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Eugene Roymisher
Brooklyn, NY
Second-year law student

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Prepare for Landing

He has about $150,000 in student loans. He's come to the right place.

$500 - Which of these vehicles is commonly equipped with landing gear?
A. Bus
B. Airplane
C. Train
D. The U.S. economy

Spoiler

B. Airplane (9)

$1000 - Which of the following beverages is traditionally a type of soft drink?
A. Tom Collins
B. Root beer
C. Whiskey sour
D. Bloody Mary

Spoiler

B. Root beer (10)

$2000 - According to the slogan of a popular women's brand, "Nothing beats a great pair of" what?
A. Herbal Essences
B. Jergens
C. L'eggs
D. Neutrogena

ATA (5)

Spoiler

A. 1%
B. 0%
C. 98%
D. 1%

Eugene was leaning that way but he'd have felt awful if the answer were "Jergens."

Spoiler

C. L'eggs (5)

$3000 - Despite its negative connotations, which of these adjectives is often used as a slangy compliment meaning "cool"?
A. Vile
B. Fierce
C. Crass
D. Heinous

Spoiler

B. Fierce (2)

Meredith fakes him out.

$5000 - Who was the subject of a 2008 People magazine article written by Alec Baldwin and titled "My Beautiful Costar"?
A. America Ferrera
B. Julia Louis-Dreyfus
C. Tina Fey
D. Christina Applegate

Spoiler

C. Tina Fey (7)

$7500 - Located in Chicago, a building shaped roughly like a crate and barrel houses the flagship store of a retailer that sells what?
A. Children's clothing
B. Housewares and furniture
C. Jewelry
D. Handbags and luggage

Spoiler

B. Housewares and furniture (12)

Meredith: "How you liking it so far?"
Eugene: "It's not what I expected."
Meredith: "Harder or easier?"
Eugene: "More confusing. I'm befuddled."

$10,000 - In 1927, Henry Ford bought a tract of land roughly the size of Connecticut in the Brazilian jungle to supply his factories with what?
A. Iron
B. Crude oil
C. Leather
D. Rubber

Spoiler

D. Rubber (26)

-- commercial break --

Today's "You're in the Hot Seat" winning answer is "Addison Montgomery."

Teaser question

$7500 - "Hoist" and "fly" are the technical terms for the width and length of what U.S. symbol?
A. Dollar bill
B. U.S. passport
C. U.S. flag
D. Social Security card

Eugene is getting married in a few months. His beautiful fiancee, Olga, is in the audience. The audience likes her.

$12,500 - The second installment of the popular "Twilight Saga" is named after what natural phenomenon?
A. New moon
B. High tide
C. Frozen rain
D. Setting sun

Spoiler

A. New moon (21)

$15,000 - What author used the poem "Pioneers! O Pioneers!" as the inspiration for the title of her classic 1913 novel?
A. Virginia Woolf
B. Edith Wharton
C. Willa Cather
D. Zora Neale Hurston

DD (14)

First answer is

Spoiler

A

. It's incorrect.

Spoiler

Second answer is D. Zora Neale Hurston. It's incorrect. C. Willa Cather (2)

THE HORN!

Answers:

$500: B. Airplane
$1000: B. Root beer
$2000: C. L'eggs
$3000: B. Fierce
$5000: C. Tina Fey
$7500: B. Housewares and furniture
$10,000: D. Rubber
$12,500: A. New moon
$15,000: C. Willa Cather

"Fierce" has a negative connotation???????

Looks like the Expert was left on the table. Too bad. Unless this week had an Unlucky Expert....

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Eugene Roymisher
Brooklyn, NY
Second-year law student

WE®

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$2000 - According to the slogan of a popular women's brand, "Nothing beats a great pair of" what?
A. Herbal Essences
B. Jergens
C. L'eggs
D. Neutrogena

ATA (5)

Spoiler

A. 1%
B. 0%
C. 98%
D. 1%

Eugene was leaning that way but he'd have felt awful if the answer were "Jergens."

I see that 2% of the audience is still drinking before the show. Seriously? "A pair of Neutrogena"?

Nihil obstat®

Pastor Fireball wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Eugene Roymisher
Brooklyn, NY
Second-year law student

WE®

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$2000 - According to the slogan of a popular women's brand, "Nothing beats a great pair of" what?
A. Herbal Essences
B. Jergens
C. L'eggs
D. Neutrogena

ATA (5)

Spoiler

A. 1%
B. 0%
C. 98%
D. 1%

Eugene was leaning that way but he'd have felt awful if the answer were "Jergens."

I see that 2% of the audience is still drinking before the show. Seriously? "A pair of Neutrogena"?

Nihil obstat®

Neutrogena is obviously the plural of neutrogenum, the genum to which neutrons belong

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:

Teaser question

$7500 - "Hoist" and "fly" are the technical terms for the width and length of what U.S. symbol?
A. Dollar bill
B. U.S. passport
C. U.S. flag
D. Social Security card

The teaser wasn't on today's repeat, and I could not find it searching the transcript forum (No matches found for a search string), so I suppose it is a spoiler for the next "new" show in a couple of weeks.

Pastor Fireball wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Eugene Roymisher
Brooklyn, NY
Second-year law student

WE®

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$2000 - According to the slogan of a popular women's brand, "Nothing beats a great pair of" what?
A. Herbal Essences
B. Jergens
C. L'eggs
D. Neutrogena

ATA (5)

Spoiler

A. 1%
B. 0%
C. 98%
D. 1%

Eugene was leaning that way but he'd have felt awful if the answer were "Jergens."

I see that 2% of the audience is still drinking before the show. Seriously? "A pair of Neutrogena"?

Nihil obstat®

For asking for the ATA on that question he rather deserved to get the Russian treatment (or whatever country it was that would deliberatly vote incorrectly).

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Eugene Roymisher
Brooklyn, NY
Second-year law student

Definitely a WE®.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$2000 - According to the slogan of a popular women's brand, "Nothing beats a great pair of" what?
A. Herbal Essences
B. Jergens
C. L'eggs
D. Neutrogena

ATA (5)

Spoiler

A. 1%
B. 0%
C. 98%
D. 1%

Eugene was leaning that way but he'd have felt awful if the answer were "Jergens."

Spoiler

C. L'eggs (5)

Do they still use that slogan?

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$3000 - Despite its negative connotations, which of these adjectives is often used as a slangy compliment meaning "cool"?
A. Vile
B. Fierce
C. Crass
D. Heinous

Spoiler

B. Fierce (2)

Dumbledore refers to Cedric Diggory as a "fierce friend" in his euology.

Nihil obstat®.