Transcript 04/04/2012 Richard Agnew

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Richard Agnew
East St. Louis, IL
stage manager/personal trainer

Topic Tree (pre-randomized):
10. Dinosaur Doodads
9. Hard to Kill
8. Tourist Spots
7. Speaker Fees
6. Play Time
5. Baby On Board
4. Baseball Myth
3. Celebrity Mistakes
2. Sign Language
1. For Short

Topic Tree: (Randomized)
9. Hard to Kill
5. Baby On Board
1. For Short
10. Dinosaur Doodads
3. Celebrity Mistakes
7. Speaker Fees
8. Tourist Spots
2. Sign Language
4. Baseball Myth
6. Play Time

Question 1 - Level 6. Play Time

Recently staged in Chicago, "Salem! The Musical" is a theatrical production whose events take place in what year?

A: 1492
B: 1692
C: 1776
D: 1865

Spoiler

He eliminates A, then thinks and goes right to...

Answer and value

B: 1692
Value: $1,000
Bank: $1,000

Question 2 - Level 4. Baseball Myth

Legend has it that the New York Yankees began wearing pinstriped uniforms to hide what player's weight?

A: Yogi Berra
B: Lou Gehrig
C: Joe DiMaggio
D: Babe Ruth

Answer and value

D: Babe Ruth
Value: $25,000
Bank: $26,000

Richard runs over and shares a fist-bump with his nephew Michael.

Commercial break.

Question 3 - Level 2. Sign Language

Making a squeezing motion with one hand is the American Sign Language word for what beverage?

A: Beer
B: Tea
C: Milk
D: Coffee

Richard chooses to jump this question.

Answer and value

C: Milk (squeezing like getting the milk from the cow)
Value: $3,000
Bank: $26,000

Question 4 - Level 8. Tourist Spots

What U.S. national park has an eatery right outside its entrance aptly called "Prospectors Pizza"?

A: Acadia
B: Shenandoah
C: Denali
D: Cape Hatteras

He focuses on the word "prospectors" and then chooses to ask the audience.

Spoiler

A: 23%
B: 19%
C: 54%
D: 4%

Denali was not even on his radar. But he feels good vibes, so he goes with it.

Answer and value

C: Denali
Value: $100
Bank: $26,100

Question 5 - Level 7. Speaker Fees

Rutgers University reportedly paid $32k for Snooki to speak to students, but only $30k to what "Beloved" author to speak at graduation?

A: Toni Morrison
B: Maya Angelou
C: Sapphire
D: Alice Walker

This is one of his favorite authors.

Answer and value

A: Toni Morrison
Value: $15,000
Bank: $41,100

Question 6 - Level 3. Celebrity Mistakes

At the White House in 2004, Jessica Simpson mistakenly told what cabinet head, "I love what you've done with the place"?

A: Secretary of Energy
B: Secretary of Defense
C: Secretary of the Interior
D: Secretary of Education

Everyone gets a good laugh out of this question.

Answer and value

C: Secretary of the Interior
Value: $500
Bank: $41,600

Commercial Break

Question 7 - Level 10. Dinosaur Doodads

Paleontologists informally call the group of spikes on a Stegosaurus' tail a "thagomizer," after a 1982 joke in what comic strip?

A: Garfield
B: Hagar the Horrible
C: Broom-Hilda
D: The Far Side

Spoiler

"Garfield is not about dinosaurs. Hagar the Horrible is, I believe, a caveman. Broom-Hilda...it's not Broom-Hilda, it's not the Far Side.

He hesitates, then repeats "Hagar is a caveman." B, final answer.

Answer and value

D: The Far Side
Value: $unrevealed

Richard leaves with $1,000.

Next contestant, no break.

[themanwho]

Question 7 - Level 10. Dinosaur Doodads

Paleontologists informally call the group of spikes on a Stegosaurus' tail a "thagomizer," after a 1982 joke in what comic strip?

A: Garfield
B: Hagar the Horrible
C: Broom-Hilda
D: The Far Side

Spoiler

"Garfield is not about dinosaurs. Hagar the Horrible is, I believe, a caveman. Broom-Hilda...it's not Broom-Hilda, it's not the Far Side.

He hesitates, then repeats "Hagar is a caveman." B, final answer.

Answer and value

D: The Far Side
Value: $unrevealed

Richard leaves with $1,000.

Hagar the Horrible is drawn by Chris Browne, son of creator Dik Browne. He lives here in Sioux Falls, because a couple of years ago he was giving a speech at local Augustana College (whose mascot is the Vikings) and he was so warmly treated he decided to stay.

[earendel]

Richard Agnew
East St. Louis, IL
stage manager/personal trainer

Question 1 - Level 6. Play Time

Recently staged in Chicago, "Salem! The Musical" is a theatrical production whose events take place in what year?

A: 1492
B: 1692
C: 1776
D: 1865

Spoiler

He eliminates A, then thinks and goes right to...

Answer and value

B: 1692
Value: $1,000
Bank: $1,000

It's not Columbus, it's not independence and it's not the Civil War. Salem witch trials were in the 17th century.

Question 3 - Level 2. Sign Language

Making a squeezing motion with one hand is the American Sign Language word for what beverage?

A: Beer
B: Tea
C: Milk
D: Coffee

Richard chooses to jump this question.

Answer and value

C: Milk (squeezing like getting the milk from the cow)
Value: $3,000
Bank: $26,000

I think he might have been able to come up with this if he'd taken a little more time.

