Transcript 10/10/2007 - Rich Klassen
Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 5:20 am
Rich Klassen
Dripping Springs, TX
Project manager
RIch promised his kids that if he won the million he'd build them a swimming pool. Meredith says he doesn't need that much. Rich replies, "the smaller the amount, the smaller the pool."
$100 - In a classic fairy tale, what late-blooming creature eventually grows up to become a beautiful swan?
A - the Ugly Duckling
B - the Frog Prince
C - the Big Bad Wolf
D - the Skanky Ostrich
$200 - The adjective "bloodcurdling" is synonymous with which of these words?
A - hilarious
B - dull
C - horrifying
D - romantic
$300 - Rapper Snoop Dogg once joked that, after retiring from rap, he'd call himself "Scoop" Dogg and open what kind of eatery?
A - pizza parlor
B - hot dog stand
C - ice cream parlor
D - pretzel stand
$500 - Which of these mathematical operations results in a number called a "difference"?
A - addition
B - subtraction
C - multiplication
D - division
$1K - Plastic stays are commonly inserted into what part of a shirt to help it keep its shape?
A - collar
B - cuff
C - front pocket
D - sleeve
$2K - What buoyant berries are often harvested by flooding the bogs in which they are grown, then collecting them off the surface of the water?
A - strawberries
B - blackberries
C - blueberries
D - cranberries
Rick has picked strawberries, blackberries and blueberries, so the answer has to be "D".
$4K - Which of these celebrity babies is the child of an Oscar-winning mother and a Grammy-winning father?
A - Shiloh Jolie-Pitt
B - Violet Affleck
C - Moses Martin
D - Suri Cruise
Rick says he thinks he'd like to have the audience help him.
ATA results
A - 14%
B - 2%
C - 79%
D - 5%
He appreciates the audience's help because he was lost and probably would have made a mistake. After revealing the answer Meredith replies, "you were lost but now you're found." She then says that Moses Martin is the son of Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin, adding that their first child was named "Apple". Rick says he doesn't know pop culture and asks that he be given no more of that type of question.
$8K - ACE inhibitors are a type of medication commonly prescribed to treat which of these ailments?
A - high blood pressure
B - arthritis
C - acid reflux
D - glaucoma
Rick says inhibitors would be to take away something and high blood pressure is something to take away. That said, Rick decides to use the 50/50, which leaves "A" and "C".
Commercial break
Meredith said Rick was brave to guess on the last one.
$16K - Following a political appointment from President Bush in May of 2007, Douglas Lute assumed what unofficial title in the press?
A - crime czar
B - education czar
C - economy czar
D - war czar
Rick was very busy in May 2007 and didn't have time to read the newspapers, so this would be a perfect time to call his friend Paul. Rick reads the question and Paul says he doesn't have a clue and asks Rick to read it again. He does so but with only one second to spare Rick says, "Answer now". Too late. Rick decides to walk away with his $8K.
ANSWERS:
$100 - A (the Ugly Duckling)
$200 - C (horrifying)
$300 - C (ice cream parlor)
$500 - B (subtraction)
$1K - A - collar
$2K - D - cranberries
$4K - C - Moses Martin
$8K - A - high blood pressure
$16K - D - war czar
Dripping Springs, TX
Project manager
RIch promised his kids that if he won the million he'd build them a swimming pool. Meredith says he doesn't need that much. Rich replies, "the smaller the amount, the smaller the pool."
$100 - In a classic fairy tale, what late-blooming creature eventually grows up to become a beautiful swan?
A - the Ugly Duckling
B - the Frog Prince
C - the Big Bad Wolf
D - the Skanky Ostrich
$200 - The adjective "bloodcurdling" is synonymous with which of these words?
A - hilarious
B - dull
C - horrifying
D - romantic
$300 - Rapper Snoop Dogg once joked that, after retiring from rap, he'd call himself "Scoop" Dogg and open what kind of eatery?
A - pizza parlor
B - hot dog stand
C - ice cream parlor
D - pretzel stand
$500 - Which of these mathematical operations results in a number called a "difference"?
A - addition
B - subtraction
C - multiplication
D - division
$1K - Plastic stays are commonly inserted into what part of a shirt to help it keep its shape?
A - collar
B - cuff
C - front pocket
D - sleeve
$2K - What buoyant berries are often harvested by flooding the bogs in which they are grown, then collecting them off the surface of the water?
A - strawberries
B - blackberries
C - blueberries
D - cranberries
Rick has picked strawberries, blackberries and blueberries, so the answer has to be "D".
$4K - Which of these celebrity babies is the child of an Oscar-winning mother and a Grammy-winning father?
A - Shiloh Jolie-Pitt
B - Violet Affleck
C - Moses Martin
D - Suri Cruise
Rick says he thinks he'd like to have the audience help him.
ATA results
A - 14%
B - 2%
C - 79%
D - 5%
He appreciates the audience's help because he was lost and probably would have made a mistake. After revealing the answer Meredith replies, "you were lost but now you're found." She then says that Moses Martin is the son of Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin, adding that their first child was named "Apple". Rick says he doesn't know pop culture and asks that he be given no more of that type of question.
$8K - ACE inhibitors are a type of medication commonly prescribed to treat which of these ailments?
A - high blood pressure
B - arthritis
C - acid reflux
D - glaucoma
Rick says inhibitors would be to take away something and high blood pressure is something to take away. That said, Rick decides to use the 50/50, which leaves "A" and "C".
Commercial break
Meredith said Rick was brave to guess on the last one.
$16K - Following a political appointment from President Bush in May of 2007, Douglas Lute assumed what unofficial title in the press?
A - crime czar
B - education czar
C - economy czar
D - war czar
Rick was very busy in May 2007 and didn't have time to read the newspapers, so this would be a perfect time to call his friend Paul. Rick reads the question and Paul says he doesn't have a clue and asks Rick to read it again. He does so but with only one second to spare Rick says, "Answer now". Too late. Rick decides to walk away with his $8K.
ANSWERS:
$100 - A (the Ugly Duckling)
$200 - C (horrifying)
$300 - C (ice cream parlor)
$500 - B (subtraction)
$1K - A - collar
$2K - D - cranberries
$4K - C - Moses Martin
$8K - A - high blood pressure
$16K - D - war czar