Newton, MA
Retired electrical engineer
With his free time, Phil says he's a degenerate gambler and spends a lot of time in the casinos. Phil says you gotta play games where the casino advantage is small: craps, baccarat and blackjack.
Question Topics:
* Seeing Double
* Magazines
* Surf & Turf
* Mr. Mayor
* Moonlighting
* Totally Surreal
* The Bible
* Boy Bands
* At the Movies
* Obama
* Hip-Hop Style
* Advertising
* Halloween Costumes
* Little Help
* Supreme Leaders
$500 * Supreme Leaders
"Supreme Pontiff" is the official title of what prominent figure?
A: Nancy Pelosi B: Pope Benedict
C: Gordon Brown D: Martha Stewart
Answer
B: Pope Benedict ( 8 )
Thimbles are commonly used by people performing what task?
A: Cooking B: Sewing
C: Building fires D: Sweeping
Answer
B: Sewing ( 11 )
If you dress as little Bo Peep for Halloween, you should look like a female what?
A: Shepherd B: Firefighter
C: Chef D: Pirate
Answer
A: Shepherd ( 11 )
Phil auditioned over a year ago. He had given up hope until a couple weeks ago, when he got The Call.
$3,000 * Advertising
Gidget, a 15-year-old Chihuahua who passed away in 2009, was best known as the "spokesdog" for what restaurant chain?
A: Subway B: Taco Bell
C: Pizza Hut D: KFC
Answer
B: Taco Bell ( 11 )
Popularized in the 1980s by hip-hop stars like the duo Kid 'N Play, a "high-top fade" is a distinctive style of what?
A: Gold chain B: Convertible car
C: Leather jacket D: Haircut
With 9 seconds left, Phil decides to Ask The Audience.
ATA
A: 0% B: 3% C: 0% D: 97%
Answer
D: Haircut ( 7 )
Barack Obama's parents hail from what two very different places?
A: Alabama and Angola B: Kansas and Kenya
C: South Dakota and Somalia D: Tennessee and Tanzania
With 20 seconds left, Phil decides to Ask The Expert. Today's expert is the anchor of Good Morning America weekend edition, Bill Weir.
Bill: All right, Phil, my gambling man, here we go. Oh, yeah, I don't even have to read all of the options on this one. It is B: Kansas and Kenya.
Phil: I like it! I thank you, very much!
Bill: My pleasure. I'll see you at the craps table.
Phil: Okay!
Answer
B: Kansas and Kenya (17 )
You're In the Hot Seat Home Game
Today's Winning Answer
Spoiler
A: Shepherd
Sneak Peak at One of the Next Episode's Questions
$5,000
By capitalizing the first three letters of its name, the supermarket brand E. L. Fudge gives away that it is part of what bigger company?
A: Pillsbury B: Frito-Lay
C: Keebler D: Nestlé
By capitalizing the first three letters of its name, the supermarket brand E. L. Fudge gives away that it is part of what bigger company?
A: Pillsbury B: Frito-Lay
C: Keebler D: Nestlé
Which of these popular films does not share its name with a main character in the film?
A: Juno B: Hitch
C: Troy D: Ray
Answer
C: Troy ( 22 )
What do you get if you multiply the number of original Backstreet Boys by the number of New Kids on the Block?
A: 16 B: 20
C: 24 D: 25
Phil doesn't know and says it could be anything. He takes his $10,000 and goes.
Answer
D: 25 ( 0 )
