Transcript 02/11/10 - Robert Sullivan
Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2010 7:24 pm
Robert Sullivan
Pinellas Park, FL
Robert was laid off last September after 17 years as a land surveyor. He has not been able to find another job and his house is close to foreclosure.
Question Topics:
* Viral Video
* 1942
* Very Superstitious
* What Is It?
* Phrase Origins
* The Grammys
* Private Schools
* U.S. Geography
* Advertising
* CELEBRITY Q
* Mexico
* Health
* Cover Stories
* Medical Instruments
* Numbers Game
$500 * Numbers Game
"Just over three hundred million people" is a good estimate of the population of what?
A: New York City B: The United States
C: The World D: The line for the women's room
$1,000 * Medical Instruments
Pencil, palm, and fingertip are three common grips when a surgeon uses when wielding what instrument?
A: Scalpel B: Tongue depressor
C: Stethoscope D: Thermometer
$2,000 * Cover Stories
What unlikely TV hottie appeared naked on the cover of the November 2009 "Playboy" sporting her trademark blue beehive hairdo?
A: Judge Judy B: Martha Stewart
C: Ugly Betty D: Marge Simpson
Robert: D'oh! D: Marge Simpson, final answer.
$3,000 * Health
Miliaria is the technical term for a medical condition commonly known as "prickly" what?
A: Chills B: Flu
C: Heat D: Cough
With 3seconds left, Robert decides to Ask The Audience.
ATA: A: 6% B: 3% C: 81% D: 10%
$5,000 * Mexico
Before it gained independence, Mexico was part of a European colony officially called the "Viceroyalty of New" what?
A: Spain B: Holland
C: France D: Denmark
With 7 seconds left, Robert decides to Ask The Expert. Today's expert is advertising legend and TV personality Donny Deutsch.
Donny: I'm gonna go with--I'm not gonna guarantee it, but my best bet is Spain. And once again, it's not like an absolute, but if you have no idea, I would go with Spain.
Robert: Okay. Thank you.
-- Commercial Break --
Robert's partner, Theresa, is in the audience. They have two children at home--a son, Ryan, and a daughter, Alexis--who are the same age but are not twins. They're what's called "Irish twins." Ryan was born in January, and five weeks later, they were pregnant with their daughter. Robert says hello to the kids with some sign language meaning "I love you two for life."
$7,500 * CELEBRITY Q
Today's expert is Vanessa Williams, from ABC's "Ugly Betty", who also hosted the Daytime Emmy Awards in 2009.
At the Daytime Emmys in 2009, what "Sesame Street" character bit in an Emmy statuette and said, "that tastes even better than Latin Grammy"?
A: The Count B: Cookie Monster
C: Oscar the Grouch D: Bert
$10,000 * Advertising
Matthew McConaughey asks, "Isn't it time you took your appetite on a romantic protein getaway?" in an unusual radio ad for what food industry?
A: Pork B: Chicken
C: Beef D: Fish
With 12 seconds left, Robert decides to Double Dip.
Robert's first answer is.
Robert's second answer is.
-- Commercial Break --
On that last question, Robert thought that Matthew McConaughey is a big guy and must eat a lot of beef. Robert didn't think he was a fish eater.
$12,500 * U.S. Geography
What U.S. state's boundary has a protuberance at the southeast corner that is know to locals as the "bootheel"?
A: Oklahoma B: Nebraska
C: Missouri D: Illinois
$10,000 will take Robert's kids to Disney. He's walking.
Edited to add a missing word to the $1,000 question.
Pinellas Park, FL
Robert was laid off last September after 17 years as a land surveyor. He has not been able to find another job and his house is close to foreclosure.
Question Topics:
* Viral Video
* 1942
* Very Superstitious
* What Is It?
* Phrase Origins
* The Grammys
* Private Schools
* U.S. Geography
* Advertising
* CELEBRITY Q
* Mexico
* Health
* Cover Stories
* Medical Instruments
* Numbers Game
$500 * Numbers Game
"Just over three hundred million people" is a good estimate of the population of what?
A: New York City B: The United States
C: The World D: The line for the women's room
Answer
B: The United States ( 2 )
Pencil, palm, and fingertip are three common grips when a surgeon uses when wielding what instrument?
A: Scalpel B: Tongue depressor
C: Stethoscope D: Thermometer
Answer
A: Scalpel ( 6 )
What unlikely TV hottie appeared naked on the cover of the November 2009 "Playboy" sporting her trademark blue beehive hairdo?
A: Judge Judy B: Martha Stewart
C: Ugly Betty D: Marge Simpson
Robert: D'oh! D: Marge Simpson, final answer.
Answer
D: Marge Simpson ( 6 )
Miliaria is the technical term for a medical condition commonly known as "prickly" what?
A: Chills B: Flu
C: Heat D: Cough
With 3seconds left, Robert decides to Ask The Audience.
ATA: A: 6% B: 3% C: 81% D: 10%
Answer
C: Heat ( 2 )
Before it gained independence, Mexico was part of a European colony officially called the "Viceroyalty of New" what?
A: Spain B: Holland
C: France D: Denmark
With 7 seconds left, Robert decides to Ask The Expert. Today's expert is advertising legend and TV personality Donny Deutsch.
Donny: I'm gonna go with--I'm not gonna guarantee it, but my best bet is Spain. And once again, it's not like an absolute, but if you have no idea, I would go with Spain.
Robert: Okay. Thank you.
Answer
A: Spain ( 4 )
Robert's partner, Theresa, is in the audience. They have two children at home--a son, Ryan, and a daughter, Alexis--who are the same age but are not twins. They're what's called "Irish twins." Ryan was born in January, and five weeks later, they were pregnant with their daughter. Robert says hello to the kids with some sign language meaning "I love you two for life."
$7,500 * CELEBRITY Q
Today's expert is Vanessa Williams, from ABC's "Ugly Betty", who also hosted the Daytime Emmy Awards in 2009.
At the Daytime Emmys in 2009, what "Sesame Street" character bit in an Emmy statuette and said, "that tastes even better than Latin Grammy"?
A: The Count B: Cookie Monster
C: Oscar the Grouch D: Bert
Answer
B: Cookie Monster ( 12 )
Matthew McConaughey asks, "Isn't it time you took your appetite on a romantic protein getaway?" in an unusual radio ad for what food industry?
A: Pork B: Chicken
C: Beef D: Fish
With 12 seconds left, Robert decides to Double Dip.
Robert's first answer is
Spoiler
B
Robert's second answer is
Spoiler
C
Answer
C: Beef ( 3 )
On that last question, Robert thought that Matthew McConaughey is a big guy and must eat a lot of beef. Robert didn't think he was a fish eater.
$12,500 * U.S. Geography
What U.S. state's boundary has a protuberance at the southeast corner that is know to locals as the "bootheel"?
A: Oklahoma B: Nebraska
C: Missouri D: Illinois
$10,000 will take Robert's kids to Disney. He's walking.
Answer
C: Missouri ( 0 )
Edited to add a missing word to the $1,000 question.
