Transcript 6/12/2009 - Andrew Nelson (carryover contestant)
Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2009 7:56 pm
Shaun Robinson, guest host
Andrew Nelson
New Bedford, MA
Rare bookseller
Topic Tree:
- Hello Dolly!
- The First Time
- Harry Potter
- Presidential Palaces
- Hawaii
- Systems Go!
- Creepy Quotes
- Recent Legislation
- Sportswear
- Boston Globe
- Beefalo
- Postage Stamps
- Fresh Coat
- Houdini
- Around the House
This is Shaun's last day so she wants Andrew to win the $1M. His sister had breast cancer and passed away at age 34; he wants to donate to a scholarship fund in her memory. There are other things he'd like to do also.
Tom Spencer completes a week as the Ask the Expert expert.
$8000 - In 2008, what became the second U.S. state, after Massachusetts, to legalize same-sex marriage?
A - Oregon
B - New Hampshire
C - California
D - Maine
$16000 - "It places the lotion in the basket" is a creepy and and oft-quoted line from what acclaimed '90s film?
A - Fargo
B - The Silence of the Lambs
C - The Sixth Sense
D - Pulp Fiction
Andrew says he has no idea so he opts to Ask the Audience, stopping the clock with 17 seconds remaining.
Andrew goes with the audience.
$25000 - Though they sound like they're part of the brain, memory cells are actually part of what bodily system?
A - digestive system
B - reproductive system
C - respiratory system
D - immune system
Andrew gives the question a lot of thought but ends up using his Phone a Friend lifeline. The clock stops with 10 seconds left. On Andrew's PAF list are his friend Ron, from New Bedford, MA; his brother Sean, from Newton, MA; and his friend Sarah, from Medford, MA. Andrew chooses Sean.
commercial break
Shaun jokes that Sean may ask for a percentage. Andrew's parents David and Joyce are in the relationship seats. Shaun asks Andrew to tell her more about his sister. She worked in Wasington, D.C. Everyone was very proud of her.
$50000 - The "pua aloalo" is Hawaii's official state what?
A - gem
B - bird
C - flower
D - fish
Andrew has no idea so he wants to Ask the Expert, stopping the clock with 32 seconds.
Andrew burns his last lifeline, the Double Dip, stopping the clock with 31 seconds left.
Shaun asks why Andrew was so sure. He replies that "alo" made him think of flowers.
$100000 - The "Blue House" is the government residence of what country's president?
A - Brazil
B - South Korea
C - India
D - Philippines
Andrew loves to travel and his friends might expect him to know it. He mumbles that he thinks it's India but doesn't know why. He decides to take $50K and walk away.
commercial break
Andrew Nelson
New Bedford, MA
Rare bookseller
Topic Tree:
- Hello Dolly!
- The First Time
- Harry Potter
- Presidential Palaces
- Hawaii
- Systems Go!
- Creepy Quotes
- Recent Legislation
- Sportswear
- Boston Globe
- Beefalo
- Postage Stamps
- Fresh Coat
- Houdini
- Around the House
This is Shaun's last day so she wants Andrew to win the $1M. His sister had breast cancer and passed away at age 34; he wants to donate to a scholarship fund in her memory. There are other things he'd like to do also.
Tom Spencer completes a week as the Ask the Expert expert.
$8000 - In 2008, what became the second U.S. state, after Massachusetts, to legalize same-sex marriage?
A - Oregon
B - New Hampshire
C - California
D - Maine
Spoiler
C - California (20)
A - Fargo
B - The Silence of the Lambs
C - The Sixth Sense
D - Pulp Fiction
Andrew says he has no idea so he opts to Ask the Audience, stopping the clock with 17 seconds remaining.
ATA results
ATA results:
A - 3%
B - 71%
C - 11%
D - 15%
A - 3%
B - 71%
C - 11%
D - 15%
Spoiler
B - The Silence of the Lambs (14)
A - digestive system
B - reproductive system
C - respiratory system
D - immune system
Andrew gives the question a lot of thought but ends up using his Phone a Friend lifeline. The clock stops with 10 seconds left. On Andrew's PAF list are his friend Ron, from New Bedford, MA; his brother Sean, from Newton, MA; and his friend Sarah, from Medford, MA. Andrew chooses Sean.
PAF results
Andrew paraphrases the question and abbreviates the answers (leaving off "system"). Sean repeats the question back to him, and the answers. He finally says "immune". Andrew asks if he's positive and Sean (speaking to someone else in the room, asks "Positive?" However the clock runs out before Sean can say anything.
Spoiler
D - immune sysem (7)
Shaun jokes that Sean may ask for a percentage. Andrew's parents David and Joyce are in the relationship seats. Shaun asks Andrew to tell her more about his sister. She worked in Wasington, D.C. Everyone was very proud of her.
$50000 - The "pua aloalo" is Hawaii's official state what?
A - gem
B - bird
C - flower
D - fish
Andrew has no idea so he wants to Ask the Expert, stopping the clock with 32 seconds.
ATE results
Shaun asks Tom if he's ever been to Hawaii. Tom gets the question and says, "Oh, wow, that's a tough one, isn't it?" He doesn't know Hawaiian so he can't figure it out. He knows that states have lists of official things and some of them include gems. He can't help Andrew.
DD results
Andrew makes "C - flower" his first final answer; he doesn't need the second one.
Spoiler
C - flower (31)
$100000 - The "Blue House" is the government residence of what country's president?
A - Brazil
B - South Korea
C - India
D - Philippines
Andrew loves to travel and his friends might expect him to know it. He mumbles that he thinks it's India but doesn't know why. He decides to take $50K and walk away.
Spoiler
B - South Korea (5)