Question 4 - Level 8. Tourist Spots

What U.S. national park has an eatery right outside its entrance aptly called "Prospectors Pizza"?

A: Acadia
B: Shenandoah
C: Denali
D: Cape Hatteras

He focuses on the word "prospectors" and then chooses to ask the audience.

Spoiler

A: 23%
B: 19%
C: 54%
D: 4%

Denali was not even on his radar. But he feels good vibes, so he goes with it.

Answer and value

C: Denali
Value: $100
Bank: $26,100

I've been to Denali and I don't remember anything like that. But it's the only one that makes sense.

Question 7 - Level 10. Dinosaur Doodads

Paleontologists informally call the group of spikes on a Stegosaurus' tail a "thagomizer," after a 1982 joke in what comic strip?

A: Garfield
B: Hagar the Horrible
C: Broom-Hilda
D: The Far Side

Spoiler

"Garfield is not about dinosaurs. Hagar the Horrible is, I believe, a caveman. Broom-Hilda...it's not Broom-Hilda, it's not the Far Side.

He hesitates, then repeats "Hagar is a caveman." B, final answer.

Answer and value

D: The Far Side
Value: $unrevealed

He was fixated on Hagar as a caveman when in fact Hagar is a Viking. I don't get the joke, but I did get the right answer.

[MarleysGh0st]

Question 5 - Level 7. Speaker Fees

Rutgers University reportedly paid $32k for Snooki to speak to students, but only $30k to what "Beloved" author to speak at graduation?

A: Toni Morrison
B: Maya Angelou
C: Sapphire
D: Alice Walker

This is one of his favorite authors.

Answer and value

A: Toni Morrison
Value: $15,000
Bank: $41,100

I remember the Snooki visit being in the news last year, while I was down in NJ. Not only was she paid such a huge speaking fee, there were only a couple hundred or so tickets (free tickets!) distributed for the event.

Question 7 - Level 10. Dinosaur Doodads

Paleontologists informally call the group of spikes on a Stegosaurus' tail a "thagomizer," after a 1982 joke in what comic strip?

A: Garfield
B: Hagar the Horrible
C: Broom-Hilda
D: The Far Side

Spoiler

"Garfield is not about dinosaurs. Hagar the Horrible is, I believe, a caveman. Broom-Hilda...it's not Broom-Hilda, it's not the Far Side.

He hesitates, then repeats "Hagar is a caveman." B, final answer.

Answer and value

D: The Far Side
Value: $unrevealed

Richard leaves with $1,000.

Next contestant, no break.

None of the other cartoons are set in the age of the dinosaurs, while The Far Side frequently dealt with scientific humor (even when, in this case, it indulged in deliberate anachronisms).

The Thagomizer even has its own Wikipedia page!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thagomizer

[MarleysGh0st]

Question 4 - Level 8. Tourist Spots

What U.S. national park has an eatery right outside its entrance aptly called "Prospectors Pizza"?

A: Acadia
B: Shenandoah
C: Denali
D: Cape Hatteras

He focuses on the word "prospectors" and then chooses to ask the audience.

Spoiler

A: 23%
B: 19%
C: 54%
D: 4%

Denali was not even on his radar. But he feels good vibes, so he goes with it.

Answer and value

C: Denali
Value: $100
Bank: $26,100

I've been to Denali and I don't remember anything like that. But it's the only one that makes sense.

I don't know how long they've been there, but they've got their own web page!

[SportsFan68]

Question 7 - Level 10. Dinosaur Doodads

Paleontologists informally call the group of spikes on a Stegosaurus' tail a "thagomizer," after a 1982 joke in what comic strip?

A: Garfield
B: Hagar the Horrible
C: Broom-Hilda
D: The Far Side

Spoiler

"Garfield is not about dinosaurs. Hagar the Horrible is, I believe, a caveman. Broom-Hilda...it's not Broom-Hilda, it's not the Far Side.

He hesitates, then repeats "Hagar is a caveman." B, final answer.

Answer and value

D: The Far Side
Value: $unrevealed

Lessee -- Garfield's a cat, Hagar's a Viking, Broom-Hilda's a witch, and the Far Side could be anything. My guess would be Far Side, but I'm not chancing it. JTQ.

[Bob Juch]

Question 7 - Level 10. Dinosaur Doodads

Paleontologists informally call the group of spikes on a Stegosaurus' tail a "thagomizer," after a 1982 joke in what comic strip?

A: Garfield
B: Hagar the Horrible
C: Broom-Hilda
D: The Far Side

Spoiler

"Garfield is not about dinosaurs. Hagar the Horrible is, I believe, a caveman. Broom-Hilda...it's not Broom-Hilda, it's not the Far Side.

He hesitates, then repeats "Hagar is a caveman." B, final answer.

Answer and value

D: The Far Side
Value: $unrevealed

Lessee -- Garfield's a cat, Hagar's a Viking, Broom-Hilda's a witch, and the Far Side could be anything. My guess would be Far Side, but I'm not chancing it. JTQ.

I remember the cartoon (which was not a "strip"). No problem.

[ulysses5019]

"Now this is called the thagomizer...after the late Thag Simmons."

[themanwho]

Found it!

[littlebeast13]

How ironic that a contestant named Richard Agnew would cause uly to take down his avatar of Tricky Dick....

lb13