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Patrick Glenn
Los Angeles, CA
SAT tutor

Patrick does a pirouette as he comes onstage. Meredith says that he should be prepared; Patrick replies that the SAT has five answers while Millionaire only has four. He fears that if he doesn't do well he'll lose students.

Topic Tree: (unrandomized)
10 - Troop Support
9 - Cosmic Mystery
8 - The New World
7 - Classic Novels
6 - Girl's Nicknames
5 - Driving in Delaware
4 - The Long View
3 - Greek Speak
2 - Movie Cameos
1 - Energy Boost


Topic Tree: (randomized)
10 - Troop Support
2 - Movie Cameos
7 - Classic Novels
1 - Energy Boost
5 - Driving in Delaware
8 - The New World
6 - Girl's Nicknames
4 - The Long View
9 - Cosmic Mystery
3 - Greek Speak

Question #1 (Greek Speak - Level 3)
A chronometer is a scientific instrument whose name is derived from Greek words meaning "measure" what?
A - time
B - weight
C - heat
D - shape

Patrick is pretty sure it's

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"time" because Chronos was the god of time.

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Answer: A (time)
Value: $10,000
Bank: $10,000

Question #2 (Cosmic Mystery - Level 9)
Scientists were baffled recently after what planet's South Equitorial Belt, one of its trademark stripes of clouds, suddenly vanished?
A - Saturn
B - Neptune
C - Jupiter
D - Uranus

Patrick runs through the choices, noting that

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Neptune is solid blue, Jupiter has the big red spot and Saturn has the rings

. He would only be guessing so he decides to jump the question.

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Answer: C (Jupiter)
Value: $500
Bank: $10,000 (no change)

Question #3 (The Long View - Level 4)
Which of these co-hosts of "The View" has been with the show since its debut year 1997?
A - Sherri Shepherd
B - Whoopi Goldberg
C - Elizabeth Hasselbeck
D - Joy Behar

Meredith asks Patrick if he knows the show; he's heard of it but never watched it. Meredith jokes that they had a great co-host for a while and wonders what happened to her. He eliminates

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Whoopi, Elizabeth and Sherri

. This game involves some degree of risk; Patrick decides to Ask the Audience.

ATA results

A - 2%
B - 1%
C - 2%
D - 95%

Patrick gives himself a head slap.

Spoiler

Answer: D (Joy Behar)
Value: $3,000
Bank: $13,000

commercial break

The "Blast from the past" question was worth $250,000 in 2004:
What First Lady was the first woman to receive a Geology degree from Stanford University?
A - Lou Henry Hoover
B - Grace Cooledge
C - Bess Truman
D - Florence Harding

Spoiler

A (Lou Henry Hoover)

Question #4 (Girl's Nicknames - Level 6)
Before it became associated with vampire slayers, "Buffy" was a preppy nickname for which of these girl's names?
A - Rebecca
B - Elizabeth
C - Jennifer
D - Barbara

Patrick quickly and confidently answers

Spoiler

D, Barbara

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Answer: B (Elizabeth)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $1,000 (consolation prize)

Patrick leaves with $1,000.

The "Blast from the past" question was worth $250,000 in 2004:
What First Lady was the first woman to receive a Geology degree from Stanford University?
A - Lou Henry Hoover
B - Grace Cooledge
C - Bess Truman
D - Florence Harding

I had no idea on this one but wouldn't call it a WWOQ. I bet most of all y'all knew it.

SportsFan68 wrote:

The "Blast from the past" question was worth $250,000 in 2004:
What First Lady was the first woman to receive a Geology degree from Stanford University?
A - Lou Henry Hoover
B - Grace Cooledge
C - Bess Truman
D - Florence Harding

I had no idea on this one but wouldn't call it a WWOQ. I bet most of all y'all knew it.

I didn't know it, but suspected the question was worded poorly, as I couldn't see a sitting First Lady taking classes at college. In other words, I suspected (and verified) that she wasn't the First Lady yet when she received her degree. The question could have been more accurately worded something like "Prior to becoming First Lady, who was the first woman to receive a Geology degree from Stanford University?"

SportsFan68 wrote:

The "Blast from the past" question was worth $250,000 in 2004:
What First Lady was the first woman to receive a Geology degree from Stanford University?
A - Lou Henry Hoover
B - Grace Cooledge
C - Bess Truman
D - Florence Harding

I had no idea on this one but wouldn't call it a WWOQ. I bet most of all y'all knew it.

I didn't know this trivia fact but I knew that she had met and married her husband who was also a Stanford alum.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Patrick Glenn
Los Angeles, CA
SAT tutor

Patrick does a pirouette as he comes onstage. Meredith says that he should be prepared; Patrick replies that the SAT has five answers while Millionaire only has four. He fears that if he doesn't do well he'll lose students.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #4 (Girl's Nicknames - Level 6)
Before it became associated with vampire slayers, "Buffy" was a preppy nickname for which of these girl's names?
A - Rebecca
B - Elizabeth
C - Jennifer
D - Barbara

Patrick quickly and confidently answers

Spoiler

D, Barbara

Spoiler

Answer: B (Elizabeth)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $1,000 (consolation prize)

Patrick leaves with $1,000.

Oops! This isn't a likely SAT question, though, so he shouldn't lose too many students. I jokingly told elwing that it came from "Elizabuff".