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Paul Bowden
Franklin, NJ
Sophmore at Harvard University

While Paul was standing in line to audition, he had a "sign from Heaven" that he would do well: a bird pooped down the back of his polo shirt.

Question Topics (Unrandomized):
* Opening Lines
* State Names
* Daisy Fresh
* Vital Vitamins
* They're Back
* Cast List
* Commander in Wax
* Lyrical Folk
* Celebrity Justice
* This Old Chateau

Question Topics (Randomized):
* Opening Lines
* Daisy Fresh
* They're Back
* Vital Vitamins
* Celebrity Justice
* Cast List
* State Names
* This Old Chateau
* Commander in Wax
* Lyrical Folk


Question #1 * Lyrical Folk
In the folk song "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain," what will she "be driving"?

A: Three brown bison B: Six white horses
C: Four black oxen D: Two gray donkeys

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Six white horses
Question Value: $7,000
Bank: $7,000

Question #2 * Commander in Wax
At the National Presidential Wax Museum, what wax figure is shown seated between Joseph Stalin and Winston Churchill?

A: Franklin D. Roosevelt B: Woodrow Wilson
C: Theodore Roosevelt D: John F. Kennedy

Answer/Value/Bank

A: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Question Value: $15,000
Bank: $22,000

Question #3 * This Old Chateau
A fixture in many French homes, a bidet is commonly found in what room of the house?

A: Kitchen B: Dining room
C: Bathroom D: Bedroom

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Bathroom
Question Value: $500
Bank: $22,500

Question #4 * State Names
Which of these U.S. states does not derive its name from a Native American word?

A: Delaware B: Ohio
C: Iowa D: Kansas

Paul's first instinct is

Spoiler

Delaware

. He's pretty sure it's not

Spoiler

D or C

, but he jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

A: Delaware
Question Value: $10,000
Bank: $22,500

-- Commercial Break --


Question #5 * Cast List
Famous for his deadpan line "Bueller...Bueller," Ben Stein is given what title in the credits for "Ferris Bueller's Day Off"?

A: English teacher B: Economics teacher
C: Physics teacher D: Psychology teacher

Paul wouldn't be able to narrow it down, so he asks the audience.

ATA

A: 37% B: 47% C: 12% D: 4%

Paul says that's nearly 50/50 and he doesn't want to take the risk, so he jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Economics teacher
Question Value: $1,000
Bank: $22,500

-- The End of Game "Noise" --

Paul will return on tomorrow's show.

Question #3 * This Old Chateau
A fixture in many French homes, a bidet is commonly found in what room of the house?

A: Kitchen B: Dining room
C: Bathroom D: Bedroom

[Obscure] Spoiler: Answer/Value/Bank
C: Bathroom
Question Value: $500
Bank: $22,500

Bidets have been a source of great hardship in France, an example of technology destroying people's livelihood by destroying jobs: the one thing that a lot of French people are good at, they cannot do, because bidets are doing it instead.

Here's a short article about Paul's appearance and a promo for today's episode. It says Paul is a "neurobiology concentrator" at Harvard--is that what they call majors, now?

http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2011/ ... tor-house/

Bowden auditioned for the show in July. When his appearance was filmed in October, he brought along his twin brother Robert T. Bowden '13, a computer science concentrator in Kirkland House, as his on-air companion for the show.

Maybe they'll have time to introduce his brother, today!

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Paul Bowden
Franklin, NJ
Sophmore at Harvard University

While Paul was standing in line to audition, he had a "sign from Heaven" that he would do well: a bird pooped down the back of his polo shirt.

I guess that just proves the old adage - if the foo $#!+$, wear it.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #4 * State Names
Which of these U.S. states does not derive its name from a Native American word?

A: Delaware B: Ohio
C: Iowa D: Kansas

Paul's first instinct is

Spoiler

Delaware

. He's pretty sure it's not

Spoiler

D or C

, but he jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

A: Delaware
Question Value: $10,000
Bank: $22,500

There's a tribe known as the Delaware. Is it not their native name? I might have bit on this and gone home with the consolation $1K.

earendel wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #4 * State Names
Which of these U.S. states does not derive its name from a Native American word?

A: Delaware B: Ohio
C: Iowa D: Kansas

Paul's first instinct is

Spoiler

Delaware

. He's pretty sure it's not

Spoiler

D or C

, but he jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

A: Delaware
Question Value: $10,000
Bank: $22,500

There's a tribe known as the Delaware. Is it not their native name? I might have bit on this and gone home with the consolation $1K.

I was pretty sure the answer was Delaware because I felt confident eliminating the others. However, my husband pointed out the same thing you did and went with Ohio for lack of anything better. I haven't bothered to look it up yet.

earendel wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Paul Bowden
Franklin, NJ
Sophmore at Harvard University

While Paul was standing in line to audition, he had a "sign from Heaven" that he would do well: a bird pooped down the back of his polo shirt.

I guess that just proves the old adage - if the foo $#!+$, wear it.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #4 * State Names
Which of these U.S. states does not derive its name from a Native American word?

A: Delaware B: Ohio
C: Iowa D: Kansas

Paul's first instinct is

Spoiler

Delaware

. He's pretty sure it's not

Spoiler

D or C

, but he jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

A: Delaware
Question Value: $10,000
Bank: $22,500

There's a tribe known as the Delaware. Is it not their native name? I might have bit on this and gone home with the consolation $1K.

The native tribe is the Lenape (or Lenni Lenape). Delaware gets its name from Lord de la Warr, and as new settlers in older lands are wont to do, they (the settlers) gave the name 'Delaware' to the tribe that was already there.