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Guest Host: Dave Price

Charlie Esser
Newark, NJ
Stay-at-home dad


Charlie has a fifteen-month-old baby. They're planning to move to Chicago in a couple months and the money could help them buy a house.


$100
Which of the following will a vegetarian not do?

A: Eat a chicken B: Read about a chicken
C: Pet a chicken D: Play golf with Jim Perdue


$200
PowerScour is used in which of these household appliances?

A: Alarm clocks B: Televisions
C: Dishwashers D: Answering machines


$300
What government department is responsible for publishing the nutritional guidelines known as the "food pyramid"?

A: Defense B: Justice
C: Labor D: Agriculture


$500
On a standard computer keyboard, what key is often unmarked, having no name or symbol indicating its function?

A: Escape B: Shift
C: Space bar D: Return


$1,000
In the Schoolhouse Rock cartoon, "Conjunction Junction," individual words are portrayed on what?

A: Bumblebees B: Train cars
C: Toy blocks D: Puzzle pieces


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Charlie has a recipe that his wife loves, called Chinese pot roast, that uses all the leftover condiments from Chinese takeout--soy sauce, plum sauce, hot sauce and mustard--to make a glaze. It comes out great and tastes different every time.


$2,000
Which fo thse "mashed-up" words is made from the names of two countries that lie on the same continent?

A: Sudangola B: Madagascarmenia
C: Japanama D: Chilebanon


$4,000
In 1982, Steven Spielberg paid over $50,000 for a sled that was supposedly used in what classic movie?

A: Gone With the Wind B: Citizen Kane
C: Casablanca D: The Grapes of Wrath


$8,000
What U.S. president was the first to install solar panels on the White House roof, only to have them discarded by his successor?

A: Bill Clinton B: Ronald Reagan
C: George H. W. Bush D: Jimmy Carter

Charlie reasons it out, eliminating all the other choices but Jimmy Carter. He's about to gamble on that, then changes his mind and uses the 50/50.

50/50 leave A & D.


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$16,000
Which of the following is a true statement about the U.S. state whose name comes last alphabetically?

A: It borders Canada B: The Rocky Mountains run through it
C: It borders Iowa D: The Mississippi River runs through it

Charlie says he knows nothing about state capitals, so he asks the audience.

ATA: A: 32% B: 42% C: 12% D: 14%

Charlie realizes that he misread the question and that the word "capital" is not even in there. He mentions Washington, then remembers Wyoming, and goes with the audience.


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$25,000
What shoe company shares its name with the Hebrew name for "nature"?

A: Sebago B: Merrell
C: Ecco D: Teva

PAF: Charlie calls his mother-in-law, Robin. He only asks for the Hebrew word for "nature", without mentioning the shoe company.

Robin: I don't really know. It would have to be a guess.

Charlie: Can you give me a guess?

Robin: Teva.

Dave: So the question now, is does your mother-in-law like you?

Charlie: I don't know; she's had to watch the kid a long time, today.

Teva would have been Charlie's guess, too. He makes that his final answer.


Charlie will return on tomorrow's show.



Answers:
$100: A: Eat a chicken
$200: C: Dishwashers
$300: D: Agriculture
$500: C: Space bar
$1,000: B: Train cars
$2,000: A: Sudangola
$4,000: B: Citizen Kane
$8,000: D: Jimmy Carter
$16,000: B: The Rocky Mountains run through it
$25,000: D: Teva

Serious trouble at 1K for me. Schoolhouse Rock isn't on my Tivo to do list...

Never was any good at kiddie lit or anything else much having to do with more recent kiddie culture, not having any kiddies of my own. My gut proved right but no doubt I would have to burn the ATA and see if it matched.

25K was a little dicey but the correct answer was my first guess there as well.

tanstaafl2 wrote:Serious trouble at 1K for me. Schoolhouse Rock isn't on my Tivo to do list...

Never was any good at kiddie lit or anything else much having to do with more recent kiddie culture, not having any kiddies of my own. My gut proved right but no doubt I would have to burn the ATA and see if it matched.

25K was a little dicey but the correct answer was my first guess there as well.

Is this the part where I admit to buying the Schoolhouse Rock collection, prior to having kids?

Since I do not see those Fox Singers around, here you go:

[sung]
Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
Hooking up words and phrases and clauses.
Conjunction Junction, how's that function?
I got three favorite cars
That get most of my job done.
Conjunction Junction, what's their function?
I got "and", "but", and "or",
They'll get you pretty far.

