Transcript 12/03/2010 - Megan Newquist and Patrick Hammer

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Megan Newquist and Patrick Hammer
Anchors from KSTP-5 in Minneapolis, MN

They are playing for a local charity, the Children's Hospital Association. It helps defray medical expenses and ensures that children get the finest medical care. Patrick's newborn son had to undergo surgery at one of the association's hospitals.

Meredith says that everything has already been randomized so there's no unrandomized topic tree.

Topic Tree: (randomized)
- Capital City
- Smart Guy
- Nations of the World
- In the Sauce
- Unsolicited Advice
- Home Stadium
- The Alamo
- Me Me Me
- Give a Hand
- (unrevealed)

Question #1 (unrevealed)
In Beatrix Potter's "The Tale of Peter Rabbit," who owns the garden into which Peter sneaks?
A - Mr. McGregor
B - Mr. Darcy
C - Mr. Plummer
D - Mr. Finch

Megan says she hasn't read the book in decades. Patrick thinks he has an idea but it's not a strong one. He looks at Megan and says "I'm going to be perfectly honest with you...which doesn't happen often." He's not 100% sure. Megan asks what he's thinking and he says

Spoiler

Mr. Finch

. Megan thinks the audience will know so they decide to ask the audience.

ATA results

A - 80%
B - 1%
C - 4%
D - 15%

Scott has far more faith in the audience than he does in himself.

Spoiler

Answer: A (Mr. McGregor)
Value: $10,000
Bank: $10,000

Question #2 (Give a Hand)
A photo of two hands cupping a red apple graces the cover of which of these recent best-sellers?
A - The Kite Runner
B - The Lovely Bones
C - The Girl Who Played with Fire
D - Twilight

Megan is thinking it's

Spoiler

Twilight

. Patrick has no idea; he has kids and hasn't seen a movie recently. Julie is about 65% sure of her answer. Patrick says that if she's only 65% sure maybe they should jump the question. Finally, however, they decide to go with Megan's answer.

Spoiler

Answer: D (Twilight)
Value: $500
Bank: $10,500

Question #3 (Me Me Me)
In an essay, what author famously declared the '70s the "Me Decade"?
A - Kurt Vonnegut
B - George Plimpton
C - Tom Wolfe
D - John Cheever

Patrick has a first guess - he thinks it's

Spoiler

Tom Wolfe

. Megan asks him why he thinks that. He replies that

Spoiler

Wolfe

is a famous novelist but he's not 100% sure. Megan says that Meredith advised her to go with her gut - Meredith interjects, "Don't drag me into this." Patrick says he's about 60-65% sure. He notes that they've had three pretty tough questions so far. Megan says the audience probably didn't think that, adding that Peter Rabbit wasn't a hard one. They decide to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Tom Wolfe)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $10,500 (no change)

Megan says, "See, you should have gone with your gut."

Question #4 (The Alamo)
The self-described "Napoleon of the West," what Mexican general led his troops to capture the Alamo in 1836?
A - Emiliano Zapata
B - Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana
C - Juan Alvarez
D - Pancho Villa

Scott's gut tells him it's

Spoiler

Pancho Villa

but Megan says she thinks it's

Spoiler

B

because she recognizes the name, although she doesn't know why. Because they can't decide, they use their last jump the question lifeline.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana)
Value: $3,000
Bank: $10,500

commercial break

The "blast from the past" question was worth $100,000 in 2005.

Now used to refer to a snooty person, the word "snob" originally refered to a person with what job?
A - blacksmith
B - shoemaker
C - innkeeper
D - butcher

Spoiler

B (shoemaker)

Question #5 (Home Stadium)
What NFL team plays home games in a stadium that features a replica pirate ship behind one end zone?
A - Tampa Bay Buccaneers
B - Kansas City Chiefs
C - San Francisco 49ers
D - New England Patriots

Spoiler

Answer: A (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
Value: $100
Bank: $10,600

Question #6 (Unsolicited Advice)
In a 2010 interview, TV personality Cesar Millan criticized President Obama for the way he does what?
A - ties his necktie
B - eats his meals
C - plants his garden
D - walks his dog

Patrick and Megan know that Cesar Millan is

Spoiler

the dog whisperer

so the answer must be

Spoiler

D

.

Spoiler

Answer: D (walks his dog)
Value: $15,000
Bank: $25,600

THE END OF GAME "NOISE"

Meredith says that Megan and Patrick will be back on Monday to finish their run.

