Transcript 11/08/11 - Jim Brochu
Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 9:29 pm
Jim Brochu
New York, NY
Actor
Jim says he started acting "back when the Earth was cooling," then he worked backstage for a while, and now he's acting again. Some of his early roles include being a dancing raisin for Raisin Bran and then a lemon from outer space. "And soon I was known as one of the most dependable fruits in show business!"
Meredith asks the computer to randomize both the money and the questions. This time, the unrandomized Topic Tree is not displayed, even for a single frame.
Topic Tree (Randomized)
?: Man Children
?: Funny Finale
?: Medical Emergency
?: Live at the White House
?: Movie Monsters
?: Just One Shot
?: Official Religions
?: Tin Cans
?: Aquatic Anagrams
?: Legal Standards
Question #1 - Level ?: Legal Standards
According to a 19th century England rule, a criminal defendant was declared legally insane if he could not tell the difference between what?
A: East and west B: Right and wrong
C: Friends and enemies D: The past and the future
Jim: Wow! They all make sense, don't they? But I could stand here all day and not know this , so I'm going to jump this first question.
Jim:
Question #2 - Level ?: Aquatic Anagrams
Which of these types of watercraft can have the letters in its name rearranged to create a term for a body of water?
A: Canoe B: Ship
C: Yacht D: Rowboat
Jim says he loves anagrams. After consider the choices,
Question #3 - Level ?: Tin Cans
Ironically, what was invented almost 50 years after the tin can?
A: Refrigerator B: Can opener
C: Preserving jar D: Wrench
-- Commercial Break --
Jim's partner, Steve, is in the audience. Steve says, with a squeaky high voice, that he's "terrified."
Jim says that there's one thing you don't realize when you're playing the game from home: you don't feel the love.
Question #4 - Level ?: Official Religions
In 2003, which of these countries officially recognized voodoo as a religion?
A: Haiti B: Costa Rica
C: Cuba D: Belize
Question #5 - Level ?: Just One Shot
In show business, a large audition that's open to everyone is known as what kind of "call"?
A: Hog B: Cattle
C: Duck D: Sheep
Meredith: If you don't get this right--
Question #6 - Level ?: Movie Monsters
An oversized advertising mascot called the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man rampages through New York in which of these '80s comedies?
A: Gremlins B: Who Framed Roger Rabbit
C: Beetlejuice D: Ghostbusters
Question #7 - Level ?: Live at the White House
Which of the following years included a period of months when there were no living U.S. presidents except for the one in office?
A: 1946 B: 1961
C: 1973 D: 1989
Jim identifies one or more ex-presidents who were alive in each of the other years, before saying that he thinks final answer.
Question #8 - Level ?: Medical Emergency
A person who has their humerus come of their glenoid has suffered a what?
A: Pulled hamstring B: Rupture appendix
C: Dislocated shoulder D: Slipped disc
-- Commercial Break --
Meredith asks Jim how he's feeling.
Jim: It's an out-of-body experience! It really is! This is a very big body to be out of.
Question #9 - Level ?: Funny Finale
What iconic funny man's last words were reportedly, "Die my dear? Why that's the last thing I'll do."
A: Charlie Chaplin B: Buster Keaton
C: W. C. Fields D: Groucho Marx
Jim says it sounds like. He's not sure, so he jumps the question.
Question #10 - Level ?: Man Children
At its Australian stores in 2011, what retailer allowed female shoppers to drop off their men at a "daycare" called "Mänland"?
A: Target B: H&M
C: Costco D: IKEA
Jim asks the audience.
-- Commercial Break --
As he had promised Meredith, for reaching the second level, Jim performs the raisin dance. Meredith performs it with him.
Jim says that Barney Martin, who went on to play Jerry Seinfeld's father, was also a raisin.
$100,000
Known more for his plays than his medical degree, who wrote, "Medicine is my lawful wife, and literature is my mistress"?
A: Eugene O'Neill B: Henrik Ibsen
C: Anton Chekhov D: Oscar Wilde
Jim believes he can eliminate two, Jim walks away with $59,600.
-- The End of Game "Noise" --
New York, NY
Actor
Jim says he started acting "back when the Earth was cooling," then he worked backstage for a while, and now he's acting again. Some of his early roles include being a dancing raisin for Raisin Bran and then a lemon from outer space. "And soon I was known as one of the most dependable fruits in show business!"
Meredith asks the computer to randomize both the money and the questions. This time, the unrandomized Topic Tree is not displayed, even for a single frame.
Topic Tree (Randomized)
?: Man Children
?: Funny Finale
?: Medical Emergency
?: Live at the White House
?: Movie Monsters
?: Just One Shot
?: Official Religions
?: Tin Cans
?: Aquatic Anagrams
?: Legal Standards
Question #1 - Level ?: Legal Standards
According to a 19th century England rule, a criminal defendant was declared legally insane if he could not tell the difference between what?
