Transcript 04/09/10 Matt Hicks

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Matt Hicks
Kansas City, MO
College senior

Matt is in the Army National Guard and his wife is three months pregnant. They don't know the sex of the baby but they think it's a girl, so Meredith suggests "Meredith Hicks" would be a good name.

Topic Tree: (shown first before the $7500 question)
- Genetics
- Opera
- Famous Lines
- American Women
- National Flags
- Collect Them All
- Private Schools
- Anatomy
- CELEBRITY Q
- Spanish Class
- Weird Al
- Snack Foods
- Quiet, Please
- Idioms
- Theme Songs

$500 - In its theme song, what show's heroic title character is said to be "in satin tights, fighting for your rights"?
A - Rosanne
B - Wonder Woman
C - Murphy Brown
D - Geraldo

Spoiler

B - Wonder Woman (3)

$1000 - Someone who is in a difficult situation is often said to be where "without a paddle"?
A - in a tree
B - down a well
C - over the hill
D - up a creek

Spoiler

D - up a creek (10)

$2000 - Because part of their job is keeping people quiet, what type of professionals are slangily referred to as "shushers"?
A - lifeguards
B - stockbrokers
C - pharmacists
D - librarians

Spoiler

D - librarians (8)

$3000 - Which of these kid-friendly snack products are bear-shaped?
A - Fig Newtons
B - Teddy Grahams
C - Fruit Roll-Ups
D - Cheese-Its

Spoiler

B - Teddy Grahams (9)

$5000 - According to a Weird Al Yankovic song, what "Star Wars" character "looks like a muppet but he's wrinkled and green"?
A - Han Solo
B - Chewbacca
C - Yoda
D - Darth Vader

Spoiler

C - Yoda (10)

$7500 - Although English speakers use all of them, which of these phrases contains a word that does not exist in the Spanish language?
A - hasta la vista
B - mano a mano
C - no problemo
D - mi casa es su casa

Spoiler

C - no problemo (14)

$10000 - (John McCain is the celebrity) In 2006, what world leader told Time magazine that his pension earned him 40,000 rubles a month?
A - Jacques Chirac
B - Nelson Mandela
C - Mikhail Gorbachev
D - Ariel Sharon

Matt says that it's

Spoiler

Gorbachev

because he thinks that's the right currency.

Spoiler

C - Mikhail Gorbachev (7)

commercial break

$12500 - In the human body a "bicuspid" can refer to a type of tooth and a type of valve located in what organ?
A - heart
B - kidney
C - liver
D - lungs

Matt says, "Ooooh. Hearts have valves but I don't know what the others have." With 10 seconds remaining on the clock Matt decides to Ask the Expert. Today's expert is Jeff Corwin.

ATE results

After reading the question Jeff says, "I'm not a doctor although I have played one on television once." He then adds, "If I had a cigarette it would help." Jeff says that he's not aware of any valves in the kidneys, then launches into a discussion of the pulmonary system, concluding that there are no valves there. He then says that he doesn't think the liver has any valves "although I could probably use one". Jeff concludes that there are lots of valves in the heart, so he makes an educated guess that the answer is the heart. Matt says that that's what he was thinking.

Spoiler

A - heart (7)

$15000 - Sidwell Friends, the Washington private school attended by the Obama girls, was founded by a member of what religious group?
A - Mennonites
B - Methodists
C - Baptists
D - Quakers

Matt has no idea, so he decides to Ask the Audience, stopping the clock with 13 seconds remaining.

ATA results

ATA results:
A - 7%
B - 11%
C - 17%
D - 65%

Matt says that

Spoiler

65%

is a good enough number for him, so he makes that his final answer.

Spoiler

D - Quakers (8)

Meredith says, "The Friends, the Quakers."

commercial break

Meredith notes that Matt has a lot on his plate, with a graduation coming up and plans to attend law school.

$25000 - Mattel's "Red Line Club" is an online group for people who collect what?
A - Scrabble sets
B - Hot Wheels cars
C - Barbie dolls
D - View-Master reels

Matt says, "I think it's "

Spoiler

Hot Wheels

" and makes that his final answer.

Spoiler

B - Hot Wheels cars (10)

$50000 - Which of these countries does not have a national flag that is red, white and blue?
A - Cambodia
B - Iceland
C - Morocco
D - Panama

Matt says that

Spoiler

Morocco and Panama

do. Meredith reminds Matt that he still has the Double Dip. Matt replies that he's looked at a lot of flags and he wishes that he had a photographic memory. He wants to say

Spoiler

Iceland

, and eventually makes that his final answer.

Spoiler

C - Morocco (6)

After the answer is revealed Matt says,

Spoiler

"It's green now that I think about it."

Matt leaves with $25,000.

[Kazoo65]

I think the $50K would have been a good Google PAF question. I bet you could find the flags easily on Google Images.

