Transcript 2/26/2013 Clark Needham

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Clark Needham
Houston, TX
grad student
Clark's girlfriend Allison is in the audience

Topic Tree: (Randomized shown only)

Not Me Charms
Marked Man
Clever Pranks
Who Said It?
Counting Dreams
Children's Classics
Dinner and A Show
Urban Dictionary
Hats Off
Make It Stop

Question 1 - Make It Stop
In order to extract information from prisoners, the U.S. military is believed to repeatedly play what character's "I Love You" theme song?
A. Dora the Explorer B. Barney the Purple Dinosaur
C. SpongeBob SquarePants D. Elmo

Answer and value

B. Barney the Purple Dinosaur
Value: $7000
Bank: $7000

Question 2 - Hats Off
In a rare exception, a traffic light in Syracuse's Tipperary Hill neighborhood hangs upside down so the green light is on top, in honor of what immigrant population?
A. Greek B. Mexican
C. Irish D. Italian

Clark mentioned Tipperary but that did not ring a bell. Clark said he drove through Mexico once. Nothing coming to him so he ATA.

ATA

A. 5% B. 2% C. 82% D. 11%

Answer and value

C. Irish
Value: $1000
Bank: $8000

Question 3 - Urban Dictionary
If you ask someone to "do me a solid", you're asking them for a what?
A. High-five B. Bagel
C. Child D. Favor

Answer and value

D. Favor
Value: $100
Bank: $8100

Question 4 - Dinner and A Show
Served so fresh that drizzling soy sauce over it causes it to "dance", the main ingredient in the Japanese dish "Ika odori-don" is what?
A. Sea urchin B. Mackerel
C. Razor clams D. Squid

JTQ 1

Clark had a hunch, Sea Urchin, and he was trying to figure out what would dance

Answer and value

D. Squid
Value: $500 jumped
Bank: $8100

Question 5 - Children's Classics
What classic children's series recently marked its 50th Anniversary with a special re-issue of their first book, "The Big Honey Hunt"?
A. Babar B. The Berenstain Bears
C. Clifford the Big Red Dog D. Curious George

Spoiler

Mere repeated "The Big Honey Hunt" after Clark started to try to figure it. Clark then went straight to the bears.

Answer and value

B. The Berenstain Bears
Value: $5000
Bank: $13100

Commercial break

Flashback
A 1976 disco hit by KC and the Sunshine Band urges dancers to "shake shake shake" their what?
A. Rump B. Tail
C. Booty D. Urges

Flashback

C. Booty

Question 6 - Counting Dreams
In his 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech, Martin Luther King, Jr. said the exact phrase "I Have a Dream" how many times in total?
A. 2 B. 4
C. 8 D. 16

JTQ 2

Spoiler

Clark's guess was 4

Answer and value

C. 8
Value: $3000 jumped
Bank: $13100

Question 7 - Who Said It?
"It's a bit startling to achieve global recognition before the age of 30 on account of your sister, your brother-in-law and your bottom!" said who in 2012?
A. Jake Gyllenhaal B. Ashlee Simpson
C. Pippa Middleton D. Serena Williams

Spoiler

Clark had a inkling it might be Pippa Middleton, but his feeling was that Serena would be the one with the biggest butt. He said that he came here to take risks and decided to take one here with Serena.

Answer and value

C. Pippa Middleton
Value: $not revealed
Bank: consolation: $1000

no carryover

Edited to reflect question #2 did mention 'Tipperary Hill'

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Question 2 - Hats Off
In a rare exception, a traffic light in Syracuse's Tipperary neighborhood hangs upside down so the green light is on top, in honor of what immigrant population?
A. Greek B. Mexican
C. Irish D. Italian

Clark mentioned Tipperary but that did not ring a bell. Clark said he drove through Mexico once. Nothing coming to him so he ATA.

ATA

A. 5% B. 2% C. 82% D. 11%

Answer and value

C. Irish
Value: $1000
Bank: $8000

Woo hoo! Syracuse gets a plug, if only as fluff around the real question: What nationality is the word "Tipperary" (and the color green) associated with?

BTW, the actual neighborhood name is Tipperary Hill.

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Question 4 - Dinner and A Show
Served so fresh that drizzling soy sauce over it causes it to "dance", the main ingredient in the Japanese dish "Ika odori-don" is what?
A. Sea urchin B. Mackerel
C. Razor clams D. Squid

JTQ 1

Clark had a hunch, Sea Urchin, and he was trying to figure out what would dance

Answer and value

D. Squid
Value: $500 jumped
Bank: $8100

JTQ 1

Question 6 - Counting Dreams
In his 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech, Martin Luther King, Jr. said the exact phrase "I Have a Dream" how many times in total?
A. 2 B. 4
C. 8 D. 16

JTQ 2

Spoiler

Clark's guess was 4

Answer and value

C. 8
Value: $3000 jumped
Bank: $13100

JTQ 2

Question 7 - Who Said It?
"It's a bit startling to achieve global recognition before the age of 30 on account of your sister, your brother-in-law and your bottom!" said who in 2012?
A. Jake Gyllenhaal B. Ashlee Simpson
C. Pippa Middleton D. Serena Williams

Spoiler

Clark had a inkling it might be Pippa Middleton, but his feeling was that Serena would be the one with the biggest butt. He said that he came here to take risks and decided to take one here with Serena.

Answer and value

C. Pippa Middleton
Value: $not revealed
Bank: consolation: $1000

ATA

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Syracuse media has picked up on their plug!

http://www.syracuse.com/entertainment/i ... naire.html

Flummoxed, the contestant admitted he didn't know the answer. In a photo of the episode posted by Coleman's Authentic Irish Pub on Facebook, originally shared by Syracuse resident Sheilah O'Connell Casey, area residents couldn't believe that he didn't at least guess by the Tipp Hill name that it's derived from Ireland.

Ah, well, if Clark ever visits Coleman's, I'm sure they'll give him a pint on the house!

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This promo for yesterday's episode has some biographical info we didn't hear on the show.

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?secti ... id=9006134

Clark Needham, a PhD candidate at Rice University, is a contestant on the "Millionaire" episode airing Tuesday. Needham, a native of Corpus Christi, went to Texas A&M University for an undergraduate degree and is pursuing a Bioengineering PhD at Rice, studying gene therapy and learning how to use bone marrow to repair cartilage for people with knee issues.

I don't think his $1,000 consolation prize will go a long way towards starting a bioengineering business.

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Clark Needham
Houston, TX
grad student
Clark's girlfriend Allison is in the audience

Question 4 - Dinner and A Show
Served so fresh that drizzling soy sauce over it causes it to "dance", the main ingredient in the Japanese dish "Ika odori-don" is what?
A. Sea urchin B. Mackerel
C. Razor clams D. Squid

JTQ 1

Clark had a hunch, Sea Urchin, and he was trying to figure out what would dance

Answer and value

D. Squid
Value: $500 jumped
Bank: $8100

I wouldn't consider a flopping mackerel to be dancing; the same for clams. Squid have legs, so let's go with that answer.

Question 7 - Who Said It?
"It's a bit startling to achieve global recognition before the age of 30 on account of your sister, your brother-in-law and your bottom!" said who in 2012?
A. Jake Gyllenhaal B. Ashlee Simpson
C. Pippa Middleton D. Serena Williams

Spoiler

Clark had a inkling it might be Pippa Middleton, but his feeling was that Serena would be the one with the biggest butt. He said that he came here to take risks and decided to take one here with Serena.

Answer and value

C. Pippa Middleton
Value: not revealed
Bank: consolation: $1000

Could be almost any of them. I'll JTQ.