A: East and west B: Right and wrong
C: Friends and enemies D: The past and the future
Jim: Wow! They all make sense, don't they? But I could stand here all day and not know this , so I'm going to jump this first question.
Answer/Value/Bank
B: Right and wrong
Question Value: $2,000
Bank: $0
Question Value: $2,000
Bank: $0
Spoiler
Seems [pause] obvious.
Question #2 - Level ?: Aquatic Anagrams
Which of these types of watercraft can have the letters in its name rearranged to create a term for a body of water?
A: Canoe B: Ship
C: Yacht D: Rowboat
Jim says he loves anagrams. After consider the choices,
Spoiler
" O C E A N is ocean, so it's A: Canoe.
Answer/Value/Bank
A: Canoe
Question Value: $25,000
Bank: $25,000
Question Value: $25,000
Bank: $25,000
Question #3 - Level ?: Tin Cans
Ironically, what was invented almost 50 years after the tin can?
A: Refrigerator B: Can opener
C: Preserving jar D: Wrench
Answer/Value/Bank
B: Can opener
Question Value: $5,000
Bank: $30,000
Question Value: $5,000
Bank: $30,000
-- Commercial Break --
Jim's partner, Steve, is in the audience. Steve says, with a squeaky high voice, that he's "terrified."
Jim says that there's one thing you don't realize when you're playing the game from home: you don't feel the love.
Question #4 - Level ?: Official Religions
In 2003, which of these countries officially recognized voodoo as a religion?
A: Haiti B: Costa Rica
C: Cuba D: Belize
Answer/Value/Bank
A: Haiti
Question Value: $10,000
Bank: $40,000
Question Value: $10,000
Bank: $40,000
Question #5 - Level ?: Just One Shot
In show business, a large audition that's open to everyone is known as what kind of "call"?
A: Hog B: Cattle
C: Duck D: Sheep
Meredith: If you don't get this right--
Answer/Value/Bank
B: Cattle
Question Value: $500
Bank: $40,500
Question Value: $500
Bank: $40,500
Question #6 - Level ?: Movie Monsters
An oversized advertising mascot called the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man rampages through New York in which of these '80s comedies?
A: Gremlins B: Who Framed Roger Rabbit
C: Beetlejuice D: Ghostbusters
Answer/Value/Bank
D: Ghostbusters
Question Value: $1,000
Bank: $41,500
Question Value: $1,000
Bank: $41,500
Question #7 - Level ?: Live at the White House
Which of the following years included a period of months when there were no living U.S. presidents except for the one in office?
A: 1946 B: 1961
C: 1973 D: 1989
Jim identifies one or more ex-presidents who were alive in each of the other years, before saying that he thinks
Spoiler
Truman and Johnson died in 1972, so he says C: 1973,
Answer/Value/Bank
C: 1973
Question Value: $100
Bank: $41,600
Question Value: $100
Bank: $41,600
Question #8 - Level ?: Medical Emergency
A person who has their humerus come of their glenoid has suffered a what?
A: Pulled hamstring B: Rupture appendix
C: Dislocated shoulder D: Slipped disc
Answer/Value/Bank
C: Dislocated shoulder
Question Value: $3,000
Bank: $44,600
Question Value: $3,000
Bank: $44,600
-- Commercial Break --
Meredith asks Jim how he's feeling.
Jim: It's an out-of-body experience! It really is! This is a very big body to be out of.
Question #9 - Level ?: Funny Finale
What iconic funny man's last words were reportedly, "Die my dear? Why that's the last thing I'll do."
A: Charlie Chaplin B: Buster Keaton
C: W. C. Fields D: Groucho Marx
Jim says it sounds like
Spoiler
W. C. Fields
Answer/Value/Bank
D: Groucho Marx
Question Value: $7,000
Bank: $44,600
Question Value: $7,000
Bank: $44,600
Question #10 - Level ?: Man Children
At its Australian stores in 2011, what retailer allowed female shoppers to drop off their men at a "daycare" called "Mänland"?
A: Target B: H&M
C: Costco D: IKEA
Jim asks the audience.
ATA
A: 9% B: 26% C: 1% D: 65%
Answer/Value/Bank
Question Value: $15,000
Bank: $59,600
Bank: $59,600
-- Commercial Break --
As he had promised Meredith, for reaching the second level, Jim performs the raisin dance. Meredith performs it with him.
Jim says that Barney Martin, who went on to play Jerry Seinfeld's father, was also a raisin.
$100,000
Known more for his plays than his medical degree, who wrote, "Medicine is my lawful wife, and literature is my mistress"?
A: Eugene O'Neill B: Henrik Ibsen
C: Anton Chekhov D: Oscar Wilde
Jim believes he can eliminate two,
Spoiler
Eugene O'Neill and Oscar Wilde.
Answer
C: Anton Chekhov
-- The End of Game "Noise" --
