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Paul Bowden
Franklin, NJ
Harvard University sophomore

Paul has banked $22,500 but has no lifelines remaining.

Meredith says that Paul has already proved his intelligence. Paul's twin brother Rob is in the relationship seat. He is 6 minutes older than Rob. Meredith teases him by asking if Rob is the smarter brother.

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 #6 (Celebrity Justice)
In 2009, what TV star from the '80s remarked upon serving jury duty, "If you're guilty, I pity that fool"?
A - Mr. T
B - Gary Coleman
C - Scott Baio
D - Bronson Pinchot

Paul hasn't heard him say it but he believes that it must be

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Mr. T.

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Answer: A (Mr. T)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $24,500

Question #7 (Vital Vitamins)
In the U.S., it is more difficult in the winter than the summer for the body to naturally produce what vitamin?
A - vitamin A
B - vitamin D
C - vitamin C
D - vitamin K

Meredith notes that Paul is studying to be a neurosurgeon. He knows that the body naturally produces

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vitamin D

and there's less sunlight in winter.

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Answer: B (vitamin D)
Value: $5,000
Bank: $29,500

Question #8 (They're Back)
Now making a fashion comeback, harem pants were popularized in the nineties by what hip-hop star?
A - Snoop Dogg
B - MC Hammer
C - LL Cool J
D - Dr. Dre

Paul's first instinct is

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MC Hammer

but he's not sure he can definitely make that his final answer. He's sure it's not

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Snoop Dogg

and he's not sure what kind of pants

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Dr. Dre

wears. The only distinctive pants he knows about are the ones worn by

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MC Hammer

so he makes that his final answer.

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Answer: B (MC Hammer)
Value: $3,000
Bank: $32,500

Question #9 (Daisy Fresh)
According to Scientific American, flowers will stay fresh longer if they are put in water mixed with which of these drinks?
A - beer
B - coffee
C - vodka
D - milk

Again Paul indicates his first instinct -

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milk

. He starts to say that he can't see how

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alcohol

...then he trails off. He's definitely not positive and he has no lifelines. He came with a goal of $10,000 and he's reached that. Although he's not happy that the $25,000 is still on the board he's going to have to walk away.

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Answer: D (vodka)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $16,250 (final winnings)

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BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #9 (Daisy Fresh)
According to Scientific American, flowers will stay fresh longer if they are put in water mixed with which of these drinks?
A - beer
B - coffee
C - vodka
D - milk

Again Paul indicates his first instinct -

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milk

. He starts to say that he can't see how

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alcohol

...then he trails off. He's definitely not positive and he has no lifelines. He came with a goal of $10,000 and he's reached that. Although he's not happy that the $25,000 is still on the board he's going to have to walk away.

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Answer: D (vodka)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $16,250 (final winnings)

Here's the article where I guess this tidbit comes from.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/artic ... wers-fresh

Their first choice is diluted 7-Up or Sprite, but they also mention "an alcohol like vodka":

Vodka has a different effect on a bouquet of flowers: When added to a vase, it preserves them, probably by inhibiting ethylene production, Dole says. Ethylene is a ripening gas emitted by plants that helps them mature. Inhibiting this gas could slow wilting. Vodka, however, is not a very viable preservative. Plantslike many peoplecan only tolerate small concentrations of alcohol, up to eight percent, Dole explains, and 80-proof vodka from the liquor store is 40 percent alcohol. To be effective rather than harmful, the liquor would need to be dilutedInstead, growers use a more effective preservative, silver thiosulfate, which also inhibits ethylene, he says.

So, while vodka is the specific alcohol mentioned in the article, it seems like beer would work the same way, without needing to be diluted.

I've heard of using aspirin or sugar, but not vodka.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Paul Bowden
Franklin, NJ
Harvard University sophomore

Paul has banked $22,500 but has no lifelines remaining.

Meredith says that Paul has already proved his intelligence. Paul's twin brother Rob is in the relationship seat. He is 6 minutes older than Rob. Meredith teases him by asking if Rob is the smarter brother.

If he's so smart, why does he have no lifelines?

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #9 (Daisy Fresh)
According to Scientific American, flowers will stay fresh longer if they are put in water mixed with which of these drinks?
A - beer
B - coffee
C - vodka
D - milk

Again Paul indicates his first instinct -

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milk

. He starts to say that he can't see how

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alcohol

...then he trails off. He's definitely not positive and he has no lifelines. He came with a goal of $10,000 and he's reached that. Although he's not happy that the $25,000 is still on the board he's going to have to walk away.

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Answer: D (vodka)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $16,250 (final winnings)

I guess it's the amount of alcohol in the vodka that makes it work better than beer.

earendel wrote:I guess it's the amount of alcohol in the vodka that makes it work better than beer.

Not so! Go back and read what I quoted from the source article.

MarleysGh0st wrote:

earendel wrote:I guess it's the amount of alcohol in the vodka that makes it work better than beer.

Not so! Go back and read what I quoted from the source article.

I supect that the main problem with using beer is that your living room then smells like beer. Yeah, I realize that some people might think that is a good thing, but they are not usually the folks who put flowers into vases.

MarleysGh0st wrote:

earendel wrote:I guess it's the amount of alcohol in the vodka that makes it work better than beer.

Not so! Go back and read what I quoted from the source article.

The article mentioned ethylene inhibition and ascribed it to the alcohol content. I missed the part about the 8% threshold.

silvercamaro wrote:I supect that the main problem with using beer is that your living room then smells like beer. Yeah, I realize that some people might think that is a good thing, but they are not usually the folks who put flowers into vases.

Yes, there's the aesthetic aspect to that, as well as to the color issue, but the Scientific American article didn't address aesthetics.

MarleysGh0st wrote:

silvercamaro wrote:I supect that the main problem with using beer is that your living room then smells like beer. Yeah, I realize that some people might think that is a good thing, but they are not usually the folks who put flowers into vases.

Yes, there's the aesthetic aspect to that, as well as to the color issue, but the Scientific American article didn't address aesthetics.

Okay. To be scientific about it, the yeast and other ingredients in beer -- just as in adding sugar -- would enhance bacterial growth.

vettech wrote:I've heard of using aspirin or sugar, but not vodka.

I usually take the aspirin after I've had my vodka.