[spoken]
"And":
That's an additive, like "this and that".
"But":
That's sort of the opposite,
"Not this but that".
And then there's "or":
O-R, when you have a choice like
"This or that".
"And", "but", and "or",
Get you pretty far.

[sung]
Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
Hooking up two boxcars and making 'em run right.
Milk and honey, bread and butter, peas and rice.
Hey that's nice!
Dirty but happy, digging and scratching,
Losing your shoe and a button or two.
He's poor but honest, sad but true,
Boo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!

Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
Hooking up two cars to one
When you say something like this choice:
"Either now or later"
Or no choice:
"Neither now nor ever"
Hey that's clever!
Eat this or that, grow thin or fat,
Never mind, I wouldn't do that,
I'm fat enough now!

Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
Hooking up phrases and clauses that balance, like:
Out of the frying pan and into the fire.
He cut loose the sandbags,
But the balloon wouldn't go any higher.
Let's go up to the mountains,
Or down to the seas.
You should always say "thank you",
Or at least say "please".

Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
Hooking up words and phrases and clauses
In complex sentences like:
[spoken] In the mornings, when I'm usually wide awake, I love to take a walk through the gardens and down by the lake, where I often see a duck and a drake, and I wonder, as I walk by, just what they'd say if they could speak, although I know that's an absurd thought.

[sung]
Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
Hooking up cars and making 'em function.
Conjunction Junction, how's that function?
I like tying up words and phrases and clauses.
Conjunction Junction, watch that function.
I'm going to get you there if you're very careful.
Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
I'm going to get you there if you're very careful.
Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
I'm going to get you there if you're very careful.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkO87mkgcNo

No probs so far.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Charlie Esser
Newark, NJ

WE®

$25K: As I've mentioned many times before, knowing Greek and Hebrew are necessary for a successful ministry and grasp of the Bible. I was pretty sure that Teva was the right answer. Would I have immediately locked that in if I were in the Hot Seat? Probably not. I would've phoned somebody to confirm.

What a display of emotion when he got the 25k correct.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$25,000
What shoe company shares its name with the Hebrew name for "nature"?

Did I make another typo in the transcript here? Shoud that be Hebrew word for "nature"?

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Guest Host: Dave Price

Charlie Esser
Newark, NJ
Stay-at-home dad

Charlie has a fifteen-month-old baby. They're planning to move to Chicago in a couple months and the money could help them buy a house.

I think Charlie would fit in here quite well.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Charlie has a recipe that his wife loves, called Chinese pot roast, that uses all the leftover condiments from Chinese takeout--soy sauce, plum sauce, hot sauce and mustard--to make a glaze. It comes out great and tastes different every time.

Sounds yummy - really.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$8,000
What U.S. president was the first to install solar panels on the White House roof, only to have them discarded by his successor?

A: Bill Clinton B: Ronald Reagan
C: George H. W. Bush D: Jimmy Carter

Charlie reasons it out, eliminating all the other choices but Jimmy Carter. He's about to gamble on that, then changes his mind and uses the 50/50.

50/50 leave A & D.

It's a shame he didn't go ahead with his hunch.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$16,000
Which of the following is a true statement about the U.S. state whose name comes last alphabetically?

A: It borders Canada B: The Rocky Mountains run through it
C: It borders Iowa D: The Mississippi River runs through it

Charlie says he knows nothing about state capitals, so he asks the audience.

ATA: A: 32% B: 42% C: 12% D: 14%

Charlie realizes that he misread the question and that the word "capital" is not even in there. He mentions Washington, then remembers Wyoming, and goes with the audience.

When Charlie started talking about state capitals, I thought I was the one who had misread the question.

OK, so A suggests Washington (or Wisconsin), C suggests Wisconsin and D suggests Wisconsin. No distractor for West Virginia?

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$25,000
What shoe company shares its name with the Hebrew name for "nature"?

A: Sebago B: Merrell
C: Ecco D: Teva

PAF: Charlie calls his mother-in-law, Robin. He only asks for the Hebrew word for "nature", without mentioning the shoe company.

Robin: I don't really know. It would have to be a guess.

Charlie: Can you give me a guess?

Robin: Teva.

Dave: So the question now, is does your mother-in-law like you?

Charlie: I don't know; she's had to watch the kid a long time, today.

Teva would have been Charlie's guess, too. He makes that his final answer.


Charlie will return on tomorrow's show.

Charlie distilled the question to its essence, which is a good thing. Did he call his MIL because she was Jewish? As for me, seminary education would have paid off.