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With guest host Dave Price

Nate Jones
New York, NY
He is a RN. He came to the show with his mother-in-law to audition two weeks ago, now he is in the hottest seat on TV. Maybe next to his MIL was the hottest seat.

All lifelines remain.


$2000- Featuring songs in English, Hindi, and Punjabi, what 2004 film is a Bollywood version of a classic Jane Austen novel?
A. Lila Says B. Ladies in Lavender
C. Bad Education D. Bride and Prejudice



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ATA

A-2% B-16%
C-6% D-76%



$4000- Which of these bottled water brands is produced by the makers of Coca-Cola?
A. Aquafina B. Volvic
C. Dasani D. Fiji


$8000- Which of these words features the chemical symbols for sulfur, gold, and sodium?
A. Salon B. Pagoda
C. Podium D. Sauna


$16,000
Theodore Roosevelt National Park is located on the former site of the president's Elkhorn Ranch in what U.S. state?
A. North Dakota B. Oregon
C. Colorado D. Texas


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PAF is Mike. Nate reads Elkorn Ranch, then the entire question and answers. Mike says Montana. Nate says "you're killing me." Mike says I'd guess (buzz buzz)


Dave suggests the PAF feature now be called "Phone an Ex-Friend"


50/50 left A & B


Nate walked with $8,000


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Answers
$2000- D. Bride and Prejudice
$4000- C. Dasani
$8000- D. Sauna
$16K- A. North Dakota


Commercial break

$16,000
Theodore Roosevelt National Park is located on the former site of the president's Elkhorn Ranch in what U.S. state?
A. North Dakota B. Oregon
C. Colorado D. Texas

PAF is Mike. Nate reads Elkorn Ranch, then the entire question and answers. Mike says Montana. Nate says "you're killing me." Mike says I'd guess (buzz buzz)

Dave suggests the PAF feature now be called "Phone an Ex-Friend"
50/50 left A & B
Nate walked with $8,000

I suspected the contestant was at least partly responsible for the Google mishap, and as of earlier today Google confirmed it. He read off "Elkhorn Ranch" as a google lead-in.

Here was the result:








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BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$2000- Featuring songs in English, Hindi, and Punjabi, what 2004 film is a Bollywood version of a classic Jane Austen novel?
A. Lila Says B. Ladies in Lavender
C. Bad Education D. Bride and Prejudice

ATA

A-2% B-16%
C-6% D-76%

So he's never heard of "Pride and Prejudice"?

$16,000
Theodore Roosevelt National Park is located on the former site of the president's Elkhorn Ranch in what U.S. state?
A. North Dakota B. Oregon
C. Colorado D. Texas

PAF is Mike. Nate reads Elkorn Ranch, then the entire question and answers. Mike says Montana. Nate says "you're killing me." Mike says I'd guess (buzz buzz)

There was obvious typing in the background, so that was a bad Google search.

For the record, I thought it was Colorado, but I would've phoned a reliable friend.

Well, that was an easy $16,000 question.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:With guest host Dave Price

Nate Jones
New York, NY
He is a RN. He came to the show with his mother-in-law to audition two weeks ago, now he is in the hottest seat on TV. Maybe next to his MIL was the hottest seat.

So he's another "reluctant contestant"? Or did he eagerly accompany his MIL?

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$2000- Featuring songs in English, Hindi, and Punjabi, what 2004 film is a Bollywood version of a classic Jane Austen novel?
A. Lila Says B. Ladies in Lavender
C. Bad Education D. Bride and Prejudice

ATA

A-2% B-16%
C-6% D-76%

Just from the name alone it should be obvious.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$4000- Which of these bottled water brands is produced by the makers of Coca-Cola?
A. Aquafina B. Volvic
C. Dasani D. Fiji

Never heard of "Volvic" or "Fiji" and I know that Aquafina is bottled by Pepsi and Dasani is bottled by Coke.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$8000- Which of these words features the chemical symbols for sulfur, gold, and sodium?
A. Salon B. Pagoda
C. Podium D. Sauna

He worked through the answer carefully, noting that the chemical symbol for gold was Au and Na for sodium. Once he had that, there was only one answer.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$16,000
Theodore Roosevelt National Park is located on the former site of the president's Elkhorn Ranch in what U.S. state?
A. North Dakota B. Oregon
C. Colorado D. Texas

PAF is Mike. Nate reads Elkorn Ranch, then the entire question and answers. Mike says Montana. Nate says "you're killing me." Mike says I'd guess (buzz buzz)

Dave suggests the PAF feature now be called "Phone an Ex-Friend"

50/50 left A & B

Nate walked with $8,000"

I thought maybe Mike was doing an Internet search, but evidently not or he wouldn't have come up with "Montana". FTR that was the answer I was expecting; when it didn't show up, I would have gone with North Dakota.

earendel wrote:I thought maybe Mike was doing an Internet search, but evidently not or he wouldn't have come up with "Montana". FTR that was the answer I was expecting; when it didn't show up, I would have gone with North Dakota.

OK, so I was wrong. Turns out that a Google search for "Elkhorn Ranch" (unqualified) puts a Montana listing at the top of the list. I can see why Mike got confused and why he sounded so certain.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Nate Jones
New York, NY
He is a RN. He came to the show with his mother-in-law to audition two weeks ago, now he is in the hottest seat on TV. Maybe next to his MIL was the hottest seat.

There was no indication of a reluctant auditioner here, ear. But he was an example of a very fortunate end-of-season auditioner getting the fast track to the Hot Seat.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$16,000
Theodore Roosevelt National Park is located on the former site of the president's Elkhorn Ranch in what U.S. state?
A. North Dakota B. Oregon
C. Colorado D. Texas


PAF is Mike. Nate reads Elkorn Ranch, then the entire question and answers. Mike says Montana. Nate says "you're killing me." Mike says I'd guess (buzz buzz)

That response didn't explain to Mike that Montana wasn't one of the choices. Firmly repeating those might have been better, in the few seconds he had left.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Dave suggests the PAF feature now be called "Phone an Ex-Friend"

Dave's riff on Mike's response was hilarious! (Even if there's a rational explanation for his googled answer.)

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:50/50 left A & B

Nate walked with $8,000

Argh! You're given this tremendous gift at the end of the season--a day after the originally planned end of the season, at that--and you won't risk $7K on a 50/50 shot to double that and continue into the stack?

And Nate might have salvaged something from Mike's answer, if he considered that Montana is right next to North Dakota.