Transcript 04/07/11 - Drew Shade

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Drew Shade
Pasadena, CA
Financial advisor


Drew's wife gave birth to their daughter, Riley, 48 hours after his audition. Right now, she's a month old and he's here!


Topic Tree (Unrandomized)
10: Mother Tongues
9: Battle Stars
8: Multi-talented
7: Baby Count
6: Toy Animals
5: World Championship
4: Sandy Spots
3: Permanent Record
2: Women's Group
1: Food Phrases

Topic Tree (Randomized)
6: Toy Animals
3: Permanent Record
1: Food Phrases
7: Baby Count
8: Multi-talented
5: World Championship
10: Mother Tongues
9: Battle Stars
4: Sandy Spots
2: Women's Group


Question #1 - Level 2: Women's Group
"Ladies of High-Caliber" is a motto used byt the Utah-based political activist group "Women Against" what?

A: Same-Sex Marriage B: Evolution
C: Gun Control D: Global Warming

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Gun Control
Question Value: $500
Bank: $500

Question #2 - Level 4: Sandy Spots
Created thousands of years ago by a melting glacier, the Bledowska Desert is a sandy region of what European country?

A: Switzerland B: Poland
C: The Netherlands D: Portugal

Drew has absolutely no idea, so he jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Poland
Question Value: $100
Bank: $500

Question #3 - Level 9: Battle Stars
Director Billy Wilder once famously joked that he should be awarded a Purple Heart for working with what acress twice?

A: Lauren Bacall B: Katharine Hepburn
C: Marilyn Monroe D: Bette Davis

Drew doesn't think he's ever seen a movie with any of these actresses in it, so that puts him at a disadvantage. He asks the audience.

ATA

A: 5% B: 16% C: 32% D: 47%

Drew doesn't feel comfortable with that percentage, so he jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Marilyn Monroe
Question Value: $5,000
Bank: $500

Question #4 - Level 10: Mother Tongues
Which of these U.S. presidents learned English as a second language?

A: Martin Van Buren B: Millard Fillmore
C: James Polk D: Franklin Pierce

Drew: You're not going to believe this, but I actually studied flash cards of the presidents, on the way here.

Meredith: Did this come up?

Drew: It didn't.

Drew is between two of them,

Spoiler

Van Buren and Polk

.

Answer/Value/Bank

A: Martin Van Buren
Question Value: $7,000
Bank: $7,500

-- Commercial Break --


Question #5 - Level 5: World Championship
What board game's World Championship offers a grand prize, appropriately enough, of $20,580?

A: Scrabble B: Life
C: Trivial Pursuit D: Monopoly

Drew is going to go with his gut on this one. He believes that

Spoiler

Monopoly

has a bank of $20,580.

Answer/Value/Bank

D: Monopoly
Question Value: $25,000
Bank: $32,500

Question #6 - Level 8: Multi-talented
Though best known as a cartoonist and children's book author, Shel Silverstein also wrote what classic Johnny Cash hit?

A: Ring of Fire B: I Walk the Line
C: Folsom Prison Blues D: A Boy Named Sue

Answer/Value/Bank

D: A Boy Named Sue
Question Value: $1,000
Bank: $33,500

-- The End of Game "Noise" --


Drew will return on tomorrow's show.


Edited to fix Mr. Silverstein's name.

[TheConfessor]

Question #6 - Level 8: Multi-talented
Though best known as a cartoonist and children's book author, Sheri Silverstein also wrote what classic Johnny Cash hit?

Did the show actually call him "Sheri" Silverstein? His name was Shel (short for Sheldon).

[MarleysGh0st]

Question #6 - Level 8: Multi-talented
Though best known as a cartoonist and children's book author, Sheri Silverstein also wrote what classic Johnny Cash hit?

Did the show actually call him "Sheri" Silverstein? His name was Shel (short for Sheldon).

Sorry, that typo is my fault.

<sigh>

[CarShark]

Question #4 - Level 10: Mother Tongues
Which of these U.S. presidents learned English as a second language?

A: Martin Van Buren B: Millard Fillmore
C: James Polk D: Franklin Pierce

Dang it. That was going to be my WWOQ of the day.

Question #5 - Level 5: World Championship
What board game's World Championship offers a grand prize, appropriately enough, of $20,580?

A: Scrabble B: Life
C: Trivial Pursuit D: Monopoly

Drew is going to go with his gut on this one. He believes that

Spoiler

Monopoly

has a bank of $20,580.

I was pleasantly surprised by his going for it. This seemed like something the average contestant would jump.

Question #6 - Level 8: Multi-talented
Though best known as a cartoonist and children's book author, Shel Silverstein also wrote what classic Johnny Cash hit?

A: Ring of Fire B: I Walk the Line
C: Folsom Prison Blues D: A Boy Named Sue

Man, that's tough. To me, that would have been a $50,000 question in the old format.

[earendel]

Drew Shade
Pasadena, CA
Financial advisor

Drew's wife gave birth to their daughter, Riley, 48 hours after his audition. Right now, she's a month old and he's here!

Question #3 - Level 9: Battle Stars
Director Billy Wilder once famously joked that he should be awarded a Purple Heart for working with what acress twice?

A: Lauren Bacall B: Katharine Hepburn
C: Marilyn Monroe D: Bette Davis

Drew doesn't think he's ever seen a movie with any of these actresses in it, so that puts him at a disadvantage. He asks the audience.

ATA

A: 5% B: 16% C: 32% D: 47%

Drew doesn't feel comfortable with that percentage, so he jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Marilyn Monroe
Question Value: $5,000
Bank: $500

I'd probably ATA also, and given the "second high spike" would probably have JTQd also.