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John Paul Venuti
New York, NY
paralegal
The John Paul Venuti Fan Club has 8 members. Meredith becomes number 9. The audience wants to be in the fan club too!

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Serious Yogurt
Creepy Names
Speaking French
Let's Roll (DOUBLE MONEY)
Deep Breaths
Unfinished Works
Sound Names
Tourist Attractions
No Nudity
Caring Words


Question 1 - Caring Words

In popular slang, who "may care" if you have a slaphappy, harum-scarum attitude?

A: Devil
B: Mother
C: Bishop
D: Lover

He's not sure. He jumps the question.

Answer and value

A: Devil
Value: $25,000 (!)
Bank: $0

Question 2 - No Nudity

Made famous by the TV show "Arrested Development," what is the scientific term for someone who is a "never nude"?

A: Bathophobic
B: Gymnophobic
C: Ecophobic
D: Nelophobic

He's trying to remember the Latin roots.

Spoiler

He's angling toward nelophobic. He assumes Eco-phobic would be fear of the ecosystem or outdoors. He cracks a joke about how he is gym-nophobic. Bathophobic he assumes is fear of bathing.

He jumps the question again.

Answer and value

B: Gymnophobic
Value: $500
Bank: $0

Question 3 - Tourist Attractions

The Best Little Ha House in Barnet is the name of a what?

A: Sydney museum
B: Dublin disco
C: London comedy club
D: Toronto zoo

Answer and value

C: London comedy club
Value: $1,000
Bank: $1,000

Time for a commercial break.

Mom Gail is in the audience. He'd like to buy her a trip.

Question 4 - Sound Names

Hans Wilsdorf reportedly gave his luxury company what name because it sounded like the noise a watch makes when it is wound?

A: Fendi
B: Rolex
C: Gucci
D: Prada

Answer and value

B: Rolex
Value: $3,000
Bank: $4,000

Question 5 - Unfinished Works

One of Frida Kahlo's final paintings was an unfinished portrait of what Communist leader?

A: Vladamir Lenin
B: Fidel Castro
C: Mao Zedong
D: Joseph Stalin

He asks the audience on this one.

Spoiler

A: 13%
B: 50%
C: 13%
D: 24%

He goes with the audience. They're wrong. Worst. Fan club. Ever.

Answer and value

D: Joseph Stalin
Value: $not revealed

John Paul leaves with $1,000.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:John Paul Venuti
New York, NY
paralegal
The John Paul Venuti Fan Club has 8 members. Meredith becomes number 9. The audience wants to be in the fan club too!

Well, Meredith asks the audience about that and, following instructions, they applaud.

If I had been in that audience, the eye-rolling would have been loud enough to be picked up by the mikes.

Question 1 - Caring Words

In popular slang, who "may care" if you have a slaphappy, harum-scarum attitude?

A: Devil
B: Mother
C: Bishop
D: Lover

He's not sure. He jumps the question.

Answer and value

A: Devil
Value: $25,000 (!)
Bank: $0

Ouch! That was a gimme for me. Hope things look up for this guy.

Question 3 - Tourist Attractions

Question 5 - Unfinished Works

One of Frida Kahlo's final paintings was an unfinished portrait of what Communist leader?

A: Vladamir Lenin
B: Fidel Castro
C: Mao Zedong
D: Joseph Stalin

He asks the audience on this one.

Spoiler

A: 13%
B: 50%
C: 13%
D: 24%

He goes with the audience. They're wrong. Worst. Fan club. Ever.

Answer and value

D: Joseph Stalin
Value: $not revealed

My guess would have been Stalin because of the time frame. Value might have been helpful to know on this one.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:John Paul Venuti
New York, NY
paralegal
The John Paul Venuti Fan Club has 8 members. Meredith becomes number 9. The audience wants to be in the fan club too!

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 5 - Unfinished Works

One of Frida Kahlo's final paintings was an unfinished portrait of what Communist leader?

A: Vladamir Lenin
B: Fidel Castro
C: Mao Zedong
D: Joseph Stalin

He asks the audience on this one.

Spoiler

A: 13%
B: 50%
C: 13%
D: 24%

He goes with the audience. They're wrong. Worst. Fan club. Ever.

Answer and value

D: Joseph Stalin
Value: not revealed

I'm not a member of his fan club either.

Nihil obstat®.