The transcriptionist left out all the ridiculous banter about which organs have or don't have valves-it was weird watching a biologist struggle to come up with the correct answer-I knew it cold. My late dad, who was a DOCTOR, would have cringed watching Jeff Corwin trying to explain how the respiratory system works.

[ulysses5019]

Matt Hicks
Kansas City, MO
College senior

Matt is in the Army National Guard and his wife is three months pregnant. They don't know the sex of the baby but they think it's a girl, so Meredith suggests "Meredith Hicks" would be a good name.

Topic Tree: (shown first before the $7500 question)
- Genetics
- Opera
- Famous Lines
- American Women
- National Flags
- Collect Them All
- Private Schools
- Anatomy
- CELEBRITY Q
- Spanish Class
- Weird Al
- Snack Foods
- Quiet, Please
- Idioms
- Theme Songs

$500 - In its theme song, what show's heroic title character is said to be "in satin tights, fighting for your rights"?
A - Rosanne
B - Wonder Woman
C - Murphy Brown
D - Geraldo

Spoiler

B - Wonder Woman (3)

$1000 - Someone who is in a difficult situation is often said to be where "without a paddle"?
A - in a tree
B - down a well
C - over the hill
D - up a creek

Spoiler

D - up a creek (10)

$2000 - Because part of their job is keeping people quiet, what type of professionals are slangily referred to as "shushers"?
A - lifeguards
B - stockbrokers
C - pharmacists
D - librarians

Spoiler

D - librarians (8)

$3000 - Which of these kid-friendly snack products are bear-shaped?
A - Fig Newtons
B - Teddy Grahams
C - Fruit Roll-Ups
D - Cheese-Its

Spoiler

B - Teddy Grahams (9)

$5000 - According to a Weird Al Yankovic song, what "Star Wars" character "looks like a muppet but he's wrinkled and green"?
A - Han Solo
B - Chewbacca
C - Yoda
D - Darth Vader

Spoiler

C - Yoda (10)

$7500 - Although English speakers use all of them, which of these phrases contains a word that does not exist in the Spanish language?
A - hasta la vista
B - mano a mano
C - no problemo
D - mi casa es su casa

Spoiler

C - no problemo (14)

$10000 - (John McCain is the celebrity) In 2006, what world leader told Time magazine that his pension earned him 40,000 rubles a month?
A - Jacques Chirac
B - Nelson Mandela
C - Mikhail Gorbachev
D - Ariel Sharon

Matt says that it's

Spoiler

Gorbachev

because he thinks that's the right currency.

Spoiler

C - Mikhail Gorbachev (7)

commercial break

$12500 - In the human body a "bicuspid" can refer to a type of tooth and a type of valve located in what organ?
A - heart
B - kidney
C - liver
D - lungs

Matt says, "Ooooh. Hearts have valves but I don't know what the others have." With 10 seconds remaining on the clock Matt decides to Ask the Expert. Today's expert is Jeff Corwin.

ATE results

After reading the question Jeff says, "I'm not a doctor although I have played one on television once." He then adds, "If I had a cigarette it would help." Jeff says that he's not aware of any valves in the kidneys, then launches into a discussion of the pulmonary system, concluding that there are no valves there. He then says that he doesn't think the liver has any valves "although I could probably use one". Jeff concludes that there are lots of valves in the heart, so he makes an educated guess that the answer is the heart. Matt says that that's what he was thinking.

Spoiler

A - heart (7)

$15000 - Sidwell Friends, the Washington private school attended by the Obama girls, was founded by a member of what religious group?
A - Mennonites
B - Methodists
C - Baptists
D - Quakers

Matt has no idea, so he decides to Ask the Audience, stopping the clock with 13 seconds remaining.

ATA results

ATA results:
A - 7%
B - 11%
C - 17%
D - 65%

Matt says that

Spoiler

65%

is a good enough number for him, so he makes that his final answer.

Spoiler

D - Quakers (8)

Meredith says, "The Friends, the Quakers."

commercial break

Meredith notes that Matt has a lot on his plate, with a graduation coming up and plans to attend law school.

$25000 - Mattel's "Red Line Club" is an online group for people who collect what?
A - Scrabble sets
B - Hot Wheels cars
C - Barbie dolls
D - View-Master reels

Matt says, "I think it's "

Spoiler

Hot Wheels

" and makes that his final answer.

Spoiler

B - Hot Wheels cars (10)

$50000 - Which of these countries does not have a national flag that is red, white and blue?
A - Cambodia
B - Iceland
C - Morocco
D - Panama

Matt says that

Spoiler

Morocco and Panama

do. Meredith reminds Matt that he still has the Double Dip. Matt replies that he's looked at a lot of flags and he wishes that he had a photographic memory. He wants to say

Spoiler

Iceland

, and eventually makes that his final answer.

Spoiler

C - Morocco (6)

After the answer is revealed Matt says,

Spoiler

"It's green now that I think about it."

Matt leaves with $25,000.

He may have been thinking of Libya which is the only flag of one solid color, green.

