the Wizard"?
A: Stephen King B: Nora Roberts
C: Dan Brown D: J.K. Rowling

Spoiler

D: J.K. Rowling (5)

-- Commercial Break --

Nick's girlfriend is in the audience. When prompted "what would you do if you won only $5?" Nick mentions a vacation. ("A couple of weeks in Japan, maybe...")


$7,500 - Who am I?
Who is Hervé Villechaize?
A: Radar on "M*A*S*H" B: Grandpa Munster on "The Munsters"
C: Tattoo on "Fantasy Island" D: Sulu on "Star Trek"

[the reading of this question was a big mess. To quote Marley from another thread, "Steve flubbed his pronunciation while reading the question, then seemed to get into a discussion with the voice in his earphone about what to do; meanwhile, the clock had already started counting and had ticked away 10 seconds before he started to read them."]


With 10 seconds remaining, Nick decides to Ask the Audience.

ATA results

ATA: A: 0% B: 4% C: 91% D: 5%

Nick decides to answer

Spoiler

C

Spoiler

C: Tattoo on "Fantasy Island" (8)

$10,000 - CELEBRITY Q (read by Robin Roberts)
Supreme Court justice Sonia Sotomayor calls herself a "Nuyorican" because her parents raised her in NYC after moving from where?
A: Costa Rica B: Mexico
C: Puerto Rico D: Dominican Republic

Spoiler

C: Puerto Rico (16)

-- Commercial Break --

Steve wants Nick to be the guy to "take him to the next level," i.e. he wants to give more than $5,000 to a contestant.


$12,500 - Wealthy Families
According to Forbes magazine's 2009 rankings, four of the ten richest Americans are relatives of what company's founder?
A: General Electric B: Wal-Mart
C: Exxon D: Nike

Spoiler

B: Wal-Mart (7)

Steve was worried about Nick on that one, and Steve shows his sweaty palms to the camera to prove his own nervousness.

$15,000 - Memoirs
Ted Kennedy frequently talks about his love of sailing in his 2009 posthumous memoir titled "True" what?
A: Compass B: Schooner
C: Rudder D: Mooring

Spoiler

A: Compass (22)

$25,000 - The Grammys
In 1980, the first and only Grammy ever awarded for Best Disco Recording went to what song?
A: Turn the Beat Around B: I Will Survive
C: Hot Stuff D: Ladies' Night

With 20 seconds remaining, Nick decides to Ask The Expert.

ATE discussion

Mayim doesn't have much confidence here, as she was only 5 at the time. She doesn't think the answer is C or A. She likes B as the "quintessential disco song" but wasn't sure if that song was released in 1980. Mayim settles on either B or D.

Steve reminds Nick several times that he still has his double dip, and works hard to push Nick toward combining Mayim's advice and the Double Dip.

Nick decides to walk away. He says he was leaning toward

Spoiler

A

. The audience immediately groans and Steve says he was thinking it was

Spoiler

B

, given how big a hit that song was.

Spoiler

B: I Will Survive

Nick leaves with $15,000.

Today's Home Game winning answer

B: Wal-Mart

the "tomorrow teaser" question

$50,000
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, what last name, after "Smith," is the most common in the United States?
A: Jones B: Johnson
C: Williams D: Brown

[doitneatly]

bumping due to my late transcription.

[Millionaire Fan]

The song "I Will Surivive" is going to haunt Nick for the rest of his life. I was in the audience and right after they went to commerical they started to play that song in the studio. I'm not kidding they really played that song in the studio.

[MarleysGh0st]

The song "I Will Surivive" is going to haunt Nick for the rest of his life. I was in the audience and right after they went to commerical they started to play that song in the studio. I'm not kidding they really played that song in the studio.

When did MBFFB get a job working the sound equipment?

[NellyLunatic1980]

Nick Wierda
Jersey City NJ

WE®

$25,000 - The Grammys
In 1980, the first and only Grammy ever awarded for Best Disco Recording went to what song?
A: Turn the Beat Around B: I Will Survive
C: Hot Stuff D: Ladies' Night

A rewrite of this question appeared in the very first WWTBAM desk calendar.

Nihil obstat®

[earendel]

Nick Wierda
Jersey City NJ
26-year-old whose profession is never mentioned

Steve Harvey is guest hosting this week.
The expert this week is Mayim Bialik.

Nick got on the show via an audience audition after he came to see the show with his girlfriend.

A reluctant contestant, then? And probably a WE® besides.

$25,000 - The Grammys
In 1980, the first and only Grammy ever awarded for Best Disco Recording went to what song?
A: Turn the Beat Around B: I Will Survive
C: Hot Stuff D: Ladies' Night

With 20 seconds remaining, Nick decides to Ask The Expert.

ATE discussion

Mayim doesn't have much confidence here, as she was only 5 at the time. She doesn't think the answer is C or A. She likes B as the "quintessential disco song" but wasn't sure if that song was released in 1980. Mayim settles on either B or D.

Steve reminds Nick several times that he still has his double dip, and works hard to push Nick toward combining Mayim's advice and the Double Dip.

Nick decides to walk away. He says he was leaning toward

Spoiler

A

. The audience immediately groans and Steve says he was thinking it was

Spoiler

B

, given how big a hit that song was.

Spoiler

B: I Will Survive

As elwing and I watched this, she got the right answer for the same reason that Steve Harvey did - it was the only one she had heard of. As for me, I'd have started using lifelines. ATA first, to see what kind of response I get.

[MarleysGh0st]

Here's an article about Nick's appearance.

http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2010 ... 00_on.html

In answer to the "what does he do" question that Steve Harvey never got around to, despite all the time he wasted in chit-chat:

According to the show's producers, Wierda is a 2003 graduate of West Orange High School who helps prepare students for the SAT and ACT tests.