Transcript 1/16/2008 Matt Borden
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 7:16 pm
Transcript 1/16/2008
Matt Borden
Burlington, VT
Tourism Specialist
$100
In the song popularly known as "Off We Go Into
the Wild Blue Yonder," the wild blue yonder
is what awe-inspiring place?
A: The ocean
B: The sky
C: The forest
D: Blockbuster
$200
What time is "a quarter after six"?
A: 6:05
B: 6:15
C: 6:20
D: 6:30
$300
"The XXLing of America" was a phrase used
in a 2007 Reader's Digest article about
what topic?
A: School prayer
B: Welfare
C: Flag burning
D: Obesity
$500
Though they're meant to be used in the
kitchen, poultry shears bear a close
resemblance to which of these office tools?
A: Stapler
B: Ruler
C: Scissors
D: Pencil sharpener
$1000
Used as a religious symbol by the ancient
Egyptians, the scarab is a variety of what
animal?
A: Beetle
B: Snake
C: Bird
D: Camel
$2000
In the 2007 TV special "6 Degrees of Martina
McBride," six wannabes vie for stardom with
the help of a famous what?
A: Stand-up comedian
B: Television actress
C: Supermodel
D: Country singer
$4000
If a person was born in 1991, what birthday
did they celebrate during the next palindromic
year?
A: 9th
B: 11th
C: 13th
D: 15th
$8000
Which of these words meaning "weak"
comes from the name of a bone disease
caused by a lack of vitamin D?
A: Ramshackle
B: Feeble
C: Decrepit
D: Rickety
$16,000
At the end of the movie "The Graduate",
Benjamin Braddock interrupts a wedding
by shouting what name from a church balcony?
A: Katharine
B: Rosemary
C: Elaine
D: Margaret
Commercial Break
Meredith tells Matt she was teasing him about
being calm. She found he goes nuts at the
mention of The Three Stooges, at which time he
displays a variety of really silly movements.
(Hard to put into words...sorry).
$25,000
What author famously defined "guts" as
"grace under pressure"?
A: Stephen Crane
B: Ernest Hemingway
C: Jack London
D: John Steinbeck
Matt says it sounds like something Hemingway would
say, but decides to ATA.
ATA:
A: 5%
B: 68%
C: 13%
D: 14%
She reminded Matt he did say Hemingway. He goes
with it anyway.
$50,000
Said to resemble the shape of a butterfly, the
islands Basse-Terre and Grande Terre are part
of what French colony?
A: Reunion
B: Martinique
C: Guadeloupe
D: French Polynesia
He doesn't know and decides to switch the question.
$50,000
In 1885, Joseph Meister made medical history when
he became one of the first humans to receive
what?
A: An appendectomy
B: Open-heart surgery
C: X-rays
D: A rabies inoculation
He thinks it might be x-rays but decides to call
Jane, a friend of his girlfriend. Jane asks for
the choices again and has no idea.
Matt uses the 50/50
50/50
B: Open-heart surgery
D: A rabies inoculation
Matt is very happy with the choices and goes with
B very quickly. He leaves with $25,000
answers:
$100 B. The sky
$200 B. 6:15
$300 D. Obesity
$500 C. Scissors
$1000 A. Beetle
$2000 D. Country singer
$4000 B. 11th
$8000 D. Rickety
$16000 C. Elaine
$25000 B. Ernest Hemingway
$50000 C. Guadaloupe
$50000 D. A rabies inoculation
Matt Borden
Burlington, VT
Tourism Specialist
$100
In the song popularly known as "Off We Go Into
the Wild Blue Yonder," the wild blue yonder
is what awe-inspiring place?
A: The ocean
B: The sky
C: The forest
D: Blockbuster
$200
What time is "a quarter after six"?
A: 6:05
B: 6:15
C: 6:20
D: 6:30
$300
"The XXLing of America" was a phrase used
in a 2007 Reader's Digest article about
what topic?
A: School prayer
B: Welfare
C: Flag burning
D: Obesity
$500
Though they're meant to be used in the
kitchen, poultry shears bear a close
resemblance to which of these office tools?
A: Stapler
B: Ruler
C: Scissors
D: Pencil sharpener
$1000
Used as a religious symbol by the ancient
Egyptians, the scarab is a variety of what
animal?
A: Beetle
B: Snake
C: Bird
D: Camel
$2000
In the 2007 TV special "6 Degrees of Martina
McBride," six wannabes vie for stardom with
the help of a famous what?
A: Stand-up comedian
B: Television actress
C: Supermodel
D: Country singer
$4000
If a person was born in 1991, what birthday
did they celebrate during the next palindromic
year?
A: 9th
B: 11th
C: 13th
D: 15th
$8000
Which of these words meaning "weak"
comes from the name of a bone disease
caused by a lack of vitamin D?
A: Ramshackle
B: Feeble
C: Decrepit
D: Rickety
$16,000
At the end of the movie "The Graduate",
Benjamin Braddock interrupts a wedding
by shouting what name from a church balcony?
A: Katharine
B: Rosemary
C: Elaine
D: Margaret
Commercial Break
Meredith tells Matt she was teasing him about
being calm. She found he goes nuts at the
mention of The Three Stooges, at which time he
displays a variety of really silly movements.
(Hard to put into words...sorry).
$25,000
What author famously defined "guts" as
"grace under pressure"?
A: Stephen Crane
B: Ernest Hemingway
C: Jack London
D: John Steinbeck
Matt says it sounds like something Hemingway would
say, but decides to ATA.
ATA:
A: 5%
B: 68%
C: 13%
D: 14%
She reminded Matt he did say Hemingway. He goes
with it anyway.
$50,000
Said to resemble the shape of a butterfly, the
islands Basse-Terre and Grande Terre are part
of what French colony?
A: Reunion
B: Martinique
C: Guadeloupe
D: French Polynesia
He doesn't know and decides to switch the question.
$50,000
In 1885, Joseph Meister made medical history when
he became one of the first humans to receive
what?
A: An appendectomy
B: Open-heart surgery
C: X-rays
D: A rabies inoculation
He thinks it might be x-rays but decides to call
Jane, a friend of his girlfriend. Jane asks for
the choices again and has no idea.
Matt uses the 50/50
50/50
B: Open-heart surgery
D: A rabies inoculation
Matt is very happy with the choices and goes with
B very quickly. He leaves with $25,000
answers:
$100 B. The sky
$200 B. 6:15
$300 D. Obesity
$500 C. Scissors
$1000 A. Beetle
$2000 D. Country singer
$4000 B. 11th
$8000 D. Rickety
$16000 C. Elaine
$25000 B. Ernest Hemingway
$50000 C. Guadaloupe
$50000 D. A rabies inoculation