[NellyLunatic1980]

Nihil obstat®

[earendel]

Matt Hicks
Kansas City, MO
College senior

$12500 - In the human body a "bicuspid" can refer to a type of tooth and a type of valve located in what organ?
A - heart
B - kidney
C - liver
D - lungs

Matt says, "Ooooh. Hearts have valves but I don't know what the others have." With 10 seconds remaining on the clock Matt decides to Ask the Expert. Today's expert is Jeff Corwin.

ATE results

After reading the question Jeff says, "I'm not a doctor although I have played one on television once." He then adds, "If I had a cigarette it would help." Jeff says that he's not aware of any valves in the kidneys, then launches into a discussion of the pulmonary system, concluding that there are no valves there. He then says that he doesn't think the liver has any valves "although I could probably use one". Jeff concludes that there are lots of valves in the heart, so he makes an educated guess that the answer is the heart. Matt says that that's what he was thinking.

Spoiler

A - heart (7)

If Jeff is a biologist, shouldn't he know a little more than just "thinking" that kidneys and livers don't have valves?

$25000 - Mattel's "Red Line Club" is an online group for people who collect what?
A - Scrabble sets
B - Hot Wheels cars
C - Barbie dolls
D - View-Master reels

Matt says, "I think it's "

Spoiler

Hot Wheels

" and makes that his final answer.

Spoiler

B - Hot Wheels cars (10)

Since it's Mattel, it's either B or C. If I can't convince myself that "red line" refers to cars, I use the DD.

$50000 - Which of these countries does not have a national flag that is red, white and blue?
A - Cambodia
B - Iceland
C - Morocco
D - Panama

Matt says that

Spoiler

Morocco and Panama

do. Meredith reminds Matt that he still has the Double Dip. Matt replies that he's looked at a lot of flags and he wishes that he had a photographic memory. He wants to say

Spoiler

Iceland

, and eventually makes that his final answer.

Spoiler

C - Morocco (6)

After the answer is revealed Matt says,

Spoiler

"It's green now that I think about it."

Most Arabic/Islamic countries have green flags, green being the "official color" of Islam.

[Bob Juch]

Matt Hicks
Kansas City, MO
College senior

$12500 - In the human body a "bicuspid" can refer to a type of tooth and a type of valve located in what organ?
A - heart
B - kidney
C - liver
D - lungs

Matt says, "Ooooh. Hearts have valves but I don't know what the others have." With 10 seconds remaining on the clock Matt decides to Ask the Expert. Today's expert is Jeff Corwin.

ATE results

After reading the question Jeff says, "I'm not a doctor although I have played one on television once." He then adds, "If I had a cigarette it would help." Jeff says that he's not aware of any valves in the kidneys, then launches into a discussion of the pulmonary system, concluding that there are no valves there. He then says that he doesn't think the liver has any valves "although I could probably use one". Jeff concludes that there are lots of valves in the heart, so he makes an educated guess that the answer is the heart. Matt says that that's what he was thinking.

Spoiler

A - heart (7)

If Jeff is a biologist, shouldn't he know a little more than just "thinking" that kidneys and livers don't have valves?

$25000 - Mattel's "Red Line Club" is an online group for people who collect what?
A - Scrabble sets
B - Hot Wheels cars
C - Barbie dolls
D - View-Master reels

Matt says, "I think it's "

Spoiler

Hot Wheels

" and makes that his final answer.

Spoiler

B - Hot Wheels cars (10)

Since it's Mattel, it's either B or C. If I can't convince myself that "red line" refers to cars, I use the DD.

$50000 - Which of these countries does not have a national flag that is red, white and blue?
A - Cambodia
B - Iceland
C - Morocco
D - Panama

Matt says that

Spoiler

Morocco and Panama

do. Meredith reminds Matt that he still has the Double Dip. Matt replies that he's looked at a lot of flags and he wishes that he had a photographic memory. He wants to say

Spoiler

Iceland

, and eventually makes that his final answer.

Spoiler

C - Morocco (6)

After the answer is revealed Matt says,

Spoiler

"It's green now that I think about it."

Most Arabic/Islamic countries have green flags, green being the "official color" of Islam.

Except that Morocco's is red with a green star.

[earendel]

$50000 - Which of these countries does not have a national flag that is red, white and blue?
A - Cambodia
B - Iceland
C - Morocco
D - Panama

Matt says that

Spoiler

Morocco and Panama

do. Meredith reminds Matt that he still has the Double Dip. Matt replies that he's looked at a lot of flags and he wishes that he had a photographic memory. He wants to say

Spoiler

Iceland

, and eventually makes that his final answer.

Spoiler

C - Morocco (6)

After the answer is revealed Matt says,

Spoiler

"It's green now that I think about it."

Most Arabic/Islamic countries have green flags, green being the "official color" of Islam.

Except that Morocco's is red with a green star.

Yeah, I should have clarified my statement to say that green appears on most Arabic/Islamic flags. I've been to Morocco and seen their flag.