[jarnon]

Meredith says that everything has already been randomized so there's no unrandomized topic tree.

I hope they haven't eliminated the unrandomized topic tree for good.

Question #3 (Me Me Me)
In an essay, what author famously declared the '70s the "Me Decade"?
A - Kurt Vonnegut
B - George Plimpton
C - Tom Wolfe
D - John Cheever

I seem to recall a previous question about what decade was the Me Decade. I think the audience dursted it.

[MarleysGh0st]

Meredith says that everything has already been randomized so there's no unrandomized topic tree.

I hope they haven't eliminated the unrandomized topic tree for good.

I thought that was a sign that Megan and Patrick were going to finish their run in this episode, with the help of some ruthless editing. Since they ended up carrying over, it does seem odd that this was the one exception to showing the randomization sequences.

I doubt that Megan and Patrick have watched the show enough to realize how a glimpse of the unrandomized topics can be useful, regardless of whether or not they saw that before it was edited.

[tanstaafl2]

Megan Newquist and Patrick Hammer
Anchors from KSTP-5 in Minneapolis, MN

Question #1 (unrevealed)
In Beatrix Potter's "The Tale of Peter Rabbit," who owns the garden into which Peter sneaks?
A - Mr. McGregor
B - Mr. Darcy
C - Mr. Plummer
D - Mr. Finch

Megan says she hasn't read the book in decades. Patrick thinks he has an idea but it's not a strong one. He looks at Megan and says "I'm going to be perfectly honest with you...which doesn't happen often." He's not 100% sure. Megan asks what he's thinking and he says

Spoiler

Mr. Finch

. Megan thinks the audience will know so they decide to ask the audience.

ATA results

A - 80%
B - 1%
C - 4%
D - 15%

Scott has far more faith in the audience than he does in himself.

Spoiler

Answer: A (Mr. McGregor)
Value: $10,000
Bank: $10,000

Question #4 (The Alamo)
The self-described "Napoleon of the West," what Mexican general led his troops to capture the Alamo in 1836?
A - Emiliano Zapata
B - Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana
C - Juan Alvarez
D - Pancho Villa

Scott's gut tells him it's

Spoiler

Pancho Villa

but Megan says she thinks it's

Spoiler

B

because she recognizes the name, although she doesn't know why. Because they can't decide, they use their last jump the question lifeline.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana)
Value: $3,000
Bank: $10,500

commercial break

Wow, that's pretty bad. Even I knew it was McGregor and I am lousy at kiddie lit. But to not know Santa Ana is pretty pitiful even for a couple of talking heads.

[earendel]

Megan Newquist and Patrick Hammer
Anchors from KSTP-5 in Minneapolis, MN

They are playing for a local charity, the Children's Hospital Association. It helps defray medical expenses and ensures that children get the finest medical care. Patrick's newborn son had to undergo surgery at one of the association's hospitals.

Meredith says that everything has already been randomized so there's no unrandomized topic tree.

I'm not sure why they bothered to do that, since they were probably going to let the two come back on Monday (as was the case).

Question #3 (Me Me Me)
In an essay, what author famously declared the '70s the "Me Decade"?
A - Kurt Vonnegut
B - George Plimpton
C - Tom Wolfe
D - John Cheever

Patrick has a first guess - he thinks it's

Spoiler

Tom Wolfe

. Megan asks him why he thinks that. He replies that

Spoiler

Wolfe

is a famous novelist but he's not 100% sure. Megan says that Meredith advised her to go with her gut - Meredith interjects, "Don't drag me into this." Patrick says he's about 60-65% sure. He notes that they've had three pretty tough questions so far. Megan says the audience probably didn't think that, adding that Peter Rabbit wasn't a hard one. They decide to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Tom Wolfe)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $10,500 (no change)

Megan says, "See, you should have gone with your gut."

I would have used a JTQ on this one.

Question #6 (Unsolicited Advice)
In a 2010 interview, TV personality Cesar Millan criticized President Obama for the way he does what?
A - ties his necktie
B - eats his meals
C - plants his garden
D - walks his dog

Patrick and Megan know that Cesar Millan is

Spoiler

the dog whisperer

so the answer must be

Spoiler

D

.

Spoiler

Answer: D (walks his dog)
Value: $15,000
Bank: $25,600

I don't know who this TV personality is, so I'll ATA.